Robert L. Collins

Director

June 1, 1930 (81 years)

† October 21, 2011

USA

Biography

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Filmography

5.2

Prime Target

A homicide detective assigned to investigate the serial killings of New York policewomen begins to suspect that the serial killer might be a fellow police officer.

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Johnny Ryan

An honest, hard-working cop has to go up against the mob in 1949 New York City.

6.4

Gideon's Trumpet

True story of Clarence Gideon's fight to be appointed counsel at the expense of the state. This landmark case led to the Supreme Court's decision which extended this right to all criminal defendants.

5.4

Walk Proud

Emilio Mendez is a 17-year-old Chicano man in California comes to realize that the gang life is not what he really wants but doesn't know how to get out. Robby Benson plays a young gang member in Los Angeles who begins to question himself when Mendez meets and starts to fall for a White girl who encourages him to try and leave. Emilio, with great pride in his Native Mexican heritage, suffers a further identity crisis upon meeting his father, a European-American who got his Brown mother pregnant when she was just 16.

5.9

Savage Harvest

A family in Africa is besieged by a group of lions, driven to desperation by the drought.

N/A

J. Edgar Hoover

He battled the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, encouraged McCarthy and single-handedly changed the course of history. Hired by F.D.R. to be the director of the FBI, Hoover erected the most sophisticated investigatory agency in the world.

4.4

Money on the Side

Three middle-class housewives who are having money problems join a prostitution ring.

10.0

Mafia Princess

Looks at the life of mafia boss Salvatore Giancana. Especially his troubled relationship with his family.

4.6

In the Arms of a Killer

A young detective falls in love with a witness in a murder case and suddenly becomes a suspect herself.

9.0

Serpico: The Deadly Game

This pilot film for the TV series is the story of Officer Frank Serpico, a New York City cop who fought crime in the city and corruption in the police department.

9.0

Our Family Business

A syndicate mob boss doesn't realize that his eldest son, Gep, has been informing to the police on the family's dealings in exchange for protection, while Gep's younger brother, Phil, a bank vice president, tries to separate himself from the family's business.

9.0

The Hijacking of the Achille Lauro

The story of the hijacking of the Itallian liner Achille Lauro by four militants of the Palestine Liberation Front, in 1985, who demanded the release of several Palestinians incarcerated in Israeli prisoners. On their hands, lies the fate of several passengers, many Americans included and among them, Jewish American businessman Leon Klinghoffer.

7.0

The Life and Assassination of the Kingfish

A dramatization of the events leading up to the 1935 assassination of Huey Long, the flamboyant and controversial governor of Louisiana.

8.0

Dark Horse

Nick Fox and his friend Mac, a photographer, are contacted by a mother who's son is recruited by a training camp in South America.

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