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  • Dreyfuss was terrified by Jaws co-star Shaw - 11 May 2010
    -Actor Richard Dreyfuss was more terrified by his human co-star than he was the giant white shark in Jaws - Robert Shaw was a larger-than-life bully.- -Dreyfuss admits he faced his fears daily on the set - because Shaw was such an intimidating presence.- - He tells

Robert Shaw - what members say


  • The Deep
  • The Deep review by from Suffolk, England.
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Cracker. 19 January 2006
    ...A great thriller with a great cast. The excellent Robert Shaw is reliable as ever and completely eclipses his co stars with a performance which reminded me of his later ch...   Read customer review
  • The Sting
  • The Sting review by A customer from GLASGOW
    Rated - 4.0 stars TOP MOVIE !!! 19 October 2005
    ...er Coleman (Robert Earl Jones) is murdered by racketeer/gambler Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw). Hoping to avenge Luther's death, Johnny begins planning a 'sting'-an elaborat...   Read customer review
  • The Royal Hunt Of The Sun
  • The Royal Hunt Of The Sun review by pedro01 from Liverpool
    Rated - 0.0 stars Disappointing format 22 March 2007
    ...Saw this great movie when it first came out in 1969 with its excellent cast of Robert Shaw and Christopher Plummer. I decided to revisit it again just for old times sake. ...   Read customer review

