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Waris Hussein

Waris Hussein

Indian-British television and film director
December 9, 1938 (85 years old)
U.S. 2002. Melodrama by Waris Hussein with Cheryl Ladd, Bess Armstrong, William R. Moses. A lawyer falls in love with her best friend
Runtime: 91 min.
G.-B. 1998. Crime drama by Waris Hussein with Miriam Margolyes, Larry Lamb. Police officers investigate the activities of private bar owners who compromise their ministerial clients in order to blackmail them.
Runtime: 220 min.
G.-B. 1998. Crime drama by Waris Hussein with Miriam Margolyes, Larry Lamb. The international investigations conducted by two British police squads.
Runtime: 2220 min.
U.S. 1998. Biography by Waris Hussein with Ann-Margret, Mitchell Ryan, David Dukes. The love and public life of Pamela Harriman, a British-born socialite who became U.S. ambassador to Paris.
Runtime: 96 min.
G.-B. 1997. Biography by Waris Hussein with Firdaus Kanga, Souad Faress, Khodus Wadia. In Bombay, the childhood and adolescence of a writer suffering from a serious bone disease.
Runtime: 97 min.
U.S. 1996. Psychological drama by Waris Hussein with John Ritter, Tess Harper, Anna Chlumsky.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1995. Court drama by Waris Hussein with Kellie Martin, Sharon Lawrence, Jill Clayburgh.
Fr. 1994. Spy drama by Waris Hussein with James Fox, Tara Fitzgerald, Michael York.
U.S. 1993. Court drama by Waris Hussein with Timothy Busfield, Stephen Lang, Martin Kemp. Two friends from New Orleans accuse each other of murdering one of their wives.
Runtime: 90 min.
G.-B. 1992. Mores comedy by Waris Hussein with Jeanne Moreau, Lena Headey, Julie Walters. A lively old lady uses a ruse to try and ruin the marriage of a young girl who actually wants to become a nun.
Runtime: 83 min.
U.S. 1992. Social drama by Waris Hussein with Teresa DiSpina, Priscilla Lopez, Tony Perez. A couple decides to conceive a second child in the hopes of using their bone marrow to cure their daughter who has leukemia.
Runtime: 89 min.
U.S. 1992. Crime drama by Waris Hussein with Lindsay Wagner, David Dukes, Frances Sternhagen. After spending many months in a coma following an attempted murder, a wealthy heiress tries to unmask her attacker.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1991. Psychological drama by Waris Hussein with Bonnie Bedelia, Brian Kerwin, John M. Jackson. Following a mix up in the maternity ward, a couple claims custody of their daughter who has been raised for nine years by another family.
Runtime: 176 min.
U.S. 1990. Sentimental drama by Waris Hussein with Melissa Gilbert, Robin Shou, Victor K. Wong. Invited to teach English in China, a young American woman gets into trouble with the local authorities after falling in love with one of her students.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1989. Psychological drama by Waris Hussein with Gary Cole, Colleen Dewhurst, Mary Page Keller. A man whose wife died in childbirth is obliged to raise his child alone, even though he does not feel capable of doing so.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1989. Psychological drama by Waris Hussein with Angela Lansbury, Christopher Bowen, Anna Carteret. A sixty-year-old woman recovering from a heart attack takes stock of her relationship with her three children.
Runtime: 102 min.
U.S. 1988. Biography by Waris Hussein with Raul Julia, Jane Seymour, Anthony Quinn. Portrayal of the sentimental life and the professional ascension of Aristotle Onassis.
U.S. 1988. Psychological drama by Waris Hussein with Melissa Gilbert, Woody Harrelson, Lane Smith. A psychiatrist tries in vain to cure a murderous psychopath.
Runtime: 93 min.
G.-B. 1987. Mores drama by Waris Hussein with Claire Bloom, Daniel Massey, David Phelan. The family of an electronics engineer who contracted AIDS is rejected by everyone around them.
Runtime: 240 min.
U.S. 1987. Crime drama by Waris Hussein with Ben Gazzara, Connie Sellecca, G.W. Bailey. A violent entrepreneur tries to have his wife murdered but she asks for help from two police officers.
U.S. 1986. Crime drama by Waris Hussein with Ted Danson, Richard Masur, Rachel Ticotin. A psychiatrist is called to work with the police on an investigation of a series of murders.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1985. Musical by Waris Hussein with Barry Manilow, Annette O'Toole, Joseph Bologna. After winning a radio contest, a young man embarks on a singing career.
Runtime: 96 min.
U.S. 1985. Sentimental drama by Waris Hussein with Anthony Hopkins, Lesley-Anne Down, Donald Pleasence. In Paris, before the war, a political refugee falls in love with a young woman whom he tries to save from despair.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1984. Psychological drama by Waris Hussein with Molly Ringwald, Zach Galligan, Marsha Mason. Feeling misunderstood by their parents, two teenagers resort to suicide.
Runtime: 143 min.
U.S. 1983. Psychological drama by Waris Hussein with Donald Sutherland, Teri Garr, Tuesday Weld. An idealistic clerk accepts compromises in order to buy back a store that once belonged to his father.
U.S. 1983. Melodrama by Waris Hussein with Merete Van Kamp, Lindsay Wagner, Stacy Keach. The daughter of a Russian prince and an American star experiences a thousand dramas before finding success and love.
Runtime: 190 min.

Gloria ou la course au bonheur

V.O.: Little Gloria... Happy at Last
Can. 1982. Drama by Waris Hussein with Angela Lansbury, Bette Davis, Christopher Plummer. Members of a wealthy family fight over the custody of a little girl who is the heir to a large fortune.
U.S. 1982. Social drama by Waris Hussein with John Savage, Ben Cross, Francesca Annis. A young American raised in Russia ends up in prison when he refuses to give up his citizenship.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1980. Social drama by Waris Hussein with Jason Miller, Christine Lahti, Stephen Collins.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1980. Social drama by Waris Hussein with Colleen Dewhurst, David Labiosa, Dana Elcar.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1980. Psychological drama by Waris Hussein with Colleen Dewhurst, Warren Oates, Devon Ericson.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1979. Psychological drama by Waris Hussein with Colleen Dewhurst, Warren Oates, Timothy Hutton.
Runtime: 100 min.
Can. 1976. Biography by Waris Hussein with Zoe Caldwell, Jean Leclerc, Olivette Thibault. Documentary about the life of the French actress Sarah Bernhardt.
G.-B. 1973. Psychological drama by Waris Hussein with Richard Burton, Elisabeth Taylor, Carrie Nye. During a meeting with his ex-wife, a business person reviews the circumstances that led to his divorce.
Runtime: 100 min.
Runtime: 125 min.
G.-B. 1971. Fantasy by Waris Hussein with Shirley MacLaine, Perry King, Barbara Trentham. A woman believes that the spirit of a dead young murderer has taken possession of her brother.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1970. Comedy by Waris Hussein with Gene Wilder, Margot Kidder, May Ollis. A young American woman studying in Ireland takes interest in a modest fertilizer merchant.
Runtime: 86 min.
G.-B. 1970. Dramatic comedy by Waris Hussein with Mark Lester, Jack Wild, Tracy Hyde. A tone of fantasy. A world of childhood evoked with charm and humour. A lively and flexible staging. Young performers, remarkably well directed.
Runtime: 106 min.
G.-B. 1969. Psychological drama by Waris Hussein with Sandy Dennis, Ian McKellen, Eleanor Bron. After a brief sexual experience, a student finds herself pregnant.
Runtime: 107 min.

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