Allan Surtees

Liverpool born actor Allan Surtees was a regular presence on British television with many credits over a thirty year period.

Erik the Viking (1989)

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Jones
CAST:  Tim Robbins  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Eartha Kitt  •  Terry Jones

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allow his people to see sunlight again. A Pythonesque satire of Viking life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terry Jones
CAST:  Tim Robbins  •  Mickey Rooney  •  Eartha Kitt  •  Terry Jones

Get Carter (1971)

Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends and acquaintances to learn who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Hodges
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Ian Hendry  •  Britt Ekland  •  John Osborne

Jack Carter is a small-time hood working in London. When word reaches him of his brother's death, he travels to Newcastle to attend the funeral. Refusing to accept the police report of suicide, Carter seeks out his brother’s friends and acquaintances to learn who ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Hodges
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Ian Hendry  •  Britt Ekland  •  John Osborne

Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed (1969)

Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  Veronica Carlson  •  Freddie Jones  •  Simon Ward

Blackmailing a young couple to assist with his horrific experiments the Baron, desperate for vital medical data, abducts a man from an insane asylum. On route the abductee dies and the Baron and his assistant transplant his brain into a corpse. The creature is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Terence Fisher
CAST:  Peter Cushing  •  Veronica Carlson  •  Freddie Jones  •  Simon Ward

The Reckoning (1970)

Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him – after 37 years – back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Nicol Williamson  •  Tom Kempinski  •  Zena Walker  •  Paul Rogers

Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him – after 37 years – back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Nicol Williamson  •  Tom Kempinski  •  Zena Walker  •  Paul Rogers

The Adding Machine (1969)

An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerome Epstein
CAST:  Milo O’Shea  •  Phyllis Diller  •  Billie Whitelaw  •  Sydney Chaplin

An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerome Epstein
CAST:  Milo O’Shea  •  Phyllis Diller  •  Billie Whitelaw  •  Sydney Chaplin

Eye of the Needle (1981)

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Marquand
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Kate Nelligan  •  Stephen MacKenna  •  Christopher Cazenove

Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Marquand
CAST:  Donald Sutherland  •  Kate Nelligan  •  Stephen MacKenna  •  Christopher Cazenove

Bavarian Night (1981)

The dynamic young headmaster of St Peter's Primary School decides to liven up a parents' fundraising social by hiring a Bavarian band.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Bob Peck  •  Julian Littman  •  Bert Crome  •  Liza Hayden

The dynamic young headmaster of St Peter's Primary School decides to liven up a parents' fundraising social by hiring a Bavarian band.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Bob Peck  •  Julian Littman  •  Bert Crome  •  Liza Hayden

Sleepers (1991)

Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been “lost.” A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geoffrey Sax
CAST:  Nigel Havers  •  Warren Clarke  •  Michael Gough  •  Joanna Kanska

Amidst the thaw of glasnost, the Kremlin discovers that two Soviet agents, sent to England under deep cover in 1965, have been “lost.” A beautiful and ambitious Russian agent, sent to London to track them down, becomes embroiled in a tangle of CIA, KGB and MI-5 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Geoffrey Sax
CAST:  Nigel Havers  •  Warren Clarke  •  Michael Gough  •  Joanna Kanska

I Bring You Frankincense (1996)

"A rites of passage drama about a mixed race boy called Sunshine who leaves Guildford in [the] 1970's and moves to London." - BFI  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ngozi Onwurah
CAST:  Dev  •  Reggie Yates  •  Akim Mogaji  •  Saffron Burrows

"A rites of passage drama about a mixed race boy called Sunshine who leaves Guildford in [the] 1970's and moves to London." - BFI  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ngozi Onwurah
CAST:  Dev  •  Reggie Yates  •  Akim Mogaji  •  Saffron Burrows

Faith and Henry (1969)

A coming of age story of an interracial relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Hilary Baker  •  John Arthur Baron  •  Joe Gladwin  •  Allan Surtees

A coming of age story of an interracial relationship.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jack Gold
CAST:  Hilary Baker  •  John Arthur Baron  •  Joe Gladwin  •  Allan Surtees

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

Funny Farm (1975)

Funny Farm depicts a night shift by nurse Alan Welbeck (Tim Preece) on a psychiatric ward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Clarke
CAST:  Tim Preece  •  Allan Surtees  •  Bernard Severn  •  Francis Mortimer

Funny Farm depicts a night shift by nurse Alan Welbeck (Tim Preece) on a psychiatric ward.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alan Clarke
CAST:  Tim Preece  •  Allan Surtees  •  Bernard Severn  •  Francis Mortimer

Brassneck (1975)

Through the story of a single family, Brassneck traces a history that parallels the Labour Party's advent to power in 1945 through to the property speculation of the 1960s and the disillusionment with the Labour government in the early 1970s. Like most of the early ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Newell
CAST:  Jeremy Kemp  •  Susan Penhaligon  •  David Daker  •  Roger Lloyd Pack

Through the story of a single family, Brassneck traces a history that parallels the Labour Party's advent to power in 1945 through to the property speculation of the 1960s and the disillusionment with the Labour government in the early 1970s. Like most of the early ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mike Newell
CAST:  Jeremy Kemp  •  Susan Penhaligon  •  David Daker  •  Roger Lloyd Pack

The Seagull (1978)

A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin, an aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Lindsay-Hogg
CAST:  Michael Gambon  •  Stephen Rea  •  Anthony Bate  •  Georgina Hale

A group of friends and relations gather at a country estate to see the first performance of an experimental play written and staged by the young man of the house, Konstantin, an aspiring writer who dreams of bringing new forms to the theatre.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Lindsay-Hogg
CAST:  Michael Gambon  •  Stephen Rea  •  Anthony Bate  •  Georgina Hale

Black Island (1979)

Joe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Bolt
CAST:  Michael Elphick  •  Allan Surtees  •  Martin Murphy  •  Mike Salmon

Joe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ben Bolt
CAST:  Michael Elphick  •  Allan Surtees  •  Martin Murphy  •  Mike Salmon

The Luddites (1988)

In 1812 there were violent disturbances in Yorkshire when new machines were introduced into the wool industry. This film is an interpretation of those events made in the style of a documentary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Broad
CAST:  Steven Alvey  •  Ray Armstrong  •  Dicken Ashworth  •  David Becalick

In 1812 there were violent disturbances in Yorkshire when new machines were introduced into the wool industry. This film is an interpretation of those events made in the style of a documentary.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Broad
CAST:  Steven Alvey  •  Ray Armstrong  •  Dicken Ashworth  •  David Becalick

Murder On Line One (1989)

A series of heinous murders ends with the arrest of the supposed killer. But when similar grisly killings continue, a beautiful reporter sets out to prove that the police are holding the wrong man. Or are they?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anders Palm
CAST:  Andrew Wilde  •  Emma Jacobs  •  Peter Blake  •  Allan Surtees

A series of heinous murders ends with the arrest of the supposed killer. But when similar grisly killings continue, a beautiful reporter sets out to prove that the police are holding the wrong man. Or are they?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Anders Palm
CAST:  Andrew Wilde  •  Emma Jacobs  •  Peter Blake  •  Allan Surtees