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Roy Ward Baker

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Morning DepartureMorning Departure (Operation Disaster) (1950)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough
A British submarine patrolling in the period just after WWII, hits a leftover mine and plunges seriously damaged to the sea–bed. The captain…
Don't Bother to KnockDon't Bother to Knock (1952)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Marilyn Monroe, Richard Widmark
Marilyn Monroe in her first leading role plays a psychotic babysitter who lures an unwitting Richard Widmark into her world of delusion.
Passage HomePassage Home (1955)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Finch, Anthony Steel, Diane Cilento…
Torrid melodrama with the presence of a young woman on board a cargo ship causing tensions amongst the male crew.
One That Got Away, TheOne That Got Away, The (Einer Kam Durch) (1957)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Hardy Kruger, Colin Gordon, Terence Alexander…
Sturdy war thriller centred on the true story of German airman Franz von Werra – the only German POW to successfully escape from allied custody…
Night to Remember, ANight to Remember, A (1958) Recommended
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Kenneth More, Ronald Allen, Robert Ayres…
Vivid re–enactment of events that led to the sinking of the Titanic, with careful attention payed to the human drama. Kenneth More leads a…
October Man, TheOctober Man, The (1960)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Joan Greenwood, Edward Chapman…
Atmospheric pot–boiler in which John Mills plays an amnesiac accused of murder who fights to prove his innocence, apprehend the murderer and…
Singer Not the Song, TheSinger Not the Song, The (1961)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Dirk Bogarde, Mylene Demongeot…
Philosophical western is an oddity amongst the Rank canon with Bogarde as a campy Mexican bandit terrorising a catholic priest Mills. Homoerotic…
Baron, The (TV Series)Baron, The (TV Series) (1966-1967)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker, Robert Asher
Feat. Steve Forrest, Sue Lloyd, Colin Gordon
The escapades of John Mannering, aka "The Baron", a Texan–born ranch owner based in London, once a thief, but now reformed as an operative for…
Quatermass and the PitQuatermass and the Pit (1967) Recommended
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley
Excellent update for the big–screen of the 50's cult TV serial harnesses a rich sense of intrigue through its perceptive script about an alien…
Saint, The - Fiction MakersSaint, The - Fiction Makers (1967)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Roger Moore, Sylvia Syms
Roger Moore's successful TV portrayal provides the basis of this feature–length version of 'The Saint'. A gang of jewel–thieves plans a…
Moon Zero TwoMoon Zero Two (1969)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. James Olson, Catherina Von Schell, Warren Mitchell…
Low–budget science fiction foray from Hammer Films, billed as the first moon "western" and released very soon after the first moon landing in…
Vampire LoversVampire Lovers (1970) Recommended
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Ingrid Pitt, Peter Cushing
Hammer's famous lesbian–vampire pick made a cult star of the Polish–born volupte, Ingrid Pitt, as Carmilla. Esteemed…
Scars of DraculaScars of Dracula (1970)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Christopher Lee, Dennis Waterman, Patrick Troughton
In search of his missing brother a man discovers the deadly lair of Count Dracula.
Jason King (TV Series)Jason King (TV Series) (1971-1972)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Wyngarde
Spinoff series from DEPARTMENT S, following the flamboyant titular writer (Wyngarde) on further secret agent–international playboy adventures.…
Dr. Jekyll and Sister HydeDr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde (1972)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Ralph Bates, Martine Beswick
Delightfully camp turn on Stevenson's legendary fable of good and evil inhabiting the same body. Archetypal fun from Hammer studios.
...And Now the Screaming Starts!...And Now the Screaming Starts! (Fengriffen) (1973)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Cushing, Herbert Lom, Patrick Magee…
Non–omnibus horror from inventively cheap horror specialists 'Amicus' concerns a young bride's horrifying discovery that her husband's family…
Legend of the Seven Golden VampiresLegend of the Seven Golden Vampires (1974)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Peter Cushing
Fusion of Hammer horror and martial arts spectacle follows Peter Cushing's Van Helsen to China where he discovers ol' fangface lurking behind an…
Flame Trees of Thika, The (TV Mini Series)Flame Trees of Thika, The (TV Mini Series) (1981)
Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. Hayley Mills, Ben Cross
A nostalgic and wonderfully–photographed adaptation of Elspeth Huxley's memoir of growing up in Kenya in the 1910s, where her well–off…

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