John Meillon — Actor (17)
633 Squadron (1964) [Movie] Skybridge TMDB IMDb WikiData
633 Squadron
other title: Squadriglia 633 / Flyvereskadrille 633
When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron is assigned the mission to destroy it. The plant is in a seemingly-impregnable location beneath an overhanging cliff at the end of a long, narrow fjord lined with anti-aircraft guns. The only way to destroy the plant is by collapsing the cliff on top of it.
Death Trap (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Death Trap
A young woman commits suicide. Her sister is not ready to let the death go without someone answering a few questions. Namely, was it really suicide, and where is the large amount of money her sister withdrew from the bank the day before her death.
Sidecar Racers (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Sidecar Racers
director: Earl Bellamy actor: Ben Murphy / Wendy Hughes
You're going to get us both killed with your grandstanding...! Two guys, one girl, and no brakes! Death defying daredevils burning up the track in thrill-a-minute action. Burning the track like its never been burned before!
Offbeat (1961) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Offbeat
other title: Colpo sensazionale / The Devil Inside
When Scotland Yard finds themselves up against a brick wall in tracking down a vicious gang of thieves and bank robbers, they call in Layton, a loner from MI5 to work his way into the gang and help bring them down.
They're a Weird Mob (1966) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
They're a Weird Mob
director: Michael Powell actor: Walter Chiari / Claire Dunne
other title: Sono strana gente / Drôles de zèbres
An Italian sports journalist arrives in Australia but finds no work. The only employment he can find is as a builder's labourer. At first, he cannot comprehend the culture, but eventually he finds mateship and romance.
The Sundowners (1960) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Sundowners
director: Fred Zinnemann actor: Deborah Kerr / Robert Mitchum
other title: I nomadi / Três Vidas Errantes
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.
Billy Budd (1962) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Billy Budd
director: Peter Ustinov actor: Terence Stamp / Robert Ryan
other title: Die Verdammten der Meere / La fragata infernal
Billy is an innocent, naive seaman in the British Navy in 1797. When the ship's sadistic master-at-arms is murdered, Billy is accused and tried.
Heatwave (1982) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Heatwave
director: Phillip Noyce actor: Judy Davis / Richard Moir
other title: Heatwave - ondata calda / In der Hitze des Zorns
During a Christmas heatwave, a community activist attempts to stop a redevelopment project that is displacing residents in the Kings Cross section of Sydney.
The Running Man (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Running Man
director: Carol Reed actor: Laurence Harvey / Lee Remick
other title: Un buon prezzo per morire / Der zweite Mann
An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
The Everlasting Secret Family (1988) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Everlasting Secret Family
director: Michael Thornhill actor: Arthur Dignam / Mark Lee
other title: Secreto inconfesable / The everlasting secret family
A beautiful, if ambitious and amoral, youth is tapped to become the lover of a powerful senator. The young man quickly realizes that he can hold this place, with all its perks, only as long as he is young. He has no other function than being young. With the help of an aged judge, the young man, referred to only as The Lover, contrives a plan to make a change in the way of the world, a plan that will take him years to realize. To succeed, he must manipulate, in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, the senator, his wife, the family chauffeur (who was, when young, a lover), and, by implication, the entire well-planned and controlling everlasting secret family.
Crocodile Dundee II (1988) [Movie] IMDb Douban TMDB NeoDB WikiData
Crocodile Dundee II
director: John Cornell actor: Paul Hogan / Linda Kozlowski
other title: Mr. Crocodile Dundee II / Crocodilo Dundee II
Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.
On the Beach (1959) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
On the Beach
director: Stanley Kramer actor: Gregory Peck / Ava Gardner
other title: L'ultima spiaggia / På stranden
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?
Crocodile Dundee (1986) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb Skybridge
Crocodile Dundee
director: Peter Faiman actor: Paul Hogan / Linda Kozlowski
other title: Mr. Crocodile Dundee / Crocodilo Dundee
When a New York reporter plucks crocodile hunter Mick Dundee from the Australian Outback for a visit to the Big Apple, it's a clash of cultures and a recipe for good-natured comedy as naïve Dundee negotiates the concrete jungle. He proves that his instincts are quite useful in the city and adeptly handles everything from wily muggers to high-society snoots without breaking a sweat.
The Cars That Ate Paris (1974) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData Douban
The Cars That Ate Paris
director: Peter Weir actor: John Meillon / Terry Camilleri
other title: Le macchine che distrussero Parigi / Die Autos die Paris auffraßen
The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy.
Walkabout (1971) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData Skybridge
Walkabout
director: Nicolas Roeg actor: Jenny Agutter / Luc Roeg
other title: L'inizio del cammino / A Longa Caminhada
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the gun on himself, and the two city-bred children must contend with harsh wilderness alone. They are saved by a chance encounter with an Aboriginal boy who shows them how to survive, and in the process underscores the disharmony between nature and modern life.