William Russ Movies

In the near future, where government regulations are so restrictive our most intimate acts are considered acts of rebellion, Nora tries to break out...

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

At the edge of a grand estate, near a crumbling old mansion lies a strange stone building with just a single room. In the room there lies a bed. Born...

After the Second World War, budding film composer Jerry Herst moves to Hollywood to study with infamous master teacher Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

Dottie West fought a difficult childhood to rise as one of country music's icons winning the first ever Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal...

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

Two single mothers, polar opposites in personality, join forces to track down their children that have been kidnapped by their ex-husbands.

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....

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

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...

Linda and George live in a small town. He is the school principal. They are about to celebrate their 16th anniversary. She catches him with her...

Sam Elliot stars as Sam Houston, the visionary who nearly single-handedly forged the state of Texas into a powerful entity in its own right. Refusing...

George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway, played by 14-year old Brooke Shields, who is being chased by drug dealers.

Middle class parents, who already have three kids, take in their four orphaned nephews.

Hester Murdoch is found naked and nearly beaten to death by four young Hawaiian men on the beach and taken to the hospital. Some of the men didn't...

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

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

When her cheating husband has a debilitating stroke, a woman invites her lover to move in with them.

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

A reticent young photographer strives to find a normal life working a dead-end job in a mall portrait studio and volunteering as a clean water...