John van Dreelen

John van Dreelen (born Jacques Theodore van Drielen Gimberg; 5 May 1922 – 4 September 1992) was a Dutch actor, who frequently performed on television from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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Looking for Eileen (1987)

After his wife Marjan has died in a car crash, Philip de Wit becomes a total wreck. Only after months does he return to a more or less normal life and even then he only works in his wife's bookstore. A year later Eileen walks in the store, a girl from Northern ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolf van den Berg
CAST:  Thom Hoffman  •  Lysette Anthony  •  Marijke Veugelers  •  John van Dreelen

After his wife Marjan has died in a car crash, Philip de Wit becomes a total wreck. Only after months does he return to a more or less normal life and even then he only works in his wife's bookstore. A year later Eileen walks in the store, a girl from Northern ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Rudolf van den Berg
CAST:  Thom Hoffman  •  Lysette Anthony  •  Marijke Veugelers  •  John van Dreelen

A Time to Love and a Time to Die (1958)

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sirk
CAST:  John Gavin  •  Liselotte Pulver  •  Jock Mahoney  •  Don DeFore

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Douglas Sirk
CAST:  John Gavin  •  Liselotte Pulver  •  Jock Mahoney  •  Don DeFore

Too Hot to Handle (1977)

Gorgeous blonde assassin Samantha Fox accepts a contract to liquidate a quintet of gangsters in the Philippines. Problems ensue when she falls in love with the Manila detective investigating the killings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Schain
CAST:  Cheri Caffaro  •  Vic Diaz  •  Aharon Ipalé  •  Corinne Calvet

Gorgeous blonde assassin Samantha Fox accepts a contract to liquidate a quintet of gangsters in the Philippines. Problems ensue when she falls in love with the Manila detective investigating the killings.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Schain
CAST:  Cheri Caffaro  •  Vic Diaz  •  Aharon Ipalé  •  Corinne Calvet

Madame X (1966)

A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. She wanders the world, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Lana Turner  •  John Forsythe  •  Ricardo Montalban  •  Constance Bennett

A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her mother-in-law to assume a new identity to save the reputation of her husband and infant son. She wanders the world, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  David Lowell Rich
CAST:  Lana Turner  •  John Forsythe  •  Ricardo Montalban  •  Constance Bennett

Monte Carlo Baby (1951)

When a measles epidemic forces the temporary closing of a child care center, the son of a film star and her estranged husband, a concert pianist, is mistakenly delivered to a touring musician.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Audrey Hepburn  •  Ray Ventura  •  Henri Génès  •  Georges Lannes

When a measles epidemic forces the temporary closing of a child care center, the son of a film star and her estranged husband, a concert pianist, is mistakenly delivered to a touring musician.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean Boyer
CAST:  Audrey Hepburn  •  Ray Ventura  •  Henri Génès  •  Georges Lannes

The Leech Woman (1960)

An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dein
CAST:  Coleen Gray  •  Grant Williams  •  Phillip Terry  •  Gloria Talbott

An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dein
CAST:  Coleen Gray  •  Grant Williams  •  Phillip Terry  •  Gloria Talbott

Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears (1989)

In this wacky comedy, teen-aged Tony (Bentley C. Mitchum) has never known who is father is. Together with his best buddies Peter and Susan, he tracks down the clues he has as well as he can.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Bannert
CAST:  Christopher Mitchum  •  Angela Alvarado  •  John Hillerman  •  Julia Kent

In this wacky comedy, teen-aged Tony (Bentley C. Mitchum) has never known who is father is. Together with his best buddies Peter and Susan, he tracks down the clues he has as well as he can.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Bannert
CAST:  Christopher Mitchum  •  Angela Alvarado  •  John Hillerman  •  Julia Kent

The Enemy General (1960)

OSS agent, working with the French underground, ambushes Nazi convoy with high-ranking general, who escapes. Later they take him from a Nazi prison and smuggle him to England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Van Johnson  •  Jean-Pierre Aumont  •  Dany Carrel  •  John van Dreelen

OSS agent, working with the French underground, ambushes Nazi convoy with high-ranking general, who escapes. Later they take him from a Nazi prison and smuggle him to England.  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Sherman
CAST:  Van Johnson  •  Jean-Pierre Aumont  •  Dany Carrel  •  John van Dreelen

Laura (1962)

The detective investigating Laura Hunt's murder finds himself becoming obsessed with the dead woman only to find out she's actually still alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franz Josef Wild
CAST:  Hildegard Knef  •  Adolf Wohlbrück  •  Hellmut Lange  •  John van Dreelen

