Maurice Kaufmann

Maurice Kaufmann

Nacimiento : 1927-06-29, Gorleston, Norfolk, England, UK

Muerte : 1997-09-21

Perfil

Maurice Kaufmann

Películas

Home Front
Barrister
17 year old Brendan and his friend Mary, campaign against the closure of the residential home for children in which they live.
Blackmail Chase
Regisseur
A couple of friends aspiring to join film land get mixed up in a robbery, ordered by a mafia boss who wants to seize the evidence he needs to blackmail an American politician.
The Next Victim
A woman confined to a wheelchair is terrorized by a killer.
Robin Hood Junior
The Baron
Robin Hood Junior helps Maid Marion to escape from her wicked uncle.
La bóveda de los horrores
Bob Dickson (segment 5 "Drawn and Quartered")
Cinco historias terroríficas: 1) Un hombre busca a su hermana para asesinarla, pues ella es la beneficiaria de la herencia de su padre. Despues del crimen, el asesino entra en un macabro restaurante para celebrarlo. 2) Unos recién casados se instalan en una nueva casa, pero, muy pronto, el marido empieza a enfadarse porque su esposa Cambia todas las cosas de lugar. 3) Un mago está interesado en comprar una soga encantada de la India, pero la dueña, se niega a venderla. El mago asesina a la mujer y consigue la soga, pero este será el principio de una amarga venganza. 4) Un hombre simula su propia muerte con el objeto de estafar a una compañía de seguros, pero dos estudiantes, que buscan cuerpos para aprobar Anatomía, se encuentran con ese 'cadáver' que no huele a muerto. 5) Un artista trata de vengarse de sus representantes. Para ello se sirve de magia negra y vudú, de manera que pinta cuadros de personas que, al destruírlos, matan también a las personas.
Acosadas por el pánico
Inspector
Una mujer contrata a una joven como babysitter para que cuide de su pequeño hijo. Pero las cosas se distorsionan por completo cuando la chica se ve acosada por el marido, que se ha fugado de un asilo para enfermos mentales y está en busca de su esposa e hijo.
El abominable Dr. Phibes
Dr. Whitcombe
Después de que un equipo de cirujanos acabaran con la vida de su esposa durante una chapucera intervención quirúrgica, el Dr. Phibes (Vincent Price), un diabólico personaje, asesina a varios médicos con métodos horribles, todos ellos sacados de antiguas escrituras. El detective de Scotland Yard, Troute (Peter Jeffrey), está tras su pista con la ayuda del doctor Vesalius (Joseph Cotten), el jefe del equipo médico del que formaban parte los asesinados, y a los que Phibes responsabiliza de la muerte de su mujer.
El ídolo caído
Yasha
Richard Harris interpreta a Eitan, un héroe del fútbol de ayer que intenta afrontar el mañana.
Man of Violence
Charles Grayson
Moon (Michael Latimer) is a mercenary who joins forces with two crooked cops in an attempt to steal 90 million dollars in gold from an Arab country decimated by political chaos. Sex, violence and mayhem accompany the group of double-crossing heavies who covet the purloined loot. A bevy of females willingly submit to seduction, and a sadistic homosexual murderer trails Moon and his malevolent gang for the gold in this compelling crime drama.
Cry WoIf
Jim Walker
A highly imaginative boy involves his friends in a series of false alarms, with the result that nobody will come to his aid when he is involved in a dangerous situation.
Circus of Fear
Mario
Un detective que investiga una serie de asesinatos y robos a mano sospecha que los miembros de un circo ambulante pueden estar implicados.
Te espera la muerte, querida
Alan Glentower
Una joven visita a la madre de su fallecido novio. Para su sorpresa, la desconsolada madre la secuestra. A partir de ese momento descubrirá lo trastornada que está su "anfitriona".
El nuevo caso del inspector Clouseau
Pierre
Nuevas aventuras del inspector francés Jacques Clouseau, inepto detective que en esta ocasión intentará resolver un caso en el que una doncella es acusada de asesinar a su amante.
On the Beat
Vince
Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Pitkin could cause
Play It Cool
Larry Granger
A struggling singer and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father, is searching for the lover who she has been forbidden to see and with whom she is hoping to elope.
Gorgo
Radio Reporter
