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Robert Bassler is a Producer, Editor and Additional Writing American born on 26 september 1903 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Robert Bassler (September 26, 1903 – November 8, 1975) was an American television and film producer.
(1942)
(Producer)
(1948)
(Producer)
(1942)
(Producer)
(1942)
(Associate Producer)
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Birth name Robert S. Bassler
Nationality USA
Birth 26 september 1903 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Death 8 november 1975 (at 72 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 26 september 1903 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Death 8 november 1975 (at 72 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Biography
Bassler started his film career off in the late 20s as an editor, becoming a producer in 1942, with his first film, the Rita Hayworth musical My Gal Sal. His credits include several controversial films: 1948’s The Snake Pit which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture was a shocking expose of conditions in a mental asylum; and Suddenly, in 1954 was a stark assassination thriller which was alleged to have influenced Lee Harvey Oswald. On a less contentious note, one of his last films, which he executive produced in 1955 was Gentlemen Marry Brunettes.Best films
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Gunsight Ridge (1957)
, 1h25Directed by Francis D. Lyon
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Mark Stevens, Joan Weldon, Addison Richards, George Chandler, Carolyn Craig
Roles Producer
Rating62%
This script must be run from the command line
Suddenly (1954)
, 1h15Directed by Lewis Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Political films
Actors Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Willis Bouchey, Nancy Gates, Paul Frees
Roles Producer
Rating67%
In post-war America, the President of the United States is scheduled to journey through the small town of Suddenly, California. Claiming to be checking up on security prior to his arrival, a group of FBI agents arrive at the home of the Bensons, on top of a hill that looks down upon the station where the Presidential train is scheduled to stop. However, they soon turn out to be assassins led by the ruthless John Baron (Frank Sinatra), who take over the house and hold the family hostage.
Dangerous Crossing (1953)
, 1h15Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Jeanne Crain, Michael Rennie, Mary Anderson, Max Showalter, Carl Betz, Willis Bouchey
Roles Producer
Rating68%
Attractive newlywed Ruth (Stanton) Bowman (Jeanne Crain) joyously starts a honeymoon cruise to Europe with her husband John (Carl Betz), only to have him go missing shortly after they check into their room on board. Compounding her confusion, Ruth finds that she is registered solo under her maiden name in a different cabin and that none of the crew members who could have seen her husband on the ship remember him. These include the ship's purser, (Gayne Whitman), stewardess Anna Quinn (Mary Anderson), and second officer Jim Logan (Max Showalter). When she talks to the captain (Willis Bouchey), he notices that Ruth isn't even wearing a wedding ring, and the crew begins to suggest that she is mentally unbalanced.
The Girl Next Door (1953)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes La bande dessinée, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, June Haver, Dennis Day, Billy Gray, Cara Williams, Natalie Schafer
Roles Producer
Rating63%
A popular performer, Jeannie Laird decides to buy her first house and celebrate with a big party. The guests' enjoyment is interfered with by the happenings at the home of the next door neighbor, Bill Carter.
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
, 1h42Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Romeo and Juliet, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Children's films
Actors Robert Wagner, Terry Moore, Gilbert Roland, Terry Moore, J. Carrol Naish, Richard Boone
Roles Producer
Rating57%
Mike and Tony Petrakis are Greek American father and son sponge diving entrepreneurs who find themselves in competition with the Rhys family, WASP fishermen who are prepared to resort to violence and even murder to maintain their established fishing grounds off the Gulf Coast of Florida. Run-ins between the two clans lead to an exchange of threats and all-out brawls. Further complications ensue when Tony Petrakis meets Gwyneth Rhys, and the two fall in love.
Night Without Sleep (1952)
, 1h17Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Linda Darnell, Gary Merrill, Hildegard Knef, June Vincent, Hugh Beaumont, Donald Randolph
Roles Producer
Rating59%
A composer, Richard Morton experiences blackouts and cannot account for his actions. He seems to recall a woman's screams and a conversation with his wife, Emily, but it's all a blur.
My Wife's Best Friend (1952)
, 1h27Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Anne Baxter, Macdonald Carey, Cecil Kellaway, Max Showalter, Catherine McLeod, Leif Erickson
Roles Producer
Rating59%
Virginia Mason (Anne Baxter) and George (Macdonald Carey), husband and wife from Mellford, Illinois, are passengers on an airliner for a second honeymoon in Hawaii. When the plane develops serious engine trouble, it looks like the end for everyone on board. Certain that he's facing an imminent demise, George confesses to Virginia that he's had an affair with her best friend Jane Richards (Catherine McLeod). Virginia mulls over several potential revenges in her mind, casting herself as various famous women of history. The plane lands safely, at which time Virginia learns that the "affair" was nothing more than a discreet flirtation.
Kangaroo (1952)
, 1h24Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Maureen O'Hara, Peter Lawford, Finlay Currie, Richard Boone, Chips Rafferty, Bud Tingwell
Roles Producer
Rating56%
An Australian "Western" set at some vague time perhaps a century ago. Richard Connor (Peter Lawford) is a desperate young man in Sydney, Australia, trying to find the money to return home. While staying at a boarding house, he is mistaken by the drunk Michael McGuire (Finlay Currie) for his long-lost son, Dennis, whom McGuire had abandoned to an orphanage as a child, a deed for which he now deeply blames himself. Later that night, Connor attempts to rob John Gamble (Richard Boone) outside a gambling house, but after he finds him equally broke, he is talked into assisting him in robbing the establishment, during which the owner is shot. Connor and Gamble make off with the loot, stopping at the boarding house to get Connor's gear, whereupon McGuire, still drunk, pursues his "son" down the street until he collapses. They find on him information on his extensive station (for which he was trying to secure loans in Sydney) and his boat ticket, and decide to pose as his business partners to get on the boat and away to hide out with him in the Outback.
