Screenplay: Derek Marlowe
Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Derek Marlowe. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (TV Series)
1984 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Michael Cox · Alan Grint · Paul Annett · John Bruce
Cast Jeremy Brett · David Burke · Rosalie Williams · Eric Porter
Plot Together the intrepid detective and his faithful companion, Dr. Watson, solve the mysteries of copper beeches, a Greek interpreter, the Norwood builder, a resident patient, the red-headed league, and one...
7.5
813 votes
7.5
813 votes
Jack the Ripper (TV Miniseries)
1988 · Series · 182 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David Wickes
Cast Michael Caine · Armand Assante · Ray McAnally · Lewis Collins
Plot During the latter half of 1888 a notorious serial killer nicknamed Jack The Ripper terrorises the East End of London by murdering prostitutes in a terribly violent way. Public outrage...
7.0
997 votes
7.0
997 votes
Dandy in Aspic
1968 · Movie · 107 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Mann · Laurence Harvey
Cast Laurence Harvey · Tom Courtenay · Mia Farrow · Harry Andrews
Plot A Russian double agent, posing as a British spy for the past eighteen years, finds his request to return home denied. His life is further complicated when British Intelligence assigns...
5.8
242 votes
5.8
242 votes
The Disappearance
1977 · Movie · 99 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Stuart Cooper
Cast Donald Sutherland · Francine Racette · David Hemmings · John Hurt
Plot Thriller about a contract killer whose wife has disappeared. When he is hired by an international organisation to carry out a "shy" or hit, he suspects they are connected with...
4.4
55 votes
4.4
55 votes
The Two Mrs. Grenvilles (TV Miniseries)
1987 · Movie · 178 min. · United States
Direction John Erman
Cast Ann-Margret · Claudette Colbert · Stephen Collins · John Rubinstein
Plot Ann, a former chorus girl marries above herself into a rich society family, but her mother-in-law regards her with great suspicion from the start. When Ann shoots her husband dead,...
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The Search for the Nile (TV) (TV Miniseries)
1971 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Christopher Ralling · Fred Burnley · Richard Marquand
Cast Kenneth Haigh · James Mason · John Quentin · Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Plot TV Miniseries (1971). 6 Episodes. The Nile's source was the last great mystery for European explorers in the 19th century. The story of its discovery is one of heroism in...
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Universal Soldier
1972 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Cy Endfield
Cast George Lazenby · Ben Carruthers · Robin Hunter · Rudolph Walker
Plot A lifelong mercenary commander and weapons expert played by George Lazenby is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to...
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Jamaica Inn (TV)
1983 · Movie · 187 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lawrence Gordon Clark
Cast Jane Seymour · Patrick McGoohan · Billie Whitelaw · Peter Vaughan
Plot The respected squire of a quiet Cornish village is in reality the leader of a gang of murderous pirates who attack passing ships, kill their crews and steal their cargoes.
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First Among Equals (TV Miniseries)
1986 · Movie · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Brian Mills · John Gorrie · Sarah Harding
Cast David Robb · Jeremy Child · Tom Wilkinson · James Faulkner
Plot Political drama about the parallel careers of four MPs who all join Parliament in the mid-1960s.
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Abduction of Innocence (TV)
1996 · Movie · 100 min. · United States
Direction James A. Contner
Cast Katie Wright · Lucie Arnaz · Lochlyn Munro · Dean Paraskevopoulos
Plot A young woman is framed for staging her own kidnapping by the very people who abducted her. She must prove her innocence in court to avoid facing severe penalties.
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Nancy Astor (TV Miniseries)
1982 · Movie · 55 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Stroud
Cast Lisa Harrow · Joe Praml · Dan O'Herlihy · Sylvia Syms
Plot Virginia-born Lady Astor is the first woman to sit in Parliament. Her outspokenness in unpopular causes leaves her open to heartbreak, public and private.
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