William Russ Movies

An escaped convict and a woman ponder what to do with a not-quite-dead body.

In a one-room stone building near a dilapidated mansion, a demon has condemned an artist to living behind a painting in a state of limbo, forcing him...

Part one of the making of William Friedkin’s 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.

An out of work, fantasy-prone film preservationist finds the only print of a sought-after animated film that a corporate assassin has been sent to...

A woman fears for her son's health when her ex-husband kidnaps him.

A single mom and psychiatric intern encounters a troubled but brilliant young man who turns up dead in her house after she befriended him. When she...

A man seeks absolution for his failures as a father by walking his son's ashes along the LA river to the sea. Based on the play by Murray Mednick.

When a photojournalist photographs a mysterious stranger performing an act of bravery, the act quickly becomes headline news and the town dubs the...

One former cop goes against the whole Mafia. The feature-length pilot for the cult 80s show.

Fact-based story about tennis pro Renee Richards, whose player status was challenged in 1976 when it was revealed that she was a trans woman....

A veteran minor league pitcher in 1957 tutors a young phenomenon.

In this road drama, a depressed ex-daredevil is hired to drive an experimental stunt car across the country to L. A. He is accompanied by a...

A female FBI investigator takes over jurisdiction in Dear Lake, a small northern town just as a young boy is abducted. Her investigation leads to a...

When a narcotics team sent to bust some drug dealers are massacred. The police department form a special unit of undercover cops whose identities are...

The historic federal-state controversy over the integration of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, as seen through the eyes of Elizabeth...

Lachlan MacAldonich is a self-described “lazy Scotsman” and former guitar player for a once-popular 1990s rock band. No longer famous, he...

An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho ad campaign centering on three losers who...

Drama about a happily married career woman who falls victim to a management power play involving sexual harassment by her sports-equipment company's...

During a hot summer in 1990, a young man, Ray, moves into his aunt's Venice Beach home to find his direction in life. While there, he is befriended...

Part two of the making of William Friedkin's 1980 thriller "Cruising" and the controversies it created.