Acting
Robert Gist
Born October 1, 1917 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died May 21, 1998 · aged 80
Robert Marion Gist (October 1, 1917 – May 21, 1998) was an American actor and film director. Gist was reared around the stockyards of Chicago, Illinois, during the Great Depression. Reform school-bound after injuring another boy in a fistfight, Gist instead ended up at Chicago's Hull House, a settlement house originally established by social worker Jane Addams. There he first became interested in…
Known For
Strangers on a Train · 1951Strangers on a Train
★ 7.71951
MovieCrimeThriller
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
Miracle on 34th Street · 1947Miracle on 34th Street
★ 7.41947
MovieComedyDrama
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
Operation Petticoat · 1959Operation Petticoat
★ 7.21959
MovieComedyWar
A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
The Band Wagon · 1953The Band Wagon
★ 7.21953
MovieComedyRomance
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
Angel Face · 1953Angel Face
★ 7.11953
MovieDramaCrime
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
Jack the Giant Killer · 1962Jack the Giant Killer
★ 6.61962
MovieAdventureFantasy
The terrible and trecherous Pendragon plans to gain the throne of Cornwall by getting the king to abdicate and to marry his lovely daughter. To help him he has his dreadful witches in his castle and his almost unstoppable sorcery. A giant under his control abducts the princess, but on the way home with her the giant meets farming lad Jack who slays him. This is only the beginning.
D-Day the Sixth of June · 1956D-Day the Sixth of June
★ 5.31956
MovieWarDrama
En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.
Al Capone · 1959Al Capone
★ 6.61959
MovieActionAdventure
In this unusually accurate biography, small-time hood Al Capone comes to Chicago at the dawn of Prohibition to be the bodyguard of racketeer Johnny Torrio. Capone's rise in Chicago gangdom is followed through murder, extortion, and political fraud. He becomes head of Chicago's biggest "business," but moves inexorably toward his downfall and ignominious end.
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A Dangerous Profession · 1949A Dangerous Profession
★ 5.71949
MovieCrimeDrama
A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.
Roy Collins, aka Max Gibney
Love That Brute · 1950Love That Brute
★ 6.81950
MovieComedyCrime
The story of a crude gangster hopelessly falling for a sweet young city government employee.
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