Richard Fleischer
Audiences rate Richard Fleischer’s films higher than 87% of the 3,467 people with 10 or more films on ThumbScore. See the full ranking
Free to watch now (26 Oct): The Vikings (Tubi) · 10 Rillington Place (Plex, Fawesome) · Compulsion (Prime Video (free), Tubi) · Mandingo (Kanopy) · Mr. Majestyk (YouTube, Roku Channel, Plex, Tubi) · Amityville 3-D (Roku Channel, Plex, Prime Video (free), Tubi).
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The ThumbScore for Richard Fleischer (77.6%) is the average audience approval rating across 16 films. Each movie's ThumbScore represents the percentage of real audiences who rated it positively. A higher score means more of Richard's films are well-received by everyday viewers.
Richard O. Fleischer (December 8, 1916 – March 25, 2006) was an American film director. Fleischer was born in Brooklyn, the son of Essie (née Goldstein) and animator/producer Max Fleischer. After graduating from Brown University, he went to Yale School of Drama, where he met his future wife, Mary Dickson. His film career began in 1942 at the RKO studio, directing shorts, documentaries, and compilations of forgotten silent features. Fleischer moved to Los Angeles and was assigned his first feature, Child of Divorce (1946). In 1954, he was chosen by Walt Disney (his father's former rival as a cartoon producer) to direct 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Kirk Douglas. In 1955 Fox signed Fleischer to a long term contract. He would work for that studio for the next fifteen years. His first film under his new contract with Fox was The Girl in the Red Velvet Swing (1955).
Kirk Douglas hired Fleischer to make The Vikings (1958), which was another big hit. He then moved to Paris where he directed two stories for Darryl F. Zanuck starring Greco. Fleischer then signed a contract with Dino de Laurentiis to make Barabbas (1962). Back in Hollywood, Richard Zanuck had become head of production at Fox and offered Fleischer Fantastic Voyage (1966). It was a success and resurrected his Hollywood career. Che! (1969), a biopic of Che Guevera that starred Omar Sharif, was an expensive flop, as was an account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970). This was his last film for 20th Century Fox. Fleischer travelled to England, where he directed an acclaimed thriller, 10 Rillington Place. See No Evil (1971) with Mia Farrow was another thriller. In Hollywood, he made The New Centurions (1972).
Born 1916-12-08 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. Died 2006-03-25.
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On ThumbScore, Richard Fleischer appears in 16 films with an average audience score of 77.6%, most frequently in the Adventure genre.
Sources: TMDB
