Direction: Clive Donner

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


The Guest

1963 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Alan Bates · Donald Pleasence · Robert Shaw

Plot Aston (Robert Shaw), a quiet, reserved man, lives alone in a top-floor cluttered room of a small abandoned house in a poor London district. He befriends and takes in Mac...

6.7

42 votes

6.7

42 votes

Danger Man (TV Series)

1960 · Series · 26 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Charles Frend · Peter Graham Scott · Michael Truman · Terry Bishop

Cast Patrick McGoohan · Richard Wattis · Lionel Murton · Michael Ripper

Plot John Drake is a special operative for NATO, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatened world peace.

6.7

39 votes

6.7

39 votes

A Christmas Carol (TV)

1984 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Clive Donner

Cast George C. Scott · Frank Finlay · Angela Pleasence · Edward Woodward

Plot Ebenezer Scrooge is a miser who cares only about making money. He has no friends, has disowned his only living relative - his nephew Fred - and generally treats everyone...

6.4

381 votes

6.4

381 votes

Stealing Heaven

1988 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Derek de Lint · Kim Thomson · Denholm Elliott · Kenneth Cranham

Plot Pierre Abelard (1079-1142), a respected philosopher and teacher in 12th-century Paris, is hired to tutor the intelligent and beautiful Heloise (1101-1162). They soon fall in love, but must hide their...

6.2

23 votes

6.2

23 votes

What's New, Pussycat?

1965 · Movie · 108 min. · United States

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Woody Allen · Peter O'Toole · Romy Schneider · Howard Vernon

Plot Reputed playboy Michael James is incapable of staying faithful to his fiancée, partly because all of the women he knows find him irresistibly attractive. Concerned, he seeks the help of...

6.0

2K votes

6.0

2K votes

Alfred the Great

1969 · Movie · 122 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Clive Donner

Cast David Hemmings · Michael York · Prunella Ransome · Colin Blakely

Plot While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away...

6.0

281 votes

6.0

281 votes

Dead Man's Folly (TV)

1986 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Peter Ustinov · Jean Stapleton · Constance Cummings · Tim Pigott-Smith

Plot Peter Ustinov stars once more as Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's insufferably brilliant Belgian detective. Unlike many of Ustinov's earlier Poirot vehicles, which were set in the 1930s, the made-for-TV Dead...

5.7

115 votes

5.7

115 votes

The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV)

1982 · Movie · 142 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Anthony Andrews · Jane Seymour · Ian McKellen · James Villiers

Plot During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as...

5.6

135 votes

5.6

135 votes

The Thief of Baghdad (TV)

1978 · Movie · 102 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Roddy McDowall · Kabir Bedi · Frank Finlay · Ian Holm

Plot A resourceful thief helps a handscome prince fight an evil wizard and win the hand of a beautiful princess.

4.9

41 votes

4.9

41 votes

The Nude Bomb

1980 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Don Adams · Sylvia Kristel · Rhonda Fleming · Dana Elcar

Plot Maxwell Smart is recalled to duty to help fight a villian who threatens to detonate a weapon that destroys clothing.

4.8

99 votes

4.8

99 votes

Charlie Chan and the Curse of the Dragon Queen

1980 · Movie · 97 min. · United States

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Peter Ustinov · Lee Grant · Angie Dickinson · Michelle Pfeiffer

Plot Famous detective Charlie Chan is called out of retirement to help a San Francisco detective solve a mysterious series of murders. With his bumbling grandson as his sidekick, Chan also...

4.5

156 votes

4.5

156 votes

Babes in Toyland (TV)

1986 · Movie · 140 min. · United States

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Drew Barrymore · Richard Mulligan · Eileen Brennan · Keanu Reeves

Plot 11-year-old Lisa has no time for toys; she's too busy taking care of her siblings and cooking for her mother. During the Christmas Eve blizzard, Lisa travels to Toyland in...

4.3

61 votes

4.3

61 votes

Old Drac

1975 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

4.3

44 votes

4.3

44 votes

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Kate Nelligan · Jennifer Beals · Geraint Wyn Davies · Werner Stocker

Plot A beautiful young detective goes to the rescue of a teacher kidnapped by a former student.

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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush

1968 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Barry Evans · Judy Geeson · Angela Scoular · Sheila White

Plot This comedy / drama film follows the sexual exploits of teenager Jamie McGregor and the permissive society of the 60's.

Not rated

Not rated

Spectre (TV)

1977 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Clive Donner

Cast Robert Culp · Gig Young · John Hurt · Gordon Jackson

Plot Renowned criminologist and occult investigator William Sebastian (Culp) recruits his old friend Dr. Hamilton (Young) to aid him in his current case. Anitra Cyon (Bell), the sister of prominent British...

Not rated

Not rated

Marriage of Convenience

1960 · Movie · 58 min. · United Kingdom

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Not rated

Heart of a Child

1958 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom

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Not rated