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
Direction José Ramón Larraz
Cast Andrea Allan · Karl Lanchbury · Maggie Walker · Peter Forbes-Robertson
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
Direction Derek Ford
Cast Christopher Mitchell · Julia Goodman · Harry H. Corbett · Bill Pertwee
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What's Up Nurse!
1978 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Derek Ford
Cast Nicholas Field · Felicity Devonshire · Graham Stark · John Le Mesurier
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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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