John Shirley

Henry Jekyll is a troubled man. His wife died of pneumonia. He wants his sister-in-law, but her father forbids any contact. And his experiments into the dual nature of man have yielded a personality-splitting drug that he has tested on himself, changing him into an uninhibited brute who seeks violent and undignified pleasures. Jekyll quickly becomes addicted to the sordid freedom induced by the drug. He can commit the most enjoyably revolting deeds, then return to his laboratory and use an antidote to change back to his original form, so that his lofty persona remains untarnished.

Após o Super-Homem acabar com todas as armas nucleares do mundo atirando-as contra o Sol, Lex Luthor consegue fabricar um vilão com a mesma estrutura molecular do nosso herói, e os mesmos poderes: o Homem Nuclear. A criatura está programada para destruir o Homem de Aço e, quando o duelo tem início, o confronto torna-se numa grande ameaça à paz mundial.

Na África do início do século 20, o aventureiro e caçador de tesouros Allan Quatermain é contratado pela jovem norte-americana Jesse Huston para procurar seu pai arqueólogo, que desapareceu enquanto organizava uma expedição às lendárias Minas do Rei Salomão. Além de diversos perigos, Quatermain e Jesse também enfrentarão um destacamento alemão, liderado pelo Coronel Bockner e um grupo de mercenários sob o comando do vilão turco Dogati. Todos eles em busca da fortuna em diamantes escondida no interior das minas.

The two-part TV movie Hitler's SS: Portrait in Evil crystallizes that evil by concentrating on two Berlin brothers. In 1931, Helmut Hoffman a brilliant student and self-styled opportunist, joins Hitler's SS. At the same time, his younger brother Karl, a top athlete and idealist, becomes a chauffeur for the "S.A.".

A friendly street kid in India, during the last years of the nineteenth century, looks and considers himself Indian, but is in fact a Brit. The Brits discover his true origin, and train him as a spy.

O futuro reverendo Nathaniel "Nate" Williamson (Michael O'Keefe) é abandonado à morte e sua bela noiva é raptada depois que o local onde mora, uma tranquila ilha do Sul do Pacifico, é atacada por uma legião de facínoras. Para salvá-la, a única esperança de Nate é formar uma improvável aliança com um notório e imprevisível bucaneiro chamado Bully Hayes (Tommy Lee Jones). Repleto de humor, romance e ação do mastro até o casco, Piratas das Ilhas Selvagens é uma aventura vibrante e "imperdível"!

Summer, 1948. 14-year-old Alan has just three wishes: that there will be lasting peace, that England will win the Ashes, and that he will finally kiss classmate Ann. So when he's cast opposite her in a play that requires a kiss and England seem to be doing well in cricket, life couldn't be better.

Em 1922, com a ascenção de Mussolini e dos fascismo, a Itália como as outras potências européias, procuram aumentar suas zonas de comércio e exploração na África. A Itália volta os olhos para a Libia, onde iniciam uma grande guerra contra o povo local que resiste bravamente contra as forças modernas italianas. Os beduinos comandados pelo lider local Omar Mukhtar iniciam uma grande batalha pra expulsar as tropas italianas, que cada vez mais investem em armas e massacram o povo libiano. A intenção de Mussolini é dominar o Norte da África, porém ele encontra um grande obstáculo no líder da rebelião beduína Omar Mukhtar / Quinn. A única solução para garantir a vitória no combate é enviar um destemido general, que organiza uma operação violenta e sanguinária. Filme fidelíssimo à História, que mostra a determinação do povo com as medidas imperialistas dos colonizadores italianos. Com um elenco perfeito, Akkad dirige as cenas de guerra com forte realismo. Um filme de guerra fantástico.

Coming back from an extended business trip, Frank discovers that his girlfriend Janie is now working at a new resort hotel where the owner has given her a permanent place to stay, as well as other gifts, in exchange for her affections. The two of them get into a fight and things quickly get out of control and the police are called and in turns into a hostage situation...

An alcoholic London ex-cop becomes involved in a kidnapping drama and tries to free the daughter of a friend from a brutal gangster mob.

Quando uma bala de ouro chega ao quartel-general da inteligência britânica com um "007" gravado nela, se acredita que James Bond (Roger Moore) será o próximo alvo de um assassino profissional (Christopher Lee) que cobra um milhão de dólares por serviço. Assim, Bond vai investigar a situação e acaba descobrindo que o objetivo do matador internacional seqüestrar um cientista, que inventou um conversor solar capaz de resolver a crise de energia no planeta.

