Robert Rossen

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All The King's Men review by chungking from London,England

quality all round 11 December 2005
... and the writer, Robert Penn Warren, was Americas first poet laureate. Director Robert Rossen made ‘The Hustler’. Broderick Crawford was a character actor par excellence and... Read customer review

Lilith review by A customer from London, UK

Flawed but interesting 29 August 2006
...from the tragic Jean Seberg and a less cocky than usual Warren Beatty. Director Robert Rossen, who also wrote the script, successfully creates a brooding gothic ambience. Al... Read customer review

Lilith on DVD (1964)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Peter Fonda, Gene Hackman
Director: Robert Rossen
Certificate:
Vincent Bruce (Warren Beatty) is an idealistic young war veteran who has just begun working as a therapist in a mental institution in his Maryland hometown. His first patient is a sex-obsessed schizophrenic named Lilith (Jean Seberg), who quickly becomes smitten with him. At first, Vincent ..read more »

59% from 116 members

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 »

82% from 10 members
Not available for rental

The Hustler on DVD (1961)
Starring: Paul Newman, Jackie Gleason, Piper Laurie
Director: Robert Rossen
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
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 »

71% from 6,869 members

They Came To Cordura on DVD (1959)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Rita Hayworth, Van Heflin
Director: Robert Rossen
Certificate:
In 1916, as U.S. soldiers waged war against Pancho Villa's Mexican troops, Army Major Thomas Thorn (Gary Cooper) is assigned to lead five soldiers and a traitorous female prisoner (Rita Hayworth) to safety in the Texas town of Cordura. This seemingly simple task becomes increasingly complex , ..read more »

54% from 113 members

Alexander The Great on DVD (1955)
Starring: Richard Burton, 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 »

53% from 545 members

All The King's Men on DVD (1949)
Starring: Broderick Crawford, John Ireland, 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 »

62% from 713 members

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.

69% from 278 members

Mambo
Starring: Silvana Mangano, Michael Rennie, Vittorio Gassman
Director: Robert Rossen
Certificate:
DVD showing the moves of the Mambo.

20% from 1 member
Not currently released

Lilith - 3.0 stars
The Hustler - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Hustler - 3.5 stars
They Came To Cordura - 2.5 stars
Alexander The Great - 2.5 stars

The Hustler - 3.5 stars
Body and Soul - 3.5 stars
All The King's Men - 3.0 stars
Lilith - 3.0 stars
They Came To Cordura - 2.5 stars

Mambo - 1.0 stars
The Hustler - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Alexander The Great - 2.5 stars
They Came To Cordura - 2.5 stars
Lilith - 3.0 stars

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Paul Newman - 3 times - show films
Julie Robinson - 1 times - show films