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2001
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Charles Dickens' 1844 novel Martin Chuzzlewit was given one of its few TV presentations in this six-part British adaptation,...
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Screenwriter
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1994
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This demented fusion of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde with the legend of Jack the Ripper marks one of the final roles for...
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Underwood
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1989
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Haydn Gwynne starred in this four-part, four-hour British miniseries as feminist lecturer Dr. Robyn Penrose. As part of a...
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Screenwriter
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1989
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This British horror spoof was conceived as a star vehicle for then-popular TV comedian Kenny Everett, who plays an occult...
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1984
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Although it is based on an intriguing premise -- Dale (Brooke Shields), disguised as a man, takes the place of her late...
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1983
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The long-running series of British "Carry On" comedies was nearing the end of the line when this 28th film in the cycle was...
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1976
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The British comedy group chalks up another few laughs as some folks attempt to camp out on the location of an archaeological...
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1975
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1975
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This threadbare "Carry On" comedy is set in the 18th century and concerns a fellow with a dual identity: by day, he's the...
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Bullock
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1974
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Donna Mills plays the new bride of Ian Hendry. It's customary for bridegrooms to keep a few secrets from their wives -- and...
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1974
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In this western two misfits, a black man AWOL from the union army, and a crippled Indian hide in a Mexican church following...
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1973
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The "Carry On" gang returns with Sidney Fiddler (Sid James) conning the local council into running a beauty pageant to...
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1973
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The title character is a ghost, doomed to roam his mansion until an age-old mystery is solved. A widow Dorothy Alison and...
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1972
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1971
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Based on a popular British television series from the late sixties, On the Buses centers on the chaos caused in a bus depot...
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1971
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An emotionally disturbed cult member loses grip on his sanity and sets off on a killing spree. ~ Iotis Erlewine, Rovi...
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1971
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Strange and terrible things are afoot and the police are helpless to stop them in this taut, complicated thriller. First a...
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1970
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Ziggy (Mark Lester) is the young boy who witnesses the murder of a visiting black official by the police. Much like the boy...
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1970
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In this children's movie, a young boy is tempted to follow in his imprisoned father's footsteps until he joins a motorbike...
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1970
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British character actor Lionel Jeffries both directed The Railway Children and adapted its screenplay from the novel by E....
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1970
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This badly-dated but interesting variant on the vampire subgenre is loosely based on the Simon Raven novel Doctors Wear...
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1970
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A woman who is blackmailed by her boss discovers his plans are not at all what she imagined in this low-key comedy-drama....
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1970
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Oh! What a Lovely War is an every-man-for-himself adaptation of Charles Chilton's 1963 play, as staged in London by...
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1969
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A legendary Jack the Ripper-type killer named the Gaslight Ghoul has apparently returned from the dead. Using the London fog...
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1969
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Timothy Bartlett (Norman Wisdom) is a middle-aged banker who is sent to a seaside resort for a banker's convention. He fears...
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1969
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1969
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This zany British comedy finds a homeless hobo (Ringo Starr) being adopted by the world's richest man, Sir Guy Grand...
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1969
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Herbie Hassler (Telly Savalas) and Marty Miller (Warren Oates) are American gangsters who plan to rob an opulent aristocratic...
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1969
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1968
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Sir John Rowan (Peter Cushing), a prominent surgeon, meets and falls in love with twenty-something fashion model Lynn Nolan...
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Groper
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1968
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In this upbeat children's film, an enterprising pack of children decide to run the newspaper of an ailing father. Mayhem...
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1968
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John Frankenheimer directed this intense film adaptation of the Bernard Malamud novel. During the days of Czarist Russia, a...
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1968
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In this children's adventure, an addled inventor develops a flying bicycle and endeavors to enter it in a contest that...
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1967
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Despite the silliness of its premise, this Avengers episode is a winner all the way, thanks in no small part to its...
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1967
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1967
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1966
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In this English comedy, the trouble begins when a bumbling young man embarrasses his grandfather, the British Prime...
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1966
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1965
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In this lively British satire, a plucky milkman who works for an independent family-run dairy fights to keep a large trust...
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1965
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A British sex farce, this movie stars Nyree Dawn Porter as a flirtatious young waitress, Eileen. Her seductive ways so arouse...
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1965
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In this children's sports drama the police team up with a local soccer league help a children's team thwart the evil plans...
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1965
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Kim Novak's decolletage, rather than the lady herself, is the true star of The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders. This...
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1965
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In this British comedy, a group of aged travelers on vacation in France have many fun encounters. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1965
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At one time, The Dave Clark Five were considered the Beatles' key rivals in international pop stardom, and so, when the Fab...
