Jack Asher

Рождение : 1916-03-29, London, England, UK

Фильмы

Мистер Питкин: Ранняя пташка
Cinematography
Норман работает на старой,забытой Богом,маслобойне,все оборудование которой медленно,но верно приходит в полную негодность. А вокруг,между тем,кипит жизнь-технический прогресс уверенно наступает со всех сторон. И тогда Норман решает во что бы это не стало отстоять свою древнюю маслобойню.
The Intelligence Men
Cinematography
A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his MI5 friend, he poses as the recently dead Major Cavendish who had managed to infiltrate the dreaded organization; he knows that they are intending to assassinate someone - could it be the famous Russian ballerina who has recently arrived for an appearance at Covent Garden?
The Secret of Blood Island
Cinematography
Based on the true story of a British secret agent, shot down over Malaya near to a Allied POW forced labour camp. There she is hidden, disguised as a youthful prisoner, until her escape can be effected. The costs of keeping her identity secret fall on all the POW's as the Japanese embark on a policy of ruthless terror to extract her and the focus shifts to the conflicts of the group' s collective concerns against the necessities of personal survival.
Приключения Питкина в больнице
Director of Photography
Мистер Гримсдейл (Эдвард Чэпмэн) хозяин мясной лавки, в которой работает Мистер Питкин, во время ограбления со страху проглатывает свои карманные часы. Питкин звонит в скорую помощь, и вместе с санитарами приезжает в больницу, где и начинается очередная серия смешных и нелепых приключений Питкина. Его стремление всем угодить, везде успеть, а также стать врачом, приводит к таким последствиям, что образцовая городская больница превращается в сумасшедший дом.
The Scarlet Blade
Director of Photography
A 1964 British action adventure film from Hammer studios. The Scarlet Blade is set during the english civil war. A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathisers, but unaware of his daughters royalist sympathies. When she falls into a love triangle with Cavalier Edward Beverly and Roundhead officer Captain Sylvester the stage is set for double crossing and derring do.
She'll Have to Go
Director of Photography
When Francis and Douglas Oberon learn that their late grandmother has bequeathed the family fortune to distant cousin Toni, they immediately start plotting to get their hands on the money. They dream up a plot whereby they cannot fail to acquire a comfortable future; the lovely Toni must either be murdered, or married...
She'll Have to Go
Producer
When Francis and Douglas Oberon learn that their late grandmother has bequeathed the family fortune to distant cousin Toni, they immediately start plotting to get their hands on the money. They dream up a plot whereby they cannot fail to acquire a comfortable future; the lovely Toni must either be murdered, or married...
Мистер Питкин: Порода бульдог
Cinematography
Любой человек достоин любви. Даже самый никчемный и невезучий. Помощник бакалейщика Норман очень хотел любить и быть любимым, но… со вторым пунктом ему явно не повезло. От отчаяния и безысходности он вербуется на службу в Военно-Морской Флот Ее Величества. Тут-то и начинается самое интересное…
The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Director of Photography
After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous Dr Henry Jekyll succeeds in freeing his own alter ego, Edward Hyde, a sadistic, evil creature whose pleasure is murder.
Невесты Дракулы
Director of Photography
В глухом местечке Трансильвании старая баронесса скрывает в замке сына-вампира и заманивает к нему молоденьких девушек. Одна из гостивших особ выпускает упыря на свободу. К счастью, в глухомань с визитом прибывает известный истребитель вампиров доктор Ван Хельсинг.
Мумия
Director of Photography
В 1895 году группа британских археологов из клана Бэннингов на раскопках в Египте обнаружила и вскрыла гробницу легендарной жрицы Анаки. Ослушавшись совета одного из местных жителей не вскрывать гробницу, ибо «тот кто ограбит гробницы Египта — умрет», археологи проникли внутрь захоронения, чем и навлекли на себя проклятие почитателей древнего божества. Через три года, уже в Англии, с членами семьи Бэннингов начинают происходить неприятности, приведшие к смерти двух из них… Приехавший из Лондона инспектор Малруни сначала отказывается верить в то, что причиной смерти явилось древнее проклятие, а непосредственным убийцей является ожившая мумия, но дальнейшие факты заставили его кардинально изменить свою точку зрения…
Человек, обманувший смерть
Director of Photography
Доктор Бонне рассчитывает жить вечно, продлевая себе жизнь путём периодической трансплантации околощитовидных желез молодых и здоровых людей. Он выглядит на 40 лет, хотя на самом деле ему 104. Со временем окружающие его люди начинают что-то подозревать…
Собака Баскервилей
Director of Photography
Что-то зловещее затаилось среди покрытых туманом английских болот. Дьявольская собака нападает на владельцев Баскервилль-Холла. Но прежде чем это чудовище вонзит зубы в последнего владельца поместья, ему придется сразиться с самым сильным противником - несравненным Шерлоком Холмсом и его острым, как бритва, умом.
Мистер Питкин на эстраде
Cinematography
Известный певец теряет голос перед важным мероприятием. Услышав пение мистера Питкина, тенор решает записать его голос на диктофон и выдать его музыкальное произведение за свое. Но не так просто заставить мистера Питкина спеть...
Passport to Shame
Director of Photography
British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.
Дыхательная трубка
Director of Photography
Благодаря дьявольскому трюку, Полу Декеру удалось убить свою жену: он ее оглушает, открывает газовый кран, а сам с дыхательным аппаратом прячется в маленькой комнате под половицами. Полиция верит в самоубийство. Как только полицейские снова приходят, Декер выбирается из своего укрытия и «возвращается из деловой командировки». Его приемная дочь Кэнди что-то подозревает, но не может убедить ни полицию, ни их гувернантку.
Месть Франкенштейна
Director of Photography
1860 год. Барона Франкенштейна ведут к гильотине. Но ему удается избежать смерти, войдя в сговор с палачом и охранником тюрьмы. Франкенштейн переезжает в Карлсбрук, где становится видным и уважаемым врачом, хотя отказывается состоять в Ассоциации медиков города. Доктор практикует на богатой клиентуре, но в то же время открывает больничное отделение для бедных, в котором работает бесплатно, что вызывает к нему уважение общества. На самом деле эта работа позволяет брать человеческие органы и части тела, необходимые ему для экспериментов…
