The Angry Hills 1959  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Robert Mitchum, Elisabeth Mueller, Stanley Baker, Gia Scala, Theodore Bikel, Sebastian Cabot, Kieron Moore, Leslie Phillips, Donald Wolfit, Marius Goring
Mike Morrison (Robert Mitchum) is a World War II war correspondent in the Balkans whose mission is to escape from Greece to give the Allies valuable information about Nazi activities.
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Apache 1954  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Burt Lancaster, John McIntire, Jean Peters, Charles Bronson, Monte Blue, John Dehner, Paul Guilfoyle, Walter Sande, Morris Ankrum, Ian MacDonald
The United States government was relentless in its "Manifest Destiny" of owning territory. Massai (Burt Lancaster) was an Apache warrior who learned to adapt to the white man's ways for his own survival.
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Attack! 1956  N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin, William Smithers, Strother Martin, Robert Strauss, Richard Jaeckel, Buddy Ebsen, Steven Geray, Peter van Eyck
This reenactment of the World War II Battle of the Bulge involves men following the inept leadership of their captain (Eddie Albert) until they rebel to save their own lives during a German counterattack.
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Autumn Leaves 1956 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Joan Crawford, Cliff Robertson, Vera Miles, Lorne Greene, Ruth Donnelly, Shepperd Strudwick, Selmer Jackson, Maxine Cooper, Marjorie Bennett, Leonard Mudie
When relatives visit his home following his marriage to an older woman, Milly (Joan Crawford), Burt Hanson (Cliff Robertson) suffers mental anguish when he discovers his father in bed with his first wife.
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The Big Knife 1955 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Jack Palance, Rod Steiger, Ida Lupino, Wendell Corey, Strother Martin, Shelley Winters, Ilka Chase, Jean Hagen, Everett Sloane, Wesley Addy
Hollywood actor Charlie Castle (Jack Palance) would sell his soul for a good script. When he makes a deal with an unscrupulous producer (Rod Steiger), his actions bring tragic results.
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The Choirboys 1977   R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Charles Durning, Louis Gossett Jr., Perry King, Clyde Kusatsu, Stephen Macht, Tim McIntire, Randy Quaid, Don Stroud, James Woods, Robert Webber
Based on a Joseph Wambaugh novel, this story, naturally, is about LA cops. But, this film deviates so widely from the book that Wambaugh disavowed the film version. Foul and obnoxious and a waste of all that talent. 1 User Review
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| | Cruel | Me 02/28/2007 | Ugly and boring and very cruel film.
Based on a Joseph Wambaugh novel, this story, naturally, is about LA cops. But, this film deviates so widely from the book that Wambaugh disavowed the film version. Foul and obnoxious and a waste of all that talent
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 The Dirty Dozen 1967   N/R, 150 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Sutherland, Jim Brown, Clint Walker, John Cassavetes, Charles Bronson, Richard Jaeckel, George Kennedy, Robert Ryan, Trini Lopez, Ralph Meeker, Telly Savalas, Tom Busby, Robert Webber
During World War II, Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) is assigned by General Worden (Ernest Borgnine) to train 12 convicts to go behind enemy lines on a special mission for the Allied Forces. The convicts have either been sentenced to death or life imprisonment and include sexual pervert Archer Maggott (Telly Savalas), psychotic Victor Franko (John Cassavetes), and lame-brained killer Vernon Pinkley (Donald Sutherland). Reisman must train them how to perform as a unit when they dress in Nazi uniforms and overtake a French chateau occupied by German officers. Filled with suspense along with comedy to lighten the mood.
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The Emperor of the North 1973 PG, 118 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Emperor of the North Pole
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine, Charles Tyner, Simon Oakland, Malcolm Atterbury, Harry Caesar, Matt Clark, Elisha Cook Jr., Sid Haig
Smack (Ernest Borgnine) is a sadistic train conductor who is determined to kill all the hobos riding his rails. He succeeds until he encounters "A No. 1" (Lee Marvin) who is not about to become a victim.
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 The Flight of the Phoenix 1966 N/R, 147 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Kruger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy, Gabriele Tinti, Alex Montoya
James Stewart plays the pilot of an airplane that crashes in the Sahara Desert. The only hope for the survivors comes from a model-plane designer Heinrich Dorfmann (Hardy Kruger).
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Four for Texas 1963 N/R, 124 min.
Genre: Western / Comedy
aka: 4 for Texas
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Anita Ekberg, Ursula Andress, Charles Bronson, Victor Buono, Richard Jaeckel, Mike Mazurki, Jack Elam, Bob Steele, Edric Connor, Nick Dennis, Wesley Addy, Ellen Corby
Zack Thomas (Frank Sinatra) and Joe Jarrett (Dean Martin) banter their way through this entertaining Western in which they join forces against the evil banker, Harvey Burden (Victor Buono).
