Cinematography: Vernon Layton
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Vernon Layton. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Mysterious Affair at Styles (TV)
1990 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ross Devenish
Cast David Suchet · Hugh Fraser · Philip Jackson · Beatie Edney
Plot Hastings renews his friendship with Poirot and involves him in the mysterious poisoning of the mistress of a manor house married to a man twenty years her junior.
7.0
143 votes
7.0
143 votes
The Professionals (TV Series)
1977 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Brian Clemens · William Brayne · Martin Campbell · Dennis C. Lewiston
Cast Gordon Jackson · Martin Shaw · Lewis Collins · Bridget Brice
Plot This TV Series (1977-1983) chronicled the lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to...
6.9
79 votes
6.9
79 votes
Agatha Christie's Poirot - Double Sin (TV)
1990 · Movie · 51 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Spence
Cast David Suchet · Hugh Fraser · Philip Jackson · Pauline Moran
Plot A young woman is delivering a set of antique Napoleon miniatures to an American collector when they are stolen from her suitcase. Captain Hastings, under Poirot's guidance, sets out to...
6.4
128 votes
6.4
128 votes
Agatha Christie's Poirot - The Adventure of the Cheap Flat (TV)
1990 · Movie · 51 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Spence
Cast David Suchet · Hugh Fraser · Philip Jackson · Pauline Moran
Plot When U.S. Navy plans for a new submarine are stolen and the thief tracked to London, the FBI sends an agent to work with Inspector Japp to recover them.
6.4
113 votes
6.4
113 votes
Under Suspicion
1991 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Simon Moore
Cast Liam Neeson · Laura San Giacomo · Kenneth Cranham · Maggie O'Neill
Plot Set in late 1950s England, an amoral divorce detective, who sets up fake adultery cases with the help of his wife, becomes a prime suspect when his wife and a...
6.3
1K votes
6.3
1K votes
The Englishman Who Went up a Hill but Came Down a Mountain
1995 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Christopher Monger
Cast Hugh Grant · Tara Fitzgerald · Colm Meaney · Ian Hart
Plot Befuddled English cartographer Reginald Anson (Hugh Grant) and his corpulent partner, George Garrard (Ian McNeice), upset an entire Welsh community when they arrive to measure the town's peak and declare...
6.2
7K votes
6.2
7K votes
McVicar
1980 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Tom Clegg
Cast Roger Daltrey · Adam Faith · Cheryl Campbell · Billy Murray
Plot John McVicar was a London Bad Boy. he graduated to armed bank robbery and was Britain's "Public Enemy No. 1". He was captured and put into a high security prison....
5.9
186 votes
5.9
186 votes
The Young Americans
1993 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Danny Cannon
Cast Harvey Keitel · Iain Glen · Terence Rigby · Keith Allen
Plot The London police is having trouble with organized crime commited by juvenile delinquents. Their leader is an American who is an expert at turning young men into ruthless gangsters. American...
4.6
74 votes
4.6
74 votes
My First Wedding
2005 · Movie · 94 min. · Canada
Direction Laurent Firode
Cast Rachael Leigh Cook · Kenny Doughty · Valerie Mahaffey · Paul Hopkins
Plot When gorgeous bride-to-be Vanessa Sinclair (Rachael Leigh Cook) starts fantasizing about every man she sees, she seeks refuge in the church confessional. After pouring out her soul to the priest...
4.2
23 votes
4.2
23 votes
High School High
1996 · Movie · 85 min. · United States
Direction Hart Bochner
Cast Jon Lovitz · Tia Carrere · Louise Fletcher · Mekhi Phifer
3.8
898 votes
3.8
898 votes
Seed of Chucky
2004 · Movie · 86 min. · United States
Direction Don Mancini
Cast Brad Dourif · Jennifer Tilly · Hannah Spearritt · Redman
Plot The killer doll is back! The all-new film is the fifth in the popular series of Chucky ("Child's Play") horror comedies. Making his directorial debut is the franchise creator and...
3.6
7K votes
3.6
7K votes
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
1998 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Danny Cannon
Cast Jennifer Love Hewitt · Freddie Prinze Jr. · Brandy Norwood · Mekhi Phifer
Plot Two years after the horrible incident, Julie is back in college and is worse than ever having dreams about the killer. She gets comfort from a new friend named Will....
3.5
16K votes
3.5
16K votes
Second Nature (TV)
2003 · Movie · 90 min. · United States
Direction Ben Bolt
Cast Alec Baldwin · Powers Boothe · Louise Lombard · Philip Jackson
Plot Everything is not as it seems for a man who recovers from a plane crash in which his family is killed. After plastic surgery and rehabilitation, he determines that he...
3.5
81 votes
3.5
81 votes
Day of the Flowers
2013 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Roberts
Cast Eva Birthistle · Charity Wakefield · Carlos Acosta · Bryan Dick
Plot Two Scottish sisters, one a left-wing activist, the other a popular party girl, travel to Cuba to scatter their late father’s ashes. In losing and trying to reclaim their father’s...
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Don't go breaking my heart
1999 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Willi Patterson
Cast Anthony Edwards · Jenny Seagrove · Ace Ryan · Charles Dance
Plot A widow is defying her friends attempts to find her a new parter. Her dentist is part of her circle of friends and decides that he is the one for...
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The Finishing Line (S)
1977 · Movie · 21 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Krish
Cast Peter Hill · David Millett · Jeremy Wilkin · Kevin Flood
Plot This British government public-information film is aimed at children and shows them the dangers of playing on railroad tracks.
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Gone Fishing (S)
2008 · Movie · 13 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Chris Jones
Cast Bill Paterson · Devon Murray · James Wilson · Lin Blakley
Plot The touching story of a boy and old man coming to terms with bereavement through their shared love of fishing, and the legend of Goliath, the biggest pike ever caught.
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Blackball
2003 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Mel Smith
Cast Paul Kaye · James Cromwell · Alice Evans · Bernard Cribbins
Plot Try as he might, the roguishly handsome Cliff Starkey, just can't keep out of trouble. In his sleepy home town on the English coast, nothing much inspires him...apart from bowls....
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Panic (S)
1978 · Movie · 17 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Dearden
Cast Julie Neesam · Peter Blake · Avis Bunnage · Leonard Fenton
Plot A woman has second thoughts about the hitchhiker she just picked up.
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