Cinematography: Monty Berman
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Monty Berman. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
The Edge of the World
1937 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Michael Powell
Cast Niall MacGinnis · John Laurie · Belle Chrystall · Finlay Currie
Plot A trio wanders the cliffs of a Shetland island and encounters a gravestone at the edge of a precipice; it reads, "Peter Manson ... gone over." One man in the...
7.0
120 votes
7.0
120 votes
The Flesh and the Fiends
1960 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Gilling
Cast Peter Cushing · June Laverick · Donald Pleasence · George Rose
6.8
302 votes
6.8
302 votes
Jack the Ripper
1959 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert S. Baker · Monty Berman
Cast Lee Patterson · Eddie Byrne · Betty McDowall · Ewen Solon
Plot In 1888, Jack the Ripper is on his killing spree. Scotland Yard Inspector O'Neill is pleased to welcome to London his old friend Sam Lowry, a New York City detective...
6.3
45 votes
6.3
45 votes
The Trollenberg Terror (The Crawling Eye)
1958 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Quentin Lawrence
Cast Forrest Tucker · Laurence Payne · Jennifer Jayne · Janet Munro
Plot A remote mountain resort in Switzerland is invaded by horrible alien creatures that like to decapitate humans. The beings are also in telepathic communication with people and inhabit a mysterious,...
5.4
139 votes
5.4
139 votes
Blood of the vampire
1958 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Henry Cass
Cast Donald Wolfit · Vincent Ball · Barbara Shelley · Victor Maddern
5.1
111 votes
5.1
111 votes
The Hellfire Club
1961 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert S. Baker · Monty Berman
Cast Keith Michell · Adrienne Corri · Peter Cushing · Peter Arne
Plot Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas. In order to...
4.6
25 votes
4.6
25 votes
The Gilded Cage
1955 · Movie · 77 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Gilling
Cast Alex Nicol · Veronica Hurst · Clifford Evans · Ursula Howells
Plot Steve and Harry become involved in an art theft. Harry is framed by the crooks, and arrested by the police. Steve has to prove his brother's innocence.
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Recoil
1953 · Movie · 79 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Gilling
Cast Kieron Moore · Elizabeth Sellars · Edward Underdown · John Horsley
Plot Jean Talbot poses as a crook to infiltrate the gang who killed her jeweller father, Michael.
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The Frightened Man
1952 · Movie · 69 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Gilling
Cast Dermot Walsh · Barbara Murray · Charles Victor · John Blythe
Plot The hidden life of a second-hand dealer inadvertently ensnares his son. Julius Rosselli (Dermot Walsh), whose expulsion from Oxford and subsequent participation with jewel thieves breaks the heart of his...
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What a Carve Up! / No Place Like Homicide!
1961 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Pat Jackson
Cast Sid James · Kenneth Connor · Shirley Eaton · Donald Pleasence
Plot Ernie's uncle Gabriel has just died but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral home with the rest of his relatives. Before long the guests...
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Escape by Night
1953 · Movie · 79 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Gilling
Cast Bonar Colleano · Andrew Ray · Sid James · Simone Silva
Plot An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story.
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No Trace
1950 · Movie · 76 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Gilling
Cast Hugh Sinclair · Dinah Sheridan · John Laurie · Dora Bryan
Plot When crime-writer Robert Southley finds his well-healed London lifestyle threatened by blackmail from a former American criminal associate he murders him. He is surprised when a Scotland Yard friend then...
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Deadly Nightshade
1953 · Movie · 61 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Gilling
Cast Emrys Jones · Zena Marshall · John Horsley · Joan Hickson
Plot Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.
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Breakaway
1956 · Movie · 72 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Henry Cass
Cast Tom Conway · Michael Balfour · Honor Blackman · Brian Worth
Plot Suave, if a trifle elderly, private eye Duke Martin is on the trail of a secret formula and a kidnapped girl.
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The Voice of Merrill
1952 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Gilling
Cast Valerie Hobson · Edward Underdown · James Robertson Justice · Henry Kendall
Plot The story of four people directly and indirectly involved with the murder of a female blackmailer. The three male suspects are the girl's publisher employer; an up-and-coming writer (Edward Undertown);...
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Three Steps to the Gallows
1953 · Movie · 81 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Gilling
Cast Scott Brady · Mary Castle · Gabrielle Brune · Ferdy Mayne
Plot American Gregor Stevens arrives in London searching for his brother who, unknown to him, has been convicted of a murder and is within three days of being executed. He meets...
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Blackout
1950 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert S. Baker
Cast Maxwell Reed · Dinah Sheridan · Patric Doonan · Kynaston Reeves
Plot A man suffering from temporary blindness accidentally walks into a house where a murder has just occurred. The killers, realizing he's blind, decide not to kill him but just knock...
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Barbados Quest
1955 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Bernard Knowles
Cast Tom Conway · Delphi Lawrence · Brian Worth · Michael Balfour
Plot J. D. Everleigh, a wealthy American, purchases a rare stamp in London from Geoffrey Blake, who says he represents Robert Coburn, a stamp agent. Everleigh begins to suspect the stamp...
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The Lost Hours
1952 · Movie · 67 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David MacDonald
Cast Mark Stevens · Jean Kent · Garry Marsh · John Bentley
Plot During a London reunion of a World War II RAF unit, an American pilot gets into a fight with one of his buddies, who is drunk and belligerent. The next...
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Windfall
1955 · Movie · 64 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Henry Cass
Cast Lionel Jeffries · Jack Watling · Gordon Jackson · Avice Landone
Plot A shop assistant finds a case with £2000 in it, and doesn't quite know what to do with it.
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