Douglas Hickox
Nacimiento : 1929-01-10, London, England, UK
Muerte : 1988-07-25
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Douglas Hickox (10 January 1929 – 25 July 1988) was an English film director. Hickox was born in London, where he was educated at Emanuel School. Hickox worked extensively as an assistant director and second unit director throughout the 50's and early 60's, making his first major picture in 1970. Over the next ten years, he developed a reputation for the wit and style of his direction, and for his taut action sequences. His work includes Les Bicyclettes de Belsize (1968), Entertaining Mr Sloane (1969), Theatre of Blood (1973) and Zulu Dawn (1979).
Hickox was married to Anne V. Coates, the Oscar winning editor of Lawrence of Arabia. After his death in 1988, his second wife Annabel approached the BIFA (British Independent Film Awards) with an annual bequest from Douglas' estate. This bequest led directly to the creation of the British Independent Film Awards. In recognition of Douglas's commitment and support for new talent, BIFA inaugurated the Douglas Hickox Award, which is given to a British director on their debut feature.
Douglas Hickox's sons, Anthony Hickox and James D.R. Hickox are also film directors and one of his daughters, Emma, a film editor. Anthony Hickox's best known work is perhaps Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992), whilst he was Executive Producer on Children of the Corn III: Urban Harvest (1995) directed by James D.R. Hickox. Emma E. Hickox's career has probably taken her the furthest though with films like The Jacket, Kinky Boots, Blood and Chocolate, Blue Crush, Becoming Jane and A Walk to Remember on her CV.
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Un viejo policía acosa a Allen Devlin, pues está convencido de que es un asesino en serie. El problema es que Allen sufre amnesia y no puede recordar nada que le permita probar su inocencia.
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The Master of Ballantrae is a 1984 TV movie based on the 1889 novel by Robert Louis Stevenson.[2] It was a co production between the US and England for the Hallmark Hall of Fame
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La maldicion que pesa sobre los Baskerville ha traído la muerte y la desgracia a la familia durante generaciones. Cuando Sir Charles Baskerville es asesinado, Sherlock Holmes inicia una investigacion con su fiel amigo y compañero Watson. Pronto se da cuenta de que la próxima víctima será Sir Henry, el único miembro vivo de la familia y, por consiguiente, el heredero universal de los Baskerville. (FILMAFFINITY)
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A godlike being, discovered in an ancient sarcophagus in the plains of South America, is brought back to life and must learn to cope with today's society while using his extraordinary powers to combat evil. This variation on the "Superman" theme served as the pilot to the short-lived series (1981-82).
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1879 el Imperio Británico trata de imponer su voluntad sobre el poderoso rey zulú Cetshwayo, que controla parte de la zona de ZuluLand. Al negarse Cetshwayo a cumplir las órdenes de su Majestad la Reina de Inglaterra, los británicos deciden movilizar sus tropas lideradas por el General Chelmsford hacia los dominios de los zulús para someterlos confiando en su aparente superioridad táctica, técnica, militar y armamentística.
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La vida es perfecta para Robert Culp, hasta que su esposa Ellen y sus hijos son secuestrados por terroristas. Después de varias tentativas fracasadas de capturarlos por la policía, Robert se plantea su propia tentativa de rescate. McCabe (James Coburn), ex-marido de Ellen, contrata a un equipo profesionales del aladelta para ayudarle a rescatar a la mujer y los niños de la guarida de la montaña donde se ocultan los terroristas.
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John Wayne interpreta a Brannigan, un policía de Chicago de origen irlandés que debe viajar hasta Londres para intentar detener a un peligroso criminal huido de los Estados Unidos. Una vez en Scootland Yard se encontrará con más de una sorpresa.
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Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price), prestigioso actor de teatro inglés, especializado en los personajes de Shakespeare, se siente muy humillado, cuando el Círculo de Críticos de Londres se niega a concederle un prestigioso galardón. Lleno de ira, planea meticulosamente una insólita venganza: eliminar, uno a uno, a todos los críticos que despreciaron su talento, eligiendo en cada caso un tipo distinto de muerte, todas ellas inspiradas en las obras de Shakespeare.
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Un violento asesino se escapa de la cárcel. Su mayor obsesión es vengarse de aquellos que le delataron haciéndole pasar años en prisión. Además descubre que su esposa le ha sido infiel y decide matarla.
