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Play Author
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1996
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A live-action rendering of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, this time we follow the exploits of the two Cold War...
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1991
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Alfred
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1990
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There were those in 1989 who bellyached that Disney Television's Polly was a far from faithful adaptation of Eleanor Porter's...
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1989
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This episode was clearly inspired by the movie megahit Raiders of the Lost Ark -- and as such constitutes an elaborate inside...
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1988
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Sometimes kids like to do things to gross out or shock their parents. This is only natural, but many companies exploit this...
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Capt. Manzini
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1987
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Angela Lansbury once again essays the dual role of Maine-based mystery writer Jessica Fletcher and her colorful cousin,...
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1987
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Hosted by the funny lady herself, this compilation video contains four of her favorite vignettes gleaned from her...
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1987
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1986
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Robert Preston stars as a family man who kills the man who raped and murdered his daughter. After confessing to the police,...
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1986
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Terry Lester stars as Joe Blade in this unclaimed TV pilot film. An American, Blade works in Hong Kong, the home of his...
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1985
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This video-taped performance of the famous clown's circus is hosted by Anthony Newley. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1985
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Composer (Music Score), Singer
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1983
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This 1982 made-for-TV version of the Lewis Carroll classic Alice in Wonderland features an all-star cast. Such celebrities as...
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1983
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Here three classic animal tales are presented by children's host Dr. Doolittle (Anthony Newley). Stories presented are:...
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1980
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Sammy Davis, Jr. basically plays tribute to himself in this version of Anthony Newly's Broadway/screen musical...
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Book Author, Composer (Music Score), Screenwriter, Songwriter
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1978
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The musical Mr. Quilp was based on one of Dickens' grimmest works, The Old Curiosity Shop, which has as its highlight the...
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Composer (Music Score), Daniel Quilp
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1975
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In this Canadian comedy, a husband sleeps with his ex-wife on a weekly basis. The busy woman also has time to get involved...
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Sweeney
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1975
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This horrendous horror spoof stars David Niven, who manages to keep a stiff upper lip as the title character. The Count, by...
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Composer (Music Score), Songwriter
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1975
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As he lies dying in Vietnam, a young soldier (Michael Douglas) recalls the events leading up to this moment. He remembers his...
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Director
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1971
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Promoted as a family musical by Paramount Pictures, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is more of a black comedy,...
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Composer (Music Score), Songwriter
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1971
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Singer, songwriter, and actor Anthony Newley produced, directed, co-wrote, scored, and starred in this bizarre...
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Composer (Music Score), Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Heironymus Merkin
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1969
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Sarah Deever (Sandy Dennis) is an idealistic young woman living in Brooklyn. Her altruistic nature finds her taking in...
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Songwriter, Charlie Blake
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1968
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Rex Harrison, although not at all like the portly man described in Hugh Lofting's charming series of children's stories, is...
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Matthew Mugg
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1967
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Play Author, Screenwriter
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1966
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With Goldfinger, the James Bond series took a turn away from relatively straightforward spy thrillers and toward campy...
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Songwriter
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1964
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In this collection of clips from The Judy Garland Show, which ran for 26 episodes on CBS television in 1963 and 1964, the...
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Composer (Music Score)
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1963
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Based on a BBC television program, this underworld drama set in London's Soho district created a different sort of role for...
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Sammy Lee
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1963
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1961
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The "nick" in this standard prison farce is a modernistic, forward-looking jail without bars. At its core of staff are...
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Dr. Newcombe
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1960
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Released in the US in 1963, the British Let's Get Married was actually filmed three years earlier. Anthony Newley plays a...
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Dickie Bird
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1960
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This is a crime-comedy-musical romance by director Ken Hughes that has an identity problem. Bert (Anthony Newley) is an...
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Songwriter, Bert Harris
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1960
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Hooky Hook
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1960
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The otherwise routine story and themes of this comedy are greatly balanced by talents of Anthony Newley as Jeep Jackson, a...
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Jeep Jackson
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1959
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Herbert Wilcox wrapped up his long and prestigious film career as the director of Heart of a Man, which was produced by...
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Johnny
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1959
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Stokes
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1959
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A cynical wounded war hero becomes the athletic director at a boys' camp. The lively children brighten his days and make him...
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1959
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A musical and comedic bit of fluff without any other pretensions, The Lady Is a Square plays off the popularity of...
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Freddy
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1959
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In this WW II adventure, five brave Allies endeavor to escape from an Italian POW camp in North Africa. They succeed, but...
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Tiger Noakes
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1958
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A stellar cast redeems the tawdry European-filmed melodrama 3DThe Man Inside3D. Nigel Patrick plays Sam Carter, a...
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Ernesto
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1958
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This satire takes a sharp poke at the intrinsic laziness of British aristocracy who would rather die of starvation than...
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Edward
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1957
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Jack Lemmon and Robert Mitchum star as Tony and Felix, co-owners of a tramp-steamer service in the West Indies. Threatening...
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1957
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1957's The Good Companions was the second film version of the well-known J. B. Priestly play. The story revolves around the...
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1957
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In this drama, the commanding officer of a British Royal Air Force flight training school must deal with an ornery,...
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Songwriter, Roger Endicott
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1957
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Though his Hollywood career had petered out, Tom Conway continued to star in British films throughout the 1950s. In Last Man...
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1956
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Adapted from a novel by Bernard Victor Dyer, Port Afrique offers an unusual screen romantic team in the form of two-fisted...
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1956
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X the Unknown is a well-crafted imitation of the Quatermass British sci-fi pictures of the 1950s. A group of soldiers on...
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1956
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Widely regarded as one of the best and most intelligent British war dramas of the 1950s, The Battle of River Plate is the...
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1956
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Judging by the number of times it has shown up on TV, Above Us the Waves may be American viewers' favorite British war film....
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1955
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Jose Ferrer was both star and director of the British WW2 drama Cockleshell Heroes. Ferrer is cast as Major Stringer, the...
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Clarke
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1955
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The British-filmed The Blue Peter was released in the US under the title Navy Heroes. This was an oblique reference to the...
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1955
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In this remake of Jack Ahoy! (1934) a sailor is left alone on a South Sea island to guard supplies by the British Royal Navy....
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1954
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A remake of the 1937 British comedy Where There's a Will, Top of the Form top-bills perennial comic relief Ronald Shiner as a...
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1953
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Set WW II-era Britain, this romantic venture begins when a working-class woman and a RAF officer fall in love. The affair...
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1952
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1950
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David Lean's Madeleine was inspired by a true story that rocked the English legal system to its foundations in the mid-19th...
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1950
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1949
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The British Don't Ever Leave Me stars "cute" Jimmy Hanley as a would-be criminal who is dragooned into a kidnapping plot....
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1949
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Not a film about scientific research, The Guinea Pig (US title: The Outsider) is the story of an incipient "affirmative...
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1948
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The second of director David Lean's adaptations of a Charles Dickens novel (Great Expectations (1946) was the first), Oliver...
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1948
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In this comedy, the Huggett family patriarch decides to run for public office. His entire platform is built upon a promise...
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1948
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Prolific British second-feature director Lewis Gilbert made his cinematic debut with The Little Ballerina. Yvonne Marsh stars...
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1947
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Written and directed by Peter Ustinov, Vice Versa is a one-joke fantasy comedy which manages to hold up almost to the very...
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1947
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