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Richard Rush

Director, Writer, Producer
15 April 1929 to 8 April 2021

An American director, writer and producer, who is best known for The Stunt Man (1980), which earned him two Oscar nominations and a Golden Globe. Rush got his break directing exploitation cinema, including Hells Angels on Wheels, Thunder Alley (both 1967) and Psych-Out (1968), before moving on to more mainstream fare, such as Getting Straight (1970), Freebie and the Bean (1974) and Air America (1990, as writer).

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