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Robert Aldrich

American film director (1918–1983)

Robert Aldrich was an American film director, producer and screenwriter, working mainly in film noir, war movies, westerns and dark melodramas with Gothic overtones. His most notable credits include Vera Cruz (1954), Kiss Me Deadly (1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), The Flight of the Phoenix (1965) and The Dirty Dozen (1967).

Robert Aldrich appears in 7 films in The Rerun, from 1954 to 1967. That includes 7 titles as director. Most of that work is in adventure, thriller and drama. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Ernest Borgnine (3), George Kennedy (3), Charles Bronson (2), Bette Davis (2), Victor Buono (2).

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When was Robert Aldrich born?
Robert Aldrich was born on 9 August 1918.

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