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Louis
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1965
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Made in England at a time when Morecambe and Wise were popular with TV audiences, this movie is as good as it is because of...
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1965
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This British comedy details what happens to five sailors and a passenger as they spend fifteen hours on shore leave in London...
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1964
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Richard Attenborough stars as a stalwart sergeant-major, stationed in British colony in Africa. When the colony declares its...
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1964
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A murder has been committed at the palatial Parisian residence of Benjamin Ballon (George Sanders). All the evidence points...
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1964
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In this elaborately mounted seafaring adventure, Rolfe (Richard Widmark) is a Viking leader with the cunning and devious mind...
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1963
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Three losing crooks are featured as Stooge-like misfits (sans slapstick) in this conventional comedy by director...
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1962
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In this engaging costume melodrama of skulduggery on the low seas set back in the 18th-century, the swamps of a small seaside...
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1962
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Terry-Thomas stars in this British comedy as J. Barker-Rynde, a detective assigned to look into some dirty dealings at a...
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1962
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Bateson
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1962
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One's enjoyment of On the Beat rests solely upon one's tolerance of British comedian Norman Wisdom, who can be described as a...
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Inspector Hobson
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1962
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In this mystery, a real estate agent begins looking for a jewel thief's stashed loot. He must find it before the robber's...
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1962
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In this British comedy drama, a dotty old widow finally finds a new love and happiness until her unruly sons bust out of...
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1962
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In this high-seas adventure, a wicked one-eyed, one-armed pirate forces a young man, who was wrongfully imprisoned, to take...
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1962
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1962
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In this comedy, the daughter of a British aristocrat is sent to Parisian finishing school where she falls in love with a...
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1961
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Although released in the United States as a 63-minute black-and-white film, this 93-minute British swashbuckler from the...
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1961
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The "Carry On" gang take on employment agencies in this labored edition to the long-running comedy series. Sidney James is...
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1961
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Based on the play Something About a Sailor by Earle Couttie, this film is a screwball comedy about the British navy....
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1961
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Director Gerald Thomas and most of the cast and crew that worked in his "Carry On...." series of comedies are all back again...
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1961
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The weak story in The Bulldog Breed is an excuse to tie together a long series of funny episodes, slapstick incidents, and...
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CPO Knowles
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1960
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An engrossing suspenser with dashes of comedy, League of Gentlemen is about a daring group of highly trained army men, turned...
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1960
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This shockingly violent yet engaging crime drama is about a bitter battle for survival in the lingering poverty of post-World...
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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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Holy Mike
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1960
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Jelly Knight
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1960
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In this comedy, a common chemist lives up to his lineage (he's a direct descendant of Dr. Jekyll), and creates a concoction...
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1959
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The scene is Burma during World War II. A small British brigade led by Stanley Baker comes upon a Burmese village controlled...
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1959
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1959
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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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1959
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This film is based on the popular British TV series Emergency Ward 10. A surgeon arrives from the U.S. with a new heart-lung...
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1959
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1959
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Set in the 1950s in Britain, this award-winning social comedy by director and co-writer John Boulting features...
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1959
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If official documentation didn't exist, we'd never believe a fantastic yarn like I Was Monty's Double. Actor...
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1958
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The Silent Enemy is based on Commander Crabb, a book by Marshall Pugh. This is the true story of young Lieutenant Crabb...
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1958
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Up the Creek is a mirthsome remake of the classic Will Hay comedy Oh, Mr. Porter (1937). Whereas the Hay film concerned an...
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1958
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1958
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The British Ice Cold in Alex was released in the US as Desert Attack. John Mills stars as Captain Anson, a grumbling...
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1958
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This hastily assembled sequel to the popular British service farce Up the Creek finds David Tomlinson returning in the role...
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1958
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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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1958
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1958
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The celebrated stage farce 3DThe Middle Watch3D was the basis of the maritime comedy 3DGirls at Sea3D. While briefly in...
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1958
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Released in the U.S. as Your Past Is Showing, the British The Naked Truth is a wickedly funny satire of the tabloid-press...
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1957
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A fateful Stranger's Meeting leads to a maelstrom of crime, deception and murder in this 64-minute British programmer. The...
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1957
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Filmed in England, The Counterfeit Plan was distributed in the US by Warner Bros. Zachary Scott is right in his element as...
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1957
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This British drama chronicles the exploits of a brutal Liverpudlian gang leader/would-be rock star who finds himself...
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1957
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A noted expatriate filmmaker's hard work to reestablish himself in Britain is nearly undone when a woman who claims to be...
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1956
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The Boulting Brothers enjoyed one of their biggest box-office successes of the 1950s with the wry service comedy Private's...
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1956
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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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Ruddock
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1955
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