Michael Pertwee

Laughter in Paradise

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.

Release Date1951-06-01

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Charactersd Stewart

Vote Count36

Night Was Our Friend

Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man, Dr. Harper. Martin is found and returns to Sally. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life. Or does Sally do it for him?

Release Date1951-12-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Young Man

Vote Count4

Now and Forever

A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides to elope.

Release Date1956-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Charactersd Reporter

Vote Count5

The Saint

Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.

Release Date1962-10-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count3

Vote Count133

Suspicion

Suspicion is the title of an American television mystery drama series which aired on the NBC from 1957 through 1959. The executive producer of Suspicion was film director Alfred Hitchcock.

Release Date1957-09-30

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count9

The Persuaders!

An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.

Release Date1971-09-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count131

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

Release Date1955-10-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count259

Adventures in Paradise

Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.

Release Date1959-10-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count4

Vote Count7

Danger Man

Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.

Release Date1960-09-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count25

Drama 61-67

Drama 61-67 is anthology drama series which took a different title, based on year of transmission, each year. It alternated with Armchair Theatre from ABC in the Sunday evening slot. The series was described at the time as epitomising ATV drama.

Release Date1961-03-19

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Return of the Saint

Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

Release Date1978-09-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count10

Comedy Playhouse

Comedy Playhouse is a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, All Gas and Gaiters, The Liver Birds, Are You Being Served? and Last of the Summer Wine, which is the world's longest running sitcom, having run from January 1973 to August 2010.

Release Date1961-12-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count2

Man of the World

Michael Strait is a world-renowned photographer whose assignments lead him into investigating mysterious goings-on amongst the rich and glamorous and intrigue from far-flung places as Iraq, French Indochina, and Algiers.

Release Date1962-09-29

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count5

Five Fingers

Five Fingers is an NBC adventure/drama series set in Europe during the Cold War loosely based on the 1952 film 5 Fingers, starring James Mason and Danielle Darrieux. It ran from October 3, 1959, to January 9, 1960. David Hedison starred as 32-year-old Victor Sebastian, an American counterintelligence officer with the code name "Five Fingers". Luciana Paluzzi played Simone Genet, Sebastian's secretary and romantic interest. Paul Burke played Robertson, Sebastian's contact man. Five Fingers itself was based on the book Operation Cicero by L.C. Moyzisch and on the memoirs of Elyesa Bazna. Bazna was something of an antihero in real life; the television series transformed the character from a World War II-era mercenary Albanian into a Cold War era heroic American. Sebastian posed as a Communist to gain information on party activities. His public cover was that of a theatrical booking agent for clubs and cafes throughout Europe.

Release Date1959-10-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is a 26-episode adventure/drama series which aired on ABC television during the 1960–1961 season and helped to catapult Australian actor Rod Taylor into a major film star, primarily in the 1960s, beginning with his role in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds. The series was a production of 20th Century Fox Television, and the final credit of each episode stated: "Filmed by Twentieth Century Fox Television Inc. at its Hollywood studios and in the Crown Colony of Hong Kong".

Release Date1960-03-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Knock on Any Door

An anthology series with the premise that there is a story behind every door.

Release Date1965-10-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Armchair Theatre

Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.

Release Date1956-07-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count6

Men of Affairs

Barry Ovis is Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for European Affairs, Sir William Mainwaring-Brown. Sir William has a very active libido and often gets up to non-portfolio activities. Ovis has to cover for him (usually very badly), and misunderstandings then pile on top of misunderstandings.

Release Date1973-10-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count17

Vote Count1

Madame Louise

Employess of a dress shop battle with a crooked gambler to get their jobs back.

Release Date1951-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2

Curtain Up

In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.

Release Date1952-03-12

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count6

In de kast, op de kast

Release Date1977-11-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

The Naked Truth

Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose...

Release Date1957-12-03

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count32

The Mouse on the Moon

Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. To get the money necessary to put in a new set of plumbing, they request foreign aid from the U.S. for Space Research. The Russians then send aid as well to show that they too are for the internationalization of space. While the grand Duke is dreaming of hot baths, their one scientist is slapping together a rocket. The U.S. and Soviets get wind of the impending launch and try and beat them to the moon.

Release Date1963-05-07

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count32

Geen gedonder in het vooronder

Release Date1985-11-22

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count1

Salt & Pepper

After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and Christopher Pepper partake in a fumbling investigation and uncover an evil plot to overthrow the government. Can our cool, yet inept duo stop the bad guys in time?

Release Date1968-07-03

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count25

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum

A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.

Release Date1966-10-16

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count126

Strange Bedfellows

After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on — until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married.

Release Date1965-02-09

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count23

Ladies Who Do

The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.

Release Date1963-11-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count14

They Came by Night

A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.

Release Date1940-03-07

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count3

The Cavern

Adventure drama during WW2 in Italy where a mixed group of people get trapped inside a cave after a bomb raid. But can they co-operate? And will they survive?

Release Date1964-06-26

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count4

Happy Ever After

The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of Serena McGluskey, as much a schemer as he is a cad. Led by Thady O'Heggarty, the villagers plot to drive Jasper away. They use the occasion of "O'Leary Night", when the ghost of the first O'Leary walks the halls, to create general chaos.

Release Date1954-06-29

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count16

Against the Wind

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.

Release Date1948-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count15

Don't Just Lie There, Say Something!

