Robert Alda Filmography

Code Red

Synopsis: In this action film, firefighters fight a series of arson fires and try to figure out who set them and why. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Jury Duty

Synopsis: This is the obligatory "lone dissenting voice" episode, in which medical examiner Quincy finds himself serving on a jury in the murder trial of Frank Munson (Morgan Stevens). Although he has promised his superiors that he will not allow his professional expertise influence his decision, our hero Read More

The Dukes of Hazzard: The Runaway

Synopsis: Bo (John Schneider) and Luke (Tom Wopat) champion the cause of runaway heiress Suzy Holmes (Susan Walden), who has stowed away in the boys' car to avoid the hired minions of her nasty millionaire father C.J. Holmes (Robert Alda). Hoping to elope with her boyfriend Fred Andrews (Edward Edwards) Read More

M*A*S*H: Lend a Hand

Synopsis: Hawkeye (Alan Alda) again crosses the path of arrogant older doctor Anthony Borelli (played by Alda's father Robert Alda). With ample reason to dislike one another, Hawk and Borelli are none too happy when they are forced to collaborateon an operation in the field. Back in camp, B.J. (Mike Read More

Laverne & Shirley: Shirley and the Older Man

Synopsis: Carmine (Eddie Mekka) is not the only one exhibiting resentment over the friendship between Shirley (Cindy Williams) and elderly millionaire Monroe Harrison (Robert Alda). Laverne is also skeptical about the true relationship between Shirley and Harrison, while the millionaire's daughter Adelle is Read More

Greatest Heroes of the Bible: Moses

Synopsis: The "Greatest Heroes of the Bible" series brings you this view of Moses as the liberator of the Jewish people. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Express to Terror

Synopsis: A nuclear-powered transcontinental train provides the setting for this television pilot from the mystery series Supertrain. The story concerns a shady agent who becomes the prime target for murder. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Spider-Man Strikes Back

Actors: Nicholas Hammond

The Rockford Files: Three Day Affair With a Thirty Day Escrow

Synopsis: After being kidnapped and harrassed by the members of an Arab family, Jim (James Garner) tries to find out why his captors were so interested in his current client Sean Innes (Richard Romanus), who'd hired him to locate a woman named Khedra Azziz (Maria Grimm). It soon becomes clear that both Sean Read More

Deadly Dust

Synopsis: Deadly Dust began as the opening episode of the live-action TV series The Amazing Spider-Man. Nicholas Hammond stars as Peter Parker, who after being bitten by a radioactive spider is transformed into the web-slinging, wall-crawling Spider-Man (a character created for the Marvel Comics line by Stan Lee Read More

Every Girl Should Have One

Synopsis: A merry chase ensues when a diamond heist goes awry in this fast-paced comedy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

River of Promises

Synopsis: In this drama, a Mexican American police officer finds himself entangled with illegal aliens from Mexico who are desperate to stay in the US. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Perfect Gentlemen

Actors: Lauren Bacall, Sandy Dennis, Lisa Pelikan, Ruth Gordon

Synopsis: We're not sure who the gentlemen are in this TV movie adaptation of Nora Ephron's Perfect Gentlemen, but there's no doubt as to the identity of the ladies. The plot revolves around three convict's wives. Sandy Dennis owns a bankrupt deli; Lisa Pelikan is pregnant and broke; and Lauren Bacall (in Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Hot Ice, Cold Hearts

Synopsis: The fourth of the feature-length Quincy, M.E. episodes produced for the NBC Sunday Mystery Movie anthology takes place on the Fourth of July, as medical examiner Quincy (Jack Klugman) is relaxing on the beach with the girlfriend Lee (Lynette Mettey). Quincy's idyll is cut short when a seriously Read More

The Squeeze

Actors: Lee Van Cleef, Karen Black, Edward Albert, Lionel Stander, Robert Alda

Synopsis: In this crime drama a safe cracker comes out of retirement to pull off one last caper. The Germans behind the theft are planning to steal $1 million; unbeknownst to the safe cracker, they are also planning to kill him afterward. As soon as he finds out, he begins plotting his revenge. ~ Sandra Read More

Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Actors: Bruce Dern, Madeline Kahn, Art Carney, Phil Silvers, Ron Leibman

Synopsis: This spoof makes fun of a certain famous German shepherd movie star from the 1920s. The mayhem begins when the head honcho of a financially struggling studio turns a lost dog into a legend. The story features a number of old stars making cameo appearances. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

I Will, I Will for Now

Actors: Elliott Gould, Diane Keaton, Paul Sorvino, Victoria Principal, Robert Alda

