Robert Gist
Robert Marion Gist (October 1, 1917 – May 21, 1998) was an American actor and film director. Gist was reared around the stockyards of Chicago, Illinois, during the Great Depression. Reform school-bound after injuring another boy in a fistfight, Gist instead ended up at Chicago's Hull House, a settlement house originally established by social worker Jane Addams. There he first became interested in acting. Work in Chicago radio was followed by stage acting roles in Chicago and on Broadway (in the long-running Harvey with Josephine Hull).[citation needed] While acting in Harvey, he made his motion picture debut in 20th Century-Fox's Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Gist was also seen on Broadway in director Charles Laughton's The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1954) with Henry Fonda and John Hodiak. While shooting Operation Petticoat (1959), Gist told director Blake Edwards that he was interested in directing. Edwards later hired Gist to helm episodes of the TV series Peter Gunn. Gist also directed episodes of TV shows Naked City, The Twilight Zone, Route 66 and many others.
Miracle on 34th Street
(1947)
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others ... (more)
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others ... (more)
Angel Face
(1953)
An ambulance driver gets involved with a rich girl that might have a darker side. (more)
An ambulance driver gets involved with a rich girl that might have a darker side. (more)
Operation Petticoat
(1959)
A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses. (more)
A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses. (more)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
A deranged socialite accosts a tennis star with his theory that if two strangers trade murders, they can disguise their motives and avoid suspicion. (more)
A deranged socialite accosts a tennis star with his theory that if two strangers trade murders, they can disguise their motives and avoid suspicion. (more)
The Band Wagon (1953)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop. (more)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop. (more)
The FBI Story (1959)
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies. (more)
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies. (more)
The Jackpot (1950)
Bill Lawrence wins a bevy or prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them all in order to pay the taxes he's incurred. (more)
Bill Lawrence wins a bevy or prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them all in order to pay the taxes he's incurred. (more)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Scene of the Crime (1949)
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities. (more)
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities. (more)
Al Capone (1959)
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head ... (more)
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head ... (more)
Wolf Larsen (1958)
A mean-spirited ship captain keeps his crew under his autocratic thumb while indulging his more refined side. But when his men rise up in mutiny, Larsen forces the cultured Van Weyden to help him quash the uprising. (more)
A mean-spirited ship captain keeps his crew under his autocratic thumb while indulging his more refined side. But when his men rise up in mutiny, Larsen forces the cultured Van Weyden to help him quash the uprising. (more)
I Was a Shoplifter (1950)
A police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters. (more)
A police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters. (more)
An American Dream (1966)
Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Deborah, Stephen snaps and pushes her from his high-rise apartment to her death. He manages to convince the authorities ... (more)
Stephen Rojack is a decorated war vet who has now found success as an outspoken television personality. During a vicious argument with his wife, Deborah, Stephen snaps and pushes her from his high-rise apartment to her death. He manages to convince the authorities ... (more)
The Naked and the Dead
(1958)
Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives. (more)
Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives. (more)
Blueprint for Robbery (1961)
A gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company's headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it's not long before the gang members are fighting among themselves over everybody's share of the loot and trying to avoid ... (more)
A gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company's headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it's not long before the gang members are fighting among themselves over everybody's share of the loot and trying to avoid ... (more)
A Dangerous Profession (1949)
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation. (more)
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation. (more)
Jack the Giant Killer
(1962)
The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts ... (more)
The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts ... (more)
D-Day the Sixth of June (1956)
En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman. (more)
En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman. (more)
Jigsaw
(1949)
New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy is working hard on investigation about a series of murders related to an extremist group. (more)
New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy is working hard on investigation about a series of murders related to an extremist group. (more)
Della (1964)
Della Chappell is a very wealthy and incredibly reclusive woman. When a big company wants to develop some land that Della owns, the town sends out Barney Stafford to talk to her. She invites Barney over to negotiate the proposal. Barney soon takes a liking to ... (more)
Della Chappell is a very wealthy and incredibly reclusive woman. When a big company wants to develop some land that Della owns, the town sends out Barney Stafford to talk to her. She invites Barney over to negotiate the proposal. Barney soon takes a liking to ... (more)