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Robert Aldrich(1918-1983)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Producer
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Robert Aldrich
High among idiosyncratic auteur Robert Aldrich's most powerful and intense dramas, Twilight's Last Gleaming is a thunderous political thriller and race-against-time doomsday classic.   Burt Lancaster stars as the Air Force general Lawrence Dell who seizes control of a stockpile of nuclear missiles to force the US President (Charles Durning) to tell the truth about the Vietnam war. As negotiations get ever more desperate, General MacKenzie (Richard Widmark) leads an elite fighting team into the complex to disable Dell and his team directly.   One of the most overlooked nail biters of the 1970s, Twilight's Last Gleaming is presented here on UK home video for the first time in a new Dual-Format edition as part of the Masters of Cinema Series.
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L'ultimatum des trois mercenaires (1977)
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Robert Aldrich entered the film industry in 1941 when he got a job as a production clerk at RKO Radio Pictures. He soon worked his way up to script clerk, then became an assistant director, a production manager and an associate producer. He began writing and directing for TV series in the early 1950s, and directed his first feature in 1953 (Big Leaguer (1953)). Soon thereafter he established his own production company and produced most of his own films, collaborating in the writing of many of them. Among his best-known pictures are En quatrième vitesse (1955), Qu'est-il arrivé à Baby Jane? (1962) and the muscular WW II mega-hit Les douze salopards (1967).
BornAugust 9, 1918
DiedDecember 5, 1983(65)
BornAugust 9, 1918
DiedDecember 5, 1983(65)
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  • Awards
    • 4 wins & 11 nominations total

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Known for

L'empereur du Nord (1973)
L'empereur du Nord
7.2
  • Director
  • 1973
Burt Reynolds and Richard Kiel in Plein la gueule (1974)
Plein la gueule
7.1
  • Director
  • 1974
Qu'est-il arrivé à Baby Jane? (1962)
Qu'est-il arrivé à Baby Jane?
8.0
  • Director
  • 1962
Lee Marvin in Les douze salopards (1967)
Les douze salopards
7.7
  • Director
  • 1967

Credits

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Director



  • Peter Falk, Vicki Frederick, and Laurene Landon in Deux filles au tapis (1981)
    Deux filles au tapis
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1981
  • Harrison Ford and Gene Wilder in Le rabbin au Far West (1979)
    Le rabbin au Far West
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1979
  • Bande de flics ! (1977)
    Bande de flics !
    5.6
    • Director (directed by)
    • 1977
  • L'ultimatum des trois mercenaires (1977)
    L'ultimatum des trois mercenaires
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1977
  • La cité des dangers (1975)
    La cité des dangers
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1975
  • Burt Reynolds and Richard Kiel in Plein la gueule (1974)
    Plein la gueule
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1974
  • L'empereur du Nord (1973)
    L'empereur du Nord
    7.2
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Fureur apache (1972)
    Fureur apache
    7.0
    • Director
    • 1972
  • Pas d'orchidées pour miss Blandish (1971)
    Pas d'orchidées pour miss Blandish
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1971
  • Michael Caine, Lance Percival, and Cliff Robertson in Trop tard pour les héros (1970)
    Trop tard pour les héros
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1970
  • The Greatest Mother of 'em All
    7.3
    Short
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Faut-il tuer Sister George? (1968)
    Faut-il tuer Sister George?
    7.0
    • Director (directed by)
    • 1968
  • Le démon des femmes (1968)
    Le démon des femmes
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Lee Marvin in Les douze salopards (1967)
    Les douze salopards
    7.7
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Le vol du Phénix (1965)
    Le vol du Phénix
    7.5
    • Director
    • 1965

