Robert Butler

Robert Butler

Nascimento : 1927-11-17, Los Angeles, California, USA

História

Robert Butler is an American film and television director.

Perfil

Robert Butler

Filmes

Turbulência
Director
Depois de anos, um policial de Los Angeles captura um serial killer que tinha uma aparência dócil, mas recentemente assassinara uma bela mulher com quem se envolvera. Na véspera de Natal, ele e outro criminoso são colocados em um avião para serem levados até Nova York. Gentil e insinuante, ele tenta seduzir uma comissária de bordo. Enquanto isto o outro criminoso se liberta, mas ele o mata como também faz com algumas das pouca pessoas que estão neste vôo e, na sua loucura, mata também os dois pilotos. A aeromoça tenta levar o avião tendo apenas como auxílio um piloto de outro avião, que lhe orienta através do rádio. Para complicar ainda mais, ela ainda tem de tentar pilotar o avião através de uma tempestade nível 6 (o pior tipo de tempestade).
Corredeira da Morte
Director
Um grupo de executivos de Los Angeles resolve descer a corredeira White Mile no Canadá. São liderados por Dan Cluter, dono de uma agência de publicidade, um homem que acha que seu poder não tem limites. Sem nenhum respeito pela vida humana e sob os protestos de seu braço direito Jack Robbins, dispensa todos os equipamentos de segurança, provocando mortes. Uma história verídica que acabou nos tribunais.
Out of Time
Executive Producer
A cop from the future goes back in time to Los Angeles and teams up with his grandfather to capture a master criminal.
Out of Time
Director
A cop from the future goes back in time to Los Angeles and teams up with his grandfather to capture a master criminal.
Long Time Gone
Director
A "world-class screw-up" private eye finds his world and his attention changed when he is reunited with his estranged 11-year old son.
Concrete Beat
Director
A newspaper columnist becomes determined to clear a woman who is blamed for the death of her child in a tragic fire.
Corrida na Correnteza
Director
Os piores estudantes da pior universidade norte-americana recebem um castigo diferente do reitor: participar de um concurso de rafting no interior. Eles aceitam a tarefa, de olho em festas e gatinhas, mas também enfrentam a rivalidade acirrada das outras faculdades – principalmente os membros de uma academia militar.
Manobristas da Pesada
Director
The escapades of a crew of zany parking lot attendants.
Night of the Juggler
Director
An ex New York cop is desperate to find his kidnapped daughter.
Chumbo Quente e Pé Frio
Director
Quando Jasper, fundador da cidade de Bloodshy, morre seus filhos gêmeos brigam para decidir quem herdará o seu legado. Billy é um pistoleiro selvagem enquanto Eli é um bem comportado e do tipo religioso. Para decidir o legítimo sucessor os irmãos duelam um com o outro em uma série de competições que culmina em uma corrida; entretanto, a luta real começa quando Billy e Eli tentam lutar contra o controle de Ragsdale, o prefeito corrupto de Bloodshy.
Lacy and the Mississippi Queen
Director
This lighthearted Western was an unsuccessful series pilot in which two sisters -- a gun-toting tomboy and a beauty with an engaging smile -- team up to track down a pair of train robbers, suspects in the shooting of their father.
A Question of Guilt
Director
A swinging divorcée is prejudged by a police detective and accused of killing her child.
Mayday at 40,000 Feet!
Director
The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne after a marshal onboard, transporting a murderer to prison, has a heart attack and the killer uses his gun to shoot the captain and blow out the hydraulics.
In the Glitter Palace
Director
The ex-girlfriend of a laywer, who left him for a lesbian lover, asks him to defend her lover in a murder case.
James Dean
Director
A dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early '50s, when both were trying to break into films as actors, and was his lover for a time.
Dark Victory
Director
A TV producer with a terminal illness is given the strength to keep going by her love for her doctor.
Strange New World
Director
In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.
Black Bart
Producer
