Robert Siodmak

Robert Siodmak

August 8, 1900 · 126 years old

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Robert Siodmak (8 August 1900 - 10 March 1973) was a German-born film director. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for the series of Hollywood film noirs he made in the 1940s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Siodmak, lic…

Known For

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The Killers

The Killers

1946 · 1h 43m · Movie

Hit men arrive in a small New Jersey town to kill an unresisting victim, and insurance investigator Reardon uncovers his past involvement with beautiful, deadly Kitty Collins.

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The Spiral Staircase

The Spiral Staircase

1946 · 1h 23m · Movie

In 1906, a shadowy serial killer is targeting women with "afflictions"; one night during a thunderstorm, the mute Helen feels menaced.

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Criss Cross

Criss Cross

1949 · 1h 24m · Movie

An armored truck driver and his ex-wife conspire with a gang to have his own truck robbed on the route.

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The Crimson Pirate

The Crimson Pirate

1952 · 1h 45m · Movie

During the 1700s, pirate Captain Vallo seizes a British warship and gets involved in various money-making schemes involving Caribbean rebels led by El Libre, British envoy Baron Jose Gruda, and a beautiful courtesan named Consuelo.

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Son of Dracula

Son of Dracula

1943 · 1h 20m · Movie

When Katherine, a beautiful Southern girl obsessed with thoughts of eternal life, invites Count Alucard to come to her mansion in the U.S., she unleashes a Pandora's box of horror on unsuspecting relatives and neighbors.

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Phantom Lady

Phantom Lady

1944 · 1h 27m · Movie

A devoted secretary risks her life to try to find the elusive woman who may prove her boss didn't murder his selfish wife.

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People on Sunday

People on Sunday

1930 · 1h 13m · Movie

Two couples spend an interesting day together.

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The Suspect

The Suspect

1945 · 1h 25m · Movie

An unhappily married man begins a flirtation with a younger woman. When his wife threatens to ruin her, he decides to take action.

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The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry

1945 · 1h 20m · Movie

Bachelor Harry Quincey, head designer in a small-town cloth factory, lives with his selfish sisters, glamorous hypochondriac Lettie and querulous widow Hester. His developing relationship with new colleague Deborah Brown promises ...

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Custer of the West

Custer of the West

1967 · 2h 23m · Movie

George Armstrong Custer's love of the heroic traditions of the Calvary and his distaste with the coming of industrialization leads him to his destiny at the Little Big Horn.

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The Devil Strikes at Night

The Devil Strikes at Night

1957 · 1h 37m · Movie

A serial killer strikes again during World War II in Germany. The wrong man is arrested and a detective hunts down the real killer, but justice in Nazi Germany is not so easily administered.

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Cobra Woman

Cobra Woman

1944 · 1h 11m · Movie

A beautiful woman is abducted from her peaceful South Seas home and taken to Cobra Island, where her grandmother Queen wants her to displace her evil twin sister and vengeance against her priest and corrupt advisor.

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Personal Column

Personal Column

1939 · 1h 46m · Movie

After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man who she met through a personal column advert, Adrienne Charpentier is recruited by the police to answer a series of similar adverts to try to track down the killer.

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The Whistle at Eaton Falls

The Whistle at Eaton Falls

1951 · 1h 36m · Movie

Brad Adams is the new manager of a manufacturing plant in a small New Hampshire town. He is brought in by owner Mrs. Doubleday to calm labor relations plus layoff employees. Brad manages to also find romance.

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Deported

Deported

1950 · 1h 29m · Movie

An American gangster sent back to his home country falls in love with a widowed countess.

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Abschied

Abschied

1930 · 1h 13m · Movie

Peter Winkler's new job offer is about to take him away from his lover Hella, but he has been keeping it a secret from her. Mutual lack of trust and vicious gossip threatens their relationship as they plan to make their farewells.

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