Direction: Robert Parrish

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


Direction Robert Parrish

Cast James Daly · Howard Smith · Patricia Donahue · Jason Wingreen

Synopsis Ad agency executive Garth Williams has had a particularly rough day - his young protégé has left to work at another agency and took a $3 million account him. He falls asleep on the train home and wakes up in...

7.1

180 votes

7.1

180 votes

The Mob

1951 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction Robert Parrish

Cast Broderick Crawford · Betty Buehler · Richard Kiley · Otto Hulett

Synopsis A police detective fakes a suspension so he can go undercover.

7.0

337 votes

7.0

337 votes

Cry Danger

1951 · Movie · 79 min. · United States

Direction Robert Parrish

Cast Dick Powell · Rhonda Fleming · Richard Erdman · William Conrad

Synopsis An innocent man just released from prison searches for the people who framed him and for the stashed $100,000 bankroll. Along the way he meets the wife of a fellow con still on the inside who was framed for the...

6.6

303 votes

6.6

303 votes

Saddle the Wind

1958 · Movie · 84 min. · United States

Direction Robert Parrish · John Sturges

Cast Robert Taylor · Julie London · John Cassavetes · Donald Crisp

Synopsis Steve Sinclair (Robert Taylor) is a world a world-weary former gunslinger, now living as a peaceful farmer. Things go wrong when his wild younger brother Tony (John Cassavetes) arrives on the scene with his new bride Joan Blake (Julie London).

6.4

528 votes

6.4

528 votes

Direction Robert Parrish

Cast Ed Wynn · Murray Hamilton · Dana Dillaway · Jay Overholts

Synopsis Lou Bookman is a street vendor; a pitchman, making a living selling what he can from his valise - radios, toys, ties and the like. After a long day, he returns to his shabby apartment to find someone waiting for...

6.4

274 votes

6.4

274 votes

The Wonderful Country

1959 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction Robert Parrish

Cast Robert Mitchum · Julie London · Gary Merrill · Pedro Armendáriz

Synopsis Having fled to Mexico from the U.S. many years ago for killing his father's murderer, Martin Brady travels to Texas to broker an arms deal for his Mexican boss, strongman Governor Cipriano Castro. Brady breaks a leg and while recuperating...

6.2

522 votes

6.2

522 votes

Lucy Gallant (Oil Town)

1955 · Movie · 104 min. · United States

Direction Robert Parrish

Cast Jane Wyman · Charlton Heston · Claire Trevor · Thelma Ritter

Synopsis An unusually matronly Jane Wyman plays the title character in Lucy Gallant. Adapted from a novel by Margaret Cousins, the story concerns the efforts by Lucy Gallant to make the wide-open spaces of Texas a mecca for High Fashion. Jilted...

6.0

62 votes

6.0

62 votes

Direction Robert Parrish

Cast Roy Thinnes · Ian Hendry · Patrick Wymark · Lynn Loring

Synopsis One hundred years in the future two astronauts are sent to uncover the secrets of a "duplicate" Earth on the other side of the Sun. When they crash land three weeks earlier than they had planned they must embark on...

6.0

189 votes

6.0

189 votes

Rough Shoot

1953 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Parrish

Cast Joel McCrea · Evelyn Keyes · Herbert Lom · Roland Culver

Synopsis U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Robert Taine and his wife Cecily live in a village in England. While hunting on some land he has recently purchased, he shoots a load of buckshot at a man he thinks is a poacher but,...

5.8

24 votes

5.8

24 votes

The Purple Plain

1954 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Parrish

Cast Gregory Peck · Win Min Than · Bernard Lee · Maurice Denham

Synopsis Canadian pilot Gregory Peck and two comrades-in-arms crash in the Burmese wilds. The three men are forced to hack and crawl their way to safety, surrounded on all sides by the Japanese. Peck's subordinates don't completely trust their leader, and...

5.7

465 votes

5.7

465 votes

Fire Down Below

1957 · Movie · 109 min. · United States

Direction Robert Parrish

Cast Rita Hayworth · Robert Mitchum · Jack Lemmon · Herbert Lom

Synopsis Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and...

5.7

267 votes

5.7

267 votes

5.6

424 votes

Direction Alvin Ganzer · Robert Parrish

Cast Jack Warden · Abraham Sofaer · Robert Sorrells · Alan Dexter

Synopsis Mouth McGarry is the manager of the Hoboken Zephyrs professional baseball team. They are perennial losers and are already so far back in the standings that they have no chance of winning the pennant. McGarry is approached by Dr. Stillman...

5.4

123 votes

5.4

123 votes

Casino Royale

1967 · Movie · 130 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Huston · Ken Hughes · Val Guest · Robert Parrish

Cast Peter Sellers · Ursula Andress · David Niven · Woody Allen

Synopsis SMERSH has outlined a plan to destabilize the world. Her Majesty’s Secret Service decides to press an aging James Bond out of retirement and back into action. His objective, to confuse the enemy by unleashing several agents, all named James...

5.3

4K votes

5.3

4K votes

A Town Called Hell

1971 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Parrish · Irving Lerner

Cast Robert Shaw · Stella Stevens · Martin Landau · Telly Savalas

Synopsis A priest--a former revolutionary--finds himself the target of a manhunt in a small Mexican town.

4.5

175 votes

4.5

175 votes

The Bobo

1967 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Robert Parrish

Cast Peter Sellers · Britt Ekland · Rossano Brazzi · Adolfo Celi

Synopsis There's only one thing that separates the troubadour bullfighter Juan Bautista to become the best "singer matador" from Spain. The "obstacle" is Olympia, the most beautiful and manipulative woman in Barcelona.

3.8

28 votes

3.8

28 votes

Mississippi Blues

1983 · Documentary · 96 min. · France

Direction Robert Parrish · Bertrand Tavernier

Synopsis The two directors meander through rural Mississippi in search of the spirit of local music and society. Highlights the heritage of William Faulkner, the role of Black churches, and gospel and blues music.

Not rated

Not rated

Johnny Staccato (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 25 min. · United States

Direction John Cassavetes · Robert B. Sinclair · Boris Sagal · Richard Whorf

Cast John Cassavetes · Eduardo Ciannelli · Frank London · Dennis Sallas

Synopsis Johnny Staccato is a jazz pianist and private detective.

Not rated

Not rated