Known for Directing
Michael Joseph Anderson, Sr. (30 January 1920 – 25 April 2018) was an English film director, best known for directing Around the World in 80 Days (1956) and Logan's Run (1976).
Born
January 30, 1920
Died
April 25, 2018 (age 98)
Birthplace
Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, UK
Filmography
50 films, 3 shows


The New Adventures of Pinocchio
1999 · 1h 35m · DE
Puppeteer Geppetto becomes a puppet himself after drinking an elixir that Pinocchio bought from a traveling carnival.


Summer of the Monkeys
1998 · 1h 41m · CA
One summer, Jay finds four chimps on the prairie who have fallen off a circus cart.


20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1997 · 1h 35m · US
In the 19th century, an expert marine biologist is hired by the government to determine what's sinking ships all over the ocean. His daughter follows him. They are intercepted by a mysterious captain Nemo and his incredible submarine.


Captains Courageous
1996 · 1h 33m · US
Harvey Cheyne, Jr., second richest person in the world, orphaned and spoiled rotten, encounters a cigar and the sea on his way to England for boarding school. Seasick, over the rail for real, rescued by Dan Troop of a Gloucester fishing sailboat. Three months at sea, under a firm but fair Captain Troop (fair wages of $10.50 a month, if you don't work you don't eat). A hard life and a dangerous one, and a lot of growing up to do through hardship and tragedy.


Rugged Gold
1994 · 2h · CA
A woman struggles to survive in the Alaskan frontier after separating from her family because of an earthquake.


The Sea Wolf
1993 · 1h 30m · CA
Jack London's brutal Wolf Larson brings a shipwrecked aristocrat and a con woman aboard his doomed ship, the Ghost.


Millennium
1989 · 1h 45m · US
An investigator seeking the cause of an airline disaster discovers the involvement of an organisation of time travellers from a future Earth irreparably polluted who seek to rejuvenate the human race from those about to die in the past. Based on a novel by John Varley.


The Jeweller's Shop
1989 · 1h 28m · AT
Burt Lancaster stars as the titular merchant in this classic adaptation of Pope John Paul II's best-selling play "The Jeweller's Shop," an inspiring drama about three married couples and their ups and downs in holy matrimony. With a faithful jeweler acting as their spiritual adviser, three sets of husbands and wives struggle to live their lives with love, steering clear of avarice and infidelity. Olivia Hussey and Ben Cross also star.


Sword of Gideon
1986 · 2h 53m · CA
Chronicles a Mossad team hand picked to hunt down the terrorists involved in the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre of Israeli athletes.


Separate Vacations
1986 · 1h 31m · US
A young architect finds himself in a situation that he never had to deal with before--now that he is successful (and married), sexy young women are throwing themselves at him!


Second Time Lucky
1984 · 1h 40m · NZ
In the beginning the Devil made a bet with God. The Devil backed Eve, God backed Adam. What would have happened to love and sex if Adam hadn't taken the bite?


Murder by Phone
1982 · 1h 30m · US
A disgruntled phone company employee develops a device whereby those answering a phone can be murdered, and it's up to Nat Bridger to stop the killer.


Dominique
1980 · 1h 35m · UK
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.


Orca
1977 · 1h 32m · IT
After witnessing the killing of his mate and offspring at the hands of a reckless Irish captain, a vengeful killer whale rampages through the fisherman's Newfoundland harbor. Under pressure from the villagers, the captain, a female marine biologist, and an Indigenous tribalist venture after the great beast, who will meet them on its own turf.


Logan's Run
1976 · 1h 58m · US
In the 23rd century, inhabitants of a domed city freely experience all of life's pleasures — but no one is allowed to live past 30. Citizens can try for a chance at being "renewed" in a civic ceremony on their 30th birthday. Escape is the only other option.


Conduct Unbecoming
1975 · 1h 47m · UK
A company of British soldiers in colonial India is shaken when the widow of their most honored hero is assaulted. A young officer must defend a fellow lieutenant from the charges in an unusual court-martial, while investigating the deepening mystery behind the attack.