The detective investigating Laura Hunt's murder finds himself becoming obsessed with the dead woman only to find out she's actually still alive.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franz Josef Wild
CAST:  Hildegard Knef  •  Adolf Wohlbrück  •  Hellmut Lange  •  John van Dreelen

Covenant (1985)

A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of evil take over the world. An underground group named The Judges bands together to try to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Grauman
CAST:  Jane Badler  •  Kevin Conroy  •  Charles Frank  •  Whitney Kershaw

A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of evil take over the world. An underground group named The Judges bands together to try to stop them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Walter Grauman
CAST:  Jane Badler  •  Kevin Conroy  •  Charles Frank  •  Whitney Kershaw

Mascara (1987)

A respected police commissioner has a reputation as a opera lover, but by night he also enjoys plunging into the transvestite scene. In addition, he harbors a longing for his very own sister. When he learns that his wife has been murdered, he tries to implicate the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Conrad
CAST:  Charlotte Rampling  •  Michael Sarrazin  •  Derek de Lint  •  Jappe Claes

A respected police commissioner has a reputation as a opera lover, but by night he also enjoys plunging into the transvestite scene. In addition, he harbors a longing for his very own sister. When he learns that his wife has been murdered, he tries to implicate the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Patrick Conrad
CAST:  Charlotte Rampling  •  Michael Sarrazin  •  Derek de Lint  •  Jappe Claes

Odyssey of Love (1987)

Paul has a full-time lover, an older English woman whose common sense and down-to-earth qualities more than compensate for her relative lack of passion. After all, he is surrounded by women clamoring for time with him in bed. So are all the other men in the story. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pim de la Parra
CAST:  Herbert Flack  •  Sarah Brackett  •  Patty Brard  •  Liz Snoyink

Paul has a full-time lover, an older English woman whose common sense and down-to-earth qualities more than compensate for her relative lack of passion. After all, he is surrounded by women clamoring for time with him in bed. So are all the other men in the story. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pim de la Parra
CAST:  Herbert Flack  •  Sarah Brackett  •  Patty Brard  •  Liz Snoyink

Operation Las Vegas (1990)

Richard Harrison fights mobsters, terrorists, and ninjas in this no-budget flick.  (more)

DIRECTION:  N.G. Mount
CAST:  Richard Harrison  •  Brigitte Borghese  •  John van Dreelen  •  Walter G. Zeri

Richard Harrison fights mobsters, terrorists, and ninjas in this no-budget flick.  (more)

DIRECTION:  N.G. Mount
CAST:  Richard Harrison  •  Brigitte Borghese  •  John van Dreelen  •  Walter G. Zeri

Full House (1952)

Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and Maigret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Verneuil
CAST:  Michel Simon  •  Raymond Rouleau  •  John van Dreelen  •  André Dalibert

Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and Maigret.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Verneuil
CAST:  Michel Simon  •  Raymond Rouleau  •  John van Dreelen  •  André Dalibert

Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer (1953)

Thomas offers Dorette a trip to Moselle that she rejects saying it's short notice, but when Thomas shows at her apartment the next day he finds she's not slept on her bed. He leaves for Dorette alone, and there he meets Angela.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Hoffmann
CAST:  Elisabeth Müller  •  Will Quadflieg  •  Oliver Grimm  •  Albert Florath

Thomas offers Dorette a trip to Moselle that she rejects saying it's short notice, but when Thomas shows at her apartment the next day he finds she's not slept on her bed. He leaves for Dorette alone, and there he meets Angela.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kurt Hoffmann
CAST:  Elisabeth Müller  •  Will Quadflieg  •  Oliver Grimm  •  Albert Florath

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DIRECTION:  Paul Martin
CAST:  Gardy Granass  •  Margarete Haagen  •  John van Dreelen  •  Lil Dagover

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DIRECTION:  Max Michel
CAST:  Barbara Rütting  •  Erwin Strahl  •  Werner Fuetterer  •  Alexander Golling

Schiff ohne Hafen (1956)

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DIRECTION:  Hanns Farenburg
CAST:  Alfred Balthoff  •  Josef Dahmen  •  Rudolf Fenner  •  Wolfgang Jansen

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DIRECTION:  Hanns Farenburg
CAST:  Alfred Balthoff  •  Josef Dahmen  •  Rudolf Fenner  •  Wolfgang Jansen
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