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1. The Sound of Music (1965)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Eleanor Parker, Richard Haydn, Peggy WoodOne of the most popular movie musicals of all time, The Sound of Music is based on the true story of the Trapp Family Singers. Julie Andrews stars as ... More
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2. West Side Story (1961)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn, Rita Moreno, George ChakirisRomeo and Juliet is updated to the tenements of New York City in this Oscar-winning musical landmark. Adapted by Ernest Lehman from the Broadway ... More
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3. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, Billy GrayAll of Washington, D.C., is thrown into a panic when an extraterrestrial spacecraft lands near the White House. Out steps Klaatu (Michael Rennie, in ... More
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4. The Sand Pebbles (1966)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna, Candice Bergen, Marayat AndrianeSteve McQueen received his only Academy Award nomination for his performance in this epic-scale war drama, based on the novel by Richard McKenna. In ... More
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5. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Clark Gable, Burt Lancaster, Jack Warden, Brad Dexter, Don RicklesThe contrasting acting styles of Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster serve to increase the already high tension level of the WW2 drama Run Silent, Run ... More
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6. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Stephen Collins, George Takei, Walter KoenigWhen plans to launch a second Star Trek television series in the late 1970s were scrapped by Paramount Pictures, the show's creator, Gene Roddenberry ... More
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7. Born to Kill (1947)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Lawrence Tierney, Claire Trevor, Walter Slezak, Phillip Terry, Audrey LongSomehow the titles of the films of hardcase actor Lawrence Tierney seemed to be extensions of the man's personality, as witness such films as The ... More
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8. The Desert Rats (1953)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Richard Burton, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, James Mason, Torin Thatcher, Chips RaffertyThe Desert Rats was a quickly assembled follow-up to 20th Century-Fox's successful war film The Desert Fox. Richard Burton plays an officer in the ... More
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9. The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, William Lundigan, Fay Baker, Gordon Geberl, Steven GerayAfter surviving the hell of a Nazi death camp, a refugee faces even greater dangers in America in this tale of murder, deceit, and assumed identities ... More
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10. The Andromeda Strain (1971)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olson, Kate Reid, Paula KellyThe "Andromeda Strain" is a deadly extraterrestrial virus. It is brought to Earth when a research satellite crashes near a tiny Arizona town. ... More
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11. A Storm in Summer (2000)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Peter Falk, Aaron Meeks, Nastassja Kinski, Andrew McCarthy, Ruby DeeList of all editionsRobert Wise brings his distinguished name and considerable directorial skill to this remake of a 1970 Rod Serling TV drama. Set in 1969, Abel ... More
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12. The Haunting (1963)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Lois MaxwellList of all editionsOne of the most highly regarded haunted house films ever produced, Robert Wise's The Haunting (based on Shirley Jackson's novel The Haunting of Hill ... More
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13. Three Secrets (1950)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal, Ruth Roman, Frank Lovejoy, Leif EricksonList of all editionsThree Secrets is a darker variation on a theme first explored in A Letter to Three Wives (1949). There's only one survivor when a private plane ... More
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14. Audrey Rose (1977)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Marsha Mason, Anthony Hopkins, John Beck, Susan Swift, Norman LloydList of all editionsAudrey Rose is a "thinking man's" horror film, which in a way is unfortunate, since it tended to be ignored amidst the many spell-it-all-out ... More
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15. I Want to Live! (1958)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent, Theodore Bikel, Wesley LauList of all editionsGrim, almost unbearably intense, I Want To Live is the story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Susan Hayward) a perjurer, prostitute, liar ... More
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16. Star! (1968)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Julie Andrews, Richard Crenna, Michael Craig, Daniel Massey, Robert ReedList of all editionsTouted by 20th Century-Fox as a follow-up to their enormously successful The Sound of Music, Star! reteams that earlier film's leading lady Julie ... More
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17. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Harry Belafonte, Robert Ryan, Shelley Winters, Ed Begley, Sr., Gloria GrahameList of all editionsHarry Belafonte was both producer and star of this hard-edged film noir crime drama. Dave Burke (Ed Begley, Sr.) is an ex-cop who has been kicked ... More
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18. Helen of Troy (1955)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Rossana Podestà, Jacques Sernas, Cedric Hardwicke, Stanley Baker, Niall MacGinnisList of all editionsRossana Podesta may not quite possess the face that would launch a thousand ships, but she is otherwise convincing in the title role of Helen of Troy ... More
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19. Until They Sail (1957)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Paul Newman, Piper Laurie, Charles DrakeList of all editionsAdapted by Robert Anderson from a story by James A. Michener, the Robert Wise-directed soaper Until They Sail is set in World-War-II New Zealand. ... More
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20. This Could Be the Night (1957)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Jean Simmons, Paul Douglas, Anthony Franciosa, Julie Wilson, Neile Adams, Joan BlondellList of all editionsA rare comedy effort by director Robert Wise, This Could Be the Night is based on a series of short stories Cordelia Baird Gross. Jean Simmons stars ... More
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21. The Captive City (1952)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring John Forsythe, Joan Camden, Harold J. Kennedy, Marjorie Crossland, Victor SutherlandList of all editionsOne of several early-1950s films to capitalize on the Kefauver Committee's investigation of organized crime, The Captive City stars John Forsythe as ... More
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22. Destination Gobi (1953)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Casey Adams, Murvyn Vye, Darryl HickmanList of all editionsAn offbeat blend of World War II drama and "Arabian Nights" escapism, Destination Gobi is all the more odd in that it is allegedly based on fact. ... More
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23. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Paul Newman, Anna Maria Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Sal MineoOnce you get past the fact that handsome Paul Newman could never pass for plug-ugly boxer Rocky Graziano in real life, you will be able to accept ... More
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24. Executive Suite (1954)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring William Holden, June Allyson, Barbara Stanwyck, Fredric March, Walter PidgeonList of all editionsCameron Hawley's novel of corporate in-fighting and gamesmanship was brought to the screen by producer John Houseman and director Robert Wise, ... More
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25. The Set-Up (1949)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Robert Ryan, Audrey Totter, George Tobias, Alan Baxter, Wallace FordList of all editionsAs shown by the clock face that opens and closes the film, The Set-Up takes place within a compact 72 minutes, with the action played out in "real ... More







