Film Index
British cinema: Thriller
The Man in Black (1949)
Francis Searle
Henry Clavering is a rich and successful businessman who has become obsessed with his own mortality. During a Yoga demonstration, he manages to send his mind momentarily out of his body, but in doing so he dies, leaving his entire estate to his daughter Joan...
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Francis Searle
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Alfred Hitchcock
Bob and Jill Lawrence are on a skiing holiday in the Swiss alps when their friend, Louis Bernard, is shot dead. Before he dies, Louis reveals that he is a British spy and that he has a secret message, warning of an imminent high-profile assassination...
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Alfred Hitchcock
The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Guy Hamilton
When James Bond receives a golden bullet imprinted with his agent code 007, his boss M takes him off his current assignment and requests his immediate resignation...
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Guy Hamilton
Maniac (1963)
Michael Carreras
Jeff Farrell, an American artist, is holidaying in the south of France when he strikes up a friendship with provincial bar owner Eve Beynat and her stepdaughter Annette...
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Michael Carreras
The Masque of the Red Death (1964)
Roger Corman
12th Century Europe is being scourged by many plagues, the most fearsome of which is the Red Death. When Prince Prospero learns that this plague has reached the villages surrounding his castle, he orders his men to burn them to the ground...
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Roger Corman
The Medusa Touch (1978)
Jack Gold
A French detective, Brunel, investigates the apparent murder of an English writer, John Morlar. When he examines the body, Brunel finds that the victim is still alive and has him taken to hospital... [More...]
Jack Gold
A French detective, Brunel, investigates the apparent murder of an English writer, John Morlar. When he examines the body, Brunel finds that the victim is still alive and has him taken to hospital... [More...]
The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Guy Hamilton
The peace of the quaint English village of St Mary's Mead is disturbed by the arrival of a Hollywood film crew who are about to start work on a production of Mary Queen of Scots... [More...]
Guy Hamilton
The peace of the quaint English village of St Mary's Mead is disturbed by the arrival of a Hollywood film crew who are about to start work on a production of Mary Queen of Scots... [More...]
Mister Frost (1990)
Philippe Setbon
A serial killer, known only as Mr Frost, is arrested and, after two years of silence, ends up in a clinic for the mentally disturbed... [More...]
Philippe Setbon
A serial killer, known only as Mr Frost, is arrested and, after two years of silence, ends up in a clinic for the mentally disturbed... [More...]
The Monster Club (1980)
Roy Ward Baker
One evening, the author Chetwynd-Hayes is walking the streets when he runs into a courteous old vampire named Eramus. In return for a small blood donation, the vampire invites the writer to his favourite night-time haunt, the Monster Club, a place where fiends of all persuasion gather to let their hair down after a hard day's monstering... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
One evening, the author Chetwynd-Hayes is walking the streets when he runs into a courteous old vampire named Eramus. In return for a small blood donation, the vampire invites the writer to his favourite night-time haunt, the Monster Club, a place where fiends of all persuasion gather to let their hair down after a hard day's monstering... [More...]
Moonraker (1979)
Lewis Gilbert
When a Moonraker space shuttle goes missing during its transatlantic delivery, agent James Bond is called in to investigate... [More...]
Lewis Gilbert
When a Moonraker space shuttle goes missing during its transatlantic delivery, agent James Bond is called in to investigate... [More...]
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
John Gilling
Baron Van Housen has grand ambitions. He intends to build an army of killer robots and take over the world. He is also quite mad and believes he is descended from a vampire, which is why he sleeps in a coffin and has been busy abducting pretty young women... [More...]
John Gilling
Baron Van Housen has grand ambitions. He intends to build an army of killer robots and take over the world. He is also quite mad and believes he is descended from a vampire, which is why he sleeps in a coffin and has been busy abducting pretty young women... [More...]
