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  • Thief
  • Thief review by from Bishop Auckland
    Rated - 5.0 stars Michael Mann's Lost Classic 16 May 2005
    ...nce, who then meets with an untimely demise at the hands of local mobster, Leo (Robert Prosky, who turns in a terrifying performance)Frank demands his money back, Leo folds ...   Read customer review

Robert Prosky - filmography


  • D-Tox - Blu-ray (2000)
    Starring: Kris Kristofferson,  Dina Meyer,  Sylvester Stallone
    Director: Jim Gillespie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Sylvester Stallone stars as Jake Malloy, an FBI man whose girlfriend is murdered by a serial killer, and whose subsequent retreat into the bottle lands him with a stay in a remote Wyoming detox clinic. Not long after he arrives, two of the clinic's patients are discovered dead, and Malloy begins to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 170 members
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  • D-Tox on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Kris Kristofferson,  Dina Meyer,  Sylvester Stallone
    Director: Jim Gillespie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Jake Malloy (Sylverster Stallone) is admitted to a rehabilitation clinic for police officers after witnessing a brutal and horrific crime. When a snowstorm cuts the unit off from the outside world patients start turning up dead...
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,429 member
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  • Dudley Do-Right on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Sarah Jessica Parker,  Alex Rocco,  Eric Idle
    Director: Hugh Wilson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Dudley (Brendan Fraser) is a hapless young Mountie who is assigned to outwit the evil Snidely Whiplash (Alfred Molina). Whiplash has devised a scam which will set off the biggest gold rush of the century. Kim Darling (Eric Idle) is one of the unsuspecting people rushing to the town, known now as ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 421 members
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  • Mad City on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Blythe D,  Dustin Hoffman,  Mia Kirshner
    Director: Costa Gavras
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sacked museum security guard Sam Bailey (John Travolta) returns to his old place of employment to beg for his job back. Unfortunately, his method of negotiation involves pulling a gun on his boss and the situation suddenly escalates into a siege. TV reporter Max Brackett (Dustin Hoffman) happens to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 912 members
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  • The West (4 discs) (1996)
    Starring: Pamela Reed,  Michael Potts,  Tony Plana
    Director: Ken Burns
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The entire series by Ken Burns which charts the conquest of the American frontier from 1500-1914. Using photographs, diaries and journals from over 74 different archives, this documentary series tells the story of these first steps in the Western adventure. In 'Empire Upon the Trails', since time ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 945 members
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  • Dead Man Walking on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Susan Sarandon,  Sean Penn,  Robert Prosky
    Director: Tim Robbins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tim Robbins directs this true story of Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon), a nun who communicates with prisoners on Death Row. When she corresponds with Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn), a man condemned for killing a young couple, helping him to mount an appeal of innocence, she encounters someone ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 11,449 members
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  • Dead Man Walking - Blu-ray (1995)
    Starring: Susan Sarandon,  Sean Penn,  Robert Prosky
    Director: Tim Robbins
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Tim Robbins directs this true story of Sister Helen Prejean (Susan Sarandon), a nun who communicates with prisoners on Death Row. When she corresponds with Matthew Poncelet (Sean Penn), a man condemned for killing a young couple, helping him to mount an appeal of innocence, she encounters someone ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 25 members
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  • Scarlet Letter on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Demi Moore,  Edward Hardwicke,  Robert Duvall
    Director: Roland Joffe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in puritanical Boston in the mid 1600s, the story of seamstress Hester Prynne, who is outcast after she becomes pregnant by a respected reverend. She refuses to divulge the name of the father, is convicted of adultery and forced to wear a scarlet A until an Indian attack unites the Puritans and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 966 members
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  • Miracle On 34th Street on DVD (1994)
    Starring: James Remar,  Elizabeth Perkins,  Mara Wilson
    Director: Les Mayfield
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The 1947 holiday classic Miracle on 34th Street is transplanted to the 1990s with few changes in this family-oriented remake. The screenplay by the prolific John Hughes sticks close to the original outline, centering on Macy's executive Dorey Walker (Elizabeth Perkins) and her young daughter Susan (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 6,709 members
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  • Last Action Hero - Blu-ray (1993)
    Starring: James Belushi,  Anthony Quinn,  Frank McRae
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Danny, a dedicated young fan of action star Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger), is given a magic cinema ticket by his local projectionist which transports him into his hero's latest film, in which the good guys always win. However, one of Slater's enemies gets hold of the magic ticket and ends up ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,164 member
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  • Last Action Hero on DVD (1993)
    Starring: James Belushi,  Anthony Quinn,  Frank McRae
    Director: John McTiernan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Danny, a dedicated young fan of action star Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger), is given a magic cinema ticket by his local projectionist which transports him into his hero's latest film, in which the good guys always win. However, one of Slater's enemies gets hold of the magic ticket and ends up ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 11,646 members
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  • Mrs Doubtfire on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Sally Field,  Robin Williams,  Pierce Brosnan
    Director: Chris Columbus
