John Gilling
Country: UK
Total Credits at Criticker: 35 (Director), 39 (Writer)
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In early-twentieth-century middle-Europe, villagers are literally becoming petrified. Although the authorities try to hush the matter up it is apparent that at the full moon, Medusa leaves her castle lair and anyone looking on her face is turned to stone. (imdb)
Anthropologist Dr. Brockton (Joan Crawford) unearths a troglodyte (an Ice Age 'missing link" half-caveman, half-ape) and manages to domesticate him - until he's let loose by an irate land developer (Michael Gough) to go on a rampage and kidnap a little girl. Crawford's last feature film. (imdb)
A fight between Slave traders and Railroad Track builders breaks lose in East Africa.
Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens... (imdb)
Oddly named Hy Hazell stars as the title character, a music hall performer who, with partner and boyfriend (and co-star) Michael Medwin, blunders willfully into the criminal escapades of a trio of crooks. The boyfriend, the club owner, and Scotland Yard have all had their fill of her constant attempt to solve crimes, but this time she truly does. (imdb)
Henry Clavering suspects his second wife Bertha is trying to drive his daughter (by his first marriage) insane, to stop her inheriting his money. He decides to use his yoga skills to pretend to be dead, and thereby expose her villainy. (imdb)
In 1920 an archaeological expedition discovers the tomb of an ancient Egyptian child prince. Returning home with their discovery, the expedition members soon find themselves being killed off by a mummy, which can be revived by reading the words off the prince's burial shroud. (imdb)
This historical adventure is set during the English Civil War. When King Charles I is captured by Roundhead forces led by the tyrant Colonel Judd and his right-hand man Captain Sylvester, it is up to a band of locals loyal to the King to try and rescue him. They are helped by Judd's daughter Claire who secretly helps them in defiance of her father (imdb)
Billie and Kristy lead a gang of armed robbers who steal from banks, armoured cars, and the like. When Billie's lover, Jim, gets caught by the police after stashing a large amount of money, they wait for him to get out of jail. He does and has to deal with both the police and his ex-gang as they both need him to get what they want. Things become more complicated when Kristy kidnaps Jim's son and threatens to kill him if Jim doesn't come up with the buried loot. (imdb)
When his girlfriend's brother's cargo plane is lost at sea, nagging questions arise, and pilot Richard Van Ness gets caught in a web of blackmail and smuggling. (imdb)
A small coastal village is the setting for smuggling and ship wrecking. Only the Squire's son is prepared to speak out against the man responsible... (Amazon)
An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen. (imdb)
A woman is haunted by her conscience after she accidentally kills her lodger and hides the body.
When an Indian family is destroyed by the British, their leader seeks revenge. Truth of the matter is, however, that a rival Indian tribe was wearing the British red coats and the British haven't a clue what's going on. The question is whether the treacherous act will be discovered in time to avert war. Essentially a cowboy/Native American saga only taking place between the British and the Indians. (allrovi.com)
Pamela Muir is a lovely veterinarian, who thinks the animals should run free. Steve Stratton is a hunter, who hires natives to assist with the capture and care of the animals. One day Stratton fires one of the locals. To get revenge, the former employee frees the animals just before a wealthy buyer is to arrive. Unfortunately, Stratton blames Odongo, an innocent young boy, for the crime. Heretofore, Odongo believed Stratton cared for him. The distraught Odongo runs off into the dangerous wilds. (imdb)
A young man visiting a house that turns out to be haunted is terrorized by the ghost of a man who had been murdered there years before. (imdb)
While working in London, US newspaper man John Desmond (Larry Parks) becomes involved with secret agent Anna Ray (Lisa Daniely) and when her list of contacts falls into his hands, he finds himself targeted by a criminal gang who want the valuable information themselves. (DVD cover)
Cargo ship officer Gregor Stevens travels from America to London in order to find his brother, only to discover that he has been wrongly convicted of murder and is soon to be executed. In order to clear his brother's name, Gregor becomes acquainted with nightclub performer Yvonne Durante (Mary Castle) and her diamond-smuggling associates. (DVD cover)
Story of an elaborate scheme by an author's wife to boost her lover into literary fame through series of B.B.C. broadcasts really written by her husband. (BFI)
When police inspector Gerald Blake wants to infiltrate a London stolen-goods gang, he does a thorough job of it. First, he robs a jewelry store, gets caught and is sentenced to prison. Then he teams up with gang-member Joey to make their escape. Once in the gang, Blake identifies the boss, Larry, and most of the other thieves, but not the "inside man. (imdb)
An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story. (imdb)
Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims. (imdb)
Malaya, September 1944: Many British soldiers have been captured by the Japanese, when they were cut off from their troops. On her way to Kuala Lumpur, the British secret agent Elaine's plane is shot down near such a prison camp. The men hide her among them, but when the Japanese threaten them with torture, their morale weakens.
A psychic arriving from India disrupts the peaceful life of the Amersley family at their luxurious country home.
A proprietress of a country inn on the Sussex coast becomes involved with smugglers.
Danny Cruff returns home years after his father was wrongly accused and hanged for murder. But he can't escape his past.
Escape from Broadmoor (1948) - Short Film
A maid is murdered at a forlorn country mansion. Years later, the murderer returns to the scene of the crime where he encounters a chilling dose of supernatural revenge.
A blind man's sight is restored in time to solve the mystery of his girlfriend's dead (or is he) brother and a gang of smugglers.
In London in 1904, neighbours begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may in fact be the infamous Jack the Ripper.
A husband cheats on his disabled wife--who has been paralyzed in a car accident--with her sister. When the sister is murdered he is accused of the crime, but it turns out that he may not be the killer after all.
US sleuth Whispering Smith arrives in London on vacation, but soon becomes embroiled in a murder case.
A crook is implicated in blackmail, greed for emeralds and secret formula and murder.
An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.
Jean Talbot poses as a crook to infiltrate the gang of thieves who killed her jeweler father, Michael.