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Mark Robson
Director 1913 - 1978

Mark Robson

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Mark Robson (4 December 1913 – 20 June 1978) was a Canadian-born film editor, film director and producer in Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Robson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

23 titles
Avalanche Express

Avalanche Express

Mark Robson 1979 1h 25m 4.0

CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west. Wargrave decides they should travel to safety on a train across Europe, the "Atlantic Express". During the journey, they must survive attacks by terrorists and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin.

Earthquake

Earthquake

Mark Robson 1974 2h 3m 5.2

Earthquake is a 1974 American disaster film that achieved huge box-office success, continuing the disaster film genre of the 1970s where recognizable all-star casts attempt to survive life or death situations. The plot concerns the struggle for survival after a catastrophic earthquake destroys most of the city of Los Angeles, California.

Valley of the Dolls

Valley of the Dolls

Mark Robson 1967 2h 3m 5.7

Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.

Lost Command

Lost Command

Mark Robson 1966 2h 9m 8.0

French Army colonel Raspeguy leads his paratroopers in battle against the Communist Viet Minh in Indochina and against Algerian guerrillas during the Algerian War.

Von Ryan's Express

Von Ryan's Express

Mark Robson 1965 1h 57m 7.0

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from Nazi Germany by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.

The Prize

The Prize

Mark Robson 1963 2h 14m 6.5

As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.

From the Terrace

From the Terrace

Mark Robson 1960 2h 29m

Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

Mark Robson 1958 2h 34m 6.0

All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was where she belonged. Unqualified to be sent as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn to send herself to a poor, remote village.

Peyton Place

Peyton Place

Mark Robson 1957 2h 37m 8.0

Small-town scandals erupt when a repressed woman deals with her daughter's move into adulthood.

The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

Mark Robson 1956 1h 49m 7.3

Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw.

Trial

Trial

Mark Robson 1955 1h 45m

A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A courtroom drama set in 1947 and underlying post-WW2 acute problems facing the USA such as stormy race relations and the growing threat of local communism.

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

The Bridges at Toko-Ri

Mark Robson 1954 1h 42m 5.7

A naval aviator is assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges during the Korean War.

Phffft

Phffft

Mark Robson 1954 1h 28m 5.0

When their marriage finally goes "phffft!", Nina and Robert get a divorce - only to discover that, like it or not, some people are just meant to be together!

I Want You

I Want You

Mark Robson 1951 1h 42m

The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WWII veteran Martin Greer wants to re-enlist, much to the dismay of his wife Nancy.

Bright Victory

Bright Victory

Mark Robson 1951 1h 37m

A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life. Director Mark Robson's 1951 drama stars Arthur Kennedy (Academy Award nomination, Best Actor, for his performance), Peggy Dow, James Edwards, Will Geer, Nana Bryant, Julie Adams, Jim Backus, Richard Egan and Murray Hamilton.

Edge of Doom

Edge of Doom

Mark Robson 1950 1h 39m

A priest sets out to catch the man who killed one of his colleagues.

My Foolish Heart

My Foolish Heart

Mark Robson 1949 1h 38m 7.0

After a long absence, Mary Jane visits her schoolfriend Eloise, and Eloise's daughter Ramona. Eloise drinks too much and is unhappily married to Lew Wengler. Eloise falls asleep and remembers her time with her true love, Walt Dreiser, at the beginning of the Second World War.

Home of the Brave

Home of the Brave

Mark Robson 1949 1h 26m

A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.

Champion

Champion

Mark Robson 1949 1h 39m 9.0

An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up. One of the all-time great boxing movies. Academy Award Nominations: 6, including Actor--Kirk Douglas, Best Screenplay. Academy Awards: Best Film Editing.

Bedlam

Bedlam

Mark Robson 1946 1h 16m 7.3

London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.

Isle of the Dead

Isle of the Dead

Mark Robson 1945 1h 12m 7.0

On a Greek island during the 1912 war, several people are trapped by quarantine for the plague. If that isn't enough worry, one of the people, a superstitious old peasant woman, suspects one young girl of being a vampiric kind of demon called a vorvolaka.

The Seventh Victim

The Seventh Victim

Mark Robson 1943 1h 11m 7.3

A young woman searches for her missing sister who has become involved with a group of Satan worshippers in Greenwich Village.

The Ghost Ship

The Ghost Ship

Mark Robson 1943 1h 9m 8.0

A new crew member has to deal with a sea captain that may be crazy.

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