List of the best Robert Burton movies: I Was a Teenage Frankenstein(1957), Invasion of the Animal People(1959), The Slime People(1963), My Man and I(1952), The Hard Man(1957), Cry of the Hunted(1953), The Hired Gun(1957), A Man Called Peter(1955), The Story on Page One(1959), The Tall T(1957), The Rack(1956), Man or Gun(1958) ... ...
Horror
USA
1957
72 Minutes
Dr. Karlton
Professor Frankenstein creates a hulking teenager from the body of an accident victim; his "creation" awakens and goes on a killing spree.
Sci-Fi
USA|Sweden
1959
73 Minutes
Dr. Frederick Wilson
Jerry Warren Barbara Wilson Robert Burton Sten Gester Bengt Blomgren Åke Grönberg Gösta Prüzelius
Aliens release a furry critter in the wilds of Lapland where it takes a woman captive and threatens a group of scientists.
Sci-Fi
1963
76 Minutes
Prof. Galvin
Drama
USA
1952
99 Minutes
Sheriff
Shelley Winters Ricardo Montalban Wendell Corey Claire Trevor Robert Burton Jose Torvay Jack Elam Pascual García Peña George Chandler Carlos Conde
laborer drunk farmer wife patriotic disheartening california bar farm american dream citizenship greed racism underdog sacrifice 1950s
In California, a Mexican-American is falsely accused of killing the farmer he was working for, after the racist farmer stiffed his immigrant employee with a bad check.
Western
1957
80 Minutes
Sim Hacker
Guy Madison Valerie French Lorne Greene Barry Atwater Robert Burton Rudy Bond
A Texas Ranger (Guy Madison) turns deputy sheriff; a woman (Valerie French) wants him to kill her cattle-baron husband (Lorne Greene).
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
78 Minutes
Warden Keeley
Vittorio Gassman Barry Sullivan Polly Bergen William Conrad Mary Zavian Robert Burton Harry Shannon Jonathan Colt
A fugitive is pursued by a lawman who is obsessed with his capture.
Western
USA
1957
63 Minutes
Nathan Conroy
Rory Calhoun Anne Francis Vince Edwards John Litel Chuck Connors Robert Burton Salvadore Baques Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Regis Parton
gunslinger murderer wife widow gutsy suspenseful thrilling texas ranch mexico new mexico wrongful conviction murder investigation unlikely allies divorce inheritance pursuit mystery love 19th century
Ellen Beldon is due to be hanged in Texas for the murder of her husband, but Jud Farrow, ranch foreman for her uncle, breaks her out of jail and escorts her to the safety of her uncle's New... See full summary »
Biography, Drama
1955
119 Minutes
Mr. Peyton
Richard Todd Jean Peters Marjorie Rambeau Jill Esmond Les Tremayne Robert Burton Gladys Hurlbut Richard Garrick Gloria Gordon Billy Chapin
minister chaplain wife heartwarming inspiring washington, d.c. scotland faith religion illness hope marriage social standing discovery rise 1950s
Scottish-born minister Peter Marshall's (Richard Todd) sermons inspire his wife (Jean Peters), congregations and the U.S. Senate.
Drama
1959
123 Minutes
District Attorney Nordeau
Rita Hayworth Anthony Franciosa Gig Young Mildred Dunnock Hugh Griffith Sanford Meisner Robert Burton Alfred Ryder Katherine Squire Raymond Greenleaf Myrna Fahey
prosecutor defendant attorney wife widower intense passionate thrilling suspenseful melodramatic courtroom murder case court battles abusive marriage affair justice death mystery rivalry underdog
A lawyer (Anthony Franciosa) defends a woman (Rita Hayworth) and her lover (Gig Young) accused of shooting her husband.
