Eric Mason

A Man for All Seasons (1966)

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Zinnemann
CAST:  Paul Scofield  •  Wendy Hiller  •  Leo McKern  •  Robert Shaw

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fred Zinnemann
CAST:  Paul Scofield  •  Wendy Hiller  •  Leo McKern  •  Robert Shaw

Hot Fuzz (2007)

FunnyAction-packedDarkGoofy

As a former London constable, Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar Wright
CAST:  Simon Pegg  •  Nick Frost  •  Timothy Dalton  •  Jim Broadbent

As a former London constable, Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he miss the excitement of the big city, but he also has a well-meaning oaf for a partner. However, when a series ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edgar Wright
CAST:  Simon Pegg  •  Nick Frost  •  Timothy Dalton  •  Jim Broadbent

Juggernaut (1974)

A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Omar Sharif  •  David Hemmings  •  Anthony Hopkins

A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Omar Sharif  •  David Hemmings  •  Anthony Hopkins

North Sea Hijack (1980)

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew V. McLaglen
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  James Mason  •  Anthony Perkins  •  David Hedison

When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew V. McLaglen
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  James Mason  •  Anthony Perkins  •  David Hedison

Villain (1971)

In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Tuchner
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Ian McShane  •  Nigel Davenport  •  Donald Sinden

In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Tuchner
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Ian McShane  •  Nigel Davenport  •  Donald Sinden

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Truffaut
CAST:  Oskar Werner  •  Julie Christie  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Bee Duffell

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and maintaining a group of enforcers, known as “firemen,” to perform the necessary book burnings. Fireman Montag begins to question the morality of his vocation…  (more)

DIRECTION:  François Truffaut
CAST:  Oskar Werner  •  Julie Christie  •  Cyril Cusack  •  Bee Duffell

They Met in the Dark (1943)

A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Lamač
CAST:  James Mason  •  Joyce Howard  •  Tom Walls  •  Phyllis Stanley

A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Karel Lamač
CAST:  James Mason  •  Joyce Howard  •  Tom Walls  •  Phyllis Stanley

The Likely Lads (1976)

With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s Bob rather than Terry who is visibly distressed by this. Upset and much the worse for free alcohol, Bob then storms ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Tuchner
CAST:  James Bolam  •  Rodney Bewes  •  Brigit Forsyth  •  Mary Tamm

With the destruction of their previous neighbourhood has inevitably come the destruction of the lads’ favoured watering hole The Fat Ox. Again, it’s Bob rather than Terry who is visibly distressed by this. Upset and much the worse for free alcohol, Bob then storms ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Tuchner
CAST:  James Bolam  •  Rodney Bewes  •  Brigit Forsyth  •  Mary Tamm

Jekyll & Hyde (1990)

Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her father forbids any contact. And his experiments into the dual nature of man have yielded a personality-splitting drug that he has tested on himself, changing him into an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Wickes
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Cheryl Ladd  •  Joss Ackland  •  Ronald Pickup

Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her father forbids any contact. And his experiments into the dual nature of man have yielded a personality-splitting drug that he has tested on himself, changing him into an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Wickes
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Cheryl Ladd  •  Joss Ackland  •  Ronald Pickup

Shiner (2000)

The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Irvin
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Martin Landau  •  Andy Serkis  •  Claire Rushbrook

The past catches up with a ruthlessly ambitious boxing promoter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Irvin
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Martin Landau  •  Andy Serkis  •  Claire Rushbrook

The Great Riviera Bank Robbery (1980)

A group of fervent right wing French nationalists plan to finance a government coup and smash communists by pulling off a daring bank robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Megahy
CAST:  Ian McShane  •  Warren Clarke  •  Christopher Malcolm  •  Stephen Greif

A group of fervent right wing French nationalists plan to finance a government coup and smash communists by pulling off a daring bank robbery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Megahy
CAST:  Ian McShane  •  Warren Clarke  •  Christopher Malcolm  •  Stephen Greif

The Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)

The accidental unearthing of Satan’s earthly remains causes the children of a 17th-century English village to slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piers Haggard
CAST:  Patrick Wymark  •  Linda Hayden  •  Barry Andrews  •  Michele Dotrice

