Richard PaulFilmography

The Glass Cage

Actors: Charlotte Lewis, Richard Tyson, Eric Roberts, Richard Moll, Stephen Nichols

Synopsis: Set in a New Orleans strip club, this erotic thriller centers on a bartender whose life is greatly upset when he falls in love with club owner's sexy lover. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The People Vs. Larry Flynt

Actors: James Carville, Brett Harrelson, Burt Neuborne, Richard Paul, Woody Harrelson, Courtney Love, Edward Norton, James Cromwell, Crispin Glover

Synopsis: "If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, then it'll protect all of you -- 'cause I'm the worst," declares Hustler Magazine publisher Larry Flynt (as played by Woody Harrelson) in the midst of one of his many court cases. Milos Forman's film follows Flynt from his childhood in Read More

Full House: The Producer

Synopsis: Danny (Bob Saget) fumes when Becky (Lisa Loughlin) is promoted to producer of their TV show, especially since he's been at the station longer than she. Quitting the show in a huff, Danny leaves Becky at the mercy of her smarmy new cohost Phil Blankman (Bruce Gold)--but the real trouble hasn't even Read More

Beanstalk

Actors: J.D. Daniels, Margot Kidder, Richard Moll

Synopsis: In the modern-day retelling of Jack and the Beanstalk, a young man named Jack (J.D. Daniels) is looking for a way to help out his financially stressed single mother. Finding a handful of magic seeds, Jack plants them and soon discovers that a gigantic beanstalk has sprouted, leading into the sky Read More

Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight

Actors: Don "The Dragon" Wilson, Richard Roundtree, Greg McKinney, Rick Dean, Richard Paul

Synopsis: Action hero Don "The Dragon" Wilson appears in this third, quickie sequel to Bloodfist. Wilson plays Jimmy Boland, who has been sentenced to a California maximum-security prison for a murder that he didn't commit. When he sees some black prison inmates sodomizing his friend, he flies into a rage Read More

Full House: Radio Days

Synopsis: During an audition for a morning radio show, Joey (David Coulier) begins needling Jesse (John Stamos) about personal matters. Though Jesse is outraged at this breach of privacy, the boys get the radio job and Joey is encouraged to continue making cruel personal jokes on the air. Joey sees nothing Read More

Full House: Nicky and/or Alexander

Synopsis: Upon bringing her new twin sons home, Becky (Lisa Loughlin) outfits the infants with specially colored booties so she can tell Baby Alex from Baby Nick. You guessed it: bumbling dad Jesse (John Stamos) immediately loses the booties, prompting a frantic search for the missing footwear before Becky Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Moving Violation

Synopsis: The focus in this episode is on Mort Metzger (Ron Masak), sheriff of Cabot Cove, Maine, and a close personal friend of Jessica Fletcher (Angela Lansbury). When Metzger jails a young man named Bradley (David Lansbury) on a drunk driving charge, he refuses to drop the matter despite the power and Read More

Full House: Our Very First Telethon

Synopsis: When Danny hosts the "We Love Our Children" TV telethon, the rest of the Tanner household joins the show with various and sundry novelty acts. Unfortunately, the folks at home are sorely tempted to take back their donations when Danny falls asleep right in the middle of the show. Without revealing Read More

Fall from Grace

Actors: Bernadette Peters, Kevin Spacey

Synopsis: The Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker story was a "natural" for TV-movie adaptation, and Fall From Grace more than fills the bill. Bernadette Peters heaps on makeup by the trowel as Tammy Faye, the wife of televangelist Jim Bakker (here played with boyish fanaticism by Kevin Spacey). The Bakkers build up Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Dead Letter

Synopsis: Purchasing an antique bureau at a furniture store rummage sale, Jessica finds an old, undelivered letter in one of the drawers. For reasons made clear in the episode, she turns the letter over to a local volunteer fireman (Jonathan Goldsmith)--who later perishes in a blaze that was deliberately Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Town Father

Synopsis: Up for re-election as mayor of Cabot Cove, Sam Booth (Richard Paul) figures that his staunch anti-development platform will enable him to easily defeat his pro-development opponent. Unfortunately, Sam's campaign is seriously compromised when a strange woman shows up in town and accuses the Read More

Pass the Ammo

Actors: Bill Paxton, Linda Kozlowski, Tim Curry, Annie Potts, Dennis Burkley

Synopsis: When Claire (Linda Kozlowski) learns her grandmother has been bilked out of $50,000 by the crooked televangelists Ray (Tim Curry) and Darla Porter (Annie Potts), she recruits her redneck boyfriend Jesse (Bill Paxton) to help recover the money. They travel to the Tower of Bethlehem deep in the Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Mr. Penroy's Vacation

Synopsis: In this droll derivation of "Arsenic and Old Lace", former 1940s film ingénues Teresa Wright and Joan Leslie are cast as the spinsterish Appletree sisters, Cabot Cove's resident eccentrics. With the annual flower show coming up, it looks as though dear old Helen and Lillian Appletree are going to Read More

