Bob Swaim

Directing

Bob Swaim

Born November 2, 1943 · Evanston, Illinois, USA (age 82)

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Known For

Spies Like UsSpies Like Us · 1985
Spies Like Us
6.21985
MovieComedyAdventure
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.
Lumières NoiresLumières Noires · 2007
Lumières Noires
10.02007
MovieDocumentary
Half Moon StreetHalf Moon Street · 1986
Half Moon Street
5.01986
MovieDrama
Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort Service, where she has more control over men and money than she does at the office. On one of her 'dates', Lauren meets the politician Lord Bulbeck who is trying to mediate a peace accord between the Arabs and Israelis. Bulbeck falls in love with his escort, and unwittingly, Lauren becomes a pawn in some very dirty politics.
MasqueradeMasquerade · 1988
Masquerade
5.71988
MovieDramaRomance
A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest in her and, being heiress to $200,000,000, love may not be the reason.
La BalanceLa Balance · 1982
La Balance
6.41982
MovieThrillerCrime
A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.
The ClimbThe Climb · 1998
The Climb
7.11998
MovieDrama
Baltimore, 1959. Danny's dad is the only man in the neighborhood who didn't fight in World War II. Danny, who's 12, gets teased and folks make nasty cracks about cowards. An old radio tower on a nearby hill is about to be torn down, and Danny decides to climb it to prove his courage. Help comes from an aging neighbor, Old Man Langer, a former construction foreman who's dying of cancer and wants Danny to help him commit suicide. Langer rigs pulleys and weights to help the lad make the climb. Meanwhile, an aggressive and angry neighbor (an army vet) regularly gets drunk and shoots off his rifle, and Danny's dad must confront him. It all comes to a head one stormy night.
The Night of Saint-Germain-des-PrésThe Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés · 1977
The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
3.51977
MovieMysteryCrime
In 1951, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the private detective Nestor Burma was commissioned by an insurance company to find stolen jewelery. The deal seemed easy and Burma got an appointment with a well-known black trumpet player in the neighborhood who could provide him with information. But the musician does not come and we find him murdered. The investigation becomes more complicated and Nestor must find an alibi so as not to be suspected of the crime.
L'AtlantideL'Atlantide · 1992
L'Atlantide
6.71992
MovieDramaAdventure
A mythical land who must be discover. Or invented. In an impressive library, two old men. One is a great Polish archaeologist at the end of his work. The second- his best friend. They are masters of a substantial slice of human history: legendary Atlantis. It is refuge and masterpiece, propriety and treasure.

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A Soldier's Daughter Never CriesA Soldier's Daughter Never Cries · 1998
A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
6.11998
MovieDrama
This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here as Bill Willis, a former war hero turned author who combats alcoholism and is starting to experience health problems. Living in France with his wife, daughter, and an adopted son, the family travels an unconventional road which casts them as outsiders to others. Preaching a sexual freedom, his daughter's sexual discovery begins at an early age and betrays her when the family moves to Hanover in America. Her overt sexuality clashes with the values of her teenage American peers and gives her a problematic reputation. Meanwhile, her brooding brother copes with his own interior pain regarding his past, only comfortable communicating within the domestic space.

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