Richard Best

출생 : 1916-06-28, Hull, Humberside, England, UK

사망 : 2004-12-19

참여 작품

Promises Promises...
Editor
Features the 07.55 from Sheffield to St Pancras. The camera follows to Leicester, where a young man is late for a job interview thanks to a variety of incidents including a freight train blocking the line and an improperly secured door at Derby. The film is a modernised version of an older theme for British Transport 'Right Time Means Right Time', where the accumulation of many minor delays on the part of BR staff soon add up down the line to make a train very late.
Robbie
Editor
Young Robbie, a keen footballer and a railway enthusiast, is persuaded by his big brother to go through a hole in a railway fence on to the track for some reason. His laces become caught on the tracks and he has an accident so serious that he will never play football again. A film for showing to eight to eleven-year old children and their parents, which points out the folly of breaking railway fences and trespassing on the line, and illustrates the immediate dangers. Part of BFI collection "The Age of the Train".
Dominique
Editor
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
The Best Pair of Legs in the Business
Editor
Capitalising on his remarkable success in On the Buses, Reg Varney took on the contrasting role of a third-rate holiday camp entertainer dreaming of stardom in this mid-seventies comedy feature. Also starring fellow sitcom favourite Diana Coupland and Lee Montague, The Best Pair of Legs in the Business was adapted from an individual ITV Playhouse drama and scripted by Emmerdale Farm creator Kevin Laffan. 'Sherry' Sheridan, a middle-aged compère and drag artiste currently stationed at a caravan site, is low on talent but high on ambition. Convinced he just needs one decent break to launch himself into the big time, he's relentlessly optimistic - but sadly unaware that his family life is crumbling around him. Can Sherry manage to secure both his job, and his marriage?
Psychomania
Editor
A gang of young people call themselves the Living Dead. They terrorize the population from their small town. After an agreement with the devil, if they kill themselves firmly believing in it, they will survive and gain eternal life. Following their leader, they commit suicide one after the other, but things don't necessarily turn out as expected...
Please Sir!
Editor
Mr. Hedges, the somewhat naive and idealistc teacher of the rebellious Class 5C, lobbies to have them allowed on the school camping trip despite much precedent to the contrary. Once on the camping trip Mr. Hedges pursues the local barmaid and the class indulge in their usual activities. A small feud with some stereotypical upper class children in red blazers is resolved with a false rape allegation. A case of some stolen money is resolved through Mr. Hedges trusting the class. At the final dance Mr. Hedges is ensnared in the romantic clutches of Miss Cutforth, contrary to his wishes.
사탄의 피부
Editor
17세기 초 영국 마을 한쪽 눈과 털을 지닌 두개골이 발견된다. 마을 판사에게 두개골 발견을 알리지만 그가 도착했을 때 뼈는 보이지 않는다. 한편, 피터는 자신의 약혼녀 로잘린드와 함께 마을로 돌아온다. 혼자 다락방에서 잠을 자던 로잘린드는 소리를 지르는 등 이상행동을 저질러 병원으로 이송 된다. 이송되는 그녀의 손에 털과 날카로운 발톱 무성하게 자란 것을 이상하게 여긴 피터는 그녀가 잤던 다락방에서 잠을 청한다. 그날 밤 피터는 악마에 씌여 자신의 팔을 잘라버리고 판사는 해결책을 찾기 위해 런던으로 떠난다. 사라진 뼈를 발견한 엔젤은 마을 아이들을 이용해 다른 아이들을 죽이고 괴롭힌다. 엔젤을 따르는 아이들 몸엔 악마의 피부가 자라있다. 런던에서 돌아온 판사는 악마를 막기 위한 계획을 세운다.
더 체어먼
Editor
An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a micro-sized bomb has been planted in his brain so that should the mission ever look likely to fail, he can be eliminated at the push of a button!
Otley
Editor
A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
더블 맨
Editor
In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking officer in the CIA and replace him with a double of its own.
The Cracksman
Editor
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a beautiful hostess as a trap, into which the hapless Ernest inevitably falls..!
Go to Blazes
Editor
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversion. But posing as firemen leads them to disaster.
스쿨 포 스카운드럴스
Editor
Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap at April, new love of Palfrey's life. In desperation Henry enrolls at the College of Lifemanship to learn how to best such bounders and win the girl.
성난 얼굴로 돌아보라
Editor
지미 포터(리차드 버튼 분)는 대학을 졸업했지만 시장에서 노점 사탕 가게를 한다. 지미는 자신의 인생에 대해 좌절하며 괴로워하며 그런 괴로움을 아내인 알리슨한테 풀려고 한다. 결혼 후 2년 동안 알리슨(메리 우어 분)은 분노와 좌절감에 괴로워하는 남편 지미의 모진 학대와 또한 강렬한 사랑의 화살을 정면으로 받는다. 지미는 밤에 재즈 클럽에서 트럼펫을 연주하는 것으로 한 가닥 구원의 길을 찾는 것 같기도 하지만 시간이 흐르면서 더욱더 신랄해지기만 한다. 알리슨은 자신의 중산층 배경을 조롱하며 모진 학대를 일삼는 지미에게 자신이 임신했다는 말을 차마 못 하고, 지미의 가장 친한 친구인 클리프 루이스(게리 레이몬드 분)에게 자신의 상태를 털어놓는다. 하지만 그들 부부와 오랜 시간을 같이 해 온 클리프는 어쨌든 그들의 결혼 생활이 계속 이어지도록 유도한다. 그러던 중 알리슨의 친구이자 여배우인 헬레나 찰스(클레어 블룸 분)가 그들 부부와 잠시 같이 지내게 되는데, 모든 상황이 점점 더 악화된다. 헬레나는 지미와 알리슨의 험악한 관계를 알아채고 알리슨에게 지미를 버리고 친정 부모에게 돌아가라고 설득한다. 헬레나의 충고를 듣고 알리슨이 떠나자 헬레나와 지미 사이의 적대감은 극도로 격해진다. 하지만 그런 적대감은 곧 주체할 수 없는 열정으로 변한다. 그런데 아기를 사산한 후에 알리슨이 다시 지미를 찾아온다. 헬레나는 자신들을 둘러싸고 있는 불행한 현실과 죄의식을 감당하지 못 한 채 그들을 떠나고 알리슨과 지미는 다시 새로운 출발을 다짐한다.
