Richard Price (born October 12, 1949) is an American novelist and screenwriter. He is the author of several novels, including The Wanderers (1974), Clockers (1992), Freedomland (1998), and Samaritan (2003). He often has cameo appearances in the films and television series he writes.
When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.
Release Date:2020-01-12
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
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Episode Count:10
Vote Count:1503
The story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry in New York’s Times Square from the early ’70s through the mid ’80s, exploring the rough-and-tumble world that existed there until the rise of HIV, the violence of the cocaine epidemic and the renewed real estate market ended the bawdy turbulence of the area.
Release Date:2017-09-10
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:6
Vote Count:360
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
Release Date:2016-07-10
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Character:'Viagra' Dealer
Episode Count:8
Vote Count:1098
Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Release Date:2015-03-15
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:1668
NYC 22 follows six diverse NYPD rookies as they patrol the gritty streets of upper Manhattan. With unique backgrounds, personalities and reasons for being on the force, the new cops will make their share of rookie mistakes while they figure out how to relate to their boss, each other and the people they swore to protect.
Release Date:2012-04-15
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:2
Vote Count:16
A look at the rise of crack cocaine in urban America in the 1980s and it's influence on popular culture, especially in hip-hop music.
Release Date:2011-09-18
Character:Self
Vote Count:3
A black police detective must solve a strange case of a kidnapped boy and deal with a big racial protest.
Release Date:2006-02-17
Department:Writing
Job:Author
Vote Count:335
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
Release Date:2002-06-02
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Episode Count:5
Vote Count:2291
New York police detective John Shaft arrests Walter Wade Jr. for a racially motivated slaying. But the only eyewitness disappears, and Wade jumps bail for Switzerland. Two years later Wade returns to face trial, confident his money and influence will get him acquitted -- especially since he's paid a drug kingpin to kill the witness.
Release Date:2000-06-15
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:1295
When a rich man's son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.
Release Date:1996-11-08
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:1886
Strike is a young city drug pusher under the tutelage of drug lord Rodney Little. When a night manager at a fast-food restaurant is found with four bullets in his body, Strike’s older brother turns himself in as the killer. Detective Rocco Klein doesn’t buy the story, however, setting out to find the truth, and it seems that all the fingers point toward Strike & Rodney.
Release Date:1995-09-15
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:325
Jimmy Kilmartin's an ex-con who's trying to go straight. But he can't say no to a quick driving job because his so-called friend's life is threatened. The job is for Little Junior Brown, a violent and powerful villain. When things go wrong, Jimmy is left to do the time, and his whole life is turned upside-down, but if that wasn't enough, the cops won't leave Jimmy alone when he gets out... They want Little Junior Brown.
Release Date:1995-04-21
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Character:City Clerk
Vote Count:324
Naked in New York begins in the car of grown up Jake, he is talking to us about his girlfriend, Joanne, and to whom you can turn to for help while facing life. From there it flashes back to his memories of his parents, college, house across from a squirrel infested peanut factory, best friend, writing career and Joanne.
Release Date:1993-11-10
Character:Self
Vote Count:19
Married couple, Ethan and Zeena, are in need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness. The young woman who joins them is a beautiful, spirited person. She and Ethan fall in love much to the dismay of Zeena.
Release Date:1993-03-12
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Vote Count:33
Wayne Dobie is a shy cop whose low-key demeanor has earned him the affectionate nickname "Mad Dog." After Mad Dog saves the life of Frank Milo, a crime boss and aspiring stand-up comedian, he's offered the company of an attractive young waitress named Glory for a week. At first both are uneasy about the arrangement, but they eventually fall in love. However, the situation becomes complicated when Milo demands Glory back.
Release Date:1993-03-05
Department:Production
Job:Executive Producer
Character:Detective in Restaurant
Vote Count:369
Looking to get rich quick, an unsuccessful lawyer uses dishonest means to try to become a boxing promoter.
Release Date:1992-10-16
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Character:Doctor
Vote Count:77
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.
Release Date:1989-09-15
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Vote Count:619
Get ready for a wildly diverse, star-studded trilogy about life in the big city. One of the most-talked about films in years, New York Stories features the creative collaboration of three of America's most popular directors, Martin Scorsese, Francis Coppola, and Woody Allen.
Release Date:1989-03-10
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:Artist at Opening
Vote Count:376
A short film by painter-turned-filmmaker Robert Longo, "Arena Brains" is a series of interlocking vignettes set in and around the art world of 1980s New York City, satirizing the neuroses and eccentricities of this milieu.
Release Date:1987-10-01
Department:Writing
Job:Writer
Character:The Critic
Vote Count:2
Former pool hustler "Fast Eddie" Felson decides he wants to return to the game by taking a pupil. He meets talented but green Vincent Lauria and proposes a partnership. As they tour pool halls, Eddie teaches Vincent the tricks of scamming, but he eventually grows frustrated with Vincent's showboat antics, leading to an argument and a falling-out. Eddie takes up playing again and soon crosses paths with Vincent as an opponent.
Release Date:1986-10-17
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Character:Guy Who Calls Dud
Vote Count:1383
Alek is an immigrant from the Soviet Union who was a talented boxer in his day, but he was not allowed on the Soviet national team because he was a Jew. Depressed and discouraged, he meets two young amateur boxers. As their coach, he trains them for glory.
Release Date:1986-01-01
Department:Writing
Job:Screenplay
Vote Count:10
The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’
Release Date:1979-07-13
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Character:Bowling Bankroller
Vote Count:199
A young man is torn between following in his brothers' footsteps or striking out on his own.
Release Date:1978-09-27
Department:Writing
Job:Novel
Vote Count:25