Richard Donelly Movies
- 1998
Bostonian Roger Saquet made his directorial debut with this low-budget crime comedy about small-time Boston hustlers and gangsters. Middle-aged bookie Charlie (Richard Romanus of Mean Streets), planning spy activities via a "Surveillance Channel," has a rug damaged by the painters. When his wife Nikki (Terry Donohoe) expresses dismay, he hires pal Tommy (Frank Sivero of Goodfellas) to steal a new rug. However, when Tommy profits from the situation, Charlie gets so angry he brings in his cousin Louie the Klutz (Richard Donelly) to have Tommy gunned down -- but events conspire to make Charlie the leading suspect. The color film features a black-and-white boxing sequence. Premiered in the filmmaker's suburban Boston hometown of Belmont. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Richard Romanus, Frank Sivero, (more)
- 1997
A young girl from a wealthy family is killed in a suspicious fire. Confronted with an incriminating answering-machine message, the teenaged stepbrother of the victim confesses. Things take an even more sinister turn when D.A. Schiff (Steven Hill) tangles with the wealthy and well-connected grandfather of the accused. Robert Vaughn makes his first Law & Order appearance as powerful, paranoiac millionaire Carl Anderton. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
