Michael Ritchie

When a Jamaican sprinter is disqualified from the Olympic Games, he enlists the help of a dishonored coach to start the first Jamaican bobsled team.

Dir. Jon Turteltaub · With Leon, Doug E. Doug, Rawle D. Lewis

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy businessman Alan Stanwyk, who offers him $50,000 to murder him. With sarcastic wit and a knack for disguises, Fletch sets out to uncover Stanwyk's story.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

An aging, down-on-his-luck ex-minor leaguer coaches a team of misfits in an ultra-competitive California little league.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Walter Matthau, Tatum O'Neal, Vic Morrow

A group of ruthless Chicago mob enforcers are sent to Kansas City to settle things with the owner of a slaughterhouse who has taken money that is not his to keep.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Lee Marvin, Gene Hackman, Angel Tompkins

Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Melvyn Douglas

Gabriel Caine has just been released from prison when he sets up a bet with a business man who owns most of Diggstown, a boxing-mad town. The bet is that Gabe can find a boxer that will knock out 10 Diggstown men, in a boxing ring, within 24 hours. Roy 'Honey' Palmer is that man that, at 48, many say he is too old.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With James Woods, Louis Gossett Jr., Oliver Platt

High school track coach Molly McGrath knows just as much about football as anyone else on the planet. When a football coach's position becomes vacant, she applies for the job, despite snickers from fellow staff members and her former husband.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Goldie Hawn, Swoosie Kurtz, Robyn Lively

Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis

The escaped mental patient and delinquent John W. Burns Jr. replaces Dr. Maitlin on a radio show, saying he's the psychiatrist Lawrence Baird.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Dan Aykroyd, Walter Matthau, Charles Grodin

An ambitious young skier, determined to break all existing records, is contemptuous of the teamwork advocated by the US coach when they go to Europe for the Olympics.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Robert Redford, Gene Hackman, Camilla Sparv

David Nau leads a band of modern day pirates who raid yachts and sail boats of people on vacation in the Caribbean. When reporter Blair Maynard and his son arrive to investigate the mystery of the disappearing boats, Nau and his band of raiders decide to induct them into their tribe.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Michael Caine, David Warner, Angela Punch McGregor

Murray is a male fairy godmother, and he is trying to help 8-year-old Anabel to fulfil her "simple wish" - that her father Oliver, who is a cab driver, would win the leading role in a Broadway musical. Unfortunately, Murray's magic wand is broken and the fairies convention is threatened by evil witches Claudia and Boots.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Martin Short, Kathleen Turner, Mara Wilson

When his star recruit botches a Major League Baseball debut, humiliated talent scout Al Percolo gets banished to rural Mexico, where he finds a potential gold mine in the arm of young phenom Steve Nebraska. Soon, the New York Yankees put a $55 million contract on the table—provided a psychiatrist can affirm Nebraska's mental stability.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Albert Brooks, Brendan Fraser, Dianne Wiest

When the police discover that a mob hitman has moved in next door to the Robbersons, they set up a stakeout in the Robbersons' home. Hard-nosed, tough-as-nails Jake Stone and his young partner Tony Moore are assigned to the stakeout, but now it is a question of whether Jake can last long enough to capture the bad guys. The Robbersons want to help, and by doing so, drive Jake crazy.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Chevy Chase, Jack Palance, Dianne Wiest

Having both lost their jobs, two strangers become unlikely friends after a run in with a would be robber, who is actually a hitman with a grudge against the two.

Dir. Michael Ritchie · With Robin Williams, Walter Matthau, Jerry Reed