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Directing
Ernest Morris
Born October 17, 1913 · London, England, UK
Died September 17, 1987 · aged 73
Ernest Morris (17 October 1913 – 17 September 1987) was an English film and television director. He began his film career in 1932 as an assistant director. As a director the majority of his output comprised second features.
Known For
Operation Murder · 1957Operation Murder
★ 9.01957
MovieCrimeDrama
Roadhouse Girl · 1953Roadhouse Girl
★ 4.91953
MovieDramaCrime
A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.
Three Crooked Men · 1958Three Crooked Men
★ 6.71958
MovieCrime
Three men arrive in a small town to pull the local bank heist.
Death Goes to School · 1953Death Goes to School
★ 5.81953
MovieMysteryCrime
Detective Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson) looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls school where there are a number of suspects, including her colleagues and the married man she had been seeing.
Portrait from Life · 1948Portrait from Life
★ 6.31948
MovieDramaMystery
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
A Woman of Mystery · 1958A Woman of Mystery
★ 6.01958
MovieCrime
UK mystery about a reporter investigating the suicide of a seemingly insignificant hatcheck girl.
Marry Me · 1949Marry Me
★ 5.81949
MovieRomanceComedy
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
Paul Temple Returns · 1952Paul Temple Returns
★ 6.11952
MovieMysteryCrime
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.
Movies
Operation Murder · 1957Operation Murder
★ 9.01957
MovieCrimeDrama
Roadhouse Girl · 1953Roadhouse Girl
★ 4.91953
MovieDramaCrime
A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.
Three Crooked Men · 1958Three Crooked Men
★ 6.71958
MovieCrime
Three men arrive in a small town to pull the local bank heist.
Death Goes to School · 1953Death Goes to School
★ 5.81953
MovieMysteryCrime
Detective Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson) looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls school where there are a number of suspects, including her colleagues and the married man she had been seeing.
Portrait from Life · 1948Portrait from Life
★ 6.31948
MovieDramaMystery
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
A Woman of Mystery · 1958A Woman of Mystery
★ 6.01958
MovieCrime
UK mystery about a reporter investigating the suicide of a seemingly insignificant hatcheck girl.
Marry Me · 1949Marry Me
★ 5.81949
MovieRomanceComedy
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
Paul Temple Returns · 1952Paul Temple Returns
★ 6.11952
MovieMysteryCrime
A serial killer terrorizes London. Each victim is found with a telegram signed "The Marquis." There seems to be no other common thread between the victims, and Scotland Yard is baffled. Novelist and amateur sleuth, Paul Temple, is warned to stay away from the case, but he and his glamorous wife Steve can never refuse a good mystery.
Three Sundays to Live · 1957Three Sundays to Live
★ 6.51957
MovieThriller
Band leader Frank Martin is convicted and sentenced to death for murdering the owner of a club in which he had performed. Frank's innocent of the crime, and singer Ruth Chapman can provide him with an alibi. But Ruth is missing, and records show she died years before. As Frank awaits execution, he enlists the help of his heiress girlfriend and his lawyer to clear his name.
Shadow of Fear · 1963Shadow of Fear
★ 6.31963
MovieDrama
An American returning home from Baghdad and seeing his girl in Britain on the way agrees to take a message to the secret service. Once in London he is picked up by the gang involved, who have by then killed the original Middle East agent. He escapes, but he and his girl friend are a marked couple as they retreat to Seaford on the south coast to act as bait in an MI5 plan to catch the thugs.
Broken Journey · 1948Broken Journey
★ 6.11948
MovieDrama
A plane flying over the Swiss Alps develops engine trouble and is forced to crash-land on a glacier. Unable to radio for help because of damaged batteries and with limited food supplies, the survivors must come to a decision -- whether to stay and wait for help they believe is coming or to leave the shelter of the wrecked plane and set out in bad weather to try to reach civilization.
The Betrayal · 1957The Betrayal
★ 6.31957
MovieWarCrime
Fourteen years after he was blinded in a WWII concentration camp, a Canadian perfume executive travels to London on business and recognizes the voice of the traitor who betrayed him and his fellow prisoners to the Germans.
The Sicilians · 1963The Sicilians
★ 6.51963
MovieDramaCrime
An aide at the American Embassy in London finds himself involved with both Scotland Yard and the French police over the kidnapping of the son of a Mafia boss who has spilled the beans back in the States.
The Big Frame · 1952The Big Frame
★ 4.51952
MovieMysteryDrama
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered.
Operation Stogie · 1962Operation Stogie
★ 6.01962
MovieComedy
Two cadets are set an outrageous and wacky initiation test to prove their suitability for officer training.
Strip Tease Murder · 1961Strip Tease Murder
★ 7.01961
MovieCrimeThriller
The unusual death of a dancer at the Flamingo Club prompts the dancer's husband to dig deeper into the case. What he uncovers is a tangled web of blackmail, drug trafficking, and mad science.
Tarnished Heroes · 1961Tarnished Heroes
★ 8.01961
MovieWarDrama
According to the officer's handbook, 'an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available' and for Major Bell the men in question are drunks, thieves and deserters. With the German army closing in on his company's position, Major Bell undertakes a suicidal mission to blow up a bridge of strategic importance to the enemy. His only help will come in the form of a rag-tag band of army rejects who must become heroes if they are to fulfil their mission and come back alive.
The Devil’s Jest · 1954The Devil’s Jest
★ 6.51954
MovieDrama
An aristocratic widow discovers that her former lover, a medical officer in the British army, is secretly a German spy.
Night Train for Inverness · 1960Night Train for Inverness
★ 6.21960
MovieThriller
A 7-year old boy with diabetes is kidnapped by his estranged ex-con father, who doesn't know about his son's medical condition and that he will need insulin injections. Meanwhile the police search for the missing boy.
The Return of Mr. Moto · 1965The Return of Mr. Moto
★ 5.11965
MovieCrimeDrama
Mr. Moto goes undercover to find out who has been blowing up oil wells and trying to gain total control of all the oil leases from a petroleum-rich Middle Eastern country.
What Every Woman Wants · 1962What Every Woman Wants
★ 9.01962
MovieComedy
A marital comedy of wives trying to reform their husbands
The Tell-Tale Heart · 1960The Tell-Tale Heart
★ 6.11960
MovieHorrorThriller
A man's sanity is a point of contention as he confesses to murdering an elderly man, driven by the victim's pale blue 'vulture eye', culminating in guilt-induced auditory hallucinations of the victim's beating heart.
Masters of Venus · 1962Masters of Venus
★ 5.51962
MovieScience Fiction
A spaceship from Earth lands on the planet Venus, and encounters a race of beings that the crew begins to suspect are descended from the lost city of Atlantis.
Highway to Battle · 1961Highway to Battle
★ 6.51961
MovieDrama
Months before the out break of WWII, suspicion falls on a German ambassador when one of his envoys fails to return to Berlin. The arrival of two Gestapo agents searching for the missing man causes the ambassador and his family to rethink their Nazi allegiance but is it too late to escape from Hitler's evil grasp?
TV Shows
The Saint · 1962The Saint
★ 7.41962
SeriesCrime
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
The Adventures of William Tell · 1958The Adventures of William Tell
★ 6.81958
Series
The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.
Richard the Lionheart · 1962Richard the Lionheart
★ 9.01962
SeriesFamily
A kid-friendly take on the exploits of King Richard the Lion Heart, from his participation in the Crusades, to his capture in Austria, to his final return to England.