Robert Littman

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Robert Littman (d January 2001) was an American agent and film executive, who held key positions at MGM and Columbia.{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2001/scene/people-news/agent-exec-littman-dead-of-cancer-at-63-1117792886/|date=29 January 2001|title=Agent-exec Littman dead of cancer at 63 |first=Claude|last=Brodesser|access-date=20 January 2025}}{{cite magazine|magazine=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2001/film/columns/recalling-a-proper-english-gentleman-1117793232/|date=4 February 2001|access-date=20 January 2025|title= Recalling a proper English gentleman|first=Steven|last=Gaydos}}

Littman was an agent at William Morris when hired by MGM to head its European operations out of London. One of Littman's first tasks was to oversee the closure of MGM's studios at Boreham Wood and the move to Elstre Studios.{{cite news|title=Gloomy Upheaval Dogs British Movie Industry|first=Bernard|last= Weinraub |newspaper=The New York Times|date=30 March 1970|page=52|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/03/30/archives/gloomy-upheaval-dogs-british-movie-industry.html|access-date=20 January 2025}}

The first film Littman oversaw at MGM was No Blade of Grass.{{cite news|title=Davenport signed for role|newspaper=Ledger-Enquirer

|date=9 May 1970|page=37}} In June 1970, MGM and EMI announced they would make four films together, with each company putting in £1 million. The movies were Get Carter, The Go-Between, The Last Run and The Boy Friend."EMI in £2M film deal with MGM", The Guardian, 27 June 1970. (The Last Run ended up being made by MGM alone.)"{{cite magazine|url=https://www.filmink.com.au/forgotten-british-moguls-nat-cohen-part-four-cohen-vs-bryan-forbes-1969-71/|magazine=Filmink|access-date=24 January 2025|date=24 January 2025|first=Stephen|last=Vagg|title=Forgotten British Moguls – Nat Cohen Part Four: Cohen vs Bryan Forbes (1969-71)}}

Littman also arranged for MGM to make some films in Europe such as Jef a remake of The Gazebo.{{cite news|newspaper=The Los Angeles Times|date=5 December 1970|page=40|title=Jef Starts filming Jan4}}

In April 1971, Littman announced that MGM-EMI intended to make two films a year including Trilby and Svengali with Julie Andrews directed by Blake Edwards and a remake of Trader Horn. However these films were not made (a cheaper version of Trader Horn was shot on the MGM backlot in Hollywood).{{cite news|title=Big Anglo American films link up|newspaper=Evening Standard|date=22 April 1971|page=8}}

He oversaw Sitting Target and Savage Messiah.

Littman returned to Los Angeles in May 1972 to become an executive at Columbia. He then returned to being an agent.

Littman later produced Wicked Stepmother.{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Cohen|url=https://www.filmcomment.com/article/i-killed-bette-davis/|magazine=Film Comment|title=I Killed Bette Davis|date=July–August 2012|access-date=20 January 2025}}