Cast: Douglas Wilmer

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Douglas Wilmer. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


Jason and the Argonauts

1963 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast Todd Armstrong · Nancy Kovack · Gary Raymond · Michael Gwynne

Synopsis Jason has been prophesied to take the throne of Thessaly. When he saves Pelias from drowning, but does not recognize him as the man who had earlier killed his father, Pelias tells Jason to travel to Colchis to find the...

6.8

7K votes

6.8

7K votes

El Cid

1961 · Movie · 184 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast Charlton Heston · Sophia Loren · Raf Vallone · John Fraser

Synopsis Eleventh-century Spain is divided into Christian kingdoms and Moorish strongholds. The young Rodrigo Diaz de Bivar--dubbed El Cid by his followers--vows to see his country at peace, free from the invader. Vigorously brave and resourceful, the noble knight hates bloodshed...

6.7

8K votes

6.7

8K votes

Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)

1964 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Antony Kearey · Viktors Ritelis · Max Varnel · Bill Bain

Cast Peter Cushing · Douglas Wilmer · Nigel Stock · Peter Madden

Synopsis TV Series (1964-1968). 2 seasons. The 1960s BBC series Sherlock Holmes has all the virtues of Arthur Conan Doyle's classic detective--shrewd and efficient, with flashes of visual panache but never at the expense of sturdy, straightforward storytelling. This series includes...

6.7

170 votes

6.7

170 votes

The Fall of the Roman Empire

1964 · Movie · 188 min. · United States

Direction Anthony Mann

Cast Sophia Loren · Stephen Boyd · Christopher Plummer · Alec Guinness

Synopsis Marcus Aurelius Antonius, philosopher-emperor of Rome, summons his empire's governors and princes to German war headquarters for a Pax Romanus. He confides to his daughter, Lucilla, that his adopted son, Livius, will succeed him instead of his more unstable heir,...

6.6

3K votes

6.6

3K votes

Khartoum

1966 · Movie · 122 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Basil Dearden · Eliot Elisofon

Cast Charlton Heston · Laurence Olivier · Richard Johnson · Ralph Richardson

Synopsis After an Egyptian army, commanded by British officers, is destroyed in a battle in the Sudan in the 1880's, the British government is in a quandary. It does not want to commit a British military force to a foreign war...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

The Golden Voyage of Sinbad

1973 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Gordon Hessler

Cast John Phillip Law · Caroline Munro · Tom Baker · Douglas Wilmer

Synopsis Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the...

6.4

984 votes

6.4

984 votes

The Vampire Lovers

1970 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Ward Baker

Cast Ingrid Pitt · George Cole · Kate O'Mara · Peter Cushing

Synopsis The Vampire Lovers is the first of a very loose trilogy surrounding the immortal and evil Karnstein clan and their young and voluptuous daughter, Mircalla. She uses her feminine and underworldly wiles to get what she truly wants: nubile young...

6.0

555 votes

6.0

555 votes

The Battle of the River Plate

1956 · Movie · 116 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Powell · Emeric Pressburger

Cast Peter Finch · John Gregson · Anthony Quayle · Ian Hunter

Synopsis Set during the early years of World War II, the War in the Atlantic. The Royal Navy was fighting a desperate battle to keep the convoy routes open to keep the British Isles supplied. One great danger was the surface...

6.0

659 votes

6.0

659 votes

Octopussy

1983 · Movie · 130 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Glen

Cast Roger Moore · Maud Adams · Louis Jourdan · Kristina Wayborn

Synopsis In Octopussy (1983), James Bond is sent to investigate the murder of a fellow agent, uncovering a plot involving a mysterious circus owner and a Soviet general. The trail leads to a wealthy exiled prince and a dazzling woman named...

5.9

7K votes

5.9

7K votes

The Incredible Sarah

1976 · Movie · 106 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Fleischer

Cast Glenda Jackson · Daniel Massey · Yvonne Mitchell · Douglas Wilmer

Synopsis Every so often, an actor or actress will achieve a fame which transcends any memory of their work, and he or she becomes synonymous with the word "star." Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) was one such person. A commanding performance by Glenda...

5.4

33 votes

5.4

33 votes

Direction Gene Wilder

Cast Gene Wilder · Madeline Kahn · Marty Feldman · John Le Mesurier

Synopsis Gene Wilder plays Sherlock Holmes' younger brother who is annoyed that he has had to live in Sherlock's shadow for so long. When Sherlock goes to the continent, he sends a case to his brother who constantly tries with varying...

5.2

813 votes

5.2

813 votes

The Vengeance of Fu Manchu

1967 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jeremy Summers

Cast Christopher Lee · Douglas Wilmer · Tsai Chin · Horst Frank

Synopsis In his remote Asian hideaway the evil Fu Manchu plots the death and discredit of his arch rival, Inspector Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard, as the first step in his plan to become leader of the world's most terrible criminals.

5.0

399 votes

5.0

399 votes

5.0

103 votes

The Brides of Fu Manchu

1966 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Sharp

Cast Christopher Lee · Douglas Wilmer · Heinz Drache · Marie Versini

Synopsis Christopher Lee returns as Sax Rohmer's insidious Asian villain Fu Manchu, in this time Fu and his army of henchmen are kidnaping the daughters of prominent scientists and taking them to his remote island headquarters.

4.8

174 votes

4.8

174 votes

Hammerhead

1968 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction David Miller

Cast Vince Edwards · Judy Geeson · Peter Vaughan · Diana Dors

Synopsis Hammerhead is a dangerous international criminal suspected by British Intelligence of trying to steal NATO defense secrets. In desperation, a young, charming soldier of fortune is called in to match wits and guts in man-to-man combat with Hammerhead. His name...

4.8

40 votes

4.8

40 votes

Direction Stephen Weeks

Cast Sean Connery · Miles O'Keeffe · Cyrielle Clair · Leigh Lawson

Synopsis Fans of Sean Connery who are curious to see him explore roles outside of his usual heroic characters may enjoy his robust turn as the mythic Green Knight in this 1982 British-made fantasy. Based loosely on the classic epic poem...

4.2

501 votes

4.2

501 votes

Direction Matthew Thomas

Cast Mark Gatiss · Christopher Lee · Benedict Cumberbatch · Douglas Wilmer

Synopsis For over 100 years, more than 80 actors have put a varying face to the world's greatest consulting detective - Sherlock Holmes. And many of them incorporated details - such as the curved pipe and the immortal line 'Elementary, my...

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The Golden Head

1964 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Richard Thorpe

Cast George Sanders · Buddy Hackett · Jess Conrad · Lorraine Power

Synopsis Milly, Michael and Harold Stevenson are in Budapest with their father, a British inspector who is attending an international convention of criminal investigators. Two thieves use the conference as an opportunity to steal the golden bust of Saint László from...

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The Reckoning

1969 · Movie · 111 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jack Gold

Cast Nicol Williamson · Ann Bell · Lilita De Barros · Tom Kempinski

Synopsis Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him - after 37 years - back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his...

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Not rated

ITV Play of the Week (TV Series)

1955 · Series · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Cyril Coke · John Llewellyn Moxey · Joan Kemp-Welch · Tania Lieven

Cast Alfred Burke · Derek Francis · Laurence Hardy · Peter Wyngarde

Synopsis TV Series (1955-1974). 13 seasons. 610 episodes.

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