Sidney Hayers

Sidney Hayers

Nacimiento : 1921-08-24, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Muerte : 2000-02-08

Historia

Sidney Hayers (24 August 1921 – 8 February 2000) was a British film and television director, writer and producer. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, among his most acclaimed films were Circus of Horrors (1960), The Trap (1966) and the occult thriller Night of the Eagle (1962). In British TV, his credits included The Persuaders! and The New Avengers; he later directed several American TV shows, including episodes of Magnum, P.I., The A-Team, Knight Rider, T. J. Hooker, Baywatch and The Famous Five. Hayers died of cancer in 2000 in Altea, Spain, survived by his wife, the actress Erika Remberg. He had two children, Susan and Robert from his first marriage, to Patricia.

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Sidney Hayers

Películas

Master Ninja II
Director
Lee Van Cleef and Timoty Van Patten are back in this "sequel" to their last "movie" about a ninja and his apprentice battling evil wherever they go. In reality, it's two episodes of failed TV show 'The Master' repackaged as a movie. Also featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000.
Terror at Alcatraz
Director
Tom and Dick Smothers play Bones Howard and Ryan Fitzgerald, a TV cameraman and intrepid reporter, respectively, involved in the race to find the buried treasure of Al Capone on Alcatraz Island at the former prison where he was imprisoned.
La conquista de la Tierra
Director
La Battlestar Galactica y su flota de naves finalmente localizan la Tierra, solo para descubrir que el planeta no está preparado para la inevitable invasión de Cylón.
The Seekers
Director
This follow-up to "The Bastard" and "The Rebels" continues the account of Philip Kent's life and career from his emigration to colonial Massachusetts through the American Revolutionary War and concludes the family saga with the story of his two sons and their children as they arrive in the unexplored Northwest Territory. (Episodes 5 and 6 of the Kent Chronicles miniseries.)
Death Becomes Me
Director
Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis), investigate crimes.
One Away
Director
Two brothers plot to get their third brother out of jail.
What Changed Charley Farthing?
Director
Charley Farthing is on the run, chased by an irate husband with murder on his mind.
Encuentro mortal
Director
Un paciente violento escapa de un sanatorio mental enclavado en la campiña inglesa. En su huida se encuentra con una joven que ha debido huir de un camionero rijoso.
Arturo, el joven guerrero
Director
Este es el inspirador y épico viaje de la noble búsqueda de un guerrero para probar su valor, su poder y su destino destinado a convertirse en el próximo gobernante de Gran Bretaña.
Diagnosis: Murder
Director
A psychiatrist plots to murder his wife so he can be with his mistress, but his wife mysteriously disappears before he can carry out his plan.
All Coppers Are...
Director
A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl.
Pánico en el bosque
Director
La bella profesora de arte de una escuela para señoritas, se ofrece como carnada para que la policía pueda atrapar a un asesino y violador que ha despachado ya a varias de sus estudiantes.
The Firechasers
Director
Insurance investigator must find out who is setting fires. Along the way he meets and works with a beautiful newspaper reporter and falls in love.
Miedo sangriento
Director
Los padres de una chica que fue asesinada luego de ser violada, se vengan de la persona que ellos creen es culpable.
Mister Jerico
Director
Con man Dudley Jerico sets out to rob corrupt millionaire Victor Rosso of his legendary Gemini diamond, but there's another operator in town who is out to con the con.
La Estrella del Sur
Director
En una colonia francesa del oeste de Africa, Kramer ha creado a su alrededor un importante imperio. En una fiesta organizada por él desaparece un fabuloso diamante conocido por todos como "La Estrella del Sur". Todas las sospechas recaen sobre Matakit, ayudante de Dan Rochland, un importante geólogo americano. Dan y Erica, hija de Kramer, tratarán de encontrar el diamante para así demostrar la inocencia de Matakit. Pero no resulta fácil.
Finders Keepers
Director
Cliff Richard and the Shadows arrive in a small Spanish town for a concert when a U.S. plane accidentally drops a mini-bomb on it. The Shadows look for the bomb to return it.
