List of the best Robert Shaw movies: Black Sunday(1977), The Hireling(1973), The Luck of Ginger Coffey(1964), The Birthday Party(1968), The Royal Hunt of the Sun(1969), A Reflection of Fear(1973), Custer of the West(1968), Avalanche Express(1979), A Town Called Hell(1971), Figures in a Landscape(1970), Diamonds(1975), Jaws(1975) ... ...
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1977
143 Minutes
Ma. David Kabakov
Robert Shaw Bruce Dern Marthe Keller Fritz Weaver Steven Keats Bekim Fehmiu Michael V. Gazzo William Daniels Walter Gotell Victor Campos Walter Brooke
veteran pilot intelligence officer terrorist fbi agent chilling brutal miami super bowl terrorism assassination suicide post-traumatic stress disorder massacre israeli-palestinian conflict wretched excess quest pursuit 1970s
Black Sunday is the powerful story of a Black September terrorist group attempting to blow up a Goodyear blimp hovering over the Super Bowl stadium with 80,000 people and the president of the United States in attendance.
Drama
UK
1973
95 Minutes
Steven Ledbetter
Robert Shaw Sarah Miles Elizabeth Sellars Peter Egan Caroline Mortimer Patricia Lawrence
chauffeur aristocrat widow veteran politician mother brooding emotional england household car romance love triangle class distinctions unrequited love nervous breakdown forbidden love underdog 1950s
A young British woman suffering from depression over the loss of her husband develops an unusual relationship with her chauffeur.
Drama
Canada|USA
1964
100 Minutes
Ginger Coffey
Robert Shaw Mary Ure Liam Redmond Tom Harvey Leo Leyden Tom Kneebone Libby McClintock Powys Thomas
drunk widow friend daughter gritty sad canada montreal apartment newsroom marital problems newspapers marginalization father/daughter relationship immigration quest underdog 1960s
An out-of-work Irish immigrant in Montreal remains hopeful that his luck is about to change but his disillusioned family grow tired of his pigheadedness and instability.
Drama
UK
1968
123 Minutes
Robert Shaw Patrick Magee Sydney Tafler Dandy Nichols Moultrie Kelsall Helen Fraser
mobster british man neighbor woman suspenseful raw quirky thrilling melodramatic seaside house mysterious strangers danger birthdays lie medical care pursuit quest adventure discovery
The down-at-heel lodger in a seaside boarding house is menaced by two mysterious strangers, who eventually take him away.
Drama, History
UK|USA
1969
118 Minutes
Francisco Pizarro
Robert Shaw Christopher Plummer Nigel Davenport Michael Craig Leonard Whiting James Donald
conquistador emperor incan leader priest warrior soldier thrilling melodramatic powerful spain ship peru palace south america francisco pizarro conquest incan empire ransom unlikely friendship religious conversion
In 1532, Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro leads an expedition into the heart of the Inca Empire and captures the Incan Emperor Atahualpa and claims Peru for Spain.
Horror
USA
1973
89 Minutes
Michael
Robert Shaw Sally Kellerman Sondra Locke Mary Ure Signe Hasso Mitchell Ryan Gordon Devol Victoria Risk Michael St. Clair Liam Dunn Michelle Marvin
A disturbed young girl starts believing that there is something very sinister at work after her estranged father visits her at her mother and grandmother's house with the woman he plans to marry.
Biography
UK|France|Spain|USA
1968
140 Minutes
Gen. George Armstrong Custer
Robert Shaw Mary Ure Jeffrey Hunter Ty Hardin Charles Stalnaker Rob't Hall Lawrence Tierney Kieron Moore Marc Lawrence Robert Ryan
general wife indian soldiers horse raw melodramatic intense passionate patriotic suspenseful washington, d.c. wild west war zone death american indian wars violence intervention trains government
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.
Mystery & Thriller, Action
Ireland|USA
1979
88 Minutes
Marenkov
Robert Shaw Lee Marvin Linda Evans Maximilian Schell Joe Namath Horst Buchholz Michael Connors Claudio Cassinelli Kristina Nel David Hess Günter Meisner
russian russian general cia agent agent spy kgb agent thrilling engaging suspenseful gripping milan milan, italy train swiss alps plot disaster dangerous mission spying natural disasters terror
Soviet KGB General Marenkov defects to the Americans and together with his CIA handler Harry Wargrave they plan an operation meant to reveal the KGB agents in Europe.
