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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
review by from Suffolk, England.
A Cracker. 19 January 2006
review by A customer from GLASGOW
TOP MOVIE !!! 19 October 2005
review by roncoach from
THE BEST BOND FILM 1962-2009 5 November 2011
Robert Shaw - filmography
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Force 10 From Navarone
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Robert Shaw
Director: Guy Hamilton
Certificate: 
This semi-sequel to 'The Guns of Navarone' sees the Allied special operations squad Force Ten dispatched on a mission to blow up a bridge vital to the German war effort. In charge of the squad is Major Mallory (Robert Shaw), while the man entrusted with engineering the bridge's destruction is ..read more »
 
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The Deep - Blu-ray
(1977)
Starring: Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte
Director: Peter Yates
Certificate: 
Marine adventure adapted from the novel by 'Jaws' author Peter Benchley. Gail Berke (Jacqueline Bisset) and David Sanders (Nick Nolte) are holidaying in Bermuda when they stumble across some hidden treasure in the high seas. Unfortunately, the 'treasure' they locate is a consignment of morphine, ..read more »
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from 27 members
Currently unavailable
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The Deep
on DVD
(1977)
Starring: Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte
Director: Peter Yates
Certificate:
Marine adventure adapted from the novel by 'Jaws' author Peter Benchley. Gail Berke (Jacqueline Bisset) and David Sanders (Nick Nolte) are holidaying in Bermuda when they stumble across some hidden treasure in the high seas. Unfortunately, the 'treasure' they locate is a consignment of morphine, ..read more »
57%
from 1,023 member
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Robin And Marian
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Denholm Elliott, Ian Holm, Sean Connery
Director: Richard Lester
Certificate: 
A continuation of the Robin Hood legend. An ageing Robin Hood (Sean Connery) returns to England after many years in exile and rekindles his romance with Marian (Audrey Hepburn). However, when Robin's old enemy, the Sheriff of Nottingham (Robert Shaw), intervenes, the scene is set for a final ..read more »
59%
from 807 members
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Jaws - Blu-ray
(1975)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Roy Scheider
Director: Steven Spielberg
Certificate:
Seventies blockbuster movie, directed by Steven Spielberg. A large man-eating shark wreaks havoc off the coast of Long Island whilst local sheriff Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) finds himself caught between a panicking community and a town council eager to play down the reported deaths. However, the ..read more »
88%
from 328 members
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The Man In The Glass Booth
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman, Luther Adler
Director: Arthur Hiller
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Part of the American Film Theatre Collection, in which classic American stage plays are transferred to the big screen, this play by actor-turned-playwright Robert Shaw is inspired by the real-life war crimes trial of Adolf Eichmann. Maximilian Schiel was nominated for an Oscar for his performance ..read more »
56%
from 118 members
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Jaws
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Susan Backlinie
Director: Steven Spielberg
Certificate:
Seventies blockbuster movie, directed by Steven Spielberg. A large man-eating shark wreaks havoc off the coast of Long Island whilst local sheriff Martin Brody (Roy Scheider) finds himself caught between a panicking community and a town council eager to play down the reported deaths. However, the ..read more »
73%
from 45,823 members
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The Taking Of Pelham 123
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Dick O'Neill, Jerry Stiller, James Broderick
Director: Joseph Sargent
Certificate:
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 »
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from 3,229 members
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The Taking Of Pelham 123 - Blu-ray
(1974)
Starring: Walter Matthau, Robert Shaw, Martin Balsam
Director: Joseph Sargent
Certificate:
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 »
73%
from 17 members
Not available for rental
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The Sting - Blu-ray
(1973)
Starring: Eileen Brennan, John Quade, Jack Kehoe
Director: George Roy Hill
Certificate:
In 1930s Illinois, young hustler Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) vows revenge after his older partner (Robert Earl Jones) is murdered at the behest of kingpin Doyle Lonnegan (Robert Shaw) in retribution for a con pulled on one of his runners. Travelling to Chicago, Hooker teams up with old hand ..read more »
82%
from 134 members
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The Sting
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Eileen Brennan, John Quade, Jack Kehoe
Director: George Roy Hill
Certificate:
Four years after setting box offices ablaze in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and director George Roy Hill re-teamed with similar success for The Sting. Redford plays Depression-era confidence trickster Johnny Hooker, whose friend and mentor Luther Coleman (Robert ..read more »
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from 12,972 members
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The Hireling
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Sarah Miles, Peter Egan, Elizabeth Sellars
Director: Alan Bridges
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Drama surrounding a lonely socialite and her chauffeur who become more than friends. A recently widowed aristocrat Lady Helen Franklin (Sarah Miles), shattered by her husband's death, takes to a sanatorium to get her feet again. Upon her discharge she strikes up a hesitant and rather odd ..read more »
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from 132 members
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Young Winston
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Patrick Magee, Jack Hawkins, John Mills
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Richard Attenborough directs this biopic telling the story of Winston Churchill's early years. Covering the young Churchill's childhood, his time as a war correspondent in India, and his military experience in the Boer War, the film culminates with the future Prime Minister's first speech in the ..read more »
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from 373 members
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A Town Called Hell
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Martin Landau, Michael Craig, Robert Shaw
Director: Robert Parrish
