Directing

Wolf Rilla

Born March 16, 1920 · Berlin, Germany

Died October 19, 2005 · aged 85

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wolf Rilla (1920–2005) was a film director and writer of German background, although he worked mainly in English. He worked on both versions of Village of the Damned, in the first as director and in the second as a writer. he wrote many influential books for students. the Writer and the Screen: On Writing for Film and Television and the A to Z of Movie Makin…

Known For

Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned · 1960

Village of the Damned

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.

Roadhouse Girl

Roadhouse Girl · 1953

MovieDramaCrime

A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.

Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman

Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman · 1973

Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman

Lobster fisherman David decides to seek his fortune in London where he finds lodging in a boarding house for girls.

Bachelor of Hearts

Bachelor of Hearts · 1958

Bachelor of Hearts

German scholar Wolf Hauser arrives for a year at Cambridge. Apart from his studies, he tries to muck in with the very English non-academic goings-on while romancing pretty Girton girl Ann Wainwright.

The World Ten Times Over

The World Ten Times Over · 1963

The World Ten Times Over

Early 1960s realist drama following a day in the lives of two London flatmates. Sylvia Syms and June Ritchie star as Billa and Ginnie, two singletons sharing a London flat who both work as night club hostesses in the same Soho club. Tensions arise when Ginnie becomes romantically entangled with rich married businessman Bob Shelbourne (Edward Judd), causing Billa to become jealous of their relationship.

Noose for a Lady

Noose for a Lady · 1953

Noose for a Lady

MovieCrimeDrama

A woman has been sentenced to death by hanging. Her cousin believes she is innocent and he works against time to prove it before she is executed.

The End of the Road

The End of the Road · 1954

The End of the Road

Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended family.

Witness in the Dark

Witness in the Dark · 1959

Witness in the Dark

A killer breaks into an apartment to steal a valuable brooch. He kills an old woman, but in fleeing he encounters a young woman on the stairs who will become his target.

Filmography

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Village of the Damned

Village of the Damned · 1960

Village of the Damned

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.

Screenplay

Roadhouse Girl

Roadhouse Girl · 1953

MovieDramaCrime

A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.

Director

Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman

Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman · 1973

Secrets of a Door-to-Door Salesman

Lobster fisherman David decides to seek his fortune in London where he finds lodging in a boarding house for girls.

Director

Bachelor of Hearts

Bachelor of Hearts · 1958

Bachelor of Hearts

German scholar Wolf Hauser arrives for a year at Cambridge. Apart from his studies, he tries to muck in with the very English non-academic goings-on while romancing pretty Girton girl Ann Wainwright.

Director

The World Ten Times Over

The World Ten Times Over · 1963

The World Ten Times Over

Early 1960s realist drama following a day in the lives of two London flatmates. Sylvia Syms and June Ritchie star as Billa and Ginnie, two singletons sharing a London flat who both work as night club hostesses in the same Soho club. Tensions arise when Ginnie becomes romantically entangled with rich married businessman Bob Shelbourne (Edward Judd), causing Billa to become jealous of their relationship.

Director

Noose for a Lady

Noose for a Lady · 1953

Noose for a Lady

MovieCrimeDrama

A woman has been sentenced to death by hanging. Her cousin believes she is innocent and he works against time to prove it before she is executed.

Director

The End of the Road

The End of the Road · 1954

The End of the Road

Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended family.

Director

Witness in the Dark

Witness in the Dark · 1959

Witness in the Dark

A killer breaks into an apartment to steal a valuable brooch. He kills an old woman, but in fleeing he encounters a young woman on the stairs who will become his target.

Director

Cairo

An assortment of international criminals plans to steal priceless Egyptian artifacts from a Cairo museum. MGM remake of Asphalt Jungle set in Egypt.

Director

Stock Car

Stock Car · 1955

Katie attempts to save her father's failing garage, after he is killed during a stock car race. She is assisted by an American driver, Larry Duke, but unfortunately one of the creditors is determined to take the garage.

Director

Bedtime with Rosie

Bedtime with Rosie · 1975

Bedtime with Rosie

A pregnant girl stays with her aunt and is forced to share a room with a mysterious male lodger.

Director

Watch It, Sailor!

Watch It, Sailor! · 1961

Watch It, Sailor!

Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must be another woman involved.

Director

Pacific Destiny

Pacific Destiny · 1956

Pacific Destiny

Life is strange and worrying for a cadet who arrives in the Pacific in the colonial service. And the testy resident commissioner, who had been expecting an experienced man, soon shows his disapproval.

Director

The Scamp

The Scamp · 1957

Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.

Director

The Black Rider

The Black Rider · 1954

The Black Rider

MovieThrillerCrime

When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds...

Director

Piccadilly Third Stop

Piccadilly Third Stop · 1960

Piccadilly Third Stop

A playboy tries to recruit a gang, who include an American who needs cash to satisfy his wife's expensive tastes, and an old time expert cracksman, to rob a foreign embassy's safe, but trouble starts when the plan begins to go wrong.

Director

The Large Rope

The Large Rope · 1953

MovieDramaThriller

After being framed for a murder he didn't commit, Tom Penney (Donald Houston) serves his time and returns to his rural English home to establish a quiet life. When another victim is found, however, Tom is blamed for the crime and flees rather than returnng to prison. Hoping to find the real killer -- or killers -- Tom investigates while keeping a low profile to elude his pursuers, and a vital clue leads him on the path to possible redemption.

Director

The Angry Young Men

The Angry Young Men · 1960

The Angry Young Men

Director

The Blue Peter

The Blue Peter · 1955

A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and indoctrination at the hands of his captors, and accepts a post as an instructor at the Outward Bound Sea School.

Director

Glad Tidings

Glad Tidings · 1953

An English colonel finds love with an American widow, to the displeasure of his children.

Director

Pax?

Mexican experimental feature film, made for the 1968 olympics.

Director

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel · 1955

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

SeriesDramaAction & Adventure

The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.

Director

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre · 1956

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Director