Lawrence Gordon Clark — Director (13)
On Dangerous Ground (1996) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
On Dangerous Ground
other title: Jack Higgins - Das Abkommen / Terrain Dangereux
Vusi Madlazi returns to the South African village he left as a young boy (he was organizing against apartheid, and left in fear of his life) to bury his father. He meets up with his brother Ernest, who tells him their other brother Stephen couldn't be contacted. Vusi goes to Johannesburg to find him, but at first can only find his neighbor/girlfriend, Karin, a stripper. Vusi proceeds to learn how conditions have changed since the end of apartheid, not always for the better for black men.
Midnight Man (1997) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Midnight Man
other title: Tempesta su Londra / Jack Higgins - Die Krieger
British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President. But the spy isn't in long before he realizes that the first plot is but a ruse for a more sinister scheme that could result in trouble between China and Great Britain.
Murder by the Book (1986) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Murder by the Book
Agatha Christie’s agents propose that it’s time for her to publish the manuscript she wrote thirty-five years earlier, a novel in which she finally kills off her most famous creation. And it’s not an entirely sad occasion. “That wretched little man,” she says. “He’s always been so much trouble. How is it Miss Marple has never upset me at all, not ever?” That night, who should appear at her doorstep but the wretched little man himself, Hercule Poirot? The great fictional detective and his creator proceed to play a very Christie-like game of cat and mouse for the manuscript – and for their own lives.
A Pattern of Roses (1983) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
A Pattern of Roses
other title: Es geschah am See
While his parents are renovating a cottage in an English village, teenager Tim and his friend Rebecca uncover information about the mysterious death of a 15-year-old boy who lived in the house decades prior, and as they dig deeper, Tim begins to find events from the past being mirrored in his own life.
Lost Hearts (1973) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
Lost Hearts
director: Lawrence Gordon Clark actor: Simon Gipps-Kent / Joseph O'Conor
A young orphan, Stephen, is sent to go and live with his strange, much older cousin at his remote country house. Once there, Stephen experiences terrible dreams in which he sees a young girl and boy who are missing their hearts.
The Ash Tree (1975) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Ash Tree
director: Lawrence Gordon Clark actor: Edward Petherbridge / Preston Lockwood
other title: The Ash-tree
Man of leisure Sir Richard receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he immediately sets about taking stock of all legal matters concerning his new property, but during these dealings Sir Richard seems to be more than a little distracted, he hears strange noises from the ash tree outside his bedroom window.
A Warning to the Curious (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
A Warning to the Curious
director: Lawrence Gordon Clark actor: Peter Vaughan / Clive Swift
Paxton, an amateur archeologist, travels to the town of Seaburgh and inadvertently stumbles across one of the lost crowns of Anglia, which, according to legend, protect the county from invasion. On digging the crown up, Paxton is stalked by its supernatural guardian.
The Stalls of Barchester (1971) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
The Stalls of Barchester
Scholar Dr. Black's seemingly mundane assignment of sorting through the assets of the Barchester Cathedral library takes an eerie turn when he comes across the papers of the late Archdeacon, who plotted to gain his position through murder. However, he soon comes to discover something truly horrific about the wooden choir stalls in the church, which are tied to a famous local tree and a sinister local legend.
The Signalman (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Signalman
director: Lawrence Gordon Clark actor: Denholm Elliott / Bernard Lloyd
A traveller comes across a signalman stationed by the exit of a railway tunnel in a deep cutting. The traveller becomes familiar with the signalman, and finds that he is troubled by an apparition which appears by the tunnel.