Actor Robert Shaw (1927)

Jaws (1975), an American thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and adapted from the 1974 novel by Peter Benchley, tells the story of a New England beach town called Amity Island. During a late-night beach party, a young woman decides to go for a swim in the ocean but is viciously attacked and pulled underwater by an unseen force. Tragically, her remains are discovered on the shore the next morning. The medical examiner determines it to be a shark attack, prompting newly hired police chief Martin Brody to close the beaches. However, Mayor Larry Vaughn urges him to ...

The film The Sting (1973) takes place in September of 1936, during the Great Depression. It follows two skilled con artists as they attempt to swindle a mob boss. Their first scam in Joliet, Illinois brings in $11,000, but Hooker’s luck turns when he loses his share in a rigged roulette game. His partner Luther, on the other hand, decides to retire after their big score. Before leaving, he advises Hooker to seek out his old acquaintance Henry Gondorff in Chicago for ‘the big con’. However, their victim turns out to be working for corrupt police officer William Snyder and notorious gangster Doyle Lonnegan. After Luther and the victim are murdered by ...

Directed by Clive Donner, the British drama film The Caretaker (1963) stars Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence and Robert Shaw. This acclaimed film is an adaptation of the Harold Pinter play of the same name and earned the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at the 13th Berlin International Film Festival. Aston, a reserved man who lives alone in a cluttered top-floor room of a rundown house in a poor London neighborhood, strikes up a friendship with Mac Davies, an old derelict who ...

The spy film, From Russia with Love (1963), is the second in the James Bond series created by Eon Productions. This movie features Sean Connery as MI6 agent 007, a role he previously played in Dr. No. Seeking revenge for the death of their agent in Jamaica, SPECTRE, an international criminal organization, hatches a plan to lure Bond into a trap by promising him access to a Lektor cryptography device from the Soviet Union’s consulate in Istanbul. The mastermind behind this scheme is Czechoslovak chess grandmaster Kronsteen and SPECTRE operative Rosa Klebb is appointed to oversee the mission. She ...