Writing
Michael Fisher
Born — Died
1940-01-01 — 2009-12-31
Place of birth
New York, New York, USA
Known for
Writing
Credits
10 titles
Known for
5.5A Montana marshal fights a land baron out to parch homesteaders with a spite dam.
Buckskin
1968
4.8America's DJ Dick Clark and Robert Walker Jr. star as two country boys who decide to rob a pile of cash from a bootlegger, assisted by the man's restless wife (Diane Varsi). But the heist doesn't go as planned and takes a tragic turn. The trio of would-be thieves then takes off for California, but with the police already on their tail, it's clear that a trail of blood and death is going to follow them all the way there.
Killers Three
1968
5.2A former Nazi living in Hong Kong has developed a nerve gas that he's hidden in a sewer attached to a time bomb. Police race against time to find the stash before it's unleashed on the city.
...and millions will die!
1973
5.0A family of space aliens crash lands on Earth when their spaceship conks out.
Earthbound
1981
5.0Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to try it for real.
Shooting Stars
1983
8.0Mr. Payatta is a coldhearted professional hitman who travels the world to take out notorious bad guys. When he's forced to take in his orphaned French nephew, he leaves the boy to his estate caretaker Harry who must protect him from harm.
On the Run
1983
Behind the camera
5.5A Montana marshal fights a land baron out to parch homesteaders with a spite dam.
Buckskin
1968
4.8America's DJ Dick Clark and Robert Walker Jr. star as two country boys who decide to rob a pile of cash from a bootlegger, assisted by the man's restless wife (Diane Varsi). But the heist doesn't go as planned and takes a tragic turn. The trio of would-be thieves then takes off for California, but with the police already on their tail, it's clear that a trail of blood and death is going to follow them all the way there.
Killers Three
1968
5.2A former Nazi living in Hong Kong has developed a nerve gas that he's hidden in a sewer attached to a time bomb. Police race against time to find the stash before it's unleashed on the city.
...and millions will die!
1973
5.0A family of space aliens crash lands on Earth when their spaceship conks out.
Earthbound
1981
5.0Two television actors who play detectives are fired when the show's star gets upset that they are getting the better parts to play. So, they decide to try it for real.
Shooting Stars
1983
8.0Mr. Payatta is a coldhearted professional hitman who travels the world to take out notorious bad guys. When he's forced to take in his orphaned French nephew, he leaves the boy to his estate caretaker Harry who must protect him from harm.
On the Run
1983
4.9Biker gang leader Kisum (Adam Roarke) loves waitress Marcia Little Hawk (Joanna Frank). Her brother Johnnie Little Hawk (Robert Walker, Jr.), the leader of a group of American Indians disapproves. At various times these two groups are adversaries and allies. The two groups join forces but crooked businessmen scheme to have them at each other's throats again. The theme song "Anyone for Tennis" is by Cream. The Iron Butterfly are heard playing their classic "Iron Butterfly Theme." Producer Dick Clark and director Richard Rush made "Psych-Out" earlier in the year.
The Savage Seven
1968
8.0After recovering from a near-fatal wound, a cop develops the ability to see crime scenes through psychic flashes.
Nightmare Man
1999
6.0A second feature-length pilot film for the wish-fulfillment series sees six lucky people having their dreams fulfilled on the luxury resort island. Career woman Margo Dean's assistant, Lowell Benson, hopes to romance her; Brian and Lucy Faber want to see the daughter they gave up for adoption; Janet Fleming, who lost her memory on her honeymoon, wants to relive it to cure her amnesia.
Return to Fantasy Island
1978
Pilot for crime drama about Max Caulpepper, the owner of a Los Angeles security service, who attempts to solve the murder of a friend that may be linked to the theft of $20,000 from an aircraft company.
The Asphalt Cowboy
1980
