List of the best Roy Roberts movies: He Walked by Night(1948), The Underwater City(1962), The Outlaw Stallion(1954), The Palomino(1951), The Enforcer(1951), Force of Evil(1948), House of Wax(1953), Smoky(1946), Wyoming Mail(1950), The Man Behind the Gun(1953), Chain Lightning(1950), Wyoming Renegades(1955) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
79 Minutes
Capt. Breen
Richard Basehart Scott Brady Roy Roberts Whit Bissell Jack Webb James Cardwell Robert Bice Reed Hadley John McGuire Lyle Latell
thief sergeant police chief forensic expert informant gripping suspenseful dark los angeles street police station sewer crime justice violence pursuit escape rivalry 1940s
This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
Sci-Fi
USA
1962
78 Minutes
Tim Graham
William Lundigan Julie Adams Roy Roberts Carl Benton Reid Chet Douglas Paul Dubov Karen Norris Kathie Browne Edward Mallory
An engineer, a psychologist and several other disparate types take part in an experiment to see if people can live for extended periods of time in a city built under the ocean.
Western
USA
1954
64 Minutes
Hagen
Philip Carey Dorothy Patrick Billy Gray Roy Roberts Gordon Jones Trevor Bardette Morris Ankrum Chris Alcaide Bob Anderson Harry Harvey Guy Teague
Hagan is rustling horses lead by a white stallion from a Government restricted area. Young Danny Saunders captures the horse who then kills Hagen's mare. Hagen needs the white stallion and ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1951
73 Minutes
Ben Lane
Jerome Courtland Beverly Tyler Joseph Calleia Roy Roberts Gordon Jones Robert Osterloh Trevor Bardette Juan Duval
heir love interest beautiful woman horse cowboy rival charming spirited thrilling farm house field business independence new job theft horse breeding romance rivalry love
A young man helps a pretty girl search for her stolen horse.
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Capt. Frank Nelson
Humphrey Bogart Zero Mostel Ted de Corsia Everett Sloane Roy Roberts Michael Tolan King Donovan Bob Steele Adelaide Klein Don Beddoe Tito Vuolo
district attorney crime boss henchman witness detective hit man brooding gritty dark gripping hotel prison insane asylum church apartment building city hired killers investigation murder case organized crime
A crusading district attorney finally gets a chance to prosecute the organizer and boss of Murder Inc.
Crime, Drama
USA
1948
78 Minutes
Ben Tucker
John Garfield Beatrice Pearson Thomas Gomez Howland Chamberlin Roy Roberts Marie Windsor Paul McVey Tim Ryan Sid Tomack Georgia Backus Jan Dennis
lawyer brother gangster investigator secretary rival dark tense new york city bank numbers racket family corruption greed investigation temptation rivalry fall 1940s
An unethical lawyer, with an older brother he wants to help, becomes a partner with a client in the numbers racket.
Horror
USA
1953
88 Minutes
Matthew Burke
Vincent Price Frank Lovejoy Phyllis Kirk Carolyn Jones Paul Picerni Roy Roberts Angela Clarke Paul Cavanagh Dabbs Greer Charles Bronson Reggie Rymal
professor sculptor partner assistant art student police officer creepy disturbing frightening creative new york city museum sculpting art likeness arson insurance fraud wretched excess rivalry mystery
An associate burns down a wax museum with the owner inside, but he survives only to become vengeful and murderous.
Western
USA
1946
87 Minutes
Jeff
Fred MacMurray Anne Baxter Bruce Cabot Esther Dale Burl Ives Roy Roberts J. Farrell MacDonald
cowboy rancher horse brother heartwarming charming ranch cattle rustling horse breaking theft dark secrets horses pursuit rescue 1940s
Drama about the strong bond between a cowpoke and a wild bronco set during the 1940s.
Western
USA
1950
87 Minutes
Charles De Haven
Stephen McNally Alexis Smith Howard da Silva Ed Begley Dan Riss Roy Roberts Whit Bissell Armando Silvestre James Arness Richard Jaeckel Frankie Darro
In 1869, when the railroad mail service is threatened by frequent bandit attacks, the government hires Steve Davis to infiltrate a gang in order to destroy it from inside.
