88% The Harder They Fall 109 min, [Drama, Film-Noir, Sport] [Mark Robson] [08 May 1956]Ratings: IMDB 7.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 100%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Jan Sterling, Mike Lane, Rod Steiger
Plot: Down-on-his-luck ex-sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by shady fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable phenom from Argentina.
Writer: Philip Yordan (screen play), Budd Schulberg (based on a novel by)
Language: English, Spanish Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
83% Champion 99 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Film-Noir, Sport] [Mark Robson] [20 May 1949]Ratings: IMDB 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 9 nominations.
Actors: Arthur Kennedy, Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Paul Stewart
Plot: Boxer Midge Kelly rises to fame...mainly by stepping on other people.
Writer: Carl Foreman (screenplay), Ring Lardner (story "Champion")
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
80% Von Ryan's Express 117 min, UNRATED, [Action, Adventure, War] [Mark Robson] [23 Jun 1965]Ratings: IMDB 7.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations.
Actors: Brad Dexter, Frank Sinatra, Raffaella Carrà, Trevor Howard
Plot: An American POW leads a group of mainly British prisoners to escape from the Germans in WWII.
Writer: David Westheimer (novel), Wendell Mayes (screenplay), Joseph Landon (screenplay)
Language: English, German, Italian Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
80% The Seventh Victim 71 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Horror, Mystery] [Mark Robson] [21 Aug 1943]Ratings: IMDB 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 92%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 nominations.
Actors: Isabel Jewell, Jean Brooks, Kim Hunter, Tom Conway
Plot: A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village, and finds that they may have something to do with her sibling's random disappearance.
Writer: Charles O'Neal, DeWitt Bodeen
Language: English, Italian, Latin, French Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
79% Bedlam 79 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Horror, Thriller] [Mark Robson] [10 May 1946]Ratings: IMDB 6.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 89%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 nominations.
Actors: Anna Lee, Billy House, Boris Karloff, Richard Fraser
Plot: Nell Bowen, the spirited protege of rich Lord Mortimer, becomes interested in the conditions of notorious St. Mary's of Bethlehem Asylum (Bedlam). Encouraged by the Quaker Hannay, she tries...
Writer: William Hogarth (suggested by The William Hogarth painting Bedlam Plate #8 "The Rake's Progress"), Val Lewton (screenplay), Mark Robson (screenplay)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
76% Home of the Brave 88 min, [Drama, War] [Mark Robson] [14 Sep 1949]Ratings: IMDB 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 80%, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination.
Actors: Douglas Dick, James Edwards, Jeff Corey, Lloyd Bridges
Plot: During WW2, a reconnaissance platoon is sent to map out a Japanese-held island but racial tensions arise between the white soldiers and the only black member of the group.
Writer: Carl Foreman, Arthur Laurents (play)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
76% Isle of the Dead 71 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Horror, Mystery] [Mark Robson] [01 Sep 1945]Ratings: IMDB 6.6/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 86%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 nominations.
Actors: Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Katherine Emery, Marc Cramer
Plot: 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 ...
Writer: Ardel Wray
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
74% Bright Victory 97 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Romance, War] [Mark Robson] [01 Aug 1951]Ratings: IMDB 7.4/10, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 3 nominations.
Actors: Arthur Kennedy, James Edwards, Julie Adams, Peggy Dow
Plot: After he gets blinded by a German sniper's bullet in 1943, Sergeant Larry Nevins begins the long and painful road to recovery.
Writer: Robert Buckner, Baynard Kendrick (novel)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
73% The Inn of the Sixth Happiness 158 min, APPROVED, [Biography, Drama, War] [Mark Robson] [19 Dec 1958]Ratings: IMDB 7.3/10, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 3 wins & 5 nominations.
Actors: Curd Jürgens, Ingrid Bergman, Michael David, Robert Donat
Plot: All her life Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the money to ...
Writer: Isobel Lennart (screenplay), Alan Burgess (novel)
Language: English, Japanese, Mandarin, Russian, Cantonese Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
73% The Bridges at Toko-Ri 102 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Romance, War] [Mark Robson] [01 Dec 1954]Ratings: IMDB 6.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 78%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 nominations.
