Robert Stevenson

Robert Stevenson

March 31, 1905 · 121 years old

Robert Stevenson (31 March 1905, Buxton, Derbyshire – 30 April 1986) was an English film writer and director. He was educated at Cambridge University where he became the president of both the Liberal Club and the Cambridge Union Society. He moved to California in the 1940s and ended up directing 19…

Known For

21 titles
1
Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins

1964 · 2h 19m · Movie

In turn of the century London, a magical nanny employs music and adventure to help two neglected children become closer to their father.

7.8
2
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

1971 · 1h 57m · Movie

An apprentice witch, three kids, and a cynical magician conman search for the missing component to a magic spell to be used in the defense of Britain in World War II.

7.1
3
The Love Bug

The Love Bug

1968 · 1h 48m · Movie

Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of it's own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.

6.5
4
Old Yeller

Old Yeller

1957 · 1h 23m · Movie

In 1860s Texas, a stray yellow dog proves his worth to a frontier family, especially bonding with their teenage son who must help manage their homestead while his father works a cattle drive.

7.2
5
Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

1943 · 1h 37m · Movie

After a harsh childhood, orphan Jane Eyre is hired by Edward Rochester, the brooding lord of a mysterious manor house, to care for his young daughter.

7.5
6
Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

1959 · 1h 33m · Movie

A wily old codger matches wits with the King of the Leprechauns and helps play matchmaker for his daughter and the strapping lad who has replaced him as caretaker.

7.1
7
The Absent Minded Professor

The Absent Minded Professor

1961 · 1h 37m · Movie

A college professor invents an anti-gravity substance which a corrupt businessman wants for himself.

6.7
8
Herbie Rides Again

Herbie Rides Again

1974 · 1h 28m · Movie

The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.

5.7
9
That Darn Cat!

That Darn Cat!

1965 · 1h 56m · Movie

After a kidnapped bank teller uses a neighbor's wandering cat to send an S.O.S., the F.B.I. assigns a cat-allergic Agent to the case.

6.7
10
Blackbeard's Ghost

Blackbeard's Ghost

1968 · 1h 46m · Movie

Track coach Steve Walker accidentally invokes the spirit of notorious pirate Captain Blackbeard who was believed dead. He must now lay the pirate to rest and save a local hotel from mobster Silky Seymour, who wants to build a casino.

6.8
11
The Shaggy D.A.

The Shaggy D.A.

1976 · 1h 31m · Movie

Wilby Daniels, now all grown up and running for district attorney, finds himself once again turning into a shaggy dog at inopportune moments.

5.8
12
In Search of the Castaways

In Search of the Castaways

1962 · 1h 38m · Movie

In 19th century England, young Mary Grant and her brother, Robert, embark on a dangerous quest to find their missing father, a sea captain who vanished somewhere along the Chilean coast.

6.5
13
Son of Flubber

Son of Flubber

1963 · 1h 42m · Movie

When Professor Brainard experiments further on Flubber derivatives, he gets in trouble and only his students can help.

6.1
14
The Island at the Top of the World

The Island at the Top of the World

1974 · 1h 33m · Movie

In 1907, four explorers discover a lost colony of Vikings in the Arctic.

6.2
15
The Gnome-Mobile

The Gnome-Mobile

1967 · 1h 24m · Movie

In the Redwood Forests of California, a multi-millionaire lumberman and his two young grandchildren encounter two gnomes who are supposedly the last of their kind.

6.4
16
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975 · 1h 34m · Movie

A suspected Western spy steals a secret microfilm from China and hides it in the skeleton of a museum dinosaur, prompting a frantic search for it by various interested parties.

5.9
17
Johnny Tremain

Johnny Tremain

1957 · 1h 20m · Movie

Johnny Tremain is drawn into the Revolutionary War, and becomes a patriot fighting to free the colonies from England. Along the way he learns about life and about himself.

6.4
18
Kidnapped

Kidnapped

1960 · 1h 37m · Movie

In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.

6.6
19
The Monkey's Uncle

The Monkey's Uncle

1965 · 1h 31m · Movie

A student is able to save Midvale College's football reputation using his radical invention.

5.8
20
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

The Misadventures of Merlin Jones

1964 · 1h 31m · Movie

Merlin Jones, resident genius at Midvale College, inadvertently gets into a string of scrapes, both in college and with the law-much to the distress of his long-suffering girlfriend and the local district judge.

6.2
21
Back Street

Back Street

1941 · 1h 29m · Movie

Five years after meeting and falling in love with a banker, a willful shop girl decides to become his mistress upon learning he has since gotten married and had a son.

6.7