Synopsis: Norman Panama directed and wrote (along with Albert E. Lewin) this mediocre piece of fluff about unhappily divorced marriage partners. Elliot Gould stars as Les Bingham, who takes umbrage that his ex-wife Katie (Diane Keaton) has a new love in life. What Les doesn't realize is that her new Read More

Love by Appointment

Synopsis: Ernest Borgnine and Robert Alda are the sole "name" actors in the Italian Love by Appointment. Ernie and Bob play a couple of oddball American businessmen who begin frequenting a busy suburban brothel. Spending more of their time enjoying the favors of the establishment's ladies and less on their Read More

Bittersweet Love

Actors: Lana Turner, Robert Lansing, Celeste Holm, Robert Alda, Scott Hylands

Synopsis: Michael and Patricia meet in an unusual way – while he is on a date and is trying to retrieve his date’s car keys from a fountain. When Michael’s date abandons him, he hangs out with Patricia and these two nice young people soon find themselves falling in love. They decide to wed and hold the Read More

The House of Exorcism

Synopsis: This Italian horror outing is made even more horrible by the fact that the first two thirds were originally a complete feature, Lisa and the Devil by Mario Bava and the last third was tacked on later to capitalize on the continued popularity of The Exorcist by producer Alfredo Leone thereby nearly Read More

Cagliostro

Actors: Bekim Fehmiu, Curd Jürgens, Rosanna Schiaffino, Evelyn Stewart, Massimo Girotti

Synopsis: This epic drama profiles the life of the 18th-century scientist Cagliostro (Bekim Fehmiu) who founded the mysterious Masons in Europe just prior to the French Revolution. He based the secret fraternal order on a philosophy comprised of his ideas on reincarnation, ESP, and alchemy. It was his Read More

Last Hours Before Morning

Synopsis: Prolific character actor Ed Lauter enjoys one of his few starring roles in this made-for-TV mystery yarn. Set in the 1940s, the film casts Lauter as Bud Delaney, a former policeman who was bounced from the force after being framed by a mysterious higher-up. As he tries to track down the person Read More

Kojak: No Immunity for Murder

Synopsis: The body of a murdered bookkeeper is found in a cheap motel, and a prostitute and her procurer are accused of the crime. Kojak doesn't buy this, deducing that the killing was done by a professional. Trouble is, he can't prove his theory so long as the FBI is also on the case, impeding Kojak's Read More

Night Flight from Moscow

Actors: Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Noiret

Synopsis: In this convoluted spy thriller, a Russian ambassador places his life on the line when he steals classified documents and defects to the U.S. The papers he carries could rock the free world. Unfortunately, the C.I.A. must first prove that they are real. The film is also known as The Serpent. Read More

Emergency!: Syndrome

Synopsis: The Rampart emergency staff must find bed space for its own members when Dr. Brackett (Robert Fuller) is trapped under a pile of fallen debris and Roy DeSoto (Kevin Tighe) comes down with tonsilitis--and even the station's doggie mascot Boot undergoes surgery. At the same time, famous actor Read More

Lisa and the Devil

Synopsis: In this chiller from Italian director Mario Bava, Elke Sommer stars as Lisa, a young tourist who keeps running into a strange bald man who carries around a mannequin. The bald man is Leandre (Telly Savalas), the butler at the estate of a blind Countess (Alida Valli) and her slightly off-kilter son Read More

Mission: Impossible: Flip Side

Actors: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Lesley Ann Warren, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Synopsis: In order to smash an international drug cartel, the IMF must stop the three men involving in an intricate smuggling route. Sal Mineo plays Mel Bracken, the Los Angeles distributor of the illicit drugs; Dana Elcaris seen as C.W. Cameron, the midwestern drug manufacturer; and Robert Alda rounds out Read More

The Girl Who Knew Too Much

Actors: Adam West, Nancy Kwan, Robert Alda, Nehemiah Persoff, David Brian

Synopsis: Johnny Cain (Adam West) is a suave, smooth talking nightclub owner who helps the CIA undermine a conspiracy between the communists and the underworld in this routine mystery. With tips from his piano-playing pal Lucky (Buddy Greco), he manages to stay one step ahead of the villains as he races Read More

Ironside: A Bullet for Mark

Synopsis: When Mark (Don Mitchell) is shot by an unknown assailant, it is first assumed that the bullet was intended for Ironside (Raymond Burr). When a second shooting proves that Mark was the intended target all along, Ironside tries to figure out who could possibly hate his assistant enough to kill him. Read More