La trampa
Director
A finales del Siglo XIX, tras una venta de pieles especialmente productiva, Jean La Bête, un tosco trampero canadiense, se compra una esposa, eligiendo a Eve, una joven muda, criada en un orfanato. Tras llevarla a su aislada cabaña, el cazador intentará ganarse el afecto de la muchacha, nada contenta con su nueva condición, con una mezcla de dureza, adulación y, a su manera, amabilidad.
Three Hats for Lisa
Director
French movie pin up Sophie Hardy is Lisa Milan, a gorgeous Continental film star who's just arrived at Heathrow. She's in London for the premiere of her latest film, but within minutes she's beenw hisked away by her number one fan, Johnny Howjego and his Cockney pals Sammy, Flora and Cabbie Sid.
This Is My Street
Director
A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger.
Arde, bruja, arde
Director
Norman Taylor es profesor de Psicología en la pequeña y prestigiosa universidad británica de Hempnell. Allí vive plácidamente con su esposa Tansy, disfrutando de una acomodada posición y de un notable prestigio académico: sus alumnos lo adoran y sus compañeros lo admiran (y envidian). Un fin de semana, Norman descubre que su mujer realiza pequeños rituales mágicos y confecciona amuletos con los que pretende proteger su hogar y la carrera de su marido frente a las asechanzas externas. Racionalista y escéptico, Norman la obliga a a abandonar esas actividades y a rechazar cualquier tipo de superstición. Sin embargo, a partir de ese momento, la tranquilidad desaparece y sus vidas llegan a adquirir tintes trágicos.
Echo of Barbara
Director
Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen Connell) is the stripper whom Mike hires to pose as Barbara. It's all part of a scheme to fool Mike's ex-convict dad Sam Roscoe (Mervyn Johns). The son hopes to entice Sam into revealing the whereabouts of his stolen money, and Paula is hopefully going to do the trick. Based on a novel by Jonathan Burke, Echo of Barbara is a better-than-usual British programmer, entertaining despite its surplus of unpleasant leading characters.
Payroll
Director
A vicious gang of crooks plan to steal the wages of a local factory, but their carefully laid plans go wrong, when the factory employs an armoured van to carry the cash. The gang still go ahead with the robbery, but when the driver of the armoured van is killed in the raid, his wife plans revenge, and with the police closing in, the gang start to turn on each other.
The Malpas Mystery
Director
After Audrey leaves prison after being framed for jewel theft, she gets a job offer from the mysterious Mr. Malpas, triggering a plot involving a missing heir, diamonds and kidnapping.
Circo de los horrores
Editor
Un cirujano plástico (con muy poca ética) se escapa de Inglaterra y se oculta en un circo que recorre Francia. Ahí consigue hermosas jóvenes a las que somete a operaciones de cirugía plástica. Cuando sus pacientes intentan escapar, el galeno las mata y simula accidentes.
Circo de los horrores
Director
Un cirujano plástico (con muy poca ética) se escapa de Inglaterra y se oculta en un circo que recorre Francia. Ahí consigue hermosas jóvenes a las que somete a operaciones de cirugía plástica. Cuando sus pacientes intentan escapar, el galeno las mata y simula accidentes.
The White Trap
Director
Serving a jail sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Paul Langley makes several attempts to escape from prison, in order to clear his name. He also has other problems, his wife is about to go into labor with their first baby.
La bahía del tigre
Editor
Gillie, una niña de doce años que vive en un pequeño pueblo británico, presencia casualmente un asesinato: Korchinsky, un marinero polaco, en un arrebato de ira, mata a su amante después de encontrarla con otro hombre. Gillie recoge el arma del crimen e intenta huir; Korchinsky consigue alcanzarla, pero es incapaz de hacerle daño. Entre ambos se crea un extraño vínculo afectivo, que lleva a Gillie a despistar a la policía para salvar a su nuevo amigo.
Violent Moment
Editor
Douglas Baines, a wartime army deserter, is lying low in a shabby flat with his girlfriend Daisy and the couple's small son, Jiffy. Returning home with a toy for Jiffy's second birthday, he learns that Daisy has had the boy adopted. When she refuses to tell him where the boy is, he strangles Daisy and goes on the run.
Violent Moment
Director
