Robert Aldrich — Director (11)
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The Last Sunset (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Last Sunset
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Rock Hudson / Kirk Douglas …
other title: L'occhio caldo del cielo / O Último Pôr-Do-Sol …
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling could legally arrest O'Malley, but Breckenridge's wife complicates things.
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4 for Texas (1963) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
4 for Texas
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Frank Sinatra / Dean Martin …
other title: I 4 del Texas / Os Quatro Heróis do Texas …
In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000 from an outlaw named Matson. Once in Galveston, however, their rivalry continues, as Thomas joins up with Elya Carlson and Jarret with Maxine Richter. But Matson is still on the loose, and a scheming banker threatens both Thomas and Jarrett.
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World for Ransom (1954) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
World for Ransom
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Dan Duryea / Gene Lockhart …
other title: Singapore intrigo internazionale / Menschenraub in Singapur …
In Singapore, a private detective and the British authorities are on the trail of a crime syndicate that kidnaps a nuclear physicist with the aim of selling him to the highest bidder.
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The Longest Yard (1974) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Longest Yard
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Burt Reynolds / Eddie Albert …
other title: Quella sporca ultima meta / Det skrappe hold …
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
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Too Late the Hero (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Too Late the Hero
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Michael Caine / Cliff Robertson …
other title: Non è più tempo d'eroi / De sidste helte …
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.
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The Angry Hills (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Angry Hills
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Robert Mitchum / Stanley Baker …
other title: Le colline dell'odio / Colinas da Ira …
In 1941 Greece, on the eve of German occupation, cynical American foreign correspondent Michael Morrison arrives in Athens, intending to depart for London the following day. While there he is tricked into smuggling a list of resistance leaders out of the country and is pursued by the Germans.
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Vera Cruz (1954) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Vera Cruz
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Gary Cooper / Burt Lancaster …
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.
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The Frisco Kid (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Frisco Kid
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Gene Wilder / Harrison Ford …
other title: Scusi, dov'è il West? / Luk øjnene og skyd! …
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
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Attack (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Attack
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Jack Palance / Eddie Albert …
other title: Prima linea / Angreb …
Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney's leadership ability.
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Twilight's Last Gleaming (1977) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Twilight's Last Gleaming
director: Robert Aldrich actor: Burt Lancaster / Roscoe Lee Browne …
other title: Ultimi bagliori di un crepuscolo / Raketbase 3 …
A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.