Western
1971
95 Minutes
The Priest
Robert Shaw Stella Stevens Martin Landau Telly Savalas Fernando Rey Michael Craig Dudley Sutton Al Lettieri Aldo Sanbrell Cass Martin
widow revolutionary outlaw priest sheriff intricate suspenseful tense mexico small town jail bar mexican revolution bounty corruption secret past massacre quest revenge 1900s
A Mexican revolutionary (Robert Shaw) hides out following a massacre in a small town that left soldiers and townsfolk alike dead.
Action
1970
110 Minutes
MacConnachie
Two British prisoners (Robert Shaw, Malcolm McDowell) are chased by a helicopter over rough terrain and up snowy mountains.
Crime, Drama
1975
106 Minutes
Charles, Earl Hodgson
A London aristocrat (Robert Shaw) masterminds a theft from a vault in Israel designed by his twin brother.
Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Adventure
USA
1975
124 Minutes
Roy Scheider Robert Shaw Richard Dreyfuss Lorraine Gary Murray Hamilton Carl Gottlieb Jeffrey Kramer Susan Backlinie Jonathan Filley Ted Grossman Chris Rebello
captain police officer scientist mayor victim police chief thrilling suspenseful frightening new england boat amity island small town beach ocean man vs. nature deception death fear shark attack
When a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.
Drama, History
UK
1966
120 Minutes
King Henry VIII
Paul Scofield Robert Shaw Orson Welles Wendy Hiller Leo McKern Susannah York John Hurt Nigel Davenport Vanessa Redgrave
writer king henry viii wife catherine of aragon emotional inspiring intense england royal court royalty marriage religion social change forbidden love sacrifice rivalry 16th century
The story of Sir Thomas More, who stood up to King Henry VIII when the King rejected the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a divorce and remarry.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama, Action
USA
1974
104 Minutes
Blue
Walter Matthau Robert Shaw Martin Balsam Héctor Elizondo Earl Hindman James Broderick Dick O'Neill Lee Wallace Tom Pedi Beatrice Winde Jerry Stiller
criminal police officer negotiator hostage mayor cheeky chilling gritty suspenseful brash new york city subway hijacking crime city life pursuit rescue 1970s
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
Crime, Drama
UK
1964
80 Minutes
kidnapper kidnapped child industrialist nanny inspector police sergeant tense suspenseful thrilling dark engaging intense england race against time abduction ransom blackmail greed wealth pursuit
It's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.
War, Drama
USA
1965
167 Minutes
Col. Hessler
Henry Fonda Robert Shaw Robert Ryan Dana Andrews George Montgomery Ty Hardin Pier Angeli Barbara Werle Charles Bronson Werner Peters Hans Christian Blech
soldier general american hero gripping tense gutsy belgium battlefield world war ii tank unit military battle of the bulge adventure sacrifice 1940s
A dramatization of Nazi Germany's final Western Front counterattack of World War II.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1973
129 Minutes
Doyle Lonnegan
Paul Newman Robert Redford Robert Shaw Charles Durning Ray Walston Eileen Brennan Harold Gould John Heffernan Dana Elcar Jack Kehoe Dimitra Arliss
con artist mentor gangster amusing witty engaging chicago deception shady dealings revenge scams gambling revenge quest underdog 1930s
Two grifters team up to pull off the ultimate con.
Action
UK
1963
118 Minutes
Donald 'Red' Grant
Sean Connery Daniela Bianchi Robert Shaw Lotte Lenya Pedro Armendáriz Bernard Lee Lois Maxwell Walter Gotell
james bond spy russian pretty woman assassin criminal cheeky thrilling spectacular london russia istanbul train suite settlement espionage cold war crime romance spying
James Bond willingly falls into an assassination plot involving a naive Russian beauty in order to retrieve a Soviet encryption device that was stolen by S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
Biography
UK
1972
145 Minutes
Lord Randolph Churchill
Simon Ward Anne Bancroft Robert Shaw Peter Cellier Ronald Hines John Mills Pat Heywood Russell Lewis Laurence Naismith William Dexter Basil Dignam
winston churchill wife father prime minister engaging positive england india africa school military war election winston churchill parliament rise growing up transformation 20th century
Complex family relationships, as well as a combat experience, form the personality of the future world-known politician.
