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Anthony Simmons
Born December 16, 1922 · West Ham, London, England, UK
Died January 22, 2016 · aged 93
Anthony Simmons (16 December 1922 – 22 January 2016) was a British writer and film director. He was associated with, though separate from, the Free Cinema movement; he said he was greatly influenced by Humphrey Jennings and by Michelangelo Antonioni’s movie Il Grido (1957). Simmons was born in West Ham, then in Essex, now part of the London Borough of Newham, the fourth of five children – three b…
Known For
Green Ice · 1981Green Ice
★ 5.71981
MovieAdventureAction
A down on his luck engineer gets involved in an adventure with a mysterious woman and an emerald magnate.
Poison Candy · 1989Poison Candy
★ 5.61989
MovieThriller
A criminal couple, hiding out on a remote property, become the unwitting victims of a blackmail plot by the most unlikely of conspirators.
Time Without Pity · 1957Time Without Pity
★ 6.51957
MovieCrimeThriller
Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
The Optimists of Nine Elms · 1973The Optimists of Nine Elms
★ 6.71973
MovieDrama
A retired entertainer makes his living as a street musician on the streets of London. Two young children befriend the old musician, brightening his otherwise colorless life
Stainless Steel and the Star Spies · 1981Stainless Steel and the Star Spies
★ 1.01981
MovieComedyScience Fiction
The Metaliens, alien robots intent on galactic domination, encounter a major setback. Their enormous Space Saucer, 'Compromise', enters a black hole in a strange, uncharted region of Space, and collides with another craft – sending the Kleptonite Ball, their precious cargo and the key to Universal Conquest, hurtling to a planet inhabited by primitive life forms: Earth. Having materialised in a bar, the Ball variously functions as a Christmas tree decoration, a bathroom ornament, and a fortune-teller's prop. The Metaliens must retrieve the Kleptonite Ball if their mission is ever to succeed. And that's when their problems really begin…
Black Joy · 1977Black Joy
★ 6.81977
MovieComedyDrama
An innocent and unsophisticated Guyanese immigrant is exposed to the hustlin' way of life in the Brixton ghetto.
Four in the Morning · 1965Four in the Morning
★ 6.31965
MovieDrama
The parallel stories of two couples in crises and their connections to a drowned woman found in a river.
On Giant's Shoulders · 1979On Giant's Shoulders
★ 9.01979
MovieDramaTV Movie
The true story of Terry Wiles, born with no limbs in 1962 as a result of his mother's use of the drug thalidomide. This film tells the story of his childhood and adoption by the couple Len and Hazel Wiles who live on a remote farm, and the subsequent challenges and resistance to give Terry a 'normal' life.