The Mummy (1959)
Terence Fisher
In 1895, the eminent English archaeologist Stephen Banning and his son John are surveying the wonders of ancient Egypt when they come across the lost tomb of the Princess Ananka, high priestess of the Egyptian god Karnak... [More...]
Terence Fisher
In 1895, the eminent English archaeologist Stephen Banning and his son John are surveying the wonders of ancient Egypt when they come across the lost tomb of the Princess Ananka, high priestess of the Egyptian god Karnak... [More...]
Murder at the Gallop (1963)
George Pollock
Whilst collecting money for a charity, Miss Marple and her friend Mr Stringer pay a call on the reclusive Mr Enderby. They are amazed when the old man suddenly appears at the top of his staircase and drops dead at their feet... [More...]
George Pollock
Whilst collecting money for a charity, Miss Marple and her friend Mr Stringer pay a call on the reclusive Mr Enderby. They are amazed when the old man suddenly appears at the top of his staircase and drops dead at their feet... [More...]
Murder! (1930)
Alfred Hitchcock
Norah Baring, a member of a provincial theatre company, is arrested and tried for the murder of a fellow actress. The jury finds her guilty and she is condemned to death... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
Norah Baring, a member of a provincial theatre company, is arrested and tried for the murder of a fellow actress. The jury finds her guilty and she is condemned to death... [More...]
The Nanny (1965)
Seth Holt
Joey Fane is the ten-year old son of a wealthy middle class couple living in an affluent part of London. For the past two years, he has been confined to an institution for children with mental disorders... [More...]
Seth Holt
Joey Fane is the ten-year old son of a wealthy middle class couple living in an affluent part of London. For the past two years, he has been confined to an institution for children with mental disorders... [More...]
Never Let Go (1960)
John Guillermin
John Cummings is an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman who barely earns enough money to keep his wife and two children. He can just about afford the repayments on the new car he has recently purchased but is unable to pay for the insurance... [More...]
John Guillermin
John Cummings is an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman who barely earns enough money to keep his wife and two children. He can just about afford the repayments on the new car he has recently purchased but is unable to pay for the insurance... [More...]
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Irvin Kershner
James Bond is not the man he used to be. When he under-performs in a training exercise, M sends him to a health clinic to rid himself of all those harmful free radicals... [More...]
Irvin Kershner
James Bond is not the man he used to be. When he under-performs in a training exercise, M sends him to a health clinic to rid himself of all those harmful free radicals... [More...]
Night and the City (1950)
Jules Dassin
An American living in London, Harry Fabian is a small-time con artist with big-time ambitions. So far his dreams of getting rich quick have led him nowhere and without his ex-girlfriend Mary to bail him out when things go wrong he would have ended up as food for river rats long ago... [More...]
Jules Dassin
An American living in London, Harry Fabian is a small-time con artist with big-time ambitions. So far his dreams of getting rich quick have led him nowhere and without his ex-girlfriend Mary to bail him out when things go wrong he would have ended up as food for river rats long ago... [More...]
Night of the Demon (1957)
Jacques Tourneur
Dr John Holden, an American psychologist specialising in the paranormal, arrives in England to attend a convention on the Occult... [More...]
Jacques Tourneur
Dr John Holden, an American psychologist specialising in the paranormal, arrives in England to attend a convention on the Occult... [More...]
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Carol Reed
Just before his country is annexed by Nazi Germany, the Czech inventor Axel Bomasch manages to escape to England, but his daughter Anna is arrested and sent to a concentration camp... [More...]
Carol Reed
Just before his country is annexed by Nazi Germany, the Czech inventor Axel Bomasch manages to escape to England, but his daughter Anna is arrested and sent to a concentration camp... [More...]
Nightmare (1964)
Freddie Francis
17-year-old Janet is attending a boarding school when she begins suffering a series of nightmares in which she ends up imprisoned in a padded cell with her mother... [More...]
Freddie Francis
17-year-old Janet is attending a boarding school when she begins suffering a series of nightmares in which she ends up imprisoned in a padded cell with her mother... [More...]
