George Hilsdon

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An American Werewolf in London (1981)

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Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Landis
CAST:  David Naughton  •  Jenny Agutter  •  Griffin Dunne  •  John Woodvine

Two American tourists in England are attacked by a werewolf that none of the locals will admit exists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Landis
CAST:  David Naughton  •  Jenny Agutter  •  Griffin Dunne  •  John Woodvine

Hoffman (1970)

A businessman blackmails his young secretary into spending a weekend with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alvin Rakoff
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Sinéad Cusack  •  Ruth Dunning  •  Jeremy Bulloch

A businessman blackmails his young secretary into spending a weekend with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alvin Rakoff
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Sinéad Cusack  •  Ruth Dunning  •  Jeremy Bulloch

The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gilling
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Glenn Corbett  •  Kerwin Mathews  •  Peter Arne

A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Gilling
CAST:  Christopher Lee  •  Glenn Corbett  •  Kerwin Mathews  •  Peter Arne

The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)

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Famous organist Anton Phibes is horribly disfigured in an automobile accident while rushing to the side of his sick wife and presumed to be dead. Once Phibes learns that his wife died on the operating table, he is convinced the doctors are responsible and begins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Fuest
CAST:  Vincent Price  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Virginia North  •  Terry-Thomas

Famous organist Anton Phibes is horribly disfigured in an automobile accident while rushing to the side of his sick wife and presumed to be dead. Once Phibes learns that his wife died on the operating table, he is convinced the doctors are responsible and begins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Fuest
CAST:  Vincent Price  •  Joseph Cotten  •  Virginia North  •  Terry-Thomas

The Dirty Dozen (1967)

12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Aldrich
CAST:  Lee Marvin  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Charles Bronson  •  Jim Brown

12 American military prisoners in World War II are ordered to infiltrate a well-guarded enemy château and kill the Nazi officers vacationing there. The soldiers, most of whom are facing death sentences for a variety of violent crimes, agree to the mission and the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Aldrich
CAST:  Lee Marvin  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Charles Bronson  •  Jim Brown

The Ladykillers (1955)

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Mackendrick
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Cecil Parker  •  Herbert Lom  •  Peter Sellers

Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexander Mackendrick
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Cecil Parker  •  Herbert Lom  •  Peter Sellers

The Ruling Class (1972)

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Medak
CAST:  Peter O'Toole  •  Alastair Sim  •  Arthur Lowe  •  Harry Andrews

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Medak
CAST:  Peter O'Toole  •  Alastair Sim  •  Arthur Lowe  •  Harry Andrews

The Whisperers (1967)

Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers stolen money hidden by her son and believes her fantasy has come true.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Forbes
CAST:  Edith Evans  •  Nanette Newman  •  Eric Portman  •  Harry Baird

Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fantasy life as an heiress. One day she discovers stolen money hidden by her son and believes her fantasy has come true.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Forbes
CAST:  Edith Evans  •  Nanette Newman  •  Eric Portman  •  Harry Baird

The Wooden Horse (1950)

True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Lee
CAST:  Leo Genn  •  David Tomlinson  •  Anthony Steel  •  David Greene

True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Lee
CAST:  Leo Genn  •  David Tomlinson  •  Anthony Steel  •  David Greene

Dulcima (1971)

Dulcima, treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Nesbitt
CAST:  Carol White  •  John Mills  •  Stuart Wilson  •  Bernard Lee

Dulcima, treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Frank Nesbitt
CAST:  Carol White  •  John Mills  •  Stuart Wilson  •  Bernard Lee

The Agitator (1945)

The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Harlow
CAST:  William Hartnell  •  Mary Morris  •  John Laurie  •  Moore Marriott

The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young mechanic who unexpectedly inherits the large firm where he works and tries to run it according to his socialist ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Harlow
CAST:  William Hartnell  •  Mary Morris  •  John Laurie  •  Moore Marriott

Small Hotel (1957)

The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd waiter. A past master of the gentle art of fiddling, he extracts the maximum profit from his job while managing to endear himself to both the customers and staff. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David MacDonald
CAST:  Gordon Harker  •  Marie Lohr  •  John Loder  •  Irene Handl

The dining room of the Jolly Fiddler has long been presided over by Albert, an aged but very shrewd waiter. A past master of the gentle art of fiddling, he extracts the maximum profit from his job while managing to endear himself to both the customers and staff. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David MacDonald
CAST:  Gordon Harker  •  Marie Lohr  •  John Loder  •  Irene Handl

The Breaking of Bumbo (1970)

The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in the prestigious Wellington Barracks in London in the Swinging Sixties. He regards his social life as important as his military.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Sinclair
CAST:  Joanna Lumley  •  Richard Warwick  •  Jeremy Child  •  John Bird

The hilarious adventures of young Bumbo Bailey, who enlists in the Brigade of Guards and is based in the prestigious Wellington Barracks in London in the Swinging Sixties. He regards his social life as important as his military.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrew Sinclair
CAST:  Joanna Lumley  •  Richard Warwick  •  Jeremy Child  •  John Bird

Alive and Kicking (1959)

Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an impromptu holiday on an Irish island.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cyril Frankel
CAST:  Sybil Thorndike  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Estelle Winwood  •  Stanley Holloway

Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an impromptu holiday on an Irish island.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cyril Frankel
CAST:  Sybil Thorndike  •  Kathleen Harrison  •  Estelle Winwood  •  Stanley Holloway

Kill Me Tomorrow (1957)

A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  Lois Maxwell  •  George Coulouris  •  Wensley Pithey

A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Pat O’Brien  •  Lois Maxwell  •  George Coulouris  •  Wensley Pithey

The Raging Moon (1971)

Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Forbes
CAST:  Malcolm McDowell  •  Nanette Newman  •  Georgia Brown  •  Bernard Lee

Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bryan Forbes
CAST:  Malcolm McDowell  •  Nanette Newman  •  Georgia Brown  •  Bernard Lee

Sunday Lovers (1980)

A sex comedy anthology containing four stories, each from a different country (England, France, USA and Italy). "An Englishman's Home" "The French Method" "Armando's Notebook" "Skippy"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Wilder  •  Bryan Forbes  •  Édouard Molinaro  •  Dino Risi
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Lino Ventura  •  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Gene Wilder

A sex comedy anthology containing four stories, each from a different country (England, France, USA and Italy). "An Englishman's Home" "The French Method" "Armando's Notebook" "Skippy"  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gene Wilder  •  Bryan Forbes  •  Édouard Molinaro  •  Dino Risi
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Lino Ventura  •  Ugo Tognazzi  •  Gene Wilder

There Was a Crooked Man (1960)

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Burge
CAST:  Norman Wisdom  •  Alfred Marks  •  Andrew Cruickshank  •  Reginald Beckwith

When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Burge
CAST:  Norman Wisdom  •  Alfred Marks  •  Andrew Cruickshank  •  Reginald Beckwith

Nowhere to Go (1958)

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seth Holt
CAST:  George Nader  •  Maggie Smith  •  Bernard Lee  •  Geoffrey Keen

A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seth Holt
CAST:  George Nader  •  Maggie Smith  •  Bernard Lee  •  Geoffrey Keen

10 Rillington Place (1971)

The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Richard Attenborough  •  John Hurt  •  Judy Geeson  •  Pat Heywood

The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Fleischer
CAST:  Richard Attenborough  •  John Hurt  •  Judy Geeson  •  Pat Heywood
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