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Sloane, a handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins Kath's household as a lodger and proceeds to manipulate her and her brother, Ed. He is recognized by Kemp (Dadda) as the murderer of Kemp's former employer, whereupon Sloane murders Kemp. Sloane's "just desserts" are not what one would expect.
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A 1968 British musical short film (30 mins) starring Judy Huxtable and Anthony May. It was directed by Douglas Hickox. It tells the story of a young man (May) cycling around the Hampstead (NW3) area of London on a Raleigh RSW16. After crashing into a billboard he falls in love with a fashion model (Huxtable) depicted on it. Despite the title, the Belsize Park area does not actually feature. There is almost no spoken dialogue, and the soundtrack to the film is musical virtually throughout. The title song of the film has been a hit for Mireille Mathieu and Engelbert Humperdinck (a top ten hit in the UK and a top 40 hit in the USA) amongst others. The title is derivative of the French film, Les Parapluies de Cherbourg; apart from a musical theme there is no other obvious link.
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Sam Costa is a man about town, dispensing wisdom and witty quips from the bed of his Space Age bachelor bad whilst watching a stream of musical performances on his picture wall
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A series of musical vignettes formed from the dreams of a slumbering workman.
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An amusing portrait of the English at work and at play in the industrial north of the country. Photographs by Henri Cartier Bresson. Broadcasted only once, in the cultural program Tempo, in 1963, on the ITV/ABC channel. The photographs filmed in the title box are cropped and augmented with tenderly ironic commentary on the English, inspired by Cartier-Bresson's notes for this commission.
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Miss Marple cree haber presenciado un crimen: mientras viaja en el tren de Paddington y su tren se cruza con otro, cree ver por la ventanilla como, en el otro tren, una joven es estrangulada . Pero la policía no encuentra evidencias de que el crimen se haya cometido y cree que ha sido una alucinación de la anciana, con lo que ésta decide investigar por su cuenta. La primera de las cuatro películas en las que Margaret Rutherford interpretó a miss Marple.
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A doctor in 1890 England, in order to cure his wife's "sick mind," injects her with snake venom. She later gives birth to a daughter whom the villagers call "The Devil's Baby" and in a fit of fear they end up burning the family's house down. Years later a Scotland Yard detective is sent to the village to investigate a rash of deaths that are caused by snakebite.
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Un animal prehistórico es revitalizado por las radiaciones atómicas e inicia un ataque durante el cual destruye instalaciones rurales así como también edificios mundialmente reconocidos de Londres.
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Un capitán en una base aérea del Canadá debe investigar una serie de desapariciones. Las sospechas recaen en un científico que ha estado realizando experimentos en el campo de la telequinesis.
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Un relato de misterio acerca de la investigación de macabros crímenes cometidos por un siniestro psicópata.
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A fateful Stranger's Meeting leads to a maelstrom of crime, deception and murder in this 64-minute British programmer. The beautiful Delphi Lawrence heads a stellar cast, including such reliables as Victor Maddern, Norman Rossington, Conrad Phillips and Reginald Hearne. The plot centers around acrobat Peter Arne, falsely accused of murder. Escaping from the authorities, Arne hides out in a rustic inn, allowing first-time director (and former cinematographer) Robert Day ample opportunity for dark, menacing shadows and sinister underlighting. The genuine murderer is revealed just seconds before the culprit's death. Stranger's Meeting was held back from release until Robert Day's "official" directorial debut, The Green Man, had made the rounds.
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An American loses all his money and finds himself stranded in England. He finds hope when he meets a female smuggler who has brought jewels into the country inside a teddy bear, but unfortunately, things quickly get out of hand.
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Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the council, over building supplies that he needs to complete a job on a local housing estate. Under pressure to finish the job, his son gets them from a local crook. When the council find out, they call in the police, so the Grove family get together, to clear themselves, in time for the grand opening.
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A little girl accidentally breaks her mother's favourite ornament and goes hop-picking to replace it.
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An American veteran returns to England after WWII to learn that his London lover has become involved with a dangerous spy ring and their search for a limping sniper.
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In 1909 Cornwall, the affair between a disfigured miller's wife and his estranged cousin leads to a tragic case of mistaken identity.
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London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