Western
USA
1953
82 Minutes
Sen. Mark Sheldon
Randolph Scott Patrice Wymore Philip Carey Dick Wesson Lina Romay Roy Roberts Morris Ankrum Katharine Warren Alan Hale Jr. Douglas Fowley Anthony Caruso
schoolteacher undercover agent government agent sidekick ringleader thrilling california united states intelligence undercover operations weapons political corruption assassination adventure quest 1850s
An undercover government agent battles insurrectionists whose want Southern California to secede and become a slave state.
Drama
USA
1950
94 Minutes
Maj. Gen. Hewitt
Humphrey Bogart Eleanor Parker Raymond Massey Richard Whorf James Brown Roy Roberts Morris Ankrum Fay Baker Fred Sherman
pilot old flame inventor friend business owner inspiring gripping airplane hangar alaska washington, d.c. germany heroism guilt redemption aviation love quest rivalry love 1950s
Former World War II flying ace Matt Brennan takes a position as a test pilot for a commercial aircraft corporation and bumps into his old girlfriend, Jo Holloway, who now works as a receptionist for the company.
Western
USA
1955
73 Minutes
Sheriff McVey
Philip Carey Gene Evans Martha Hyer William Bishop Douglas Kennedy Roy Roberts Don Beddoe
Brady Sutton returns from three years in prison and tries to go straight. One a member of the Butch Cassidy gang, he is still suspected of being cahoots with them. When Cassidy and his men ... See full summary »
Musical, Biography
USA
1952
89 Minutes
Maj. George Porter Houston
Clifton Webb Debra Paget Robert Wagner Ruth Hussey Finlay Currie Benay Venuta Roy Roberts Thomas B. Henry Lester Matthews Maudie Prickett Erno Verebes
composer musician wife girlfriend audience member rousing inspiring washington, d.c. atlanta chicago brooklyn, n.y. stage music patriotism john philip sousa marine life sacrifice transformation 1890s
A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
USA
1949
82 Minutes
Nagel
James Mason Joan Bennett Geraldine Brooks Henry O'Neill Shepperd Strudwick David Bair Roy Roberts Frances E. Williams Paul E. Burns Danny Jackson Claire Carleton
wife daughter boyfriend gangster murder suspect police officer dark intricate intense family home boat crime scene police station southern california accidental death murder blackmail cover-up unlikely allies crime
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
War
USA
1943
93 Minutes
Capt. James Cross
Preston Foster Lloyd Nolan William Bendix Richard Conte Anthony Quinn Richard Jaeckel Roy Roberts Minor Watson Ralph Byrd Lionel Stander Reed Hadley
soldier combat pilot chaplain cab driver teenager mexican-american confident patriotic washington, d.c. south pacific solomon islands world war ii battle horrors of war friendship rescue sacrifice 1940s
The story of a large U.S. Marines invasion task force bound for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942.
Western
USA
1951
89 Minutes
Cole Sanders
Randolph Scott Janis Carter Jerome Courtland Peter Thompson John Archer Warner Anderson Roy Roberts Jock Mahoney
man soldier brother ex-soldier engaging thrilling patriotic emotional melodramatic united states new life american civil war war aftermath brotherhood younger brothers adventure discovery rivalry love 1950s
After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselves on opposite sides of a final showdown.
War
USA
1953
82 Minutes
Sgt. Chuck Anderson
Victor Mature Alexander Scourby Lee Marvin Richard Egan Alvy Moore Nick Dennis Roy Roberts Russell Evans Henry Kulky Gregg Martell Lamont Johnson
lieutenant soldier corporal army officer patriotic tense thrilling korea battlefield korean war cowardice betrayal prejudice racism adventure discovery 1950s
During the Korean War, an American unit of combat engineers must work with Greek troops in order to perform a reconnaissance mission behind Communist lines.
Western
USA
1954
84 Minutes
Sgt. Creever
Robert Francis Donna Reed Donna Lee Hickey Philip Carey Onslow Stevens Peggy Converse Roy Roberts Jack Kelly Stuart Randall Eugene Iglesias Frank de Kova
commanding officer doctor native american medicine man army officer captain gripping suspenseful emotional army camp wilderness tent cabin wild west military medicine native americans enemies moral dilemma old west
A young cavalry doctor, against orders, treats very sick Indians who are forced to stay on unhealthy land, which could lead to a war.