Former secret agent Robert Elliot (Coburn) will be promoted to government advisor. In order to make sure no-one will ever know about his dirty past.

O tráfico de heroína e a morte de agentes secretos colocam frente a frente James Bond (Roger Moore) e Mr. Big (Yaphet Kotto), o chefão do crime em Nova York. Sua organização age impulsionada pelas visões de Solitaire (Jane Seymour), uma cartomante com poderes especiais. Quando conhece Bond, Solitaire perde os seus poderes e é condenada a morte em um ritual vudu.

Set in London’s East End, The 14 (aka The Wild Little Bunch aka Existence) is based on the true story of fourteen children who struggle against overwhelming pressures to stay together after the death of their single mother.

The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.

The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable position. Although his allegiance is to Britain, his mother was from an aristocratic Bavarian family, and he spent his summers in Germany as a child. When Geoffrey is approached by a German spy who offers him a chance to defect, he reports the incident to his superiors, but instead of arresting the spy they suggest that he accept her offer--and become an Allied agent. In Germany, among old friends, Geoffrey discovers that loyalty is more complicated than he expected, especially when he finds himself aboard the maiden voyage of a powerful new prototype Zeppelin, headed for Scotland on a secret mission that could decide the outcome of the war.

In a vein similar to Bond movies, a British agent Philip Calvert is on a mission to determine the whereabouts of a ship that disappeared near the coast of Scotland.

Dilacerado por culpa pessoal o general italiano Umberto Nobile relembra sua fracassada expedição ao Ártico, em 1928, a bordo do avião Itália, do acidente e dos esforços de resgate subsequentes. Os 'fantasmas' de pessoas envolvidas nos eventos aparecem em suas memórias para ajudá-lo a determinar sua culpa no caso. As reminiscências são misturadas com a ação real: o voo do 'Itália', a operação de resgate aéreo do aeródromo de Kings Bay e a expedição do quebra-gelo 'Krassin'. (e 10 - Estimado 10 Anos)

Na primeira década do século XX um carro de corrida, que tinha ganho três grandes prêmios, sofre um acidente e fica totalmente queimado. Algum tempo depois duas crianças, Jemima (Heather Ripley) e Jeremy (Adrian Hall), os filhos de Caractacus Potts (Dick Van Dyke), um inventor fracassado, vêem a carcaça deste carro de corrida, que seria vendido por 30 xelins. Eles imploram ao pai que o compre, mas Potts está sem dinheiro e o avô das crianças (Lionel Jeffries), que mora com eles, se encontra na mesma situação. Após uma tentativa desastrosa de vender uma de suas invenções para o Lorde Scrumptious (James Robertson Justice), o fabricante de doces da região, Potts consegue acidentalmente dinheiro suficiente em um parque de diversões. Potts compra o carro e, milagrosamente, transforma um veículo que estava caindo aos pedaços em um carro novo em folha.

A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks he'll be able to provide for her toddler, the catch is her employer doesn't know about her son and he doesn't particularly care for children despite his profession.

Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.

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.

'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?

A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After the youngsters arrive, David quickly realizes what the offensive little punks need is some real discipline, and so the summer begins.

The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on the local population.

Prepare for Six of the Best as the Carry On team cause chaos in the school yard. When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power and bombs!

Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the patients a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. There's a colonel who is a constant nuisance, a bumbling nurse, a romance between Ted York and Nurse Denton, and Bell who wants his bunion removed straight away, so after drinking alcohol, the men decide to remove the bunion themselves!

Londres, Inglaterra, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial. Após uma trágica experiência de vida, a jovem Violette Szabo se junta ao Executivo de Operações Especiais e atravessa as linhas inimigas alemãs como agente secreto para ajudar um grupo da Resistência francesa.

Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German occupied France.

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.

Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer (boo hiss) who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do

In colonial Kenya, chief's son believes he must kill another tribe's chief in ancient ritual before he can claim father's throne; district officer and female reporter try to stop him before he breaks colonial law.

In 1909 Cornwall, the affair between a disfigured miller's wife and his estranged cousin leads to a tragic case of mistaken identity.

A blackmailer is murdered, and those who witnessed the scene agree to keep quiet; the complication is that the scene is also witnessed by a young artist, a victim of blackmail as well. (BFI Website)

Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ...