Cast: Robert Shaw

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Robert Shaw. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Sting

1973 · Movie · 129 min. · United States

Direction George Roy Hill

Cast Robert Redford · Paul Newman · Robert Shaw · Charles Durning

Plot When small-time con man Johnny Hooker (Robert Redford) and his partner, Luther (Robert Earl Jones), unwittingly con a numbers runner courier, they find themselves in danger from mobster Doyle Lonigan...

8.6

98K votes

8.6

98K votes

A Man for All Seasons

1966 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Fred Zinnemann

Cast Paul Scofield · Wendy Hiller · Leo McKern · Robert Shaw

Plot The story takes place in 16th century England. But men like Sir Thomas More, who love life yet have the moral fiber to lay down their lives for their principles,...

7.5

8K votes

7.5

8K votes

The Lavender Hill Mob

1951 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Crichton

Cast Alec Guinness · Stanley Holloway · Sid James · Alfie Bass

Plot Henry Holland (Alec Guinness) is a shy retiring man who dreams of being rich and living the good life. Faithfully, for 20 years, he has worked as a bank transfer...

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes

The Making of Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws'

1995 · Documentary · 125 min. · United States

Direction Laurent Bouzereau

Cast Steven Spielberg · Joe Alves · Susan Backlinie · Peter Benchley

Plot Excellent and very detailed documentary on the making of a classic. Filled with appealing trivia, exhaustive interviews with cast and crew members, and never before seen footage.

7.2

109 votes

7.2

109 votes

Jaws

1975 · Movie · 124 min. · United States

Direction Steven Spielberg

Cast Roy Scheider · Robert Shaw · Richard Dreyfuss · Lorraine Gary

Plot A giant great white shark arrives on the shores of a New England beach resort and wreaks havoc with bloody attacks on swimmers until a part-time sheriff teams up with...

7.1

119K votes

7.1

119K votes

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three

1974 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Joseph Sargent

Cast Walter Matthau · Robert Shaw · Martin Balsam · Hector Elizondo

Plot Four armed men hijack a New York City subway train and demand 1 million dollars - which must be delivered in 1 hour - for the train and the lives...

7.0

5K votes

7.0

5K votes

Robin and Marian

1976 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Lester

Cast Sean Connery · Audrey Hepburn · Robert Shaw · Richard Harris

Plot Robin Hood is an old man when he returns with his best friend Little John to England after the Crusades. Maid Marian has entered a nunnery, King Richard is a...

6.9

10K votes

6.9

10K votes

The Guest

1963 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Alan Bates · Donald Pleasence · Robert Shaw

Plot Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac...

6.7

42 votes

6.7

42 votes

From Russia With Love

1963 · Movie · 118 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terence Young

Cast Sean Connery · Robert Shaw · Daniela Bianchi · Lotte Lenya

Plot Based on Ian Fleming's 1951 novel. Assigned to the mission of stealing an important Russian decoding device are No. 3, former KGB agent Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya), and No. 5,...

Max

6.6

11K votes

6.6

11K votes

The Hireling

1973 · Movie · 108 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alan Bridges

Cast Robert Shaw · Sarah Miles · Peter Egan · Elizabeth Sellars

Plot This is a thoughtful film that lays bare the iniquities of the so-called upper class and those who work for them; the haves and have-nots. Robert Shaw does a creditable...

6.6

327 votes

6.6

327 votes

The Dam Busters

1955 · Movie · 124 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Anderson

Cast Richard Todd · Michael Redgrave · Ursula Jeans · Basil Sydney

Plot The British are desperate to shorten the length of WW2 and propose a daring raid to smash Germany's industrial heart. At first the objective looks impossible until a British scientist...

6.5

87 votes

6.5

87 votes

Battle of Britain

1969 · Movie · 127 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Guy Hamilton

Cast Harry Andrews · Michael Caine · Trevor Howard · Curd Jürgens

Plot There's something about this film that's so irresistible, despite its grandiose manipulation. Maybe because it recounts the greatest air battle in history, achieving the greatest aerial battle in film history....

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Battle of the Bulge

1965 · Movie · 167 min. · United States

Direction Ken Annakin

Cast Henry Fonda · Robert Ryan · Robert Shaw · Dana Andrews

Plot This World War II spectacular tells the story of the tank battles of December, 1944, in which the Nazi Panzer forces staged a massive last-ditch offensive on the Belgian front....

6.4

2K votes

6.4

2K votes

Jaws: The Inside Story (TV)

2010 · Documentary · 90 min. · United States

Direction Georgia Manukas

Cast Richard Dreyfuss · Steven Spielberg · Sid Sheinberg · Alison Bailes

Plot Steven Spielberg takes us behind the cameras for the making of a classic movie. Jaws stunned the world when it hit the screens in 1975, breaking all existing box office...

6.4

166 votes

6.4

166 votes

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

1973 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gordon Hessler

Cast John Phillip Law · Caroline Munro · Tom Baker · Douglas Wilmer

Plot Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile...

6.4

984 votes

6.4

984 votes

Tomorrow at Ten

1963 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lance Comfort

Cast John Gregson · Robert Shaw · Alec Clunes · Alan Wheatley

Plot It's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.

6.3

54 votes

6.3

54 votes

The Birthday Party

1968 · Movie · 123 min. · United Kingdom

Direction William Friedkin

Cast Robert Shaw · Patrick Magee · Dandy Nichols · Sydney Tafler

Plot Stanley is a british lodger who is visited by two unexpected guests, menacing and mysterious strangers, Goldberg and McCann. They offer to host Stanley's birthday party after Stanley's landlady tells...

6.3

38 votes

6.3

38 votes

Black Sunday

1977 · Movie · 143 min. · United States

Direction John Frankenheimer

Cast Robert Shaw · Bruce Dern · Marthe Keller · Fritz Weaver

Plot An Isreali anti-terrorist agent must stop a disgruntled Vietnam vet cooperating in a plot to commit a terrorist plot at the Super Bowl.

6.2

871 votes

6.2

871 votes

Carol for Another Christmas (TV)

1964 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cast Sterling Hayden · Ben Gazzara · Steve Lawrence · Robert Shaw

Plot Industrial tycoon Daniel Grudge has never recovered from the loss of his 22-year-old son Marley, killed in action during Christmas Eve of 1944. The embittered Grudge has only scorn for...

Max

6.0

46 votes

6.0

46 votes

Adam Had Four Sons

1941 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Gregory Ratoff

Cast Ingrid Bergman · Warner Baxter · Susan Hayward · Fay Wray

Plot Emilie has been hired to care for the four sons of wealthy Adam Stoddard and his wife, Molly. After Molly dies, Adam and the boys grow to depend on Emilie...

5.9

108 votes

5.9

108 votes