Ironside: The Sacrifice

Synopsis: Ironside (Raymond Burr) comes to the aid of his old friend and comrade-in-arms Al Cervantes (Ricardo Montalban), a Mexican-American police detective accused of murdering an abortionist (which in 1968 was an illegal profession). Although the evidence against Cervantes seems overwhelming, Ironside Read More

All Woman

Synopsis: In this exploitational drama, a young composer finds himself involved with three women living in the apartment next door. One of the women is a widow haunted by dreams of her late husband. Another is a dancer who loves her partner whom she discovers is a homosexual. The third believes that she has Read More

Ironside: The Taker

Synopsis: Circumstantial evidence suggests that a murdered cop was supplementing his income as a blackmailer. Chief Ironside (Raymond Burr), an old friend of the dead man, is determined to prove otherwise. In the course of his investigation, Ironside reopens an unsolved homicide case in which the deceased Read More

Revenge of the Barbarians

Synopsis: In this sword-and-sandal epic, it is up to the plucky sister of a Roman emperor to figure out how to keep the barbarians from invading her land. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Lucy Show: Lucy Goes to Art Class

Actors: Robert Alda, John Carradine, Howard Caine

Synopsis: While strolling around an art store, Lucy (Lucille Ball) bumps into handsome John Brooks III (played by Robert Alda, the father of M*A*S*H star Alan Alda). Hoping to impress her new acquaintance, Lucy signs up for an art class that Brooks is taking. Unfortunately, Viv (Vivian Vance) has also set Read More

Il Sepolcro dei Re

Synopsis: This costume drama is set within the ancient courts of Egypt. It tells the story of Cleopatra's beautiful daughter who is slated to be buried alive in her husband's tomb. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Devil's Hand

Synopsis: A mystery woman leads an ordinary man down an evil path in this intriguing horror story. Rick Turner (Robert Alda) is a man haunted by a recurring dream in which a beautiful woman in a flowing white gown dances for him. The dream is robbing Rick of his sleep and driving a wedge between him and his Read More

La Vendetta Dei Barbari

Cleopatra's Daughter

Force of Impulse

Synopsis: In this socially conscious love story, a dull high school jock falls in love with a seductive young girl whose father disapproves of her seeing a man with a lower social station. He then forces her to date a boy from the upper class. To defy her father, she ends up staying out all night with the Read More

I Moschettieri del Mare

Synopsis: The Italian Musketeers of the Sea transports cast and crew to Maracaibo, then barely takes advantage of the attendant scenic wonders before settling into its creaky plot. The story has something to do with locating vast amounts of gold, and the greed and treachery resulting in the race for the Read More

Alfred Hitchcock Presents: The Morning After

Synopsis: The mother (Jeanette Nolan) of teenager Sharon Trotter (Dorothy Provine) is appalled by the fact that Sharon is having an affair with a much older married man, Ben Nelson (Robert Alda). Worse still, Ben has been stringing Sharon along, promising that he will get a divorce from his wife (Fay Wray) Read More

Imitation of Life

Actors: Lana Turner, John Gavin, Juanita Moore, Sandra Dee, Dan O'Herlihy, Robert Alda, Susan Kohner

Synopsis: This glamorized remake of the 1934 film Imitation of Life bears only a passing resemblance to its source, the best-selling novel by Fannie Hurst. Originally, the heroine was a widowed mother who kept the wolf from the door by setting up a successful pancake business with her black housemaid. In Read More

Saturday Color Carnival: Salute to Baseball

Actors: Gene Kelly, Robert Alda, Melvin Allen, Johnny Antonelli, Ernie Banks

Synopsis: Originally telecast live and in color, this NBC special would be especially valuable to see again, especially if one is a dyed-in-the-wool baseball fanatic. Emceed by Gene Kelly, the 90-minute extravaganza brings together dozens of special guests from Baseball and Showbiz to commemorate in song Read More

La Donna Piu Bella del Mondo

Actors: Gina Lollobrigida, Vittorio Gassman, Robert Alda, Tamara Lees, Gino Sinimberghi

Synopsis: In the last stages of his career, veteran American director Robert Z. Leonard dabbled in international productions. One of the best-distributed of these was the Gina Lollobrigida vehicle Beautiful But Dangerous. Lollobrigida is cast as Lina Cavaliari, an earthy Italian peasant who becomes a Read More

Assignment Abroad

Mystery and Espionage

Synopsis: This video features two television shows representative of '50s Cold War paranoia and xenophobia at its best. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Mr. Universe

Actors: Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Vince Edwards, Bert Lahr, Robert Alda

