Wilcox, Robert 1910-1955

Overview

Works:	18 works in 23 publications in 2 languages and 125 library holdings
Roles:	Actor
Classifications:	pn1997.85.h6, 791.43

Publication Timeline

1930 |

|2010

Key

Publications about Robert Wilcox

Publications by Robert Wilcox

Publications by Robert Wilcox, published posthumously.

Most widely held works by Robert Wilcox

The black room the man they could not hang ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 40 libraries worldwide
The black room: Murder and betrayal have darkened the once noble house of Berghman. Count Gregor is a degenerate killer who lures innocent victims into the castle's chamber of horrors. According to prophecy, Gregor is to be murdered by his brother. When his brother is summoned to the castle, they become locked in a terrifying struggle to the death.

The man they could not hang ( Visual )
5 editions published between 1984 and 1997 in English and held by 28 libraries worldwide
Doctor Savaard kills a student in order to test a mechanical heart designed to restore life to the dead. He is caught, prosecuted and hanged by the authorities. Savaard's assistant then restores his body. Savaard, however, returns as a maddened killer who takes vengeance against six jurors who sentenced him to death.

Mysterious Doctor Satan ( Visual )
2 editions published in 1988 in English and held by 21 libraries worldwide
A criminal mastermind plans to enslave the world with an army of remote-controlled robots.

Classic film noir. Vol. 2 ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 12 libraries worldwide
Collection of nine film noir movies.

Buried alive I bury the living ( Visual )
in English and held by 4 libraries worldwide
Buried alive: A man is left fighting for his life when he is falsely accused of a crime and sent to prison. When he finds out the reason why he is being held, the prison nurse becomes his only ally.

Prison break classics ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 3 libraries worldwide
A compilation of 12 prison break films originally released between 1932 and 1942.

The ultimate film noir collection. Darkest betrayal, Vol. 6 ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
(Port of New York) A drug smuggler who sets up shop in a yacht club in the port of New York. (Suddenly) A tranquil town is the scene of the idyllic courtship between the sheriff and pacifist widow Benson - until the President's motorcade passes through and the widow's home becomes the hidout for a hired assassin. (Buried alive) A bar-room brawl leads one man down a slippery slope of crime, where innocence and guilt quickly become intertwined.

Prison break classics. Disc 3 ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2006 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Mutiny In The Big House: Contrasts the efforts of two criminals, one is repentant while the other is hardened by the time served. Boy's Reformatory: A young man is falsely convicted of a robbery he didn't commit by corrupt officials of the law. Buried Alive: After a man is involved in a bar room brawl, he becomes intertwined in a world where innocense and guilt merge together. Prison Shadows: A boxer is convicted of murder after killing his opponent during a fight.

Young fugitives ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
"A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000."--Internet movie database.

Buried alive ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2005 in English and held by 2 libraries worldwide
Inmate Johnny Martin's future looks bright. He is the warden's personal driver, and is soon to be paroled. However, when he intervenes in a bar fight between a prison executioner and a reporter, he is accused of being drunk and starting the fight - and then is accused of murdering a guard in an escape attempt. With parole denied and a death sentence ordered, Johnny's only hope is his allies in the Warden's office.

Mysterious Doctor Satan ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1940 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
A criminal mastermind plans to enslave the world with an army of remote-controlled robots.

Pajama tops ( Book )
1 edition published in 1955 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Sam S. Shubert Theatre, operated by I. Hirst Enterprises, manager Bernie Ferber, H. Clay Blaney and Rex Carlton present Diana Barrymore in "Pajama Tops", by Mawby Green and Ed Feilbert, based on the celebrated French comedy "Moumou," by Jean de Letraz, with Kurt Richards, Brook Byron, Robert Wilcox, directed by Leonard Altobell, costumes and scenery by Louis Kennel.

La horca fatal = The man they could not hang ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1999 in Spanish and held by 1 library worldwide

Wild and woolly ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1937 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

Undercover doctor ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1939 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

Rascals ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1938 in English and held by 1 library worldwide

City girl ( Visual )
1 edition published in 1938 in English and held by 1 library worldwide
"Ellen Ward, a coffee shop waitress who lives in a squalid flat with her poor, bickering parents and longs for fancy clothes and fun, breaks a date with her fiancé, Donald Sanford, a low-paid lawyer, to go to a Long Island club with underworld figures Mike Harrison and Ritchie, and Mike's date Flo. After a night of dancing, Ritchie and Mike attempt a gas station holdup during which Ellen drops her purse. Questioned by police, she says that she never saw the men before that night and gives false descriptions of them. For her efforts, Ritchie sends her a hundred dollar bill and invites her 'steppin'. At the famous Moonglow Room, Charles Blake, who runs every racket in town, is struck by Ellen's attractiveness and naïvete, and he ignores his mistress, Vivian Ross. Soon Blake sends Ritchie to work in his Detroit racket and sets Ellen and Flo up in a fancy apartment. Blake, who wants to marry Ellen, travels to Chicago to get a divorce from his estranged wife, while Ellen breaks her engagement with Don, who has since been appointed assistant attorney general. When Vivian visits Ellen and threatens her with a scissors, Ellen grabs a gun. Backing away, she stumbles over a stool, the gun fires and Vivian is killed. After a jury convicts Ellen of second-degree murder, Blake's men spring her from the court building, and she is put into the trunk of a car headed for Blake's mountain hideout. The car tumbles into a ditch and bursts into flames, and although Ellen is rescued, her face is severely burned. She is secreted away to a sanitarium where plastic surgery is administered. Partly because of public agitation over Ellen's escape, Ralph Chaney, a tough, prominent attorney, is appointed by the governor as a special prosecutor to investigate crime. Don becomes one of Chaney's assistants. After repeated raids by Chaney's men on Blake's establishments, Ellen, whose facial appearance has changed, suggests that with her hair dyed brown, she could infiltrate Chaney's ranks. She becomes Chaney's informant and gives him valuable information about Blake's rivals. After police apprehend Blake's ledger in a raid, Ellen steals it. Realizing her true identity, Don visits her and tries to convince her that she is actually worse off now that she is forced to live alone in a dumpy apartment, than before. Blake interrupts them, and when Don calls him a murderer and tries to impress upon Ellen that the ledger documents Blake's sordid life, Blake shoots at Don, but Ellen blocks him and she is killed. As police arrive to arrest a horrified Blake, who sincerely loved Ellen, Don cradles her body in his arms"--AFI catalog, 1931-1940.

Gerold Frank papers, ca. 1950-ca. 1959 by Gerold Frank ( )
in English and held by 1 library worldwide
Collection consists of materials relating to Frank's biographies (both published and unpublished).