Full House: Joey Gets Tough

Synopsis: Urged by Danny (Bob Saget) to take a tougher stance with the Tanner children, Joey (Dave Coulier) surprises even himself when he grounds DJ (Candace Cameron) for bad behavior. The question is, can Joey be both a "parent" and "pal" without adversely affecting his relationship with the kids? Read More

Full House: Tanner vs. Gibbler

Synopsis: A party held by DJ (Candace Cameron) in honor of Kimmy's 12th birthday degenerates into a shouting match which may completely destroy DJ's lifelong friendship with Kimmy (Andrea Barber). Elsewhere, Danny (Bob Saget) is removed from his sportscasting job in order to cohost the morning talk show Read More

The Princess Academy

Actors: Eva Gabor, Lu Leonard, Lar Park Lincoln, Kader Boukhanef, Richard Paul, Carole R. Davis

Synopsis: In this slightly racy comedy, wealthy young students at a posh Swiss finishing school learn, from their elegant and very experienced teacher (Eva Gabor), the fine art of nabbing a wealthy spouse. Meanwhile, the girls compare notes on their own experiences. Much of the story centers on the Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Indian Giver

Synopsis: Native American George Longbow (Bernie White), a member of the Algonquin tribe, shows up in Cabot Cove bearing a seemingly authentic land grant which states that Longbow owns the entire community. One of the locals is displeased by George's presence, threatening dire consequences if the Indian Read More

Married... With Children: Poppy's By the Tree, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of Married. . .With Children's two-part Season Two opener (originally telecast in a single one-hour slot), the Bundy family's "vacation from Hell" in Dumpwater Florida gets worse thanks to a pesky axe murderer. Inevitably, the killer kidnaps Peg (Katey Sagal), who pleads for her Read More

Married... With Children: Poppy's By the Tree, Part 1

Synopsis: Married. . .With Children launches its second season with the series' first two-part episode (originally networkcast in a single hour-long timeslot). "Borrowing" their neighbors' car, the Bundy family embarks upon a vacation, ending up in a sleazy hotel in Dumpwater, Florida. The town happens to Read More

Uphill All the Way

Actors: Mel Tillis, Burl Ives, Glen Campbell, Trish VanDevere

Synopsis: This Western comedy is set in the early 1900's and features the inept duo of Ben (Roy Clark) and Booger (Mel Tillis). The two men visit a bank seeking a loan but carry a shotgun with them. Understandably, this gives the wrong impression to the bank staff and before they know it, they are being Read More

Murder, She Wrote: Obituary for a Dead Anchor

Synopsis: Vituperative TV news anchor Kevin Keats (Chad Everett) descends upon Cabot Cove with a full camera crew and retinue in tow, there to produce an investigative report on a long-ranging crime ring. Though Jessica (Angela Lansbury) dislikes Kevin, she agrees to an on-camera interview as a favor to an Read More

Not for Publication

Actors: Nancy Allen, David Naughton, Laurence Luckinbill, Alice Ghostley

Synopsis: If the Perils of Pauline were set in a campy New York City with a dash of trash added in, Not for Publication would result, though the awful jokes and kinky characters are not going to be entertaining to everyone. Lois (Nancy Allen) is a reporter at a sleazoid newspaper, a paragon of yellow Read More

The Man Who Wasn't There

Actors: Steve Guttenberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Lisa Langlois, Art Hindle, Morgan Hart

Synopsis: Sam Cooper (Steve Gutenberg) is an attaché in the U.S. State Department when, on the day before his wedding, a dying scientist hands him a formula that induces invisibility, and Sam finds himself fleeing with the maid of honor to escape both Russian and U.S. agents. Hotly pursued by everyone, Sam Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Quincy's Wedding, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first episode of a two-part story (originally telecast as a single, two hour "very special" episode), Quincy (Jack Klugman) and his fiancee Emily (Anita Gillette) are at last prepared to march down the aisle and tie the knot. While Emily is busily discussing details with wedding planner Read More

Eating Raoul

Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger, Ed Begley, Jr.

Synopsis: Eating Raoul was celebrated at the time of its release as the perfect marriage between mainstream moviemaking and the so-called "underground" cinema. Cult-film icons Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel (both of whom directed) play a married couple who decide to cash in on the sexual perversions of Read More

The Dukes of Hazzard: By-Line, Daisy Duke

Synopsis: Daisy (Catherine Bach) lands a job as a reporter for the "Hazzard Gazette". Boss Hogg (Sorrell Booke) schemes to take advantage of Daisy's new-found journalistic status by arranging for her to take a photograph which, with a few alterations, will frame her cousins Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Read More

Emergency!: The Game

Synopsis: Season Six of Emergency! begins as paramedics John Gage (Randolph Mantooth) and Roy Desoto (Kevin Tighe) considering themselves lucky to have pulled duty at a football game at LA Coliseum. Alas, their enjoyment of the gridiron activity is constantly interrupted by emergency first-aid calls Read More