Robert Cornthwaite

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Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)

Forbin is the designer of an incredibly sophisticated computer that will run all of America's nuclear defenses. Shortly after being turned on, it detects the existence of Guardian, the Soviet counterpart, previously unknown to US Planners. Both computers insist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Eric Braeden  •  Susan Clark  •  Gordon Pinsent  •  William Schallert

Forbin is the designer of an incredibly sophisticated computer that will run all of America's nuclear defenses. Shortly after being turned on, it detects the existence of Guardian, the Soviet counterpart, previously unknown to US Planners. Both computers insist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Sargent
CAST:  Eric Braeden  •  Susan Clark  •  Gordon Pinsent  •  William Schallert

Doctor Detroit (1983)

A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Pressman
CAST:  Dan Aykroyd  •  Howard Hesseman  •  Donna Dixon  •  Lydia Lei

A shy but gentle man named Clifford Skridlow is a professor of comparative literature at the financially-strapped fictional Monroe College in Chicago. A chance encounter with four beautiful women at a restaurant changes his life forever.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Pressman
CAST:  Dan Aykroyd  •  Howard Hesseman  •  Donna Dixon  •  Lydia Lei

The Thing from Another World (1951)

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Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks  •  Christian Nyby
CAST:  Margaret Sheridan  •  Kenneth Tobey  •  Robert Cornthwaite  •  Douglas Spencer

Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks  •  Christian Nyby
CAST:  Margaret Sheridan  •  Kenneth Tobey  •  Robert Cornthwaite  •  Douglas Spencer

Union Station (1950)

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Maté
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Lyle Bettger

Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolph Maté
CAST:  William Holden  •  Nancy Olson  •  Barry Fitzgerald  •  Lyle Bettger

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

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A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Aldrich
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Joan Crawford  •  Victor Buono  •  Wesley Addy

A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Aldrich
CAST:  Bette Davis  •  Joan Crawford  •  Victor Buono  •  Wesley Addy

The War of the Worlds (1953)

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Haskin
CAST:  Gene Barry  •  Ann Robinson  •  Les Tremayne  •  Robert Cornthwaite

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Haskin
CAST:  Gene Barry  •  Ann Robinson  •  Les Tremayne  •  Robert Cornthwaite

The Ghost & Mr. Chicken (1966)

Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rafkin
CAST:  Don Knotts  •  Joan Staley  •  Liam Redmond  •  Dick Sargent

Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rafkin
CAST:  Don Knotts  •  Joan Staley  •  Liam Redmond  •  Dick Sargent

Monkey Business (1952)

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Charles Coburn  •  Marilyn Monroe

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours the mix into the water cooler. When trying one of his own samples, washed down with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard Hawks
CAST:  Cary Grant  •  Ginger Rogers  •  Charles Coburn  •  Marilyn Monroe

Futureworld (1976)

Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited to review the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard T. Heffron
CAST:  Peter Fonda  •  Blythe Danner  •  Arthur Hill  •  Yul Brynner

Two years after the Westworld tragedy in the Delos amusement park, the corporate owners have reopened the park following over $1 billion in safety and other improvements. For publicity purposes, reporters Chuck Browning and Tracy Ballard are invited to review the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard T. Heffron
CAST:  Peter Fonda  •  Blythe Danner  •  Arthur Hill  •  Yul Brynner

Gambling House (1950)

A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Tetzlaff
CAST:  Victor Mature  •  Terry Moore  •  William Bendix  •  Zachary Charles

A gambler faces deportation when he gets mixed up with murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ted Tetzlaff
CAST:  Victor Mature  •  Terry Moore  •  William Bendix  •  Zachary Charles

Two on a Bench (1971)

An outgoing young girl and a square stockbroker meet on a park bench in Boston and are mistaken for international spies and chased by both sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Paris
CAST:  Patty Duke  •  Andrew Duggan  •  John Astin  •  Alice Ghostley

An outgoing young girl and a square stockbroker meet on a park bench in Boston and are mistaken for international spies and chased by both sides.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Paris
CAST:  Patty Duke  •  Andrew Duggan  •  John Astin  •  Alice Ghostley

The Six Million Dollar Man (1973)

Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics to replace the eye, arm and both legs he lost in the crash. Highly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Irving
CAST:  Lee Majors  •  Barbara Anderson  •  Martin Balsam  •  Darren McGavin

