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Robert Aldrich has 12 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1970s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Dirty Dozen.
1968
Western · Drama
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962 · Movie · Director
Top 4%Tubi · Free w/ ads
The Longest Yard
1974 · Movie · Director
Top 33%MGM+ · Included
Vera Cruz
1954 · Movie · Director
Top 48%MGM+ · Included
Attack
1956 · Movie · Director
Top 49%Tubi · Free w/ ads
Apache
1954 · Movie · Director
Top 61%Prime Video · Included
12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the possible commuting of their sentences.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson
A former vaudeville child star viciously torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Bette Davis, Joan Crawford, Victor Buono
An aging, reclusive Southern belle plagued by a horrifying family secret descends into madness after the arrival of a lost relative.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, Joseph Cotten
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch
One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Hammer returns to semi-consciousness, he hears Christina being tortured until she dies. Hammer, both for vengeance and in hopes that "something big" is behind it all, decides to pursue the case.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Ralph Meeker, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart
A football player-turned-convict organizes a team of inmates to play against a team of prison guards. His dilemma is that the warden asks him to throw the game in return for an early release, but he is also concerned about the inmates' lack of self-esteem.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Burt Reynolds, Eddie Albert, Ed Lauter
Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine, Keith Carradine
After fierce war chief Ulzana and a small war party jump the reservation bent on murder and terror, an inexperienced young lieutenant is assigned to track him down.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Burt Lancaster, Bruce Davison, Jorge Luke
After the American Civil War, mercenaries travel to Mexico to fight in their revolution for money. The former soldier and gentleman Benjamin Trane meets the gunman and killer Joe Erin and his men, and together they are hired by the Emperor Maximillian and the Marquis Henri de Labordere to escort the Countess Marie Duvarre to the harbor of Vera Cruz.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Denise Darcel
Battle of the Bulge, World War II, 1944. Lieutenant Costa, an infantry company officer who must establish artillery observation posts in a strategic area, has serious doubts about Captain Cooney's leadership ability.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Jack Palance, Eddie Albert, Lee Marvin
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his girl and settle down to grow crops. His pursuers have other ideas though.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
Dir. Robert Aldrich · With Gene Wilder, Harrison Ford, Ramon Bieri
