The Molly Maguires (1970)
Drama | History
In the Pennsylvanian coal mines of 1876, a group of Irish immigrant workers begin to retaliate against the cruelty of their work environment.
Starring: Sean Connery, Richard Harris, Samantha Eggar, Frank Finlay, Anthony Zerbe
Director: Martin Ritt
Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993)
Drama | Romance
Two lonely, retired septuagenarians, an unkempt, hard-drinking Irish sea captain, and a fussy, well-mannered Cuban barber form an uneasy friendship.
Starring: Robert Duvall, Richard Harris, Shirley MacLaine, Sandra Bullock, Piper Laurie
Director: Randa Haines
The Bible: In the Beginning… (1966)
Drama
Extravagant production of the first part of the book of Genesis. Covers Adam and Eve, Noah and the Flood and Abraham and Isaac.
Starring: Michael Parks, Ulla Bergryd, Richard Harris, John Huston, Stephen Boyd, George C. Scott, Ava Gardner, Peter O'Toole, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Gabriele Ferzetti
Director: John Huston
Robin and Marian (1976)
Adventure | Drama | Romance
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
Starring: Sean Connery, Audrey Hepburn, Robert Shaw, Richard Harris, Nicol Williamson, Denholm Elliott
Director: Richard Lester
Unforgiven (1992)
Drama | Western
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek
Director: Clint Eastwood
The Deadly Trackers (1973)
Drama | Western
Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against everything he has stood for to bring death to Brand and his gang. Through his hunt into Mexico he is challenged by a noble Mexican Sheriff interested only in carrying out the law – not vengeance.
Starring: Richard Harris, Rod Taylor, Al Lettieri, Neville Brand, William Smith, Paul Benjamin
Director: Barry Shear, Samuel Fuller
Red Desert / Il deserto rosso (1964)
Drama
Giuliana is a woman who, on the verge of a nervous breakdown, struggles to discover meaning, peace, and serenity within the desolate and industrialized town where she lives. Plagued by mental anguish as the result of a past automobile accident, Giuliana first seeks comfort by having an affair with one of her husband's close friends. Ultimately left dissatisfied by the affair, Giuliana returns to her wandering, forever seeking solace from her angst. Additionally burdened by the illness of her only child, Giuliana recedes further and further into neurotic isolation as the surrounding urban environment threatens to consume her.
Starring: Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi, Rita Renoir, Aldo Grotti
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
The Cassandra Crossing (1976)
Drama | Thriller
Passengers on a European train have been exposed to a deadly disease. Nobody will let them off the train so what happens next?
Starring: Sophia Loren, Richard Harris, Martin Sheen, O.J. Simpson, Lionel Stander, Ann Turkel
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Ravagers (1979)
Drama | Fantasy | Sci-Fi
Set in the ravaged post-WWIII world, this grim sci-fi fantasy centers on the vengeful quest of a bereaved husband whose wife was raped and murdered by a gang of leather-clad bikers. After getting his revenge, the fellow roars off on the other's bike and along the way encounters another survivor who has food and weapons. They set off together and then find a beautiful young woman who joins them. Though there is strength in numbers, their troubles are far from over for the bikers aren't through with them yet.
Starring: Richard Harris, Ernest Borgnine, Ann Turkel, Art Carney, Anthony James, Woody Strode
Director: Richard Compton
Orca / The Killer Whale (1977)
Adventure | Drama | Horror | Thriller
Neurotic whaler Nolan faces off with an enraged killer whale after he kills the whale's pregnant mate.
Starring: Richard Harris, Charlotte Rampling, Will Sampson, Bo Derek, Keenan Wynn, Robert Carradine
Director: Michael Anderson
The Wild Geese (1978)
Action | Adventure | Drama | Thriller | War
A group of aged mercenaries are hired by a British millionaire to rescue an African President being held by a vicious Central African dictator. Even though the mission succeeds, the mercenaries are betrayed by the millionaire who's financing the operation as he cares only about his own business interests, and are forced to fight the dictator's troops in order to survive and escape.
Starring: Roger Moore, Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Hardy Kruger, Stewart Granger, John Kani
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
Major Dundee (1965)
Adventure | War | Western
An obsessive Union officer leads a squad of Rebel prisoners, ex-slaves and criminals into Mexico to hunt down a band of murdering Apaches.
