Director Richard Benjamin (1938)

The American comedy film, Made in America (1993), stars Whoopi Goldberg and Ted Danson. When Zora Matthews discovers she has a blood type that does not match her deceased father or mother Sarah, she confronts her mother. Sarah admits to using a sperm bank after her husband’s passing and specifically requesting for an intelligent black donor. Determined to uncover the truth, Zora enlists the help of her best friend Tea Cake to pretend to be a donor while she searches through the records at the sperm bank. After gaining access to the computer, Zora learns that her ...

The Money Pit (1986) is an American comedy film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Tom Hanks and Shelley Long. It follows the story of Walter Fielding, an attorney, and his girlfriend Anna Crowley as they attempt to renovate their newly purchased house. The film is a remake of the 1948 Cary Grant comedy, Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Walter’s father, also named Walter, has married a woman named Florinda and fled the country after stealing millions from their musician clients. The couple finds themselves ...

The film City Heat (1984) follows the comedic crime-capers of two former friends turned rivals, Mike Murphy and Lieutenant Speer. Set in Kansas City during the Great Depression, Speer visits a diner for coffee and is soon interrupted by two men seeking out Murphy. Despite their history as friends on the police force, tensions arise as the men fight over the affection of Murphy’s secretary Addy. As Murphy moves on with a new love interest, socialite Caroline Howley, he struggles with commitment while still caught up in his rivalry with Speer. Directed by Richard Benjamin and written by Blake Edwards, this American buddy-comedy stars Clint Eastwood and Burt ...