En las costas de Irlanda un volcán erupciona y provoca un movimiento de las placas del fondo del mar. Como resultado un monstruo prehistórico de 20 metros de altura despierta de su letargo. La terrible criatura prehistórica es capturada y puesta en un circo londinense como una atracción más. Pero es en realidad una cría, y su madre, mucho más grande y terrible, está por ir al rescate. (FILMAFFINITY)
House of Mystery
Henry Trevor
A young couple go to check out a house they're thinking of buying. A somewhat mysterious woman tells the couple several stories of the fates that befell the house's previous owners.
The Crowning Touch
David
Several stories linked by a hat.
Life In Emergency Ward 10
Anaesthetist
Life in Emergency Ward 10 is a 1959 film directed by Robert Day. It stars Michael Craig and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was based on the television series Emergency – Ward 10
El monstruo submarino
Mini Submarine Officer
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.
The Big Money
Harry's Friend
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles, now he has to find a way of changing the notes, so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
Date with Disaster
Don Redman
A car salesman and suspected safecracker Miles saves his fiancee Sue from those who would kidnap her.
La dinastía del petróleo
Man at Golden Calf
Bruce Campbell decide trasladarse a Canadá cuando se entera de que a su abuelo le queda poco tiempo de vida. Llega allí con la clara idea de hacerse cargo de la herencia que recibirá cuando él falte. Pero los lugareños no tienen ninguna prisa por conocerlo, pues no sienten simpatía por el abuelo ya que creen que en su tierras había petróleo. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Man Without a Body
The Chauffeur
A wealthy business man discovers he has a brain tumor and seeks medical help. The business man finds a scientist experimenting with transplanting monkey heads on different monkey bodies. The business man decides to steal the head of Nostradamus from the prophet's crypt.
The Girl in the Picture
Rod Molloy
A crime reporter investigating a murder discovers the case hinges on a mysterious woman he had photographed earlier.
Find the Lady
Nicky
During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.
An Alligator Named Daisy
Ed (uncredited)
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he develops a relationship with a young Irishwoman who appears to be entwined with the reptile. He soon discovers that Daisy is tame and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.
Secret Venture
Dan Flemying
An American is visiting Britain and finds himself in possession of a briefcase full of secret documents that the spies of many different countries seem determined to get.
El experimento del Dr. Quatermass
Marsh (uncredited)
El primer cohete espacial británico ha despegado con éxito y vuelve a la Tierra, pero la comunicación se corta. Sólo uno de los tres astronautas permanece a bordo, y su salud, tanto física como mental está gravemente dañada. Es puesto bajo observación pero su esposa le saca del hospital, liberando de este una gran amenaza para la humanidad, ya que el sobreviviente está siendo consumido por una fuerza alienígena.
The Love Match
Harry Longworth
After being arrested for assaulting a football referee, desperate train driver Bill (Arthur Askey) raids the railwaymen's holiday fund to cover his £55 fine. He knows he's going to be discovered though, leaving him no choice but to get the money back by hook or by crook! His last chance is to run a book on the United v City football derby. If that wasn't tense enough, Bill's son is also making his debut for United. It looks like it's going to be a day to remember - do you dare look? ...The Love Match.
To Dorothy, a Son
Elmer the Pianist
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 from New York to England, and finally tracks him down with his heavily pregnant new wife. Should she try and woo him back or challenge the legality of the new marriage?
Companions in Crime
Arnold Kendall
Two stories, in the Scotland Yard Series to show that crime does not pay. This was a compilation of two episodes from the television series Stryker of the Yard (1954) featuring Clifford Evans