List of the best Richard Rober movies: The Well(1951), Kid Monk Baroni(1952), Port of New York(1949), The Devil Makes Three(1952), The Rose Bowl Story(1952), Man in the Saddle(1951), Jet Pilot(1957), Sierra(1950), The File on Thelma Jordon(1949), Watch the Birdie(1951), April Showers(1948), Smart Girls Don't Talk(1948) ... ...
Drama
USA
1951
85 Minutes
Richard Rober Harry Morgan Christine Larson Gwendolyn Laster Maidie Norman Ernest Anderson Dick Simmons Lane Chandler Pat Mitchell
sheriff white man young girl nephew stranger engineer dark suspenseful melodramatic small town well police station school house segregation missing persons search race relations cover-up racial tension
A small, racially-mixed American town succumbs to violence and utter mayhem after a white man suspected of kidnapping a missing black girl is released by the white authority.
Drama
USA
1952
80 Minutes
Father Callahan
Richard Rober Leonard Nimoy Bruce Cabot Allene Roberts Jack Larson Mona Knox Kathleen Freeman Budd Jaxon Archer MacDonald Joseph Mell
"Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang, becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in Little Italy, New York.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
79 Minutes
Scott Brady Richard Rober Yul Brynner K.T. Stevens Arthur Blake Lynne Carter John Kellogg William Challee
federal agent drug dealer smuggler gangsters informant suspenseful thrilling brooding profound gory police station criminal underworld new york drug cartel drug smuggling investigation going undercover shoot out revenge escape
Two narcotics agents go after a gang of murderous drug dealers who use ships docking at the New York harbor to smuggle in their contraband.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1952
89 Minutes
Col. James Terry
Gene Kelly Pier Angeli Richard Egan Richard Rober Claus Clausen Wilfred Seyferth Margot Rielscher Annie Rosar Harold Benedict Otto Gebühr Gertrud Wolle
In 1947, an American pilot returns to Germany to find a family that saved his life during WW2 but he stumbles upon a secret Neo-Nazi group.
Drama
USA
1952
73 Minutes
Coach James Hadley
Marshall Thompson Vera Miles Natalie Wood Richard Rober Keith Larsen Ann Doran James Dobson Jim Backus
The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.
Western
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Fay Dutcher
Randolph Scott Joan Leslie Ellen Drew Alexander Knox Richard Rober John Russell Alfonso Bedoya Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Clem Bevans Cameron Mitchell Richard Crane
man rancher ex-girlfriend lover gunman jealous man thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping bleak gory ranch school wild west jealousy hiding danger fear fighting
A private deadly feud ensues when ruthless wealthy rancher Will Isham attempts a takeover of small rancher Owen Merritt's land and marries Owen's old flame, Laurie Bidwell.
Drama
USA
1957
112 Minutes
FBI Agent George Rivers
John Wayne Janet Leigh Jay C. Flippen Paul Fix Richard Rober Roland Winters Hans Conried Ivan Triesault Joyce Compton Denver Pyle Elizabeth Flournoy
soviet pilot pilot officer commander soldier love interest sultry campy alaska air force base jet palm springs, calif. soviet union cold war communism flying duplicity espionage secret plans adventure
Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.
Western
1950
83 Minutes
Big Matt Rango
Wanda Hendrix Audie Murphy Dean Jagger Burl Ives Richard Rober Tony Curtis Houseley Stevenson Elliott Reid Griff Barnett Elisabeth Risdon Roy Roberts
father son murder suspect lawyer engaging gripping spirited suspenseful wild west mountain wrongful conviction innocence murder case outlaws race against time adventure discovery quest unknown era
A tomboy frontier lawyer (Wanda Hendrix) finds an outlaw (Dean Jagger) and his son (Audie Murphy) hiding out from a false charge of murder.
