Richard (film)

Richard
Directed by	Harry Hurwitz Lorees Yerby
Produced by	Bertrand Castelli Lorees Yerby
Written by	Bertrand Castelli Harry Hurwitz Lorees Yerby
Starring	John Carradine Vivian Blaine Mickey Rooney
Cinematography	Victor Petrashevic
Edited by	Emil Haviv
Production company	Aurora City Group
Distributed by	Billings
Release dates	July 31, 1972 (1972-07-31)
Running time	83 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Richard is a 1972 film directed by Harry Hurwitz. The film was notable as it was a lampoon of President Richard Nixon before the Watergate scandal.

Plot

In order to earn his wings, a Guardian Angel (Rooney) comes down from heaven to train Richard (Dixon) to be President of the United States. He wins the 1968 Presidential Election which was, in reality, sponsored by a group of Irishmen on a bet.

Cast

Mickey Rooney as Guardian Angel
Imogene Bliss as Mother
Marvin Braverman as Hardhat
John Carradine as Plastic Surgeon
Richard M. Dixon as Richard
Paul Ford as Washington Doctor
Kevin McCarthy as Washington Doctor
Vivian Blaine

External links

Richard at the Internet Movie Database
Richard at AllMovie

Films directed by Harry Hurwitz

The Projectionist (1971) Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times (1972) Richard (1972) Auditions (1978) Fairy Tales (1978) Nocturna: Granddaughter of Dracula (1979) The Comeback Trail (1982) Safari 3000 (1982) The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984) That's Adequate (1990) Fleshtone (1994)

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