Donald Houston

После окончания Первой мировой войны бывший офицер Томи случайно встречает свою давнюю подругу Тапенс. Время трудное, работы нет, денег тоже. Они решаются на авантюру: напечатать объявление в газете о том, что ради денег готовы принять «самые неразумные предложения». Богач мистер Виттингтон, увидев это объявление, приглашает Таппенс на встречу. При знакомстве она представляется вымышленным именем Джейн Финн. Услышав его, мистер Виттингтон страшно испугался, дал ей деньги и попросил, чтобы она пришла завтра. Но назавтра богач бесследно исчез...

Персей — смертный сын Зевса, пытаясь спасти свою возлюбленную Андромеду от жестокого заклятия, сражается с чудовищами. К счастью, у Персея есть свои волшебные помощники: прекрасный крылатый конь и удивительно умная сова. Но даже эти волшебные силы не всегда в силах помочь герою в борьбе с могущественными врагами и спасти свою любимую!

У них было меньше всего шансов стать героями Второй мировой. Ведь они — убеленные сединами ветераны Калькуттской легкой кавалерии.Эти добровольцы не были в бою со времен Бурской войны. Но у них есть шанс изменить ситуацию, когда они отложат в сторону свои клюшки для гольфа и отставят стаканы с джином, чтобы стать «Морскими волками».

Траурная мелодрама, заполненная знакомыми именами кинозвезд, которые раскрывают свои характеры, завязанные в сюжете о корабле, вывозящем евреев из Нацистской Германии.

Глава психиатрической клиники, доктор Тремейн, рассказывает истории болезни четырех своих пациентов, чтобы наглядно продемонстрировать свою новую теорию…

Stanley Evans, a Welsh schoolteacher, decides to emigrate to Australia for a better life but ends up working in a school in the dead-end town of Kookaburra Springs. He forms a school choir and decides to compete in a singing competition in Sydney

A woman deals with an unhappy marriage, the death of her lover, and her son's involvement in a crime.

The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her from the one thing she loves most, a pet Bushbaby. Fearing what the future holds she decides to set the pet free but while doing so misses the boat back to England. After meeting up with a friendly native they try to resolve the situation together. Things take a turn for the worse when it is falsely reported that the native has kidnapped her, thus putting a price on his head

Во время Второй Мировой войны британский самолет сбивают над нацистской территорией. Единственного выжившего американского генерала немцы забирают в ближайший штаб СС. Немцам неизвестно, что генерал обладает полным набором знаний об операции «День Д». Британцы решают, что генералу ни в коем случае нельзя позволить раскрыть детали высадки в Нормандии и приказывают майору Джону Смиту отправиться на его спасение с отрядом спецназа. В отряд входит американский рейнджер лейтенант Шаффер, озадаченный своим участием в британской операции. Когда один из солдат погибает после сброса с парашютом, Шаффер начинает подозревать, что у миссии Смита цель более секретная.

Set in ancient Britain, at a time when much of Europe was ruled with harsh tyranny by Rome, a tribe of Britons led by Selina, set out to defy the invaders and discard their yoke of bondage. The Roman commander, Justinian, is sent to quell the uprising, punishing the dissenters with brute force but when he becomes emotionally attached to Selina, he is torn between his duty to Rome and his love for the Viking Queen.

Interstellar travel at sub-light speeds: the enormous distances, isolation from human culture and the aching loneliness of space are enough to drive the strongest personality insane. Better to block all memories of human contact and to program the 12-strong crew to accept only the reality they can see and touch within their spacecraft. But a child born on "the Station" becomes insistent on learning the truth about 'Outside'.

Шерлок Холмс и доктор Ватсон присоединяются к полицейской охоте на лондонского убийцу проституток.

Действие происходит в 1944 году. Летчики британской эскадрильи 633 получают опасное задание уничтожить сильнозащищенный оружейный завод нацистов в Норвегии.

Фильм посвящен морским приключениям во времена наполеоновских войн.

"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis. When the eternal bachelor Sir Lancelot injures his back and falls in love with his physiotherapist Iris Marchant, he becomes very distressed and turns to Simon for help. Simon, who now is a senior doctor at fictional Hampden Cross Hospital and hopelessly in love with aspiring actress Delia, sends him to a nature cure clinic in a vain attempt to help him lose weight, but Sir Lancelot can't get Iris off his mind and has her followed, first by a private investigator and eventually by himself. When he finally proposes, she rejects him and marries an old army major, which distresses Sir Lancelot even more.

