List of the best Vladek Sheybal movies: The Apple(1980), Kanal(1957), Puppet on a Chain(1972), The Sellout(1976), Invasion: UFO(1972), Return From the Ashes(1965), Women in Love(1969), The Wind and the Lion(1975), Billion Dollar Brain(1967), Innocent Bystanders(1973), Mosquito Squadron(1969), Strike It Rich(1990) ... ...
Sci-Fi
USA|West Germany
1980
91 Minutes
Mr. Boogalow
Catherine Mary Stewart George Gilmour Allan Love Vladek Sheybal
singer organizer friend competitor musician lover dreamy quirky intense canada new york city concert stage recording studio commune competition rock 'n' roll dreams evil souls drugs
In 1994, a young couple enters the world of the music industry, and subsequently the world of drugs.
Drama
Poland
1957
96 Minutes
Kompozytor Michal
Teresa Izewska Tadeusz Janczar Wisczyslaw Glinski Emil Karewicz Vladek Sheybal Tadeusz Gwiazdowski Stanislaw Mikulski
resistance fighter nazi soldier bleak chilling dark tense powerful raw warsaw, poland sewer battlefield world war ii uprising destruction trapped struggle sacrifice fall underdog
In 1944, during the Warsaw uprising against the Nazis, Polish Lieutenant Zadra and his resistance fighters use Warsaw's sewer system to escape the German encirclement.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1972
97 Minutes
Meegeren
Sven-Bertil Taube Barbara Parkins Alexander Knox Patrick Allen Vladek Sheybal Ania Marson Drewe Henley
drug enforcement agent partner drug czar cult member assassin inspector tense suspenseful rousing amsterdam netherlands island compound boat drug smuggling crime cult law enforcement dangerous assignment murder
Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with drugs and a police force unable or unwilling to do ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1976
102 Minutes
Dutchman
Richard Widmark Oliver Reed Gayle Hunnicutt Sam Wanamaker Vladek Sheybal Ori Levy Assi Dayan Shmuel Rodensky Peter Frye
In a remake of the 1940s film, Helen has been incapable of speech since seeing her husband die - will she become the target of a deranged serial killer targeting disabled people?
Sci-Fi
1972
95 Minutes
Dr. Doug Jackson
Ed Bishop Gerry Anderson George Sewell Michael Billington Wanda Ventham Vladek Sheybal Andrea Allan Alexis Kanner Mike Pratt
SHADO's officers (Ed Bishop, George Sewell, Michael Billington) resist aliens out to steal human organs.
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
1965
105 Minutes
Manager
Maximilian Schell Samantha Eggar Ingrid Thulin Herbert Lom Talitha Pol Vladek Sheybal Jacques Cey Jacques B. Brunius
husband wife widow stepdaughter beautiful woman chess player melodramatic thrilling household europe bathroom deception inheritance romance murder greed infidelity fall quest wretched excess
In Paris, a Polish gigolo marries a rich Jewish doctor and stands to inherit her estate when she is deported to Dachau by the Nazis.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance
UK
1969
130 Minutes
Loerke
Alan Bates Glenda Jackson Oliver Reed Jennie Linden Eleanor Bron Alan Webb Vladek Sheybal Catherine Willmer Phoebe Nicholls Sharon Gurney Christopher Gable
husband teacher wife best friend sculptor passionate hedonistic england switzerland wedding lake sexual awakening infidelity honeymoon friendship siblings relationships forbidden love discovery adventure
Two best friends fall in love with a pair of women, but the relationships soon go in very different directions.
Adventure
USA
1975
119 Minutes
The Bashaw
Sean Connery Candice Bergen Brian Keith John Huston Geoffrey Lewis Steve Kanaly Vladek Sheybal Nadim Sawalha Roy Jenson Deborah Baxter Jack Cooley
beautiful woman military officer chief president father thrilling morocco desert washington, d.c. kidnapping politics murder hostage situation rescue rescue quest pursuit 1900s
An Arab chief triggers an international incident when he kidnaps an American widow and her children.