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In 1905 Mexico, an American widow (Stella Stevens) arrives in a small town looking for her husband's killer. Also searching for the man - whose name may or may not be Aguila - is a Mexican colonel (Martin Landau), but both pursuers soon come across obstacles in the form of the local priest (Robert ..read more »
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from 120 members
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The Royal Hunt Of The Sun
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Christopher Plummer, Nigel Davenport, Robert Shaw
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Screen adaptation of the play by Peter Shaffer ('Equus', 'Amadeus'). Spanish General Francesco Pizzaro promises the King of Spain that he can find a hidden cache of gold in Peru, and is allowed to search - but at his own expense. Undaunted, Pizzaro assembles a brave but greedy band made up of ..read more »
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from 230 members
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Battle Of Britain
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Robert Shaw
Director: Guy Hamilton
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Guy Hamilton's classic war film looks at how England defended itself from the German aerial onslaught of the summer of 1940. Laurence Olivier plays Sir Hugh Dowding, the air chief marshal whose fleet outmanouevre the Luftwaffe, despite a numerical disadvantage; and those few to whom so many owed so ..read more »
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from 5,266 members
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Battle Of Britain - Blu-ray
(1969)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Robert Shaw
Director: Guy Hamilton
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Guy Hamilton's classic war film looks at how England defended itself from the German aerial onslaught of the summer of 1940. Laurence Olivier plays Sir Hugh Dowding, the air chief marshal whose fleet outmanouevre the Luftwaffe, despite a numerical disadvantage; and those few to whom so many owed so ..read more »
78%
from 406 members
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The Birthday Party
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Patrick Magee, Dandy Nichols, Sidney Tafler
Director: William Friedkin
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Stanley Webber (Robert Shaw) - a scruffy, stay-at-home lodger in a seaside resort - is visited by two sinister strangers who insist on throwing a birthday party for him. The two men continue to menace Stanley until he gives in, and then further unsettle him by reminding him of various fears and ..read more »
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from 388 members
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Custer Of The West
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Mary Ure, Robert Ryan, Mark Lawrence
Director: Robert Siodmak
Certificate: 
General George Armstrong Custer (Robert Shaw), a stalwart of the American Civil War, is determined to see the US campaign against the country's native population through to the bitter end. Sent into Dakota, ostensibly to make the area safe for settlers, the General leads a bloody charge against the ..read more »
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from 208 members
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A Man For All Seasons
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Orson Welles, Leo McKern, Wendy Hiller
Director: Fred Zinnemann
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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 »
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from 5,129 members
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Battle Of The Bulge
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Dana Andrews, Charles Bronson, Robert Ryan
Director: Ken Annakin
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Historical film account (starring Henry Fonda and Robert Shaw), of Germany's last major European offensive of WWII at the Ardennes in Belgium, in December 1944. Germany, under the command of Hessler, plans an attack with the secret panzer division, but they are desperately short of fuel and their ..read more »
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from 1,909 member
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The Luck of Ginger Coffey
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Powys Thomas, Mary Ure, Vernon Chapman
Director: Irvin Kershner
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The grass isn't always greener, as an Irish immigrant finds out when he moves to Montreal. Facing hardship at home in Ireland, jobless Ginger Coffey (Robert Shaw) decides to up sticks and take wife Vera (Mary Ure) and daughter Paulie (Libby McClintock) to settle in Montreal in search of his dream. ..read more »
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from 13 members
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From Russia With Love
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Daniela Bianchi, Sean Connery, Bernard Lee
Director: Terence Young
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Sean Connery returns as Secret Service agent James Bond in the second of the series, once again saving the world from the terrorist threats of the SPECTRE organisation. Bond is sent to Istanbul to steal a Russian coding machine, but comes up against two fearsome opponents also interested in the ..read more »
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from 12,777 members
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The Caretaker
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw, Alan Bates
Director: Clive Donner
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Clive Donner's film version of Harold Pinter's groundbreaking play. For reasons unclear, Aston (Robert Shaw) invites a tramp named Davies (Donald Pleasence) to come and work as the caretaker in his run-down East London home. Davies initially talks of retrieving some documents that will establish ..read more »
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from 683 members
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From Russia With Love - Blu-ray
(1963)
Starring: Daniela Bianchi, Sean Connery, Bernard Lee
Director: Terence Young
Certificate:
Sean Connery returns as Secret Service agent James Bond in the second of the series, once again saving the world from the terrorist threats of the SPECTRE organisation. Bond is sent to Istanbul to steal a Russian coding machine, but comes up against two fearsome opponents also interested in the ..read more »
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from 1,345 member
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Tomorrow At Ten
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: William Hartnell, Kenneth Cope, Robert Shaw
Director: Lance Comfort
Certificate:
British crime thriller starring Robert Shaw as ruthless kidnapper and blackmailer Marlowe, who has abducted a little boy. After imprisoning the child in a deserted house, Marlowe gives him a toy golliwog for comfort. But hidden inside the golliwog is a time bomb, which is set to explode at ten o'..read more »
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...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...