Crime, Drama
USA
1949
100 Minutes
Tony Laredo
Barbara Stanwyck Wendell Corey Paul Kelly Joan Tetzel Stanley Ridges Richard Rober Minor Watson Barry Kelley Kasey Rogers Basil Ruysdael Jane Novak
femme fatale thief assistant district attorney wife lawyer butler dark tense household courtroom office beach house hospital robbery murder deception cover-up infidelity investigation forbidden love
Assistant district attorney Cleve Marshall falls for the mysterious Thelma Jordon when she seeks help solving robberies of her aunt's estate.
Comedy
USA
1951
70 Minutes
Mr. Hugh Shanway
Red Skelton Arlene Dahl Ann Miller Leon Ames Pamela Britton Richard Rober Richard Wessel Jacqueline Duval Paula Drew Georgia Pelham
shopkeeper grandfather heiress banker thug model engaging hilarious store town docks lumberyard greenhouse train debt generosity filmmaking seduction aspirations scam
A cameraman helps a heiress to get rid off her finacial adviser, who wants to get her money.
Musical
USA
1948
94 Minutes
Al Wilson
Jack Carson Ann Sothern Robert Alda S.Z. Sakall Bobby Ellis Richard Rober Joseph Crehan Ray Walker John Gallaudet Philip Van Zandt Billy Curtis
The 'Two Tymes', Joe and June, need to change up their dogeared vaudeville act - fast. Cue their son Buster; a cocky hoofer who bolts from boarding school and joins them, propelling the trio into the big time. But success brings trouble.
Crime, Drama
1948
81 Minutes
Lt. McReady
Virginia Mayo Herman Brix Robert Hutton Helen Westcott Tom D'Andrea Richard Rober Richard Benedict Ben Welden Richard Walsh Phyllis Coates Creighton Hale
beautiful woman club owner thug brother gambler police officer gritty gutsy suspenseful california gambling house apartment murder undercover operations dangerous romance brother/sister relationship gambling blackmail discovery transformation
The beautiful Linda strikes up a romance with Marty, the seemingly charming owner of a gambling joint. It isn't long before she realizes that he has his hands in more sinister enterprises, including murder.
Comedy
USA
1951
82 Minutes
Police sergeant
Spencer Tracy Joan Bennett Elizabeth Taylor Don Taylor Billie Burke Moroni Olsen Richard Rober Marietta Canty Russ Tamblyn Tom Irish Hayden Rorke
father mother daughter son-in-law mother-in-law father-in-law amusing endearing touching united states household parenthood love family old age love growing up 1950s
The father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, along with the financial and organizational trouble of arranging the wedding.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
78 Minutes
Lt. Coulter
Dick Powell Paula Raymond Adolphe Menjou Marshall Thompson Ruby Dee Will Geer Richard Rober Florence Bates Victor Kilian Katharine Warren Leif Erickson
assassin detective sister slave abraham lincoln criminal suspenseful thrilling train baltimore new york city assassination presidency murder plot police work conspiracy crime pursuit underdog 1860s
A New York City detective, traveling by train between New York and Baltimore, tries to foil an on-board plot to assassinate President-elect Abraham Lincoln before he reaches Baltimore to give a major pre-Inauguration speech in 1861.
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
75 Minutes
Police Capt. Henry Keiver
Marshall Thompson Virginia Field Andrea King Sam Levene Leon Ames Keefe Brasselle Richard Rober James Bell William Conrad Dick Simmons Hal Baylor
mental patient reporter bartender barfly used car salesman doctor dark intense mental institution bus bar doctor's office street terminal city mental illness hostage situation murder television police pursuit fugitives
An escaped mental patient causes havoc.
War
USA
1949
116 Minutes
Lt. Jack Southern
Gary Cooper Jane Wyatt Walter Brennan Wayne Morris Julie London Herman Brix Jack Holt Stanley Ridges John Ridgely Richard Rober Art Baker
admiral naval officer friend navy pilot diplomat wife fascinating intense patriotic aircraft carrier airplane south pacific naval base world war ii aircraft carriers military navy redemption pearl harbor transformation
As he is retiring, Jonathon Scott reminisces about his long Navy career and the development of the role of the aircraft carrier from the early 20s.