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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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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 78% Attack!
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98% 84% Kiss Me Deadly
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91% 60% The Big Knife
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91% 91% What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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91% 66% Autumn Leaves
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90% 66% Ulzana's Raid
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87% 81% The Flight of the Phoenix
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87% 69% Vera Cruz
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83% 85% Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte
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82% 90% The Dirty Dozen
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Robert Aldrich

Robert Aldrich WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, from left: director Robert Aldrich, Bette Davis, on set, 1962 wehtbj1962bd-fsct001(wehtbj1962bd-fsct001) WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, director Robert Aldrich, on-et, 1962 THE DIRTY DOZEN, Director Robert Aldrich directing Robert Ryan on set, 1967 THE CHOIRBOYS, Tim McIntire, director Robert Aldrich, choreographing a fight scene, 1977 WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, center from left: director Robert Aldrich (peaked hat), Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, on set, 1962 wehtbj1962bd-fsct002(wehtbj1962bd-fsct002) WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, Bette Davis (white dress), director Robert Aldrich (sitting on motorcycle), on set, 1962 wehtbj1962bd-fsct004(wehtbj1962bd-fsct004) ALL THE MARBLES, director Robert Aldrich, 1981, ©MGM / WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?, from left: Joseph Cotten, Bette Davis, director Robert Aldrich, Joan Crawford, on set, 1962 wehtbj1962bd-fsct007(wehtbj1962bd-fsct007) View more photos

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...All the Marbles 69% 1981 Director, Producer The Frisco Kid 54% 67% 1979 Director Twilight's Last Gleaming 80% 71% 1977 Director The Choirboys 40% 38% 1977 Director Hustle 50% 47% 1975 Director, Producer The Longest Yard 76% 75% 1974 Director Emperor of the North 63% 84% 1973 Director Ulzana's Raid 90% 66% 1972 Director The Grissom Gang 46% 70% 1971 Director, Producer Too Late the Hero 57% 70% 1970 Director, Screenwriter, Producer Whatever Happened to Aunt Alice? 100% 1969 Producer The Greatest Mother of 'Em All 1969 Director, Producer The Legend of Lylah Clare 60% 38% 1968 Director, Producer The Killing of Sister George 59% 78% 1968 Director, Producer The Dirty Dozen 82% 90% 1967 Director Hush... Hush, Sweet Charlotte 83% 85% 1965 Director, Producer The Flight of the Phoenix 87% 81% 1965 Director, Producer Sodom and Gomorrah 50% 37% 1963 Director Four for Texas 11% 36% 1963 Director, Screenwriter, Producer What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 91% 91% 1962 Producer, Director The Last Sunset 60% 58% 1961 Director Ten Seconds to Hell 33% 1959 Director The Angry Hills 33% 1959 Director Attack! 100% 78% 1956 Director, Producer Autumn Leaves 91% 66% 1956 Director
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