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Director:
Paul Wendkos
Writers:
John McGreevey (writer)
Thomas Thompson (book)
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Release Date:
10 January 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A sensitive but confused teenager feels pressure on him from all directions and turns to drugs, which causes problems for him in school and at home. | add synopsis
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Cast

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Ben Gazzara ... George Werner
Eileen Brennan ... Carol Werner
Robby Benson ... Richie Werner
Lance Kerwin ... Russell Werner
Shirley O'Hara ... Mrs. Norton

Jennifer Rhodes ... Elaine
John Zaremba ... Mr. Norlon
Jesse Emmett ... Eddie

Charles Fleischer ... Brick

Clint Howard ... Peanuts
Harry Gold ... Mark
Cindy Eilbacher ... Sheila
Susan Pratt ... Janie
Sean Roche ... Pat
John Friedrich ... Kurt
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Richie
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Runtime:
USA:97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color | Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
Company:
Henry Jaffe Enterprises Inc. more

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Quotes:
Richie Werner: [Richie has taken 'reds' to confront his father about his intervention of going to the police... George has retreated to the basement] YOU! Did you tell those cops I use dope, huh? HUH?
Carol Werner: [Richie throws bucket from basement steps in his father's direction] Richie, stop it!
Richie Werner: I asked you a question! I want an answer, huh?
[picks up an awl and feigns jabs at George]
Richie Werner: Did you tell those cops I use dope? You answer me!
Richie Werner: [George reaches behind himself to a pistol in his toolbox] HUH? I got you now, you answer me!
Richie Werner: [George produces gun and aims it at Richie] A gun! Look at this, he's got a gun! Look at that! God! Shoot me!
Carol Werner: [hysterical] STOP IT!
Richie Werner: Come on, use it! USE IT USE IT! SHOOT ME!
Carol Werner: [screaming... George cocks the gun's hammer] RICHIE, STOP IT!
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3 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
This is exactly what drugs do, 30 July 2001
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Author: brennanmusic from Keller, Texas

Death of Richie could be the greatest drug movie ever made. Robbie Benson turns in an Oscar caliber performance as Richie and the scene where his trip-out room gets busted is destined to go down in movie history as one of the finest film sequences ever.

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