Direction: Don Leaver

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


Hammer House of Horror (TV Series)

1980 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Leaver · Peter Sasdy · Francis Megahy · Tom Clegg

Cast Nicholas Bal · Christopher Cazenove · Peter Cushing · Barbara Kellerman

Synopsis This British anthology series, which was produced by England's leading exporters of horror films, told tales of haunted houses, demons, ghosts and other supernatural wonders. Episodes: - Witching Time - The Thirteenth Reunion - Rude Awakening - Growing Pains -...

6.7

158 votes

6.7

158 votes

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...

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Famous Five (TV Series)

1978 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Duffell · Sidney Hayers · Don Leaver · James Gatward

Cast Marcus Harris · Gary Russell · Jennifer Thanisch · Michelle Gallagher

Synopsis The Famous Five is a British television series based on the children's books of the same name by Enid Blyton.

5.9

45 votes

5.9

45 votes

Direction Don Leaver

Cast Jon Finch · Patricia Quinn · Prunella Gee · Ian McCulloch

Synopsis At the isolated Woodstock Farm in rural England, workaholic composer David Winter is depressed because he feels that his wife, actress Mary, is unfaithful. In a dark and stormy night, Lucinda Jessup, the ghost of a witch from the 17th...

5.6

26 votes

5.6

26 votes

Beasts (TV Miniseries)

1976 · Movie · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Taylor · Richard Bramall · Don Leaver · Donald McWhinnie

Cast Michael Kitchen · Bernard Horsfall · Patrick Magee · Anthony Bate

Synopsis An anthology series concerning bestial horror created by Nigel Kneale. A clumsy shopgirl becomes convinced that there is something sinister living behind the walls of the shop where she works. A couple are alone in an isolated cottage, until a...

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The Protectors (TV Series)

1972 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jeremy Summers · Don Chaffey · John Hough · Charles Crichton

Cast Robert Vaughn · Nyree Dawn Porter · Tony Anholt · Yasuko Nagazumi

Synopsis The Protectors were Harry Rule, the Contessa di Contini and Paul Buchet, three freelance troubleshooters who ran an international crime fighting agency. Based in London, Harry was the leader of the group. The Contessa lived in Italy and, when she...

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Out of This World (TV Series)

1962 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Hammond · Guy Verney · Jonathan Alwyn · Charles Jarrott

Cast Piers Keelan · Maxine Audley · Clifford Evans · Murray Hayne

Synopsis A British science-fiction anthology television series.

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Direction Jonathan Alwyn · Alan Cooke · Jim Goddard · Derek Bennett

Cast Peter Barkworth · Peter Vaughan · Douglas Wilmer · Ronald Hines

Synopsis This British TV series, shot almost entirely on videotape, dramatized short mystery fiction by authors who were contemporaries of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Many of these authors were virtually unknown to modern audiences, although all of the detectives portrayed had...

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The Gold Robbers (TV Series)

1969 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Bill Bain · Cyril Coke · Don Leaver · Lionel Harris

Cast Peter Vaughan · Artro Morris · Richard Leech · Frederick Bartman

Synopsis TV Series (1969). 13 episodes. Tough cop Detective Chief Superintendent Cradock is assigned to track down and bring to justice the criminals behind the daring theft of five and half million pounds worth of gold bullion from an airfield in...

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Direction Don Leaver

Cast Peter McEnery · Georgina Hale · Emrys James · Anthony Brown

Synopsis A man sees the number nine everywhere and is convinced the forces of evil are at work.

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Bergerac (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Stewart · Michael Rolfe · Robert Tronson · Geoffrey Sax

Cast John Nettles · Terence Alexander · Sean Arnold · Mela White

Synopsis TV Series (1981-1991). 87 episodes. Alcoholic and divorced father of a young daughter, DS Jim Bergerac is a true maverick who prefers doing things his own way, and consequently doesn't always carry out his investigations the way his boss would...

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Armchair Theatre (TV Series)

1956 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Philip Saville · Charles Jarrott · Guy Verney · Ted Kotcheff

Cast Billie Whitelaw · Harry H. Corbett · Neil McCallum · Paul Whitsun-Jones

Synopsis "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.

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