Robert Shaw - filmography


  • Force 10 From Navarone on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Robert Shaw,  Harrison Ford
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The survivors of Navarone are given an even more dangerous mission - they must destroy a huge bridge, deep in the Balkans. In their midst however, is a traitor who betrays them to the enemy and very nearly succeeds in foiling their plans.
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,574 member
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  • The Deep on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Robert Shaw,  Jacqueline Bisset,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This visually stunning action-adventure film, based on the best-selling novel by JAWS author Peter Benchley, stars Nick Nolte and Jaqueline Bissett as a couple on a romantic holiday in Bermuda. New Yorkers, David Sanders (Nolte) and Gail Berke (Bissett) are enjoying a much-needed vacation; while ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 970 members
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  • The Deep - Blu-ray (1977)
    Starring: Robert Shaw,  Jacqueline Bisset,  Nick Nolte
    Director: Peter Yates
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    This visually stunning action-adventure film, based on the best-selling novel by JAWS author Peter Benchley, stars Nick Nolte and Jaqueline Bissett as a couple on a romantic holiday in Bermuda. New Yorkers, David Sanders (Nolte) and Gail Berke (Bissett) are enjoying a much-needed vacation; while ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 22 members
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  • Robin And Marian on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Audrey Hepburn,  Robert Shaw
    Director: Richard Lester
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This romantic epic takes a bittersweet look at Robin Hood and Maid Marian in their later years. After King Richard's death in the Holy Land, Robin Hood (Sean Connery) and his trusty companion Little John finally return home to England. Despite his two-decade absence, Robin immediately determines to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 765 members
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  • Jaws - Blu-ray (1975)
    Starring: Roy Scheider,  Robert Shaw,  Richard Dreyfuss
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorised one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 84% from 7 members
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  • Jaws on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Murray Hamilton,  Susan Backlinie,  Lee Fierro
    Director: Steven Spielberg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    From the best-selling novel by Peter Benchley, Steven Spielberg directed this thrill ride of terror. During the height of beach season, the Massachusetts resort town of Amity Island is terrorized one summer by surprise attacks from a great white shark. Three unlikely partners team up to hunt down ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 44,851 members
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  • The Taking Of Pelham 123 - Blu-ray (1974)
    Starring: Walter Matthau,  Robert Shaw,  Martin Balsam
    Director: Joseph Sargent
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    On a quiet midday in New York, along the Lexington Avenue subway line, the train designated Pelham One Two Three -- so named for its station of origin and time of departure -- makes its way down the East Side of Manhattan. One by one, three men board the train, and at 28th Street, a fourth man ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 4 members
    Not available for rental
  • The Taking Of Pelham 123 on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Walter Matthau,  Robert Shaw,  Martin Balsam
    Director: Joseph Sargent
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    On a quiet midday in New York, along the Lexington Avenue subway line, the train designated Pelham One Two Three -- so named for its station of origin and time of departure -- makes its way down the East Side of Manhattan. One by one, three men board the train, and at 28th Street, a fourth man ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 3,065 members
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  • The Hireling on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Sarah Miles,  Robert Shaw,  Sarah Miles
    Director: Alan Bridges
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The passionate and sensitive story of a chaffeur who hides his love for his employer, the widowed Lady Franklin. The film captures the intricacies of the British class system in the early 1920's.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 99 members
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  • The Sting on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Paul Newman,  Robert Redford,  Robert Shaw
    Director: George Roy Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Hoping that box-office lighting might strike twice, George Roy Hill again joined forces with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, who star as con men Henry Gondorff and Johnny Hooker in THE STING. In the Chicago of the 1930s, Johnny's partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), is fatally wounded by a victim ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 12,482 members
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  • The Sting - Blu-ray (1973)
    Starring: Paul Newman,  Robert Redford,  Robert Shaw
    Director: George Roy Hill
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Hoping that box-office lighting might strike twice, George Roy Hill again joined forces with Paul Newman and Robert Redford, who star as con men Henry Gondorff and Johnny Hooker in THE STING. In the Chicago of the 1930s, Johnny's partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), is fatally wounded by a victim ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 8 members
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  • Figures In A Landscape (1970)
    Starring: Robert Shaw,  Malcolm McDowell,  Henry Woolf
    Director: Joseph Losey
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a novel by Barry England, the film stars Robert Shaw and Malcolm McDowell as two escaped prisoners in an unidentified totalitarian country. MacConnachie (Shaw) and Ansell (McDowell) occasionally pause to exchange profundities but spend most of their time on the run from an omnipresent ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 213 members
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  • Battle Of Britain on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Laurence Olivier,  Michael Caine,  Robert Shaw
    Director: Guy Hamilton
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A powerful, colourful and star-studded re-creation of the epic 1940 battle that took place in the skies over England. Surprised and understaffed, the British forces used determination and guile to valiantly hold off the superior forces of the German Luftwaffe in the early days of World War II. If ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 5,155 members
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  • A Man For All Seasons on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Robert Shaw,  Paul Scofield,  Orson Welles
    Director: Fred Zinnemann
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Adapted by Robert Bolt and Constance Willis from Bolt's hit stage play, A Man for All Seasons stars Paul Scofield, triumphantly repeating his stage role as Sir Thomas More. The crux of the film is the staunchly Catholic More's refusal to acknowledge King Henry VIII (Robert Shaw)'s break from the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 4,927 members
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  • The Luck of Ginger Coffey on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Robert Shaw,  Mary Ure,  Liam Redmond
    Director: Irvin Kershner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The tale of Ginger Coffey, a hard-up Irish immigrant who moves to Montreal with his wife, Vera, and teenage daughter, Paulie, in the hope of finding a job and improving their lives. But he soon discovers Montreal is just as hard to find a well-paid job as Ireland, and so he returns in the hopes of ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 12 members
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  • From Russia With Love on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Sean Connery,  Robert Shaw,  Lotte Lenya
    Director: Terence Young
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Secret agent James Bond battles the all-enveloping tentacles of an international crime syndicate called SPECTRE. The organization's mad plan for world supremacy unfolds with the icy efficiency of a chessmaster's complex strategy, and if they succeed, the antagonism of the cold war will be pushed ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 12,473 members
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  • Tomorrow At Ten on DVD (1962)
    Starring: John Gregson,  Robert Shaw,  Alan Wheatley
    Director: Lance Comfort
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A ruthless kidnapper and blackmailer called Marlowe has abducted a young boy. After imprisoning the child in a deserted house, Marlowe gives him a toy golly for comfort. But hidden inside the golly is time bomb which is set to explode at ten the following morning. A cracking thriller starring a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 197 members
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Robert Shaw facts

5 most recent films

Force 10 From Navarone - 3.0 stars
The Deep - 3.0 stars
The Deep - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Black Sunday - 3.0 stars
Swashbuckler - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Battle Of Britain - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Sting - 4.0 stars
From Russia With Love - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Jaws - 3.5 stars
Battle Of Britain - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Luck of Ginger Coffey - 2.5 stars
Black Sunday - 3.0 stars
The Taking Of Pelham 123 - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Deep - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Swashbuckler - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Peter Hammond - 6 times - show films
Edwin Richfield - 6 times - show films
Brian Rawlinson - 6 times - show films
Paul Hansard - 6 times - show films
Wilfrid Downing - 6 times - show films

Most frequent directors

C.M. Pennington-Richards - 6 times - show films
Guy Hamilton - 5 times - show films
Terence Young - 4 times - show films
Steven Spielberg - 4 times - show films
Joseph Sargent - 3 times - show films