When a stranger enters a quiet, country town and is seduced by a sensuous married woman he unwittingly finds himself at the centre of a storm of sexual guilt and murder.

Картина повествует о знаменитой высадке в Нормандии, легендарном дне «Д» — 6 июня 1944 года. Ранним утром того дня армада из 5 тысяч судов армии союзников, сосредоточенных на Британских островах, пересекла Ла-Манш и начала высадку экспедиционных сил на побережье Нормандии. Как для союзников, так и для немцев это был самый долгий день…

480 год до нашей эры. Персидский царь Ксеркс ведёт на Грецию огромную армию, собираясь отплатить за поражение своего отца. К нему приводят спартанского разведчика Агафона, но Ксеркс повелевает отпустить его, чтобы тот рассказал о том, что он увидел на собрании греческих полисов в Коринфе. На этом совещании Фемистокл передаёт командование в руки царя Спарты Леонида. Однако спартанцы остаются отмечать свой праздник, и навстречу персам отправляется только Леонид с 300 своими телохранителями.

In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles" for a short while. After many adventures, the prince regains his rightful identity and graciously makes his "twin" a ward of the court.

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.

A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.

Donald Houston plays a Welshman who tells the story of what it's like to live in small town Wales and how the train service helps.

Действие фильма «В Опасности» происходит в лагере для военнопленных в Северной Италии, где летом 1943 года размещались британцы, французы и другие пленные из армий союзников. Британские офицеры придумывают несколько хитроумных планов побега, в том числе один, связанный с канализацией, выключателями света, потерянными сигаретами и столбами для регби. Несмотря на все усилия Комитета по побегам, возглавляемого подполковником Дэвидом Бэрдом (Ричард Тодд), итальянцам удается помешать им всем. Заключенные начинают подозревать, что в их рядах есть информатор, а главным подозреваемым является греческий офицер лейтенант Кутулес (Сирил Шапс). Когда его находят убитым, недостатка в подозреваемых нет.

В провинциальный английский городок приезжает демобилизованный сержант Джо Лэмптон. Он полон честолюбивых замыслов и готов на всё, чтобы разбогатеть и пробиться в «высшее общество». Ради этого Джо заводит роман с Сьюзан, дочерью одного из «отцов» города.

The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.

Mark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an automobile accident, she loses her unborn child, and Mark becomes sterile. His father, Brit-stuffy Sir John Loring, has never approved of the marriage and, again, tries to break it up. Believing that a child will hold the marriage together, Mary suggests artificial insemination to Mark, who finally agrees to accompany her to a clinic in Switzerland. However, when she is again pregnant, Mark finds it impossible to reconcile himself to the situation and leaves her. Prompted by his father, Mark sues for divorce, accusing her of adultery. She contests the divorce and a trial concerns itself with whether or not artificial insemination is a question of adultery. The Catholic Church's National League of Decency placed this film on its Condemned" list.

Когда его пациент умирает во время операции, хирург прибегает к убийству, чтобы скрыть свою халатность.

While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.

A look at the transport system in the South Wales Valleys and how it effects peoples livelihoods and everyday lives.

A crime reporter investigating a murder discovers the case hinges on a mysterious woman he had photographed earlier.

During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.

A Cornish fisherman becomes involved with Iron Curtain spies.

A race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate the rival. But there's a flaw in the driver's plans.

A Thames River barge operator finds a mysterious package dropped by smugglers.

The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950s medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.

Three women staying at a remote Welsh inn toss coins into a well wishing to improve their miserable lives. Along comes postman Evans (who also wrote the original play and collaborated on the screenplay) to help them out and set them straight.

Canadian ex-serviceman Bob Regan returns to Oldchester, the English town where he was posted during the war. Meeting up with his friend Mike, now manager of the local football club, he discovers that Oldchester are desperate for promotion as they stand to inherit £25,000 from recently deceased supporter Wallace Hammond if they make the Third Division a situation that Hammond's devious nephew finds intolerable...

After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.

Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer. Wanting to serve in the war, he enlists as a Canadian in the British 1st Parachute Brigade. He proves himself exceptionally skilled for a recruit, arousing the suspicion of his commanding officer who starts an investigation. He redeems himself during combat. The film was titled "Paratrooper" in the US.

A fisherman cannot make a decent living from his trawler so he decides to turn his hand to smuggling.

A greedy woman tries to poison her nephew's bride in a dark mansion.

Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.

Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!

In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor. Together they survive solely on their resourcefulness and the bounty of their remote paradise.