No Trees in the Street
Editor
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide depression. Melvyn Hayes is featured as an aimless teenager, who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local hoodlum Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in the grip of fear including Hayes' own family. No Trees in the Street chronicles Hayes' sordid progress from nickel-and-dime thefts to murder.
The Moonraker
Editor
After the battle of Worcester at the end of the Civil War, the main aim of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth is to capture Charles Stuart. The future king's escape depends on the intrepid Earl of Dawlish, who as the Moonraker has already spirited away many Royalists. Dawlish travels to the Windwhistle Inn on the south coast to prepare the escape, where he meets Anne Wyndham, the fiancée of a top Roundhead colonel.
Ice Cold in Alex
Editor
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
우먼 인 어 드레싱 가운
Editor
A married, middle-aged woman is shocked to discover that her husband, who she thought was content in their marriage, has become infatuated with a beautiful younger woman and is planning to leave his family for her.
Interpol
Editor
Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis embarks on an investigation that takes him from New York to London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and finally Athens in pursuit of McNally's shapely associate, Gina Broger.
The Silken Affair
Editor
An accountant who is creative with his firm's books uses the money to fund a romantic spree.
Now and Forever
Editor
A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides to elope.
Yield to the Night
Editor
Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
댐 버스터
Editor
2차 대전 중 독일의 루르 댐을 성공적으로 폭파시킨 이야기를 다룬 전쟁 영화. 1955년 아카데미 시각 효과상 노미네이트.1942년 봄, 월리스 박사(마이클 레드그레이브 분)는 독일의 루르 댐을 폭파시키기 위한 폭탄을 개발하기 위해 심혈을 기울인다. 잠도 안 자 가면서 실험을 하지만 번번이 실패를 하고 만다. 하지만 몇 번의 실패 끝에 결국 폭탄을 개발하는 데에 성공하게 되고 깁슨 중령(리처드 토드 분)은 그 폭탄을 가지고 독일을 향해 날아간다. 실험엔 성공했지만 이 폭탄이 루르 댐을 성공적으로 폭파시킬지는 아무도 모르는 것이다. 공군 부대가 출동한 후 관계 당국과 월리스 박사는 초조하게 소식을 기다린다. 월리스 박사가 개발해낸 폭탄으로 루르 댐을 성공적으로 폭파시킨 후 공군 부대 전체가 무사히 귀환할 것인가.
The Good Beginning
Editor
After their honeymoon, Johnny Lipton and his wife Kit move into their small apartment. Kit runs the flat on a tight budget, for she hopes that one day with her support her husband will eventually run his own business. A lack of understanding of each other s character and aspirations, however, leads to many problems before Johnny and Kit are able to attempt a 'good beginning' to their marriage.
24 Hours of a Woman's Life
Editor
A compulsive gambler stumbles towards losing everything when Merle Oberon decides to save him from himself.
매직 박스
Editor
사진관 조수인 윌리는 사진과 영화에 대한 열정으로 가득하다. 욕심 많은 주인 밑에서 몰래 사진 작업을 하던 윌리는 헬레나오 만나게 된다. 헬레나와 결혼한 윌리는 직접 사진관을 운영하게 된다. 하지만 사실, 윌리의 관심은 오직 활동 사진의 발명 뿐이었다. 결국 가장으로서도 사업가로서도 실패한 윌리는 자기 연구실에서 묻혀 지낸다. 경제적으로도 파산하고 아내 헬레나는 병에 걸려 죽어가지만 윌리는 활동사진의 발명에만 몰두한다.
The Dancing Years
Editor
The episodic story of a composer of operettas, Rudi Kleiber, in in old Viennese days, and the two women in his life; Maria Zeitler, his sweetheart, later mistress, lost love, an operetta star, and his first patron, and the mother of a son he did not know he had; and of Greta, his first love and companion in later years
The Forbidden Street
Editor
In Victorian London, young Adelaide is born into luxury, but marries starving artist Henry. His alcoholism and their lack of money lead to many quarrels. During one such fight, Henry slips down a flight of stairs and dies. A neighbor, Mrs. Mounsey, is the only witness, and she blackmails the young widow by threatening to tell the cops that Adelaide killed her husband. Luckily, lawyer Gilbert swoops in to help Adelaide.
The Guinea Pig
Editor
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.
Mine Own Executioner
Editor
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
Fame Is the Spur
Editor
A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace.
Desert Victory
Editor
A featureless land fit only for war, as the narrator, J. L. Hodson stated in the early scenes: "If war was to be fought then let it begin here". In endless miles of rock-strewn scrub desert, where civilians hardly existed. Desert Victory tells the story of the Allied campaign to drive Germany and Italy from North Africa is analysed, with the major portion of the film examining the battles at El Alamein, including some re-enactment. Won "Best Documentary Feature" at the 16th Academy Awards in 1944.
The Lambeth Walk
Editor
Bill Snibson, a chancer from Lambeth Walk in South London, is informed that he has been discovered to be the long-lost heir to a title and castle which he can claim provided he is able to convince his new relations that he has enough aristocratic bearing. Things soon begin to go awry however, particularly when Sally, Bill's girlfriend from Lambeth, turns up.