Richard T. Heffron

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 Date:1995-12-04

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

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 Date:1995-04-11

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:9

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 Date:1993-01-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:1

Vote Count:437

Tagget

A disabled Vietnam veteran investigates an attempt on his life.

Release Date:1991-02-14

Department:Writing

Job:Teleplay

The French Revolution: Years of Rage

Second part of the revolutionary historical drama, which takes up the events that occurred from August 10, 1792 until the end of the reign of terror with the execution of Robespierre.

Release Date:1989-05-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:46

Pancho Barnes

Bored socialite Florence Pancho Barnes decides to learn to fly.

Release Date:1988-10-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Broken Angel

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

Release Date:1988-03-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

Napoleon and Josephine: A Love Story

Napoleon Bonaparte woos Josephine and makes her his empress.

Release Date:1987-11-10

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:4

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 Date:1987-02-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

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 Date:1987-02-02

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

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 Date:1986-05-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

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 Date:1985-11-03

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:4

Vote Count:153

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 Date:1984-05-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

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 Date:1984-05-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:5

Vote Count:2

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 Date:1984-05-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

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 Date:1984-05-06

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:3

Vote Count:127

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 Date:1983-10-30

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:12

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 Date:1982-04-22

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:39

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 Date:1981-02-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

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 Date:1980-10-17

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

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 Date:1980-09-24

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:1

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 Date:1978-05-19

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:3

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 Date:1978-02-01

Department:Directing

Job:Director

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 Date:1977-09-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

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 Date:1977-07-15

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

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 at the park, however, Browning is given a clue by a dying man that something is amiss.

Release Date:1976-08-13

Department:Production

Job:Producer

Vote Count:322

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. He's a little too late, however, since almost as soon as she gets off the bus, Betsy has her belongings stolen, then gets kidnapped, gang-raped, and is sold to a pimp to work for him as a prostitute. It is now up to Jim, with help from social worker Lynn, to rescue his sister and set things right.

Release Date:1976-05-20

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:4

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 Date:1975-09-26

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:6

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 Date:1975-04-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:8

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 Date:1974-10-09

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:6

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 Date:1974-09-25

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:33

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 Date:1974-08-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:7

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 Date:1974-03-27

Department:Directing

Job:Director

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 Date:1974-02-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

Outrage

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

Release Date:1973-11-28

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:7

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 Date:1973-03-21

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:2

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 Date:1972-09-13

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Episode Count:2

Vote Count:18

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 Date:1972-06-14

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

Do You Take This Stranger?

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

Release Date:1971-01-18

Department:Directing

Job:Director

Vote Count:1

The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery

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

Release Date:1959-09-10

Department:Writing

Job:Screenplay

Vote Count:30