Colonel Steve Austin, astronaut and test pilot, is badly injured when he crashes while testing an experimental aircraft. A covert government agency (OSI) is willing to pay for special prosthetics to replace the eye, arm and both legs he lost in the crash. Highly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Irving
CAST:  Lee Majors  •  Barbara Anderson  •  Martin Balsam  •  Darren McGavin

Time Trackers (1989)

When an evil scientist steals his colleague's time machine his colleague's beautiful, brilliant daughter, aided by an L.A. cop and a hapless admirer, pursues him back to twelfth century England where - disguised as a damsel in distress - she enlists the help of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard R. Cohen
CAST:  Ned Beatty  •  Wil Shriner  •  Kathleen Beller  •  Bridget Hoffman

When an evil scientist steals his colleague's time machine his colleague's beautiful, brilliant daughter, aided by an L.A. cop and a hapless admirer, pursues him back to twelfth century England where - disguised as a damsel in distress - she enlists the help of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Howard R. Cohen
CAST:  Ned Beatty  •  Wil Shriner  •  Kathleen Beller  •  Bridget Hoffman

Killer by Night (1972)

A doctor trying to fight a diphtheria epidemic comes into conflict with a police captain who is using all his resources to track down a cop-killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard McEveety
CAST:  Robert Wagner  •  Diane Baker  •  Greg Morris  •  Theodore Bikel

A doctor trying to fight a diphtheria epidemic comes into conflict with a police captain who is using all his resources to track down a cop-killer.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bernard McEveety
CAST:  Robert Wagner  •  Diane Baker  •  Greg Morris  •  Theodore Bikel

The Peace Killers (1971)

Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main squeeze of the gang's leader before she ran away. The pair get away, but the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Schwartz
CAST:  Clint Ritchie  •  Jess Walton  •  Paul Prokop  •  Michael Ontkean

Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main squeeze of the gang's leader before she ran away. The pair get away, but the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Schwartz
CAST:  Clint Ritchie  •  Jess Walton  •  Paul Prokop  •  Michael Ontkean

Stranger on Horseback (1955)

A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Miroslava  •  Kevin McCarthy  •  John McIntire

A circuit judge in the old west attempts to bring a suspected killer to justice. The judge runs afoul of the killer's rich cattle baron father in the process.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Tourneur
CAST:  Joel McCrea  •  Miroslava  •  Kevin McCarthy  •  John McIntire

Love's Savage Fury (1979)

During the Civil War, a self-centered, young Southern belle tries to hold onto the family estate when the Union Army takes over the area.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Hardy
CAST:  Jennifer O'Neill  •  Perry King  •  Raymond Burr  •  Robert Reed

During the Civil War, a self-centered, young Southern belle tries to hold onto the family estate when the Union Army takes over the area.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joseph Hardy
CAST:  Jennifer O'Neill  •  Perry King  •  Raymond Burr  •  Robert Reed

Hell on Devil's Island (1957)

An ex-con from Devil's Island enlists the support of the governor's daughter in exposing a prison mining operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Nyby
CAST:  Helmut Dantine  •  William Talman  •  Donna Martell  •  Jean Willes

An ex-con from Devil's Island enlists the support of the governor's daughter in exposing a prison mining operation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Nyby
CAST:  Helmut Dantine  •  William Talman  •  Donna Martell  •  Jean Willes

Journey Through Rosebud (1972)

A young draft dodger helps militant Native Americans in their protest against the government at Wounded Knee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Gries
CAST:  Robert Forster  •  Kristoffer Tabori  •  Victoria Racimo  •  Roy Jenson

A young draft dodger helps militant Native Americans in their protest against the government at Wounded Knee.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Gries
CAST:  Robert Forster  •  Kristoffer Tabori  •  Victoria Racimo  •  Roy Jenson

The Ride to Hangman's Tree (1967)

Three young outlaws try to stay together and keep one step ahead of the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rafkin
CAST:  Jack Lord  •  Melodie Johnson  •  James Farentino  •  Don Galloway

Three young outlaws try to stay together and keep one step ahead of the law.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Rafkin
CAST:  Jack Lord  •  Melodie Johnson  •  James Farentino  •  Don Galloway
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