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Robert Rossen
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Robert Rossen - what members say
review by chungking from London,England
quality all round 11 December 2005
review by A customer from London, UK
Flawed but interesting 29 August 2006
Robert Rossen - filmography
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Lilith
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Peter Fonda, James Patterson, Jessica Walter
Director: Robert Rossen
Certificate: 
Vincent Bruce (Warren Beatty) is a Korean War veteran who becomes an occupational therapist in a private mental hospital that cares for wealthy, schizophrenic clientele. He slowly begins to fall for Lilith Arthur (Jean Seberg), a patient who is mentally locked in her own little world. Vincent ..read more »

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from 131 members
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The Hustler
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, George C. Scott
Director: Robert Rossen
Certificate: 
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Low-life pool player Fast Eddie Felson (Paul Newman) begins a downhill slide after losing to Minnesota Fats (Jackie Gleason). However, gambler Bert Gordon (George C. Scott) sees the potential in the boy, takes him in, teaches him the art of the hustle, and sets him on the road to another thrilling ..read more »

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from 7,140 members
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The Hustler - Blu-ray
(1961)
Starring: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie
Director: Robert Rossen
Certificate: 
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Paul Newman shines as cocky poolroom hustler "Fast" Eddie Felson in Robert Rossen's atmospheric adaptation of the Walter Tevis novel. Newman's Felson is a swaggering pool shark punk who takes on the king of the poolroom, Minnesota Fats (a cool, assured Jackie Gleason in his most understated ..read more »

76%
from 13 members
Not available for rental
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They Came To Cordura
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Van Heflin, Van Heflin, Dick York
Director: Robert Rossen
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Gary Cooper stars as a disgraced Army officer during the 1916 war against Pancho Villa. Branded a coward, he is charged with accompanying five Medal of Honor candidates (and a female ex-patriate) to a military base in Cordura, and hopes that along the way he will discover what qualities separate ..read more »

54%
from 120 members
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Alexander The Great
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Stanley Baker, Claire Bloom, Barry Jones
Director: Robert Rossen
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The short life and quick death of Alexander the Great is recounted in this literate historical epic. Decked out in a blonde wig, Richard Burton stars as the Grecian warrior who conquered the known world while only in his twenties, then wept because there were no more worlds left to conquer. While ..read more »

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from 567 members
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All The King's Men
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: John Derek, Broderick Crawford, Joanne Dru
Director: Robert Rossen
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Robert Penn Warren, All the King's Men is a roman à clef inspired by the career of Louisiana governor Huey Long. Broderick Crawford won an Academy Award for his portrayal of Willie Stark, a backwoods Southern lawyer who wins the hearts of his ..read more »

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from 772 members
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Body and Soul
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: John Garfield, Lilli Palmer, Hazel Brooks
Director: Robert Rossen
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Charlie Davis, a boxer from New York's East Side, has fought his way out of the slums to become a world title holder, but has sold his soul along the way. Under the ownership of a corrupt promoter he is about to defend is crown and must face the biggest decision of his life if he is to redeem himself.

70%
from 305 members
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The Strange Love of Martha Ivers
(1946)
Starring: Kirk Douglas, Van Heflin, Van Heflin
Director: Lewis Milestone
Certificate: 
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In The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, relationships formed in childhood lead to murder and obsessive love. The wealthy Martha Ivers (Barbara Stanwyck) is the prime mover of the small Pennsylvania town of Iverston. Martha lives in a huge mansion with her DA husband, Walter O'Neil (Kirk Douglas), an ..read more »

63%
from 364 members
Currently unavailable
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A Walk In The Sun
on DVD
(1945)
Starring: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne
Director: Lewis Milestone
Certificate: 
Dana Andrews stars in this 1940s war drama adapted from the book by Harry Brown. Sergeant Bill Tyne (Andrews) is left in charge of the remaining platoons in his squad after his superiors are either killed or injured during the 1943 American invasion of Italy. He leads the soldiers in an attack to ..read more »

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from 132 members
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