A prolific director of 1950s TV series such as "The Untouchables" and "Naked City" who turned to features in the early 60s, Rosenberg distinguished himself with "Cool Hand Luke" (1967), a tightly-wound prison drama starring Paul Newman. He returned to similar terrain, though from a somewhat different perspective, with the Robert Redford vehicle, "Brubaker" (1980). Rosenberg has also tried his hand, with varying degrees of success, at romantic comedy (the sweet "The April Fools" 1969), neo-Gothic thrillers (the dull "The Amityville Horror" 1979) and ethnic portraits (the uneven but compelling "The Pope of Greenwich Village" 1984).