Patrick Allen — Actor (17)
The Devil Rides Out (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Devil Rides Out
director: Terence Fisher actor: Christopher Lee / Charles Gray
other title: Die Braut des Teufels / Les Vierges de Satan
The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the forces of darkness and, as the Duc de Richelieu and his friends remain within the protected pentacle, they are subjected to ever-increasing horror until thundering hooves herald the arrival of the Angel of Death.
Dunkirk (1958) [Movie] TMDB
Dunkirk
director: Leslie Norman actor: John Mills / Richard Attenborough
other title: Dunkerque / O Drama de Dunquerque
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
Threads (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Threads
director: Mick Jackson actor: Karen Meagher / Reece Dinsdale
other title: Ipotesi sopravvivenza
Documentary style account of a nuclear holocaust and its effect on the working class city of Sheffield, England; and the eventual long run effects of nuclear war on civilization.
1984 (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban NeoDB
1984
director: Michael Anderson actor: Edmond O'Brien / Jan Sterling
other title: Nel 2000 non sorge il sole
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Protect and Survive (1976) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Protect and Survive
director: Bill Stewart actor: Patrick Allen
Protect and Survive was a public information series on civil defence produced by the British government during the late 1970s and early 1980s. It was intended to inform British citizens on how to protect themselves during a nuclear attack, and consisted of a mixture of pamphlets, radio broadcasts, and public information films. The series had originally been intended for distribution only in the event of dire national emergency, but provoked such intense public interest that the pamphlets were authorised for general release.
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger
director: Cyril Frankel actor: Patrick Allen / Gwen Watford
other title: Corruzione a Jamestown / Vertraue keinem Fremden
Peter Carter, his wife Sally and their young daughter Jean move to a sleepy Canadian village, where Peter has been hired as a school principal. Their idyll is shattered when Jean becomes the victim of an elderly, and extremely powerful, paedophile. The film was neither a box office nor a critical success, it garnered criticism for breaking a significant public taboo.
The Domino Principle (1977) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Domino Principle
director: Stanley Kramer actor: Gene Hackman / Candice Bergen
other title: Il principio del domino: la vita in gioco / Das Domino Komplott
Roy Tucker, a Vietnam war veteran with excellent shooting skills, is serving a long prison sentence when a mysterious visitor promises him that he will be released if he agrees to carry out a dangerous assignment.
Persecution (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Persecution
director: Don Chaffey actor: Lana Turner / Trevor Howard
other title: La strana signora della grande casa / Verfolgung
A cat lover (Lana Turner) kills her husband, blackmails her lover (Trevor Howard) and torments her son (Ralph Bates).
Lady Oscar (1979) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Lady Oscar
director: Jacques Demy actor: Catriona MacColl / Barry Stokes
other title: Lady Oscar - Il film
Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons. She becomes the captain of the guards at Versailles under King Louis XVI and Marie Antonette. Her privileged, noble life comes under fire as she discovers the hard life of the poor people of France. She is caught up in the French Revolution, and must choose between her loyalty and love.
Night of the Big Heat (1967) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Night of the Big Heat
other title: Demoni di fuoco / Brennender Tod
While mainland Britain shivers in deepest winter, the northern island of Fara bakes in the nineties, and the boys at the Met station have no more idea what is going on than the regulars at the Swan. Only a stand-offish visting scientist realizes space aliens are to blame.
The Body Stealers (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Body Stealers
director: Gerry Levy actor: George Sanders / Maurice Evans
other title: Galaxy horror / Alien Invasion
In Britain, bodies of NATO paratroopers are being snatched during routine jumps by a mysterious red-beam of otherworldly origin.
The Big Switch (1968) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Big Switch
director: Pete Walker actor: Sebastian Breaks / Virginia Wetherell
other title: Strip Poker - Verdammt zum Tod
Playboy John Carter picks up a woman in a discotheque and takes her home. When she is murdered and he is framed for the crime, he finds himself drawn into a seedy underworld plot.
What's a Girl Like You? (1969) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
What's a Girl Like You?
director: Charlie Squires actor: Bow / Al Nichols
A visit to the Vauxhall Tavern in London to see the drag acts.
Who Dares Wins (1982) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Who Dares Wins
director: Ian Sharp actor: Lewis Collins / Judy Davis
other title: Chi osa vince / Den sidste udvej
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close enough to stop the Lobby from creating an international incident?
Invasion: UFO (1980) [Movie] IMDb WikiData
Invasion: UFO
director: Gerry Anderson / Cyril Frankel actor: Ed Bishop / George Sewell
other title: UFO Allarme Rosso... Attacco alla Terra! / 80.000 Meilen durch den Weltraum
The Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and even animals and use them for their body parts. In the year 1980 S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization), a highly secret military organization, is set up in the hope of defending the Earth from this alien threat. This organization operates from a secret location beneath the Harlington-Straker film studio in London. S.H.A.D.O. also has a base on the moon with Interceptors as well as an early warning satellite that detects inbound UFOs (called S.I.D.), and operate a fleet of submarines. General James Henderson and commander Ed Straker have a team of highly trained and well equipped females and males to battle the regularly incoming hostile UFOs.