A television series titled Black Bart was produced for CBS based on Andrew Bergman's original story for Blazing Saddles (Black Bart was the movie's original title). It featured Lou Gossett, Jr. as Bart and Steve Landesberg as his drunkard sidekick, a former Confederate officer named "Reb Jordan". The Humour was much more toned down than it's feature film predecessor Other cast members included Millie Slavin and Noble Willingham. Bergman is listed as the sole creator. CBS aired the pilot once on April 4, 1975 as a CBS Special Presentation. The pilot featured guest appearances by Gerrit Graham and Brooke Adams and was written by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis. Elias and Eutis later created and executive produced the ABC sitcom Head of the Class (1986-1991).
Black Bart
Director
A television series titled Black Bart was produced for CBS based on Andrew Bergman's original story for Blazing Saddles (Black Bart was the movie's original title). It featured Lou Gossett, Jr. as Bart and Steve Landesberg as his drunkard sidekick, a former Confederate officer named "Reb Jordan". The Humour was much more toned down than it's feature film predecessor Other cast members included Millie Slavin and Noble Willingham. Bergman is listed as the sole creator. CBS aired the pilot once on April 4, 1975 as a CBS Special Presentation. The pilot featured guest appearances by Gerrit Graham and Brooke Adams and was written by Michael Elias and Rich Eustis. Elias and Eutis later created and executive produced the ABC sitcom Head of the Class (1986-1991).
The Ultimate Thrill
Director
At a Colorado ski resort, a jealous man's paranoia results in murder.
O Cavaleiro de Azul
Director
Bumper Morgan é um veterano da Polícia de Los Angeles prestes a se aposentar depois de 20 anos de serviços, mas fica obcecado pelo brutal assassinato de uma prostituta e resolve que agarrar o assassino será sua última missão antes de entregar o distintivo.
Loucuras Invisíveis
Director
Garotos descobrem fórmula capaz de tornar as pessoas ou objetos invisíveis, mas nem tudo é alegria na vida deles. Bandidos tentam pegar a fórmula com objetivos nada corretos, levando a resultados desastrosos.
A Morte Está de Férias
Director
Death takes a human form and visits Earth to try to find out why humans want so desperately to cling to life. He unexpectedly falls in love with a beautiful young woman.
John Escandaloso
Director
John é um velho rancheiro que, em dias passados, atuava como pistoleiro. Homens da lei querem desapropriar suas terras para construir uma represa, mas John se mantém resistente.
Dinheiro, Poder e Bananas
Director
O entusiasmado funcionário Steven Post aborrece diariamente o arrogante diretor de programação, Francis Wilbanks, com suas ideias sobre como aumentar a audiência de seu estúdio de televisão, que são sempre rejeitadas. A namorada de Steven, Jennifer Scott, cuida de um recém-abandonado chimpanzé, Raffles, que gosta de assistir televisão e beber cerveja. Quando Steven percebe que o chimpanzé pode prever a audiência da televisão, ele arquiteta um novo plano.
O Computador de Tênis
Director
O estudante Dexter leva um choque elétrico ao tentar consertar o computador de sua escola. O inesperado acontece e o rapaz passa a ter uma memória enciclopédica. Totalmente surpreso com os seus poderes, Dexter se mete em uma encrenca ainda maior ao descobrir que o manda-chuva da cidade, que doou o computador para a escola, pode estar envolvido em negócios escusos.
Guns in the Heather
Director
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'
Heart of Darkness
Assistant Director
A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.
No Right to Kill
Assistant Director
This is a special series of lost classic programs from the Golden Age of TV. The series has been restored by SabuCat Productions from the best archival film elements available in high definition, some of the programs have not been seen since they were originally broadcast. Volume One features 2 one-hour dramatic programs that feature John Cassavetes. Climax! ran for four years - This was an anthology series that presented a different story and different set of characters on each episode. It ran from 1954 to 1958 and featured Casino Royale of James Bond fame that lead to a feature film of the same titles. On August 9th, 1956 - they showed No Right to Kill directed by Buzz Kulik and starring John Cassavetes, Robert H. Harris, Joe Mantell and Terry Moore.