John Sharp
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1920-08-05
Locus Natus: Bradford, England
Et ut:
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu
Fu Manchu's 168th birthday celebration is dampened when a hapless flunky spills Fu's age-regressing elixir vitae. Fu sends his lackeys to round up...
release : 1980.08.08popularis : 9.092
Brother Sun, Sister Moon
In his delirium from his return from war, Francesco Bernardone goes back in his memories to the days when he lived for parties and carnal pleasures....
release : 1972.03.03popularis : 20.884
Watch Out, We're Mad
After a tied 1st place in a local stunt race, two drivers start a contest to decide who of them will own the prize, a dune buggy. But when a mobster...
release : 1974.03.29popularis : 15.37
The House Across the Lake
Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older...
release : 1954.04.16popularis : 2.283
Emma's Time
After the death of novelist Robert Kelvin, his mistress Emma tries to adjust and reflects upon their relationship.
release : 1970.05.13popularis : 0.607
A Jolly Bad Fellow
An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at...
release : 1964.03.15popularis : 1.291
Velvet Hands
Engineer Quiller has become rich by selling his completely indestructible shop-window glass to jeweleries around the world. But this got him lots of...
release : 1979.12.20popularis : 6.762
The Big Man Coughed and Died
Louie, a married factory worker, has just been made redundant when he meets a girl in a park and decides to change his life.
release : 1966.04.13popularis : 2.358
Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Herman inherits a greyhound and decides to make his fortune by dog racing. After traveling from Manchester to London in the hope of entering a...
release : 1968.01.22popularis : 4.355
Misunderstood
Andrew's brave front convinces his father that he is unaffected by his mother's death. Playmate and protector of his little brother Miles, he is...
release : 1967.01.21popularis : 5.705
The White Bus
A despondent young woman travels home to the North of England.
release : 1967.12.01popularis : 3.644
The Magic Box
Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to...
release : 1952.01.01popularis : 7.126
Left Right and Centre
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl...
release : 1959.06.23popularis : 8.831
Stork Talk
A gynecologist's wife leaves him, but returns when she finds out she's pregnant; but so is someone her husband's been very friendly with in her...
release : 1962.12.12popularis : 0.599
And Now the Screaming Starts!
In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of husband Charles Fengriffen. The bride, Catherine, falls victim to a curse...
release : 1973.04.27popularis : 7.451
The Siege of Manchester
A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.
release : 1965.10.31popularis : 1.152
The Roads of Exile
French philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau (François Simon) lives in 18th-century exile with his mistress (Dominique Labourier).
release : 1978.01.01popularis : 5.725
The Dresser
In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He...
release : 1983.12.06popularis : 5.377
The Aerodrome
In the future England is ruled by a fascist government, and one day the leaders begin the construction of a heavily guarded, mysterious airport. BBC...
release : 1983.12.13popularis : 1.448
A Case For P.C. 49
A model’s scheme to murder a millionaire with the intention of inheriting his fortune is uncovered by a police constable.
release : 1951.08.01popularis : 1.753
The Bride
Doctor Frankenstein creates a mate for his monster, a woman called Eva, who promptly rejects the male creature. In turn, the doctor becomes obsessed...
release : 1985.08.16popularis : 10.856
Celia: The Sinister Affair of Poor Aunt Nora
An actress, urged by her detective boyfriend, takes a job as housekeeper for a wealthy elderly woman. The woman's new young husband claims she's ill...
release : 1949.08.29popularis : 1.618
Jabberwocky
A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures....
release : 1977.03.28popularis : 9.528
Barry Lyndon
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond...
release : 1975.12.18popularis : 20.255
Top Secret!
Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous...
release : 1984.06.08popularis : 16.257
Red, White, and Zero
Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated...
release : 1979.12.21popularis : 1.462
A Christmas Carol
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...
release : 1984.10.09popularis : 28.091
Your Witness
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach...
release : 1950.03.06popularis : 5.139
The Wicker Man
Police sergeant Neil Howie is called to an island village in search of a missing girl whom the locals claim never existed. Stranger still, however,...
release : 1973.12.06popularis : 20.248
Night and the City
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes...
release : 1950.06.15popularis : 12.826
The Bunker
Dramatization depicting the events surrounding Adolf Hitler's last weeks in and around his underground bunker in Berlin before and during the battle...
release : 1981.04.15popularis : 4.529
Spring and Port Wine
A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.
release : 1970.10.02popularis : 8.916
The Return of the Soldier
The horrors of World War I have robbed returning veteran Chris Baldry of his memory. The traumatized soldier doesn't even recognize his own wife,...
release : 1983.01.06popularis : 10.097
Packman's Barn
Ben Packman leaves an old people's home to return to the Welsh mountains.
release : 1976.01.27popularis : 0.778
That's Your Funeral
Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
release : 1972.12.01popularis : 3.637
Angels One Five
The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of...
release : 1952.03.19popularis : 3.119
When We Are Married
Three long-married couples in northern England discover that their marriages are in fact invalid, causing much re-evaluation and chaos. This was the...
release : 1957.12.25popularis : 0.818
Lotus: A New Dawn
This short documentary follows the fortunes of iconic car manufacturer 'Lotus'. In the past 'Lotus' has been famous for producing championship...
release : 2021.07.28popularis : 0.59
Laughter in Paradise
When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something...
release : 1951.06.01popularis : 8.848