Actors: Fredric March, Grace Kelly, Mickey Rooney, William Holden
Plot: Set during the Korean War, a Navy fighter pilot must come to terms with with his own ambivalence towards the war and the fear of having to bomb a set of highly defended bridges. The ending of this grim war drama is all tension.
Writer: Valentine Davies (screenplay), James A. Michener (novel)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
71% My Foolish Heart 98 min, [Drama, Romance] [Mark Robson] [21 Jan 1950]Ratings: IMDB 7.1/10, External Reviews
Actors: Dana Andrews, Kent Smith, Lois Wheeler, Susan Hayward
Plot: 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 ...
Writer: Julius J. Epstein, Philip G. Epstein, J.D. Salinger (story "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut")
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB
69% Trial 105 min, [Drama] [Mark Robson] [07 Oct 1955]Ratings: IMDB 6.9/10, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.
Actors: Arthur Kennedy, Dorothy McGuire, Glenn Ford, John Hodiak
Plot: 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.
Writer: Don Mankiewicz, Don Mankiewicz (novel)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
69% The Ghost Ship 69 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Mystery, Thriller] [Mark Robson] [27 Jul 1944]Ratings: IMDB 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 71%, External Reviews
Awards: 2 nominations.
Actors: Ben Bard, Edith Barrett, Richard Dix, Russell Wade
Plot: Tom Merriam signs on the ship Altair as third officer under Captain Stone. At first things look good, Stone sees Merriam as a younger version of himself and Merriam sees Stone as the first ...
Writer: Donald Henderson Clarke (screenplay), Leo Mittler (story)
Language: English, German Country: USA More Info: IMDB
68% The Prize 134 min, TV-PG, [Crime, Drama, Mystery] [Mark Robson] [25 Dec 1963]Ratings: IMDB 6.8/10, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination.
Actors: Diane Baker, Edward G. Robinson, Elke Sommer, Paul Newman
Plot: As the Nobel Prize winners come to Stockholm to receive their awards, their lives are overturned and perturbed in various ways.
Writer: Ernest Lehman (screenplay), Irving Wallace (novel)
Language: English, French, German, Swedish, Italian Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
67% Nine Hours to Rama 124 min, APPROVED, [Crime, Drama, History] [Mark Robson] [01 Jan 1963]Ratings: IMDB 6.7/10, External Reviews
Actors: Don Borisenko, Horst Buchholz, José Ferrer, Valerie Gearon
Plot: Fictional narrative of Hindu militant activist Nathuram Godse's plan to kill Mahatma Gandhi and of police officer Gopal Das' task to find the killer before it's too late.
Writer: Nelson Gidding, Stanley Wolpert (book)
Language: English Country: UK, USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
67% Phffft 88 min, APPROVED, [Comedy, Romance] [Mark Robson] [10 Nov 1954]Ratings: IMDB 6.7/10, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations.
Actors: Jack Carson, Jack Lemmon, Judy Holliday, Kim Novak
Plot: After eight years of marriage, Robert and Nina divorce. He takes up with his womanising Navy buddy Charlie Nelson while she looks to her interfering mother for guidance. Both start dating ...
Writer: George Axelrod (story & screen play)
Language: English, French Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
67% I Want You 102 min, PASSED, [Drama] [Mark Robson] [22 Dec 1951]Ratings: IMDB 6.7/10, External Reviews
Actors: Dana Andrews, Dorothy McGuire, Farley Granger, Peggy Dow
Plot: In 1950, small-town Americans try to deal with military conscription.
Writer: Irwin Shaw (screen play), Edward Newhouse (based on stories: in The New Yorker)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
66% Lost Command 129 min, APPROVED, [Action, Drama, War] [Mark Robson] [01 May 1966]Ratings: IMDB 6.6/10, External Reviews
Actors: Alain Delon, Anthony Quinn, George Segal, Michèle Morgan
Plot: French Army Colonel Raspeguy leads his paratroopers in battle against the Communist Viet Minh in Indochina and against Algerian guerrilla during the Algerian War.
