Search results for "Wilfrid Hyde-White"
Fanny Hill (1983)
Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another until she is forced to become a prostitute to survive. This is the story,…
The Toy (1982)
On one of his bratty son Eric’s annual visits, the plutocrat U.S. Bates takes him to his department store and offers him anything in it as a gift. Eric chooses…
Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)
The Tarzan story from Jane’s point of view. Jane Parker visits her father in Africa where she joins him on an expedition. A couple of brief encounters with Tarzan establish…
In God We Tru$t (1980)
A naive monk, named Brother Ambrose, is sent by the abbot on a mission to raise $5,000 in order to save their monastery from closing. He goes to Hollywood where…
Fragment of Fear (1970)
A reformed drug addict travels to Italy to find out who murdered his aunt.
Ritual of Evil (1970)
A psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.
The Magic Christian (1969)
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone–and anything–can be bought.
Fear No Evil (1969)
A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror. The man’s fiance discovers that the…
P.J. (1968)
Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbison. In truth, Orbison plans a deadly…
The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967)
Sumuru is a beautiful but evil woman who plans world domination by having her sexy all-female army eliminate male leaders and replace them with her female agents.
Chamber of Horrors (1966)
A one-handed madman (he lost the hand while escaping a hanging) uses various detachable devices as murder weapons to gain revenge on those he believes have wronged him.
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966)
One of six travelers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to pay a local operator to fix United Nations votes. But which one?
The Liquidator (1965)
Spy spoof about Boysie Oakes, a British secret agent who specialises in Liquidating. In actual fact he contracts out the work and pretends it was himself. This leads to complications.
Ten Little Indians (1965)
Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn’t show up, the guests start dying, one by one, in uniquely macabre Agatha Christie-style….
My Fair Lady (1964)
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Two teenagers, Mary (Hayley Mills) and Robert (Keith Hamshere) are lead by Professor Paganel (Maurice Chevalier) on a search expedition for the children’s shipwrecked sea captain father. This Disney film…
Ada (1961)
A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel…
On the Double (1961)
American GI Ernie Williams, admittedly weak-kneed, has an uncanny resemblance to British Colonel MacKenzie. Williams, also a master of imitation and disguise, is asked to impersonate the Colonel, ostensibly to…
His and Hers (1961)
Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding inspiration in the adventures suggested by his agent Charles Lunton; it matters little that most of his experiences…
Two Way Stretch (1960)
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning…
Let’s Make Love (1960)
When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to…
Libel (1959)
A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet is a fraud, and…
North West Frontier (1959)
In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy’s governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relentlessly pursued…
The Lady is a Square (1959)
Neagle stars as Frances Baring, a socialite widow attempting to keep her late husband’s symphony orchestra going. Reluctantly she enlists the help of a young pop singer (Frankie Vaughan) who…
Carry On Nurse (1959)
In Haven Hospital, a certain men’s ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron’s debut gives everyone a chill every time she walks past, with…
Wonderful Things (1958)
Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough from fishing to marry his tempestuous fiancée,…
Up the Creek (1958)
Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm’s way. But together with Chief…
The Truth About Women (1957)
A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.
The Vicious Circle (1957)
When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport murdered in his flat, he is led into a world of murder, blackmail,…
Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957)
Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.
My Teenage Daughter (1956)
Magazine editor Valerie Carr lives in London with her two daughters Jan, aged seventeen, and Poppet, thirteen. When Jan is invited to a party at the Savoy, she meets dashing…
The March Hare (1956)
Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is ‘pulled’, and Sir Charles is forced to sell his…
To Dorothy a Son (1954)
Under a complicated bequest from her uncle, Myrtle stands to inherit $2,000,000 if her ex-husband doesn’t have any male heirs on the way, else he gets the cash. She journies…
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his…
Mr. Drake’s Duck (1951)
Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the government finds…
The Browning Version (1951)
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers…
Highly Dangerous (1950)
A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.
Trio (1950)
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
The Passionate Friends (1949)
A woman is torn between the love of her life, who is married to someone else, and her older husband.
My Brother’s Keeper (1948)
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets,…