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The Frisco Kid 1979 PG, 122 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, William Smith, Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio, George DiCenzo, Leo Fuchs, Penny Peyser
A rabbi (Gene Wilder), on his way to a congregation in San Francisco, teams up with a cowboy (Harrison Ford) of dubious character in this Comedy/Western flick.
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Garment Jungle 1957
Genre: Drama
Director: Vincent Sherman, Robert Aldrich
Cast: Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Richard Boone, Valerie French, Robert Loggia, Joseph Wiseman, Harold J. Stone, Adam Williams, Wesley Addy, Willis Bouchey, Robert Ellenstein, Celia Lovsky, Sid Melton, Jud Taylor
Alan Mitchell (Kerwin Mathews) returns home from the Korean War and joins his father Walter's (Lee J. Cobb) clothing firm only to discover that Walter is involved in a union-busting syndicate. Alan tries unsuccessfully to talk Walter into changing his mind about unions, and then talks to union leader Tulio Renata (Robert Loggia). Alan's visit results in a series of murder victims–including Walter and Renata. Finally, Alan uses his father's accounting books to give the police evidence of the extortion that led to the murders.
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The Grissom Gang 1971 R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Kim Darby, Scott Wilson, Tony Musante, Robert Lansing, Connie Stevens, Irene Dailey, Wesley Addy, Joey Faye, Don Keefer, Dots Johnson
Heiress Barbara (Kim Darby) is captured by the sadistic, violent Grissom Gang, which is headed by Ma Grissom (Irene Dailey). Its modus operandi: get the ransom, kill the hostage. However, drooling moron Slim (Scott Wilson) falls for Barbara, and she learns how to survive in the ultra violent world. Set around 1930, the film is based on James Hadley Chase's bestseller "No Orchids for Miss Blandish" that was panned at the time of publication as "sadistic pornography." Previously filmed in 1948 as "No Orchids for Miss Blandish."
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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte 1964 N/R, 134 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten, Agnes Moorehead, Victor Buono, Mary Astor, Bruce Dern, George Kennedy, Cecil Kellaway, Wesley Addy, William Campbell, Frank Ferguson, Dave Willock, John Megna
Haunted by memories of her murdered fiance, Charlotte Hollis (Bette Davis) has only her housekeeper Velma (Agnes Moorehead) for company. When she learns that her decaying Southern mansion is slated for demolition, she calls her cousin Miriam (Olivia de Havilland) for help. Miriam arrives on the scene with the family doctor (Joseph Cotten) to help, but he causes even more problems, and now Charlotte fights for her sanity as her Southern lifestyle is about to disintegrate, and Miriam tries to drive her crazy. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Supporting Actress (Agnes Moorehead).
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Kiss Me Deadly 1955  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Ralph Meeker, Maxine Cooper, Cloris Leachman, Gaby Rodgers, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Wesley Addy, Juano Hernandez, Jack Elam, Nick Dennis, Marian Carr, Jack Lambert, Jerry Zinneman, Percy Helton, Leigh Snowden
In this Mickey Spillane "Mike Hammer" story, Hammer (Ralph Meeker) picks up hitchhiker Christina (Cloris Leachman) and then is forced off the road and abducted by thugs who kill Christina. Hammer escapes and now tries to uncover the facts that led to Christina's murder. After talking to Christina's roommate Gabrielle (Gaby Rodgers) and to gangster Carl Evello (Paul Stewart), matters get very rough as Hammer unravels the mystery that ends with a "box"–described by Hammer's secretary Velda (Maxine Cooper) as the "great Whatsit." It turns out that the box is filled with atomic explosives ready to be unleashed on the world. Great job, especially for it's time.
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The Last Sunset 1961 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Rock Hudson, Kirk Douglas, Dorothy Malone, Joseph Cotten, Carol Lynley, Neville Brand, Regis Toomey, Jack Elam, Adam Williams, Jose Torvay
Dana Stribling (Rock Hudson) chases his old enemy, Brendan O'Malley (Kirk Douglas), into Mexico where Belle (Dorothy Malone) and Missy (Carol Lynley) Breckenridge enter their lives–BIG time.
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The Legend of Lylah Clare 1968  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Kim Novak, Peter Finch, Ernest Borgnine, Milton Selzer, Ellen Corby, Michael Fox, Queenie Smith, Sidney Skolsky, Lee Meriwether, Valentina Cortese
Lewis Zarkan (Peter Finch) is a Hollywood director obsessed with his deceased wife, Lylah Clare (Kim Novak). He hires Elsa Brinkman (Kim Novak) to play his wife in a film biography, and Elsa becomes more and more like Lylah during the filming.
