Robert L. Joseph
Robert L. Joseph was an American theatre producer, playwright, and screenwriter. His Broadway credits included revivals of King Lear, Major Barbara, and Heartbreak Hotel.
Works
The Female Instinct
A spinster and her widowed sister, both authors of murder mystery novels, try to track down the killer of a former movie star.
Release Date1972-12-18
Charactersd Ice Cream Man
World War III
When starving mobs begin rioting in the streets of Moscow, Soviet leaders believe they have no recourse but to seize the Alaskan pipeline to force the United States to end the grain embargo that has brought turmoil to the U.S.S.R.
Release Date1982-01-31
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count15
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
When mobster James Moretti is about to be indicted, one of his people thinks he can get to Adam J. Warner, the Vice President to stop it. So he arranges for lawyer Jennifer Parker to get a job at a prestigious law firm. He knows Parker had an affair with Warner and Warner is the father of her son. When she meets him, she has nothing but contempt for him because his brother tried to kill her. Moretti thinks that Parker owes him, so he tells her to tell Warner to stop the indictment. Parker reconnects with Warner much to the consternation of his wife.
Release Date1986-11-02
DepartmentProduction
JobSupervising Producer
Episode Count2
Vote Count3
Rage of Angels
A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless attorney to get his client off. She is fired and almost disbarred, but fights back to become a top attorney, torn between two lovers.
Release Date1983-02-20
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count5
The Sun Also Rises
Adaptation of the novel by Ernest Hemingway.
Release Date1984-12-09
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count2
Vote Count2
The Word
A document is discovered that appears to be an ancient eyewitness account of the life of Jesus Christ. A public relations executive is hired to publicize this document as a new version of the Bible, but he finds himself enmeshed in controversy and intrigue.
Release Date1978-11-12
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count4
Vote Count3
The Hitch-Hiker
Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.
Release Date1953-03-30
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count193
Five Minutes to Live
A guitar playing killer terrorizes a housewife while his partner robs the bank where her husband works.
Release Date1961-12-07
DepartmentWriting
JobAdaptation
Vote Count22
No Man Is an Island
The true story of George Tweed, an American sailor who became the only serviceman on the island of Guam to avoid capture by the Japanese during the early years of World War II.
Release Date1962-09-20
DepartmentCrew
JobSpecial Effects
Vote Count9
SST: Death Flight
On its maiden flight, the crew of America's first supersonic transport learns that it may not be able to land, due to an act of sabotage and a deadly flu onboard.
Release Date1977-02-25
DepartmentWriting
JobTeleplay
Vote Count8
The Third Secret
A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as this would go against all of the principles her father stood for, therefore she is convinced it was murder. She enlists the help of a former patient to try to get to the truth. However, the truth turns out to be both surprising and disturbing.
Release Date1964-02-02
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count27
Jack of Diamonds
The protégé of a famous cat burglar reluctantly agrees to join forces with a lesser criminal in the daring heist of several famous jewels from a seemingly impenetrable vault.
Release Date1967-11-10
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count5
Rage of Angels
Based on Sidney Sheldon's novel. A young assistant district attorney is used by a ruthless attorney to get his client off. She is fired and almost disbarred but fights back to become a top attorney, torn between two lovers: Morell and a married lawyer with political aspirations.
Release Date1983-02-19
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count1
Gunsmoke in Tucson
As young boys, two brothers, Jed (AKA: Chip) and John, witness their father being hung by a vigilante gang. Chip, angry and bitter, grows up to be an outlaw and leader of the feared Blue Chip Gang. John goes the other way and becomes a U.S. Marshal. Two brothers on opposite sides of the law, destined to become embroiled in an Arizona range war between cattlemen and farmers.
Release Date1958-12-07
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count2
Echoes of a Summer
A young girl with a terminal heart condition plans to celebrate her 12th birthday on one last summer holiday with her parents in Nova Scotia.
Release Date1976-02-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count8
Companions in Nightmare
One of the patients in a group-therapy session conducted by a famous psychiatrist is a murderer.
Release Date1968-11-23
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count3
Dr. Max
A small-town doctor neglects his family to look after his patients.
Release Date1974-04-04
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Rage of Angels: The Story Continues
Jennifer's life changes when Warner, now Vice President of the United States, decides to see her and her son, Joshua. At the same time, Jennifer is unaware that James Moretti, an underworld figure, holds her responsible for the death of his brother. Moretti determines to blackmail her and Warner into halting a Justice Department indictment against another underworld figure. Further complicating Jennifer's life is her mother, who abandoning her as a child, reappears with a new identity, Marchesa Allabrandi.
Release Date1986-11-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count4
Asylum for a Spy
A spy wants to "come in from the cold" since his last assignment resulted in the death of two innocent people. But the service cannot let a man quit.
Release Date1965-04-02
DepartmentWriting
JobTeleplay
Sworn to Silence
A lawyer who is defending an accused murderer, is told by his client the whereabouts of the bodies. However, being his lawyer, he is unable to reveal this information.
Release Date1987-04-06
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count2
Close-Up
A photographer accidentally photographs a Nazi war criminal on the streets of New York and becomes a target for reprisals and murder.
Release Date1948-06-09
DepartmentProduction
JobAssociate Producer
Vote Count2
Strategy of Terror
A reporter and a New York City cop team up to find out who is trying to assassinate a UN leader. Film was a re-edit of two Kraft Suspense Theatre episodes.
Release Date1969-01-01
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter