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Clive Exton is a Scriptwriter British born on 11 april 1930

Clive Exton

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Birth name Clive Jack Montague Brooks
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 april 1930
Death 16 august 2007 (at 77 years)

Clive Exton (Londres, 11 avril 1930 - Londres, 16 août 2007) est un scénariste de cinéma et de télévision britannique.

On lui doit l'écriture d'une quarantaine de films, téléfilms ou épisodes de séries télévisées. Sa participation la plus connue est sa collaboration à la série Hercule Poirot, pour laquelle il a signé le scénario et l'adaptation de 21 épisodes et participé à 11 autres épisodes en tant de « consultant pour le scénario » (script consultant) entre 1989 et 2001.

Il a également été à l'occasion dramaturge, après avoir commencé sa carrière comme acteur dans les années 1950.

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Filmography of Clive Exton (11 films)

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Red Sonja
Red Sonja (1985)
, 1h29
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Witches in film, Rape and revenge films
Actors Brigitte Nielsen, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sandahl Bergman, Paul L. Smith, Janet Ågren, Ernie Reyes
Rating51% 2.5523952.5523952.5523952.5523952.552395
After being raped by the soldiers of Queen Gedren, a despot who had her parents and brother murdered for scarring the queen's face while rejecting her sexual advances, Red Sonja is visited by a spirit who grants her the strength to seek revenge. Having trained under a swords master, and become distrustful of most men, Red Sonja is found by Lord Kalidor, who takes her to her dying sister Varna. Varna is a member of an order of priestesses who were preparing to destroy a light-powered relic known as the Talisman that created the world and whose growing power now threatens it. However, Gedren's army and her aide-de-camp Ikol slaughtered the priestesses and took the Talisman while Varna was fatally wounded by the time she found Kalidor. Before dying, Varna tells Sonja of the events at her temple while urging her to find the Talisman and destroy it. After turning down Kalidor's offer to accompany her, seeing a storm in the distance, Sonya arrives to the now-ruined kingdom of Hablock. There she meets the young Prince Tarn and his servant Falkon, learning Gedren completely wiped out Hablock when Tarn refused to surrender. Tarn announces that he is raising a new army to crush Gedren and invites Sonja to work for him as a cook. She declines while told that Gedren is based in Berkubane, the Kingdom of Eternal Night.
The Awakening, 1h45
Directed by Mike Newell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, Stéphanie Zimbalist, Ian McDiarmid, Bruce Myers
Rating48% 2.411612.411612.411612.411612.41161
The film opens on an Egyptian archaeological dig in 1961. Three of the main characters are introduced: Matthew Corbeck (Heston), his wife Anne Corbeck (Jill Townsend), and Jane Turner (Susannah York). Matthew and Jane are discussing their efforts to uncover the tomb of an ancient Egyptian queen. Anne is distressed by the relationship between her husband and his assistant. It is later proved that her distress is justified.
The House in Nightmare Park, 1h40
Directed by Peter Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Frankie Howerd, Ray Milland, Hugh Burden, Kenneth Griffith, John Bennett, Rosalie Crutchley
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.8652652.8652652.8652652.8652652.865265
Struggling actor Foster Twelvetrees (Frankie Howerd) is invited to a large country home by Stewart Henderson (Ray Milland) to perform a dramatic reading for his family. Outwardly, Stewart is complimentary and enthusiastic, but his more sinister intentions were made clear when earlier he secretly sliced a poster of Twelvetrees. Whilst they chat, Stewart's sister Jessica (Rosalie Crutchley) and their Indian servant Patel (John Bennett) begin searching through Twelvetrees' luggage. Twelvetrees nevertheless responds with an unintentional wit and bumbling characteristic throughout the rest of the film.
Running Scared, 1h38
Directed by David Hemmings
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Maxine Audley, Barry Morse, Georgia Brown, Gayle Hunnicutt, Stephanie Bidmead, Robert Powell
Rating70% 3.5154553.5154553.5154553.5154553.515455
Tom Betancourt (Robert Powell), a student at Cambridge University, leaves after having watched his best friend commit suicide by slashing his wrists. On principle, Tom refused to interfere, having discussed the matter with his friend, who had insisted that the suicide was his choice and that he did not wish it to be prevented.
