Movies by Robert Stevenson
As part of the cast:
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Boy Who Caught a Crook (1961)
Cast: Wanda Hendrix, Don Beddoe, Roger Mobley …
Directed by: Edward L. Cahn
This heartwarming family film relates the adventures of a young newsboy (Roger Mobley) who finds a lost briefcase stuffed with cash and shares it with an elderly hobo named the Colonel (Don…
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When Hell Broke Loose (1958)
Cast: Charles Bronson, Violet Rensing, Richard Jaeckel …
Directed by: Kenneth G. Crane
In this World War II drama, Charles Bronson stars as Steve Boland, a misfit who joins the Army and unwittingly stumbles upon an outrageous Nazi plot to kill top Allied officers, including…
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The Shaggy D.A. (1976)
Cast: Dean Jones, Tim Conway, Suzanne Pleshette …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
In this sequel to Disney's beloved classic The Shaggy Dog, Wilby Daniels (Dean Jones) no longer morphs into a wooly sheepdog at embarrassing moments. A successful lawyer, Wilby and his…
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The Island at the Top of the World (1974)
Cast: David Hartman, Donald Sinden, Jacques Marin …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
In this adventure story set at the turn of the century, Sir Anthony Ross (Donald Sinden) arranges an airship expedition to the Arctic to look for his son, who has disappeared while searching…
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Classic Courtroom Movies: Mesmerized / Death Sentence / Dishonored Lady (1974)
Cast: Jodie Foster, John Lithgow, Michael Murphy …
Directed by: Michael Laughlin, E.W. Swackhamer, Robert Stevenson …
This collection includes three memorable courtroom dramas. In Mesmerized, an 18-year-old girl (Jodie Foster) trapped in an arranged marriage to a cruel middle-aged man (John Lithgow) is the…
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Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Cast: Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Herbie the Love Bug's new owner, strong-willed Mrs. Steinmetz (Helen Hayes), rejects developer Alonzo Hawk's (Keenan Wynn) offer to buy her home. Lawyer Willoughby Whitfield (Ken…
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Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
Cast: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
During World War II, eccentric, self-styled witch Eglantine Price (Angela Lansbury) aims to use her newfound powers to ward off a Nazi incursion of England. But she's saddled with a trio…
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My Dog, The Thief (1969)
Cast: Dwayne Hickman, Mary Ann Mobley, Elsa Lanchester …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
"Eye in the sky" traffic reporter Jack Crandall notices his broadcast ratings are plummeting. But when a piece of unexpected cargo shows up in his helicopter in the form of a drooling St.…
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Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Cast: Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones, Suzanne Pleshette …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
In this Disney family favorite, Peter Ustinov, Dean Jones and a perky Suzanne Pleshette deliver plenty of laughs. A college track coach is desperate when he faces off against a group of…
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The Love Bug (1968)
Cast: Dean Jones, Michele Lee, David Tomlinson …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Washed-up race car driver Jim Douglas's (Dean Jones) career gets a boost when he begins driving a peppy Volkswagen Beetle. But Douglas soon realizes "Herbie" the VW literally has a…
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The Gnome-Mobile (1967)
Cast: Walter Brennan, Matthew Garber, Karen Dotrice …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
This vintage Disney film follows two children and their uncle, who discover a couple of wayward gnomes in the forest and become intent on protecting the "little people" from an opportunistic…
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That Darn Cat (1965)
Cast: Hayley Mills, Dean Jones, Dorothy Provine …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
After a bank teller is kidnapped during a robbery, she manages to slip her wristwatch around a stray cat's neck, hoping that the enterprising feline will lead rescuers to her location in…
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The Misadventures of Merlin Jones (1964)
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Leon Ames …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
When quirky college student Merlin Jones (Tommy Kirk) realizes that one of his inventions can read minds, he learns that a judge (Leon Ames) is planning a crime. The police think Merlin is…
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Mary Poppins (1964)
