Richard T. Heffron

The French Revolution

A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. The first part of the movie tells the story from 1789 until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all his authority and was put in prison). The second part carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.

Release Date1989-10-25

Charactersd Director (Part 2)

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.

Release Date1993-01-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count449

North and South

The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.

Release Date1985-11-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count4

Vote Count160

Banacek

Banacek is an American detective TV series starring George Peppard that aired on the NBC network from 1972 to 1974. The series was part of the rotating NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie anthology. It alternated in its time slot with several other shows but was the only one to last beyond its first season.

Release Date1972-09-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count18

V: The Final Battle

A small group of human resistance fighters fight a desperate guerilla war against the genocidal extra-terrestrials who dominate Earth.

Release Date1984-05-06

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count140

Futureworld

Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited to review the park. Just prior to arriving, however, Browning is given a clue by a dying man that something is amiss.

Release Date1976-08-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count336

The French Revolution

A history of the French Revolution beginning from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794.

Release Date1989-05-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count52

Trackdown

When his sister Betsy packs up and leaves the family's Montana cattle ranch to find fame and fortune in Hollywood, her brother Jim decides to follow after her to make sure she doesn't get into trouble.

Release Date1976-05-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

A Rumor of War

Miniseries based on the 1977 autobiography by Philip Caputo about his service in the United States Marine Corps in the early years of American involvement in the Vietnam War.

Release Date1980-09-24

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count2

Vote Count1

The Mystic Warrior

The Mystic Warrior is a 1984 TV movie about a band of Native American Sioux and the efforts of one man to save his people from destruction through the use of mysterious powers handed down by ancestors. The movie was originally a nine hour mini-series entitled Hanta Yo to be aired in 1980, instead aired in 1984 as a five hour mini series with the new name. The movie was never released on VHS or DVD although it has been shown on cable TV. Mystic Warrior was entertaining, but failed to draw viewers away from such formidable competition as The Jeffersons, Alice, and One Day at a Time.

Release Date1984-05-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count3

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

Napoleon Bonaparte woos Josephine and makes her his empress.

Release Date1987-11-10

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count3

Vote Count4

Broken Angel

A man combs Los Angeles for his missing daughter, and discovers she belongs to a gang dealing in crack.

Release Date1988-03-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

I, the Jury

Jack Williams was the best friend of Vietnam veteran and detective Mike Hammer. When Jack is murdered, Mike makes it his business to solve the crime. He is helped by his secretary Velda, and partly helped, partly hindered by the Chief of Police, Pat Chambers. On the trail of the killer, Mike discovers government conspiracies, and plots used by the CIA and the Mafia.

Release Date1982-04-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count42

No Greater Love

When her parents and fiancé are lost in the Titanic disaster, young Edwina Winfield shoulders the responsibility of raising her three younger siblings and taking over the reins at her father's newspaper. Although she has no shortage of new would-be suitors, the memory of her lost love continues to haunt her, so she focuses instead on providing a stable home for the children, rather than marrying. But her forcefulness alienates some of the kids, who have plans of their own and rebel against her. Can she hold her fractured family together, and will she ever overcome her ghosts to shake herself out of martyrdom and have a real life of her own?

Release Date1995-04-11

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count10

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

Career criminals and a local youth carefully plan and rehearse the robbery of a Missouri bank.

Release Date1959-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count32

Foolin' Around

A working-class boy falls for a girl from a wealthy family, and must compete for her with a rich boy who also wants her.

Release Date1980-10-17

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count5

Samaritan: The Mitch Snyder Story

Outraged by the treatment of New York City’s unhoused residents, an activist brings national attention to the issue by taking their case to Congress.

Release Date1986-05-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story

This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought that he would eventually be released. But he was in jail for 18 months until a lawyer from the NAACP was brought to assist in his case.

Release Date1987-02-03

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Anatomy of an Illness

Biopic of Saturday Review editor and political journalist Norman Cousins who developed and promoted a self-made health therapy consisting of intake of large quantities of vitamin C and making oneself laugh as much as possible.

Release Date1984-05-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Death Scream

Loosely based on the true story of the killing of Kitty Genovese: A young woman's murder is witnessed by fifteen of her neighbors who do nothing to help and refuse to cooperate with the police.

Release Date1975-09-26

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

See How She Runs

A middle-aged housewife and mother, after spending a lifetime giving to others, decides to claim a piece for herself and enters the grueling 26-mile Boston Marathon as an obsessive means of self-expression.

Release Date1978-02-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

A Killer in the Family

Three teenage boys break their father out of prison only to discover that he is a murderous sociopath. Based on a true story.

