Screenplay: Derek Ford

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


The World at Their Feet

1970 · Documentary · 95 min. · Mexico

Direction Alberto Isaac

Plot This is the official FIFA film of the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. The clips from the games are embedded in a small plot showing a young boy admiring the...

6.4

26 votes

6.4

26 votes

A Study in Terror

1965 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction James Hill

Cast John Neville · Donald Houston · John Fraser · Anthony Quayle

Plot Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson join the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack The Ripper.

6.0

302 votes

6.0

302 votes

The Black Torment

1964 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Hartford-Davis

Cast Heather Sears · John Turner · Ann Lynn · Peter Arne

Plot A lord returns to his manor with his new wife, to hear rumors that he had already secretly returned and had committed several murders. Has he lost his mind, or...

5.4

56 votes

5.4

56 votes

Corruption (Carnage)

1968 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Hartford-Davis

Cast Peter Cushing · Sue Lloyd · Noel Trevarthen · Kate O'Mara

Plot A doctor goes to extreme lengths--even murder--to restore the badly burned face of his fiance.

5.3

54 votes

5.3

54 votes

Scream... and Die!

1974 · Movie · 103 min. · United Kingdom

4.8

21 votes

4.8

21 votes

Hell Boats

1970 · Movie · 95 min. · United States

Direction Paul Wendkos

Cast James Franciscus · Elizabeth Shepherd · Ronald Allen · Reuven Bar-Yotam

Plot An American commander, serving under the British Royal Army in 1942, is assigned to blockade the island of Malta and told to formulate a plan to destroy the Nazi arsenal...

3.8

58 votes

3.8

58 votes

Don't Open Till Christmas (Do Not Open Until Christmas)

1984 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Edmund Purdom

Cast Edmund Purdom · Alan Lake · Belinda Mayne · Mark Jones

Plot A murderer is running loose through the streets of London, hunting down men dressed as Santa and killing them all in different, and extremely violent, fashions. Inspector Harris has decided...

3.6

188 votes

3.6

188 votes

Secret Rites

1971 · Movie · 47 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Derek Ford

Cast Penny Beeching · Shirley Harmer · Lee Peters · Alex Sanders

Plot Pseudo-documentary about black magic.

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Girl from Starship Venus

1975 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Derek Ford

Cast Monika Ringwald · Mark Jones · Andrew Grant · Tony Kenyon

Plot A young Venusian girl lands on Earth to explore the planet. She lands in Soho in London, UK where she has ample opportunities to research sex on Earth.

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What's Up Superdoc!

1978 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom

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What's Up Nurse!

1978 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

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Primitive London

1965 · Documentary · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Arnold L. Miller

Plot Exploitation film documentary on 'Swinging London' as it actually happened. Arnold Louis Miller, the director of 'Nudist Memories', interviews mods, rockers and beatniks. Wife Swapping, an overworked stripper, child birth,...

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A Promise of Bed

1970 · Movie · 78 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Derek Ford

Cast Vanda Hudson · Victor Spinetti · Vanessa Howard · Dennis Waterman

Plot Three part 'trilogy of comedy'. In 'This' Susan Stress, a fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son of a film producer only...

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Riding High

1981 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ross Cramer

Cast Eddie Kidd · Irene Handl · Murray Salem · Marella Oppenheim

Plot Riding High is a 1981 British drama film directed by Ross Cramer and starring Eddie Kidd, Irene Handl and Murray Salem. The screenplay concerns a bored young motorcycle messenger who...

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Venom

1971 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Peter Sykes

Cast Simon Brent · Neda Arneric · Sheila Allen · Derek Newark

Plot A Nazi scientist and a woman known as a "spider goddess" attempt to develop a nerve gas made from spider venom.

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Adam Adamant Lives! (TV Series)

1966 · Series · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Moira Armstrong · Philip Dudley · Ridley Scott · Paul Ciappessoni

Cast Gerald Harper · Juliet Harmer · Jack May · Peter Ducrow

Plot In 1902, Edwardian adventurer Adam Adamant is frozen alive in a block of ice by his arch-nemesis, the Face. In 1966, workmen discover him and he is revived, perfectly preserved...

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Groupie Girl

1970 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction Derek Ford

Cast Billy Boyle · Richard Shaw · Donald Sumpter · Esme Johns

Plot A bored teenage girl decides that she wants to meet rock stars, and the best way to do that is to become a groupie. She finds herself going on the...

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The Yellow Teddy Bears

1963 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Hartford-Davis

Cast Jacqueline Ellis · Iain Gregory · Georgina Patterson · John Bonney

Plot A clique of girls in an English school wear a small yellow teddybear on their uniform to signify that they have lost their virginity. Linda, the girl's leader, fears she...

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Saturday Night Out

1964 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Robert Hartford-Davis

Cast Heather Sears · John Bonney · Bernard Lee · Erika Remberg

Plot Sailors in port variously plan diversions for a Saturday night; but the reality is a bit different.

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