List of the best John Gilling movies: The Plague of the Zombies(1966), White Fire(1954), The Reptile(1966), Pickup Alley(1957), The Frightened Man(1952), The Man Inside(1958), The Mummy's Shroud(1967), The Gamma People(1956), Murder Will Out(1952), My Son, the Vampire(1952), Idle on Parade(1959), The Brigand of Kandahar(1966) ... ...
Horror, Sci-Fi
UK|USA
1966
90 Minutes
Director
Andre Morell Diane Clare John Carson Alex Davion Jacqueline Pearce Brook Williams Michael Ripper Marcus Hammond Dennis Chinnery Roy Royston
zombie villager doctor squire engaging suspenseful brooding creepy cornwall cornwall, england village mine english countryside zombies voodoo black magic ritual kidnapping rescue escape
Young workers are dying because of a mysterious epidemic in a little village in Cornwall. Doctor Thompson is helpless and asks professor James Forbes for help. The professor and his ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
UK
1954
81 Minutes
Director
sailor singer nightclub owner gangster inspector brother gritty suspenseful dark tense london nightclub hotel boxing match boat england frame-up diamond smuggling brother relationship amateur detectives
American Gregor Stevens arrives in London searching for his brother who, unknown to him, has been convicted of a murder and is within three days of being executed. He meets Yvonne Durante, ... See full summary »
Horror
UK|USA
1966
90 Minutes
Director
Noel Willman Jacqueline Pearce Jennifer Daniel Ray Barrett Michael Ripper John Laurie Marne Maitland David Baron Charles Lloyd Pack Harold Goldblatt George Woodbridge
coroner newcomer doctor neighbor creature innocent woman frightening frightful creepy chilling dark campy cornwall monsters reptiles deadly animals horror inheritance village life discovery
In a Cornish village, various locals die from mysterious snake bites, but the coroner rules the deaths as heart attacks, until a family of newcomers starts an investigation.
Action
UK|USA
1957
92 Minutes
Director
fbi agent drug dealer courier accomplice sea captain police captain dark suspenseful new york city london scotland yard apartment lisbon, portugal rome drug smuggling investigation americans abroad informing murder travel
International narcotics smuggler Frank McNally is trailed through various European countries by U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis.
Crime, Drama
USA
1952
69 Minutes
Director
Dermot Walsh Barbara Murray Charles Victor John Blythe Michael Ward Thora Hird John Horsley Annette Simmonds Martin Benson
junk dealer son jewel thief inspector criminal gang leader brooding suspenseful tense intense engaging gritty england father/son relationship jewelry theft failing career life after college raids disapproval discovery
Adapted from the prize-winning Broadway play that featured two people and a four-poster bed, in which the couple enacts their marriage, from its day in 1897, until he dies, some time after ... See full summary »
Action
UK
1958
90 Minutes
Director
Jack Palance Anita Ekberg Nigel Patrick Anthony Newley Bonar Colleano Sidney James Eric Pohlmann Josephine Brown
accountant femme fatale detective robber cab driver gripping suspenseful emotional new york city europe suburbia jewelry shop jewelry theft fugitives unlikely criminal investigation pursuit temptation love transformation
An English bookkeeper (Nigel Patrick) who works for a jeweler steals a priceless jewel, and kills a man in the process. He flees to the continent, where he embarks on the life of his dreams... See full summary »
Horror
UK
1967
90 Minutes
Director
Andre Morell John Phillips David Buck Elizabeth Sellars Maggie Kimberley Michael Ripper Tim Barrett Richard Warner
archaeologist mummy pharaoh bedouin thrilling tense suspenseful frightening egypt cairo tomb asylum supernatural curse killing spree quest escape pursuit ancient egypt
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 ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
UK
1956
78 Minutes
Director
Paul Douglas Eva Bartok Leslie Phillips Walter Rilla Philip Leaver Martin Miller Pauline Drewett Rosalie Crutchley
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.
Mystery & Thriller
1952
83 Minutes
Director
wife writer author police detective publisher suspect engaging suspenseful melodramatic house office police station murder infidelity investigation unhappy marriage murder plot crime discovery mystery
The wife (Valerie Hobson) of a British literary giant (James Robertson Justice) loves a minor mystery writer (Edward Underdown) struck by bad luck.
Comedy
1952
74 Minutes
Director
Arthur Lucan Bela Lugosi Kitty McShane
Irish washerwoman Old Mother Riley (Arthur Lucan) foils a would-be vampire (Bela Lugosi) and his misguided robot.
Comedy
1959
88 Minutes
Director
William Bendix Anthony Newley Anne Aubrey Lionel Jeffries Sidney James David Lodge Dilys Laye William Kendall Bernie Winters Harry Fowler Norman Atkyns
teen idol sergeant agent captain daughter hilarious playful heartwarming barracks recording studio england nightclub military base rock 'n' roll draft military life culture clash conformity transformation underdog
A singer (Anthony Newley) deals with a loudmouthed sergeant (William Bendix) while serving in the British army.
Adventure
1966
81 Minutes
Director
lieutenant british officer captain coward captive bandit brooding engaging melodramatic suspenseful tense patriotic india going undercover racism cowardice captivity colonial india rebellion adventure
Framed by his colonel (Duncan Lamont), a Bengal Lancer (Ronald Lewis) joins a desert bandit (Oliver Reed) against the British in 1850s India.
Crime, Drama
1959
89 Minutes
Director
Jayne Mansfield Anthony Quayle Carl Mohner Peter Reynolds John Bennett Barbara Mullen Peter Pike Robert Brown Dermot Walsh Edward Judd John Stratton
thief man gang leader woman gangster widower thrilling suspenseful engaging emotional intense united states prison heist gangs love interest attraction danger love adventure
Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.
Adventure
1962
87 Minutes
Director
Kerwin Mathews Glenn Corbett Christopher Lee Marla Landi Oliver Reed Andrew Keir Peter Arne
refugee village elder pirate prison guard brother-in-law rousing engaging suspenseful caribbean tropical island penal colony swamp village adultery banishment treasure hunting pirates invasion theft revenge
A one-eyed French pirate (Christopher Lee) forces a prisoner (Kerwin Mathews) to lead the way to treasure in the West Indies.
Horror
1961
79 Minutes
Director
Andre Morell Barbara Shelley William Lucas Freda Jackson Conrad Phillips Richard Warner Vanda Godsell Alan Wheatley