Douglas Baines, a wartime army deserter, is lying low in a shabby flat with his girlfriend Daisy and the couple's small son, Jiffy. Returning home with a toy for Jiffy's second birthday, he learns that Daisy has had the boy adopted. When she refuses to tell him where the boy is, he strangles Daisy and goes on the run.
La última noche del Titanic
Editor
El novelista Eric Ambler adaptó el libro del historiador Walter Lord que relata minuciosamente la primera y última travesía del Titanic, el lujoso barco de pasajeros, que se hundió en las frías aguas del Atlántico Norte en abril de 1912.
El único evadido
Editor
Después de que su avión sea abatido durante la Batalla de Inglaterra, el piloto alemán Franz Von Werra es enviado a un campo de prisioneros. Desde el primer momento su único objetivo será la fuga. Después de diversos intentos fallidos, es enviado a un nuevo campo de concentración en Canadá. En esta ocasión, consigue huir y, después de atravesar la frontera, llega a Estados Unidos, donde pide asilo político, ya que todavía es un país neutral.
High Tide at Noon
Editor
After returning home to a rugged island near Nova Scotia, Joanna, daughter of the local bigwig, struggles to choose between three eligible bachelors -- the rebel (Patrick McGoohan), the steadfast friend (Michael Craig) and the poetry-quoting newcomer (William Sylvester). As the local lobster supply dwindles due to overfishing, the island's inhabitants encounter economic difficulties.
Mi vida empieza en Malasia
Editor
Un grupo de mujeres inglesas, hechas prisioneras por los japoneses durante la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), tiene que ser trasladado de un campo de concentración a causa del elevado número de prisioneros. Custodiado por soldados japoneses, el grupo se pone en marcha a través de selvas pantanosas. Las enfermedades y el cansancio harán estragos tanto en las prisioneras como en los soldados nipones. En una aldea, de manera inesperada, encuentran a un aviador australiano que es un luchador nato.
White Corridors
Editor
White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a busy hospital, where research pathologist Neil Marriner (James Donald) conducts experiments in the hopes of curing diseases impervious to penicillin. Marriner is aided in this endeavor by lady surgeon Dr. Sophie Dean (Googie Withers), who happens to be in love with him. After a tragedy occurs for which Marriner holds himself responsible, the film builds steadily to an exciting climax involving a untested -- and potentially dangerous -- serum. The top-rank British supporting cast includes Barry Jones, Moira Lister, Petula Clark, Basil Radford, Dagmar (later Dana) Wynter, Bernard Lee, and, in a minor role, future "Dr. Who" Patrick Troughton.
Prelude to Fame
Editor
Prelude to Fame is a 1950 British drama film directed by Fergus McDonell from a story by Aldous Huxley. While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell (Robin Dowell), son of John Morell (Guy Rolfe), a famous English philosopher and amateur musician and his wife Catherine (Kathleen Ryan), becomes friendly with young Guido (Jeremy Spenser), and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary instinct for orchestration and a phenomenal music memory. A neighboring couple, Signor and Signora Boudini (Henry Oscar and Kathleen Byron) become aware of the boy's talents, and she appeals to his parents to let her educate him musically. Torn by their love for their son and, they feel,the duty to let the world hear his talent, they consent.
Stop Press Girl
Editor
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.
Warning to Wantons
Editor
Featuring an early role for accomplished French actress Anne Vernon alongside Mary Poppins star David Tomlinson, this effervescent comedy charts the romantic adventures of a young woman who swaps her strict convent school for the heady pleasures of high society. Seventeen-year-old Renee slips away from her convent school, joins her fashionable mother and launches herself into Society with one aim: to conquer the hearts of all the men she encounters. Setting her sights on Max, a bridegroom-to-be, her expert scheming and manipulative behaviour soon ensures that he falls under her spell... but his fiancee isn't giving up without a fight
Sé a dónde voy
Assistant Editor
Joan siempre supo lo que quería desde que era una niña. Ahora está a punto de casarse con un millonario, pero las fuerzas de la naturaleza parecerán conspirar para que cambie de idea. (FILMAFFINITY)