Direction: Lawrence Huntington

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


The Upturned Glass

1947 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast James Mason · Rosamund John · Pamela Mason · Ann Stephens

Synopsis A prominent neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how, after the affair was over, the woman one day fell out a window and died. The surgeon,...

6.5

39 votes

6.5

39 votes

Wanted for Murder

1946 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast Eric Portman · Dulcie Gray · Derek Farr · Roland Culver

Synopsis The son of a Victorian hangman is driven insane by thoughts of his father's profession. The young man emulates his father by strangling young women. He then meets and falls in love with a woman but can he suppress his...

6.2

22 votes

6.2

22 votes

Contraband Spain

1955 · Movie · 78 min. · Spain

Direction Lawrence Huntington · Julio Salvador

Cast Richard Greene · Anouk Aimée · Michel Dennison · José Nieto

Synopsis Robin Hood star Richard Greene plays an agent who goes to the French-Spanish border to round up some smugglers and counterfeiters after his brother is murdered. He is helped by singer Anouk Aimee, who he falls in love with.

5.1

31 votes

5.1

31 votes

The Vulture

1967 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast Akim Tamiroff · Broderick Crawford · Patrick Holt · Diane Clare

Synopsis A mad scientist turns himself into a half-man, half-bird monster to avenge the death of his ancestor.

4.5

54 votes

4.5

54 votes

Warn That Man

1943 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast Gordon Harker · Raymond Lovell · Finlay Currie · Philip Friend

Synopsis During the war, Nazi agents devise a plan to kidnap British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. They will have an agent pose as Lord Buckley, who owns a large estate that Churchill frequently visits to 'get away from it all', abduct...

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Man on the Run

1949 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast Joan Hopkins · Derek Farr · Edward Chapman · Laurence Harvey

Synopsis An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.

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Direction Leslie Poynton · Bernard Knowles · Lawrence Huntington · Terry Bishop

Cast William Russell · Cyril Smith · Ronald Leigh-Hunt · Jane Hylton

Synopsis TV Series (1956-1957). 30 episodes. In all of Arthurian legend, the most famous of the Knights of the Round Table is undoubtedly Sir Lancelot. This series, painstakingly researched by the History and Literature Departments of Oxford University, re-creates the lost...

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Stranglehold

1963 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast Macdonald Carey · Barbara Shelley · Philip Friend · Nadja Regin

Synopsis Morrison, an actor, has become so engrossed in gangster roles that he is no longer himself. His wife decides to leave him. An out of work actress seeks his help and when this is refused poisons herself. Morrison hides the...

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Tower of Terror

1941 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast Wilfrid Lawson · Michael Rennie · Movita · Morland Graham

Synopsis A British secret agent in Germany takes a job as the assistant to an elderly lighthouse keeper, planning to make his escape with some valuable documents when a British boat arrives to pick them up.

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When the Bough Breaks

1947 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast Patricia Roc · Rosamund John · Bill Owen · Brenda Bruce

Synopsis Emotional strains of adoption. A young mother hands over her baby to foster parents, but struggles to let go emotionally. Her obsession affects the lives of those around her, including the child.

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Deadly Record

1959 · Movie · 58 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast Lee Patterson · Barbara Shelley · Jane Hylton · Peter Dyneley

Synopsis An airline pilot, falsely accused of wife-murder, sets out to find who really did it.

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Death Drums Along the River

1963 · Movie · 83 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast Richard Todd · Marianne Koch · Albert Lieven · Walter Rilla

Synopsis A British colonial policeman in Africa investigates a murder in a hospital up river.

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Suspected Person

1942 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast Clifford Evans · Patricia Roc · David Farrar · Anne Firth

Synopsis An innocent man discovers the money stolen from an American bank and is then chased by the robbers and by the Police.

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Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill

1948 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast David Farrar · Marius Goring · Greta Gynt · Raymond Huntley

Synopsis An elderly British schoolmaster is upset when a new teacher comes to the school and is an immediate success with the boys. The older man thinks he isn't getting the respect he deserves.

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The Patient Vanishes

1941 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast James Mason · Mary Clare · Margaret Williams · Gordon McLeod

Synopsis James Mason as a private detective, whose father is a Scotland Yard man, takes a case involving extortion and kidnapping. A young girl is kidnapped from a nursing home and he advises the girl's father not to pay the ransom....

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The Franchise Affair

1951 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Huntington

Cast Michel Dennison · Dulcie Gray · Anthony Nicholls · Marjorie Fielding

Synopsis Michael Denison plays a lawyer investigating kidnapping charges against Dulcie Gray. Based on a novel of Josephine Tey.

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Direction Arthur Crabtree · Michael McCarthy · Lance Comfort · Joseph Sterling

Cast Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Christopher Lee · Ron Randell · Barbara Mullen

Synopsis TV Series (1953-1957). 156 episodes. Fairbanks narrated, produced and frequently starred in this anthology series which presented everything from drama to mystery to farce. Filmed in England, usually with lesser known actors.

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