Дракула
Director of Photography
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.
The Camp on Blood Island
Director of Photography
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.
The Steel Bayonet
Director of Photography
Tunis, 1943. Battle-weary troops of Company C have orders to occupy a derelict Tunisian farmhouse. They are to establish an artillery observation post, reporting on enemy movements before the imminent offensive to liberate Tunis. However German infantrymen discover their operations. The ensuing battle for control of this small piece of land will decide who controls Tunis but more critically, the victors in the battle of democracy versus fascism.
After the Ball
Cinematography
The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
Проклятие Франкенштейна
Director of Photography
Приговоренный к смерти барон Франкенштейн настойчиво требует священника и рассказывает ему свою историю. После смерти своей матери, когда он был еще юношей, так как отца он потерял в десятилетнем возрасте, он унаследовал состояние своих родителей и обосновался в швейцарской деревушке, устроившись работать к профессору Крумпу, чтобы тот передал ему свои знания в области биологии. Вместе они проводили многочисленные эксперименты и однажды им удалось оживить мертвую собаку. Став взрослым, Франкенштейн уже знал, что его жизнь будет посвящена науке. У него появилась амбициозная идея создать живое существо из органов, взятых у трупов…
Reach for the Sky
Director of Photography
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.
Cast a Dark Shadow
Director of Photography
Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately for the unscrupulous criminal, Freda is much more guarded and sassy than his last wife, making separating her from her money considerably more challenging.
The Secret
Director of Photography
An American loses all his money and finds himself stranded in England. He finds hope when he meets a female smuggler who has brought jewels into the country inside a teddy bear, but unfortunately, things quickly get out of hand.
Before I Wake
Director of Photography
A woman travels to England to attend her parents' funeral. She is told by officials that they died of natural causes together, but she doesn't buy it. She comes to suspect that the nurse who took care of her parents was involved in their deaths, but since the nurse is well thought of in the town, no one believes her. What she doesn't know is that her parents' killer has selected her as the next victim
The Young Lovers
Director of Photography
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective countries' officials, who suspect espionage. The cast includes David Knight, Odile Versois, Theodore Bikel and David Kossoff.
The Good Die Young
Director of Photography
An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.
Fast and Loose
Director of Photography
An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.
Albert R.N.
Cinematography
The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in order to foil the German guards.
All Hallowe'en
Cinematography
A woman falls in love with a ghost on All Hallows Eve.
Grand National Night
Director of Photography
The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a murder charge.
Cosh Boy
Director of Photography
Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.
Women of Twilight
Director of Photography
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific secret.
A Killer Walks
Cinematography
Psychological thriller about an odd family with Harvey playing the older domineering son, who resents both his overbearing grandmother and his younger brother. Before long, the old woman ends up dead—murdered. Fingers point strongly to one suspect, but is he really guilty?
Girdle of Gold
Director of Photography
The adulterous Mrs Griffiths' corset has, unbeknown to her, a fortune stashed in it by her drunken, money-loving husband.
Hell Is Sold Out
Cinematography
A supposedly dead writer suddenly turns up to confront the young woman who is using his penname.
Lilli Marlene
Director of Photography
Lilli Marlene, a French girl working as a bar maid in her uncle's café in Benghazi, Libya, turns out to be the girl that the popular German wartime song Lili Marleen had been written for before the war, so both the British and the Germans try to use her for propaganda purposes - especially as it turns out that she can sing as well. When the Germans kidnap her in Cairo and she starts appearing in radio broadcasts from Berlin, her British soldier friends think that she's joined the enemy. They couldn't be more wrong, because after the war it turns out that her songs over the radio contained secret messages to London from British agents in Berlin.
The Astonished Heart
Director of Photography
Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But Leonora could do without Barbara's husband, Christian (Noel Coward), whom she finds arrogant and off-putting ... at first. One evening alone together, romance is set ablaze, leaving Christian with a lot of explaining to do to Barbara.
The Lost People
Director of Photography
Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between Serb and Croat, resistance fighter and collaborator, Pole and Russian, etc. The threat of plague briefly unites them, but eventually even this wears off and the refugees unite in their hostility to the British.
Helter Skelter
Cinematography
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
Portrait from Life
Director of Photography
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
Snowbound
Camera Operator
Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.
Easy Money
Director of Photography
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
The Magic Bow
Cinematography
Biography of the famous Italian violinist Nicola Paganini which focuses as much on the musician's romances as it does on his craft. Phyllis Calvert plays Jeanne de Vermond, the aristocratic French woman who captures Paganini's heart, and real-life violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin supplies the breathtaking Paganini solos.
Time Flies
Camera Operator
The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill (George Moon) also on board. They are transported to Elizabethan England where they come across Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth 1, Captain John Smith and Pocohontas. Will our time travellers return?
Back-Room Boy
Camera Operator
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 ...
Hyde Park Corner
Camera Operator
A dead man's curse on a London party house seems to echo from 1780 to 1936.