Western
USA
1957
78 Minutes
Tenvoorde
Randolph Scott Richard Boone Maureen O'Sullivan Henry Silva Skip Homeier John Hubbard Arthur Hunnicutt Robert Burton Fred Sherman Chris Olsen
rancher newlywed wealthy woman bandit gritty tense wild west way station small town hijacking hostage situation murder escape forbidden love adventure 19th century
An independent former ranch foreman is kidnapped along with an heiress, who is being held for ransom by trio of ruthless outlaws.
Drama
USA
1956
100 Minutes
Col. Ira Hansen
Paul Newman Anne Francis Walter Pidgeon Wendell Corey Edmond O'Brien Lee Marvin Cloris Leachman Robert Burton Robert F. Simon Trevor Bardette Adam Williams
military officer father widow prisoner of war lawyer psychiatrist emotional powerful san francisco air force base courtroom death of a child torture treason korean war post-traumatic stress disorder escape transformation 1950s
A decorated Korean War hero inexplicably collaborates with the enemy while interred in a POW camp and is court-martialed.
Western
USA
1958
79 Minutes
Deputy Sheriff Burt Burton
Macdonald Carey Audrey Totter James Craig James Gleason Warren Stevens Harry Shannon Jil Jarmyn Robert Burton Ken Lynch
drifter gunslinger outlaw hotel owner woman raw wild gritty tense dutch flat wild west saloon hotel frontier justice small-town life unlikely hero farming law and order corruption underdog
A gun-slinging drifter, armed with a legendary pistol, saves a town from the greedy clutches of an evil family. But what makes him so fast? Is it the man or the gun?
Western
1956
74 Minutes
Jeb Cantrell
Guy Madison Felicia Farr Kathryn Grant Michael Pate Edward Platt Otto Hulett Wayne Mallory Robert Burton
man woman native american racist brother judge emotional intense oklahoma ranch small town prairie courtroom kendall, okla. murder racism investigation trial identity crisis native americans
An Indian girl (Kathryn Grant) and a land agent's daughter (Felicia Farr) save a part-Indian cattle rancher (Guy Madison) from vigilantes.
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Det. Gus Burke
Glenn Ford Gloria Grahame Jocelyn Brando Alexander Scourby Lee Marvin Jeanette Nolan Peter Whitney Willis Bouchey Robert Burton Adam Williams Howard Wendell
gangster kingpin police detective wife husband mistress dark gritty suspenseful melodramatic city nightclub household police station penthouse police corruption murder plot investigation conspiracy organized crime
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
Drama, History
USA
1953
122 Minutes
Gen. Samuel E. Roberts
Robert Taylor Norman Panama Eleanor Parker James Whitmore Jim Backus Larry Keating Larry Gates Marilyn Erskine Stephen Dunne Robert Burton Hayden Rorke
pilot commander wife captain colonel bleak emotional washington, d.c. hiroshima, japan military base world war ii nuclear attack guilt marriage duty sacrifice discovery 1940s
Col. Paul Tibbets piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in World War 2.
Western
USA
1954
79 Minutes
Gen. George Crook
Rock Hudson Barbara Rush Gregg Palmer Rex Reason Morris Ankrum Ian MacDonald Richard Cutting Joe Sawyer Robert Burton Eugene Iglesias Lance Fuller
chief brother geronimo military officer cavalryman beautiful woman melodramatic passionate rousing striking arizona village desert battlefield indian reservation frontier chief taza siblings war father/son relationship
When peacemaking Apache chief Cochise dies, the Chiricahua Apaches are torn between following Cochise's peace loving son Taza and following the warlike renegade Apache warrior Geronimo.
Musical
USA
1962
123 Minutes
Madison
Doris Day Stephen Boyd Jimmy Durante Martha Raye Dean Jagger Joseph Waring Lynn Wood Charles Watts James Chandler Robert Burton Norman Leavitt
circus performer daughter rival son emotional touching circus backstage role reversal love revenge family financial crisis deception rivalry sacrifice 1960s
A debt-ridden circus is saved by a well-meaning but inept publicity man.