Drama
UK
1967
111 Minutes
Dr. Eiwort
Michael Caine Karl Malden Ed Begley Oscar Homolka Françoise Dorléac Guy Doleman Vladek Sheybal Milo Sperber
private investigator secret service agent oil baron friend intricate gripping thrilling england helsinki espionage conspiracy cold war mystery discovery quest 1960s
A former British spy stumbles onto a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
Mystery & Thriller
UK|Spain|Turkey
1973
111 Minutes
Aaron Kaplan
Stanley Baker Geraldine Chaplin Donald Pleasence Dana Andrews Sue Lloyd Derren Nesbitt Vladek Sheybal Warren Mitchell
bystander british intelligence agent cia agent scientist thrilling dark turkey london big city hotel hidden agenda dangerous job espionage hostage situation secret mission risk pursuit 1970s
Experienced British spy must retrieve a defecting Soviet scientist from Turkey. When a pretty female innocent bystander gets kidnapped by mistake by his enemies, he feels responsible and decides to help her as well.
Drama, War
UK|USA
1969
90 Minutes
Lt. Schack
David McCallum Suzanne Neve David Buck David Dundas Dinsdale Landen Charles Gray Michael Anthony Vladek Sheybal Gordon Stone Robert Urquhart Bryan Marshall
fighter squadron leader wife brother nazi priest patriotic fiery melodramatic brooding england france air force base chateau world war ii air force french resistance friendship loyalty missing persons
In WW2, a RAF squadron leader mourns the death of a comrade and receives a bombing mission against a secret Nazi V-2 rocket testing facility in France.
Comedy
UK
1990
83 Minutes
Kinski
Robert Lindsay Molly Ringwald John Gielgud Max Wall Simon de la Brosse Marius Goring Margi Clarke Vladek Sheybal Michel Blanc Frances de la Tour
A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.
Crime, Drama
UK|USA
1992
96 Minutes
Pawnbroker
Norman Wisdom William Katt Gemma Craven Simon Ward Bernard Hill Leon Herbert Chloe Annett Derren Nesbitt Vladek Sheybal Terry Forrestal
cop criminal thief kidnapper kidnapped child suspenseful brooding thrilling brutal intense raw chicago police station criminal underworld kidnapping corruption helping others violence adventure discovery
While taking a holiday in Scotland, American traveller Michael Cooper pulls elderly man Arthur Clutten into his car following an explosion at a hotel. Cooper discovers Clutten's back story, and learns why people are out to kill him.
Drama
1980
125 Minutes
Captain Ferriera
Richard Chamberlain Toshirô Mifune Yoko Shimada Frankie Sakai Alan Badel Michael Hordern Damien Thomas John Rhys-Davies Vladek Sheybal George Innes Leon Lissek
A shipwrecked English navigator (Richard Chamberlain) joins a warlord's (Toshirô Mifune) power struggle in 17th-century Japan.
Musical, Comedy
UK|USA
1971
136 Minutes
De Thrill
Twiggy Christopher Gable Max Adrian Moyra Fraser Bryan Pringle Catherine Willmer Murray Melvin Georgina Hale Sally Bryant Vladek Sheybal Tommy Tune
director actor stage manager chorus girl spectacular campy england small town stage theater production stardom ambition movies song and dance underdog love 1920s
When the leading lady of a low-budget musical revue sprains her ankle, the assistant stage manager is forced to understudy and perform in her place, becoming a star and finding love in the process.
Sci-Fi, Drama
UK
1969
99 Minutes
Roy Thinnes Ian Hendry Patrick Wymark Lynn Loring Loni von Friedl Herbert Lom George Sewell Franco De Rosa Ed Bishop Philip Madoc Vladek Sheybal
astronaut scientist doppelganger tense uneasy suspenseful alternate reality earth spaceship alternate reality space exploration mystery quest discovery 21st century
The European Space Exploration Council sends two astronauts to explore a planet similar to the Earth but located on the opposite side of the sun.