William Russ Movies

A thriller that dramatizes the last 24 hours in the lives of Jim Jones and The Peoples Temple Church through the eyes of a reporter.

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...

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.

Jack, a Palm Beach detective, becomes involved in a case of multiple murders. All the women can be linked to Jack in some way. Jack and his partner...

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...

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

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

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

Drones begins in the Nevada desert, where new girl Sue Lawson joins airman Jack in a hot, windowless bunker from which they manoeuvre unmanned drones...

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...

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.

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...

Cassie's husband was just involved in a plane crash and is in a coma. The airline says his wife was killed in the accident. The two have a young...

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...

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....

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

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

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

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

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