Western
1952
89 Minutes
Judge Crenshaw
Kirk Douglas Eve Miller Patrice Wymore Edgar Buchanan John Archer Alan Hale Jr. Roy Roberts Charles Meredith Harry Cording Ellen Corby
lumberjack corrupt businessman religious person daughter assistant villager melodramatic somber northern california forest family home courtroom business environmental consciousness ambition deception double-cross rivalry fall 1900s
A lumber tycoon (Kirk Douglas) wants the California redwoods, but a religious homesteader (Eve Miller) changes his mind.
Western
USA
1952
78 Minutes
Marshal John Tetheroe
George Montgomery Karin Booth Jerome Courtland William Bishop Richard Egan Don Porter John Dehner Roy Roberts
Lawmen infiltrate bandit gang to catch mining crooks.
Comedy, Western
USA
1956
86 Minutes
Sheriff Tom Larrabee
Clark Gable Eleanor Parker Jo Van Fleet Jean Willes Barbara Nichols Sara Shane Jay C. Flippen Arthur Shields Roy Roberts
cowboy widow mother bartender sheriff bandit playful amusing melodramatic intricate ghost town wild west ranch saloon scam treasure heist family dysfunction love triangle discovery
Opportunistic con man Dan Kehoe ingratiates himself with the cantankerous mother of four outlaws and their beautiful widows in order to find their hidden gold.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Policeman
Joseph Cotten Barbara Stanwyck Louis Calhern Leslie Caron Joe De Santis Jim Backus Margaret Wycherly Richard Hale Nicholas Joy Roy Roberts Mitchell Lewis
woman wealthy man poet servant butler revolutionary uneasy dark suspenseful emotional new york city mansion inheritance murder plot schemes family bloodline revolution national pride quest rivalry
In 1848 NYC, a Frenchwoman visits exiled former French Marshal Thevenet to ask for his financial help in behalf of his French grandson but Thevenet's house staff schemes to kill him and take his fortune.
Musical
USA
1947
85 Minutes
Mr. Foster
Betty Grable Dick Haymes Anne Revere Allyn Joslyn Gene Lockhart Elizabeth Patterson Elisabeth Risdon Arthur Shields Charles Kemper Roy Roberts Tom Moore
suffragette boyfriend coworker boss aunt artist lighthearted uplifting amusing charming boston office new york city house restaurant women's rights sexism social activism love transformation
In the late 1800s, Miss Pilgrim, a young stenographer, or typewriter, becomes the first female employee at a Boston shipping office. Although the men object to her at first, she soon charms... See full summary »
Western
USA
1956
82 Minutes
Col. Sam Sherman
Joel McCrea Felicia Farr Jeff Morrow Wallace Ford Abraham Sofaer Jody McCrea Chubby Johnson William Hopper Dayton Lummis Roy Roberts David Silva
general president soldier mexican love interest brash inspiring patriotic texas mexico battlefield border independence revolution historical events territorial disputes war adventure quest rivalry
Eastern lawyer Sam Houston moves to Texas. At the request of President Jackson, he leads the Texan independence movement and wins the decisive battle against the Mexican army to gain Texas independence.
War
1952
105 Minutes
Lt. Gen. George Thomas
Robert Mitchum Ann Blyth Richard Egan William Talman Charles McGraw Margaret Sheridan Eduard Franz Robert Osterloh Robert Gist Roy Roberts
american officer young woman korean soldier civilian soldiers refugee gory brutal suspenseful thrilling patriotic melodramatic military base korea front lines war zone town battlefield korean war armed conflict
An Army colonel (Robert Mitchum) fighting in Korea loves a war widow (Ann Blyth) working with the United Nations.
Kids & Family, Drama
USA
1964
131 Minutes
Brian Keith Vera Miles Brandon de Wilde Walter Brennan Ed Wynn Linda Evans Philip Abbott John Larkin Parley Baer Frank de Kova Roy Roberts
father mother son salesman hunter storekeeper inspiring heartwarming vermont wilderness lake aspirations animal rights family deception hunting bullying quest underdog sacrifice
Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries ... See full summary »
Western
1950
83 Minutes
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.
Comedy
USA
1949
91 Minutes
Dan Dailey Celeste Holm Colleen Townsend Alan Young Natalie Wood William Frawley Connie Gilchrist Veda Ann Borg Porter Hall Whit Bissell Katherine Emery
wife husband daughter attorney boarder lighthearted emotional tucson, ariz. family home hotel office marriage money parenthood eviction love transformation 1900s
A rueful wife (circa 1910) recalls 20 years of her husband's financial fumbles, as she keeps a boarding house to support the family.
