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Jason Robards

Jason Robards

American actor (1922-2000)
July 26, 1922 (December 26, 2000)
U.S. 2000. Psychological drama by Ian Barry with Jason Robards, Sherry Stringfield, Ashley Crow. A career woman is forced to return to live with her elderly father whose health is declining.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1999. Mores drama by Paul Thomas Anderson with John C. Reilly, Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore. Over the course of a day, various people in Los Angeles experience life-altering family or professional crises.
Runtime: 188 min.
Parental Guidance
U.S. 1998. Dramatic comedy by Lanny Cotler with Eddie Mills, Hilary Swank, Jason Robards. An idealistic young dropout sets out to save a sawmill, the only economic engine in his village, from bankruptcy.
Runtime: 92 min.
Aust. 1998. Comedy by Mario Andreacchio with Jamie Croft, Jason Robards, Deborra-Lee Funress. A loquacious parrot guides a kid to the place where a pirate has buried a treasure.
Runtime: 91 min.
U.S. 1998. Spy drama by Tony Scott with Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Jon Voight. A young lawyer becomes a National Security target when he is suspected of possessing a video incriminating a senior agency official.
Runtime: 139 min.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1995. Psychological drama by Tom McLoughlin with Jason Robards, Brenda Fricker, Meg Tilly.
Runtime: 96 min.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1994. Political drama by Jonathan Darby with Forest Whitaker, Sam Waterston, Dana Delany. A naval officer discovers that a military coup is being planned against the president of the United States.
Runtime: 86 min.
U.S. 1993. Court drama by Jonathan Demme with Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Mary Steenburgen. A lawyer is suing his former bosses who fired him after learning he was gay and had AIDS.
Runtime: 122 min.
U.S. 1993. Dramatic comedy by Michael Ray Rhodes with Noley Thornton, Jason Robards, Jane Seymour. A little orphan girl softens a grumpy grandfather and helps a young girl with a disability recover.
Runtime: 193 min.
G.-B. 1993. Drama by David Jones with Kyle MacLachlan, Jason Robards, Juliet Stevenson. A man under arrest can
Runtime: 118 min.
U.S. 1992. Adventures by Stephen Sommers with Elijah Wood, Courtney B. Vance, Robbie Coltrane. A mischievous and reckless young orphan and a runaway Black slave have various adventures together.
Runtime: 107 min.
U.S. 1991. Biography by Daniel Petrie with Jason Robards, Amy Stewart, Talia Shire. In 1908, back from England, a seventy-two-year old writer becomes deeply involved with an eleven-year old girl.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1991. Drama by Jack Bender with Lukas Haas, Campbell Scott, Jason Robards. During the American Civil War, a young Southern boy searches for his brother who is being treated in a Northern hospital.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1991. Mores drama by Larry Elikann with Jason Robards, Jill Eikenberry, Rebecca De Mornay. A waitress becomes the mistress of a millionaire who is working to hide a murder.
Runtime: 182 min.
U.S. 1991. Crime drama by Mark Frost with James Spader, Joanne Whalley, Jason Robards. Heir to a powerful family, an ambitious young lawyer takes up the defense of a Vietnamese woman accused of murdering her father.
Runtime: 113 min.
G.-B. 1989. Crime drama by Mike Hodges with Rosanna Arquette, Jason Robards, Tom Hulce. After predicting a murder, a young psychic becomes the target of the murderer who fears that she may unmask him.
Runtime: 103 min.
Fr. 1989. Psychological drama by Jerry Schatzberg with Jason Robards, Christian Anholt, Samuel West. Exiled to the United States since 1933, a Jewish man returns to his native Germany and recalls his adolescence during the rise of Nazism.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1988. Social drama by David Greene with Kirk Douglas, Jason Robards, Darren McGavin. In 1925, a teacher is prosecuted for teaching Darwin's theory in class.
U.S. 1988. Psychological drama by Leonard Nimoy with Diane Keaton, Liam Neeson, Jason Robards. A young independent woman is sued by her ex-husband for custody of their daughter.
Runtime: 104 min.
U.S. 1988. Sentimental comedy by David Hugh Jones with Jason Robards, Julie Harris, Don Francks. Through a specialized agency, a retired widower invites a lady to spend Christmas with him.
Runtime: 73 min.
U.S. 1988. Fantasy comedy by Marc Rocco with Corey Feldman, Jason Robards, Meredith Salenger. After his spirit is transferred into the body of a teenager following an accident, an elderly man courts a pretty young girl.
Runtime: 114 min.
U.S. 1987. Crime drama by Simon Langton with Harry Hamlin, Jason Robards, Rip Torn. Back in his small hometown, a police officer investigates a murder case that stirs up old memories.
U.S. 1987. Sentimental drama by John Wilder with Jason Robards, Eva Marie Saint, Doug McKeon. A young boy leaves the family farm to attend college, unaware that his mother has leukemia.
U.S. 1986. Psychological drama by Daniel Petrie with Winona Ryder, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander. Raised by her grandfather, a teenager reconnects with her mother who abandoned her at a young age.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1986. Psychological drama by Daniel Petrie with Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Winona Ryder. After leaving her grandfather's farm to join her mother, a young teenager is has trouble adjusting to her new life.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1986. Social drama by Claudia Weill with Jason Robards, Colleen Dewhurst, Suzanna Hamilton. A young English person's illusions are severely tested when she immigrates to the United States after marrying an American soldier.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1986. Drama by Simon Wincer with Linda Evans, Jack Thompson, Jason Robards. An American sets out to run her late husband's ranch in Australia despite the hostility of a wealthy neighbour.
Runtime: 180 min.
U.S. 1985. Psychological drama by Stuart Cooper with Don Johnson, Jason Robards, Judith Ivey. A bold young man enlists with a tyrannical planter in the American South.
Runtime: 193 min.
U.S. 1985. Crime drama by John Erman with Jason Robards, James Earl Jones, Rip Torn. The circumstances surrounding the arrest and trial of the killer of several Black children in Atlanta in the early 1980s.
Runtime: 245 min.
G.-B. 1984. Biography by Jack Gold with Jason Robards, Glenda Jackson, Paul Freeman. The life of famous Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov.
Runtime: 113 min.
U.S. 1983. Fantasy by Jack Clayton with Jason Robards, Vidal Peterson, Shawn Carson. Two adventurous young boys investigate the true nature of the attractions offered by strange, sinister-looking carnies.
Runtime: 94 min.
U.S. 1983. Comedy by Herbert Ross with Marsha Mason, Jason Robards, Donald Sutherland. A Californian woman, who lives alone with her teenage son, sees her life transformed by the return of her father, who has been absent for nearly thirty years.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1983. Drama by Nicholas Meyer with Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, John Cullum. The aftermath of a nuclear attack on an American city.
Runtime: 127 min.
U.S. 1981. Western by William A. Fraker with Klinton Spilsbury, Michael Horse, Christopher Lloyd. After his brother is killed by criminals, a young lawyer decides to become a masked vigilante.
Runtime: 98 min.
U.S. 1980. Psychological drama by Michael Tuchner with Lee Remick, Jason Robards, Deborah Raffin.
Runtime: 200 min.
G.-B. 1980. Science-fiction by Jerry Jameson with Richard Jordan, Jason Robards, David Selby.
Runtime: 112 min.
U.S. 1980. Dramatic comedy by Jonathan Demme with Paul Le Mat, Mary Steenburgen, Jason Robards.
Runtime: 93 min.
U.S. 1979. Drama by Jan Troell with Mia Farrow, Dayton Ka'Ne, Jason Robards.
Runtime: 119 min.

