Known for Directing
Mark Robson (4 December 1913 – 20 June 1978) was a Canadian-born film editor, film director and producer in Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Robson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born
December 4, 1913
Died
June 20, 1978 (age 64)
Birthplace
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Filmography
55 films


Avalanche Express
1979 · 1h 25m
country: United States
CIA agent Harry Wargrave is sent to aid Gen. Marenkov, a senior Russian official, who is defecting to the west. Wargrave decides they should travel to safety on a train across Europe, the "Atlantic Express". During the journey, they must survive attacks by terrorists and an avalanche, all planned by Russian spy-catcher Nikolai Bunin.


Earthquake
1974 · 2h 3m
country: United States
Various interconnected people struggle to survive when an earthquake of unimaginable magnitude hits Los Angeles, California.


Limbo
1972 · 1h 52m
country: United States
A ride to the airport unites three women whose husbands are either prisoners or missing in Vietnam.


Happy Birthday, Wanda June
1971 · 1h 45m
country: United States
A hunter back from years in the Amazon finds his wife and life changed.


Daddy's Gone A-Hunting
1969 · 1h 48m
country: United States
A mentally disturbed man stalks a woman who had once aborted the child he had fathered.


Valley of the Dolls
1967 · 2h 3m
country: United States
Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the beloved "dolls."


Lost Command
1966 · 2h 9m
country: United States
After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts to convert a rugged band of soldiers into a formidable fighting unit, with the promise of marrying a beautiful countess if he's made a general.


Von Ryan's Express
1965 · 1h 57m
country: United States
Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win over the British soldiers he finds himself commanding.


The Prize
1963 · 2h 14m
country: United States
A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.


Nine Hours to Rama
1963 · 2h 4m
country: United Kingdom
José Ferrer and Horst Buchholz star in this fictionalised account of events leading up to the assassination of Indian spiritual leader and independence campaigner Mahatma Gandhi.


From the Terrace
1960 · 2h 29m
country: United States
Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.


The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
1958 · 2h 34m
country: United Kingdom
All her life, Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was where she belonged. Unqualified to be sent as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn to send herself to a poor, remote village. There, she eventually lives a full and happy life: running the inn, acting as 'foot inspector', advising the local Mandarin, and even winning the heart of mixed-race Captain Lin Nan. Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives.


Peyton Place
1957 · 2h 37m
country: United States
In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate daughter Allison -- by adopting a chaste, prudish attitude towards all things sexual. In spite of herself, Constance can't help but be attracted to handsome new teacher Michael Rossi. Meanwhile, the restless Allison, who'd like to be as footloose and fancy-free as the town's "fast girl" Betty Anderson, falls sincerely in love with mixed-up mama's boy Norman Page.


The Little Hut
1957 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attention is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fourth inhabitant of the island.


The Harder They Fall
1956 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.


A Prize of Gold
1955 · 1h 38m
country: United Kingdom
A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.


Trial
1955 · 1h 45m
country: United States
A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A 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.


The Bridges at Toko-Ri
1954 · 1h 42m
country: United States
A U.S. Navy pilot and his squad are assigned to bomb a group of heavily defended bridges deep behind enemy lines during the Korean War.


Phffft
1954 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Robert and Nina Tracey resolve to live separate lives when their eight-year marriage dissolves into disagreements and divorce. But their separate attempts to get back out on the dating scene have a funny way of bringing them together.


Hell Below Zero
1954 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Duncan Craig signs on a whaling ship, partly because his own business deal has fallen through, partly to help Judie Nordhall find her father. Rumor has it that her father may have been murdered by Erik Bland, son of her father's partner and her one-time lover. Duncan and Erik find themselves on rival whaleboats and, ultimately, on an ice floe.


Return to Paradise
1953 · 1h 40m
country: United States
An American drifter comes to a remote Polynesian island controlled by a Puritanical missionary and turns the social life of the island upside-down.


I Want You
1951 · 1h 42m
country: United States
The scene is a small town in the Eastern United States, where the outbreak of hostilities in Korea has a profound effect on several people. WWII veteran Martin Greer wants to re-enlist, much to the dismay of his wife Nancy.


Bright Victory
1951 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.


Edge of Doom
1950 · 1h 39m
country: United States
A Catholic priest finds himself investigating the murder of his colleague.


My Foolish Heart
1950 · 1h 38m
country: United States
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 remembers her time with her true love, Walt Dreiser, at the beginning of the Second World War. She recalls the events that lead up to her split with Mary Jane, and how Lew married Eloise rather than Mary Jane.


Home of the Brave
1949 · 1h 26m
country: United States
A sensitive, educated black man's World War II-time problems. This is essentially the duplicate of his peace-time problems which are pointed up in a flashback of his life, and primarily of his war-time adventures with four white soldiers on a dangerous reconnaissance mission on a Japanese-held island.


Roughshod
1949 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Rancher Clay and his brother, Steve, head out across the Sonora mountain pass, followed by Lednov, an ex-con seeking revenge on Clay for putting him behind bars. Clay and Steve unexpectedly cross paths with a group of dance hall girls -- including Mary, Marcia and Helen -- whose stagecoach has broken down, and help them get to the nearest ranch, where Lednov unfortunately catches up to Clay.


Champion
1949 · 1h 39m
country: United States
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.


Bedlam
1946 · 1h 16m
country: United States
London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who enjoy watching the patients confined there as if they were caged animals. Nell Bowen, one of the visitors, is horrified by the deplorable living conditions of the unfortunate inhabitants of this godforsaken place, better known as Bedlam.


Isle of the Dead
1945 · 1h 12m
country: United States
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—suspects a young woman of being a vampiric demon.


Youth Runs Wild
1944 · 1h 7m
country: United States
The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.


The Ghost Ship
1943 · 1h 9m
country: United States
Captain Stone's newly recruited officer, Tom Merriam, idolizes his senior who treats him like a friend. But when a couple of his crew members die mysteriously, Tom starts doubting Stone's authority.


The Seventh Victim
1943 · 1h 11m
country: United States
After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her boarding school and heads to New York City to track down her sibling. But Mary gets drawn deeper into the mystery.