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Robert Aldrich
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Robert Aldrich - filmography
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The Longest Yard
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Burt Reynolds, Ed Lauter, James Hampton
Director: Robert Aldrich
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In Robert Aldrich's crowd-pleasing classic, Burt Reynolds stars as convict Paul Crewe, a former football player doing time in a prison controlled by two authoritarian sports fanatics, warden Hazen (Eddie Albert) and captain Knauer (Ed Lauter). When Crewe sees that the guards have a top-notch ..read more »
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Emperor of the North
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Lee Marvin
Director: Robert Aldrich
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Shack (Borgnine) is a cruel railroad agent who makes it his personal mission to rid the world of hobos out for a free ride. Legendary tough-guy hobo A-1 (Marvin) vows to ride Shack's train to its destination and survive, which would earn him the title of "Emperor of the North Pole." A humorous game ..read more »
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from 168 members
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Ulzana's Raid
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Richard Jaeckel
Director: Robert Aldrich
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Angered at their mistreatment by whites, a group of renegade Apaches escape from their reservation and embark on a rampage of murder, rape and destruction. A veteran army scout, McIntosh (Bruce Lancaster), and an unseasoned young cavalry officer, DeBuin (Bruce Davison), are assigned to track down ..read more »
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The Grissom Gang
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Kim Darby, Tony Musante, Scott Wilson
Director: Robert Aldrich
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Miss Blandish (Kim Darby), a young well-to-do heiress suffering from the emotional strain of overprotective parents, is kidnapped by a group of money-hungry thugs and thrust into a world of slums and poverty. As the Grissom Gang holds her for ransom, Miss Blandish begins a torrid love affair with ..read more »
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from 79 members
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Too Late The Hero
on DVD
(1969)
Starring: Michael Caine, Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson
Director: Robert Aldrich
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In Robert Aldrich's pulsating World War II thriller, Lawson (Cliff Robertson), an American naval officer specializing in Asiatic languages, is sent to the Pacific theater to assist a group of British soldiers (Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, and Harry Andrews) in a seemingly simple mission--knock ..read more »
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The Killing Of Sister George
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Beryl Reid, Susannah York, Ronald Fraser
Director: Robert Aldrich
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In Robert Aldrich's taboo-shattering adaptation of Frank Morse's play, June (Beryl Reed) is a lesbian who plays the part of a nun, Sister George, on a successful television soap opera. Her world collapses when the show's executive director, Mercy Croft (Coral Browne), decides to kill off June's ..read more »
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The Dirty Dozen
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
Director: Robert Aldrich
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An all-star cast energizes Robert Aldrich's classic World War II action drama about a group of 12 American military prisoners assembled by tacticians and ordered to perform a suicide mission: infiltrate a well-guarded chateau and kill the Nazi officials staying there. The incarcerated soldiers, ..read more »
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The Flight Of The Phoenix
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch
Director: Robert Aldrich
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In Robert Aldrich's 'The Flight Of The Phoenix', based on Elleston Trevor's novel, a small plane carrying oil workers and military personnel crashes, stranding a group of survivors in the Sahara Desert. As the lethal heat and grating sand begin to take a toll on the group, the conscientious pilot, ..read more »
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4 For Texas
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg
Director: Robert Aldrich
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When con men Zack Thomas (Frank Sinatra) and Joe Jarrett (Dean Martin) team up to open a gambling den, they quickly realize that business in the wild West isn’t so easy. Both miscreant banker Harvey Burden (Victor Buono) and loose-cannon gunman Matson (Charles Bronson) are out to stifle Zack and ..read more »
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67%
from 28 members
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Whatever Happened To Baby Jane
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Bette Davis, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford
Director: Robert Aldrich
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Baby Jane (Davis) was a child star. When she grows up she is forgotten by the public. Instead her sister Blanche (Crawford) becomes famous as a Hollywood actress, overshadowing her sister who is increasingly bitter. After a mysterious car accident cripples her, Blanche is left wheelchair-bound at ..read more »
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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Bette Davis, Bette Davis, Olivia De Havilland
Director: Robert Aldrich
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Bette Davis is an elderly Southern recluse slowly being driven mad. Fearing that her home may soon be demolished to make way for a new road, and at the same time exposing an ancient murder, her relatives start to gang up on her. What do they want? And why are they trying to convince her that she's mad?
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from 668 members
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Attack
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin
Director: Robert Aldrich
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Captain Cooney (Eddie Albert) is a bombastic, but incompetent, military leader who jeopardizes the lives of the men under his control. His lapdog of a colonel (Lee Marvin) tries his best to sweep Cooney's errors under the rug, but soon the dastardly leaders have a problem on their hands in the form ..read more »
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from 457 members
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Kiss Me Deadly
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart
Director: Robert Aldrich
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Hard-hitting detective Mike Hammer (Ralph Meeker) takes on thugs and atomic secrets in Robert Aldrich's fast-paced thriller KISS ME DEADLY, an adaptation of the Mickey Spillane novel. The night goes awry for Hammer soon after he picks up a scantily clad hitchhiker (Cloris Leachman). The next thing ..read more »
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The Big Knife
on DVD
(1955)
Starring: Jack Palance, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey
Director: Robert Aldrich
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From acclaimed director Robert Aldrich [The Dirty Dozen, Kiss Me Deadly] comes this classic noir thriller, set in the darkest underbelly of Hollywood. Charles Castle [Jack Palance] has it all. With fame, talent, and devastating looks, he is the studio’s biggest star. But when disillusionment ..read more »
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Apache
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, Paul Guilfoyle
Director: Robert Aldrich
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In Robert Aldrich's stirring film, an indominable Apache fighter, Massai (Burt Lancaster), refuses to accept the defeat of his people signaled by the surrender of his legendary chief, Geronimo (Monte Blue). Likewise, he will not swallow the pronouncement of a foe, Indian scout Al Sieber (John ..read more »
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from 310 members
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Vera Cruz
on DVD
(1954)
Starring: Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Cesar Romero
Director: Robert Aldrich
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In Robert Aldrich's action-packed Western, Benjamin Trane (Gary Cooper) and Joe Erin (Burt Lancaster) are American soldiers of fortune hired by the Austrian ruler of Mexico, Maximilian, to safeguard a royal convoy transporting gold and an Austrian countess to the port of Vera Cruz. Things get ..read more »
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62%
from 412 members
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Robert Aldrich facts
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How the West was Sold 27 June 2004
...f Independence) will not last. But these are about the only flaws. Like most of Robert Aldrich's films, this is fast-moving, completely amoral, and peopled by men who seem to...
1 July 2004
