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David M. Robertson

Born January 1, 1941 · Glasgow, Scotland, UK (age 85)

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Known For

The Return of the Living DeadThe Return of the Living Dead · 1985
The Return of the Living Dead
★ 7.21985
MovieComedyHorror
Two employees at a medical supply warehouse accidentally release a toxic gas from a misplaced top-secret U.S. Army shipment, causing the dead to rise from a nearby cemetery with an insatiable hunger for human brains.
Black ChristmasBlack Christmas · 1974
Black Christmas
★ 6.91974
MovieHorrorMystery
As the residents of the Pi Kappa Sigma sorority house prepare for the festive season, a stranger begins to harass them with a series of obscene phone calls.
The Miracle WorkerThe Miracle Worker · 2000
The Miracle Worker
★ 7.32000
MovieDramaTV Movie
Devoted teacher Anne Sullivan leads deaf, blind and mute Helen Keller out of solitude and helps integrate her into the world.
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night IIHello Mary Lou: Prom Night II · 1987
Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II
★ 6.11987
MovieHorrorFantasy
Mary Lou Maloney, Hamilton High's Prom Queen of 1957, is killed during her coronation ceremony due to a prank gone wrong by her jilted boyfriend, Billy Nordham. Thirty years later, teen Vicki Carpenter is in the running for Prom Queen, but accidentally unleashes the vengeful spirit of Mary Lou, who will stop at nothing to be rightfully crowned, even if it means taking Vicki's poor body for a cruise!
An American Christmas CarolAn American Christmas Carol · 1979
An American Christmas Carol
★ 6.21979
MovieDramaFamily
In Depression-era New England, a miserly businessman named Benedict Slade receives a long-overdue attitude adjustment one Christmas Eve when he is visited by three ghostly figures who resemble three of the people whose possessions Slade had seized to collect on unpaid loans. Assuming the roles of the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future from Charles Dickens' classic story, the three apparitions force Slade to face the consequences of his skinflint ways, and he becomes a caring, generous, amiable man.
World of DarknessWorld of Darkness · 1977
World of Darkness
★ 5.51977
MovieTV MovieHorror
A newspaper sportswriter has a special connection to the supernatural.
My ChauffeurMy Chauffeur · 1986
My Chauffeur
★ 6.01986
MovieComedyRomance
A feisty young woman accepts a mysterious offer to become a chauffeur for a Beverly Hills limousine business, much to the chagrin of her older male coworkers and the disbelief of her customers.
Nowhere to HideNowhere to Hide · 1987
Nowhere to Hide
★ 6.51987
MovieActionThriller
Marine officer Rob Cutter and his wife Barbara have a son named Johnny. Rob discovers that two newly delivered helicopters in his squadron have crashed because a defective part, a C-ring, has been made of a weaker, less expensive alloy. Before Rob can go public with this, Rob is killed on the orders of corrupt General Howard, who did not want Rob to go public with the defective part. Howard believes that Barbara, who is also a marine, now has the part, so Howard and his henchmen set out to kill Barbara and Johnny and get the part, but Howard is underestimating what Barbara is willing to do to protect Johnny.

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Hot MoneyHot Money · 1983
Hot Money
★ 3.81983
MovieComedyCrime
Burt, a clever ex-con, has changed his identity and has managed to land a job as a deputy in small town in upstate New York. On the 4th of July, while the drunken Sheriff Paisley is busy with the local parade and festivities, Burt quietly steals a million dollars in cash from the cellar safe in the local rich old widow's house. Unsuspected, Burt makes plans to live the rest of his life in the lap of luxury in a far off place with his attractive girlfriend, local hash house waitress Jeanette. But when a crisis of conscience hits him like a wave of ice cold water, he starts to think twice about his dastardly deed, and how that purloining of the old lady's money is wrongly affecting his friends as well as innocent locals. But will Burt do the right thing?

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