Adventure
USA
1976
112 Minutes
Sheriff of Nottingham
Sean Connery Audrey Hepburn Robert Shaw Richard Harris Nicol Williamson Denholm Elliott Kenneth Haigh Ian Holm Ronnie Barker
robin hood richard the lion heart little john mother superior sheriff highwayman confident rousing france battlefield sherwood forest england love faith friendship idealism aging quest adventure rescue
Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
War, Drama, Action
UK
1969
132 Minutes
Squadron Leader Skipper
Laurence Olivier Michael Caine Christopher Plummer Robert Shaw Susannah York Trevor Howard Curt Jurgens Ian McShane
soldier pilot prime minister dictator nazi british soldiers tense gripping london england war air raids battle bravery underdog adventure sacrifice 1940s
In 1940, the British Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle to prevent the Luftwaffe from gaining air superiority over the English Channel as a prelude to a possible Axis invasion of the U.K.
Drama, Action, War
UK|Italy
1962
80 Minutes
Lieutenant Field
John Mills Ettore Manni Roberto Risso Robert Shaw Liam Redmond Ralph Michael Colin Douglas Dinsdale Landen John Meillon Patrick Barr
During World War II, two Italian frogmen, who placed magnetic mines under a British warship, are captured and interrogated by British intelligence about their mission.
Mystery & Thriller
1976
107 Minutes
Richard Gastmann
Jon Voight Jacqueline Bisset Martin Ritt Robert Shaw Gabriele Ferzetti Donald Sutherland Helmut Qualtinger Rita Calderoni
police detective partner industrialist beautiful woman bodyguard emotional tense switzerland police station bridge investigation murder justice existential crisis illness revenge pursuit discovery 1970s
A dying Swiss police inspector (Martin Ritt) uses his assistant (Jon Voight) and a woman (Jacqueline Bisset) to nab his longtime nemesis for murder.
Other, Drama
1964
84 Minutes
Ghost of Christmas Future
Sterling Hayden Eva Marie Saint Ben Gazzara Steve Lawrence James Shigeta Pat Hingle Robert Shaw Peter Sellers Britt Ekland Percy Rodrigues
Three ghosts visit a bitter man (Sterling Hayden) who has never recovered from losing his son during World War II.
Drama, War
1956
81 Minutes
LCpl. Hodge
George Baker Stanley Baker Harry Andrews Ronald Lewis Stephen Boyd Victor Maddern Robert Shaw Michael Medwin Michael Caine Percy Herbert
soldier military officer radio operator enemy villager gritty intense south korea countryside village mountain country road korean war horrors of war survival pursuit transformation 1950s
A British lieutenant (George Baker), sergeant (Harry Andrews) and corporal (Stanley Baker) lead a patrol into enemy territory.
Adventure
UK
1958
97 Minutes
Gorman
Stanley Baker Victor McLaglen Luciana Paluzzi Gregoire Aslan Francis De Wolff David Oxley George Murcell Percy Herbert Rupert Davies Robert Shaw Roger Delgado
Off the Spanish coast, two tug-boat captains are caught in a violent feud over a woman but their rivalry is set aside when a sinking freighter carrying explosives must be salvaged and towed to port.
Comedy
UK
1965
112 Minutes
Charlie Drake George Sanders Dennis Price Nyree Dawn Porter Eddie Byrne Finlay Currie Percy Herbert Geoffrey Keen George A. Cooper Christopher Rhodes Norman Bird
con artist locksmith wrongly accused burglar police officer gangster amusing engaging madcap offbeat crime scene prison safe wrongful conviction manipulation imprisonment escape crime deception adventure
A short, kind, very innocent and efficient locksmith is cheated by a burglar in order to rob a car and to open a safe strongbox. The police catch him and is sent to jail. Once there, some ... See full summary »