Direction: Douglas Hickox

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


Zulu Dawn

1979 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Hickox

Cast Burt Lancaster · Peter O'Toole · Simon Ward · Denholm Elliott

Synopsis In 1879 South Africa, the administrators of the British Cape Colony have designs to eliminate the Zulus as a hindrance to their colonial economy. To that end, the British present King Cetshwayo with an impossible ultimatum to provoke a war...

6.4

1K votes

6.4

1K votes

Mistral's Daughter (TV Miniseries)

1984 · Series · 390 min. · United States

Direction Kevin Connor · Douglas Hickox

Cast Stefanie Powers · Lee Remick · Stacy Keach · Robert Urich

Synopsis Beautiful and naïve Maggy Lunel arrives in Paris completely broke. She becomes an artist's model and the toast of Paris, attracting the attention of Picasso-like painter Julien Mistral, an arrogant and selfish man who places his work above everything. Their...

6.0

56 votes

6.0

56 votes

Sitting Target

1972 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom

6.0

143 votes

6.0

143 votes

The Master of Ballantrae (TV)

1984 · Movie · 150 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Douglas Hickox

Cast Michael York · John Gielgud · Ian Richardson · Finola Hughes

Synopsis The story of two brothers, Scottish noblemen whose family is torn apart by the Jacobite rising of 1745.

5.8

35 votes

5.8

35 votes

The Hound of the Baskervilles (TV)

1983 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Douglas Hickox

Cast Ian Richardson · Donald Churchill · Denholm Elliott · Glynis Barber

Synopsis Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near his estate and murders people.

5.7

111 votes

5.7

111 votes

Brannigan

1975 · Movie · 107 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Hickox

Cast John Wayne · Richard Attenborough · Judy Geeson · Mel Ferrer

Synopsis Jim Brannigan is sent to London to bring back an American mobster who is being held for extradition but when he arrives he has been kidnapped which was set up by his lawyer. Brannigan in his American Irish way brings...

5.4

600 votes

5.4

600 votes

Sky Riders

1976 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Hickox

Cast James Coburn · Susannah York · Robert Culp · Charles Aznavour

Synopsis Robert Culp plays Bracken, whose life seems perfect until his wife Ellen and their children are kidnapped by terrorists one day. After failed attempts to capture them back by the police, Ellen's ex husband enters the fray and plans his...

5.3

228 votes

5.3

228 votes

Blackout (TV)

1985 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Hickox

Cast Richard Widmark · Keith Carradine · Kathleen Quinlan · Michael Beck

Synopsis A police officer suspects that a local husband and father who has recently undergone facial surgery because of injuries received in a car accident is in reality the same man who committed a quadruple murder several years before.

5.3

67 votes

5.3

67 votes

Behemoth the Sea Monster

1959 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Hickox · Eugène Lourié

Cast Gene Evans · André Morell · John Turner · Leigh Madison

Synopsis The dumping of radioactive waste in the ocean disturbs a prehistoric monster than can project electric shocks and radioactive beams. After terrorizing the English coast, it is discovered that if the creature is destroyed with conventional weaponry it would spread...

5.1

33 votes

5.1

33 votes

Sins (TV Miniseries)

1986 · Movie · 320 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Hickox

Cast Joan Collins · Timothy Dalton · Jean-Pierre Aumont · Marisa Berenson

Synopsis TV Miniseries. 3 Episodes. Young Helene Junot witnesses the death of her mother at the hands of Nazis. Separated from her brother, Edmund, by the war, Helene goes to work at the chateau of the Count De Ville. There she...

4.6

21 votes

4.6

21 votes

It's All Over Town

1964 · Movie · 55 min. · United Kingdom

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The Dirty Dozen (TV Series)

1988 · Series · 45 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Hickox · Kevin Connor · Virgil W. Vogel · Ray Austin

Cast Ben Murphy · John Bradley · John D'Aquino · Mike Jolly

Synopsis The show follows the World War II exploits of a group of military prisoners turned soldiers. The soldiers were led by the tough as nails Lt. Danko who assigned each squad member a place based on their abilities.

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I'll Take Manhattan (TV Miniseries)

1987 · Movie · 375 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Hickox · Richard Michaels

Cast Valerie Bertinelli · Barry Bostwick · Francesca Annis · Jane Kaczmarek

Synopsis Maxi Amberville tries to save the magazine empire her father built, but her treacherous uncle stands in her way.

Not rated

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The Phoenix (TV Series)

1981 · Series · 60 min. · United States

Direction Douglas Hickox · Reza Badiyi

Cast Judson Scott · Richard Lynch · E.G. Marshall · Carmen Argenziano

Synopsis An ancient and powerful human-like alien is pursued on modern Earth while he searches for his long lost partner.

Not rated

Not rated

Les bicyclettes de Belsize

1968 · Movie · 29 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Douglas Hickox

Cast Anthony May · Judy Huxtable · Leslie Goddard · Barney Reisz

Synopsis An enchanting musical love story about a young man who falls for a model after seeing her picture and takes to the streets on his bicycle to find her.

Not rated

Not rated

Entertaining Mr. Sloane

1970 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Douglas Hickox

Cast Peter McEnery · Beryl Reid · Harry Andrews · Alan Webb

Synopsis Sloane, a handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins Kath's household as a lodger and proceeds to manipulate her and her brother, Ed. He is recognized by Kemp (Dadda) as the murderer of Kemp's former employer, whereupon Sloane murders...

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Not rated