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Robert Aldrich
Highest Rated: 100% Attack! (1956)
Lowest Rated: 11% Four for Texas (1963)
Birthday: Aug 9, 1918
Birthplace: Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
Famed for his macho mise-en-scene and resonant reworkings of classic action genres, Robert Aldrich became a model for many younger directors in the 1960s and 70s. Along with such figures as Roger Corman and Sam Arkoff, he was also a symbol of the free-spirit of independent filmmaking (although Aldrich had more interest in quality, and became renowned for substantive content and the interior meanings of his works.) He is best recalled for such horror classics as "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" (1962), and "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte" (1964), both starring Bette Davis. But, the director also tried his hand at more literary works, such as "The Killing of Sister George" (1968), and even commercial comedies like "The Longest Yard" (1974), starring Burt Reynolds.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 68% | ...All the Marbles |
Director, Producer |
- | 1981 |
| 54% | 67% | The Frisco Kid | Director | - | 1979 |
| 80% | 73% | Twilight's Last Gleaming | Director | - | 1977 |
| 40% | 39% | The Choirboys | Director | - | 1977 |
| 50% | 48% | Hustle |
Director, Producer |
- | 1975 |
| 76% | 75% | The Longest Yard | Director | - | 1974 |
| 63% | 84% | Emperor of the North | Director | - | 1973 |
| 90% | 66% | Ulzana's Raid | Director | - | 1972 |
| 46% | 70% | The Grissom Gang |
Director, Producer |
- | 1971 |
| 57% | 70% | Too Late the Hero |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice? | Producer | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Greatest Mother of 'Em All |
Director, Producer |
- | 1969 |
| 60% | 41% | The Legend of Lylah Clare |
Director, Producer |
- | 1968 |
| 59% | 78% | The Killing of Sister George |
Director, Producer |
- | 1968 |
| 81% | 90% | The Dirty Dozen | Director | - | 1967 |
| 82% | 85% | Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte |
Director, Producer |
- | 1965 |
| 83% | 81% | The Flight of the Phoenix |
Director, Producer |
- | 1965 |
| 50% | 39% | Sodom and Gomorrah | Director | - | 1963 |
| 11% | 37% | Four for Texas |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 1963 |
| 91% | 91% | What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? |
Producer, Director |
- | 1962 |
| 60% | 57% | The Last Sunset | Director | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | Ten Seconds to Hell | Director | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | The Angry Hills | Director | - | 1959 |
| 100% | 78% | Attack! |
Director, Producer |
- | 1956 |
| 91% | 64% | Autumn Leaves | Director | - | 1956 |
| 91% | 59% | The Big Knife |
Director, Producer |
- | 1955 |
| 98% | 84% | Kiss Me Deadly |
Director, Producer |
$882 | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | 36% | World for Ransom | Director | - | 1954 |
| 81% | 70% | Vera Cruz | Director | - | 1954 |
| 64% | 45% | Apache | Director | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Big Leaguer | Director | - | 1953 |