Halls of Montezuma (1951)
, 1h53Directed by Lewis Milestone
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Richard Widmark, Richard Boone, Jack Palance, Reginald Gardiner, Jack Webb, Martin Milner
Roles Producer
Rating65%
During World War II, a Marine battalion prepares to land on a large Japanese-held island in the Pacific. Lieutenant Colonel Gilfillan (Richard Boone) warns the men that it will be a tough mission, and that they have been ordered to take prisoners in order to gain information about the Japanese fortifications. Below deck, veteran Lieutenant Carl A. Anderson (Richard Widmark), a chemistry teacher in civilian life, questions his former student, Corporal Stuart Conroy (Richard Hylton), who complains that he is ill and cannot fight. Anderson assures him that he has shown courage before and can do so again. In the landing boat heading to shore, Navy corpsman C. E. "Doc" Jones (Karl Malden) is worried because Anderson has been suffering from "psychological migraines" for months. Anderson and his platoon have been fighting since Guadalcanal, and now only seven men remain of the original platoon. Although Doc urged Anderson to seek treatment in the United States, Anderson refuses to leave his men and has been relying on Doc to supply him with painkillers.
The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)
, 1h32Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir
Actors Richard Basehart, Valentina Cortese, William Lundigan, Fay Baker, Steven Geray, Gordon Gebert
Roles Producer
Rating68%
Viktoria Kowalska (Valentina Cortese) has lost her home and her husband in the German occupation of Poland, and has been imprisoned in the concentration camp at Belsen. She befriends another prisoner, Karin Dernakova (Natasha Lytess), who dreams of reuniting with her young son Christopher (Gordon Gebert), who was sent to live in San Francisco with a wealthy Aunt. Karin dies shortly before the camp can be liberated, and Viktoria, seeing a way to a better life, uses Karin's papers to assume her identity. After the camp is liberated, she is interviewed by Major Marc Bennett (William Lundigan), who gets her a place in a camp for persons displaced by the war. She writes to Karin's Aunt Sophia in San Francisco, but receives a cable from Sophia's lawyers that she has died.
Let's Make It Legal (1951)
, 1h17Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Macdonald Carey, Zachary Scott, Barbara Bates, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Wagner
Roles Producer
Rating61%
Hugh (Macdonald Carey) and Miriam Halsworth (Claudette Colbert) are in the final stages of their divorce procedure. Miriam wants to separate because he's addicted to gambling - although he often wins. She's living with her daughter Barbara (Barbara Bates), her son-in-law Jerry Denham (Robert Wagner) and her little grandchild. Hugh, who's living at the hotel where he works, makes a fuss with the gardener about his rosebushes.
A Ticket to Tomahawk (1950)
, 1h30Directed by Richard Sale
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Children's films
Actors Dan Dailey, Rory Calhoun, Walter Brennan, Anne Baxter, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Kemper
Roles Producer
Rating60%
In 1876, Johnny Jameson (Dan Dailey), a "drummer," or traveling salesman, is the only passenger on the inaugural run of the Tomahawk and Western Railroad's narrow gauge train through the Colorado Rockies. During the ride, the conductor tells Johnny that certain people, stagecoach operators for example, would like to see the railroad's franchise fail. Soon after, Dakota (Rory Calhoun), Trancas and Gila, who work for Colonel Dawson, the area stageline operator, cause a giant boulder to fall directly in the path of the train. Engineer Terence Sweeny (Walter Brennan) manages to stop the train in time, and he and the crew then disembark to move the rock.
Sand (1949)
, 1h18Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Films about animals, Films about horses
Actors Mark Stevens, Coleen Gray, Rory Calhoun, Charley Grapewin, George Melford, Harry Cheshire
Roles Producer
Rating57%
Based on the 1932 novel of the same name, Jeff Keane's expensive show horse escapes and runs loose in the Colorado wilderness.
Thieves' Highway (1949)
, 1h34Directed by Jules Dassin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Trucker films, Road movies, Children's films
Actors Richard Conte, Valentina Cortese, Lee J. Cobb, Barbara Lawrence, Jack Oakie, Millard Mitchell
Roles Producer
Rating74%
A war-veteran-turned-truck driver Nico "Nick" Garcos (Richard Conte) arrives at home to find that his foreign-born father, a fruit farmer, has lost his legs and was forced to sell his truck. He learns that his father was crippled at the hands of an unscrupulous produce dealer in San Francisco, Mike Figlia (Lee J. Cobb). Garcos vows revenge.
Green Grass of Wyoming (1948)
, 1h29Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Peggy Cummins, Charles Coburn, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Arthur, Lloyd Nolan, Burl Ives
Roles Producer
Rating60%
Beaver Greenway, a longtime horse owner with a drinking problem, is upset because one of his mares has been lured away by Thunderhead, the wild stallion that previously belonged to Rob and Nell McLaughlin. He goes to Goose Bar Ranch to complain, but the McLaughlins no longer have any control of the horse.