Movies by Richard Jordan
As part of the cast:
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Incident at Vichy (2002)
Cast: Barry Primus, Richard Jordan, Rene Auberjonois …
Directed by: Stacy Keach
Presented for television by the Broadway Theatre Archives, this adaptation of Arthur Miller's powerful play explores whether individuals have a duty to speak out against evil -- in this…
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Gettysburg (1993)
Cast: Tom Berenger, Martin Sheen, Jeff Daniels …
Directed by: Ronald F. Maxwell
The fiercest battle fought on American soil comes to the screen in a realistic production that painstakingly re-creates the events of three fateful days in July 1863 -- from the actual battle…
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Shout (1991)
Cast: John Travolta, James Walters, Heather Graham …
Directed by: Jeffrey Hornaday
Travolta plays a bandmaster teaching music to a host of wayward teens in a Texas high school. First-time romance and no-frills rock music from the core of this moving story set during the…
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Heaven Is a Playground (1991)
Cast: D.B. Sweeney, Michael Warren, Richard Jordan …
Directed by: Randall Fried
A young law school graduate (D.B. Sweeney) and an inner-city basketball coach (Michael Warren) join forces to save a group of troubled teens from drugs and crime in Chicago's Cabrini…
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The Hunt for Red October (1990)
Cast: Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn …
Directed by: John McTiernan
When a Soviet nuclear sub headed toward American waters drops off U.S. scanners, the Yanks scramble to take defensive steps. But CIA analyst Jack Ryan (Alec Baldwin) convinces the brass that…
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Romero (1989)
Cast: Raul Julia, Tony Plana, Al Ruscio …
Directed by: John Duigan
Archbishop Oscar Romero (Raul Julia) stands between 1980s El Salvador's ruling military elite and a band of Marxist guerillas as a man with simple demands: freedom and justice for all…
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The Secret of My Success (1987)
Cast: Michael J. Fox, Helen Slater, Richard Jordan …
Directed by: Herbert Ross
Kansas boy Michael J. Fox moves to New York City with a dream of taking big business by storm. He lands a job in the mailroom of a big company (run by his uncle), meets the lovely Helen…
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Solarbabies (1986)
Cast: Richard Jordan, Jami Gertz, Jason Patric …
Directed by: Alan Johnson
This postapocalyptic adventure follows a group of imprisoned, skateball-playing youths (including Jason Patric, Lukas Haas and Jami Gertz) who find an orb with prophetic powers. When the orb…
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The Men's Club (1986)
Cast: David Dukes, Richard Jordan, Harvey Keitel …
Directed by: Peter Medak
Psychotherapist Kramer (Richard Jordan) convenes an all-male chat group, including former baseball star Cavanaugh (Roy Scheider), businessman Solly (Harvey Keitel) and prudish Harold (Frank…
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A Flash of Green (1986)
Cast: Ed Harris, Blair Brown, Richard Jordan …
Directed by: Victor Nunez
Jimmy (Ed Harris), a small-town reporter, wrestles with his conscience as he takes a bribe from a corrupt county commissioner (Richard Jordan) intent on developing a local nature preserve and…
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The Mean Season (1985)
Cast: Kurt Russell, Mariel Hemingway, Richard Jordan …
Directed by: Phillip Borsos
Miami newspaper reporter Malcolm Anderson (Kurt Russell) is fed up with writing about murder. But just when he's about to hand in his resignation, he receives a surprising call from the…
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Dune (1984)
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Brad Dourif, Virginia Madsen …
Directed by: David Lynch
In the year 10,191, the world is at war for control of the desert planet Dune -- the only place where the time-travel substance Spice can be found. But when one leader gives up control,…
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The Bunker (1981)
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Richard Jordan, Cliff Gorman …
Directed by: George Schaefer
Anthony Hopkins won an Emmy for his searing portrayal of the hateful and tragically flawed Adolf Hitler in this made-for-TV dramatization that imagines the murderous leader's last days…
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A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square (1979)
Cast: Richard Jordan, David Niven, Elke Sommer …
Directed by: Ralph Thomas
David Niven heads the cast as debonair master criminal Ivan, who's planning a big bank heist in this classic British caper flick directed by Ralph Thomas. But Ivan needs an insider to…
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Interiors (1978)
Cast: Diane Keaton, Kristin Griffith, Geraldine Page …
Directed by: Woody Allen
In Woody Allen's first dramatic film, the disintegration of an upper class couple's marriage forces their three grown daughters (Diane Keaton, Mary Beth Hurt and Kristin Griffith)…
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Les Miserables (1978)
Cast: Richard Jordan, Anthony Perkins, Cyril Cusack …
Directed by: Glenn Jordan
This immortal story follows a minor thief (Richard Jordan) who rises above his past only to be hounded by an implacable chief inspector (Anthony Perkins) who fervently believes that law and…
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Logan's Run (1976)
Cast: Michael Anderson Jr., Michael York, Richard Jordan …
Directed by: Michael Anderson
In the year 2274, the world's urban centers have been abandoned due to ecological disaster, and the remaining population has forged a society in a domed city, where no one is allowed to…
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Rooster Cogburn (1975)
Cast: John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Zerbe …
Directed by: Stuart Millar
John Wayne returns, eye patch and all, as the irascible Rooster Cogburn in this entertaining sequel to the Oscar-winning True Grit. This time, Wayne gets saddled with prim and proper Eula…
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The Yakuza (1975)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Ken Takakura, Brian Keith …
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
World War II veteran Harry Kilmer (Robert Mitchum) returns to Japan to rescue the daughter of his employer, George Tanner (Brian Keith), in this tense thriller directed by Sydney Pollack.…
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Man Friday / Raise the Titanic (1975)
Cast: Jason Robards, Richard Jordan, David Selby …
Directed by: Jack Gold, Jerry Jameson
A castaway slave trader and his servant face off in a battle of wills and cultures, and a covert operation to salvage the Titanic for a U.S. military defense system is threatened by nature…
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The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973)
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan …
Directed by: Peter Yates
Crime may pay, but it doesn't necessarily pay well -- at least not for small-time hood Eddie Coyle (Robert Mitchum), who's about to be hauled off to jail for gunrunning, leaving…
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Lawman (1970)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Robert Ryan, Lee J. Cobb …
Directed by: Michael Winner
Director Michael Winner's stoic interpretation of a timeless Western motif stars Burt Lancaster as flinty, uncompromising Marshal Jered Maddox. He's out to jail seven cowpunchers…
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Valdez Is Coming (1970)
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Frank Silvera, Hector Elizondo …
Directed by: Edwin Sherin
Tight-lipped Mexican lawman Bob Valdez (Burt Lancaster) is a deputy sheriff in an American frontier town overrun by racism. When a ruthless gang slays an innocent victim and wrongs Valdez one…