While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the ninth century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. Read More »
Tag Archives: Clive Donner
Nothing But the Best (1964) Clive Donner, Alan Bates, Denholm Elliott, Harry Andrews
Success has James Brewster’s name written all over it, and he also has his heart set on his boss’ daughter. Read More »
Some People (1962) Clive Donner, Kenneth More, Ray Brooks, Anneke Wills
In 1960’s Bristol three lads hang around making nuisances of themselves after losing their motorbike licences. Read More »
What’s New Pussycat (1965) Clive Donner, Peter Sellers, Peter O’Toole, Romy Schneider
Michael James, a notorious womanizer, desperately wants to be faithful to his fiancée Carole Read More »
The Caretaker AKA The Guest (1963) Clive Donner, Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw
Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. Read More »
The Thief of Baghdad (1978) Clive Donner, Roddy McDowall, Kabir Bedi, Frank Finlay
A resourceful thief helps a handsome Prince fight an evil wizard, and win the hand of a beautiful Princess. Read More »
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982) Clive Donner, Anthony Andrews, Jane Seymour, Ian McKellen
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower) Read More »
Luv (1967) Clive Donner, Jack Lemmon, Peter Falk, Elaine May
Harry is a barely functional human. He meets an old friend who is having marital problems as Harry is about to leap off of a bridge. Read More »
The Secret Place (1957) Clive Donner, Belinda Lee, Ronald Lewis, Michael Brooke
A beautiful redhead becomes involved with a smalltime gang of hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery. Read More »
Oliver Twist (1982) Clive Donner, George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Crime, Drama
The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets. Read More »