Charles Crichton — Director (13)
The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity (1975) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
director: Charles Crichton actor: Ed Bishop / Brian Blessed
The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journeys at light speed with time-dilation to Alpha Centauri, where they launch several satellites to transmit information on the Centauri star system back to Earth and guide future manned vessels in exploring.
Against the Wind (1948) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Against the Wind
other title: Les Guerriers dans l'ombre
A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who is being interrogated by the Germans for vital information.
Hue and Cry (1947) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Hue and Cry
director: Charles Crichton actor: Alastair Sim / Jack Warner
other title: Piccoli detectives / 5 drenge på sporet
A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies.
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Titfield Thunderbolt
other title: Titfield-Expreß / Tortillard pour Titfield
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.
Alien Attack (1980) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Alien Attack
other title: Spazio 1999 - Attacco alieno / Alien Attack - Die Außerirdischen schlagen zu
Earth's Moon is the site of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony nestled in the crater Plato. Staffed by over 300 men and women from Earth, it is the operations center for several space expeditions. It is also a watchdog for vast amounts of atomic waste from Earth stored in silos on the Moon's far side. Magnetic radiation builds up and causes the wastes to explode with such force that the Earth's centripetal pull on the Moon is overcome, and the Moon is broken free of Earth's orbit to drift at incredible speed out of the Solar System off the plane of the ecliptic. The survivors on Moonbase Alpha are unable to return to Earth and must survive in unknown space on their wandering Moon. They encounter a planet whose advanced people project an illusion of a devastating attack on Moonbase. This TV movie was edited from scenes of two episodes ("Breakaway" and "War Games") of "Space: 1999" (1975).
The Third Secret (1964) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Third Secret
director: Charles Crichton actor: Stephen Boyd / Jack Hawkins
other title: Il terzo segreto / El tercer secreto
A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as this would go against all of the principles her father stood for, therefore she is convinced it was murder. She enlists the help of a former patient to try to get to the truth. However, the truth turns out to be both surprising and disturbing.
He Who Rides a Tiger (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
He Who Rides a Tiger
director: Charles Crichton actor: Tom Bell / Judi Dench
other title: Cabalgando sobre un tigre / Wer einen Tiger reitet
Peter Rayston, has been in and out of prison most of his life. At 30, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. Immediately, he goes back to his old life, providing for his expensive tastes by executing a series of daring burglaries
Dance Hall (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dance Hall
director: Charles Crichton actor: Natasha Parry / Jane Hylton
other title: Le Démon de la danse
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.
Train of Events (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Train of Events
director: Sidney Cole / Charles Crichton actor: Jack Warner / Gladys Henson
other title: Le Train du destin
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Dead of Night (1945) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dead of Night
7.8 (5 ratings) director: Charles Crichton / Robert Hamer actor: Mervyn Johns / Roland Culver
other title: Incubi notturni / Nattens Mysterier
An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread.