List of the best Colin Gordon movies: The Extra Day(1956), Three on a Spree(1961), Virgin Island(1959), The Pink Panther(1963), Bobbikins(1959), The Body Beneath(1970), The Green Man(1957), Bitter Harvest(1963), A Touch of the Sun(1958), Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River(1968), Subterfuge(1968), The Mouse That Roared(1959) ... ...
Drama
UK
1956
83 Minutes
Sir George Howard
Richard Basehart Simone Simon George Baker Josephine Griffin Colin Gordon Laurence Naismith Charles Victor Sidney James Joan Hickson David Hannaford Olga Lindo
assistant director extra artist movie star socialite playful crafty amusing london movie set dressing room film industry filmmaking work love interest rise to stardom private life underdog quest
The final scene of a film has been lost and the extras have to be rounded up for it to be re-shot.
Comedy
1961
83 Minutes
Mitchell
Jack Watling Carole Lesley Renee Houston John Slater Colin Gordon John Salew Julian Orchard Libby Morris
An Englishman (Jack Watling) inherits a fortune but must spend a million in 60 days, and prove it, to get it.
Romance
1959
84 Minutes
The Commissioner
John Cassavetes Virginia Maskell Sidney Poitier Isabel Dean Colin Gordon Howard Marion-Crawford Edric Connor Ruby Dee Gladys Boot Julian Mayfield Reginald Hearne
An American writer (John Cassavetes) and his bride (Virginia Maskell) bask in the Caribbean, with an islander as their man Friday (Sidney Poitier).
Comedy
USA
1963
113 Minutes
Tucker
Peter Sellers David Niven Robert Wagner Capucine Brenda De Banzie Colin Gordon John Le Mesurier James Lanphier Guy Thomajan Michael Trubshawe Riccardo Billi
police officer criminal thief princess playboy hilarious madcap melodramatic italy paris ski resort crime conspiracy fortune pursuit mystery 1960s
The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Panther".
Comedy
UK
1959
90 Minutes
Dr. Phillips
Max Bygraves Shirley Jones Steven Stocker Billie Whitelaw Barbara Shelley Colin Gordon Charles "Bud" Tingwell Lionel Jeffries
baby boy husband wife entertainer parent lighthearted amusing outlandish endearing united kingdom nightclub street park stage family home parenthood rags to riches fame ambition
Parents Shirley Jones and Max Bygraves portray parents of the title character, an infant who talks like an adult.
Horror
UK
1970
82 Minutes
Graham Ford
Gavin Reed Jackie Skarvellis Berwick Kaler Susan Heard Richmond Ross Emma Jones Colin Gordon Judith Heard Felicity Sentance Susan Clark
A family of vampires takes over an estate known as Carfax Abbey. Since inbreeding is destroying the family line, they need new blood to keep the family going, so they set out to find new sources.
Comedy
UK
1957
80 Minutes
Reginald Willoughby-Cruft
Alastair Sim George Cole Terry-Thomas Jill Adams Avril Angers John Chandos Dora Bryan Colin Gordon Eileen Moore Raymond Huntley Cyril Chamberlain
assassin dictator millionaire politician salesman love interest cheeky dark playful england house restaurant political rally soccer field hotel hired killers suspicion bomb plot mistaken identity
An assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him.
Drama
UK
1963
96 Minutes
Charles
Janet Munro John Stride Alan Badel Anne Cunningham Terence Alexander Richard Thorp Barbara Ferris Colin Gordon
A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London is the price too high?
Comedy
1958
80 Minutes
Cecil Flick
Ruby Murray Dennis Price Dorothy Bromiley Katherine Kath Gordon Harker Reginald Beckwith Pierre Dudan Colin Gordon Richard Wattis Alfie Bass Naomi Chance
Comedy
1968
99 Minutes
Mr. Hartford
Jerry Lewis Terry-Thomas Jacqueline Pearce Bernard Cribbins Patricia Routledge Nicholas Parsons Michael Bates Colin Gordon John Bluthal Sandra Caron
entrepreneur wife con artist dentist suitor steward playful madcap london lisbon, portugal country house get rich quick scam marital problems espionage theft quest pursuit discovery 1960s
A dreamer (Jerry Lewis) and a British con man (Terry-Thomas) plot to steal an oil-drill invention and sell it to the Arabs.
