John Van Eyssen
Рождение : 1922-03-19, Fauresmith, South Africa
Смерть : 1995-11-13
(archive footage)
A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.
Executive Producer
A modern day musical telling of the ministry of Jesus Christ set in New York. The Apostles, portrayed as an acting troupe re-enact the parables and teachings of Jesus.
John Maudle
A young woman going to her wedding is waiting for her fiancée, a hood in custody, who is allowed by the police to go to his wedding.
Formby
When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
Insp. Westover
Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose relationship with him had turned from art student into one of love trysts. He arrives and is confronted by Detective Police Inspector Morgan who accuses him of having murdered Jacqueline. Morgan listens sceptically to the dazed denials of Van Rooyer as he tells the story of his relationship with the murdered woman. Morgan, after hearing the story, realizes that the mystery has deepened, and it becomes more complicated when the Assistant Commissioner, Sir Brian Lewis, explains that Jacqueline was not married but was being kept by Sir Howard Fenton, a high-ranking diplomat whose names must be kept out of the case.
Hewitt
Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne to re-establish friendly relations.
Corby
Janet Miller (Lana Morris) is a married woman caught in awkward circumstances after police investigating a murder come up with evidence, and a potentially lethal motive, which lead them to suspect her of committing the crime. Their suspicions increase when Janet is less than forthcoming about a visit she paid to a former beau. Happily, her loyal husband (Ronald Howard) swears by her innocence and quickly leaps into motion to find the real killer.
Archer
On the French Riviera, movie producer Max Poulton is on location shooting a film starring his lover, Gina Bertini. But when the rueful Max ends his fling with Gina to return to his loyal wife, Carol, the jilted actress threatens to reveal details of their affair to Carol. Later, at a party at Max's villa, investigator Carliss arrives with news that Gina has been killed and that Max is a murderer suspect.
Jonathan Harker
Джонатан Харкер прибывает в замок Дракулы с намерением убить легендарного вампира, но ему это не удаётся, более того — он сам превращается в вампира и погибает от руки Ван Хельсинга. Тем временем Дракула объявляется в родном городе Харкера и начинает преследовать его возлюбленную.
German Prisoner
Фильм основан на реальных событиях. Драматическая история немецкого летчика, обер-лейтенанта Франца фон Верра, взятого в плен и затем неоднократно делавшего попытки побега из различных британских лагерей военнопленных. Фон Верра прославился как единственный немецкий военнопленный, сумевший дважды бежать из плена: английского и канадского и снова встать в строй... Франц фон Верра, командир эскадрильи, погиб в октябре 1941 года на Восточном фронте, одержав перед этим 27 побед. Из-за отказа двигателя его самолёт упал в озеро. Гауптман Франц фон Верра до последнего пытался спасти машину...
Clive Franklyn
Police find that everyone had a motive for the murder of a wealthy woman.
The Plant Tour Guide
Профессор Куотермасс получает известие о метеоритном дожде, прошедшем над отдалённым районом Англии. Приехав туда вместе с коллегой Маршем, Куотермасс обнаруживает в глуши большой и хорошо охраняющийся научный комплекс, а позже находит и один из метеоритов. Когда Марш оказывается ранен выделившимся из метеорита веществом, со стороны комплекса приезжают вооружённые люди и безо всяких объяснений забирают Марша с собой. После этого Куотермасс решает разузнать, чем именно занимаются работающие в этом месте учёные.
Lieut. Grant
One time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader, betrayed to and executed by the Nazis. When it seems that they might finally know the name of the traitor - and that he or she comes from within their own unit - their annual gathering becomes a deadly trial...
Marine Bradley
7 декабря 1942 года. Субмарина «Тунец» доставила шесть байдарок с экипажами английских коммандос к устью реки Жиронды и выпустила их в море. Диверсанты за несколько суток, на байдарках, должны доплыть до надежно охраняемого нацистами французского порта Бордо и с помощью магнитных мин подорвать максимальное количество транспортных кораблей противника на рейде с целью блокировки порта. Предполагается, что коммандос смогут проплывать около 30 километров за ночь, им придется прятаться минимум трижды перед тем, как атаковать свою цель…
Will Scarlett
Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.
Robin
A young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends, the perfect triangle. But years later when Lena returns to her sleepy home the tone of the relationship changes and it is Robin she loves. Bill has discovered a method of duplication and decides to make an exact replica of the woman he cannot have... .with disastrous consequences for them all.
Murder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.