Neil Wilson

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

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In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Kubrick
CAST:  Malcolm McDowell  •  Patrick Magee  •  Adrienne Corri  •  Michael Bates

In a near-future Britain, young Alexander DeLarge and his pals get their kicks beating and raping anyone they please. When not destroying the lives of others, Alex swoons to the music of Beethoven. The state, eager to crack down on juvenile crime, gives an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Kubrick
CAST:  Malcolm McDowell  •  Patrick Magee  •  Adrienne Corri  •  Michael Bates

A Hard Day's Night (1964)

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  John Lennon  •  Paul McCartney  •  George Harrison  •  Ringo Starr

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Lester
CAST:  John Lennon  •  Paul McCartney  •  George Harrison  •  Ringo Starr

Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde (1971)

In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel for young, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Ward Baker
CAST:  Ralph Bates  •  Martine Beswick  •  Gerald Sim  •  Lewis Fiander

In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel for young, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Ward Baker
CAST:  Ralph Bates  •  Martine Beswick  •  Gerald Sim  •  Lewis Fiander

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

X the Unknown (1956)

Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Norman
CAST:  Dean Jagger  •  Edward Chapman  •  Leo McKern  •  Anthony Newley

Army radiation experiments awaken a subterranean monster from a fissure that feeds on energy and proceeds to terrorise a remote Scottish village. An American research scientist at a nearby nuclear plant joins with a British investigator to discover why the victims ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie Norman
CAST:  Dean Jagger  •  Edward Chapman  •  Leo McKern  •  Anthony Newley

The Stone Tape (1972)

A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyse the apparition, which he believes is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Sasdy
CAST:  Michael Bryant  •  Jane Asher  •  Iain Cuthbertson  •  Michael Bates

A research team from an electronics company move into an old Victorian house to start work on finding a new recording medium. When team member Jill Greeley witnesses a ghost, team director Peter Brock decides not only to analyse the apparition, which he believes is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Peter Sasdy
CAST:  Michael Bryant  •  Jane Asher  •  Iain Cuthbertson  •  Michael Bates

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

Offbeat (1961)

When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cliff Owen
CAST:  William Sylvester  •  Mai Zetterling  •  John Meillon  •  Anthony Dawson

When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cliff Owen
CAST:  William Sylvester  •  Mai Zetterling  •  John Meillon  •  Anthony Dawson

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

I Believe in You (1952)

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Michael Relph
CAST:  Celia Johnson  •  Cecil Parker  •  Joan Collins  •  Laurence Harvey

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Basil Dearden  •  Michael Relph
CAST:  Celia Johnson  •  Cecil Parker  •  Joan Collins  •  Laurence Harvey

Staircase (1969)

An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Donen
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Rex Harrison  •  Cathleen Nesbitt  •  Beatrix Lehmann

An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police officer. The action takes place over the course of one night as they discuss their loving but often volatile past ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Donen
CAST:  Richard Burton  •  Rex Harrison  •  Cathleen Nesbitt  •  Beatrix Lehmann

Angels One Five (1952)

The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George More O'Ferrall
CAST:  Jack Hawkins  •  Michael Denison  •  John Gregson  •  Cyril Raymond

The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  George More O'Ferrall
CAST:  Jack Hawkins  •  Michael Denison  •  John Gregson  •  Cyril Raymond

Gaolbreak (1962)

An honest news agent realizes that his 2 sons are corrupt. When one criminal son is in jail, the other breaks him out to help with a job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Searle
CAST:  Peter Reynolds  •  Avice Landone  •  David Kernan  •  Carol White

An honest news agent realizes that his 2 sons are corrupt. When one criminal son is in jail, the other breaks him out to help with a job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francis Searle
CAST:  Peter Reynolds  •  Avice Landone  •  David Kernan  •  Carol White

She Knows Y'Know (1962)

Comedy about a protective mother whose dull son seems to have become wayward with the local bottle blonde.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Hylda Baker  •  Cyril Smith  •  Joe Gibbons  •  Peter Myers

Comedy about a protective mother whose dull son seems to have become wayward with the local bottle blonde.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Montgomery Tully
CAST:  Hylda Baker  •  Cyril Smith  •  Joe Gibbons  •  Peter Myers

Appointment with Venus (1951)

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  David Niven  •  Glynis Johns  •  George Coulouris  •  Barry Jones

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ralph Thomas
CAST:  David Niven  •  Glynis Johns  •  George Coulouris  •  Barry Jones

Tons of Trouble (1956)

An apartment handyman is unusually attached to a pair of boilers he names "Mavis" and "Ethel."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie S. Hiscott
CAST:  Richard Hearne  •  William Hartnell  •  Austin Trevor  •  Joan Marion

An apartment handyman is unusually attached to a pair of boilers he names "Mavis" and "Ethel."  (more)

DIRECTION:  Leslie S. Hiscott
CAST:  Richard Hearne  •  William Hartnell  •  Austin Trevor  •  Joan Marion

Bottoms Up! (1960)

An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie's son as a Middle Eastern prince. The headmaster's madcap scheme is further ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Zampi
CAST:  Jimmy Edwards  •  Arthur Howard  •  Martita Hunt  •  Sydney Tafler

An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie's son as a Middle Eastern prince. The headmaster's madcap scheme is further ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Zampi
CAST:  Jimmy Edwards  •  Arthur Howard  •  Martita Hunt  •  Sydney Tafler

The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

Tongue-in-cheek chiller about a ruthlessly sadistic student who will stop at nothing in pursuit of advancing his shocking scientific experiments. Young Victor Frankenstein murders his own father in order to inherit his title and fortune, and drops out of school to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jimmy Sangster
CAST:  Ralph Bates  •  Kate O'Mara  •  Veronica Carlson  •  Jon Finch

Tongue-in-cheek chiller about a ruthlessly sadistic student who will stop at nothing in pursuit of advancing his shocking scientific experiments. Young Victor Frankenstein murders his own father in order to inherit his title and fortune, and drops out of school to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jimmy Sangster
CAST:  Ralph Bates  •  Kate O'Mara  •  Veronica Carlson  •  Jon Finch

Doctor Who: Spearhead from Space (1970)

The New Doctor arrives on Earth in the middle of a freak meteor shower. Faceless killer shop window dummies are coming to life and killing anything that comes into their path while Facsimiles are replacing top Military, Political and Civil leaders. The Nestene has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Martinus
CAST:  Jon Pertwee  •  Caroline John  •  Nicholas Courtney  •  Hugh Burden

The New Doctor arrives on Earth in the middle of a freak meteor shower. Faceless killer shop window dummies are coming to life and killing anything that comes into their path while Facsimiles are replacing top Military, Political and Civil leaders. The Nestene has ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Derek Martinus
CAST:  Jon Pertwee  •  Caroline John  •  Nicholas Courtney  •  Hugh Burden