Don Sharp — Director (14)
The Violent Enemy (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Violent Enemy
director: Don Sharp actor: Tom Bell / Susan Hampshire
other title: El enemigo violento
During the troubles in Ireland an IRA bomb plot is hatched to blow up a British power station. Sean Rogan (Tom Bell) is an IRA bomb expert and escapes from prison to try and stop the destruction.
Taste of Excitement (1969) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Taste of Excitement
director: Don Sharp actor: Eva Renzi / Peter Bowles
other title: El amargo sabor del miedo
A man has been killed on the Dover/Boulogne car ferry. What is the connection between him and the attempts being made to kill Jane Kerrell, a young girl in her early twenties? As she speeds through the French countryside to the South of France, several attempts are made on her life as she is deliberately forced off the road by another car. But when she reports these attempts, the local Cap Ferrat Police Inspector and the sinister psychiatrist, Dr. Forla believe these attempts are in her imagination and Dr Forla, concludes that Jane is mentally disturbed. At her wits end Jane finds an ally in the young English painter, Paul Hedley who finally believes her life is in danger following an attempt to murder him. When Inspector Malling of Scotland Yard and Mr. Breese arrive in Cap Ferrat trying to uncover the connection between Jane and the murdered man on the ferry, this thrilling puzzle of international intrigue begins to unravel against the backdrop of the French Riviera.
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Our Man in Marrakesh
director: Don Sharp actor: Tony Randall / Senta Berger
other title: Il nostro uomo a Marrakesh / Marrakesch
One of six travelers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to pay a local operator to fix United Nations votes. But which one?
Guardian of the Abyss (1980) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Guardian of the Abyss
director: Don Sharp actor: Ray Lonnen / Rosalyn Landor
A scrying glass puts an antiques exporter in the path of a woman fleeing from devil worshipers and the evil hypnotist who leads them. Originally an episode of British horror anthology TV series, Hammer House of Horror, that later received a feature release in the United States.
What Waits Below (1984) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
What Waits Below
director: Don Sharp actor: Robert Powell / Timothy Bottoms
other title: Das Geheimnis der Phantomhöhlen / Cavernas fantasmas
The US military is running a test for a special type of radio transmitter, to be used to communicate with submarines, in a deep system of underground caves in Central America. When the signal from one of the transmitters suddenly disappears, a team of soldiers led by Major Elbert Stevens and cave specialists led by Rupert 'Wolf' Wolfsen including scientist Leslie Peterson are sent in to find out what happened. Exploring deep underground, they stumble upon a tribe of albino cave-dwellers who have apparently been isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years. The cave-dwellers are hurt by radio frequencies and are able to see in infra-red frequencies, tracking the explorers by their body heat.
Puppet on a Chain (1970) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Puppet on a Chain
other title: Sezione narcotici / Dødens dukker
Following a triple professional hit a U.S. agent, Paul Sherman, arrives in Amsterdam to investigate a heroin smuggling ring. He finds a city rife with drugs and a police force unable or unwilling to do much about it. With his incognito female fellow agent, Maggie, the American is soon stirring things up.
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
director: Don Sharp actor: Burl Ives / Troy Donahue
other title: Quei fantastici pazzi volanti / Disse fantastiske flyvende fjolser
Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts...
The Devil-Ship Pirates (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Skybridge WikiData
The Devil-Ship Pirates
director: Don Sharp actor: Christopher Lee / Andrew Keir
other title: La nave del diavolo / Die Teufelspiraten
A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.
The Four Feathers (1978) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Four Feathers
director: Don Sharp actor: Beau Bridges / Robert Powell
other title: Las cuatro plumas
The fifth filming of the adventure classic about a British soldier in the 1880s who fights to regain his honor after being given four white feathers, symbols of cowardice.
Hennessy (1975) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Hennessy
director: Don Sharp actor: Rod Steiger / Lee Remick
other title: Il giorno più lungo di Scotland Yard / Ein Mann namens Hennessy
Former Irish Republican Army member Niall Hennessy lives in Belfast, Ireland, with his wife and daughter amid the ongoing Irish-British conflict. Though he still knows people in the IRA, including fugitive leader Tobin, Niall has given up his violent ways. One day his family is caught in a chaotic street shootout and killed by British forces. Overwhelmed with rage and hunted by a Scotland Yard inspector, Niall heads to London to exact his deadly revenge.
Callan (1974) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Callan
director: Don Sharp actor: Edward Woodward / Eric Porter
other title: Callan: The Movie / Den Aasgeiern eiskalt serviert
David Callan, secret agent, is called back to the service after his retirement, to handle the assassination of a german businessman, but Callan refuses to co-operate until he finds out why this man is marked for death.
Dark Places (1973) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Dark Places
director: Don Sharp actor: Christopher Lee / Joan Collins
other title: La scala della follia / Das Grab der lebenden Puppen
The heir of a mysterious estate must unveil its secrets and discover its treasures before a scheming doctor and his seductive sister can steal what is rightfully his.
The Thirty Nine Steps (1978) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Thirty Nine Steps
director: Don Sharp actor: Robert Powell / David Warner
other title: I 39 scalini / Die 39 Stufen
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian 'sleeper' agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister. However, Scudder is murdered and Hannay is framed for the death by the 'sleepers'. Fleeing to Scotland Hannay attempts to clear his name and to stop the agents with the aid of Alex Mackenzie but not only is he is chased by Chief Supt Lomas for Scudder's death but by the agents who are headed by Appleton who has managed to hide himself in a high-placed position in the British Government...