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Robert Gist

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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 acting. Work in Chicago radio was followed by stage acting roles in Chicago and on Broadway (in the long-running Harvey with Josephine Hull).[citation needed] While acting in Harvey, he made his motion picture debut in 20th Century-Fox's Christmas classic Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Gist was also seen on Broadway in director Charles Laughton's The Caine Mutiny Court Martial (1954) with Henry Fonda and John Hodiak. While shooting Operation Petticoat (1959), Gist told director Blake Edwards that he was interested in directing. Edwards later hired Gist to helm episodes of the TV series Peter Gunn. Gist also directed episodes of TV shows Naked City, The Twilight Zone, Route 66 and many others.

01-10-1917

Birthday

Libra

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Total Films

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Chicago, Illinois, USA

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Jack the Giant Killer

Jack the Giant Killer

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.
6.4

Year:

1962

Blueprint for Robbery

Blueprint for Robbery

A gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company's headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it's not long before the gang members are fighting among themselves over everybody's share of the loot and trying to avoid capture by the police, who are pouring all their resources into capturing the robbers. Based on a real-life 1950 Brinks Armored Car Co. robbery in Boston.
5.3

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1961

Operation Petticoat

Operation Petticoat

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.
7.2

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1959

The FBI Story

The FBI Story

A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
6.1

Year:

1959

Al Capone

Al Capone

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.
6.6

Year:

1959

Wolf Larsen

Wolf Larsen

A mean-spirited ship captain keeps his crew under his autocratic thumb while indulging his more refined side. But when his men rise up in mutiny, Larsen forces the cultured Van Weyden to help him quash the uprising.
0.0

Year:

1958

The Naked and the Dead

The Naked and the Dead

Fighting men in World War II learn the value of courage and quickness at the risk of losing their lives.
5.9

Year:

1958

D-Day the Sixth of June

D-Day the Sixth of June

En route to Normandy, an American and a British officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman.
5.3

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1956

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardizes the ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.
0.0

Year:

1955

The Band Wagon

The Band Wagon

A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
7.1

Year:

1953

Angel Face

Angel Face

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
7.1

Year:

1953

One Minute to Zero

One Minute to Zero

An idealistic United Nations official learns the harrowing truth about war when she falls in love with an American officer charged with the evacuation of civilians. As hostilities escalate, the officer and his small detachment are left to hold the line until allied forces can be brought into action.
5.8

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1952

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur tennis player — a theory he plans to test out.
7.7

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1951

The Jackpot

The Jackpot

Bill Lawrence wins a bevy of prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them in order to pay the taxes incurred.
6.9

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1950

I Was a Shoplifter

I Was a Shoplifter

A police detective uses any means possible to trap a gang of shoplifters.
5.3

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1950

A Dangerous Profession

A Dangerous Profession

A cop-turned-bail bondsman gets involved in a murder investigation involving a former flame.
5.6

Year:

1949

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.
6.3

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1949

The Stratton Story

The Stratton Story

Star major league pitcher Monty Stratton loses a leg in a hunting accident, but becomes determined to leave the game on his own terms.
6.7

Year:

1949

Jigsaw

Jigsaw

New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy is working hard on investigation about a series of murders related to an extremist group.
4.9

Year:

1949

Miracle on 34th Street

Miracle on 34th Street

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.
7.4

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1947