Direction: John Derek

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


Tarzan, the Ape Man

1981 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction John Derek

Cast Bo Derek · Miles O'Keeffe · Richard Harris · John Phillip Law

Plot John Derek directed this 1981 vanity production of the Tarzan tale as a bon-bon for his wife Bo Derek. The Bo Derek version answers any questions viewers may have had...

2.8

867 votes

2.8

867 votes

Bolero

1984 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction John Derek

Cast Bo Derek · George Kennedy · Andrea Occhipinti · Ana Obregón

Plot Hollywood's legendary sex symbol, Bo Derek, is "preternaturally gorgeous" (The New York Times) as a curious American ingenue who is ready to shed the trappings of girlhood... and become a...

2.6

1K votes

2.6

1K votes

Ghosts Can't Do It

1989 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

2.2

377 votes

2.2

377 votes

Once Before I Die

1965 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction John Derek

Cast Ursula Andress · John Derek · Richard Jaeckel · Ron Ely

Plot WW-II 1941: Shortly after Pearl Harbor the Japanese attack the Philippine islands. A group of Polo playing soldiers and their families are surprised far off in the countryside. Lt. Bailey...

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Childish Things

1969 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction John Derek

Cast Don Murray · Linda Evans · David Brian · Angelique Pettyjohn

Plot Alcoholic ex-GI goes to work collecting debts for gangsters, commits various crimes, then has a religious conversion and helps other alcoholics.

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Not rated

Fantasies

1981 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction John Derek

Cast Bo Derek · Peter Hooten · Anna Alexiadis · Faidon Georgitsis

Plot Bo is 'Anastasia', a 16-year old girl who begins to have feelings for her step-brother, though she is confused causing her to seek the advise of her aunt and her...

Not rated

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Nightmare in the Sun

1965 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction John Derek · Marc Lawrence

Cast John Derek · Aldo Ray · Arthur O'Connell · Ursula Andress

Plot A young man hitchhiking through the desert is picked up by a beautiful woman. They have an affair, and he finds out that she's married. The consequences of the affair...

Not rated

Not rated