Direction: Don Chaffey

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


Lassie: A New Beginning

1978 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast Sally Boyden · Shane Sinutko · John Reilly · David Wayne

Synopsis The Stratton kids, Samantha and Chip, and their grandmother Ada. drive to "visit" their uncle Stuart. Grandma collapses and dies in a strange town, leaving the kids and Lassie on their own.

Not rated

Not rated

The Crooked Road

1965 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Not rated

Not rated

The Prince and the Pauper

1962 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast Sean Scully · Guy Williams · Jane Asher · Paul Rogers

Synopsis Two boys, one a prince and one a poor boy, change places.

Not rated

Not rated

Stingray (TV Series)

1985 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Stephen J. Cannell · David Hemmings · Rob Bowman · Larry Shaw

Cast Nick Mancuso · James Handy · Barbara Williams · Lisa Rafel

Synopsis Ray is a shadowy character with a mysterious 'secret agent' past. People in trouble often come to him for help, since he has a lot of important and powerful contacts. He refuses to be paid for his services; however, those...

Not rated

Not rated

Journey to the Unknown (TV Series)

1968 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alan Gibson · Don Chaffey · Peter Sasdy · Robert Stevens

Cast Vera Miles · Gay Hamilton · Leon Lissek · Stefanie Powers

Synopsis A British anthology series about everyday people finding themselves put into unusual circumstances...many of them supernatural in nature.

Not rated

Not rated

Gavilan (TV Series)

1982 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Charlie Picerni · Paul Krasny · Cliff Bole · Don Chaffey

Cast Robert Urich · Patrick MacNee · Kate Reid · Tadashi Yamashita

Synopsis Robert Gavilan is a former CIA agent. who is now working for Oceanographic Institute headed by Marion Jaworski. Now was in awhile someone from his past as a spy comes to him asking for his help. Or one of the...

Not rated

Not rated

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast Donald Crisp · Laurence Naismith · Alex Mackenzie · Duncan Macrae

Synopsis Scotland, 1865. An old shepherd and his little Skye Terrier Bobby go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his...

Not rated

Not rated

A Jolly Bad Fellow

1964 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast Leo McKern · Janet Munro · Maxine Audley · Dennis Price

Synopsis An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at least have a good laugh.

Not rated

Not rated

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...

Not rated

Not rated

A Question of Adultery

1958 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast Julie London · Anthony Steel · Basil Sydney · Donald Houston

Synopsis Mark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an automobile accident, she loses her unborn child, and Mark becomes sterile. His father, Brit-stuffy Sir John Loring, has never approved of the marriage and,...

Not rated

Not rated

The Man Upstairs

1958 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast Richard Attenborough · Bernard Lee · Donald Houston · Dorothy Alison

Synopsis Peter Watson is troubled with pain and and an inability to sleep. He tries to light the gas-fire and seeks held from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model and is reluctant to be disturbed....

Not rated

Not rated

C.H.O.M.P.S.

1979 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast Wesley Eure · Valerie Bertinelli · Conrad Bain · Chuck McCann

Synopsis A young man invents a robot dog that has super strength, x-ray vision and can detect crimes being committed. A greedy businessman tries to steal the invention from him.

Not rated

Not rated

Finder of Lost Loves (TV Series)

1984 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Don Chaffey · Bruce Bilson · Philip Leacock · Allen Reisner

Cast Anthony Franciosa · Deborah Adair · Anne Jeffreys · Richard Kantor

Synopsis TV Series (1984-1985). 23 Episodes. Cary Maxwell is a private investigator and owner of Maxwell Unlimited. MU specializes in helping people find their lost loves. Each week Maxwell, along with Daisy Lloyd and Rita Hargrove, manage to help yet another...

Not rated

Not rated

Man in a Suitcase (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Richard Harris · Dennis Spooner · Charles Crichton · Peter Duffell

Cast Richard Bradford · Ricardo Montez · Warren Stanhope · Frank Forsyth

Synopsis McGill (known as "Mac") was a former U.S. intelligence agent based in London. After being thrown out of the agency for something he did not do, he finds his "false" reputation has preceded him everywhere he goes. To make ends...

Not rated

Not rated

Charlie Chan (TV Series)

1957 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Leslie Arliss · Don Chaffey · Charles Bennett

Cast J. Carrol Naish · James Hong · Rupert Davies · Hugh Williams

Synopsis Chinese-American detective Charlie Chan is called in to help solve baffling cases, aided by his #1 son. The first five episodes were filmed in the US, then production switched to the UK for the rest of the series.

Not rated

Not rated

Riding for the Pony Express (TV)

1980 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast John Hammond · Harry Crosby · Victor French · Glenn Withrow

Synopsis Follow the adventures of Jed Beechum and Albie Foreman as they rode for the Pony Express.

Not rated

Not rated

Outlaws (TV Series)

1986 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Nicholas Corea · Phil Bondelli · Frank Orsatti · Peter Werner

Cast Rod Taylor · William Lucking · Charles Napier · Patrick Houser

Synopsis TV Series (1986-1987). 12 Episodes. Five cowboys are sent forward in time from 1899 to 1986, where they start their own detective agency.

Not rated

Not rated

A Matter of WHO

1961 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast Terry-Thomas · Sonja Ziemann · Alex Nicol · Richard Briers

Synopsis A man's death of smallpox at London airport sends officials into a panic as they conduct a frantic search for the carrier.

Not rated

Not rated