Screenplay: Beverley Cross

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


Direction Naomi Capon · John Glenister

Cast Keith Michell · Anthony Quayle · Patrick Troughton · Bernard Hepton

Synopsis A six-episode dramatization of Henry VIII's relationships with each of his six wives. Each episode is devoted to one wife, and is a complete play in itself.

6.9

119 votes

6.9

119 votes

Jason and the Argonauts

1963 · Movie · 104 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Chaffey

Cast Todd Armstrong · Nancy Kovack · Gary Raymond · Michael Gwynne

Synopsis Jason has been prophesied to take the throne of Thessaly. When he saves Pelias from drowning, but does not recognize him as the man who had earlier killed his father, Pelias tells Jason to travel to Colchis to find the...

6.8

7K votes

6.8

7K votes

Clash of the Titans

1981 · Movie · 118 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Desmond Davis

Cast Harry Hamlin · Laurence Olivier · Judi Bowker · Claire Bloom

Synopsis The classic Greek myth of Perseus and Andromeda re-told with an all-star cast. To win the right to marry his love (Andromeda) and fufill his destiny, Perseus must complete various tasks including taming Pegasus, capturing Medusa, and answering riddles. The...

6.6

8K votes

6.6

8K votes

Half a Sixpence

1967 · Movie · 143 min. · United Kingdom

Direction George Sidney

Cast Tommy Steele · Julia Foster · Cyril Ritchard · Penelope Horner

Synopsis Arthur Kipps, an orphan apprenticed to a tyrannical owner of a mercantile, has a sudden abrupt change of life when his wealthy grandfather dies and leaves him a pile of money.

6.1

40 votes

6.1

40 votes

Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger

1977 · Movie · 113 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Sam Wanamaker

Cast Patrick Wayne · Taryn Power · Margaret Whiting · Jane Seymour

Synopsis Sinbad The Sailor sails to deliver a cursed prince to a dangerous island in the face of deadly opposition from a powerful witch.

5.8

469 votes

5.8

469 votes

The Long Ships

1963 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jack Cardiff

Cast Richard Widmark · Sidney Poitier · Rosanna Schiaffino · Oskar Homolka

Synopsis There is a legend about a great bell, called "The Mother of Voices," made of pure gold, three times the size of a man, made by monks many years ago... This is the story told in the marketplace by a...

5.8

459 votes

5.8

459 votes

Genghis Khan

1965 · Movie · 120 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Henry Levin

Cast Omar Sharif · Stephen Boyd · James Mason · Eli Wallach

Synopsis Omar Sharif plays the Mongolian leader Genghis Khan in this epic re-telling of the warlord's life. Escaping from the evil leader Jamuga, who killed his father, Khan becomes a powerful guerilla leader, and soon manages to unite the Mongol nomads....

5.8

706 votes

5.8

706 votes

Clash of the Titans

2010 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Louis Leterrier

Cast Sam Worthington · Mads Mikkelsen · Liam Neeson · Ralph Fiennes

Synopsis In Clash of the Titans (2010), Perseus, a demigod and son of Zeus, embarks on a perilous journey to stop the vengeful god Hades from unleashing the monstrous Kraken upon the city of Argos. Raised as a mortal, Perseus must...

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5.0

29K votes

5.0

29K votes