Screenplay: John Bowen

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by John Bowen. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Brief Encounter (TV)

1974 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alan Bridges

Cast Richard Burton · Sophia Loren · Jack Hedley · Rosemary Leach

Plot Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railroad station and find themselves in a brief but intense affair.

5.3

97 votes

5.3

97 votes

Dead of Night (TV Series)

1972 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

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The Ice House (TV)

1978 · Movie · 35 min. · United Kingdom

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W. Somerset Maugham (TV Series)

1969 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong · Gilchrist Calder · Guy Verney · James Cellan Jones

Cast Anna Massey · Joss Ackland · Rossano Brazzi · Amanda Murray

Plot TV Series (1969-1970). 2 seasons. 26 episodes.

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The Treasure of Abbot Thomas (TV)

1974 · Movie · 40 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lawrence Gordon Clark

Cast Michael Bryant · Peggy Aitchison · Virginia Balfour · Anne Blake

Plot An episode in the BBC's annual A Ghost Story for Christmas strand. A respected theologian and his protégé are working on a stained-glass window when they unearth clues to find...

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Robin Redbreast (TV)

1970 · Movie · 76 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James MacTaggart

Cast Anna Cropper · Amanda Walker · Julian Holloway · Freda Bamford

Plot After the break-up of a long-term relationship, urban sophisticate Norah seeks refuge in a remote house in the country. The locals are friendly, if eccentric, and she toys with the...

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Armchair Thriller (TV Series)

1967 · Series · 25 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Tronson · Moira Armstrong · Donald McWhinnie · Robert D. Cardona

Cast Frank Duncan · Maria Aitken · Benjamin Whitrow · Zena Walker

Plot TV Series (1967; 1978-1980). Suspense and mystery-themed anthology series.

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Mystery and Imagination (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 75 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Bill Bain · Robert Tronson · Kim Mills · Patrick Dromgoole

Cast David Buck · Freddie Jones · Robert Hunter · Mark Moss

Plot TV Series (1966-1970). 5 seasons. 24 episodes. A British anthology series based on classic ghost stories and chillers from M. R. James, Poe, Algernon Blackwood, Sheridan Le Fanu and others;...

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