Vernon Sewell

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Vernon Sewell

Born July 4, 1903 · London, England

Died June 21, 2001 · aged 97

Vernon Campbell Sewell was a British film director, writer, producer and actor.

Known For

The Crimson PirateThe Crimson Pirate · 1952
The Crimson Pirate
7.01952
MovieAdventureComedy
Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the late 1700s. A light hearted adventure involving prison breaks, an oddball scientist, sailing ships, naval fights and tons of swordplay.
Curse of the Crimson AltarCurse of the Crimson Altar · 1968
Curse of the Crimson Altar
5.21968
MovieHorrorMystery
When his brother disappears, a man visits the remote country house where he was last seen. While the host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, there's a feeling of menace in the air with the overhanging legend of Lavinia Morley, the Black Witch of Greymarsh.
The Blood Beast TerrorThe Blood Beast Terror · 1968
The Blood Beast Terror
5.51968
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
A scientist working with genetics creates a horrifying flying creature that feeds on human blood. Following a gruesome trail of dead bodies, Scotland Yard investigators must scramble to halt its ravenous rampage.
Burke & HareBurke & Hare · 1972
Burke & Hare
5.21972
MovieHorrorComedy
Two men go into business supplying medical colleges with cadavers by robbing graves.
Where There's a WillWhere There's a Will · 1955
Where There's a Will
6.91955
MovieComedy
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face the unknown.
Ghost ShipGhost Ship · 1952
Ghost Ship
5.31952
MovieHorrorThriller
Warned that it is haunted, a skeptical young couple buy a rundown yacht and fix it up to be their home-on-the-sea, only to slowly realize that it really is haunted.
Battle of the V-1Battle of the V-1 · 1958
Battle of the V-1
5.21958
MovieDramaWar
1943: A schoolmaster called Stefan Novak and his watchmaker friend Tadek are working for the Polish resistance lead by Stanislav Muski and allow themselves to be captured by the Nazis and taken to a labour camp on the Baltic coast so that they can spy on the operations there. Stefan and Tadek discover that the camp houses a huge production unit where the V1 rocket is being built, which Hitler intends to use to destroy London. The pair succeed in informing the resistance of what is happening who in turn tip off the allies who launch a full scale raid on the plant and destroy it therefore setting back the Nazis' plan by months. However, the fight is far from over as Hitler's generals proceed with plans to build yet another plant and Stefan and Tadek are faced with a dangerous challenge, they must capture a complete V1 rocket and help in smuggling it back to Britain so that the allies can prepare themselves for Hitler's proposed invasion...
CounterspyCounterspy · 1953
Counterspy
6.31953
MovieDrama
While perusing the books of an engineering company, fastidious auditor Frank Manning encounters rum goings on when he is approached by a woman who claiming she is being blackmailed. She begs him to find certain letters and he eventually agrees. Having obtained the letters, he takes them to a specified address where, to his horror, he finds a man, fully clothed, dead in the bath.

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Battle of the V-1Battle of the V-1 · 1958
Battle of the V-1
5.21958
MovieDramaWar
1943: A schoolmaster called Stefan Novak and his watchmaker friend Tadek are working for the Polish resistance lead by Stanislav Muski and allow themselves to be captured by the Nazis and taken to a labour camp on the Baltic coast so that they can spy on the operations there. Stefan and Tadek discover that the camp houses a huge production unit where the V1 rocket is being built, which Hitler intends to use to destroy London. The pair succeed in informing the resistance of what is happening who in turn tip off the allies who launch a full scale raid on the plant and destroy it therefore setting back the Nazis' plan by months. However, the fight is far from over as Hitler's generals proceed with plans to build yet another plant and Stefan and Tadek are faced with a dangerous challenge, they must capture a complete V1 rocket and help in smuggling it back to Britain so that the allies can prepare themselves for Hitler's proposed invasion...

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