Synopsis: Yes, that's Vincent Edwards under that lavish blonde hairpiece in Eagle-Lion's Mr. Universe. An unsubtle lampoon of professional wrestling, the film top-bills Jack Carson as manager Jeff Clayton, who convinces bodybuilding contest winner Tommy Tomkins (Edwards) that "you gotta have a gimmick." Read More

Two Gals and a Guy

Actors: Robert Alda, Janis Paige, James Gleason, Lionel Stander, Arnold Stang

Synopsis: Two Gals and a Guy was a low-budget attempt to cash in on the "guests" of the Indians. These three bitter enemies must join forces to escape their captors and warn General Custer (James Millican) of the upcoming ambush at the Little Big Horn. Nominal leading lady Polly Bergen was "discovered" in Warpath Read More

Hollywood Varieties

Synopsis: Watch the antics of the comedy and musical flicks from the 1950s. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

Tarzan and the Slave Girl

Actors: Lex Barker, Vanessa Brown, Robert Alda, Denise Darcel, Hurd Hatfield

Synopsis: The people of a jungle village are suffering from a strange illness that is killing off the female population. The natives resort to kidnapping women from other regions -- including Jane (Vanessa Brown), the mate of Tarzan (Lex Barker). Never one to hold a grudge, Tarzan offers to deliver a serum Read More

Homicide

Actors: Robert Douglas, Helen Westcott, Robert Alda, Monte Blue, Warren Douglas

Synopsis: British actor Robert Douglas stars in the Warner Bros. crime melodrama Homicide. Douglas plays police lieutenant Michael Landers, whose suspicions are aroused when the only witness to an accidental killing is found dead, an apparent suicide. Though the case is officially closed, Landers Read More

April Showers

Actors: Jack Carson, Ann Sothern, Robert Alda, S.Z. Sakall, Robert Ellis

Synopsis: April Showers stars Jack Carson and Ann Sothern as a pair of small-time vaudevillians whose act gets nowhere until their young son (Robert Ellis) joins them. The threesome form a knockabout acrobatic turn which propels them into the big time. Jealous of his son's success, Carson takes to the Read More

Nora Prentiss

Actors: Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett, Robert Alda, Rosemary de Camp

Synopsis: In this slick melodrama, a sort of film-noir for women, a nightclub singer has an affair with an unhappily married San Francisco doctor. Though the physician desperately wants to leave his wife, he lacks the courage to ask for a divorce. In retaliation, the singer accepts an offer to move East and Read More

The Beast with Five Fingers

Actors: Robert Alda, Andrea King, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, J. Carrol Naish

Synopsis: This movie is an early horror film classic and certainly one that a well-rounded horror movie aficionado should not miss. An invalid concert pianist dies, leaving a will that does not include his personal secretary Hilary Cummins (Peter Lorre) as a beneficiary. Furious, the left-out yes-man cuts Read More

Cloak and Dagger

Actors: Gary Cooper, Lilli Palmer, Robert Alda, Vladimir Sokoloff, J. Edward Bromberg, Marjorie Hoshelle

Synopsis: Inspired by actual events, Cloak and Dagger was first major "atomic power" melodrama of the postwar era. Gary Cooper stars as bookish physics professor Alvah Jesper, a character obviously based on A-bomb codeveloper J. Robert Oppenheimer. Pressed into service by the OSS in the last months of WW2 Read More

Cinderella Jones

Actors: Joan Leslie, Robert Alda, S.Z. Sakall, Edward Everett Horton, Julie Bishop, Elisha Cook, Jr.

Synopsis: Busby Berkeley directed this lightweight musical comedy in which Judy Jones (Joan Leslie) is informed that she's due to receive a $10 million inheritance, but with one very large string attached: she has to marry an unusually intelligent man. With the call of her checking account ringing loudly in Read More

The Man I Love

Actors: Ida Lupino, Robert Alda, Andrea King, Martha Vickers, Bruce Bennett

Synopsis: Ida "Don't mess with me" Lupino takes a job as a singer in Robert Alda's seedy Santa Monica nitery. Lupino ignores Alda's advances to cultivate a romance with pianist Bruce Bennett. Alda uses his connections with the Mob to break up the relationship--and also, hopefully, to break up Bennett into Read More

Rhapsody in Blue

Actors: Robert Alda, Joan Leslie, Alexis Smith, Charles Coburn, Oscar Levant, Julie Bishop

Synopsis: There's slightly more fancy than fact in this lavish film biography of legendary American composer George Gershwin, but oh! That music! Director Irving Rapper had wanted Tyrone Power to play Gershwin, but Power was still serving in the Marines, so Rapper had to settle for Robert Alda--who isn't Read More