Robert Wise Movies

  • 1986
    Wisdom

    Wisdom

    Wisdom

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    Unable to find work after a past felony, graduate John Wisdom and his girlfriend embark on a cross-country bank-robbing spree in order to aid...

    Wisdom
  • 2005
    Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

    Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

    Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy

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    Documentary about the great 1940s horror movie producer Val Lewton, featured on the 2005 DVD release "The Val Lewton Horror Collection."

    Shadows in the Dark: The Val Lewton Legacy
  • 1943
    The Fallen Sparrow

    The Fallen Sparrow

    The Fallen Sparrow

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    Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to...

    The Fallen Sparrow
  • 1952
    Something for the Birds

    Something for the Birds

    Something for the Birds

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    A conservationist fights to save the habitat of the California condor and to do it she works her way into the affections of a representative of the...

    Something for the Birds
  • 1943
    Bombardier

    Bombardier

    Bombardier

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    A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude...

    Bombardier
  • 1940
    Dance, Girl, Dance

    Dance, Girl, Dance

    Dance, Girl, Dance

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    Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a...

    Dance, Girl, Dance
  • 1992
    Visions of Light

    Visions of Light

    Visions of Light

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    Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...

    Visions of Light
  • 1946
    Criminal Court

    Criminal Court

    Criminal Court

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    A lawyer who is planning to run for District Attorney accidentally kills a gangster who owns the nightclub where the attorney's girlfriend is a...

    Criminal Court
  • 1996
    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane

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    Documentary about the battle between Orson Welles and William Randolph Hearst over Welles' Citizen Kane (1941). Features interviews with Welles' and...

    The Battle Over Citizen Kane
  • 1950
    Two Flags West

    Two Flags West

    Two Flags West

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    A group of confedarate prisoners is sent to a unionist fort in the west to help the local garrison to fight the indians.

    Two Flags West
  • 1939
    5th Ave Girl

    5th Ave Girl

    5th Ave Girl

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    A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.

    5th Ave Girl
  • 1953
    Destination Gobi

    Destination Gobi

    Destination Gobi

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    A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their...

    Destination Gobi
  • 1970
    The Baby Maker

    The Baby Maker

    The Baby Maker

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    Tish Gray had a baby and gave it up for adoption. She is contacted by a second childless couple who want her to have the husband's baby because of...

    The Baby Maker
  • 1953
    So Big

    So Big

    So Big

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    A girl of wealth comes to a Dutch community outside Chicago as a schoolteacher, and while there falls in love with a poor but big-hearted farmer.

    So Big
  • 1989
    Rooftops

    Rooftops

    Rooftops

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    T, as most of his friends, lives in a self-constructed 'house', built on top of an old building in the city. Their one passion is 'combat'. Combat is...

    Rooftops
  • 1999
    Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

    Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

    Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1

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    Even big stars need to stand in front of the director and audition for their roles, and some of the best screen tests are from the early years of...

    Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1
  • 1996
    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels

    6.21996HD

    Shirley MacLaine was the product of a strict middle-class background from which she and her brother, the future actor Warren Beatty, escaped into the...

    Shirley Maclaine: Kicking Up Her Heels
  • 2003
    West Side Memories

    West Side Memories

    West Side Memories

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    Documentary attached to the 50th anniversary MGM Blu-ray collection of "West Side Story" (1961). Details how this successful stage production was...

    West Side Memories
  • 1990
    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film

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    A two-and-a-half hour documentary retrospective on the career of Orson Welles.

    With Orson Welles: Stories from a Life in Film
  • 1952
    The Captive City

    The Captive City

    The Captive City

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    A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.

    The Captive City