Lawrence Gordon Clark

Lawrence Gordon Clark (born 15 June 1938) is an English television director and producer. He is best known for "A Ghost Story for Christmas", which was a series of telefilm adaptations of (mostly) M.R. James ghost stories, broadcast annually by the BBC throughout the 1970s.

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Murder by the Book (1986)

Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it’s not an entirely sad occasion. “That wretched little man,” she says. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Peggy Ashcroft  •  Ian Holm  •  Richard Wilson  •  Michael Aldridge

Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it’s not an entirely sad occasion. “That wretched little man,” she says. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Peggy Ashcroft  •  Ian Holm  •  Richard Wilson  •  Michael Aldridge

Death Has A Bad Reputation (1990)

Adaptation from a novel by Frederick Forsyth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Tony Lo Bianco  •  Elizabeth Hurley  •  Pamela Villoresi  •  Alan Howard

Adaptation from a novel by Frederick Forsyth.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Tony Lo Bianco  •  Elizabeth Hurley  •  Pamela Villoresi  •  Alan Howard

Romance on the Orient Express (1985)

Lily, an American travelling on the famous Orient Express train from Venice, Italy to Paris, France, suddenly runs into her former lover, Alex, who met and had a tender romance ten years earlier while vacationing in France, which ended abruptly when he walked out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Cheryl Ladd  •  Stuart Wilson  •  Renée Asherson  •  Ruby Wax

Lily, an American travelling on the famous Orient Express train from Venice, Italy to Paris, France, suddenly runs into her former lover, Alex, who met and had a tender romance ten years earlier while vacationing in France, which ended abruptly when he walked out ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Cheryl Ladd  •  Stuart Wilson  •  Renée Asherson  •  Ruby Wax

Drake's Venture (1980)

Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the world in search of adventure and treasure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  John Thaw  •  Charlotte Cornwell  •  Paul Darrow  •  Terence Budd

Sir Francis Drake circumnavigates the world in search of adventure and treasure.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  John Thaw  •  Charlotte Cornwell  •  Paul Darrow  •  Terence Budd

Jamaica Inn (1983)

The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pirates who attack passing ships, kill their crews and steal their cargoes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Jane Seymour  •  Patrick McGoohan  •  Trevor Eve  •  John McEnery

The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pirates who attack passing ships, kill their crews and steal their cargoes.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Jane Seymour  •  Patrick McGoohan  •  Trevor Eve  •  John McEnery

A Pattern of Roses (1983)

While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, teenager Tim and his friend Rebecca uncover information about the mysterious death of a 15-year-old boy who lived in the house decades prior, and as they dig deeper, Tim begins to find events from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Suzanna Hamilton  •  Stuart MacKenzie  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Philip Jackson

While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, teenager Tim and his friend Rebecca uncover information about the mysterious death of a 15-year-old boy who lived in the house decades prior, and as they dig deeper, Tim begins to find events from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Suzanna Hamilton  •  Stuart MacKenzie  •  Helena Bonham Carter  •  Philip Jackson

Just Another Secret (1989)

An American intelligence agent uncovers a plot to assassinate Soviet Premier Gorbachev just at the time when glasnost is coming into place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Beau Bridges  •  Kenneth Cranham  •  James Faulkner  •  Erich Hallhuber

An American intelligence agent uncovers a plot to assassinate Soviet Premier Gorbachev just at the time when glasnost is coming into place.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Beau Bridges  •  Kenneth Cranham  •  James Faulkner  •  Erich Hallhuber

Magic Moments (1989)

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DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Jenny Seagrove  •  John Shea  •  Paul Freeman  •  Debora Weston

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DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Jenny Seagrove  •  John Shea  •  Paul Freeman  •  Debora Weston

Monkey Boy (1992)

Half man, half monkey, Chad was born in a lab and kept hidden from the world. A journalist, investigating a macabre mass-murder, discovers the mutant boy — a creature with the mind of a child and superhuman strength. But the reporter finds out the hard way that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Christine Kavanagh  •  John Lynch  •  Kenneth Cranham

Half man, half monkey, Chad was born in a lab and kept hidden from the world. A journalist, investigating a macabre mass-murder, discovers the mutant boy — a creature with the mind of a child and superhuman strength. But the reporter finds out the hard way that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Christine Kavanagh  •  John Lynch  •  Kenneth Cranham

On Dangerous Ground (1996)

Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Rob Lowe  •  Kenneth Cranham  •  Deborah Moore  •  Jürgen Prochnow

Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Rob Lowe  •  Kenneth Cranham  •  Deborah Moore  •  Jürgen Prochnow

Midnight Man (1997)

British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President. But the spy isn't in long before he realizes that the first plot is but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Rob Lowe  •  Kenneth Cranham  •  Deborah Moore  •  Hannes Jaenicke

