Movies by Mark Robson
As part of the cast:
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The Prize (1963)
Cast: Mark Robson, Paul Newman, Elke Sommer …
Paul Newman stars in this Hitchcock-style thriller about Nobel Prize-winning author Andrew Craig, who gets caught up in an international incident while attending the awards ceremony in…
As a director:
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Earthquake (1974)
Cast: Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner, George Kennedy …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Academy Award winners Charlton Heston and George Kennedy star in this 1974 box office blockbuster. When a massive earthquake hits Los Angeles, construction engineer Stewart Graff (Heston)…
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Valley of the Dolls (1967)
Cast: Barbara Parkins, Patty Duke, Sharon Tate …
Directed by: Mark Robson
In this movie based on Jacqueline Susann's best-selling novel, small-town girl Anne Welles (Barbara Parkins) heads to Broadway, where she meets Neely O'Hara (Patty Duke),…
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Lost Command (1966)
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Alain Delon, George Segal …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Follow the heroics of French paratroopers (including Anthony Quinn and Alain Delon) as they jump into the conflict-torn former provinces of Indochina and Algeria. The troops don't always…
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Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Trevor Howard, Raffaella Carra …
Directed by: Mark Robson
At the height of World War II, a group of Allied POWs escapes an Italian prison with the help of an idealistic American leader (Frank Sinatra), whose style clashes with that of his second in…
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From the Terrace (1960)
Cast: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Paul Newman stars as ambitious Alfred Eaton, whose drive to climb the corporate and social ladders forces him to choose between love and his all-consuming career. Relentless in his pursuit of…
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The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Cast: Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jürgens, Robert Donat …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Ingrid Bergman stars as Gladys Aylward, a real-life missionary who goes to China during the Sino-Japanese War. As the hostile Chinese begin to trust her, she takes on an arduous task: guiding…
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Peyton Place (1957)
Cast: Lana Turner, Lee Philips, Lloyd Nolan …
Directed by: Mark Robson
The grand dame of soap operas started as a titillating movie about what really went on behind closed doors (lust, infidelity, rape and lies) in a small -- seemingly proper -- New England…
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The Harder They Fall (1956)
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Humphrey Bogart makes his final screen appearance as cynical sportswriter Eddie Willis, who teams up with crooked boxing manager Nick Benko (Rod Steiger) to fix the career of up-and-coming…
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Trial (1955)
Cast: Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, Arthur Kennedy …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Don Mankiewicz adapted his novel for this provocative courtroom drama about a Mexican youth (Rafael Campos) charged with killing a white girl -- and facing small-town bigotry and a lynch-mob…
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The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
Cast: William Holden, Grace Kelly, Fredric March …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Lt. Harry Brubaker (William Holden), a naval reserve officer, reluctantly leaves his wife (Grace Kelly) and children behind after he's called back into service during the Korean War.…
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Phffft (1954)
Cast: Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Jack Carson …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Robert and Nina Tracey (Jack Lemmon and Judy Holliday) resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate attempts to…
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Edge of Doom (1950)
Cast: Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Young Martin Lynn (Farley Granger) ekes out a meager wage as a delivery boy while caring for his tubercular mother, a devout Catholic. Upon her death, Father Kirkman (Harold Vermilyea)…
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My Foolish Heart (1949)
Cast: Dana Andrews, Susan Hayward, Kent Smith …
Directed by: Mark Robson
During a visit with an old friend (Lois Wheeler), unhappily married alcoholic Eloise (Susan Hayward) debates whether to grant her husband a divorce and ruefully recalls her prior romance with…
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Champion (1949)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Marilyn Maxwell, Arthur Kennedy …
Directed by: Mark Robson
Midge Kelly (Kirk Douglas) is a talented boxer but a horrible person. He rises to the top of his sport, but fame and wealth quickly seduce him, and he revels in the glory of being a star.…
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Val Lewton: Isle of the Dead / Bedlam (1945)
Cast: Boris Karloff, Ellen Drew, Anna Lee …
Directed by: Mark Robson
This double feature stars legendary horror film icon Boris Karloff. In Isle of the Dead (1945), a Greek island is quarantined with the plague -- trapping residents with a demon vampire. In…
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Val Lewton: The Leopard Man / The Ghost Ship (1943)
Cast: Dennis O'Keefe, Richard Dix, Margo …
Directed by: Jacques Tourneur, Mark Robson
In The Leopard Man, a series of maulings are blamed on a nightclub singer's runaway leopard -- but is the beast really the culprit? In The Ghost Ship, a sailor tries to warn his…
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Val Lewton: The Seventh Victim / Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy (1943)
Cast: Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, Isabel Jewell …
Directed by: Mark Robson
This double feature showcases the work of producer Val Lewton, who redefined the horror genre in the 1940s. Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy is a documentary narrated by actor James…