Movies by Robert Coote
As part of the cast:
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Theater of Blood (1973)
Cast: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry …
Directed by: Douglas Hickox
Vincent Price channels his peerless talent for playing refined madmen into the character of Edward Lionheart, a proud London actor who goes dramatically bonkers when he fails to receive a…
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (1966)
Cast: Judi Rolin, Agnes Moorehead, Robert Coote …
Directed by: Alan Handley
When Alice (Judi Rolin) takes a trip through her mirror, she finds herself on a zany adventure that ultimately leads to her coronation as the Queen of Wonderland in this star-studded and…
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The Swinger (1966)
Cast: Ann-Margret, Anthony Franciosa, Robert Coote …
Directed by: George Sidney
When small-town girl Kelly Olsson (Ann-Margret) sets out to be a writer, she quickly discovers that her material is too staid for the racier tastes of the reading public. Her response? To…
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The V.I.P.s (1963)
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Louis Jourdan …
Directed by: Anthony Asquith
This glossy drama set in London's Heathrow Airport follows a handful of passengers whose lives are changed when fog delays all flights overnight. The script profiles a wife (Elizabeth…
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The League of Gentlemen (1960)
Cast: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey …
Directed by: Basil Dearden
Jack Hawkins plays Hyde, a former army officer unhappy at being left high and dry following his wartime military service. Looking for a way to even his life's score, Hyde enlists seven…
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The Horse's Mouth (1958)
Cast: Alec Guinness, Kay Walsh, Renee Houston …
Directed by: Ronald Neame
One of Alec Guinness's strangest British comedies, this Oscar-nominated film is well worth your time. An eccentric artist, just recently released from jail, somehow convinces rich…
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Othello (1952)
Cast: Orson Welles, Michael MacLiammoir, Robert Coote …
Directed by: Orson Welles
Orson Welles's notorious film adaptation of William Shakespeare's play -- which tied for honors as best film of the year at Cannes in 1952 -- tells the familiar tale of a Moor…
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Scaramouche (1952)
Cast: Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh …
Directed by: George Sidney
Based on Rafael Sabatini's novel, this 1952 action-adventure stars Stewart Granger as an 18th-century Frenchman who learns how to master the sword so he can realize his vendetta against…
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The Three Musketeers (1948)
Cast: Lana Turner, Gene Kelly, June Allyson …
Directed by: George Sidney
In this 1948 version of the Alexandre Dumas classic, Gene Kelly stars as D'Artagnan -- an eager young noble who forges an ironclad friendship with the titular trio, Athos (Van Heflin),…
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The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (1947)
Cast: Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders …
Directed by: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
This lovingly made fantasy, based on R.A. Dick's novel of the same name, centers on a lonely widow (Gene Tierney) who refuses to be scared away when the ghost of a salty sea captain (Rex…
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A Matter of Life and Death (1946)
Cast: David Niven, Kim Hunter, Abraham Sofaer …
Directed by: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Royal Air Force pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) is forced to jump out of his plane without a parachute only to wake up alive and unharmed due to a heavenly mishap. He must then stand before…
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Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
Cast: Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish …
Directed by: John Farrow
Nominated for Best Score at the 1942 Academy Awards, this wartime film tells the story of an unassuming Norwegian fisherman, Erik Toresen (Paul Muni), who leads his neighbors in a rebellion…
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Gunga Din (1939)
Cast: Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. …
Directed by: George Stevens
Three British soldiers -- Sgt. Cutter (Cary Grant), Sgt. Ballantine (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) and Sgt. McChesney (Victor McLaglen) -- are sent to India to investigate sabotaged telegraph wires.…
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Prisoner of Zenda (1937/1952) (1937)
Cast: Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Louis Calhern …
Directed by: Richard Thorpe, John Cromwell
Days before his coronation, Prince Rudolf is kidnapped and will have to give up the throne to his younger brother if he's not at the ceremony. To foil the plot, a distant cousin…