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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.

Broken Lance

Broken Lance
6.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/09/1954
  • Character: Mac Andrews
Cattle baron Matt Devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water, then divides his property among his sons. Son Joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison. Matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when Joe gets out he plans revenge.

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 Tall T

The Tall T
7.3/10
Having lost his horse in a bet, Pat Brennan hitches a ride with a stagecoach carrying newlyweds, Willard and Doretta Mims. At the next station the coach and its passengers fall into the hands of a trio of outlaws headed by a man named Usher. When Usher learns that Doretta is the daughter of a rich copper-mine owner, he decides to hold her for ransom. Tension builds over the next 24 hours as Usher awaits a response to his demands and as a romantic attachment grows between Brennan and Doretta.

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.

Billy Rose's Jumbo

Billy Rose's Jumbo
6.1/10
The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.

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.

All the Brothers Were Valiant

All the Brothers Were Valiant
6.2/10
  • Genre: Adventure
  • Release: 13/11/1953
  • Character: Asa Whorten
In the South Pacific islands, two brothers, one good and one bad, fight over the same girl and over a bag of pearls.

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.

Confidentially Connie

Confidentially Connie
5.7/10
  • Genre: ComedyFamily
  • Release: 12/03/1953
  • Character: Dr. Willis Shoop
Texas cattleman Opie Bedloe comes to Maine to visit his son Joe, a college instructor, and his wife Connie in the hopes of persuading Joe to give up his teaching career and come back to Texas and take over the ranch. When Opie finds out that Connie, who is expecting a baby, can not afford the steaks she yearns for on Joe's salary, Opie, who believes that pregnant women gotta have meat, arranges for the local butcher, Spangenberg to cut his prices in half (with Opie paying the difference) so that Connie can have the meat she desires.

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