Starring: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Michael Anderson Jr., Senta Berger
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)
Drama | Thriller
South African church minister Steven Kumalo is summoned from his village to Johannesburg. There he finds that his son Absolom has been jailed in connection with a robbery in which a white man was killed. The father of the white man, James Jarvis, is a supporter of apartheid, the separation of the races which is the law of South Africa. When they encounter each other, both Kumalo and Jarvis come to unexpected realizations not only about their sons, but about the nature of their own humanity.
Starring: Richard Harris, James Earl Jones, Tsholofelo Wechoemang, Charles S. Dutton, Dolly Rathebe
Director: Darrell Roodt
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Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981)
Adventure
The Tarzan story from Jane's point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition. A couple of brief encounters with Tarzan establish a (sexual) bond between her and Tarzan. When the expedition is captured by savages, Tarzan comes to the rescue.
Starring: Bo Derek, Richard Harris, Miles O'Keeffe, John Phillip Law
Director: John Derek
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To Walk with Lions (1999)
Adventure | Biography | Drama
Drama based loosely on the final years of Kenya game warden and lion-raiser George Adamson's life. An unofficial sequel to 'Born Free' (1966) and 'Living Free' (1972), which also dramatised the life of Adamson, this film picks up the life of George (Richard Harris) on the African wildlife preserve he runs with the help of his brother Terrence (Ian Bannen). When drifter Tony Fitzjohn (John Michie) arrives to work for the old men he initially takes poorly to the task, almost savaged by a lion on his first day and on the verge of leaving when he hears that his predecessor was killed in a similar incident. The arrival of a lion cub that Fitzjohn must care for and raise changes everything. Soon he finds himself helping the brothers in their fight to save lions – and, ultimately, the park itself – from the poachers, soldiers and corrupt government officials that threaten them.
Starring: Richard Harris, John Michie, Kerry Fox, Ian Bannen, Hugh Quarshie, Honor Blackman, Geraldine Chaplin
Director: Carl Schultz
Gladiator (2000)
Action | Adventure | Drama | History
In the final days of Marcus Aurelius' reign, the aging emperor angers his son Commodus by making it known that he wants Maximus, a fearsome and respected Roman general, to be his successor. Power-hungry Commodus kills his father and orders the death of Maximus. But the latter flees, only to discover that his wife and child have been murdered by Commodus. Captured, Maximus is forced into slavery, where he is sold to Proximo, a former gladiator who serves as both mentor and slavemaster. Maximus trains as a gladiator in the arena, where his fame grows. He goes to Rome, intent on avenging the murder of his wife and son by killing the new emperor Commodus. Maximus has learned that the one power stronger than that of the emperor is the will of the people, and he knows he can only attain his revenge by becoming the greatest hero in all the empire.
Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris
Director: Ridley Scott
Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
Adventure | Drama | History
An 18th-century British naval vessel sets off for Tahiti. The Captain uses any means to keep up a strict discipline to get there as fast as possible. When they arrive at Tahiti, it seems like a paradise for the crew. On the way back, officer Fletcher Christian becomes their leader in a mutiny, the captain is cast adrift and the mutineers settle in the Pitcairn Islands.
Starring: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Tarita
Director: Lewis Milestone
The Count of Monte Cristo (2002)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | History | Romance | Thriller
Betrayed by his childhood friend Fernand (Guy Pearce), sailor Edmond Dantes (Jim Caviezel) is found guilty of trumped-up charges and sent to the island prison of Chateau d'If. Thirteen years later, having learnt the art of fencing from the Abbé Faria (Richard Harris), a fellow inmate who also revealed to him the location of a vast treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo, Edmond realises that the time has come and carries out a daring escape attempt. Taking the treasure for himself, he reappears as the Count of Monte Cristo and becomes the talk of Parisian society; but he soon learns that Fernand has married Mercedès (Dagmara Dominczyk), Edmond's own childhood sweetheart, and starts drawing up his plans for revenge.
Starring: Jim Caviezel, Guy Pearce, Richard Harris
Director: Kevin Reynolds
