Richard Rush – MRQE

The Sinister Saga of Making ‘The Stunt Man’ (V)

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Filmmaker Richard Rush describes making and releasing his 1980 film, “The Stunt Man.”

Color of Night

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A color-blind psychiatrist is stalked by an unknown killer after taking over his murdered friend’s therapy group and becomes embroiled in an intense affair with a mysterious woman who may be connected to the crime.

The Stunt Man

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

While on the run from the police, Steve Railsback hides in a group of moviemakers where he pretends to be a stunt man. Both aided and endangered by the director he avoids both the police and sudden death as a stuntman. The mixture of real danger and fantasy of the movie is an interesting twist for the viewer as the two blend in individual scenes.

Freebie and the Bean

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two San Francisco detectives want to bring down a local hijacking boss. But they’ll have to get to him before a hitman does.

Getting Straight

Tue, 09 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he’s back studying for his master’s, he’s trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry’s girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.

The Savage Seven

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Biker gang leader Kisum (Adam Roarke) loves waitress Marcia Little Hawk (Joanna Frank). Her brother Johnnie Little Hawk (Robert Walker, Jr.), the leader of a group of American Indians disapproves. At various times these two groups are adversaries and allies. The two groups join forces but crooked businessmen scheme to have them at each other’s throats again. The theme song “Anyone for Tennis” is by Cream. The Iron Butterfly are heard playing their classic “Iron Butterfly Theme.” Producer Dick Clark and director Richard Rush made “Psych-Out” earlier in the year.

Psych-Out

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jenny, a deaf runaway who has just arrived in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district to find her long-lost brother, a mysterious bearded sculptor known around town as The Seeker. She falls in with a psychedelic band, Mumblin’ Jim, whose members include Stoney, Ben, and Elwood. They hide her from the fuzz in their crash pad, a Victorian house crowded with love beads and necking couples. Mumblin’ Jim’s truth-seeking friend Dave considers the band’s pursuit of success “playing games,” but he agrees to help Jennie anyway.

A Man Called Dagger

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An agent finds himself pitted against a former Nazi who has a plan to become ruler of the world through mind control.

Dedo del destino, El

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A U.S. engineer (Tab Hunter) in Spain hunts thieves of two candlesticks, one of which is found in his suitcase.

Of Love and Desire

Tue, 23 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

American engineer Steve Corey comes to Mexico to work at one of the mining projects owned by Katherine Beckman and her half-brother Paul. He meets Katherine, and the man he is replacing, Bill Maxton, tells him that Katherine is his for the asking…”all you have to do is touch her—she goes off like fireworks. There were plenty of guys before me, and there’ll be plenty after me.” Steve finds Katherine as advertised but he falls in love with her. Once he sees that the romance is for real, brother Paul is more than a little displeased at this turn of events and brings back one of Katherine’s earlier flames, Gus Cole, to tempt Katherine away from Steve.