Roy Ward Baker — Director (12)
Paper Orchid (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Paper Orchid
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: Hugh Williams / Hy Hazell
Paper Orchid is a 1949 British crime film directed by Roy Ward Baker, with a script written by Val Guest. It featured Hugh Williams, Hy Hazell and Garry Marsh. It is perhaps most notable for an early film appearance of Sid James, later to find success through the Carry On series.
The Fiction Makers (1968) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Fiction Makers
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: Roger Moore / Caron Gardner
other title: L'organizzazione ringrazia firmato il Santo / Hermetico – Die unsichtbare Region
Simon Templar is hired by a friend in the book publishing trade to protect one of his stars, a secretive recluse named Amos Klein who writes a popular (and lucrative) series of adventure novels about a manly and suave spy.
The Masks of Death (1984) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Masks of Death
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: Peter Cushing / John Mills
other title: La maschera della morte / Sherlock Holmes : Les masques de la mort
Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes. There have been some mysterious murders, and there are no visible causes for the deaths. At the same time Holmes gets this case, Graf Udo Von Felseck gives him another case: find a young and missing prince to prevent war between Germany and England. But Von Felseck is not as honest as he seems...
Tiger in the Smoke (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Tiger in the Smoke
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: Donald Sinden / Muriel Pavlow
other title: Tigre en la niebla / Tiger im Nebel
In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure, takes the gang to France to recover it.
The October Man (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The October Man
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: John Mills / Joan Greenwood
other title: Prigioniero della paura
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
And Now the Screaming Starts! (1973) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
And Now the Screaming Starts!
other title: La maledizione / Embryo des Bösen
In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of the Fengriffen family. The young bride is victim of terrifying visions and apparitions, threatening her very sanity. A London psychiatrist comes to her help and uncovers the terrible secret that haunts the estate.
Scars of Dracula (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Scars of Dracula
other title: Il marchio di Dracula / As Cicatrizes de Drácula
The Prince of Darkness casts his undead shadow once more over the cursed village of Kleinenberg when his ashes are splashed with bat's blood and Dracula is resurrected. And two innocent victims search for a missing loved one... loved to death by Dracula's mistress. But after they discover his blood-drained corpse in Dracula's castle necropolis, the Vampire Lord's lustful vengeance begins.
Inferno (1953) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Inferno
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: Robert Ryan / Rhonda Fleming
other title: La Piste fatale / Infierno
When selfish and arrogant millionaire Donald Carson fractures his leg during a desert vacation, his wife, Geraldine, leaves with their friend Joseph Duncan to supposedly get help. However, the two of them are really lovers who are leaving Carson to die in the heat. Slowly, Carson realizes he is on his own and vows revenge on the traitorous couple. Having had a privileged life, Carson must now use his wits to stay alive.
A Night to Remember (1958) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB WikiData
A Night to Remember
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: Kenneth More / Ronald Allen
other title: Titanic, latitudine 41 nord / Titanics sidste timer
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.