Robert D. Webb - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

by Bruce Eder biography

A cursory glance at this American director's films and their critical reception yields such descriptions as "programmer mystery yarn," "passable war actioner," "pat western film," "average spectacle adventure", etc., but Robert D. Webb's place in history is assured due to the fact that he directed the first Elvis Presley film Love Me Tender (1956). He also directed one of the first CinemaScope movies, Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953). The cast lists for Webb's films read like a Who's Who of Hollywood in the '50s: Jeffrey Hunter (several collaborations), Richard Conte, Victor Mature, Robert Wagner, Debra Paget, Terry Moore, Hugh O'Brian, Richard Egan, Guy Madison, Michael Rennie, John Hodiak, Robert Ryan, Virginia Mayo, Sheree North, Alan Ladd, Jeanne Crain, Frankie Avalon, etc.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
A Little of What You Fancy Director	1968
The Cape Town Affair Director, Producer	1967
The Jackals Director, Producer	1967
Pirates of Tortuga Director	1961
Seven Women from Hell Director	1961
Guns of the Timberlands Director	1960
The Way to the Gold Director	1957
Love Me Tender Director	1956
On the Threshold of Space Director	1956
The Proud Ones Director	1956
Seven Cities of Gold Director, Producer	1955
White Feather Director	1955
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef Director	1953
The Glory Brigade Director	1953
The Caribbean Mystery Director	1945
The Spider Director	1945

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