Directing

Rod Amateau

Born 1923-12-20 · New York, New York, United States

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rodney "Rod" Amateau (December 20, 1923 – June 29, 2003) was an American screenwriter, film and television director. Among programs that he directed were NBC's The Dennis Day Show, CBS's sitcoms The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, starring Dwayne Hickman, and The New Phil Silvers Show, an unsuccessful attempt by comedian Phil Silvers to return to a regular series. Rod also directed a few episodes of the Dukes of Hazzards. He even appeared in a few of them. He is perhaps most infamous for directing 1987's critically panned The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rod Amateau, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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Daytona Shepherd (Will Bledsoe) and his sister, Carole Lee (Mary Davis), operators of Good Shepherd Tow Service, are pitted against a band of dishonest tow truck operators.

Highway Honeys

1982

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Daytona Shepherd (Will Bledsoe) and his sister, Carole Lee (Mary Davis), operators of Good Shepherd Tow Service, are pitted against a band of dishonest tow truck operators.

Highway Honeys

1982

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie poster
3.5

Crude, grotesque, pint-sized aliens known as the Garbage Pail Kids® help a young boy exact revenge on his bullies and win the girl of his dreams.

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

1987

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie poster
3.5

Crude, grotesque, pint-sized aliens known as the Garbage Pail Kids® help a young boy exact revenge on his bullies and win the girl of his dreams.

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

1987

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie poster
3.5

Crude, grotesque, pint-sized aliens known as the Garbage Pail Kids® help a young boy exact revenge on his bullies and win the girl of his dreams.

The Garbage Pail Kids Movie

1987

The Wilby Conspiracy poster
6.4

Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh, he heads for Capetown where he hopes to recover a stash of diamonds, meant to finance revolutionary activities, that he had entrusted to a dentist before his incarceration. Along the way, they are followed by Major Horn of the South African State security bureau and it becomes apparent that he has no intention of arresting them until they reach their final destination

The Wilby Conspiracy

1975

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You poster
4.3

An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

1970

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You poster
4.3

An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.

Pussycat, Pussycat, I Love You

1970

High School U.S.A. poster
5.5

Set in a senior high school class, J.J. pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals in this light comedy.

High School U.S.A.

1983

The Seniors poster
4.6

Four college seniors open a bogus sex clinic, which unexpectedly mushrooms into a multi-million dollar business.

The Seniors

1978

Swimsuit poster
5.1

Mrs. Allison is the owner of the Saltare Swimsuit company. Her top man Brian, and his not so bright assitant Willard have to find men and women that can be prospective models for her swimwear. The movie looks at the personal life of many of the young hopefuls. The men and women take strenuous photo shoots and workouts, but few will be chosen.

Swimsuit

1989

Where Does It Hurt? poster
5.5

In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked hospital administrator who has perfected the art of bill padding, unnecessary surgery and kickbacks. Mistrusted by patients, and resented by other staffers, his assistant Alice can no longer endure his scams and plots to have him sent to prison - but not for long enough. Sellers again steals the show with an absurd and hilarious character study.

Where Does It Hurt?

1972

Where Does It Hurt? poster
5.5

In this classic hospital farce, Peter Sellers plays Dr. Albert T. Hopfnagel, a greedy, crooked hospital administrator who has perfected the art of bill padding, unnecessary surgery and kickbacks. Mistrusted by patients, and resented by other staffers, his assistant Alice can no longer endure his scams and plots to have him sent to prison - but not for long enough. Sellers again steals the show with an absurd and hilarious character study.

Where Does It Hurt?

1972

Hook, Line and Sinker poster
4.4

Told he is terminally ill, an insurance executive goes on a credit-card spending spree--and then learns his medical diagnosis was a mistake.

Hook, Line and Sinker

1969

The Statue poster
4.8

Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to commission a statue for a London square to honor Bolt's achievement. Bolt's Italian wife, a renowned artist, sculpts an 18-foot nude of Bolt. In a pique, because he's neglected her for years to do his work, she gives the statue a spectacular phallus, telling Bolt that he wasn't its model. Thinking he's a cuckold, Bolt goes on a jealous search for a man matching the statue. The diplomat, too, wants changes in the statue to protect his conservative image. Can art and love reconcile?

The Statue

1971

The Bushwhackers poster
5.9

Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor and his henchmen are forcing out the settlers in order to claim their land for the incoming railroad.

The Bushwhackers

1951

The Bushwhackers poster
5.9

Confederate veteran Jeff Waring arrives in Independence, Missouri shortly after the Civil War, intending never again to use a gun. He finds that rancher Artemus Taylor and his henchmen are forcing out the settlers in order to claim their land for the incoming railroad.

The Bushwhackers

1951

Son of Hitler poster
5.8

The leader of a right-wing German political party discovers that an illiterate woodcarver is actually the son of Adolf Hitler.

Son of Hitler

1979

Uncommon Valor poster
NR

The pilot for an unsold weekly series, Uncommon Valor stresses the courage and resourceful of a team of firefighters in Salt Lake City, Utah. Headed by dauntless battalion chief Tom Riordan (Mitchell Ryam), the unit tries to drench a raging conflagration at County General Hospital (a disaster enhanced by some pretty good special effects). They also have to battle the villain of the piece, discreetly described in the original network press release as a "deranged arsonist."

Uncommon Valor

1983

The Road to Edinburgh poster
NR

Feisty reporter Joan insists on driving to her next assignment in Edinburgh solo. Along the way she has a flat tire and a passerby lends a hand, she in kind offers him a lift. As she finds out more information about him she starts making assumptions and her fears rise.

The Road to Edinburgh

1954

Lovelines poster
5.0

Greed, lust, dirty tricks and bloody fist fights... All those things that make life worth living. When Piper and Rick, the two hottest properties in the Battle of the Bands want to make it, only one thing stands in their way. They're from opposing High Schools. And Malibu High's 6'6" muscle-bound monster Godzilla is going to do everything and anything stop his sweet little sister getting it on with some jerk from the Coldwater Canyon High. When all else fails, only Lovelines answering service can keep them together.

Lovelines

1984

Drive-In poster
5.2

The adventures of a group of teenagers at a drive-in theatre in Texas one weekend night.

Drive-In

1976

Monsoon poster
6.5

A young woman named Julia brings her fiance and his mother to a village in India to meet her father and brother. Hospitality proves in short supply and things take a turn for the worse when Julia's seductive younger sister arrives.

Monsoon

1952