Robert Wise
Director, Actor
- Curse of the Cat People (1944)
- Dir. Gunther V Fritsch, Robert Wise
Feat. Simone Simon
- Sequel of worth to the original Val Lewton psychological chiller, again with the feline Simone Simon, here haunting the imagination of a small girl…
- Body Snatcher, The (1945)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi
- Quietly creepy Val Lewton production with Boris Karloff as a sinister grave robber who provides bodies for medical research and then blackmails the…
- MGM Film Noir Collection (The Stranger, He Walked By Night, He Ran All The Way, Odds Against Tomorrow ) (1946-1959)
- Dir. Orson Welles, John Berry, Robert Wise
- Four vintage film noirs from the MGM vault.
- Born to Kill (1947)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, Audrey Long…
- Cracking, hard–edged B–movie thriller, with studly Lawrence Tierney as a ‘homme fatale’ who seduces his way into a cushy marriage in…
- Set-Up, The (1948)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias
- This film noir classic is a gripping, real–time examination of a night in the life of an aging prize–fighter who refuses to be corrupted…
- Three Secrets (1950)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman
- Three women exchange handkerchiefs and spill their secrets while awaiting news of their children after a plane crashes. You may need the tissues…
- Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal
- The blueprint for excellence in fifties sci–fi, Michael Rennie plays Klaatu, a peace–seeking alien whose good intentions meet with…
- Desert Rats, The (1953)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Richard Burton
- No–nonsense British Army officer Richard Burton assumes command of an Australian platoon, but struggles to win their respect. Sequel to The…
- Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Paul Newman
- Paul Newman laces on the gloves in this round of boxing biography, playing NYC heavyweight Rocky Graziano with true Method–acting guts.…
- Helen of Troy (1956)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Rossana Podesta, Sir Cedric Hardwicke, Niall MacGinnis…
- Homer's epic of the Trojan War is treated with Hollywood gloves in this above–average adaptation. Centering around the the ambiguous figure of…
- Until They Sail (1957)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman…
- 1950s Christchurch is the novelty star of this MGM prestige picture set entirely in Canterbury, New Zealand, with landmarks such as the Christchurch…
- Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster
- One of the best WWII submarine movies, this pits Commander Clark Gable against rebel Lt. Burt Lancaster as together they patrol the deeps.
- I Want to Live! (1958)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent…
- True–life case of career criminal Barbara Graham's (allegedly) false conviction and execution, chillingly dramatised all the way to the…
- Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters…
- Injecting race problems into a surefire thriller formula, this has an unstable criminal trio – ex–convict (Ryan), crooked cop (Begley)…
- West Side Story (1961)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn…
- Oscar–sweeping, hugely influential film version of Bernstein and Sondheim's landmark Broadway musical, updating Romeo and Juliet to dockland…
- Two For The Seesaw (1962)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Robert Mitchum, Shirley Maclaine, Edmon Ryan…
- 'Odd couple' comedy set in NYC, where a Nebraskan lawyer (Mitchum) moves to start life anew and hits the romantic playground in the company of kooky…
- Haunting, The (1963)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson…
- Exquisite photography/design and nerve–shredding sound effects urgently conspire for this, the definitive haunted house movie.
Played…
- Sound of Music, The (1965)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker…
- Enduring Rogers and Hammerstein musical based on the real–life Von Trapp family, who deserted their homeland to escape the Nazis.…
- Sand Pebbles, The (1966)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Candice Bergen
- An epic series of adventures on an American gunboat in the turbulent China of the 1920s, Steve McQueen giving a particularly underrated performance,…
- Star! (1968)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig…
- A commendably lavish biopic of the stage–comedienne Gertude Lawrence, who wooed the British stage in the first half of the 20th…
- Andromeda Strain, The (1971)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson…
- Four experts undergo a rigid sterilisation program to identify a deadly virus that has wiped out a small town. Fascinating science parable adapted…
- Hindenburg, The (1975)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. George C. Scott, Anne Bancroft, William Atherton…
- Tense thriller follows the last flight of the Hindenburg airship from Nazi Germany to New York in 1937, where it notoriously burst into flames upon…
- Audrey Rose (1977)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck…
- Soberly told thriller which has a seemingly happy couple disturbed by a stranger's (Hopkins) claim that their child is his daughter, in reincarnated…
- Star Trek - The Motion Picture (1979)
- Dir. Robert Wise
Feat. William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley…
- Starring the cast from the 60's TV phenomenon, this special effects fest features the crew fighting a lethal force field spinning toward Earth.…