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Robin Williams stars as difficult actor and husband, Daniel Hillard, who separates acrimoniously from his wife (Sally Field) and receives a court order limiting his visits to his children. As a result he dresses up as a Scottish nanny and gets gainful employment with his ex-wife looking after his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 15,826 members
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  • Mrs Doubtfire - Blu-ray (1993)
    Starring: Sally Field,  Robin Williams,  Pierce Brosnan
    Director: Chris Columbus
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Robin Williams stars as difficult actor and husband, Daniel Hillard, who separates acrimoniously from his wife (Sally Field) and receives a court order limiting his visits to his children. As a result he dresses up as a Scottish nanny and gets gainful employment with his ex-wife looking after his ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 29 members
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  • Far And Away on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Barbara Babcock,  Colm Meaney,  Nicole Kidman
    Director: Ron Howard
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Ireland, 1892, and Joseph Donelly's father is shot while protesting high rents. Young Joseph (Tom Cruise) is determined to take his revenge and sets out to kill the local landlord, only to have his plan foiled when he is caught by the landlord's daughter Shannon (Nicole Kidman). She is preparing to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 6,125 members
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  • Hoffa on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Danny De Vito,  J.T. Walsh,  Robert Prosky
    Director: Danny De Vito
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Danny DeVito tries hard to give his biopic Hoffa an epic scope, yet he just misses the mark. Starring Jack Nicholson as Jimmy Hoffa, the film traces the life, career and mysterious disappearance of the labor leader. Hoffa follows the rise of the controversial figure through his early work during ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 770 members
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  • Green Card on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Ann Wedgeworth,  Bebe Neuwirth,  Jessie Keosian
    Director: Peter Weir
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Georges Faure (Gerard Depardieu) is a working class Frenchman who needs a US visa, and Bronte Parrish (Andie MacDowell) a snobby New Yorker who needs a husband to qualify for the perfect apartment. They agree to marry and then part company, but when US officials decide to investigate the marriage ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 8,584 members
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  • Funny About Love on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Jeannette Kerner,  Gene Wilder,  Susan Ruttan
    Director: Leonard Nimoy
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Leonard Nimoy directs this look at the foibles of marraige - which is based loosely on a speech given by Chicago Tribune journalist Bob Greene. Political cartoonist, Duffy Bergman (Gene Wilder) marries a much younger Meg (Christine Lahti) after meeting and falling in love with her at a book-signing ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 147 members
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  • From The Dead Of Night on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Diahann Carroll,  Robin Thomas,  Lindsay Wagner
    Director: Paul Wendkos
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following a near death experience Joanna finds her life under constant threat. She begins to wonder whether dark forces are trying carry her through to the world of the dead. Her boyfriend Glen thinks she's losing it so Joanna turns to her ex-boyfriend, Peter. Together they must confront the "..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 39% from 55 members
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  • Lords Of Discipline on DVD (1983)
    Starring: David Keith,  Barbara Babcock,  G.D. Spradlin
    Director: Franc Roddam
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Drama set in an elite American military academy during the 1960s. Will McLean (David Keith) is a model cadet charged with protecting Pearce (Mark Breland), the school's first black student, when it is feared that he might become subject to racial abuse. Will soon discovers a catalogue of horrific ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 95 members
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  • The Keep (1983)
    Starring: Scott Glenn,  Ian McKellen,  Gabriel Byrne
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    It's World War II, in German occupied Romania. Nazi soldiers have been sent to garrison a mysterious fortress, but a nightmarish discovery is soon made. 'The Keep' was not built to keep anything out. The massive structure was, in fact, built to keep something in....
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 318 members
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  • Christine on DVD (1983)
    Starring: John Stockwell,  Keith Gordon,  Kelly Preston
    Director: John Carpenter
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Director John Carpenter returns to the suburban landscape he explored so chillingly in Halloween (1978) with this lean, stripped-down adaptation of the Stephen King best-seller about a haunted car with a devilishly bad attitude and the teen underdog who falls head-over-heels for her chrome-accented ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 5,877 members
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  • Thief on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Tuesday Weld,  James Caan,  James Belushi
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Thief, James Caan plays Frank, a professional jewel thief who wants to marry Jessie (Tuesday Weld) and settle down into a normal life. In order to achieve his dream of a family, Frank--who is used to working solo--has to align himself with a crime boss named Leo (Robert Prosky), who will help ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,126 member
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Robert Prosky facts

5 most recent films

The Valley Of Light - 3.5 stars
D-Tox - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
D-Tox - 3.0 stars
Dudley Do-Right - 2.5 stars
Mad City - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The West - 3.5 stars
Miracle On 34th Street - 3.5 stars
Dead Man Walking - 3.5 stars
Mrs Doubtfire - 3.5 stars
Thief - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Skeptic - 3.0 stars
The Valley Of Light - 3.5 stars
Dead Man Walking - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Mrs Doubtfire - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
From The Dead Of Night - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Blythe Danner - 6 times - show films
Adam Arkin - 5 times - show films
Michael Potts - 5 times - show films
Tony Plana - 5 times - show films
Julie Harris - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ken Burns - 5 times - show films
John McTiernan - 3 times - show films
Leonard Nimoy - 2 times - show films
Chris Columbus - 2 times - show films
Michael Mann - 2 times - show films