Bob Swaim

Directing

Bob Swaim

Born 1943-11-02 · Evanston, Illinois, USA

Acting credits

Spies Like Us poster
6.2

Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.

Spies Like Us

1985

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries poster
6.1

This fictionalized story, based on the family life of writer James Jones, is an emotional slice-of-life story. Jones is portrayed here as Bill Willis, a former war hero turned author who combats alcoholism and is starting to experience health problems. Living in France with his wife, daughter, and an adopted son, the family travels an unconventional road which casts them as outsiders to others. Preaching a sexual freedom, his daughter's sexual discovery begins at an early age and betrays her when the family moves to Hanover in America. Her overt sexuality clashes with the values of her teenage American peers and gives her a problematic reputation. Meanwhile, her brooding brother copes with his own interior pain regarding his past, only comfortable communicating within the domestic space.

A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries

1998

Olé ! poster
4.9

Ramon Holgado is the driver of a big boss, as well as his confidant, his golf partner, and the alibi of his escapades. His wife, Carmen, dreams of returning to sunny Andalusia.

Olé !

2005

Target of Suspicion poster
8.0

Nick Matthews and his wife and business partner, Jennifer, are in Paris to close a deal with Charles, a Frenchman, to market their perfumes in France. Seduced by a beautiful model after returning her wallet that he finds in his hotel lobby, Nick is later accused of raping and murdering her. On the run from police to find the real killer with the help of a street-smart young French girl, he slowly discovers that no one is what they seemed.

Target of Suspicion

1994

Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables

2021

Who Is Bernard Tapie? poster
4.8

This documentary tells two stories simultaneously: it's a profile of Bernard Tapie, a wealthy man who rises and falls spectacularly in French society and may be on the rise again; and, it's a look at Marina Zenovich's fascination with Tapie, behaving oddly in spite of her awareness that she's being irrational. Politicians, athletes, friends, companions, and journalists comment on Bernard's charm, his rise to prominence in sports and politics, and his subsequent trouble with the law. Zenovich becomes fixated on her need to interview Tapie, becoming virtually a stalker in her quest.

Who Is Bernard Tapie?

2001

Viens jouer dans la cour des grands poster
9.0

Victim of an unfair dismissal, a young secretary strikes back by becoming the assistant to the son of the company's CEO.

Viens jouer dans la cour des grands

1997

Behind the camera

Lumières Noires poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lumières Noires

2007

Lumières Noires poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lumières Noires

2007

Masquerade poster
5.7

A recently orphaned heiress meets a young racing yacht captain on Long Island. He shows interest in her and, being heiress to $200,000,000, love may not be the reason.

Masquerade

1988

Half Moon Street poster
5.0

Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort Service, where she has more control over men and money than she does at the office. On one of her 'dates', Lauren meets the politician Lord Bulbeck who is trying to mediate a peace accord between the Arabs and Israelis. Bulbeck falls in love with his escort, and unwittingly, Lauren becomes a pawn in some very dirty politics.

Half Moon Street

1986

Half Moon Street poster
5.0

Dr. Lauren Slaughter, a research fellow at the Arab-Anglo Institute in London is utterly frustrated by her job. To supplement her income, she starts moonlighting at the Jasmine Escort Service, where she has more control over men and money than she does at the office. On one of her 'dates', Lauren meets the politician Lord Bulbeck who is trying to mediate a peace accord between the Arabs and Israelis. Bulbeck falls in love with his escort, and unwittingly, Lauren becomes a pawn in some very dirty politics.

Half Moon Street

1986

The Climb poster
7.1

Baltimore, 1959. Danny's dad is the only man in the neighborhood who didn't fight in World War II. Danny, who's 12, gets teased and folks make nasty cracks about cowards. An old radio tower on a nearby hill is about to be torn down, and Danny decides to climb it to prove his courage. Help comes from an aging neighbor, Old Man Langer, a former construction foreman who's dying of cancer and wants Danny to help him commit suicide. Langer rigs pulleys and weights to help the lad make the climb. Meanwhile, an aggressive and angry neighbor (an army vet) regularly gets drunk and shoots off his rifle, and Danny's dad must confront him. It all comes to a head one stormy night.

The Climb

1998

La Balance poster
6.4

A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.

La Balance

1982

La Balance poster
6.4

A Paris police detective plays rough with a prostitute and her pimp/lover, whom he wants as an informant.

La Balance

1982

L'Atlantide poster
6.7

A mythical land who must be discover. Or invented. In an impressive library, two old men. One is a great Polish archaeologist at the end of his work. The second- his best friend. They are masters of a substantial slice of human history: legendary Atlantis. It is refuge and masterpiece, propriety and treasure.

L'Atlantide

1992

Vive Les Jaques poster
7.0

Pierre finally came back to see his dear grandfather. Together, shortly before the beautiful sunrise, they relive a moment in the life of Corporal Pignerol.

Vive Les Jaques

1973

Target of Suspicion poster
8.0

Nick Matthews and his wife and business partner, Jennifer, are in Paris to close a deal with Charles, a Frenchman, to market their perfumes in France. Seduced by a beautiful model after returning her wallet that he finds in his hotel lobby, Nick is later accused of raping and murdering her. On the run from police to find the real killer with the help of a street-smart young French girl, he slowly discovers that no one is what they seemed.

Target of Suspicion

1994

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Le journal de M. Bonnafous

1970

Nos amis les flics poster
5.0

Une bande de jeunes voyous inoffensifs vivote de petits coups. Après un braquage loupé, ils se trouvent dans l'impossibilité de régler leurs dettes au caïd du coin, qui, pour le rembourser, leur propose le cambriolage d'une fondation d'art moderne. Mais rien ne se passe comme prévu et tout s'enchaîne... mal.

Nos amis les flics

2004

The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés poster
3.5

In 1951, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the private detective Nestor Burma was commissioned by an insurance company to find stolen jewelery. The deal seemed easy and Burma got an appointment with a well-known black trumpet player in the neighborhood who could provide him with information. But the musician does not come and we find him murdered. The investigation becomes more complicated and Nestor must find an alibi so as not to be suspected of the crime.

The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

1977

The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés poster
3.5

In 1951, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the private detective Nestor Burma was commissioned by an insurance company to find stolen jewelery. The deal seemed easy and Burma got an appointment with a well-known black trumpet player in the neighborhood who could provide him with information. But the musician does not come and we find him murdered. The investigation becomes more complicated and Nestor must find an alibi so as not to be suspected of the crime.

The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

1977

L’autoportrait d’un Pornographe poster
9.0

A photographer specializing in black and white softcore pornography struggles to cope with the decline of his trade in modern Paris.

L’autoportrait d’un Pornographe

1972