Musical
USA
1952
92 Minutes
Gower Champion Marge Champion Monica Lewis Dennis O'Keefe Dean Miller Eduard Franz John Gallaudet Diane Cassidy Elaine Stewart Jonathan Cott Robert Burton
dancer wife producer understudy nanny showgirl lighthearted cheery spirited broadway theater stage household barbecue studio boston broadway performance marriage jealousy child custody
Pregnancy forces one half of a married song- and- dance team to find a new Broadway partner.
Musical, Comedy
1953
104 Minutes
Lana Turner Ricardo Montalban John Lund Louis Calhern Jean Hagen Eduard Franz Beulah Bondi Joaquin Garay Archer MacDonald Dorothy Neumann Robert Burton
wealthy man heiress plantation owner psychiatrist secretary grandfather lighthearted engaging new york city office brazil hotel love triangle vacation misunderstanding fortune hunters career money love adventure
A rich girl (Lana Turner) follows her rich boyfriend (John Lund) to Brazil, where she flirts with a rich rancher (Ricardo Montalban).
Western
USA
1954
96 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Robert Wagner Jean Peters Richard Widmark Katy Jurado Hugh O'Brian Eduard Franz Earl Holliman E.G. Marshall Carl Benton Reid Philip Ober
rancher son convict brother dark gritty ranch prison inheritance imprisonment revenge stroke trial rivalry revenge 1950s
The saga of the Devereaux rancher family, set in 1880's Arizona.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
1961
110 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Dina Merrill Shelley Winters Edward Andrews Vivian Nathan Larry Gates Telly Savalas Pilar Seurat Jody Fair Roberta Shore Milton Selzer
assistant district attorney district attorney teen boy wife mother gripping intense powerful disheartening office spanish harlem new york city gangs lawyers turf war paternity juvenile crime mystery pursuit growing up
An assistant district attorney discovers one of the hoodlums he must prosecute is the son of a former love.
Biography
USA
1957
138 Minutes
James Stewart Patricia Smith Murray Hamilton Bartlett Robinson Marc Connelly Arthur Space Charles Watts Robert Cornthwaite Harlan Warde Sheila Bond Dabbs Greer
pilot friend inspiring spirited positive st. louis long island, n.y. paris airplane charles lindbergh aspirations flying trans-atlantic flight adventure quest 1920s
Charles 'Slim' Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his New York to Paris flight the first solo transatlantic crossing.
Western
USA
1960
87 Minutes
Audie Murphy Barry Sullivan Venetia Stevenson John McIntire Kenneth Tobey Mary Field Ken Lynch Suzanne Lloyd Ward Ramsey Don Collier Jack Kruschen
texas ranger outlaw veteran lieutenant sergeant love interest tense thrilling texas small town office cabin saloon jail manhunt inexperience secret friendship deception ambush
A Texas Ranger must capture an outlaw and take him-in, while tangling with savage Apaches and greedy bounty-hunters on the way back to jail.
Drama
1956
88 Minutes
Ray Milland Ernest Borgnine Frank Lovejoy Nina Foch Dean Jagger Virginia Christine Edward Andrews Frank Faylen Diane Jergens Warren Berlinger Andrew Duggan
government official lawyer judge naval officer wife suspect emotional solemn melodramatic courtroom house naval base suburbia cold war paranoia communism trial navy redemption underdog
A lawyer (Ray Milland) represents a Navy worker (Ernest Borgnine) who has been unjustly fired as a security risk.
Drama
USA
1952
118 Minutes
Lana Turner Kirk Douglas Walter Pidgeon Dick Powell Barry Sullivan Gloria Grahame Gilbert Roland Leo G. Carroll Vanessa Brown Paul Stewart Sammy White
movie star writer director producer brooding cool spirited tense engaging hollywood, calif. manipulation cheating hollywood ambition betrayal underdog fall rise wretched excess 1950s
An unscrupulous movie producer uses an actress, a director and a writer to achieve success.