The Nightmare Man [TV] (1981)
Douglas Camfield
The peace of a small island in the Hebrides is disturbed by the discovery of the mangled remains of a woman's body. At first, it looks like the work of a deranged psychopath with the strength of a gorilla but from the unusual teeth marks found on the corpse the resident dentist, Michael Gaffikin, becomes convinced that the killer was not human... [More...]
Douglas Camfield
The peace of a small island in the Hebrides is disturbed by the discovery of the mangled remains of a woman's body. At first, it looks like the work of a deranged psychopath with the strength of a gorilla but from the unusual teeth marks found on the corpse the resident dentist, Michael Gaffikin, becomes convinced that the killer was not human... [More...]
Number Seventeen (1932)
Alfred Hitchcock
On entering a seemingly abandoned old house one night, a detective discovers a Cockney tramp named Ben and a dead body. An attractive young girl named Rose suddenly falls in through a skylight... [More...]
Alfred Hitchcock
On entering a seemingly abandoned old house one night, a detective discovers a Cockney tramp named Ben and a dead body. An attractive young girl named Rose suddenly falls in through a skylight... [More...]
The Oblong Box (1969)
Gordon Hessler
England, 1865. After a disastrous expedition to Africa, Julian Markham returns to his ancestral home with his brother Edward, whom he keeps a prisoner to conceal the fact he was badly disfigured in the course of a voodoo ceremony... [More...]
Gordon Hessler
England, 1865. After a disastrous expedition to Africa, Julian Markham returns to his ancestral home with his brother Edward, whom he keeps a prisoner to conceal the fact he was badly disfigured in the course of a voodoo ceremony... [More...]
The October Man (1947)
Roy Ward Baker
Jim Ackland, a research chemist, ends up in hospital with a serious brain injury after a bus crash that left the young girl in his care dead... [More...]
Roy Ward Baker
Jim Ackland, a research chemist, ends up in hospital with a serious brain injury after a bus crash that left the young girl in his care dead... [More...]
Octopussy (1983)
John Glen
Sickened by the concessions his leaders have made to Western governments, renegade Soviet General Orlov concocts a diabolical plan that will enable the Soviet Union to expand its territory using conventional forces... [More...]
John Glen
Sickened by the concessions his leaders have made to Western governments, renegade Soviet General Orlov concocts a diabolical plan that will enable the Soviet Union to expand its territory using conventional forces... [More...]
Odd Man Out (1947)
Carol Reed
Johnny McQueen hides out in an anonymous Belfast house, having recently broken out of prison where he was serving a stretch for involvement with a terrorist organisation... [More...]
Carol Reed
Johnny McQueen hides out in an anonymous Belfast house, having recently broken out of prison where he was serving a stretch for involvement with a terrorist organisation... [More...]
The Odessa File (1974)
Ronald Neame
Munich, November 1963. Whilst the world is still reeling from the news of President Kennedy's assassination, journalist Peter Miller allows himself to be distracted by the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, Solomon Tauber... [More...]
Ronald Neame
Munich, November 1963. Whilst the world is still reeling from the news of President Kennedy's assassination, journalist Peter Miller allows himself to be distracted by the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, Solomon Tauber... [More...]
The Old Dark House (1963)
William Castle
American car salesman Tom Penderel shares an apartment in London with his friend Caspar Femm - he lives there during the night, Caspar using it only during the day... [More...]
William Castle
American car salesman Tom Penderel shares an apartment in London with his friend Caspar Femm - he lives there during the night, Caspar using it only during the day... [More...]
The Omen (1976)
Richard Donner
When his son dies in childbirth, the wealthy American politician Robert Thorn agrees to adopt another child in its place, to spare his wife Katherine grief... [More...]
Richard Donner
When his son dies in childbirth, the wealthy American politician Robert Thorn agrees to adopt another child in its place, to spare his wife Katherine grief... [More...]