
March 16, 1908 · 118 years old
Robert Rossen (March 16, 1908 – February 18, 1966) was an American screenwriter, film director, and producer whose film career spanned almost three decades. His 1949 film All the King's Men won Oscars for Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress, while Rossen was nominated for an Oscar as Best Directo…

An up-and-coming pool player plays a long-time champion in a single high-stakes match.

The rise and fall of a grass-roots rural politician who eventually becomes mired in the sort of political corruption he vehemently railed against on his way to the governor's mansion.

Three men attempt to make a living in Prohibitionist America after returning home from fighting together in World War I.

A talented boxer's young career hits difficult terrain when an unethical promoter takes interest in him.

After being fished out of the sea by a sailing ship, three fugitives find themselves prisoners of the ship's brutal skipper who refuses to put them ashore, and they hatch an escape plan during a crew mutiny.

Philip of Macedonia's son wants to rule the fourth-century B.C. world.

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

Treasury Department agent Frank Warren takes on the case of a mob leader who has evaded paying taxes on his ill-gotten gains.

Joe Bell, wrongly imprisoned for burglary, gets released to a prison farm. His romance with the foreman's daughter leads to the foreman's accidental death. Fearing disbelief, Bell flees with the daughter, Mabel.