Doomwatch
Doomwatch (1972)
, 1h32
Directed by Peter Sasdy
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Environmental films, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Ian Bannen, Judy Geeson, John Paul, Simon Oates, George Sanders, Percy Herbert
Rating55% 2.7572052.7572052.7572052.7572052.757205
The waters surrounding an island become contaminated by chemical dumping, and people who eat fish caught in those waters become deformed and violent.
10 Rillington Place, 1h51
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Prison films, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Films about capital punishment
Actors Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Jimmy Gardner, Isobel Black, André Morell
Rating74% 3.746813.746813.746813.746813.74681
The film begins in 1944 with John Christie murdering his neighbor Muriel Eady: he lures her to his flat in 10 Rillington Place by promising to cure her bronchitis with a "special mixture", then incapacitates her with carbon monoxide gas, strangles her with a piece of rope, and has (implied) sex with her corpse. He buries her in his flat block's communal garden, where a dog uncovers one of his previous victims.
Entertaining Mr. Sloane, 1h34
Directed by Douglas Hickox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Beryl Reid, Harry Andrews, Peter McEnery, Alan Webb
Rating63% 3.189073.189073.189073.189073.18907
Murder, homosexuality, nymphomania, and sadism are among the themes of this black comedy focusing on a brother and sister who become involved with a young, sexy, amoral drifter with a mysterious past.
Isadora
Isadora (1968)
, 2h48
Directed by Karel Reisz
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, La provence
Actors Vanessa Redgrave, James Fox, Jason Robards, John Fraser, Bessie Love, Zvonimir Črnko
Rating68% 3.4437753.4437753.4437753.4437753.443775
In 1927, Isadora Duncan has become a legend as the innovator of modern dance, a temperamental bohemian, and an outspoken advocate of free love. Now past 40, she lives in poverty in a small hotel on the French Riviera with her companion Mary Estelle Dempsey/Mary Desti (named only as Mary in the film) and her secretary Roger, to whom she is dictating her memoirs. As a young girl in California, Isadora first demonstrates her disdain for accepted social standards by burning her parents' marriage certificate and pledging her dedication to the pursuit of art and beauty. In 1896, she performs under the name of Peppy Dora in a rowdy music hall in Chicago and publicly embarrasses the theatre manager into paying her $300 so that she can take her family to England. Modeling her free-form style of dance and costume after Greek classicism, she rapidly acquires international acclaim.
Night Must Fall, 1h41
Directed by Karel Reisz
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror, Politic
Themes Medical-themed films, Théâtre, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays
Actors Mona Washbourne, Albert Finney, Susan Hampshire, Sheila Hancock, Michael Medwin, Joe Gladwin
Rating64% 3.2477453.2477453.2477453.2477453.247745
Danny is a Welsh hotel bellboy who commits an axe murder near the home of Mrs. Bramson, a well-to-do widow. Danny disposes of the body in a nearby lake and charms Mrs. Bramson and her maid Dora into allowing him to stay with them. At Mrs. Bramson's home, Danny plays psychological games with Mrs. Bramson while seducing her daughter Olivia. Meanwhile, alone in his room, Danny engages in strange rituals with the severed heads of his victims, which he keeps in a black hatbox. But the police have uncovered the axe and the headless corpse from the lake, and the authorities begin closing in on Danny, whose psychopathic tendencies are beginning to manifest themselves at Mrs. Bramson's home.
A Place to Go, 1h26
Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Bernard Lee, Rita Tushingham, Mike Sarne, Doris Hare, Barbara Ferris, John Slater
Rating64% 3.238823.238823.238823.238823.23882
Londres, dans le quartier de Bethnal Green alors en pleine reconstruction. Matt Flint a perdu son travail et est devenu un bateleur de rue. Son fils Ricky voudrait partir ailleurs mais a besoin d'argent, il accepte alors de participer à un cambriolage organisé par un ancien ami de Matt. Jim, le beau-frère de Ricky, accepte de prêter son camion pour ce vol. Au cynodrome, Ricky rencontre Cat, une amie de Charlie, un de membres du gang. Ricky et Cat se rencontrent dans un ancien abri anti-aérien. Le cambriolage échoue car Ricky n'arrive pas à matraquer un policier. Charlie se venge en mettant le feu au camion de Jim. Ricky est brûlé en tentant d'éteindre de feu et se retrouve à l'hôpital, Cat lui rend visite mais continue à voir Charlie.