List of the best Donald Houston movies: A Run for Your Money(1949), Crow Hollow(1952), Dance Hall(1950), A Study in Terror(1966), My Lover, My Son(1970), The Bushbaby(1970), The Viking Queen(1967), 633 Squadron(1964), Doctor in Distress(1964), Carry on Jack(1964), Where Eagles Dare(1969), Breakout(1959) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1949
83 Minutes
David "Dai Number 9" Jones
Donald Houston Alec Guinness Meredith Edwards Moira Lister Hugh Griffith Joyce Grenfell
brother con artist news reporter amusing madcap england london wales small town pub city vs. country deception money culture clash adventure discovery 1940s
Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.
Crime, Drama
1952
69 Minutes
Dr. Robert Amour
newlywed doctor killer inspector aunt maid tense suspenseful intense brooding creepy chilling england family estate newlyweds strange happenings suspicion murder paranoia dysfunctional family
A greedy woman (Nora Nicholson) tries to poison her nephew's (Donald Houston) bride (Natasha Parry) in a dark mansion.
Drama
1950
80 Minutes
Donald Houston Natasha Parry Petula Clark Bonar Colleano Jane Hylton Diana Dors Gladys Henson Sydney Tafler Douglas Barr Fred Johnson James Carney
factory worker friend dance hall girl boyfriend manager mother engaging melodramatic gritty raw spirited fascinating london escapism dancing romance working class post-war life big-band music discovery
A woman (Natasha Parry) imperils her marriage when she chooses a man other than her husband (Donald Houston) to be her partner in a dance contest.
Horror
UK
1966
94 Minutes
Doctor Watson
John Neville Donald Houston John Fraser Georgia Brown Anthony Quayle Barbara Windsor Robert Morley Cecil Parker Frank Finlay Kay Walsh
lord serial killer duke prime minister doctor inspector chilling gripping witty london murder corruption insanity discovery mystery wretched excess 1880s
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John H. Watson join the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1970
96 Minutes
Robert
Francesca Anderson, the rich wife of an older millionaire, can't cope with the death of her lover, who is the father of her only son, James. As her son is somehow part of her dead lover, ... See full summary »
Adventure
UK
1970
100 Minutes
John Leeds
Margaret Brooks Louis Gossett Jr. Donald Houston
nature widower daughter teen girl father pet touching inspiring charming harbor forest ship kenya home friendship relationships murphy's law passion growth opposing ideals
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 ... See full summary »
Adventure
UK
1967
91 Minutes
Maelgan
Don Murray Carita Donald Houston Andrew Keir Adrienne Corri Niall MacGinnis Wilfrid Lawson Nicola Pagett Percy Herbert Patrick Troughton Sean Caffrey
To honour her father's dying wish, Queen Salina shares the rule of Icena with Justinian, a fair and just Roman. This displeases the bloodthirsty Druids on one side and the more hard-line ... See full summary »
War
UK|USA
1964
101 Minutes
Group Capt. Don Barrett
Cliff Robertson George Chakiris Maria Perschy Harry Andrews Donald Houston Michael Goodliffe
pilot soldier british officer nazi resistance fighter sister patriotic tense solemn inspiring norway england mountain fjord airplane military base world war ii secret mission suicide mission aviation
An RAF squadron is assigned to knock out a German rocket fuel factory in Norway. The factory supplies fuel for the Nazi effort to launch rockets on England during D-Day.
Comedy
UK
1964
103 Minutes
Major Tommy Ffrench
Dirk Bogarde Samantha Eggar James Robertson Justice Mylène Demongeot Donald Houston Barbara Murray Dennis Price Leo McKern Jessie Evans Ann Lynn
doctor mentor therapist woman patient intern cheeky emotional hospital england apartment romance misunderstanding medicine rehabilitation love transformation 1960s
Dr. Simon Sparrow's (Sir Dirk Bogarde's) love life improves dramatically when the lovely Delia Mallory (Samantha Eggar) is brought into casualty with a sprained ankle. She's relieved at the... See full summary »
Comedy
1964
91 Minutes
First Officer Jonathan Howett
Bernard Cribbins Juliet Mills Charles Hawtrey Kenneth Williams Donald Houston Percy Herbert Peter Gilmore Ed Devereaux Jim Dale Ian Wilson Barry Gosney
ship captain shipmate maid cleaner first officer governor witty amusing hilarious cheeky madcap playful ship life at sea shipwreck mistaken identity humor mishaps unlikely heroes adventure
A midshipman (Bernard Cribbins), a nitwit (Charles Hawtrey) and a serving wench (Juliet Mills) take over the HMS Venus and fight the Spanish Armada.
War, Adventure, Action
UK|USA
1969
158 Minutes
Capt. James Christiansen
Richard Burton Clint Eastwood Mary Ure Patrick Wymark Michael Hordern Donald Houston Peter Barkworth Robert Beatty William Squire Derren Nesbitt Anton Diffring
commando soldier spy traitor nazi impostor suspenseful rousing gripping castle alps military base germany world war ii prison break rescue betrayal mission disguise rescue
Allied agents stage a daring raid on a castle where the Nazis are holding American brigadier general George Carnaby prisoner, but that's not all that's really going on.
Drama, War
UK
1959
99 Minutes
Capt. Roger Byfold
Richard Todd Richard Attenborough Bernard Lee Michael Wilding Dennis Price Donald Houston William Franklyn Vincent Ball Peter Arne Peter Jones Ronnie Stevens
prisoner of war prisoners military officer informant brutal engaging gripping gutsy patriotic suspenseful tense thrilling italy prison camp world war ii prisoners of war escape informing tunneling escape
In 1943, an Italian-administered P.O.W. camp for captured Allies goes through a series of failed escapes only to culminate in a daring plan for a dramatic mass escape.
Horror
UK
1973
90 Minutes
Sam
Donald Pleasence Kim Novak Joan Collins Jack Hawkins Georgia Brown Donald Houston Suzy Kendall Peter McEnery Frank Forsyth Michael Jayston
psychiatrist doctor young boy literary agent young girl frightening hospital family home psychiatric ward psychiatrist's office horror supernatural terror madness mystery 1960s
A psychiatrist tells stories of four special cases to a colleague.
Drama
UK
1959
118 Minutes
Charles Soames
Laurence Harvey Simone Signoret Heather Sears Hermione Baddeley Donald Wolfit Ambrosine Philpotts Donald Houston Wendy Craig Mary Peach
factory worker heiress wife gritty brooding england small town class distinctions suicide forbidden love deception love sacrifice temptation 1940s
An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Adventure, Fantasy, Action
UK|USA
1981
118 Minutes
Harry Hamlin Laurence Olivier Judi Bowker Claire Bloom Maggie Smith Ursula Andress Jack Gwillim Susan Fleetwood Pat Roach Burgess Meredith Sian Phillips
hero greek god satyr princess zeus medusa spectacular rousing campy ancient greece mount olympus island swamp sea mythology heroism battle monsters romance daunting task
Perseus must battle Medusa and the Kraken to save the Princess Andromeda.