Doc Savage: The Man of Bronze
1975 · 1h 52m · US
In the Fabulous Thirties, Doc Savage and his five Amazing Adventurers are sucked into the mystery of Doc's father disappearing in the wilds of South America. The maniacal Captain Seas tries to thwart them at every turn as they travel to the country of Hidalgo to investigate Doc's father's death and uncover a vast horde of Incan gold.


Pope Joan
1972 · 1h 50m · UK
Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables of the time.


The Shoes of the Fisherman
1968 · 2h 42m · US
Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.


The Quiller Memorandum
1966 · 1h 44m · UK
After two British Secret Intelligence Service agents are murdered at the hands of a cryptic neo-Nazi group known as Phoenix, the suave agent Quiller is sent to Berlin to investigate.


Operation Crossbow
1965 · 1h 55m · UK
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.


Wild and Wonderful
1964 · 1h 28m · US
Cognac, a pampered poodle and popular star on French television, creates marital problems for his pretty owner Giselle when he becomes jealous of her new husband.


Flight from Ashiya
1964 · 1h 40m · JP
Featuring an all-star cast and on-location shooting in Japan, where the story is set, three US Air Force rescue pilots must overcome their personal problems and differences to embark upon a dangerous mission to save raft-bound Japanese survivors from a murderous storm-tossed sea. As they head for their location, the film flashes back to chronicle the pasts of each pilot to make clear their mixed feelings about their upcoming assignment.


The Naked Edge
1961 · 1h 40m · UK
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.


All the Fine Young Cannibals
1960 · 1h 52m · US
An ambitious farm girl rushes into marriage with a rich man, almost destroying four lives in the process.


The Wreck of the Mary Deare
1959 · 1h 45m · UK
A disgraced merchant marine officer elects to stay aboard his sinking cargo ship in order to prove the vessel was deliberately scuttled and, as a result, vindicate his good name.


Shake Hands with the Devil
1959 · 1h 51m · IE
In 1921 Dublin, the IRA battles the "Black & Tans," special British forces given to harsh measures. Irish-American medical student Kerry O'Shea hopes to stay aloof, but saving a wounded friend gets him outlawed, and inexorably drawn into the rebel organization by his former professor Sean Lenihan, who has "shaken hands with the devil" and begun to think of fighting as an end in itself. Complications arise when Kerry falls for a beautiful English hostage, and the British offer a peace treaty that is not enough to satisfy Lenihan.


Chase a Crooked Shadow
1958 · 1h 27m · UK
A woman who lives in Spain has trouble convincing anybody that a complete stranger has taken her dead brother's identity.


Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957 · 1h 53m · UK
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.


Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · 3h 2m · US
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.


1984
1956 · 1h 30m · UK
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.


The Dam Busters
1955 · 2h 4m · UK
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.


Will Any Gentleman...?
1953 · 1h 24m · UK
A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the world's greatest lover and becomes a terrorizing Casanova.


The House of the Arrow
1953 · 1h 13m · UK
A London solicitor and a French detective investigate the mysterious death of an elderly woman suspected of being poisoned.


Night Was Our Friend
1951 · 1h 1m · UK
Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man, Dr. Harper. Martin is found and returns to Sally. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life. Or does Sally do it for him?


Hell Is Sold Out
1951 · 1h 25m · UK
A supposedly dead writer suddenly turns up to confront the young woman who is using his penname.


Waterfront
1950 · 1h 20m · UK
When ship's fireman Peter McCabe walks out on his long-suffering wife, he leaves her impoverished, with two young daughters and a boy born soon after his departure. After an absence of fourteen years McCabe returns, sacked and humiliated, trailing trouble in his wake.


Private Angelo
1949 · 1h 46m · UK
Angelo has been drafted into the Italian Army in World War II. He does not like people shooting at him, so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid being caught up in the action. However, events always seem to lead him back to the fighting.