Writer: Jean Lartéguy (novel), Nelson Gidding
Language: English, Vietnamese Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
66% Peyton Place 157 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Romance] [Mark Robson] [03 Mar 1958]Ratings: IMDB 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 60%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 9 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations.
Actors: Arthur Kennedy, Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan
Plot: A peaceful New England town hides secrets and scandals.
Writer: John Michael Hayes (screenplay), Grace Metalious (from the novel by)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB
65% Edge of Doom 99 min, [Drama, Film-Noir] [Mark Robson] [03 Aug 1950]Ratings: IMDB 6.5/10, External Reviews
Awards: 1 win.
Actors: Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Robert Keith
Plot: A mentally unbalanced young man kills a priest. One of the priest's colleagues sets out to find the killer.
Writer: Leo Brady (novel), Philip Yordan
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
61% Return to Paradise 100 min, APPROVED, [Adventure, Drama, Romance] [Mark Robson] [10 Jul 1953]Ratings: IMDB 6.1/10, External Reviews
Actors: Barry Jones, Gary Cooper, Moira Walker, Roberta Haynes
Plot: An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.
Writer: James A. Michener (adapted from the story by), Charles Kaufman
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
59% Limbo 112 min, PG, [Drama] [Mark Robson] [01 Nov 1972]Ratings: IMDB 5.9/10, External Reviews
Actors: Hazel Medina, Kate Jackson, Katherine Justice, Stuart Margolin
Plot: N/A
Writer: James Bridges, Joan Micklin Silver (screenplay), Joan Micklin Silver (story)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
59% Hell Below Zero 90 min, APPROVED, [Action, Adventure, Drama] [Mark Robson] [15 Jan 1954]Ratings: IMDB 5.9/10, External Reviews
Actors: Alan Ladd, Basil Sydney, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Baker
Plot: The captain of an Antarctic whaling ship falls overboard in mysterious circumstances and his daughter, aided by a sympathetic American, decides to investigate the accident.
Writer: Alec Coppel (screenplay), Max Trell (screenplay), Richard Maibaum (adaptation), Hammond Innes (novel)
Language: English Country: UK, USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
58% The Little Hut 78 min, [Comedy, Romance] [Mark Robson] [16 Aug 1957]Ratings: IMDB 5.8/10, External Reviews
Actors: Ava Gardner, David Niven, Stewart Granger, Walter Chiari
Plot: Three people, Susan and Philip Ashlow and Henry Brittingham-Brett are washed ashore on a deserted island after a shipwreck. Henry is Susan's lover. Since the island is filled with things to...
Writer: André Roussin (play), Nancy Mitford (adaptation), F. Hugh Herbert
Language: English Country: UK More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
48% From the Terrace 149 min, APPROVED, [Drama, Romance] [Mark Robson] [09 Sep 1960]Ratings: IMDB 6.7/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 30%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 2 nominations.
Actors: Ina Balin, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Paul Newman
Plot: An ambitious young executive chooses a loveless marriage and an unfulfilling personal life in exchange for a successful Wall Street career.
Writer: John O'Hara (novel), Ernest Lehman (screenplay)
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
46% Earthquake 123 min, PG, [Action, Drama, Thriller] [Mark Robson] [15 Nov 1974]Ratings: IMDB 5.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 35%, External Reviews
Awards: Won 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 7 nominations.
Actors: Ava Gardner, Charlton Heston, George Kennedy, Lorne Greene
Plot: Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.
Writer: George Fox, Mario Puzo
Language: English Country: USA More Info: IMDB Wikipedia
45% Valley of the Dolls 123 min, PG-13, [Drama, Music, Romance] [Mark Robson] [09 Feb 1968]Ratings: IMDB 5.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes: 31%, External Reviews
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 4 nominations.
Actors: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Paul Burke, Sharon Tate
Plot: Film version of Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel chronicling the rise and fall of three young women in show business.
Writer: Jacqueline Susann (novel), Helen Deutsch (screenplay), Dorothy Kingsley (screenplay)
Language: English, French Country: USA More Info: IMDB