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Charles Laughton, Bud Abbott, Hillary Brooke, Lou Costello, and Fran Warren in Les joyeux pirates (1952)
    Les joyeux pirates
    5.7
    • assistant director
    • 1952
  • Charles Chaplin in Les feux de la rampe (1952)
    Les feux de la rampe
    8.0
    • assistant director
    • 1952
  • Le Rôdeur (1951)
    Le Rôdeur
    7.1
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • Lew Ayres and Marilyn Maxwell in New Mexico (1951)
    New Mexico
    5.7
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • David Wayne in M le maudit (1951)
    M le maudit
    6.8
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • Nadine Conner and Jan Peerce in Enchantement musical (1951)
    Enchantement musical
    7.9
    • assistant director
    • 1951
  • La tour blanche (1950)
    La tour blanche
    6.0
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • David Niven and Shirley Temple in L'amour a toujours raison (1949)
    L'amour a toujours raison
    5.8
    • assistant director
    • 1949
  • Feu rouge (1949)
    Feu rouge
    6.4
    • assistant director: second unit
    • 1949
  • Robert Mitchum, Myrna Loy, and Peter Miles in Le poney rouge (1949)
    Le poney rouge
    6.3
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Pris au piège (1949)
    Pris au piège
    7.0
    • associate director (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • John Garfield, Beatrice Pearson, and Marie Windsor in L'enfer de la corruption (1948)
    L'enfer de la corruption
    7.2
    • assistant director
    • 1948
  • La vérité nue (1948)
    La vérité nue
    5.6
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Henry Morgan and Rudy Vallee in Ça c'est New York (1948)
    Ça c'est New York
    6.3
    • assistant director
    • 1948
  • Ingrid Bergman and Charles Boyer in Arc de triomphe (1948)
    Arc de triomphe
    6.3
    • assistant director
    • 1948

Producer



  • La Grande Cuisine (1978)
    La Grande Cuisine
    6.4
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1978
  • La cité des dangers (1975)
    La cité des dangers
    6.2
    • producer
    • 1975
  • Pas d'orchidées pour miss Blandish (1971)
    Pas d'orchidées pour miss Blandish
    6.7
    • producer
    • 1971
  • Michael Caine, Lance Percival, and Cliff Robertson in Trop tard pour les héros (1970)
    Trop tard pour les héros
    6.6
    • producer
    • 1970
  • The Greatest Mother of 'em All
    7.3
    Short
    • producer
    • 1969
  • Qu'est-il arrivé à tante Alice? (1969)
    Qu'est-il arrivé à tante Alice?
    6.8
    • producer (produced by)
    • 1969
  • Faut-il tuer Sister George? (1968)
    Faut-il tuer Sister George?
    7.0
    • producer
    • 1968
  • Le démon des femmes (1968)
    Le démon des femmes
    5.7
    • producer
    • 1968
  • Le vol du Phénix (1965)
    Le vol du Phénix
    7.5
    • producer
    • 1965
  • Bette Davis, Olivia de Havilland, and Agnes Moorehead in Chut...chut...chère Charlotte (1964)
    Chut...chut...chère Charlotte
    7.5
    • producer
    • 1964
  • Frank Sinatra, Ursula Andress, Anita Ekberg, and Dean Martin in Quatre du Texas (1963)
    Quatre du Texas
    5.5
    • producer
    • 1963
  • Qu'est-il arrivé à Baby Jane? (1962)
    Qu'est-il arrivé à Baby Jane?
    8.0
    • producer
    • 1962
  • Tout près de Satan (1959)
    Tout près de Satan
    6.5
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • La chevauchée du retour (1957)
    La chevauchée du retour
    6.6
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Jack Palance in Attaque! (1956)
    Attaque!
    7.4
    • producer
    • 1956

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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
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Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte
TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING (New Masters of Cinema) Trailer
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TWILIGHT'S LAST GLEAMING (New Masters of Cinema) Trailer

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Robert B. Aldrich
  • Born
    • August 9, 1918
    • Cranston, Rhode Island, USA
  • Died
    • December 5, 1983
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(kidney failure)
  • Spouses
      Sibylle SiegfriedNovember 11, 1966 - December 5, 1983 (his death)
  • Children
      Kelly Aldrich
  • Publicity listings
    • 9 Print Biographies
    • 1 Portrayal
    • 41 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Directed five different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Victor Buono, Bette Davis, Agnes Moorehead, Ian Bannen and John Cassavetes.
  • Quotes
    A director is a ringmaster, a psychiatrist and a referee.
  • Trademarks
      Frequently cast Richard Jaeckel, Ernest Borgnine and Wesley Addy.
  • Nicknames
    • Bob
    • Le Gros Bob
  • Salary
    • En quatrième vitesse
      (1955)
      $25,000

FAQ

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  • When did Robert Aldrich die?
    December 5, 1983
  • How did Robert Aldrich die?
    Kidney failure
  • How old was Robert Aldrich when he died?
    65 years old
  • Where did Robert Aldrich die?
    Los Angeles, California, USA
  • When was Robert Aldrich born?
    August 9, 1918

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