Cabo Blanco

V.O.: Caboblanco
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1978. Drama by George Englund with Jason Robards, Eva Marie Saint, Joanne Woodward. A young boy has to go and live with his grandparents who are not too thrilled to welcome him.
Runtime: 100 min.
U.S. 1978. Western by Alan J. Pakula with James Caan, Jane Fonda, Jason Robards.
Runtime: 118 min.
U.S. 1977. Psychological drama by Fred Zinnemann with Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards. Shortly before World War II, an American playwright reunites with an idealistic childhood friend in Germany who was involved in the anti-Nazi resistance.
Runtime: 116 min.
U.S. 1976. Political drama by Alan J. Pakula with Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jason Robards. The investigation by Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward into the background of the Watergate affair.
Runtime: 137 min.
U.S. 1975. Science-fiction by L.Q. Jones with Don Johnson, Susanne Benton, Jason Robards. In 2024, after the Fourth World War, a young man is drawn into an underground world where a society of survivors has formed.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 1975. Drama by Paul Bogart with Jason Robards, Mildred Natwick, Lisa Lucas. In a small Nebraska town, a famous actress who has come to sell her family's house changes her plans when she comes into contact with local teenagers.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1974. Fantasy comedy by Pancho Kohner with Jason Robards, Sandy Dennis, Jean Simmons. A postal carrier seeks to escape his daily worries by turning himself into a tree.
Runtime: 87 min.
U.S. 1973. Western by Sam Peckinpah with James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Bob Dylan. The end of the famous outlaw Billy the Kid, pursued by his old friend, Sheriff Pat Garrett.
Runtime: 106 min.

