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Robert Stevenson
Writer 1905 - 1986

Robert Stevenson

Buxton, Derbyshire, England, UK

Robert Stevenson (31 March 1905, Buxton, Derbyshire – 30 April 1986) was an English film writer and director. He was educated at Cambridge University where he became the president of both the Liberal Club and the Cambridge Union Society. He moved to California in the 1940s... Read full bio →

Filmography

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Kidnapped

Kidnapped

Robert Stevenson 1960 1h 37m 6.0

In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.

Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

Robert Stevenson 1943 1h 37m 8.7

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house to care for his young daughter.

Return to Yesterday

Return to Yesterday

Robert Stevenson 1940 1h 9m 6.0

Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood or working with a small theatre company in England. When she falls in love with Maine, Carol has the same dilemma.

Windbag the Sailor

Windbag the Sailor

William Beaudine 1936 1h 27m 5.0

A bragging sea captain's maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is coerced into commanding an unseaworthy ship by an unscrupulous shipping agent who means to have it wrecked.

The Ringer

Walter Forde 1931 1h 15m 6.0

A master of disguise commits a series of daring crimes. Nobody knows what he looks like. He even masquerades as a doctor and kills his own partner whilst under police protection because he was about to betray him.

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