John Elphick

Nacimiento : 1903-08-12, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire, England, UK

Películas

The Piper's Tune
Art Direction
A group of children fleeing Napoleon's armies attempt to protect a mountain escape route from being discovered by a pursuing French platoon.
La Carne y el Demonio
Art Direction
El doctor Robert Knox imparte clases de anatomía a jóvenes estudiantes en la Academia que lleva su nombre. Al concluir una de sus clases, el prestigioso Knox recibe la visita de su prima, mientras horas más tarde se cita a altas horas de la madrugada con Billy Burke y William Hare, un par de siniestros personajes del pueblo que proveen al veterano profesor de cadáveres recientes para sus prácticas. El modus operandi de Burke y Hare resulta siempre el mismo en sus inicios: el asesinato de viejos sin recursos económicos perpetrados cerca o dentro de la casa del primero, provista de habitaciones para huéspedes, que regenta junto a su esposa. Pero el perfil de las víctimas cambia cuando Hare intenta violar a Mary Patterson, la díscola y alcohólica prometida de Christopher Jackson, uno de sus alumnos menos brillantes de la clase de anatomía cuyas clases dirige Knox.
La sangre del vampiro
Art Direction
Callistratus es un un científico que realiza experimentos con los criminales encarcelados en una prisión. Dichos experimentos tienen que ver con la transfusión de sangre. Callistratus es en realidad un vampiro muy particular, ajusticiado hace tiempo pero que ha regresado a la vida gracias a un trasplante de corazón, el cual le ha creado una infección en la sangre, por lo que su supervivencia depende de las mencionadas transfusiones hasta que encuentre las células adecuadas que le permitan curar la infección.
La sangre del vampiro
Production Design
Callistratus es un un científico que realiza experimentos con los criminales encarcelados en una prisión. Dichos experimentos tienen que ver con la transfusión de sangre. Callistratus es en realidad un vampiro muy particular, ajusticiado hace tiempo pero que ha regresado a la vida gracias a un trasplante de corazón, el cual le ha creado una infección en la sangre, por lo que su supervivencia depende de las mencionadas transfusiones hasta que encuentre las células adecuadas que le permitan curar la infección.
Monstruo sin rostro
Set Designer
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.
El estrangulador fantasma
Set Designer
Un relato de misterio acerca de la investigación de macabros crímenes cometidos por un siniestro psicópata.
Town on Trial
Art Direction
When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain during the 50's.
Second Fiddle
Art Direction
Deborah y Charles se aman locamente. Trabajan en una agencia de publicidad, una de cuyas normas más estrictas es prohibir que una mujer casada trabaje para la empresa...
The Gelignite Gang
Art Direction
A tense thriller that tears the lid off Soho's underworld and reveals the cunning organization behind a gang of safe-breakers who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to achieve their goals.
Women Without Men
Art Direction
In love with a man who wants to marry her after he returns from a trip to sea, chorus girl Angela Booth tries to quit her seamy job and become a model citizen. When her employer refuses to dissolve her contract, though, they quarrel and she accidentally hits him. He presses charges, claiming she hit him deliberately, and she is convicted and sent to prison. As her fiance is at sea and out of contact, she is terrified he will think she has jilted him when she does not keep a New Year's date. A kindly old convict, Gran', notorious as a prison-breaker, agrees to engineer an escape for Angela...
Children Galore
Art Direction
As a going away gift to a small village, the local Lord and Lady promise a new cottage to the local couple with the most grandchildren. Competitive instincts and petty jealousies ensue.
Venus nos ataca
Art Direction
Un misterioso venusino aterriza en la campiña inglesa y manifiesta sus preocupaciones con respecto a la continuidad de la raza humana sobre la Tierra.
Diplomatic Passport
Art Direction
An American diplomat and his wife arrive in London, and are soon involved in a series of confusing and sometimes frightening events
Alf's Baby
Art Direction
Three old bachelors 'inherit' an orphan baby, Pam, who is pursued by a car-stealing spiv after she turns 21.
Seven Days to Noon
Production Design
An English scientist runs away from a research center with an atomic bomb. In a letter sent to the British Prime Minister he threatens to blow up the center of London if the Government don't announce the end of any research in this field within a week. Special agents from Scotland Yard try to stop him, with help from the scientist's assistant future son-in-law to find and stop the mad man.
Don't Ever Leave Me
Production Design
Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
Helter Skelter
Production Design
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
Portrait from Life
Art Direction
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
The Calendar
Art Direction
The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.
Querido asesino
Art Direction
Un exitoso hombre de negocios descubre que su mujer está teniendo un "affaire" y va en busca de su amante para matarlo y enmascarar el asunto como un suicidio. El plan se complica cuando descubre en casa del "suicidado" que su mujer se encuentra con otro amante, modificando su planteamiento inicial y complicando aún más el asunto.
A Place of One's Own
Art Direction
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.