The Spy Who Never Was

V.O.: Tod eines Fremden
All. 1972. Spy drama by Reza Badiyi with Hardy Krüger, Gila Almagor, Jason Robards.
Runtime: 89 min.
U.S. 1972. Sentimental comedy by Melville Shavelson with Jack Lemmon, Barbara Harris, Jason Robards. A comedian who professes misogyny falls in love with a charming divorcee.
Runtime: 105 min.
U.S. 1972. Dramatic comedy by Paul Bogart with Jason Robards, Mildred Natwick, Lisa Lucas. Embittered by the death of his wife, a Nebraska farmer raises his daughter with austerity.
Runtime: 75 min.
U.S. 1971. Social drama by Dalton Trumbo with Timothy Bottoms, Jason Robards, Diane Varsi. A soldier whose arms, legs and face were lost due to a bomb is kept alive in a military hospital.
Runtime: 111 min.
G.-B. 1971. Horror by Gordon Hessler with Jason Robards, Christine Kaufmann, Herbert Lom. In Paris, murders occur in a theater specializing in horror shows.
Runtime: 86 min.
G.-B. 1970. History by Stuart Burge with Charlton Heston, Jason Robards, Richard Johnson. After participating in the assassination of Caesar, Brutus must confront Mark Antony and Octavian.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 1970. Sentimental drama by Tom Gries with Jason Robards, Katharine Ross, Scott Hylands. A middle-aged actor falls in love with a young woman who is getting a divorce.
Runtime: 97 min.

Operation S.N.A.F.U.

V.O.: Rosolino Paternò, soldato...
It. 1969. Comedy by Nanni Loy with Nino Manfredi, Jason Robards, Peter Falk. An Italian prisoner of war serves as a guide for American soldiers on a mission behind enemy lines.
Runtime: 95 min.
U.S. 1969. Western by Sam Peckinpah with Jason Robards, Stella Stevens, David Warner. Abandoned in the middle of the desert, a man turns a spring into a stagecoach stop.
Runtime: 121 min.
U.S. 1968. Musical by William Friedkin with Jason Robards, Britt Ekland, Norman Wisdom. A young girl goes to New York to work as a music hall dancer.
Runtime: 100 min.

Once Upon a Time In the West

V.O.: C'era una Volta il West
It. 1968. Western by Sergio Leone with Charles Bronson, Henry Fonda, Claudia Cardinale. A stranger with a mysterious past becomes the protector of a woman threatened by bandits.
Runtime: 140 min.
G.-B. 1968. Biography by Karel Reisz with Vanessa Redgrave, Jason Robards, James Fox. The passionate life of dancer Isadora Duncan.
Runtime: 138 min.
U.S. 1967. Drama by Roger Corman with Jason Robards, George Segal, Ralph Meeker. In Chicago, the rivalry between two criminal gangs leads to killings.
Runtime: 90 min.
U.S. 1967. Western by John Sturges with James Garner, Jason Robards, Robert Ryan. Sheriff Wyatt Earp and his brothers are battling a group of outlaws.
Runtime: 101 min.
U.S. 1967. Comedy by Bud Yorkin with Dick Van Dyke, Debbie Reynolds, Jason Robards. After a brief falling out, a young woman returns to her husband.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1966. Comedy by Robert Ellis Miller with Jason Robards, Jane Fonda, Dean Jones. A married business person meets a young mistress every Wednesday night.
Runtime: 109 min.
U.S. 1966. Comedy by Fielder Cook with Joanne Woodward, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards. At the Dodge City Hotel, a poker game between five rich westerners takes a surprising turn.
Runtime: 1966
U.S. 1965. Comedy by Fred Coe with Jason Robards, Barbara Harris, Barry Gordon. A social worker falls in love with a charming bohemian.
Runtime: 117 min.
U.S. 1963. Biography by Dore Schary with George Hamilton, Jason Robards, Jack Klugman. During the 1920s, a young playwright manages to make a name for himself in the entertainment world.
Runtime: 110 min.
U.S. 1962. Psychological drama by Sidney Lumet with Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards. The story of a family where each member, sick or unbalanced, is a burden for the others.
Runtime: 174 min.
U.S. 1961. Psychological drama by Henry King with Jennifer Jones, Jason Robards, Joan Fontaine. A psychiatrist falls in love with a millionaire patient and marries her.
Runtime: 146 min.
U.S. 1961. Drama by John Sturges with Efrem Zimbalist, Lana Turner, George Hamilton. A lawyer?s middle-class life is disrupted by various events.
Runtime: 115 min.
U.S. 1959. Drama by Anatole Litvak with Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Jason Robards. The hard trek of various people trying to get out of Hungary during the revolt.
Runtime: 123 min.

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