Cast: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Julie Andrews made her screen debut and won an Academy Award for her portrayal of the "practically perfect" nanny who revolutionizes the prim and proper Banks family in this…
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Son of Flubber (1963)
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
In this sequel to Disney's 1961 film The Absent-Minded Professor, Medfield College's Professor Ned Brainard (Fred MacMurray) is working on his newest invention, dry rain ... but…
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In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Cast: Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills, George Sanders …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Two children search for their castaway father in this Disney movie based on Jules Verne's novel Captain Grant's Children. Mary and Robert Grant (Hayley Mills and Keith Hamshire)…
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The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)
Cast: Fred MacMurray, Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Fred MacMurray stars in this comedy classic as Professor Brainard, an inventive but forgetful college instructor who uses Flubber -- a chemical that "lifts" anyone who ingests it -- to…
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Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959)
Cast: Albert Sharpe, Janet Munro, Sean Connery …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Irishman Darby O'Gill (Albert Sharpe) finds himself face to face with magical little people -- leprechauns -- in this unheralded Disney gem. One of O'Gill's tall tales comes…
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Johnny Tremain (1957)
Cast: Hal Stalmaster, Luana Patten, Jeff York …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
When an injury bars him from pursuing his trade, Revolutionary War-era silversmith's apprentice Johnny Tremain (Hal Stalmaster) finds a new life in the ranks of the Sons of Liberty army,…
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Old Yeller / Savage Sam: Double Feature (1957)
Cast: Tommy Kirk, Kevin Corcoran, Brian Keith …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson, Norman Tokar
Disney serves up a double-dose of heartwarming family adventure with the tale of a yellow dog who teaches a young boy valuable lessons of courage, followed by a sequel that follows a new pup…
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Miracle on 34th Street (1955)
Cast: Thomas Mitchell, Sandy Descher, Teresa Wright …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
The holiday spirit is alive and well in this televised take on the 1947 film that earned Edmund Gwenn an Oscar for his portrayal of Kris Kringle. In this version, Thomas Mitchell dons…
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Dishonored Lady / The Strange Woman: Double Feature (1947)
Cast: Louis Hayward, Dennis O'Keefe, Hedy Lamarr …
Directed by: Edgar Ulmer, Robert Stevenson
Sultry screen queen Hedy Lamarr stars in this pair of black-and-white dramas from the 1940s. In Dishonored Lady (1947), a hard-partying fashion editor (Lamarr) headed for a nervous breakdown…
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Jane Eyre (1944)
Cast: Orson Welles, Joan Fontaine, Margaret O'Brien …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Orson Welles stars as Edward Rochester, the brooding employer of governess Jane Eyre in this adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's novel. Young Jane slowly frees Edward from his…
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Forever and a Day (1943)
Cast: Buster Keaton, Robert Cummings, Cedric Hardwicke …
Directed by: Frank Lloyd, Robert Stevenson, Rene Clair …
In this episodic, World War II film, an American (Kent Smith) travels to London to sell the stately old house that belongs to his family. While he's visiting the home, bombs fall all…
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Tom Brown's School Days (1940)
Cast: Cedric Hardwicke, Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
When Thomas Arnold (Cedric Hardwicke) becomes headmaster of Rugby prep school, he attempts to reform the delinquent student body, including young Tom Brown (Jimmy Lydon), who becomes the…
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Non-Stop New York (1937)
Cast: John Loder, Anna Lee, Francis L. Sullivan …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Armed with an airtight alibi for an innocent man accused of murdering a mob lawyer, Londoner Jennie Carr (Anna Lee) hops on a plane to New York to set the record straight. Problem is, the…
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The Man Who Changed His Mind (1936)
Cast: Boris Karloff, Anna Lee, John Loder …
Directed by: Robert Stevenson
Scientist Dr. Laurience (Boris Karloff) has colleagues who respect his work and value his research. But when they suddenly snub the extensive work he's recently done, this causes him to…