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Directing
John Crome
Born October 22, 1939 · Brighton, Sussex, England, UK (age 86)
No biography available.
Known For
Lolita · 1962Lolita
★ 7.31962
MovieDrama
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
Suddenly, Last Summer · 1959Suddenly, Last Summer
★ 7.31959
MovieThrillerDrama
The only son of wealthy widow Violet Venable dies while on vacation with his cousin Catherine. What the girl saw was so horrible that she went insane; now Mrs. Venable wants Catherine lobotomized to cover up the truth.
Taste of Fear · 1961Taste of Fear
★ 7.11961
MovieThrillerMystery
A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
Supershow · 1969Supershow
★ 6.51969
MovieDocumentaryMusic
Supershow was intended to be Britain's first music 'super session', with several famous blues, jazz and rock artists of the time coming together to be filmed whilst performing.
The Naked Cell · 1988The Naked Cell
★ 5.71988
MovieDrama
The Movie tells the story of a successful businesswoman who craves love and seeks fulfillment through brief flirtations and unsatisfactory sexual liaisons.
Portrait of Queenie · 1964Portrait of Queenie
1964
MovieDocumentary
Film profiling actress and singer, Queenie Watts as she entertains at her London pub.
The Professionals · 1977The Professionals
★ 7.61977
SeriesAction & AdventureCrime
The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley.
The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.
Lovejoy · 1986Lovejoy
★ 7.41986
SeriesComedyDrama
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
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