Western
USA
1949
85 Minutes
Yvonne De Carlo Howard Duff Dorothy Hart Willard Parker Norman Lloyd Lloyd Bridges Marc Lawrence Houseley Stevenson Milburn Stone Clifton Young John Rodney
calamity jane store owner farmhand sheriff cattleman brother rousing melodramatic engaging south dakota small town farm track overcoming the odds old west myths romantic dilemma bad luck gambling outlaws pursuit
Good luck with horses and women pushes Sam Bass toward outlawry.
Musical, Comedy
1965
96 Minutes
Bob Hope Tuesday Weld Frankie Avalon Dina Merrill Jeremy Slate Rosemarie Frankland Walter Sande John Qualen Peter Bourne Fay DeWitt Alice Frost
single father daughter slacker interior decorator playboy spinster hilarious quirky playful stockholm sweden united states teen romance father/daughter relationship travel disapproval morality culture shock rivalry transformation
A widower (Bob Hope) gets himself transferred to Sweden to keep his teenage daughter (Tuesday Weld) away from her boyfriend (Frankie Avalon).
Drama
USA
1944
111 Minutes
Anne Baxter Thomas Mitchell Selena Royle Ward Bond Bobby Driscoll Addison Richards Edward Ryan Trudy Marshall John Campbell James Cardwell John Alvin
brother soldier sister mother father wife emotional tense patriotic iowa household guadalcanal ship world war ii siblings death patriotism great depression u.s. navy rise
The lives of a close-knit group of brothers growing up in Iowa during the days of the Great Depression and of World War II and their eventual deaths in action in the Pacific theater are ... See full summary »
Western
USA
1951
84 Minutes
Audie Murphy Yvette Dugay Beverly Tyler John Hudson James Best Leif Erickson Noah Beery Jr. Hugh O'Brian John Hubbard Palmer Lee Rand Brooks
outlaw rancher daughter gang leader love interest engaging suspenseful emotional intense cattle ranch ranch new life new love change criminal past fighting danger love adventure discovery
Unjustly accused of robbing the train he was riding home, Bill Doolin re-joins his old gang, participates in other robberies and becomes a wanted outlaw.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
109 Minutes
Esther Williams Joan Evans Vivian Blaine Barry Sullivan Keefe Brasselle Dean Miller Margalo Gillmore Jeff Donnell Thurston Hall Russell `Bubba' Tongay Kathy Tongay
Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life.
Drama, Western, History
USA
1955
110 Minutes
Sterling Hayden Anna Maria Alberghetti Richard Carlson Arthur Hunnicutt Ernest Borgnine J. Carrol Naish Ben Cooper John Russell Virginia Grey Jim Davis Eduard Franz
colonel davy crockett gen. santa anna teen girl soldier settler patriotic rousing thrilling tense texas abandoned building desert alamo jim bowie the alamo outnumbered land wars invasion negotiation
Moderate Jim Bowie leads rebellious Texicans--and Davy Crockett--in a last-ditch stand against his old friend, Santa Anna.
Drama
USA
1951
83 Minutes
Frank Lovejoy Dorothy Hart Philip Carey Richard Webb James Millican Ron Hagerthy Paul Picerni Frank Gerstle Russ Conway Hope Kramer Kasia Orzazekski
undercover agent communist brother woman chief patriotic spirited passionate melodramatic hotel pittsburgh courtroom apartment undercover operations mccarthyism communism paranoia new identity deception sacrifice
In Pittsburgh, PA, an F.B.I. agent works to undermine the Communist party, but his brothers and his teenage boy thinks he's a real Red.
Drama
USA
1962
125 Minutes
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Jane Fonda Claire Bloom Shelley Winters Glynis Johns Ray Danton Ty Hardin Andrew Duggan John Dehner Harold J. Stone Corey Allen
Based on the best-selling novel by Irving Wallace that was inspired by the Kinsey Report on the sexual mores of suburban women, the film follows the personal (read sexual) lives of four ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1974
131 Minutes
Jack Nicholson Faye Dunaway John Huston Perry Lopez John Hillerman Darryl Zwerling Diane Ladd Roy Jenson Roman Polanski Richard Bakalyan Joe Mantell
detective widow father sister private investigator wife disturbing sultry suspenseful gritty los angeles chinatown household car construction site corruption murder adultery redemption set-up
A private detective hired to expose an adulterer finds himself caught up in a web of deceit, corruption, and murder.