Direction: Robert Ellis Miller

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Robert Ellis Miller. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Fugitive (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Roy Huggins · Jerry Hopper · Walter Grauman · Alexander Singer

Cast David Janssen · Barry Morse · William Conrad · Paul Birch

Synopsis TV Series (1963-1967). 4 Seasons. 120 Episodes. Dr. Richard Kimble, an Indiana pediatrician, is accused, arrested, tried and convicted of the murder of his wife. Kimble claims he was on his way home from a drive when the murder occurred,...

7.0

1K votes

7.0

1K votes

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

1968 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Alan Arkin · Sondra Locke · Laurinda Barrett · Stacy Keach

Synopsis Based on the novel by Carson McCullers, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter stars Alan Arkin as John Singer, who is deaf. Singer moves from a small town in order to be close to his institutionalized friend Antonapoulos (Chuck McCann),...

6.8

166 votes

6.8

166 votes

Sweet November

1968 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Sandy Dennis · Anthony Newley · Theodore Bikel · Burr DeBenning

Synopsis Why would a sweet girl like this give the key to her apartment to a different man each month? Sara Deever (Sandy Dennis) is a woman lures emotionally crippled men into affairs, then helps them repair their lives. In 2004...

6.5

45 votes

6.5

45 votes

Perry Mason (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Erle Stanley Gardner · Arthur Marks · Jesse Hibbs · William D. Russell

Cast Raymond Burr · William Hopper · Barbara Hale · William Talman

Synopsis TV Series (1957-1966). 9 Seasons. 271 Episodes. Perry Mason (Raymond Burr) is an attorney who specializes in defending seemingly indefensible cases. With the aid of his secretary Della Street (Barbara Hale) and investigator Paul Drake (William Hopper), he often finds...

6.5

1K votes

6.5

1K votes

Direction Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Donald Pleasence · Liam Sullivan · Philippa Bevans · Tom Lowell

Synopsis After being forced to retire, Professor Fowler contemplates suicide when he doesn't feel he has made a difference in the world. That night he has an experience that shows him that he is wrong.

6.5

67 votes

6.5

67 votes

Any Wednesday

1966 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Jane Fonda · Jason Robards · Dean Jones · Rosemary Murphy

Synopsis Ellen Gordon, a New York executive's mistress falls for the executive's young business associate when the young man is accidentally sent to use the apartment where the executive and his mistress get together every Wednesday. More complications arise when the...

5.5

55 votes

5.5

55 votes

4.7

26 votes

The Law and Mr. Jones (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Sy Gomberg · David Alexander · Robert Ellis Miller · Charles F. Haas

Cast James Whitmore · Conlan Carter · Janet De Gore · Jess Kirkpatrick

Synopsis TV Series (1960-1962). 2 seasons. 40 episodes. Abraham Lincoln Jones is a lawyer assisted by his law clerk, young C.E. Carruthers, and his secretary Marsha Spear. His cases usually did not involve violence but rather "white collar" crime.

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Bed & Breakfast

1991 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Roger Moore · Talia Shire · Colleen Dewhurst · Nina Siemaszko

Synopsis Three generations of women (Talia Shire, Nina Siemaszko, and Colleen Dewhurst) run a failing bed and breakfast in this gentle romantic comedy. Everything changes when a charming mysterious stranger (Roger Moore) shows up on the scene.

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Brenda Starr

1989 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Brooke Shields · Timothy Dalton · Tony Peck · Diana Scarwid

Synopsis Mike is a struggling artist who draws the "Brenda Starr" strip for the papers. When Brenda comes to life in the strip and sees how unappreciated she is by Mike, she leaves the strip. To get her back, and keep...

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Alcoa Theatre (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 24 min. · United States

Direction Robert Florey · Alvin Ganzer · Don McDougall · Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Jack Lemmon · David Niven · Robert Ryan · Charles Boyer

Synopsis When The Alcoa Hour dramatic anthology series moved from Sunday night to Monday, both the name and the format were changed. Instead of having a completely different cast for each episode, the series now used a set group of actors...

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The Girl from Petrovka

1974 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Goldie Hawn · Hal Holbrook · Anthony Hopkins · Grégoire Aslan

Synopsis A beautiful Russian ballerina falls in love with an American news correspondent. The KGB is most displeased and does everything it can to break them up.

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Reuben, Reuben

1983 · Movie · 101 min. · United States

Direction Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Tom Conti · Kelly McGillis · Roberts Blossom · Cynthia Harris

Synopsis Meet Gowan McGland, poet. He drinks and lies. Sleeps with other men's wives. He hasn't written a word in years... but every woman he meets falls in love with him.

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Checkmate (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Eric Ambler · Don Weis · Paul Stewart · Don Taylor

Cast Anthony George · Doug McClure · Sebastian Cabot · Ken Lynch

Synopsis TV Series (1960-1962). Don Corey and Jed Sills operate Checkmate Inc., a very high priced detective agency in San Francisco. Helping them protect the lives of their clients is British criminologist (once an Oxford professor) Carl Hyatt.

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Alcoa Premiere (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Alan Crosland Jr. · Bernard Girard · John Newland · Ted Post

Cast Fred Astaire · Keir Dullea · Paul Comi · Joan Staley

Synopsis TV Series (1961-1963). 2 seasons. 56 episodes. Hosted by famous dancer/actor Fred Astaire, this series presented a new drama with each week's episode. Unlike some of the earlier drama series, which tended either toward classics or toward light subject matter,...

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Philip Marlowe (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Raymond Chandler · Robert Ellis Miller · Paul Stewart

Cast Phil Carey · William Schallert · Ed Kemmer · Virginia Gregg

Synopsis TV Series based on the famous private detective Philip Marlowe. The Marlowe of Carey, departed very much from the original character.

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The Dick Powell Show (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Richard Alan Simmons · Marc Daniels · Don Medford · Bernard L. Kowalski

Cast Dick Powell · June Allyson · David Niven · Larry J. Blake

Synopsis Powell served as host and, in early shows at least, occasional star in this dramatic anthology. It was his last television series and contained his last filmed acting.

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The Richard Boone Show (TV Series)

1963 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Richard Boone · Robert Gist · Harry Morgan · Robert Butler

Cast Robert Blake · Lloyd Bochner · Richard Boone · Laura Devon

Synopsis TV Series (1963-1964). 1 seasons. 25 episodes. An anthology series starring Richard Boone as host and actor.

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Hawks

1988 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Ellis Miller

Cast Timothy Dalton · Anthony Edwards · Janet McTeer · Camille Coduri

Synopsis Two terminally ill patients in a hospital yearn for relief from their predicament. With little or no friends, they form an uneasy alliance and plot an escape for one last wild time. This hidden treasure stars Timothy Dalton and Anthony...

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