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Robert Aldrich
Producer 1918 - 1983

Robert Aldrich

Cranston, Rhode Island, USA

Robert Aldrich was an American film director, writer and producer, notable for such films as Kiss Me Deadly (1955), The Big Knife (1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), The Dirty Dozen (1967). Born in Cranston, Rhode Island, the son of Lora Lawson and newspaper... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person produced

16 titles
Hustle

Hustle

Robert Aldrich 1975 2h 7.3

Phil Gaines is a bitter, cynical cop who investigates the case of a dead stripper/porno actress found on the beach. Gaines is experiencing a troubled relationship with a hooker, and things don't get any better when the dead girl's father launches his own investigation.

The Grissom Gang

The Grissom Gang

Robert Aldrich 1971 2h 8m 7.3

Violent crime caper set in 1930s Kansas in which a gang kidnap an heiress and attempt to recover a ransom. However, the scheme is jeopardised when the leader falls in love with their beautiful captive.

Too Late the Hero

Too Late the Hero

Robert Aldrich 1970 2h 25m 7.3

A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is seconded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.

What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?

Lee H. Katzin 1969 1h 41m 7.0

A widow who's been hiding a deadly secret will do anything to keep it buried.

The Legend of Lylah Clare

The Legend of Lylah Clare

Robert Aldrich 1968 2h 10m 7.5

A dictatorial film director (Finch) hires an unknown actress (Novak) to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.

The Killing of Sister George

The Killing of Sister George

Robert Aldrich 1968 2h 18m 7.0

The life of a soap opera actress begins to unravel as she fears her character will be written out of the series.

The Flight of the Phoenix

The Flight of the Phoenix

Robert Aldrich 1965 2h 22m 7.2

A cargo plane goes down in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for an airplane they will build to escape before their food and water run out.

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte

Robert Aldrich 1964 2h 13m 8.4

The arrival of a lost relative, engulfs terror upon an aging southern belle, forever plagued by a horrifying family secret.

4 for Texas

4 for Texas

Robert Aldrich 1963 2h 4m 6.3

Frank Sinatra plays a tough guy who hooks up with fellow rat packer Dean Martin to open a casino in this western.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?

Robert Aldrich 1962 2h 15m 8.7

Two aging film actresses live as virtual recluses in an old Hollywood mansion. Jane Hudson, a successful child star, cares for her crippled sister Blanche, who's career in later years eclipsed that of Jane. Now the two live together, their relationship affected by simmering subconscious thoughts of mutual envy, hate and revenge.

Ten Seconds to Hell

Ten Seconds to Hell

Robert Aldrich 1959 1h 33m 6.3

Two rivals (Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance) from a German bomb squad are left to deactivate duds in postwar Berlin.

The Ride Back

The Ride Back

Oscar Rudolph, Allen H. Miner 1957 1h 19m 8.0

A troubled sheriff, a failure at everything in his life, tries to redeem himself by extraditing a popular gunfighter from Mexico to stand trial for murder.

Attack

Attack

Robert Aldrich 1956 1h 47m 7.5

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.

The Big Knife

The Big Knife

Robert Aldrich 1955 1h 51m 7.3

An unscrupulous movie producer blackmails an unhappy star - who opted for box-office success over art- into signing a new contract.

Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

Robert Aldrich 1955 1h 46m 8.1

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies.

World for Ransom

World for Ransom

Robert Aldrich 1954 1h 22m

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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