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Robert Sparks is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Producer born on 4 february 1898
Robert Sparks est un producteur, scénariste et réalisateur américain né le 4 février 1898 à Peebles, comté d'Adams (États-Unis), mort le 22 juillet 1963.
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Robert Sparks
Birth 4 february 1898
Death 22 july 1963 (at 65 years)
Death 22 july 1963 (at 65 years)
Robert Sparks est un producteur, scénariste et réalisateur américain né le 4 février 1898 à Peebles, comté d'Adams (États-Unis), mort le 22 juillet 1963.
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King of Comedy (1999)
, 1h25Directed by Stephen Chow, Lee Lik-chi
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Stephen Chow, Ng Man-tat, Karen Mok, Cecilia Cheung, Jackie Chan, Joe Cheng
Roles le producteur américain
Rating71%
Wan Tin-aau (Chow) an actor who cannot seem to catch a break, since his only professional jobs are limited to being a movie extra and is often tormented on stage. As well as being an actor, he is also the head of his village's community centre.
Running Out of Time (1999)
, 1h33Directed by Johnnie To
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Andy Lau, Sean Lau, Jacky Cheung, Hui Shiu-hung, Lam Suet, Robert Sparks
Roles Diamond Dealer
Rating72%
Cheung (Andy Lau) is given four weeks to live. As he eats at a diner, Inspector Ho Sheung-sang (Lau Ching-wan), a police negotiator, has been called to the scene of a bank robbery standoff that's being bungled by his inept boss, Wong Kai-fat (Benz Hui). Listening to a negotiation between Wong and the robbers, Ho feels that the robbers are professionals and goes in the negotiate with the robbers. After goading the robbers, a man amongst the hostages stands up and shoots the robbers dead. Inspector Ho recognizes his sniffling as the robber talking to Wong before he went in. As the police rush in, Inspector Ho leaves the crime scene to grab some breakfast.
Gen-X Cops (1999)
, 1h53Directed by Benny Chan
Origin Hong kong
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Comedy, Action, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Yakuza films, Kung fu films, Gangster films
Actors Nicholas Tse, Stephen Fung, Sam Lee, Eric Tsang, Toru Nakamura, Daniel Wu
Roles Jacob Yanni
Rating58%
Jet fuel is stolen by weapons smugglers. The fuel is reacquired by the Hong Kong police but then once again stolen by a yakuza boss named Akatora who is trying to sell it with the help of Hong Kong thug Daniel. Three rebellious cops go undercover to find both the jet fuel and Akatora. They must use the criminal instincts that got them kicked out of the force to save Hong Kong from a devastating terrorist attack.
Scriptwriter
The Lady Consents (1936)
, 1h16Directed by Stephen Roberts
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ann Harding, Herbert Marshall, Margaret Lindsay, Walter Abel, Edward Ellis, Hobart Cavanaugh
Roles Writer
Rating61%
Cradle Song (1933)
, 1h16Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Evelyn Venable, Dorothea Wieck, Louise Dresser, Guy Standing, Gail Patrick, Kent Taylor
Roles Writer
Rating68%
If I Had a Million (1932)
, 1h28Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, James Cruze, Norman Taurog, Norman Z. McLeod, William A. Seiter, H. Bruce Humberstone, Stephen Roberts, Lothar Mendes
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George Raft, May Robson, W. C. Fields, Richard Bennett
Roles Writer
Rating68%
Dying industrial tycoon John Glidden (Richard Bennett) cannot decide what to do with his wealth. He despises his money-hungry relatives and believes none of his employees is capable of running his various companies. Finally, he decides to give a million dollars each to eight people picked at random from a telephone directory before he passes away, so as to avoid his will being contested. (The first name selected is John D. Rockefeller, which is swiftly rejected.)
Producer
Son of Sinbad (1955)
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Children's films
Actors Dale Robertson, Vincent Price, Sally Forrest, Mari Blanchard, Leon Askin, Kim Novak
Roles Producer
Rating53%
In ancient Baghdad, poet Omar Khayyám wanders the streets in search of his friend, Sinbad, the son and namesake of Sinbad the Sailor, and finds him outside the Khalif's palace. Although the Khalif has offered a reward for his capture, the roguish Sinbad ignores Omar's warnings and nonchalantly sneaks into the palace. Spouting Omar's poetry, Sinbad romances Nerissa, one of the Khalif's harem girls, but is exposed by jealous slave Ameer, who also loves him.
