Donald Houston

Después de tener un encuentro casual y mantener una conversación indiscreta, dos amigos de la infancia, Tommy Beresford y Tuppence Cowley, se ven envueltos en una enrevesada intriga manejada desde las sombras por un hombre misterioso conocido simplemente como Mr. Brown.

Cuando el rey de Argos decide sacrificar a su hija y a su nieto Perseo, Zeus (padre del niño) decide salvarlos y arrasar la ciudad. Perseo crece feliz hasta que la diosa Thetis, para vengarse de Zeus, que ha castigado a su hijo Calibos con una horrible deformidad, lo secuestra y lo abandona a su suerte. Al conocer la noticia, Zeus ordena a los demás dioses que ofrezcan a su hijo regalos que le permitan defenderse. Así es como una mañana el héroe encuentra una espada capaz de cortar la piedra, un casco que lo vuelve invisible y un escudo que lo hace invulnerable. Con estas armas se dirige a la ciudad de Joppa, cuya princesa es víctima de una maldición.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), los submarinos alemanes hunden barcos mercantes británicos que transportan miles de toneladas de víveres y material bélico para la marina. La inteligencia británica de la India cree que la información les llega a los submarinos alemanes U-Boats a través de un transmisor de radio oculto en uno de los tres buques germanos que están en la colonia portuguesa de Goa. Como Portugal es neutral en la guerra, los barcos no pueden ser atacados por tropas convencionales, por lo que la inteligencia británica decide encargar la misión a un grupo de veteranos británicos expatriados.

En 1939, un barco lleno de judíos alemanes que huyen del régimen nazi intentan refugiarse en La Habana. Algunos son víctimas de los primeros campos de concentración, otros intentan reunirse con sus parientes en Cuba. Sin embargo, cuando llegan a su destino, las autoridades cubanas los obligan a volver a Alemania mientras el resto del mundo mira hacia otro lado. Ésta es la historia del llamado "viaje de la vergüenza".

Un psiquiatra que regenta una moderna clínica mental recibe la visita de un colega de profesión. Durante la conversación, el director del manicomio expone diversas teorías con las que trata de explicar por qué se volvieron locos tres pacientes.

Stanley Evans, a Welsh schoolteacher, decides to emigrate to Australia for a better life but ends up working in a school in the dead-end town of Kookaburra Springs. He forms a school choir and decides to compete in a singing competition in Sydney

Una mujer trata con un matrimonio infeliz, la muerte de su amante y la participación de su hijo en un crimen.

The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her from the one thing she loves most, a pet Bushbaby. Fearing what the future holds she decides to set the pet free but while doing so misses the boat back to England. After meeting up with a friendly native they try to resolve the situation together. Things take a turn for the worse when it is falsely reported that the native has kidnapped her, thus putting a price on his head

En plena Segunda Guera Mundial, John Smith es el jefe de un grupo de élite, cuya misión es infiltrarse en las líneas enemigas alemanas para rescatar a un general americano, prisionero de los nazis, para evitar que hable del plan de invasión de Normandía.

A la muerte de su padre, Salina asume el reinado sobre la antigua Gran Bretaña para llevar a cabo los deseos de existencia pacífica bajo el dominio de los romanos. Ella se siente fuertemente atraída por Justiniano, el Gobernador General romano que trata de dominar a los nativos con tolerancia a pesar de los deseos de tomar medidas radicales por parte de su segundo al mando, Octavio. Cuando Justiniano es quitado de en medio con el pretexto de una rebelión en tierras lejanas, Octavio empieza una campaña de terror basada en la crueldad, a la cual Salina planta cara. Convertida en una diosa de la guerra a las riendas de su carro de combate, Salina lidera a su pueblo en un ataque demoledor contra Octavio. Una tremenda batalla y una difícil elección para Salina: su amor hacia Justiniano o la justicia para su pueblo.

Interstellar travel at sub-light speeds: the enormous distances, isolation from human culture and the aching loneliness of space are enough to drive the strongest personality insane. Better to block all memories of human contact and to program the 12-strong crew to accept only the reality they can see and touch within their spacecraft. But a child born on "the Station" becomes insistent on learning the truth about 'Outside'.

Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Watson se lanzan a la búsqueda del asesino en serie conocido como "Jack el Destripador".

A un oficial canadiense y a un joven de la resistencia noruega se les encarga la misión de volar un importante depósito de combustible alemán, estratégicamente oculto en un fiordo casi inaccesible, por lo que tendrán que utilizar los llamados aviones "Mosquito".

Tenth entry in the Carry On series. Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing the decks include Juliet Mills, Charles Hawtrey and Donald Houston. The film was originally to be titled Up the Armada, but the British Board of Film Censors objected to such a rude title.

"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis. When the eternal bachelor Sir Lancelot injures his back and falls in love with his physiotherapist Iris Marchant, he becomes very distressed and turns to Simon for help. Simon, who now is a senior doctor at fictional Hampden Cross Hospital and hopelessly in love with aspiring actress Delia, sends him to a nature cure clinic in a vain attempt to help him lose weight, but Sir Lancelot can't get Iris off his mind and has her followed, first by a private investigator and eventually by himself. When he finally proposes, she rejects him and marries an old army major, which distresses Sir Lancelot even more.

