Writing

Michael Laughlin

Born November 28, 1938 · Minonk, Illinois, USA

Died October 20, 2021 · aged 82

Michael Laughlin was born in 1938 in the USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Strange Invaders (1983), Strange Behavior (1981) and Mesmerized (1985). He was married to Leslie Caron. He died on 20 October 2021 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. In 2012, Two-Lane Blacktop was chosen as one of only 20 films to be housed in the National Film Registry at the Library of Congress. Hailed as a minimalist c…

Known For

Town & Country

Town & Country · 2001

MovieComedyRomance

Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps, some with his wife Ellie, others with longtime friends Mona and her husband Griffin. Deciding which direction to take often leads to unexpected encounters with hilarious consequences.

Two-Lane Blacktop

Two-Lane Blacktop · 1971

Two-Lane Blacktop

A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.

Mesmerized

Mesmerized · 1985

An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.

Chandler

Chandler · 1971

MovieCrimeDrama

A private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.

Strange Invaders

Strange Invaders · 1983

Strange Invaders

MovieHorrorMystery

Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.

Shanghai 1920

Shanghai 1920 · 1991

MovieDramaCrime

Billy Fong, a Chinese boy working the Shanghai docks, becomes friends with Dawson Cole, the spoiled son of an American shipping tycoon. As adults, the friends become business partners. Dawson wants to run a legitimate trade, but Billy craves the power that comes with leadership among the cities gangster underground.

Dusty and Sweets McGee

Dusty and Sweets McGee · 1971

Dusty and Sweets McGee

MovieDramaCrime

A "straight" couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.

Joanna

MovieComedyMusic

When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated.

Filmography

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Town & Country

Town & Country · 2001

MovieComedyRomance

Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps, some with his wife Ellie, others with longtime friends Mona and her husband Griffin. Deciding which direction to take often leads to unexpected encounters with hilarious consequences.

Writer

Two-Lane Blacktop

Two-Lane Blacktop · 1971

Two-Lane Blacktop

A driver and mechanic drag racing for money cross paths with a female hitchhiker and a drifter who challenges them to a cross-country race.

Producer

Mesmerized

Mesmerized · 1985

An orphan weds an older man in circa-1900 New Zealand, then finds out he's a miser who spies on her.

Screenplay

Chandler

Chandler · 1971

MovieCrimeDrama

A private eye is hired to follow a mobster's former mistress.

Producer

Strange Invaders

Strange Invaders · 1983

Strange Invaders

MovieHorrorMystery

Alien beings, who settle in a small midwestern town, are disturbed by a young professor determined to rescue his daughter from their clutches.

Director

Shanghai 1920

Shanghai 1920 · 1991

MovieDramaCrime

Billy Fong, a Chinese boy working the Shanghai docks, becomes friends with Dawson Cole, the spoiled son of an American shipping tycoon. As adults, the friends become business partners. Dawson wants to run a legitimate trade, but Billy craves the power that comes with leadership among the cities gangster underground.

Screenplay

Dusty and Sweets McGee

Dusty and Sweets McGee · 1971

Dusty and Sweets McGee

MovieDramaCrime

A "straight" couple dabbles in drugs and become heroin addicts.

Producer

Joanna

MovieComedyMusic

When 17 year old Joanna comes to Swinging London, she meets a host of colourful characters, discovers the pleasures of casual sex and falls in love. That's when things get complicated.

Producer

Strange Behavior

Strange Behavior · 1981

Strange Behavior

MovieScience FictionHorror

When the teenagers in a small Illinois town start getting murdered, the police chief makes a connection to the mysterious scientific experiments being done at the local university and must stop them before his own son is dragged into the deadly scheme.

Director

The Christian Licorice Store

The Christian Licorice Store · 1971

The Christian Licorice Store

MovieComedyDrama

A tennis champ falls in with the Hollywood crowd, finds himself being corrupted by the life in the fast lane.

Producer

Nicole

MovieDramaThriller

Nicole is a beautiful, rich and neurotic woman who lives in a mansion alone with her maids and chauffeur. But without someone to really account to, Nicole begins to spin out of control. Her decadent and lustful life leads to murder, despair and, ultimately, mournful regret in this cautionary tale for the idle rich who have too much money and time.

Producer

The Whisperers

The Whisperers · 1967

MovieDramaThriller

Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers stolen money hidden by her son and believes her fantasy has come true.

Producer