British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President. But the spy isn't in long before he realizes that the first plot is but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Rob Lowe  •  Kenneth Cranham  •  Deborah Moore  •  Hannes Jaenicke

The Locksmith (1997)

When his estranged wife is brutally attacked by a burglar, a law-abiding locksmith unconvinced that the junkie charged for the crime is the real attacker starts his own investigation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark  •  Alan Dossor  •  Chris Bernard
CAST:  Warren Clarke  •  Chris Gascoyne  •  Sheila Kelley  •  Sarah-Jane Potts

When his estranged wife is brutally attacked by a burglar, a law-abiding locksmith unconvinced that the junkie charged for the crime is the real attacker starts his own investigation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark  •  Alan Dossor  •  Chris Bernard
CAST:  Warren Clarke  •  Chris Gascoyne  •  Sheila Kelley  •  Sarah-Jane Potts

The Stalls of Barchester (1971)

Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester Cathedral library takes an eerie turn when he comes across the papers of the late Archdeacon, who plotted to gain his position through murder. However, he soon comes to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Robert Hardy  •  Clive Swift  •  Thelma Barlow  •  Will Leighton

Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester Cathedral library takes an eerie turn when he comes across the papers of the late Archdeacon, who plotted to gain his position through murder. However, he soon comes to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Robert Hardy  •  Clive Swift  •  Thelma Barlow  •  Will Leighton

A Warning to the Curious (1972)

Paxton, an amateur archeologist, travels to the town of Seaburgh and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which, according to legend, protect the county from invasion. On digging the crown up, Paxton is stalked by its supernatural guardian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Peter Vaughan  •  Clive Swift  •  Julian Herrington  •  John Kearney

Paxton, an amateur archeologist, travels to the town of Seaburgh and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which, according to legend, protect the county from invasion. On digging the crown up, Paxton is stalked by its supernatural guardian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Peter Vaughan  •  Clive Swift  •  Julian Herrington  •  John Kearney

Lost Hearts (1973)

A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Simon Gipps-Kent  •  Joseph O'Conor  •  James Mellor  •  Susan Richards

A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Simon Gipps-Kent  •  Joseph O'Conor  •  James Mellor  •  Susan Richards

The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (1974)

Pride comes before a fall in John Bowen' adaptation of MR James' tale of a treasure hunt with a sticky end. Michael Bryant plays The Reverend Somerton whose self-assured intellectual arrogance masks a naked greed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Michael Bryant  •  Sheila Dunn  •  Anne Blake  •  Frank Mills

Pride comes before a fall in John Bowen' adaptation of MR James' tale of a treasure hunt with a sticky end. Michael Bryant plays The Reverend Somerton whose self-assured intellectual arrogance masks a naked greed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Michael Bryant  •  Sheila Dunn  •  Anne Blake  •  Frank Mills

The Ash Tree (1975)

Man of leisure Sir Richard receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he immediately sets about taking stock of all legal matters concerning his new property, but during these ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Edward Petherbridge  •  Preston Lockwood  •  Barbara Ewing  •  Lalla Ward

Man of leisure Sir Richard receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he immediately sets about taking stock of all legal matters concerning his new property, but during these ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Edward Petherbridge  •  Preston Lockwood  •  Barbara Ewing  •  Lalla Ward

The Signalman (1976)

A traveller comes across a signalman stationed by the exit of a railway tunnel in a deep cutting. The traveller becomes familiar with the signalman, and finds that he is troubled by an apparition which appears by the tunnel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Denholm Elliott  •  Bernard Lloyd  •  Reginald Jessup  •  Carina Wyeth

A traveller comes across a signalman stationed by the exit of a railway tunnel in a deep cutting. The traveller becomes familiar with the signalman, and finds that he is troubled by an apparition which appears by the tunnel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Denholm Elliott  •  Bernard Lloyd  •  Reginald Jessup  •  Carina Wyeth

Stigma (1977)

A young couple move into a remote country house in the middle of a stone circle. They employ workmen who disturb an ancient menhir, unleashing a supernatural force.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Peter Bowles  •  Kate Binchy  •  Maxine Gordon  •  Jon Laurimore

A young couple move into a remote country house in the middle of a stone circle. They employ workmen who disturb an ancient menhir, unleashing a supernatural force.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Peter Bowles  •  Kate Binchy  •  Maxine Gordon  •  Jon Laurimore

Casting the Runes (1979)

The producer and her team are in danger from evil forces and must figure out how to save themselves  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Iain Cuthbertson  •  Jan Francis  •  Bernard Gallagher  •  Joanna Dunham

The producer and her team are in danger from evil forces and must figure out how to save themselves  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lawrence Gordon Clark
CAST:  Iain Cuthbertson  •  Jan Francis  •  Bernard Gallagher  •  Joanna Dunham
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