Robert L. Jacks

Nascimento : 1927-06-14, Oxnard, California, USA

Morte : 1987-08-26

Filmes

Alguns Dias no Campo
Producer
Serio-comic road movie about a feisty girl who sets out for California and hitches a ride for herself and her house trailer with a runaway farm boy and accompanies him on a side trip to visit his aunt in the Southern hamlet of Weasel Creek.
The Day the Loving Stopped
Producer
Due to her parents' divorce, a young lady named Judy begins to doubt herself and love in general as her wedding day approaches.
A Matter of Life and Death
Producer
The true story of a nurse who spent her life caring for terminally ill patients.
More Wild Wild West
Producer
Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.
Murder Can Hurt You!
Producer
A private eye spoof that sends up assorted TV detectives from Ironside, Columbo and Kojak to Baretta, McCloud and Starsky and Hutch, as eight bumbling super-sleuths band together in a battle of wits against the devilishly clever Master Criminal.
Young Love, First Love
Producer
A teenage couple of disparate backgrounds experiences their first romance. She's a girl from a permissive California family; he's from a conservative midwestern family and has moved in with his sister on the West Coast after the death of his parents.
The Wild Wild West Revisited
Producer
The intrepid team of Old West government intelligence agents are brought out of retirement after 10 years to hunt down a cunning new adversary, the son of their former archenemy, who is suspected of cloning imposters to be substituted for the crowned heads of Europe and perhaps even the President of the United States.
Mr. Horn
Producer
Western saga based on the legend of frontier folk hero Tom Horn, including his role in the trackdown of Geronimo in the 1880s with his mentor and pal, Al Sieber, the fabled Indian scout, his later days as a Pinkerton detective, and the way he was used by both sides in turn-of-the-century cattle wars, leading to his tragic death.
State Fair
Producer
Melissa and Jim Bryant live on an Iowa farm with their adult son Chuck, their adult daughter Karen, and their teenage son Wayne, who is a high school sophomore. Wayne is a talented singer and guitarist who dreams of country music stardom. Karen, newly separated from her husband, has recently rejoined the family with her own young son Tommy, who misses his father. This was a pilot film for a proposed television series that was not picked up.
The Girls of Huntington House
Producer
An unmarried teacher in a school for unwed mothers finds herself becoming too emotionally attached to her students and their problems.
Perseguição Sem Trégua
Producer
O que começa como uma investigação de rotina rapidamente se transforma em uma corrida emocionante para salvar milhões da morte certa neste thriller tenso e emocionante. Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, ER) "faz uma impressionante estreia na direção" (The Hollywood Reporter) neste jogo mortal de gato e rato em que as apostas não poderiam ser maiores! Quando o agente do governo Steven Graves (Ben Gazzara) investiga o extremista político James Wright (E.G. Marshall), ele descobre uma conspiração diabólica para explodir gás letal em San Diego durante a Convenção Republicana. O que é pior, um hacker de computador (Martin Sheen) forneceu a Wright um perfil psicológico para ajudá-lo a enganar Graves. Como Wright engenhosamente ilude Graves, Graves pode encontrar uma maneira de detê-lo antes que o pesadelo final comece?
The Homecoming: A Christmas Story
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The Walton family is preparing for Christmas in the early 1930s. It's Christmas Eve, and they are waiting for Daddy Walton to come home from his job in the city some 50 miles away. Since he is late, everyone is worried and over the radio the mother and grandparents hear about an overturned bus and hurt travelers but keep this news from the rest of the family. The story is really a coming of age story about the oldest son John-Boy who must cut down the tree with his grandfather since his father isn't home and is eventually told about his missing father and sets out to find him. An all round heartwarming story, especially if you are a fan of The Waltons. A simple story about a simple family in simple times. Great family entertainment!
Do Not Fold, Spindle, or Mutilate
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Four elderly ladies with a lot of time on their hands get the idea to create a fictional "girl" for a computer dating service. However, things take a turn for the worse when their description of the "girl" attracts a psychopath.
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Producer
While on honeymoon with her husband in Spain, a woman wakes up one morning to find he has disappeared. After reporting it to the police, a man shows up claiming to be her husband. But he's not the man she married and no one will believe her.
