Richard Deacon Movies

During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz,...

A story about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life.

Parker Ballantine is a New York theater critic and his wife writes a play that may or may not be very good. Now Parker must either get out of...

Ex-cop Vic Barron crossed the wrong mobsters; his wife and child were killed and he was scarred, framed, and imprisoned. On release, Vic has but one...

Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he...

In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in...

A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.

Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a...

A newspaper editor deals with a particularly stressful day in the newsroom.

New Tinseltown gossip columnist Dina Moran helps faded movie star Georgia O'Hanlon dig up dirt on amoral characters.

Four teens on the run from an orphanage spring a fellow orphan recently adopted by a rich family, then trash the whole house.

A man falls madly in love with a pretty newscaster and goes all out to win her heart and her hand in marriage before she weds another man.

Ma and the kids head out to help Pa's brother Sedgewick with the his farm in Mournful Hollow, Arkansas. Things get tighter when a couple of...

Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of...

A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman. Defying the wishes of his parents, David lands a...

A poor farmer, always inventing things. A lot don't work but the toys he makes brings joy to the children at the local orphanage.

Wild Bill Hickok, Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane help a Texas rancher against the railroad.

Xaviera Hollander has to navigate some sleazy studio politics to see the production of the film version of her memoirs.

The story of a PR man hired by a millionaire to go to Reno to prevent his daughter from marrying an opportunistic gambler.

Prince of Players is a biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth.