Robert Aldrich

Date of Birth: August 09, 1918
Place of Birth: Cranston, Rhode Island, USA

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Robert Aldrich mini-bio: Robert Aldrich entered the film industry in 1941 when he got a job as a production clerk at RKO 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 Kiss Me Deadly (1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962) and the muscular WW II mega-hit The Dirty Dozen (1967).

Date of Death: 5 December 1983, Los Angeles, California, USA. (kidney failure)

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alienkismet

Doesn't anyone out there remember The Dirty Dozen? Beautifully directed by Robert Aldrich.Made you laugh,made you cry,made you really care about this group of misfits.If you haven't seen the movie check it out then go check out some of his other movies,and no I am not doing your homework for you!!

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...All the Marbles (The California Dolls) (R, 1981)
The Frisco Kid (PG, 1979)
The Choirboys (R, 1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming (R, 1977)
Hustle (R, 1975)
The Longest Yard (R, 1974)
Emperor of the North Pole (Emperor of the North) (PG, 1973)
Ulzana's Raid (R, 1972)
The Grissom Gang (R, 1971)
Too Late the Hero (PG, 1970)

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