John Gilling — Director (20)
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The Quiet Woman (1951)
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John Gilling actor: Jane Hylton / Derek Bond …
The former wife of a criminal moves to a coastal town and takes over the running of a bar known as The Quiet Woman. She becomes outraged when she discovers the previous owner had allowed local smugglers to use it as a base. She soon has become romantically involved with one of the smugglers, which causes enormous problems when a customs officer turns up, followed closely by her former husband.
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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)
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John Gilling actor: Bela Lugosi / Arthur Lucan …
other title: Mother Riley contre le Robot
The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in this hilarious comedy adventure. The Vampire plans to control the world with the help of his robot, which accidentally gets shipped to Mother Riley. Through radar control, he contacts the robot and orders it to come to him, bringing along Mother Riley! But his life is turned upside down when he holds this most meddling of mothers captive.
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The Scarlet Blade (1963)
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John Gilling actor: Lionel Jeffries / Oliver Reed …
other title: Lama scarlatta / Hævneren fra Sherwood-skovene …
A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathizers, but unaware of his daughters royalist sympathies. When she falls into a love triangle with Cavalier Edward Beverly and Roundhead officer Captain Sylvester the stage is set for double crossing and derring-do.
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Recoil (1953)
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John Gilling actor: Kieron Moore / Elizabeth Sellars …
A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.
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Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)
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John Gilling actor: Peter Cushing / John Fraser …
other title: La Baia Dei Pirati / Die Bucht der Schmuggler …
It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores. But when a gang of cut-throats, led by the infamous Black John (Bernard Lee) begins to lure ships onto the rocks of Smugglers Bay, and murdering their crews for the sake of loot, the fishermen begin to fear for their livelihoods. In desperation, they appeal to the local magistrate Squire Trevenyan (Peter Cushing).
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The Mummy's Shroud (1967)
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John Gilling actor: André Morell / John Phillips …
other title: Il sudario della mummia / Der Fluch der Mumie …
Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they unleash the forces of darkness. The Mummy has returned to discharge a violent retribution on the defilers as the curse that surrounds the tomb begins to come true. One by one the explorers are murdered until one of them discovers the ancient words that have the power to reduce the brutal killer to particles of dust.
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Interpol (1957)
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John Gilling actor: Victor Mature / Anita Ekberg …
other title: International police / Der Mann, den keiner kannte …
Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis embarks on an investigation that takes him from New York to London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and finally Athens in pursuit of McNally's shapely associate, Gina Broger.
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The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
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John Gilling actor: André Morell / Barbara Shelley …
other title: L'ombra del gatto / Schatten einer Katze …
Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific proportions without anyone being able to solve the mystery that surrounds their brutal death.
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The Night Caller (1965)
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John Gilling actor: John Saxon / Maurice Denham …
other title: Blood Beast From Outer Space / Madra - Il terrore di Londra …
The inhabitants of Ganymede need to find mates from another world or they will become extinct. They soon discover a suitable breeding stock amongst the females of planet Earth.
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The Gamma People (1956)
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John Gilling actor: Paul Douglas / Eva Bartok …
other title: Les Secrets du Docteur Boronski / Les Secrets du Dr Boronski …
An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen.