Robert Cornthwaite

Robert Cornthwaite
Date of Birth: 28 Apr 1917
Country: USA
Total Credits at Criticker: 36 (Actor)
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Titles you haven't rated - Actor (36)
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
In a decaying Hollywood mansion, Jane Hudson, a former child star, and her sister Blanche, a movie queen forced into retirement after a crippling accident, live in virtual isolation. (imdb)
+5
The Thing from Another World
Scientist at an Arctic research station discover a spacecraft buried in the ice. (imdb)
+5
The War of the Worlds
The film adaptation of the H.G.Wells story told on radio of the invasion of Earth by Martians.
+6
Monkey Business
Barnaby Fulton, a chemist, is working on youth formula for a chemical company by testing it on chimps... (imdb)
+4
Doctor Detroit
A timid college professor, conned into posing as a flamboyant pimp, finds himself enjoying his new occupation on the streets. (imdb)
Colossus: The Forbin Project
An artificially intelligent supercomputer is developed and activated, only to reveal that it has a sinister agenda of its own.
Reptilicus
A portion of the tail of a prehistoric reptile is discovered in Denmark. It regenerates into the entire reptile, which proceeds to destroy buildings and property and generally make a nuisance of itself. It can fly, swim, and walk, and has impenetrable scales, which makes it difficult to kill. (imdb)
+6
Waterhole #3
Some renegade Army men steal a cachet of gold and hide it in the desert for later use until a lone cowboy gets wind of it and wants it for himself. (TCM.com)
+3
Hell on Devil\
Corrupt prison authorities use convict labor to run mines (imdb)
Deal of the Century
Arms dealers from several companies vie to sell the most expensive and highest technological weapons to a South American dictator. There are complications; understanding the exact nature of how 'gifts' are used to grease the wheels of a sale, a religious conversion from one of the salesman and a romance that begins to grow between two competitors, not to mention the imminent financial collapse of one of the companies if they don't make this sale. (imdb)
+4
The Devil\
A young girl whose mother had sold her soul to Satan when she was born is told by Satan that she must marry a fellow demon. (imdb)
100 Years of Horror
+2
Ten Seconds to Hell
At the end of the Second World War six German ex-soldiers return to Berlin and set up as a bomb disposal group. The pressure of the dangerous work starts to affect them, the more so as they have agreed to pool half their pay so that if only one survives he takes it all. Casualties and friction are inevitable, and having to handle British 1000lb bombs seems particularly bad news. (imdb)
+2
The Peace Killers
Siblings Kristy and Jeffrey are buying supplies at a remote desert gas station when some members of a biker gang come cruising in. The bikers recognize Kristy, who used to be the main squeeze of the gang's leader before she ran away. The pair get away, but the bikers find out that they're living in a nearby commune, and start making their battle plans to bring Kristy back. (imdb)
+4
Stranger on Horseback
A judge attempts to bring justice to a town under the thumb of a powerful cattle baron.
+9
Dead Man\
An evil rail baron kills the family of a homesteader and frames him.
Frame Up
A town sheriff, accompanied by his beautiful assistant, faces a ruthless power broker who holds no regard for the local laws. (TCM)
All Hands on Deck
This is a somewhat serviceable, light comedy by prolific director Norman Taurog (a favored helmer of Elvis Presley and Jerry Lewis films). Squeaky-clean Pat Boone is a singing lieutenant who has to briefly ship out to the Aleutians and regrettably leave Sally (Barbara Eden), his new love behind. Taking off with the ship is a stowaway turkey, nurtured by Garfield (Buddy Hackett), a zany sailor with a soft heart for the avian critter. (allmovie.com)
Gambling House
Small time racketeer Marc Fury agrees to plead self-defense for a murder committed by gang boss Joe Farrow in exchange for Farrow's I.O.U. for $50,000. He is acquitted but is ordered deported by immigration authorities unless he can convince the judge to let him stay. After meeting volunteer worker Lynn Warren his tough guy exterior begins to soften as he follows her through her efforts to settle a family of European refugees. (imdb)
Ride to Hangman\
Three young outlaws try to stay together and keep one step ahead of the law. (imdb)
Something to Live For
Something to Live For is the last of director George Stevens' "small" films, before he concentrated full-time on such blockbusters as Shane and Giant. Joan Fontaine plays a popular actress who descends into alcoholism. Ray Milland, in an unofficial extension of his Lost Weekend role, plays a reformed drunkard who comes to Fontaine's rescue. He encourages her to join Alcoholics Anonymous--one of the first times that this organization was given any kind of screen treatment. (allrovi.com)
+1
White Dwarf
In a distant future New York medical student Driscoll Rampart accomplishes his internship at Rusta, a rural planet that doesn't revolve around its axis and therefore is divided into contrasting halves of eternal day vs. eternal night. One is a Victorian-styled colony, the other a medieval kingdom. Both leave Rampart in a state of constant wonder, as he finds his way among humans and aliens, strange dreams and even stranger reality. (imdb)
+1
The Six Million Dollar Man
After an astronaut/test pilot is catastrophically mutilated in a test plane crash, he is rebuilt and equipped with nuclear powered bionic limbs and implants. (imdb)
Journey Through Rosebud
A group of young Indians living on the Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota stage a protest against the U.S. Government and years of lies and deception come to a violent climax. (imdb)
The Longest Night
Daughter of a wealthy family is kidnapped and imprisoned underground in a coffin, while her family and the police search for her. (imdb)
Mark of the Renegade
MGM's Ricardo Montalban and Cyd Charisse were loaned to Universal for the Technicolor period piece Mark of the Renegade. Set in 19th-century California, the film stars Montalban as Marcos, in league with a band of pirates. Marcos falls into the hands of Don Pedro Garcia (Gilbert Roland), a despot who hopes to become dictator of California. (allmovie.com)
The Power of the Resurrection
A young man, Facing torture and possibly death for his Christian beliefs, confesses his fears to Peter, who awaits a similar fate. Peter tells him of fear he felt in following Jesus' arrest in the Garden of Gethesamene, when he denied knowing him three times - and yet Jesus told him that he would be the rock upon which the Church was built. Peter goes on to relate the events of the passion week, including the Christ's crucifixion, resurrection and ascension.
+4
The Naked Monster
A brain-dead sheriff, a stolid secret agent and a sexy scientist team with a grumpy retired monster fighter to battle a 60 foot, three-eyed cross between man and dinosaur.
Time Trackers
When an evil scientist steals his colleague's time machine, his colleague's beautiful, brilliant daughter, aided by an L.A. cop and a hapless admirer (Wil Shriner), pursues him back to twelfth century England, where, disguised as a damsel in distress, she enlists the help of a knight errant whose secret past holds the key to her future.
The Twilight Zone
+8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
+3
Picket Fences
The Andy Griffith Show
+11
The Primevals
A Civilization lost in time invaded one million years ago. (imdb)
+6
The Day the Bubble Burst
A fictionalized account of how the 1929 stock market crash hurt the elite and the struggling, and the forces that may have caused the crash to occur.
The Fugitive