The best Robert Burton’s drama movies

Robert Burton

Robert Burton

13/08/1895- 29/09/1962
Today we present the best Robert Burton’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Robert Burton’s movies.
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Birdman of Alcatraz

Birdman of Alcatraz
7.8/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 04/07/1962
  • Character: Sen. Ham Lewis (uncredited)
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.

The Big Heat

The Big Heat
7.9/10
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.

The Young Savages

The Young Savages
6.9/10
A district attorney investigates the racially charged case of three teenagers accused of the murder of a blind Puerto Rican boy.

Compulsion

Compulsion
7.4/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 01/04/1959
  • Character: Charles Straus
Two close friends kidnap and murder a young boy and are defended in court by a renowned attorney who makes an impassioned plea against capital punishment.

The Rack

The Rack
6.8/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 02/11/1956
  • Character: Col. Ira Hansen
Captain Edward Hall returns to the USA after two years in a prison camp in the korean war. In the camp he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell?

The Left Hand of God

The Left Hand of God
6.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 02/09/1955
A man in priestly robes, seemingly the long-awaited Father O'Shea, arrives at a little-frequented Catholic mission in 1947 China. Though the man seems curiously uncomfortable with his priestly duties, his tough tactics prove very successful in the Seven Villages, as around them China disintegrates in civil war and revolution. But he has a secret, and his friendship with mission nurse Anne (an attractive war widow) seems to be taking on an unpriestly tone.

Taza, Son of Cochise

Taza, Son of Cochise
5.6/10
Three years after the end of the Apache wars, peacemaking chief Cochise dies. His elder son Taza shares his ideas, but brother Naiche yearns for war...and for Taza's betrothed, Oona. Naiche loses no time in starting trouble which, thanks to a bigoted cavalry officer, ends with the proud Chiricahua Apaches on a reservation, where they are soon joined by the captured renegade Geronimo, who is all it takes to light the firecracker's fuse...

Riot in Cell Block 11

Riot in Cell Block 11
7/10
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 18/02/1954
  • Character: Guard Ambrose
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

Soldier of Fortune

Soldier of Fortune
6.2/10
An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists. He promises to help find her husband.

No Down Payment

No Down Payment
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 30/10/1957
The marital difficulties of four couples living in a southern California housing development become intertwined. Among the unhappy couples are ne'er-do-well Jerry Flagg and his long-suffering wife Isabelle, flirtatious Leola Boone and her sadistic husband Troy, hard working Herman Kreitzer and his understanding wife Betty, and newlyweds Jean and David Martin.

Above and Beyond

Above and Beyond
6.9/10
  • Genre: ActionDramaWar
  • Release: 02/01/1953
  • Character: Gen. Samuel E. Roberts
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.

The Gallant Hours

The Gallant Hours
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWar
  • Release: 13/06/1960
  • Character: Roy Geiger
A semi-documentary dramatization of five weeks in the life of Vice Admiral William F. "Bull" Halsey, Jr., from his assignment to command the U.S. naval operations in the South Pacific to the Allied victory at Guadalcanal.

The Story on Page One

The Story on Page One
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/12/1959
  • Character: District Attorney Nordeau
An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.

Inferno

Inferno
7/10
When selfish and arrogant millionaire Donald Carson fractures his leg during a desert vacation, his wife, Geraldine, leaves with their friend Joseph Duncan to supposedly get help. However, the two of them are really lovers who are leaving Carson to die in the heat. Slowly, Carson realizes he is on his own and vows revenge on the traitorous couple. Having had a privileged life, Carson must now use his wits to stay alive.

The Girl Who Had Everything

The Girl Who Had Everything
5.6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 27/03/1953
  • Character: John Ashmond
Attorney's daughter falls for one of his gangster clients.

A Man Called Peter

A Man Called Peter
7.1/10
  • Genre: DramaFamily
  • Release: 31/03/1955
  • Character: Mr. Peyton
Based on the true story of a young Scottish lad, Peter Marshall, who dreams of only going to sea but finds out there is a different future for him when he receives a "calling" from God to be a minister. He leaves Scotland and goes to America where after a few small congregations he lands the position of pastor of the Church of the Presidents in Washington, D.C. and eventually he becomes Chaplain of the U.S. Senate.

Desperate Search

Desperate Search
5.8/10
A man (Howard Keel), his wife (Jane Greer) and his famous-aviator ex-wife (Patricia Medina) search for their two children lost with a cougar.

Ransom!

Ransom!
6.9/10
A rich man (Glenn Ford) stuns his wife (Donna Reed) and town with a televised threat to his son's kidnapper.

Three Brave Men

Three Brave Men
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/12/1956
  • Character: W.L. Dietz
A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he's fired for suspected Communist beliefs.

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?

Stonestreet: Who Killed the Centerfold Model?
6.2/10
A female private detective goes undercover as a porno actress to find a millionaire's missing daughter.

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