Direction: Robert Day

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


Peter and Paul (TV Miniseries)

1981 · Movie · 197 min. · United States

Direction Robert Day

Cast Anthony Hopkins · Robert Foxworth · Eddie Albert · Raymond Burr

Plot Peter the Fisherman and Paul of Tarsus assume leadership of the Church as they struggle against violent opposition to the teachings of Jesus Christ and their own personal conflicts.

6.6

28 votes

6.6

28 votes

The Avengers (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sydney Newman · Don Leaver · Peter Hammond · Kim Mills

Cast Patrick MacNee · Diana Rigg · Honor Blackman · Linda Thorson

Plot TV Series (1961-1969). 7 Seasons. 161 Episodes. The Avengers was an British television series featuring secret agents in 1960s Britain. The programmes were made by TV company Associated British Corporation,...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Two Way Stretch

1960 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Day

Cast Peter Sellers · David Lodge · Bernard Cribbins · Wilfrid Hyde-White

Plot Peter Sellers has planned the perfect robbery while in prison. He intends to break out of prison, steal a fortune in diamonds, and break back into prison before anyone notices....

6.5

208 votes

6.5

208 votes

Ironside (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Collier Young · Don Weis · Don McDougall · Russ Mayberry

Cast Raymond Burr · Don Galloway · Don Mitchell · Barbara Anderson

Plot Ironside is confined to a wheel chair (an attempted assassination left him paralyzed). With his former assistants Brown and Whitfield (later Belding) and former delinquent (and later lawyer) Mark, he...

6.3

445 votes

6.3

445 votes

The Green Man

1956 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Day

Cast Alastair Sim · George Cole · Terry-Thomas · Jill Adams

Plot Work has been going with a bang for freelance assassin Hawkins but a job in England just after the war is a different matter. His apparently easy target, a pompous...

6.2

26 votes

6.2

26 votes

The F.B.I. (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Virgil W. Vogel · Don Medford · Jesse Hibbs · William Hale

Cast Efrem Zimbalist Jr. · Philip Abbott · Marvin Miller · William Reynolds

Plot TV Series (1965-1974) 241 episodes. Cases, based on real FBI files, were handled by Inspector Lewis Erskine (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) and several coworkers over the years.

6.1

23 votes

6.1

23 votes

The Haunted Strangler

1958 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom

6.0

37 votes

6.0

37 votes

Corridors of Blood

1958 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Day

Cast Boris Karloff · Betta St. John · Christopher Lee · Finlay Currie

Plot Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig but soon finds himself addicted.

6.0

101 votes

6.0

101 votes

McCloud (TV Series)

1970 · Series · 120 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Kessler · Russ Mayberry · Lou Antonio · E.W. Swackhamer

Cast Dennis Weaver · J.D. Cannon · Terry Carter · Ken Lynch

Plot TV Series (1970-1977). Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of Taos, N.M. is assigned to the 21st Precinct of the NYPD to study local police methods, and where he can stay close...

5.6

399 votes

5.6

399 votes

The Quick and the Dead (TV)

1987 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Robert Day

Cast Sam Elliott · Tom Conti · Kate Capshaw · Kenny Morrison

Plot A mysterious stranger rides into a homesteading family's life when they are attacked by a ruthless gang.

5.4

131 votes

5.4

131 votes

The Initiation of Sarah (TV)

1978 · Movie · 96 min. · United States

Direction Robert Day

Cast Kay Lenz · Shelley Winters · Tony Bill · Kathryn Grant

Plot Timid Sarah (Kay Lenz) and her popular stepsister, Patty, are pledging sororities at their new college. Patty gets into the most celebrated sorority on campus, but Sarah is only accepted...

5.4

22 votes

5.4

22 votes

She

1965 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Day

Cast Ursula Andress · Peter Cushing · Bernard Cribbins · John Richardson

Plot After doing military service in the Middle East, British archaeologist Holly, his valet and his gorgeous young friend Leo are spotted in Palestine and approached by a mysterious oriental who...

5.4

230 votes

5.4

230 votes

The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Terry Bishop · Bernard Knowles · Ralph Smart · Robert Day

Cast Richard Greene · Victor Woolf · Archie Duncan · Alexander Gauge

Plot TV Series (1955-1960). 143 episodes.

5.3

38 votes

5.3

38 votes

Dallas (TV Series)

1978 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction David Jacobs · Leonard Katzman · Michael Preece · Irving J. Moore

Cast Barbara Bel Geddes · Jim Davis · Patrick Duffy · Linda Gray

Plot TV Series (1978-1991). 14 Seasons. 357 Episodes. The series revolves around the wealthy Ewing family who occupy a mansion at the sprawling South Fork ranch in posh Braddock Country just...

5.1

4K votes

5.1

4K votes

Hollywood Wives (TV Miniseries)

1985 · Movie · 270 min. · United States

Direction Robert Day

Cast Candice Bergen · Joanna Cassidy · Mary Crosby · Angie Dickinson

Plot A three-part, six-hour adoptation of Jackie Collins' book about a group of very wealthy, attractive, snobbish women who are caught up in the low life and high society of Hollywood.

5.0

21 votes

5.0

21 votes

First Man Into Space

1959 · Movie · 77 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Day

Cast Marshall Thompson · Marla Landi · Bill Edwards · Robert Ayres

Plot Navy test pilot Lieut. Dan Prescott, in experimental rocket plane Y-13, disobeys orders and becomes the first man to fly outside the ionosphere. Unable to turn, he ejects...and is plastered...

Max

5.0

39 votes

5.0

39 votes

The Man with Bogart's Face

1980 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Robert Day

Cast Robert Sacchi · Franco Nero · Michelle Phillips · Olivia Hussey

Plot A man with a fixation on Humphrey Bogart gets plastic surgery to make him look exactly like Bogart. Then he changes his name to Sam Marlowe (after Sam Spade and...

4.9

21 votes

4.9

21 votes

Matlock (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Dean Hargrove · Christopher Hibler · Harvey S. Laidman · Leo Penn

Cast Andy Griffith · Nancy Stafford · Julie Sommars · Clarence Gilyard Jr.

Plot Ben Matlock is a Georgia bred, Harvard educated defense attorney. His fee is $100,000 but he's worth every cent of it as he defends his clients not only in Atlanta...

4.8

290 votes

4.8

290 votes

Tarzan the Magnificent

1960 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Day

Cast Gordon Scott · Jock Mahoney · Betta St. John · John Carradine

Plot Tarzan must escort his prisoner Coy Banton out of the jungle to the authorities. The boat is blown up by Coy's father and brothers. In addition to Coy Tarzan must...

4.6

129 votes

4.6

129 votes

Tarzan and the Valley of Gold

1966 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Robert Day

Cast Mike Henry · David Opatoshu · Manuel Padilla Jr. · Nancy Kovack

Plot The international criminal Vinaro enjoys sending explosive wristwatches to his enemies. Here he kidnaps ten-year-old Ramel whom he thinks can lead him to the lost city of gold. Tarzan fights...

3.8

25 votes

3.8

25 votes