Direction: Vernon Sewell

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Vernon Sewell. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Avengers (TV Series)

1961 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sydney Newman · Don Leaver · Peter Hammond · Kim Mills

Cast Patrick MacNee · Diana Rigg · Honor Blackman · Linda Thorson

Synopsis TV Series (1961-1969). 7 Seasons. 161 Episodes. The Avengers was an British television series featuring secret agents in 1960s Britain. The programmes were made by TV company Associated British Corporation, and created by its Head of Drama Sydney Newman. Starring...

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6.6

1K votes

Dawn

1933 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany

Direction Vernon Sewell · Gustav Ucicky

Cast Rudolf Forster · Fritz Genschow · Adele Sandrock · Camilla Spira

Synopsis In 1915, Captain Liers, commander of a submarine is leaving his hometown, where he, his 2nd officer and the radio-operator, who is married there, spend their shore leave. Liers two brothers were already killed in action, so his mother doesn't...

5.6

25 votes

5.6

25 votes

Curse of the Crimson Altar

1968 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Boris Karloff · Christopher Lee · Mark Eden · Barbara Steele

Synopsis When his brother disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house he was last heard from. While his host is outwardly welcoming - and his niece more demonstrably so - Manning detects a feeling of menace in...

5.1

236 votes

5.1

236 votes

The Blood Beast Terror

1968 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Peter Cushing · Robert Flemyng · Vanessa Howard · Wanda Ventham

Synopsis A scientist, working with genetics, creates a creature that is capable of transforming back and forth between a giant Death Head moth and a beautiful woman. The creature masquerades as his daughter when she is in her human incarnation and...

4.6

123 votes

4.6

123 votes

The Ghosts of Berkeley Square

1947 · Movie · 87 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Robert Morley · Felix Aylmer · Yvonne Arnaud · Claude Hulbert

Synopsis Ghosts are condemned to haunt a house until it is visited by a reigning monarch,

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The Jack of Diamonds

1949 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Nigel Patrick · Cyril Raymond · Joan Carroll · Dolly Bouwmeester

Synopsis Down on their luck, a couple rent out their ship to a mysterious man looking for treasure he'd hidden during the war. Complications ensue when it turns out he's not the only one looking for it.

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Johnny You're Wanted

1956 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom

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Strictly for the Birds

1964 · Movie · 62 min. · United Kingdom

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The Black Widow

1951 · Movie · 62 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Christine Norden · Robert Ayres · Jennifer Jayne · Anthony Forwood

Synopsis Mark Sherwin ( Robert Ayres) is the victim of a brutal beating and car theft. The thief dies in a crash; Mark suffers from amnesia, and recuperates on a horse-training property. Discovering a clue, he returns home to find he...

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Urge to Kill

1960 · Movie · 56 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Patrick Barr · Howard Pays · Terence Knapp · Ruth Dunning

Synopsis A psychopathic killer murders three girls before police catch him.

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Counterspy

1953 · Movie · 68 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Dermot Walsh · Hazel Court · Hermione Baddeley · Alexander Gauge

Synopsis An auditor comes into possession of an envelope containing prints and drawings which the British government is anxious to obtain and also a great many other people, all of whom try to get them from him by any means. He...

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The Floating Dutchman

1954 · Movie · 76 min. · United Kingdom

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Soho Incident

1956 · Movie · 76 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Faith Domergue · Lee Patterson · Rona Anderson · Martin Benson

Synopsis A Canadian living in London is trying to succeed as a prizefighter, without much luck. He meets the sister of a local mob leader, and she soon draws him into the gang's activities. When he finds himself being drawn into...

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Radio Cab Murder

1954 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Jimmy Hanley · Lana Morris · Sonia Holm · Jack Allen

Synopsis Fred Martin, a reformed taxi driver is used by the police, to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers, but things start to go wrong, when the police stakeout the wrong bank, and Fred finds...

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The Dark Light

1951 · Movie · 75 min. · United Kingdom

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Dangerous Voyage

1954 · Movie · 72 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast William Lundigan · Naomi Chance · Vincent Ball · John Warwick

Synopsis A yacht in the English channel is helped to port - when the police arrive there are no crew, no papers and no clues.

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House of Mystery (TV)

1961 · Movie · 56 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Peter Dyneley · Jane Hylton · Nanette Newman · Maurice Kaufmann

Synopsis A young couple go to check out a house they're thinking of buying. A somewhat mysterious woman tells the couple several stories of the fates that befell the house's previous owners.

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Wrong Number

1959 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell

Cast Peter Reynolds · Lisa Gastoni · Peter Elliott · Olive Sloane

Synopsis Because she dials the wrong number, an old lady hears information which enables the police to solve a robbery and murder.

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The Silver Fleet

1943 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Vernon Sewell · Gordon Wellesley

Cast Ralph Richardson · Googie Withers · Esmond Knight · Beresford Egan

Synopsis Jaap van Leyden is in charge of a shipyard in newly occupied Holland. At first he collaborates with the Germans because it is the easiest course to follow. Later a child's rhyme reminds him of his patriotic duty, but how...

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