Robert Siodmak

Robert Siodmak - what members say

Criss Cross review by from Manchester

Film Noir Heaven 9 June 2005
...dame) isn't one you'll find original, but in the hands of seasoned professional Robert Siodmak, an unheralded noir pro, it snaps shut with the inevitability of Greek Tragedy....

Custer Of The West on DVD (1967)
Starring: Robert Shaw, Mary Ure, Jeffrey Hunter
Director: Robert Siodmak
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General Custer takes charge of the 9th Cavalry and is ordered to drive the Indians away from their land. When gold is discovered on the reservation men begin to desert...

Rate this: 52% from 169 members

Criss Cross (1949)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Yvonne De Carlo
Director: Robert Siodmak
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Romantic, obsessive Steve Thompson is drawn back to L.A. to make another try for Anna, his former wife. However, Anna belongs now to the L.A. underworld. Steve believes he can rescue her, ignoring the advice and warnings of people who would try to save him. He commits himself to a dangerous course ..read more »

Rate this: 52% from 16 members

The Dark Mirror (1946)
Starring: Olivia de Havilland, Olivia De Havilland, Lew Ayres
Director: Robert Siodmak
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A man is murdered, and several witnesses can place Ruth Collins at the scene of the crime. But Ruth has a twin sister, Terry, who has been diagnosed as a psychotic. When Ruth falls for the psychiatrist who evaluates the two sisters, will Terry strike again?

Rate this: 52% from 8 members

The Spiral Staircase (1946)
Starring: Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore
Director: Robert Siodmak
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Robert Siodmak's THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE is a classic Hitchcockian thriller set in a shadow-filled Victorian house. The manor's mute servant girl, Helen (Dorothy McGuire), is threatened by a murderer on the premises--a killer who targets those burdened by afflictions....

Rate this: 63% from 353 members
Not currently released

Killers (2 discs)
Starring: Angie Dickinson, Ava Gardner, Burt Lancaster
Director: Don Siegel, Robert Siodmak
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The Killers (1946): Uses Ernest Hemingway's classic short story as a jumping-off point for an intense, hard-edged, and stylish tale of robbery, unrequited love, double-crosses, and brutal betrayal. The Killers (1964): Two hired killers muscle their way into a school for the blind and terrorize ..read more »

Rate this: 71% from 715 members
Not currently released

Custer Of The West - 2.5 stars
Criss Cross - 3.0 stars
The Dark Mirror - 2.5 stars
The Spiral Staircase - 3.0 stars
Christmas Holiday - 2.5 stars

Killers - 3.5 stars
People On Sunday - 3.5 stars
The Spiral Staircase - 3.0 stars
Christmas Holiday - 2.5 stars
Custer Of The West - 2.5 stars

The Dark Mirror - 2.5 stars
Criss Cross - 3.0 stars
Son Of Dracula - 3.0 stars
Custer Of The West - 2.5 stars
Christmas Holiday - 2.5 stars

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