She Couldn't Say No (1954)
, 1h29Directed by Lloyd Bacon, Fred Fleck
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Arthur Hunnicutt, Edgar Buchanan, Wallace Ford, Raymond Walburn
Roles Producer
Rating58%
Wealthy Corby Lane (Jean Simmons) visits the small American hamlet of Progress, Arkansas, whose residents had paid for a critical medical operation for her when she was a child. She decides to express her gratitude by giving them money anonymously. The headstrong woman clashes with the local doctor, Robert Sellers (Robert Mitchum), who foresees the resulting chaos.
Affair with a Stranger (1953)
, 1h27Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Jean Simmons, Victor Mature, Jane Darwell, Dabbs Greer, Monica Lewis, Olive Carey
Roles Producer
Rating56%
On a train, playwright Bill Blakeley fends off the romantic flirtations of Janet Boothe, an actress from his play. But when wife Carolyn decides not to join him, Bill makes a dinner date with Janet, who plants a story with a gossip columnist about the Blakeleys possibly heading for a divorce.
The Las Vegas Story (1952)
, 1h28Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Jane Russell, Victor Mature, Vincent Price, Hoagy Carmichael, Gordon Oliver, Brad Dexter
Roles Producer
Rating62%
Happy (Hoagy Carmichael), as the piano player at the Last Chance casino in Las Vegas, wonders what split up Linda Rollins (Jane Russell) and Dave Andrews (Victor Mature). Dave went off to fight in the South Pacific, but when he returned, Linda was gone. Happy soon finds out.
His Kind of Woman (1951)
, 2hDirected by John Farrow, Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Robert Mitchum, Jane Russell, Vincent Price, Tim Holt, Charles McGraw, Raymond Burr
Roles Producer
Rating69%
Down on his luck, professional gambler Dan Milner (Robert Mitchum) accepts a mysterious job that will take him out of the country for a year but pays $50,000. He accepts a $5,000 down payment and tickets that will take him to an isolated Mexican resort, Morro's Lodge, where he will receive further instructions. Milner is attracted to the only other passenger on his chartered flight to the resort, Lenore Brent (Jane Russell).
My Forbidden Past (1951)
, 1h21Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Robert Mitchum, Ava Gardner, Melvyn Douglas, Lucile Watson, Janis Carter, Gordon Oliver
Roles Producer
Rating60%
In 1890s New Orleans, wrongly believing Barbara Beaurevelle (Gardner) had stood him up on the eve of their elopement, Dr. Mark Lucas (Mitchum) has returned from South Africa accompanied by Corinne (Janis Carter), a woman he married on the rebound. Determined to win him back, Barbara bribes her cousin (Melvyn Douglas) to break up the marriage, a cold-blooded scheme that ends in death and the doctor suspected of murder.
Born to Be Bad (1950)
, 1h34Directed by Nicholas Ray
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir
Actors Joan Fontaine, Robert Ryan, Zachary Scott, Joan Leslie, Mel Ferrer, Harold Vermilyea
Roles Producer
Rating65%
Donna Foster works for publisher John Caine. She agrees to have his niece, Christabel, live with her in San Francisco while attending business school.
Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)
, 1h21Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Spring Byington, Paul Stewart, Jeff Donnell, John McIntire
Roles Producer
Rating64%
When a man calling himself Chris Hale arrives at the doorstep of her Ashton, Ohio house, asking to see his childhood home, widow Mrs. Brentman gladly invites him in. The unemployed Chris then accepts Mrs. Brentman's offer of a room and takes a job in the shipping department of the Corelli shoe factory. One night, Chris wanders into the Ashton country club and meets Elaine Corelli, his boss's beautiful but paralyzed daughter. Speaking of the days when he used to deliver newspapers to her door and adored her from afar, Chris amuses and fascinates the once-vibrant Elaine. The next day, Chris is called in to see Elaine's father A. J., who tells him that Elaine was so taken with him that she asked that he be given a better job in sales. Chris declines the offer, but assures Corelli, who is devoted to his daughter, that he will explain his decision to Elaine. As promised, Chris, a confessed gambler and drifter, shows up at the Corelli home to talk with Elaine. Although Chris's explanations are vague, his self-deprecating humor relaxes Elaine, who is finally able to joke about the skiing accident that left her paralyzed.
A Dangerous Profession (1949)
, 1h19Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Raft, Ella Raines, Pat O'Brien, Bill Williams, Jim Backus, Roland Winters
Roles Producer
Rating59%
The story begins as Police Lt. Nick Ferrone (Jim Backus) explains what bail bonds-men do and tells the viewers the setting is Los Angeles, California. One such man is Vince Kane (George Raft), a former cop. When one of his customers, Claude Brackett (Bill Williams), is murdered, Kane decides to investigate. He has two reasons for investigating: the curiosity of a former cop and it seems that he has fallen in love with Brackett's widow Lucy, an old flame.