Hal Mason

Filmes

Shalako
Producer
Um grupo de aristocratas europeus estão em uma caçada no Novo México por volta do ano de 1880. Eles estão viajando com uma equipe completa, com mordomos, empregadas, finos tecidos de linho e safra de vinhos. Quando a caçada avança em uma reserva indígena, Countess Irina Lazaar (Brigitte Bardot) é atacada por um Apache. Shalako (Sean Connery), um observador do Exército dos Estados Unidos, corajosamente tenta salvá-la e leva os aristocratas para longe da morte iminente na reserva. Através da ira indígena, cada membro da caçada enfrenta a maior crise de suas vidas.
Sammy Going South
Producer
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go by himself from the Suez Canal to Durban in South Africa where his nearest relative, Aunt Jane, lives. On the way he meets a variety of different people who help or hinder his journey - including an ageing diamond smuggler.
O Drama de Dunquerque
Production Supervisor
Duas histórias em uma. Um tranquilo Cabo Britânico na França torna-se responsável pelas vidas de seus homens quando seu oficial é morto. Ele tem que levá-los de volta para a Grã-Bretanha de alguma forma. Enquanto isso, civis britânicos estão sendo arrastados para a guerra com a Operação Dynamo, a operação de retirada das forças francesas e britânicas encurraladas nas praias de Dunquerque. Alguns se apresentam para ajudar, enquanto outros estão menos dispostos.
The Feminine Touch
Production Supervisor
Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.
Who Done It?
Production Supervisor
This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
O Quinteto da Morte
Production Supervisor
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
West of Zanzibar
Production Supervisor
Game warden Bob Payton (Anthony Steel) tracks a ivory smuggling ring through some of the most treacherous passages of the Zanzibar territory.
The 'Maggie'
Production Supervisor
The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon into paying him to transport his personal cargo. When the tycoon learns of the trick, he attempts to track down the boat and remove his possessions.
O Expresso de Titfield
Production Supervisor
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.
Mar Cruel
Production Supervisor
The Cruel Sea é um filme britânico de 1953, do gênero drama de guerra, dirigido por Charles Frend e estrelado por Jack Hawkins e Donald Sinden. O filme, no estilo docudrama, é uma das produções mais subestimadas e comoventes entre aquelas ambientadas na Segunda Guerra Mundial.
Confio em Ti
Production Supervisor
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.
Secret People
Production Supervisor
Em 1930, Maria Brentano (Valentina Cortese) e sua irmã mais nova, Nora (Audrey Hepburn), fogem para Londres após seu pai ser assassinado por um ditador europeu. Sete anos depois, durante uma viagem a Paris, Maria encontra por acaso Louis (Serge Reggiani), e descobre que ele está planejando um atentado contra o ditador. Maria e Nora se envolvem no plano, querendo vingar a morte do pai, mas uma tragédia acontece quando a bomba-relógio que eles plantaram no local explode e mata um inocente. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Where No Vultures Fly
Production Supervisor
A true story about an Englishman working as a game warden in Kenya who is disgusted by the ongoing destruction of African wildlife, and decides to create a national park to protect them.
O Homem do Terno Branco
Production Supervisor
Linda sátira sobre inventor que descobre um tecido que nunca se desgasta ou suja. Naturalmente é um desastre para a indústria de tecidos. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
O Mistério da Torre
Production Supervisor
O tímido Holland, um quase aposentado, sonha em ser rico e viver a boa vida. Fielmente, por 20 anos, ele tem trabalhado como um agente de transferência bancária para a entrega de barras de ouro. Um dia ele se torna amigo de Pendlebury, fabricante de souvenirs. Holland observa que, com o equipamento de fundição de Pendlebury, pode-se fundir o ouro em Torres Eiffel como um brinquedo de aparência inofensiva e contrabandear o ouro da Inglaterra para a França. Em seguida os dois contam uma história para conseguir a ajuda dos criminosos profissional Lackery e Shorty (Baixinho). Juntos, os quatro executam seu planos, o que os leva a inesperadas reviravoltas.
Um País de Anedota
Production Supervisor
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.
As Oito Vítimas
Production Supervisor
A mãe de Louis Manzzini pertence à aristocrata família D'Ascoyne, até ela fugir com um cantor de ópera. A partir daí, ela e Louis são rejeitados pelos D'Ascoynes. Quando vira um adulto, Louis resolve se vingar, tornando-se o próximo Duque da família. O caminho mais fácil para ele acaba sendo assassinar o sucessor natural ao cargo.
Alegrias a Granel
Production Supervisor
Baseado numa história real, o filme conta a história do naufrágio de um navio carregado com 250 mil garrafas de uísque na costa da Escócia. Os habitantes da região recolheram o máximo de garrafas que conseguiram antes da chegada das autoridades.
Epopéia Trágica
Production Supervisor
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
It Always Rains on Sunday
Production Supervisor
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
Production Supervisor
A fatherless boy tries to make his fortune despite interference from his rich uncle.
Pink String and Sealing Wax
Production Supervisor
Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison).
Johnny Frenchman
Production Supervisor
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
Na Solidão da Noite
Production Supervisor
Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests' own bizarre tales.
Painted Boats
Production Supervisor
In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.
The Return of the Vikings
Production Supervisor
British war documentary
Champagne Charlie
Production Supervisor
A man from the countryside becomes London’s newest music hall sensation, and competes with a rival music hall performer for the audience’s attention.
They Came to a City
Production Supervisor
People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city
The Halfway House
Production Manager
A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness in the air as they are greeted by the innkeeper and his daughter. Why are all the newspapers a year old? And why doesn't Gwyneth seem to cast a shadow?
Undercover
Unit Manager
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easily get you killed...
48 Horas!
Production Manager
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
Ships with Wings
Production Manager
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
Turned Out Nice Again
Assistant Director
George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and getting his wife to promote it, he has an argument with his boss, Mr Dawson who insults Pearson's wife and refuses to apologise. Pearson then resigns. After finding out that the yarn is actually worth a fair amount, Mr Dawson tries to buy it from Pearson but he has some competition.
The Case of the Frightened Lady
Assistant Director
A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.
Um Vulto na Janela
Assistant Director
In 1880, the criminal called The Face is responsible for a murderous rampage in France. When the Brisson Bank is robbed in Paris and the employee Michelle is murdered, the wealthy Chevalier Lucio del Gardo is the only chance to save the bank. Chavalier proposes to the owner M. de Brisson to deposit a large amount of gold, but in return he would like to marry his daughter Cecile. However, Cecile is in love with the efficient clerk Lucien Cortier that belongs to the lower classes and refuses the engagement. In order to get rid off the rival, Chavalier uses evidences to incriminate Lucien, manipulating the incompetent Parisian chief of police.
John Halifax
Assistant Director
Adapted from the novel by Elizabeth Craik it tells the story of John Halifax who, despite humble beginnings, becomes a highly respected local businessman. As partner in a mill he weathers the turbulent economic times of the early 1800s.