Known for Production
Born
November 8, 1916
Died
July 2, 1977 (age 60)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Filmography
49 films


A Bridge Too Far
1977 · 2h 55m
country: United States
The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.


Hardcore
1977 · 1h 20m
country: United Kingdom
Aka Hardcore, aka Frankly Fiona. The heavily fictionalised fantastical autobiography of the fantastic 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond, played by Fiona herself!


Voyage of the Damned
1976 · 2h 35m
country: United Kingdom
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.


Queen Kong
1976 · 1h 27m
country: France
A female film crew journeys to Africa where a giant ape, Queen Kong, falls in love with the crew's male star.


Seven Nights in Japan
1976 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
Handsome Prince George arrives on board his ship in Japan. Youthful, immaculate in naval uniform and smiling broadly, he goes through the complicated formalities of being greeted by a host nation. But housed with the Ambassador and his family, the Prince finds the atmosphere stuffy and dull; he longs for freedom and, for once, rebels against his upbringing with all its constraints and responsibilities, escaping for a week of romance, and unexpected drama…


The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
1976 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
When a widowed mother falls in love with an American sailor, her troubled young son is pressured by the bullying leader of his clique to seek revenge.


Albino
1976 · 1h 37m
country: Germany
A colonial police officer in Rhodesia hunts down the albino terrorist who raped and murdered his fiancee.


Exposé
1976 · 1h 24m
country: United Kingdom
A paranoid writer is unable to get started on his second novel. He hires a secretary and then his troubles really begin.


Love and Death
1975 · 1h 25m
country: United States
In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.


Brannigan
1975 · 1h 51m
country: United Kingdom
A hard-nosed Chicago cop is sent to London to bring back an American mobster being held for extradition. Brannigan in his Irish-American way brings American law to the people of Scotland Yard but has to contend with a stuffy old London first.


Inserts
1975 · 1h 57m
country: United Kingdom
A young, once-great Hollywood film director refuses to accept changing times during the early 1930s, and confines himself to his decaying mansion to make silent porn flicks.


The Wilby Conspiracy
1975 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh, he heads for Capetown where he hopes to recover a stash of diamonds, meant to finance revolutionary activities, that he had entrusted to a dentist before his incarceration. Along the way, they are followed by Major Horn of the South African State security bureau and it becomes apparent that he has no intention of arresting them until they reach their final destination


Blue Blood
1974 · 1h 26m
country: United Kingdom
A debauched young aristocrat entrusts the running of his country house to Tom, the butler, on whom he depends absolutely. Before long the servant begins to dominate his master, to the alarm of the newly hired German nanny who senses sinister, demonic intent in Tom's control of the house.


Vampyres
1974 · 1h 28m
country: United Kingdom
A duo of bisexual female vampires prey on passing motorists, whom they seduce and murder in the English countryside.


Zardoz
1974 · 1h 46m
country: United Kingdom
In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements.


Smokey Joe's Revenge
1974 · 1h
country: United Kingdom
Three children rejuvenate an old traction engine and enter it for the County Championship.


The Three Musketeers
1973 · 1h 47m
country: Spain
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends three legendary musketeers—Athos, Porthos, and Aramis—and together, they become embroiled in the political intrigue surrounding King Louis XIII and his adversaries, particularly the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.


Don't Look Now
1973 · 1h 50m
country: Italy
While grieving a terrible loss, a married couple meet two mysterious sisters, one of whom gives them a message sent from the afterlife.


Malachi's Cove
1973 · 1h 15m
country: United Kingdom
A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself and him by gathering seaweed to sell as fertilizer. A cocky young neighboring boy decides to help her with the work.


Secrets
1973 · 53m
country: United Kingdom
Secrets Chocolates receive an unexpected sales boost when three maintenance workers fall into the chocolate vat and are fed through the production line.


A Warm December
1973 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Widower Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter go to London for a month of dirt-bike racing. While there, Dr. Younger is surprised by finding himself attracted to Catherine, a charming but elusive woman who seems to have some mysterious men following her. A romance slowly develops between the doctor and Catherine, but there are complications to their happiness.


O Lucky Man!
1973 · 3h 4m
country: United Kingdom
An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.


Young Winston
1972 · 2h 29m
country: United Kingdom
This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.


A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
1972 · 1h 46m
country: United Kingdom
A couple uses extremely black comedy to survive taking care of a daughter who is nearly completely brain dead. They take turns doing the daughter's voice and stare into the eyes of death and emotional trauma with a humour that hides their pain.


Under Milk Wood
1972 · 1h 28m
country: United Kingdom
The delightful if peculiar story of a day in the life of a small, Welsh fishing village called "Llareggub" in which we meet a host of curious characters (and ghosts) through the 'eyes' of Blind Captain Cat.


Macbeth
1971 · 2h 21m
country: United Kingdom
Scotland, 11th century. Driven by the twisted prophecy of three witches and the ruthless ambition of his wife, warlord Macbeth, bold and brave, but also weak and hesitant, betrays his good king and his brothers in arms and sinks into the bloody mud of a path with no return, sown with crime and suspicion.


Gumshoe
1971 · 1h 28m
country: United Kingdom
A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case.


Straw Dogs
1971 · 1h 56m
country: United States
David Sumner, a mild-mannered academic from the United States, marries Amy, an Englishwoman. In order to escape a hectic stateside lifestyle, David and his wife relocate to the small town in rural Cornwall where Amy was raised. There, David is ostracized by the brutish men of the village, including Amy's old flame, Charlie. Eventually the taunts escalate.


Secrets
1971 · 1h 32m
country: United Kingdom
A woman's unfulfilling marriage leads her into a passionate affair with a wealthy extramarital lover.


Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971 · 1h 50m
country: United Kingdom
Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.


Private Road
1971 · 1h 29m
country: United Kingdom
Receptionist Anne’s new relationship with nascent writer Peter is opening her eyes to a new lifestyle, one far removed from her comfortable middle-class background.


The Executioner
1970 · 1h 47m
country: United Kingdom
A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.


Performance.
1970 · 1h 46m
country: United Kingdom
In underworld terms, Chas Devlin is a 'performer,' a gangster with a talent for violence and intimidation. Turner is a reclusive rock superstar. When Chas and Turner meet, their worlds collide—and the impact is both exotic and explosive.


All Neat in Black Stockings
1969 · 1h 36m
country: United Kingdom
A small comedy drama about the life and sex adventures of an amorous window cleaner, in the hip and swingin' London of the '60s.


Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 · 2h 24m
country: United Kingdom
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.


Isadora
1968 · 2h 11m
country: France
A biography of the dancer Isadora Duncan, the 1920s dancer who forever changed people's ideas of ballet. Her nude, semi-nude, and pro-Soviet dance projects as well as her attitudes on free love, debt, dress, and lifestyle shocked the public of her time.


Inadmissible Evidence
1968 · 1h 34m
country: United Kingdom
A lawyer's agonizing journey to the breaking point of his private and professional lives as he becomes more and more alienated from everyone connected with him.


Interlude
1968 · 1h 53m
country: United Kingdom
A young female journalist in London falls in love with a married orchestra conductor.


Poor Cow
1967 · 1h 41m
country: United Kingdom
Joy lives a life filled with bad choices. At a young age, she marries and has a child–with an abusive thief who quickly ends up incarcerated. Left alone, she takes up with the guy's mate, another thief, who seems to give her some happiness but who also ends up locked up. She then takes up with a series of seedy types who offer nothing but momentary pleasure–if that.


Far from the Madding Crowd
1967 · 2h 46m
country: United Kingdom
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.


Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment
1966 · 1h 37m
country: United Kingdom
Morgan, an aggressive and self-admitted dreamer, a fantasist who uses his flights of fancy as refuge from external reality, where his unconventional behavior lands him in a divorce from his wife, Leonie, trouble with the police and, ultimately, incarceration in a lunatic asylum.


Darling
1965 · 2h 8m
country: United Kingdom
Diana, a beautiful but shallow and easily distracted model and failed actress, toys with the affections of several men while attempting to gain fame and fortune in Swinging London.


Young Cassidy
1965 · 1h 50m
country: United Kingdom
In Dublin circa 1911, John Cassidy (Rod Taylor), an impoverished idealist, whose ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family, journeys through the social injustices of Dublin life, involving himself with the rowdy tramway-men strike, dawdling with prostitute Daisy Battles (Julie Christie), and seeking a better life. He falls in love with bookshop assistant Nora (Dame Maggie Smith) who encourages him toward a life of writing. Finding success at the Abbey Theatre, his unorthodox views estrange him from family, friends, and his own past.


Billy Liar
1963 · 1h 38m
country: United Kingdom
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.