
Directing
Robert Tronson
Born — Died
1924-05-18 — 2008-11-27
Place of birth
Chilmark, Wiltshire, England, UK
Known for
Directing
Credits
20 titles
Robert Tronson was a pioneer in the early days of directing live television plays. After a brief foray into film directing, he returned to television to direct episodes of some of the most popular series of the 1960s, '70s, '80s and '90s.
Known for
7.0The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
Ring of Spies
1964
9.0An American jazz pianist, blinded in a London bank robbery ten years before, makes his first return appearance in England at an engangement party where he believes he hears the voice of the gunman who cost him his sight.
The Next Voice You See
1975
5.8The cat and mouse game between government agents and a spy ring that has taken secret documents from a plane crash in Germany, not far from an US military research centre.
The Traitors
1962
5.0Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine enquiries into the "accident" and one of the gang leaders feels threatened by this and takes counter measures.
Never Back Losers
1961
Love story set against the backdrop of Cyprus' struggle for independence from the British in the 1950s.
Act of Reprisal
1964
Mark Omney is a struggling writer, and has a drink problem; his wife Clare is more successful as a journalist. After a dinner-party they host ends badly, they part company the next morning on separate business. Clare becomes ill after an interview assignment, and crashes her car; meanwhile Mark meets former girlfriend Annabelle in the pub. After Clare is taken to a private clinic nearby by Good Samaritans, Mark finds she seems to have mysteriously disappeared
The Limbo Connection
1978
Behind the camera
7.0The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
Ring of Spies
1964
9.0An American jazz pianist, blinded in a London bank robbery ten years before, makes his first return appearance in England at an engangement party where he believes he hears the voice of the gunman who cost him his sight.
The Next Voice You See
1975
5.8The cat and mouse game between government agents and a spy ring that has taken secret documents from a plane crash in Germany, not far from an US military research centre.
The Traitors
1962
5.0Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine enquiries into the "accident" and one of the gang leaders feels threatened by this and takes counter measures.
Never Back Losers
1961
Love story set against the backdrop of Cyprus' struggle for independence from the British in the 1950s.
Act of Reprisal
1964
Mark Omney is a struggling writer, and has a drink problem; his wife Clare is more successful as a journalist. After a dinner-party they host ends badly, they part company the next morning on separate business. Clare becomes ill after an interview assignment, and crashes her car; meanwhile Mark meets former girlfriend Annabelle in the pub. After Clare is taken to a private clinic nearby by Good Samaritans, Mark finds she seems to have mysteriously disappeared
The Limbo Connection
1978
6.0A petty burglar sets a chain of events in motion when he steals some money that the owner doesn't want the authorities to know about.
Man Detained
1961
7.5A young girl on a train finds out that her companion is a serial killer.
The Colour of Blood
1973
8.0Two female tourists are taken hostage by criminals who are chasing a man recently released from prison who knows the whereabouts of stolen money
Kill Two Birds
1975
After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsible.
Farewell Performance
1963
NRA Guinness advert in the form of a short comic film set in a traditional country pub.
All in Good Time
1964
NRAn international criminal arrives in London, and a detective is anxious to pin something on him for some unprovable murders of former lovers. The villain starts to suspect servants and henchmen of being a police spy known as "Number Six".
Number Six
1962
A journalist finds his life is in danger when he investigates the death of a woman who was involved with a religious cult.
Fear of God
1980
A lonely man with punctilious habits listens to a tape cassette of ambient barroom sounds, which include the hushed tones of two men plotting to kill him; but when a policeman listens, all the sounds are there except those of the two men. Later, Skipling receives an unwanted visit from a doctor and a welcome visit from his "befriender
Dying Day
1980
NRThe police investigate the murder of an officer, killed during a jewel robbery.
Man at the Carlton Tower
1961
Toff and Fingers head to a small Scottish village to lay low after stealing some antique silverware. The pair pose as a General and his batman looking their next job but the warm welcome, from the locals, makes them have second thoughts.
Toff and Fingers
1960
Stockbroker Mr Sparrow finds himself blackmailed by his secretary after fiddling the taxman plus making unwanted sexual advances.
The Blackmailing of Mr. S
1964
A woman is alone in an isolated house. She receives constant phone calls for Vicky, but she doesn't know who Vicky can be.
Looking for Vicky
1980
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The Threatening Storm
1961
NRAn ex-con escapes from jail to clear himself about a robbery charge
On the Run
1963