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 The Longest Yard 1974 R, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Bernadette Peters, Ed Lauter, Michael Conrad, James Hampton, Harry Caesar, John Steadman, Charles Tyner, Mike Henry, Jim Nicholson, Pervis Atkins, Tony Cacciotti, Anitra Ford, Michael Fox
Warden Hazen (Eddie Albert) wants a winning football team to represent his prison, and he knows just the person to assure his team of prison guards a victory. He chooses a prisoner who is an ex-pro football player Paul Crewe (Burt Reynolds). To achieve his goal, Warden Hazen makes a deal with Crewe and tells him that if he will put together a team of prisoners and agree to lose to the guards' football team led by Captain Knauer (Ed Lauter), then Crewe will be given parole. The challenge is on, and Crewe forms his team. As game time approaches, will Crewe accept the deal, or will the convicts achieve dignity as winners of the Penitentiary Bowl?
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Sodom and Gomorrah 1962 N/R, 154 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Stewart Granger, Pier Angeli, Stanley Baker, Rossana Podesta, Anouk Aimee, Claudia Mori, Rik Battaglia, Feodor Chaliapin Jr., Aldo Silvani, Gabriele Tinti
Good acting saves this very long version of the Bible story about God venting his wrath on the sinful cities of Sodom and Gomorrah.
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Ten Seconds to Hell 1959  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Martine Carol, Robert Cornthwaite, Dave Willock, Wesley Addy, Richard Wattis, Virginia Baker, Jimmy Goodwin, Nancy Lee
Following World War II, two members of a bomb-disposal unit (Jeff Chandler and Jack Palance) vie for the love of Margot (Martine Carol) amidst their extremely dangerous missions. 1 User Review
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| | one of the best filmed movies ofthe period | blue eyes 03/01/2007 | | |
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Too Late the Hero 1970 PG, 133 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Suicide Run
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser, Percy Herbert, Sam Kydd, Lance Percival
During World War II, America and Britain joined forces to destroy an enemy radio transmitter on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Good cast makes it watchable.
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Twilight's Last Gleaming 1977 R, 146 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Charles Durning, Melvyn Douglas, Paul Winfield, Burt Young, Joseph Cotten, Vera Miles, Richard Jaeckel, Leif Erickson
As his anti-Vietnam War statement, a deranged U.S. Air Force officer, Lawrence Dell (Burt Lancaster), takes over a nuclear missile base and blackmails U.S. government officials.
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Ulzana's Raid 1972 R, 103 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Jorge Luke, Bruce Davison, Richard Jaeckel, Joaquin Martinez, Lloyd Bouchner, Karl Swenson, John Pearce, Gladys Holland, Richard Bull
Seeking to gain revenge for an Apache attack, the U.S. Army tries to capture renegade Indians in this powerful film–one of Burt's best.
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Vera Cruz 1954 N/R, 94 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel, Cesar Romero, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Elam, Charles Bronson, George Macready, Morris Ankrum, Henry Brandon
When Trane (Gary Cooper) and Erin (Burt Lancaster) sign on to escort a countess (Denise Darcel) to Vera Cruz, they are unaware that she is carrying gold to Maximillian to aid his cause.
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 What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 1962 N/R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama / Horror / Thriller
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono, Anna Lee, Marjorie Bennett, Maidie Norman, Dave Willock, Bert Freed, Wesley Addy, James Seay, Julie Allred, Anne Barton, William Aldrich, Russ Conway, Robert Cornthwaite
Two aging sisters–Jane (Bette Davis) and Blanche (Joan Crawford)–co-exist in a decrepit, Los Angeles mansion. Jane was once the vaudeville child star "Baby Jane" (Julie Allred). Blanche had lived in Jane's shadow as a child but gained stardom as an adult in the film world while Jane's career faded. Blanche enjoyed her success until a drunken Jane caused a car accident that crippled Blanche and left her wheelchair-bound. Now, Jane works with pianist Edwin Flagg (Victor Buono) in hopes of finally gaining stardom as an adult. At the same time, she goes crazy and plots to kill Blanche. A good thriller/black comedy. Academy Award nominations went to Davis (Best Actress) and Buono (Best Supporting Actor).
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| 1. ...All the Marbles (1981)
aka: The California Dolls
2. The Angry Hills (1959)
3. Apache (1954)
4. Attack! (1956)
5. Autumn Leaves (1956)
6. The Big Knife (1955)
7. The Choirboys (1977)
8. The Dirty Dozen (1967)
9. The Emperor of the North (1973)
aka: Emperor of the North Pole
10. The Flight of the Phoenix (1966)
11. Four for Texas (1963)
aka: 4 for Texas
12. The Frisco Kid (1979)
13. Garment Jungle (1957)
14. The Grissom Gang (1971)
15. Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte (1964)
16. Hustle (1975)
17. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
18. The Last Sunset (1961)
19. The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
20. The Longest Yard (1974)
21. Sodom and Gomorrah (1962)
22. Ten Seconds to Hell (1959)
23. Too Late the Hero (1970)
aka: Suicide Run
24. Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977)
25. Ulzana's Raid (1972)
26. Vera Cruz (1954)
27. What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
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