Jamais Foram Vencidos
Producer
Após a Guerra Civil, o ex Coronel da União John Henry Thomas e o ex Coronel Confederado James Langdon estão comandando dois grupos diferentes de pessoas através do México conturbado. John Henry e companhia estão levando cavalos para o impopular governo mexicano por US $ 35 por cabeça, enquanto Langdon lidera um grupo de refugiados sulistas que estão à procura de uma nova vida no México, depois de perder suas propriedades para Carpetbaggers (negociantes do norte). Os dois homens são forçados a acertar suas diferenças, a fim de lutar contra os dois bandidos e revolucionários que, como eles, tentam levar os seus amigos e parentes para a segurança.
O Preço de um Covarde
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No Velho Oeste americano, uma gangue de bandidos mata um rancheiro rico durante uma tentativa de assalto em uma pequena cidade do Texas. Todos são presos e sentenciados à morte por enforcamento. Quando recebe a notícia, o irmão do líder da gangue sai em busca deles, fingindo ser o carrasco. Em uma tentativa desesperada por liberdade e perseguidos por um xerife até o México, os dois irmãos sequestram uma jovem garota e a fazem de refém enquanto lutam contra bandidos mexicanos.
Man from Del Rio
Producer
Mexican gunfighter Dave Robles outdraws the town's outlaw-turned-sheriff and is invited to fill the dead man's shoes. But a tin star doesn't bring automatic respectability and Robles is shunned by the town's leading citizens. His popularity with its less-savory element, particularly saloonkeeper Bannister, wanes dramatically, too, as he starts to take his job seriously. It is his love for a decent, caring woman that keeps Dave in town, but can she convince him to lay down his gun and start a new life?
A Borda da Morte
Producer
Cass Silver (Robert Ryan), xerife de uma pequena cidade do Kansas, espera problemas com a chegada uma ferrovia recém-concluí­do. O dono do saloon da cidade de (Robert Middleton) está expandindo os negócios e quer livrar-se do xerife. Para piorar, o seu suplente, Thad Anderson (Jeffrey Hunter), é o filho de um pistoleiro que feriu Cass anos antes. Eventualmente Thad começa a perceber a verdade sobre seu pai e ajuda o marechal restaurar a lei e a ordem na cidade.
A Kiss Before Dying
Producer
A college student tries to get rich quick by wooing two wealthy sisters.
O Assassino Anda Solto
Producer
Um desequilibrado criminoso cuja mulher, acidentalmente foi morta por um detetive da polícia durante sua prisão, pretende vingar-se matando a esposa do policial.
The Raid
Producer
A group of confederate prisoners escape to Canada and plan to rob the banks and set fire to the small town of Saint Albans in Vermont. To get the lie of the land, their leader spends a few days in the town and finds he is getting drawn into its life and especially into that of an attractive widow and her son.
A Princesa do Nilo
Producer
Ano 1249 DC, Shalimar (Debra Paget), uma princesa egípcia, lutando para libertar seu país dos conquistadores beduínos, e contra um conselheiro misterioso do Príncipe Selim, seu pai, forma uma aliança com o Príncipe Haidi (Jeffrey Hunter), filho do Califa de Bagdad. Vivendo uma vida dupla, Shalimar semeia intrigas tanto na corte quanto disfarçada como dançarina, no mercado local.
Gorilla at Large
Producer
At a carnival called the Garden of Evil, a man is murdered, apparently by a gorilla...or someone in a gorilla suit.
Prince Valiant
Producer
A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
O Estranho Inquilino
Producer
London, 1888: on the night of the third Jack the Ripper killing, soft-spoken Mr. Slade, a research pathologist, takes lodgings with the Harleys, including a gloomy attic room for "experiments." Mrs. Harley finds Slade odd and increasingly suspects the worst; her niece Lily (star of a decidedly Parisian stage revue) finds him interesting and increasingly attractive. Is Lily in danger, or are her mother's suspicions merely a red herring?
Os Saltimbancos
Producer
Em 1952 na então Tchecoslováquia, o gerente e palhaço do Circo Cernik, Karel, é investigado pela policia secreta comunista devido a manter em sua trupe diversos artistas estrangeiros. Além disso, sofre com problemas familiares: a esposa Zama está insatisfeita e a filha Tereza se enamorou de Vosdek, um dos trabalhadores do circo que nunca contou nada sobre seu passado. Quando Karel desconfia haver um informante da polícia dentre os membros do circo, ele começa os preparativos para por em prática um plano que vinha elaborando há três anos: o de cruzar a fronteira policiada, a "Cortina de Ferro", e fugir com todo os artistas para o Ocidente.
Ratos do Deserto
Producer
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.