Cuando un extraño ingresa a un tranquilo pueblo rural y es seducido por una sensual mujer casada, sin darse cuenta se encuentra en el centro de una tormenta de culpa sexual y asesinato.

Reconstrucción con todo lujo de detalles de uno de los episodios claves para el desarrollo de la II Guerra Mundial: el desembarco en las playas de Normandía llevado a cabo por las tropas aliadas en junio de 1944.

Grecia, año 480 a.C. Trescientos soldados espartanos capitaneados por el general Leónidas se enfrentan al poderosísimo ejército persa de Jerjes en la batalla de las Termópilas. Alguien le hace saber al general que el enemigo es tan poderoso que sus flechas "oscurecerán el cielo".

En el Londres de 1537, dos niños semejantes entre intercambian los "papeles" por un corto tiempo. Uno de ellos es el Principe Eduardo y otro un mendigo. Después de muchas aventuras, el príncipe recupere la identidad que le corresponde y hace que su "gemelo" se venga a vivir con el a la corte El príncipe y el mendigo (1962 film), es un capitulo de El Maravilloso Mundo de Walt Disney.. Estuvo protagonizada por Guy Williams como Miles Hendon, y Scully Sean en doble función, como el príncipe Edward / Tom Canty.

Twice Round the Daffodils is a 1962 British comedy drama film directed by Gerald Thomas and starring Juliet Mills, Donald Sinden, Donald Houston, Kenneth Williams, Ronald Lewis, Andrew Ray, Joan Sims and Jill Ireland. A new group of patients arrive at a hospital to be treated for tuberculosis where they all take a fancy to one of the nurses. The film was adapted from the play Ring for Catty by Patrick Cargill and Jack Beale. Carry on Nurse from 1959 was based on the same play. The cast and production team of Twice Round the Daffodils create a noticeable similarity with the Carry On films, but the film is not an official member of the Carry On series.

Jim Fuller (Stuart Whitman), que ha sido condenado a tres años de cárcel por haber intentado abusar de un niño, intenta rehacer su vida con la ayuda del psiquiatra de la prisión (Rod Steiger), que le consigue incluso un trabajo cuando queda en libertad.

Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.

En un campo de prisioneros de guerra italiano, durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, un grupo de soldados ingleses ve frustrados sus planes de escapar por culpa de un misterioso traidor que hay en sus filas.

Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) acepta un trabajo de contable en un pequeña ciudad del norte de Inglaterra. Movido por la ambición, intenta conquistar a Susan (Heather Sears), la hija del hombre más rico y poderoso del lugar, pero éste se interpone en su camino y envía a su hija de vacaciones. Entonces, Joe se lía con Alice (Simone Signoret), una mujer madura cuya experiencia y sofisticación lo fascinan hasta tal punto que llega a pedirle que deje a su marido. Sin embargo, ciertas circunstancias hacen que los planes de Joe den un giro radical.

The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.

Mark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an automobile accident, she loses her unborn child, and Mark becomes sterile. His father, Brit-stuffy Sir John Loring, has never approved of the marriage and, again, tries to break it up. Believing that a child will hold the marriage together, Mary suggests artificial insemination to Mark, who finally agrees to accompany her to a clinic in Switzerland. However, when she is again pregnant, Mark finds it impossible to reconcile himself to the situation and leaves her. Prompted by his father, Mark sues for divorce, accusing her of adultery. She contests the divorce and a trial concerns itself with whether or not artificial insemination is a question of adultery. The Catholic Church's National League of Decency placed this film on its Condemned" list.

A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circumstances.

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.

A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.

A crime reporter investigating a murder discovers the case hinges on a mysterious woman he had photographed earlier.

During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.

A Cornish fisherman becomes involved with Iron Curtain spies.

A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate the rival. But there's a flaw in the driver's plans.

A Thames River barge operator finds a mysterious package dropped by smugglers.

Simon Sparrow es un joven estudiante de medicina que llega al hospital de St Swithin's de Londres. Animado por sus amigos, empieza a salir con una enfermera de la que acaba enamorándose.

Three women staying at a remote Welsh inn toss coins into a well wishing to improve their miserable lives. Along comes postman Evans (who also wrote the original play and collaborated on the screenplay) to help them out and set them straight.

Canadian ex-serviceman Bob Regan returns to Oldchester, the English town where he was posted during the war. Meeting up with his friend Mike, now manager of the local football club, he discovers that Oldchester are desperate for promotion as they stand to inherit £25,000 from recently deceased supporter Wallace Hammond if they make the Third Division a situation that Hammond's devious nephew finds intolerable...

After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.

Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), un grupo de paracaidistas del bando aliado participa en peligrosas misiones contra el enemigo.

A fisherman cannot make a decent living from his trawler so he decides to turn his hand to smuggling.

A greedy woman tries to poison her nephew's bride in a dark mansion.

Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!

Dos niños sobreviven a una catástrofe naval y deben sobrevivir en una isla desierta. Adaptación de la famosa novela de Henry De Vere Stacpoole "El lago azul".