The accidental unearthing of Satan’s earthly remains causes the children of a 17th-century English village to slowly convert into a coven of devil worshipers.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piers Haggard
CAST:  Patrick Wymark  •  Linda Hayden  •  Barry Andrews  •  Michele Dotrice

The MacKintosh Man (1973)

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Dominique Sanda  •  James Mason  •  Harry Andrews

A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston
CAST:  Paul Newman  •  Dominique Sanda  •  James Mason  •  Harry Andrews

Three Clear Sundays (1965)

Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Loach
CAST:  Tony Selby  •  Finnuala O'Shannon  •  Dickie Owen  •  Will Stampe

Ken Loach production for The Wednesday Play, reflecting contemporary debates surrounding the abolishment of capital punishment.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Loach
CAST:  Tony Selby  •  Finnuala O'Shannon  •  Dickie Owen  •  Will Stampe

Fox (1980)

The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Goddard
CAST:  Peter Vaughan  •  Elizabeth Spriggs  •  Bernard Hill  •  Derrick O'Connor

The thirteen-part series recounted the lives of the titular Fox family, who lived in Clapham in South London and had gangland connections.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim Goddard
CAST:  Peter Vaughan  •  Elizabeth Spriggs  •  Bernard Hill  •  Derrick O'Connor

The Love-Girl and the Innocent (1973)

A BBC television adaptation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel. The prisoner Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp doctor Mereshchun, in exchange for better ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Clarke
CAST:  David Leland  •  Gabrielle Lloyd  •  Richard Durden  •  Patrick Stewart

A BBC television adaptation of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's novel. The prisoner Nemov is an honest man serving a term of 10 years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp doctor Mereshchun, in exchange for better ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Clarke
CAST:  David Leland  •  Gabrielle Lloyd  •  Richard Durden  •  Patrick Stewart

Black Starlet (1974)

Girl leaves Gary, Indiana, to become a star in Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Munger
CAST:  Juanita Brown  •  Rockne Tarkington  •  Damu King  •  Eric Mason

Girl leaves Gary, Indiana, to become a star in Hollywood.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chris Munger
CAST:  Juanita Brown  •  Rockne Tarkington  •  Damu King  •  Eric Mason

Bag of Yeast (1976)

When teacher Tony Scannell decides he wants to be ordained as a Catholic Priest his decision has wide ranging effects on his family and loved ones.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Grigsby
CAST:  Neville Smith  •  Alison Steadman  •  Peter Kerrigan  •  Gladys Ambrose

When teacher Tony Scannell decides he wants to be ordained as a Catholic Priest his decision has wide ranging effects on his family and loved ones.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Grigsby
CAST:  Neville Smith  •  Alison Steadman  •  Peter Kerrigan  •  Gladys Ambrose

Doctor Who: The Mind of Evil (1971)

Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. But when the Doctor and Jo arrive at Stangmoor Prison for a demonstration, things start to go horribly wrong - especially when they discover that the Doctor's old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Timothy Combe
CAST:  Jon Pertwee  •  Katy Manning  •  Nicholas Courtney  •  Richard Franklin

Professor Emil Keller has created a machine that can pacify even the most dangerous of criminals. But when the Doctor and Jo arrive at Stangmoor Prison for a demonstration, things start to go horribly wrong - especially when they discover that the Doctor's old ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Timothy Combe
CAST:  Jon Pertwee  •  Katy Manning  •  Nicholas Courtney  •  Richard Franklin

Knockback: 1 (1985)

In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marriage and with two young children to bring up alone, seeks a new direction in her life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piers Haggard
CAST:  Pauline Collins  •  Derrick O'Connor  •  Yee San Foo  •  Peggy Aitchison

In 1965, at the age of 25, Alan Ackland is sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of a business associate. In 1971, Sylvia Barker, lonely and depressed after a failed marriage and with two young children to bring up alone, seeks a new direction in her life ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Piers Haggard
CAST:  Pauline Collins  •  Derrick O'Connor  •  Yee San Foo  •  Peggy Aitchison