Based on the hit play. A British Government Minister puts forward a bill to battle filth in the UK but that doesn't stop him having an affair with both his secretary, Miss Parkyn and Wendy, the wife of a high-up reporter. Opponents to the bill - mainly some hippy girls, lead by Johnny, kidnap the Minister's best friend and co-founder of the bill, Barry Ovis just as he was getting married to his fiancee, Joan. Barry escapes, just before the police raid the hippies hiding place - to claim that Ovis was in a orgy and get the bill defeated - and dashes back to his and Joan's flat followed by Inspector Ruff, who is investigating the kidnap and Damina, one of the hippies. Meanwhile, the Minister is also trying to use the flat to carry on his affairs with both Wendy and Miss Parkyn. The Minister, Barry & Joan tries to keep the truth from Ruft, Wilfred Potts, an old and honest MP, Birdie, the Minister's wife and stop the hippies, and this causes no end of trouble.

Release Date1973-10-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count6

In the Doghouse

After 10 years of failure a bumbling vet finally graduates and takes on his own practice.

Release Date1962-05-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count7

One More Time

London nightclub buddies Salt and Pepper link Pepper's dead twin to diamond smugglers.

Release Date1970-05-27

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count14

Some Will, Some Won't

Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.

Release Date1970-04-01

DepartmentWriting

JobOriginal Story

Vote Count5

Make Mine Mink

In a mansion block in Knightsbridge, a gang of middle-aged biddies decide to brighten up "the dullness of the tea time of life" by staging a series of robberies on furriers, then donating the proceeds to charitable concerns. Terry Thomas as a retired army officer leads the gang, which includes Athene Seyler and Hattie Jacques, on a series of capers that nearly go awry when their maid, Billie Whitelaw, an ex-con and also a resident of the block, falls for a police officer.

Release Date1960-08-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count17

Top Secret

A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying...

Release Date1952-11-10

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count2

The Love Specialist

A Texas girl wins a trip to Italy where she meets a prince who's afraid to admit that he's flat broke (so is she). They strike up an affair, but things come to a crazy conclusion when he tries to bribe a horse to win a race at the Palio racing grounds.

Release Date1957-12-20

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count8

Too Many Crooks

Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.

Release Date1959-03-08

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count23

Finders Keepers

Cliff Richard and the Shadows arrive in a small Spanish town for a concert when a U.S. plane accidentally drops a mini-bomb on it. The Shadows look for the bomb to return it.

Release Date1966-12-08

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count4

The Interrupted Journey

When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife, he sets in motion a series of events that lead to a train crash, a murder and a police man hunt, but all is not what it seems.

Release Date1949-10-11

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count19

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World

Digby consumes a bowl of Project X, a liquid growth formula. Soon, he becomes a sheepdog of gigantic size!

Release Date1973-12-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count19

A Girl Must Live

A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.

Release Date1939-09-24

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count6

Bottoms Up!

An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save his job, by passing off his bookie's son as a Middle Eastern prince. The headmaster's madcap scheme is further complicated when an official from the Foreign Office arrives and announces that a real prince is to be placed under Edwards supervision, not due to the schools lofty reputation, but that a gang of kidnappers are unlikely to look for the regal child there.

Release Date1960-03-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count10

Two Thousand Women

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.

Release Date1944-11-06

DepartmentCrew

JobAdditional Dialogue

Vote Count11

The Magnificent Two

Two salesmen travel to a small South American Country to peddle their wares. However the country is in the middle of a major conflict between the Government led by Diaz and the rebels led by Torez. When Torez is accidentally killed the rebels mistaken pick up one of the salesmen, Eric, as he looks like Torez. Eric and Ernie are promised millions to carry on the charade once the rebels take charge. However once Eric takes charge he finds himself back in danger as scheming general Carillo plans to remove the impostor from his role.

Release Date1967-07-05

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count23

Not Wanted on Voyage

The scheming Albert Higgins and his dim witted mate Cecil Hollebone, set out on a ocean voyage under the exasperated chief steward. Along for the trip are the wealthy Mrs. Brough and her secretary Pat. Soon Mrs. Broughs’ jewels are stolen…

Release Date1957-11-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScenario Writer

Vote Count5

Black Jack

A man who lost everything in the war now smuggles contraband into and out of Spain, but the law's closing in.

Release Date1950-11-20

DepartmentWriting

JobDialogue

Vote Count5

The Thief of Venice

A beautiful tavern-keeper finds herself getting caught up in a war between Italy and Turkey.

Release Date1950-12-22

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count2

Silent Dust

A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long before the dedication ceremony is to be held, the son shows up; it turns out that he wasn't killed in battle but deserted, and has become a blackmailer and a killer. He wants to get some money to "start a new life", but his blind father senses that something is wrong and sets out to find out what's going on.

Release Date1949-02-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count11

Something in the City

A man hides the fact that he lost his job from his wife by apparently going off to work each day as normal but runs into trouble when he is tailed by a reporter.

Release Date1950-09-01

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count4

Trouble in the Air

A radio commentator is sent to a village to broadcast a bell-ringing team. Meanwhile a property speculator tries to buy a plot of land for less than it is worth.

Release Date1948-11-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count2

It's a Great Day

Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the council, over building supplies that he needs to complete a job on a local housing estate. Under pressure to finish the job, his son gets them from a local crook. When the council find out, they call in the police, so the Grove family get together, to clear themselves, in time for the grand opening.

Release Date1955-01-01

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count6

Birds of Paradise

An attractive young widow thinks that she is investing in a respectable riding school, only to find out she has bought a brothel.

Release Date1981-12-04

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Le Diamant rose

Release Date1991-05-13

DepartmentWriting

JobAuthor

Vote Count1