Mystery & Thriller
1968
89 Minutes
Kitteridge
Gene Barry Joan Collins Richard Todd Suzanna Leigh Michael Rennie Tom Adams Marius Goring Scott Forbes Colin Gordon Guy Deghy Gary Clifford
spy double agent wife son enemy commanding officer suspenseful london office family home hideout england espionage treason attraction kidnapping deception family pursuit 1960s
A CIA agent (Gene Barry) flirts with a British spy's wife (Joan Collins) while hunting a double agent in England.
Comedy
1959
83 Minutes
BBC Announcer
Peter Sellers Jean Seberg David Kossoff William Hartnell Timothy Bateson MacDonald Parke Monty Landis Leo McKern Harold Kasket Colin Gordon Jacques Cey
prime minister guard american soldier duchess witty winsome grand fenwick boat castle manhattan cell war desperation poverty scam wine nuclear weapons underdog transformation
The field marshal, prime minister and grand duchess (Peter Sellers) of Fenwick declare war on the United States.
Comedy
France|Italy
1960
87 Minutes
Ted Ray Jean Kent Leslie Phillips Joan Sims Julia Lockwood Tim Seely Charles Hawtrey Dilys Laye Lionel Jeffries June Jago Colin Gordon
neighbor teenager daughter suburban girl suburbanite amusing hilarious lighthearted suburb suburbia suburbs united kingdom england suburban life small town writing literature success discovery growing up
Sophie, a flighty young model, learns that her boyfriend is planning to leave her for another woman. Sophie resolves to either win him back or assassinate her rival. A handsome doctor (who ... See full summary »
Drama
1949
112 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Deborah Kerr Ian Hunter Leueen MacGrath James Donald Mervyn Johns Felix Aylmer Walter Fitzgerald Tilsa Page Ernest Jay Colin Gordon
father mother son lover doctor dark melodramatic disturbing london family father/son relationship alcoholism self-destruction fall wretched excess forbidden love 1930s
A businessman's desire to protect his corrupt son's fortune leads to tragedy in this adaptation of the British play.
Drama
1952
93 Minutes
Phyllis Calvert Mandy Miller Jack Hawkins Terence Morgan Godfrey Tearle Marjorie Fielding Nancy Price Edward Chapman Patricia Plunkett Eleanor Summerfield Colin Gordon
deaf child mother father grandmother grandfather headmaster emotional sad intense profound london house manchester, england school deafness parent/child relationship family postwar britain parental pressure commitment
A British mother (Phyllis Calvert), father and headmaster (Jack Hawkins) decide the education of a deaf-mute girl (Mandy Miller).
Comedy, Drama
UK
1967
115 Minutes
Hayley Mills Hywel Bennett John Mills Marjorie Rhodes Avril Angers John Comer Wilfred Pickles Barry Foster Liz Fraser Andy Bradford Thorley Walters
newlywed husband wife mother-in-law father-in-law best friend witty charming engaging manchester, england neighborhood pub family home marriage honeymoon in-laws coming of age relationships family love
Compassionate look at the troubles of two young newlyweds, whose marriage has yet to be consummated.
Drama
UK
1963
103 Minutes
Laurence Harvey Lee Remick Alan Bates Felix Aylmer Eleanor Summerfield Allan Cuthbertson Harold Goldblatt Noel Purcell Ramsay Ames Fernando Rey Juan José Menéndez
pilot wife insurance investigator thrilling suspenseful england malaga, spain gibraltar insurance fraud plane crash chase schemes new identity escape wretched excess 1960s
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.