Robert Wise — Director (39)
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Two People (1973) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Two People
director: Robert Wise actor: Peter Fonda / Lindsay Wagner …
other title: Zwei Menschen unterwegs / Brève Rencontre à Paris …
Evan Bonner is a deserter from the Vietnam war; he is on his way back to America to give himself up when he meets Deirdre McCluskey, a beautiful if petulant model. The two make an unlikely couple, but once in France the magic of Paris works its charm and these two vulnerable people finally find each other.
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A Storm in Summer (2000) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
A Storm in Summer
director: Robert Wise actor: Peter Falk / Andrew McCarthy …
other title: A Storm in Summer - Temporale d'estate / Sommer der Freundschaft
Set in 1969, Abel Shaddick, a crotchety deli owner, has a grudge against virtually everyone in his upstate New York town of Fairview, particularly against his slacker nephew Stanley who lives behind the shop. Without telling his uncle, Stanley agrees to put up a needy city kid for the summer as part of a charity program run by rich debutante Gloria. Abel immediately vetoes the plan, but it is too late. The kid, young Herman Washington, is already on his way...
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Mystery in Mexico (1948) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Mystery in Mexico
director: Robert Wise actor: William Lundigan / Jacqueline White …
other title: La collana insanguinata / Mystère au Mexique …
Insurance detective Steve Hastings is sent by his company to investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent. His first lead is the agent's fetching sister, Victoria, whom he trails to Mexico City. After charming his way into her confidence, Steve helps Vicki unravel the mystery.
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Three Secrets (1950) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Three Secrets
director: Robert Wise actor: Eleanor Parker / Patricia Neal …
other title: Tre segreti / Três Segredos …
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son.
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Mademoiselle Fifi (1944) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Mademoiselle Fifi
director: Robert Wise actor: Simone Simon / John Emery …
In occupied France during the Franco-Prussian War, a young French laundress shares a coach ride with several of her condescending social superiors. But when a Prussian officer holds the coach over, social standings are leveled and integrity and spirit are put to the test.
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Criminal Court (1946) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Criminal Court
director: Robert Wise actor: Tom Conway / Martha O'Driscoll …
other title: Juzgado criminal / Testigo ocular …
A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a singer. Although he manages to cover up his involvement in the crime, his girlfriend discovers the body and is subsequently charged with the murder.
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Two for the Seesaw (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Two for the Seesaw
director: Robert Wise actor: Robert Mitchum / Shirley MacLaine …
other title: La ragazza del quartiere / Dois na Gangorra …
After leaving his wife, lawyer Jerry Ryan moves from Omaha, Nebraska to New York City to start a new life. While studying for the New York Bar Examination and working to finalize his divorce, Ryan meets dancer Gittel Mosca, and the two begin a cautious courtship. However, Ryan feels that he must come to terms with his failed marriage and overcome his lingering attachment to his ex-wife before he can redefine himself and embrace his budding romance.
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So Big (1953) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
So Big
director: Robert Wise actor: Jane Wyman / Sterling Hayden …
other title: Solo per te ho vissuto / Trigo y esmeralda …
A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there falls in love with a poor but big-hearted farmer.
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Tribute to a Bad Man (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Tribute to a Bad Man
director: Robert Wise actor: James Cagney / Don Dubbins …
other title: La legge del capestro / Mein Wille ist Gesetz …
Jeremy Rodock is a tough horse rancher who strings up rustlers as soon as looks at them. Fresh out of Pennsylvania, Steve Miller finds it hard to get used to Rodock’s ways, although he takes an immediate shine to his Greek girl Jocasta.
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Helen of Troy (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Helen of Troy
director: Robert Wise actor: Rossana Podestà / Jacques Sernas …
other title: Elena di Troia / Helena de Tróia …
Prince Paris of Troy, shipwrecked on a mission to the king of Sparta, meets and falls for Queen Helen before he knows who she is. Rudely received by the royal Greeks, he must flee...but fate and their mutual passions lead him to take Helen along. This gives the Greeks just the excuse they need for much-desired war.
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Rooftops (1989) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Rooftops
director: Robert Wise actor: Jason Gedrick / Troy Byer …
other title: Combat Dance - A colpi di musica / Rooftops – Dächer des Todes …
T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is 'combat'. Combat is a dance/streetfight during which the contestants try to push each other out of the arena, while not allowed to actually touch each other. When drugdealers move into the neighbourhood and kill T's best friend he embarks on a mission to eradicate the drug-presence in the neigbourhood. His friends are reluctant to help though, knowing what happened to T's friend when he crossed them.
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The Sand Pebbles (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge WikiData
The Sand Pebbles
director: Robert Wise actor: Steve McQueen / Richard Attenborough …
other title: Quelli della San Pablo / Kanonbåden San Pablo …
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.