Robert Anderson
5 titles
Filmography
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White Shadows in the South Seas
(1928)Filmed on location in Tahiti, this unique drama combining documentary sensibilities with grand Hollywood storytelling explores the tolls that Western "civilization"--drugs, alcohol, prostitution--take on the natives of a Polynesian island. Matthew Lloyd (Monte Blue) has drifted away from a respectable career as a physician and lives a mediocre existence on a Polynesian island where pearl trader Sebastian (Robert Anderson) and his associates recklessly exploit the natives who work for them as divers. After falling in love with a native girl (Raquel Torres) and witnessing the appalling consequences of modern life on the local population, Matthew vehemently condemns Sebastian's greed and ruthlessness but meets serious opposition. The film is one of the first to use sound. It won an Academy Award for Best Cinematography. Based on the novel by Frederick O'Brien.

The Gambler Wore a Gun
(1961)
Stagecoach to Dancers' Rock
(1962)A lone stagecoach departs civilization on its way to the frontier outpost of Dancers' Rock. What is already a dangerous and fraught journey takes a turn for the worse when a passenger develops the first symptoms of smallpox. Terrified of the infectious disease, the driver abandons the seemingly infected passenger in the desert along with the other five passengers whose fates may already be sealed.
The Court of Last Resort
The Court of Last Resort was founded by Erle Stanley Gardner in the 1950s. The team sought to reveal whether someone already found guilty might really be innocent. The show dramatized the original crime then followed the investigation. Actual cases were used.

Half Dead Fred
(2023)A private eye who can see the dead investigates a mysterious murder at a house in Flint, Michigan that holds clues to a hidden treasure trove.