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Mark Robson

Mark Robson

Director, producer and editor, also writer · Died June 20, 1978, aged 64 · Montréal, Québec, Canada

Mark Robson (4 December 1913 – 20 June 1978) was a Canadian-born film editor, film director and producer in Hollywood. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Robson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 4, 1913
Died
June 20, 1978 (aged 64)
From
Montréal, Québec, Canada
Works as
Director, producer and editor, also writer
Titles
31 on MovieCove · 42 credits in all
TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 2% in 30 days

What are Mark Robson's films like?

Across their 31 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 31 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 4 · Serious 9 · Dark 18

A split, not a type: Grounded 15 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 2

Gentle 0 · Charged 16 · Intense 15

Steady 11 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 1

Straight-faced 27 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 2

Slow burn 15 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 0

Casual 6 · Engaged 23 · Full focus 2

Easy watch 5 · Affecting 16 · Heavy 10

Resolved 24 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
24
Melancholic
18
Dread
10
Bittersweet
6
Thrilling
5
Other
15

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet21
  • Tragic3
  • Ambiguous3

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Mark Robson's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 31 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (3).

Subscription and free streaming for Mark Robson's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

42 credits, 31 with a MovieCove page.

  • Avalanche Express(1979)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
  • Earthquake(1974)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films
  • Limbo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    Director

  • Happy Birthday, Wanda June(1971)

    Director · Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
  • Daddy's Gone A-Hunting(1969)

    Director · Producer · as (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
  • Valley of the Dolls(1967)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films
  • Jacqueline Susann and the Valley of the Dolls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1967)

    Actor

  • Lost Command(1966)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • Von Ryan's Express(1965)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films
  • The Prize(1963)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 75th percentile of all films
  • Nine Hours to Rama(1963)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • The Inspector (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Executive Producer

  • From the Terrace(1960)

    Director · Producer

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • Peyton Place(1957)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
  • The Little Hut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Director · Producer

  • The Harder They Fall(1956)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films
  • A Prize of Gold(1955)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
  • Trial(1955)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
  • Phffft(1954)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
  • Hell Below Zero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    Director

  • Return to Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    Director · Producer

  • I Want You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    Director

  • Bright Victory(1951)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Edge of Doom(1950)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
  • My Foolish Heart(1949)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Home of the Brave(1949)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
  • Roughshod (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Director

  • Champion(1949)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • Bedlam(1946)

    Director · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
  • Isle of the Dead(1945)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Youth Runs Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Director

  • The Ghost Ship (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Director

  • The Seventh Victim(1943)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
  • The Leopard Man(1943)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
  • Journey Into Fear(1943)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
  • Cat People(1942)

    Editor

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
  • Mail Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Editor

  • The Magnificent Ambersons(1942)

    Additional Editing · Editor

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

Career shape

A full career of 42 titles from 1942 to 1979.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 42: 1 only acting, 1 with another roleDirecting33 of 42: 22 only directing, 11 with another role · typical Midcredits score69thWriting1 of 42: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing11 of 42: 1 only producing, 10 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thEditing6 of 42: 6 only editing, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score71stOther crew1 of 42: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

42 titles, 11 with more than one role — directing and producing overlap on 10 of them.

By decade

1940s15 · crew1950s14 · crew1960s9 · 2 acting · 8 crew1970s4 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Mark Robson's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of all 31; across their 31 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 68th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Reach · how many have seen their films

66thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 31

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up11
  • 50th to 74th15
  • 25th to 49th4
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 31 titles divides audiences: 23 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser23
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed3

Reviewers score the atmosphere 71/100 and the pacing 48/100 in their films, across 31 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Mark Robson's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and sex & nudity run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore6 titles13–54 · median 34 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles9–41 · median 20 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity4 titlesmedian 26 · mildMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs6 titles16–49 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles22–54 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Mark Robson work with?

People who share at least 2 of Mark Robson's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dorothy Spencer shares the most, 7.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles