Lawrence Wolf

Johnny Be Good (1988)

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bud S. Smith
CAST:  Anthony Michael Hall  •  Robert Downey Jr.  •  Uma Thurman  •  Paul Gleason

It's recruiting time and despite being short and scrawny, Johnny Walker is America's hottest young football prospect. His dilemma: should he take one of the many offers from college talent scouts or should he attend the local state college with his girlfriend and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bud S. Smith
CAST:  Anthony Michael Hall  •  Robert Downey Jr.  •  Uma Thurman  •  Paul Gleason

Putney Swope (1969)

Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Stan Gottlieb  •  Arnold Johnson  •  Allen Garfield  •  Archie Russell

Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Stan Gottlieb  •  Arnold Johnson  •  Allen Garfield  •  Archie Russell

Deadhead Miles (1972)

A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-weirding cops and weigh stations with his new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vernon Zimmerman
CAST:  Alan Arkin  •  Paul Benedict  •  Charles Durning  •  Hector Elizondo

A long-distance trucker, dressed like a sea captain, aimlessly sails the American highways in his 18 wheeler mumbling manic, southern accented non sequiturs; carnivalizing roadside stops and happenstance towns while out-weirding cops and weigh stations with his new ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vernon Zimmerman
CAST:  Alan Arkin  •  Paul Benedict  •  Charles Durning  •  Hector Elizondo

Is There Sex After Death? (1971)

Driving through New York City in his Sexmobile, Dr. Harrison Rogers of the Bureau of Sexological Investigation, searches out luminary figures in the world of sex.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeanne Abel  •  Alan Abel
CAST:  Alan Abel  •  Buck Henry  •  Holly Woodlawn  •  Marshall Efron

Driving through New York City in his Sexmobile, Dr. Harrison Rogers of the Bureau of Sexological Investigation, searches out luminary figures in the world of sex.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jeanne Abel  •  Alan Abel
CAST:  Alan Abel  •  Buck Henry  •  Holly Woodlawn  •  Marshall Efron

Chafed Elbows (1966)

A day in the life of a young Manhattanite who is in love with his mother, gives birth to $1890 from his hip, and kills indiscriminately.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Elsie Downey  •  George Morgan  •  Lawrence Wolf  •  Tom O'Horgan

A day in the life of a young Manhattanite who is in love with his mother, gives birth to $1890 from his hip, and kills indiscriminately.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Elsie Downey  •  George Morgan  •  Lawrence Wolf  •  Tom O'Horgan

Greaser's Palace (1972)

A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Allan Arbus  •  Albert Henderson  •  Hervé Villechaize  •  Toni Basil

A parable based on the life of Christ. This ain't your father's Bible story, full of references about the destruction of the world through massive constipation and a New Mexican setting.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Allan Arbus  •  Albert Henderson  •  Hervé Villechaize  •  Toni Basil

Pound (1970)

In a pound, 18 dogs wait to be adopted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Joe Madden  •  James Green  •  Mariclare Costello  •  L. Errol Jaye

In a pound, 18 dogs wait to be adopted.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Joe Madden  •  James Green  •  Mariclare Costello  •  L. Errol Jaye

Two Tons of Turquoise to Taos Tonight (1975)

A film without a beginning or an end, Moment to Moment is a rush of curious sketches, scenes, and shots that takes on a rhythmic life of its own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Elsie Downey  •  Leonard Buschel  •  Seymour Cassel  •  Robert Downey Jr.

A film without a beginning or an end, Moment to Moment is a rush of curious sketches, scenes, and shots that takes on a rhythmic life of its own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Elsie Downey  •  Leonard Buschel  •  Seymour Cassel  •  Robert Downey Jr.

Babo 73 (1964)

The president of the United Status, who, when he isn’t at the White House— a dilapidated Victorian— conducts his top-secret affairs on a deserted beach.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Taylor Mead  •  Jim Antonio  •  Tom Gaines  •  Lawrence Wolf

The president of the United Status, who, when he isn’t at the White House— a dilapidated Victorian— conducts his top-secret affairs on a deserted beach.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Taylor Mead  •  Jim Antonio  •  Tom Gaines  •  Lawrence Wolf

Sweet Smell of Sex (1965)

A young woman arrives in New York to visit a friend and lands in one hot spot after another as she fends off the perverted advances from every man she meets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Lawrence Wolf  •  Tom O'Horgan  •  Elmer Kline  •  John Fodor

A young woman arrives in New York to visit a friend and lands in one hot spot after another as she fends off the perverted advances from every man she meets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Lawrence Wolf  •  Tom O'Horgan  •  Elmer Kline  •  John Fodor

No More Excuses (1968)

A bizarre portrait of the New York singles scene.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Robert Downey Sr.  •  Alan Abel  •  Lawrence Wolf  •  Prentice Wilhite

A bizarre portrait of the New York singles scene.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Downey Sr.
CAST:  Robert Downey Sr.  •  Alan Abel  •  Lawrence Wolf  •  Prentice Wilhite

Thanksgiving Day (1990)

Light-hearted spoof about a dysfunctional upper-income family who have to come to terms with family and business problems around the titular holiday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gino Tanasescu
CAST:  Mary Tyler Moore  •  Jonathon Brandmeier  •  Kelly Curtis  •  Robert V. Barron

Light-hearted spoof about a dysfunctional upper-income family who have to come to terms with family and business problems around the titular holiday.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gino Tanasescu
CAST:  Mary Tyler Moore  •  Jonathon Brandmeier  •  Kelly Curtis  •  Robert V. Barron

Sr. (2022)

A portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), the visionary and fearless US filmmaker — father of actor Robert Downey Jr. — who in the sixties and seventies laid the foundations for countercultural comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Smith
CAST:  Robert Downey Sr.  •  Robert Downey Jr.  •  Chris Smith  •  Paul Thomas Anderson

A portrait of the life and career of Robert Downey Sr. (1936-2021), the visionary and fearless US filmmaker — father of actor Robert Downey Jr. — who in the sixties and seventies laid the foundations for countercultural comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Smith
CAST:  Robert Downey Sr.  •  Robert Downey Jr.  •  Chris Smith  •  Paul Thomas Anderson