Benton, Robert

Bonnie and Clyde by Arthur Penn ( Visual )
90 editions published between 1967 and 2013 in 9 languages and held by 3,588 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, who robbed banks across the country during the Depression era

Kramer vs. Kramer by Robert Benton ( Visual )
53 editions published between 1979 and 2012 in 5 languages and held by 2,439 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When his wife walks out, Ted Kramer and his six-year-old son have a chance to really get to know each other. Then Ted's wife returns and she wants her son back

Places in the heart ( Visual )
13 editions published between 1984 and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 1,092 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
It's the 1930's in Waxahachie, Texas. Against this Depression-torn background unforgettable characters meet and collide. Its emotionally gripping story centers around Edna Spalding and her unending struggle against extraordinary hardships

The human stain by Robert Benton ( Visual )
29 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,086 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Coleman Silk is a respected professor at a New England college who suddenly finds his life unraveling after a comment he makes about some African-American students is misinterpreted as a racial slur. As the scandal heats up, Nathan Zuckerman, a writer researching a biography of Silk, begins to dig deeply into Silk's life. Eventually, matters are made worse when Coleman's affair with a young married janitor named Faunia Farley is exposed. But amid the controversy, Silk must struggle to keep his greatest secret, a secret he's held for the majority of his life, from becoming made public

Nobody's fool ( Visual )
22 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 1,070 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this affectionate story of small town life in upstate New York, Sully, a fitfully employed 60-year-old construction worker, is a cheerful curmudgeon who has made a lifetime of bad decisions. He unexpectedly has a chance to make right some of them when his estranged son and grandson drop back into his life

What's up, doc? by Peter Bogdanovich ( Visual )
15 editions published between 1972 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 1,011 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Four red plaid traveling cases-- one of each belonging to a befuddled Iowa musicologist, a strange but bright young woman, a rich matron and a suspicious fellow-- are mixed up at a San Francisco hotel, with hilarious results

Feast of love by Robert Benton ( Visual )
20 editions published between 2007 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 836 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Bradley is the owner of a coffee shop in Oregon. He thinks his marriage is idyllic, that is until his wife, Kathryn, leaves him for another woman. One of Bradley's baristas falls head over heels for a girl who comes looking for a job, but his abusive father spells trouble for the relationship. Finally, a professor and his wife struggle to find purpose in life in the aftermath of a personal tragedy

The ice harvest by Harold Ramis ( Visual )
10 editions published between 2005 and 2007 in English and French and held by 699 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Wichita, Kansas, 24 décembre. Il se pourrait bien que cette année, Charlie Arglist ait une vraie raison de faire la fête. Il vient en effet de subtiliser avec son associé la coquette somme de 2 millions de dollars à un caïd de Kansas City. Mais si voler la Mafia était aussi simple, ça se saurait

Goodnight Little Bear by Robert Benton ( Visual )
16 editions published between 1997 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 621 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Harry Ross is a burned-out private eye who's plunged into a murder mystery tied to a long-unsolved case of Hollywood dreams, schemes and cover-ups

Billy Bathgate by Robert Benton ( Visual )
32 editions published between 1991 and 2012 in 7 languages and held by 448 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Two-time Academy Award winner Dustin Hoffman stars in the action-packed gangster epic detailing the rise and fall of notorious mobster Dutch Schultz as seen through the eyes of his young protege, Billy Bathgate. Billy, an ambitious streetwise kid seduced by the power, money and glamour of crime, soon begins to seriously question if his passport to the good life is going to come from the fiery Dutch and his gang!