Movies by Richard C. Sarafian
As part of the cast:
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Urban Jungle (1999)
Cast: Frank John Hughes, Seidy Lopez, Joseph Bologna …
Directed by: Van Fischer
In this gritty tale of street life, Tommy is an ex-con determined to atone for his past transgressions and start a new, moral life. When an old friend involved in a bad drug deal begs Tommy…
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Bound (1996)
Cast: Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano …
Directed by: Andy Wachowski
A female ex-con named Corky has an affair with her neighbor Violet, whose boyfriend Caesar launders money for the mob. The two women concoct a plot to steal the cash Caeser's stashed and…
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Gunmen (1993)
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Mario Van Peebles, Denis Leary …
Directed by: Deran Sarafian
Against their wills, a bounty hunter and a con man team up to battle an elite squad of mafia assassins to obtain a $400 million treasure of stolen drug money. And even if they manage to…
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Ruby (1992)
Cast: Arliss Howard, Veronica Hart, Joseph Cortese …
Directed by: John Mackenzie
Who was Jack Ruby? In this film, Danny Aiello plays the enigmatic Ruby, tracing the path he took that led him to his tragic date with history. Ditching Mafia life in Chicago, Ruby opens a…
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Bugsy (1991)
Cast: Warren Beatty, Andy Romano, Annette Bening …
Directed by: Barry Levinson
Warren Beatty stars as gangster Bugsy Siegel, who worked hard to realize his dream of building a gambling mecca in the middle of the Nevada desert. But his affair with screen siren Virginia…
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Songwriter (1984)
Cast: Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Melinda Dillon …
Directed by: Alan Rudolph
Nashville singer-songwriter Doc (Willie Nelson) discovers that he's bound to a shady contract with devious record exec Rodeo Rocky (Richard C. Sarafian). Desperate to get out of the…
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Solar Crisis (1989)
Cast: Tim Matheson, Charlton Heston, Peter Boyle …
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian, Alan Smithee
In 2025, an fiery solar flair threatens to burn the earth to a crisp. Now it's up to a small group of astronauts to drop a guided bomb onto the sun's surface and avert the looming…
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Street Justice (1989)
Cast: Michael Ontkean, Joanna Kerns, Catherine Bach …
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
After being imprisoned for more than a decade in the Soviet Union, former CIA agent Curt Flynn (Michael Ontkean) returns to New Jersey to find his wife remarried, his daughter grown and his…
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Eye of the Tiger (1986)
Cast: Gary Busey, Yaphet Kotto, Seymour Cassel …
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
Buck Matthews (Gary Busey) was convicted of a crime he didn't commit. After serving his time in prison, he heads to his home in the country with just one desire: to live a quiet, normal…
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The Next Man (1976)
Cast: Sean Connery, Cornelia Sharpe, Albert Paulsen …
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
Sean Connery stars as progressive Arab diplomat Khalil Abdul-Muhsen, a man who wants to make peace with Israel and admit the nation as a member of OPEC. But Khalil's plan gets…
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The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Sarah Miles, Lee J. Cobb …
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
After murdering the man who killed his Indian wife, outlaw Jay Grobart (Burt Reynolds) goes on the run with roughneck cohorts Dawes (Jack Warden) and Billy (Bo Hopkins) -- who promptly abduct…
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Vanishing Point (1971)
Cast: Barry Newman, Cleavon Little, Dean Jagger …
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian
In this classic among "car chase" movies, notable for its on-location shots filmed in the American Southwest, James Kowalski (Barry Newman) works for a car delivery service and agrees to…
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The Deadly Trackers / Man in the Wilderness (1971)
Cast: Richard Harris, John Huston, Prunella Ransome …
Directed by: Richard C. Sarafian, Barry Shear
In The Deadly Trackers, an enraged sheriff (Richard Harris) tries to find and kill the bank robbers who brutally murdered his wife and son. Harris returns in Man in the Wilderness as a…