Release Date1983-10-30

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count14

Outlaw Blues

An aspiring musician is released from prison to find that a song he had written while locked up has been stolen and made into a hit record by a country music superstar. When his confrontation with the star takes a violent turn the ex-con has to go back on the run, but he finds an unexpected ally in a shrewd background singer with a plan to turn the tables in his favor.

Release Date1977-07-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

The Morning After

A successful public relations man's refusal to admit his alcoholism jeopardizes his career, his family and his life. ABC Movie of the Week.

Release Date1974-02-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

A Whale for the Killing

A conservationst, stranded with his family at a Newfoundland coastal resort, flies in the face of custom and fights an entire community to prevent a trapped whale's slaughter with only the support of his wife and one of the locals.

Release Date1981-02-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Pancho Barnes

Bored socialite Florence Pancho Barnes decides to learn to fly.

Release Date1988-10-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

I Will Fight No More Forever

Pursued by 2,000 US soldiers and cavalry, Chief Joseph leads his tribe of 800 Nez Perce on a 1,700 mile journey across the West and towards Canada. Based on the true story of the westward expansion of the United States and the military force used to displace Native Americans from their lands.

Release Date1975-04-13

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count8

Newman's Law

LAPD Officer Newman has not gotten the reputation of a straight arrow by avoiding conflict when fighting for right. In this police drama, his honesty is put to the test when he and his partner discover an international drug ring involving some of the department's highest ranking officers.

Release Date1974-08-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count8

True Grit: A Further Adventure

The further adventures of True Grit's Rooster Cogburn has him battling injustice in his own unorthodox way while contending with a teenage girl bent on reforming him.

Release Date1978-05-19

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count4

The California Kid

A sadistic small-town sheriff has a habit of deliberately forcing speeders to their deaths on the mountain roads leading into town. The brother of one of the victims rolls into town in his hot rod to investigate his brother's death.

Release Date1974-09-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count34

Tagget

A disabled Vietnam veteran investigates an attempt on his life.

Release Date1991-02-14

DepartmentWriting

JobTeleplay

Toma

This TV-pilot, later made into a TV-series, is about a cop in Newark, New Jersey, who defies his superiors to try to bring down the head of a Mafia numbers racket.

Release Date1973-03-21

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Locusts

A swarm of locusts appears on the horizon near a Midwestern town and the inhabitants must find a way to destroy or divert them before the insects devour the area's valuable crops

Release Date1974-10-09

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count6

The Rockford Files

The hit 1974 series pilot aired on NBC March 27, 1974, as a 90-minute made-for-television movie. In the pilot, Lindsay Wagner also starred and later made a return appearance. The pilot was titled Backlash of the Hunter for syndication.

Release Date1974-03-27

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Outrage

One man decides to wage war against a gang of teenage punks besieging an affluent California community. Based on a true incident.

Release Date1973-11-28

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count7

Fillmore

Legendary rock impresario Bill Graham closed the Fillmore West in early summer 1971 with five nights of all-star concerts, the last curtain going down on July 4. The storied San Francisco venue had become an institution, an integral part of the West Coast music scene of the '60s and, now, an essential element of the mythology of rock 'n' roll. Always the showman, Graham made sure the Fillmore West was sent off in a blaze of glory, spotlighting bands - including the Grateful Dead and Santana-that rose to fame at the hall. The madness leading up to the shows and the concerts themselves were filmed for FILLMORE: THE LAST DAYS, a gritty, behind-the-scenes look at a fascinating moment in rock history and a showcase for great performances by iconic artists who epitomized 'the San Francisco Sound.' Originally released in 1972 and long out-of-print, the documentary film makes its DVD debut with Rhino's landmark reissue.

Release Date1972-06-14

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Young Joe, the Forgotten Kennedy

The story of U.S. President John F. Kennedy's older brother Joseph, who undertakes a dangerous mission during World War II.

Release Date1977-09-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Deadly Family Secrets

A New York executive, Martha, witnesses a murder and discovers that the killer is her new brother-in-law. When her sister is nearly killed and her sister's children kidnapped to silence her, she must unravel the mystery behind the murder to save the kids and see justice served.

Release Date1995-12-04

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

The Mystic Warrior

Saga about a proud band of Sioux Indians, and the efforts of one brave to save his people from destruction through the use of mysterious powers handed down by ancestors.

Release Date1984-05-20

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count2

Convicted: A Mother's Story

In this made-for-television movie, a woman (Ann Jillian) is sent to prison for assisting her good-for-nothing boyfriend in an embezzling scheme.

Release Date1987-02-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Do You Take This Stranger?

A social climber/con artist schemes to inherit one million dollars by trading identities with a dying man.

Release Date1971-01-18

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1