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Cyril Frankel is a Director British born on 1921 at London (United-kingdom)
Cyril Frankel (born December 1921) is a retired British film and television director. His career in television began in 1953 and he directed for over 30 TV programmes until 1990. He was born in Stoke Newington, London.
He directed many episodes of popular British TV shows, such as The Avengers, and the pilot episodes of the ITC Entertainment shows Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Department S in 1969. In 1970, he directed "Timelash", an episode of UFO, which he described as a very interesting script and one of his personal favourites.
Frankel also directed many documentaries and feature films, including Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) and School for Scoundrels (1960; taking over from Robert Hamer, who was credited as sole director). One of his films, Man of Africa (1953) - the first film to feature a cast made up of relatively unknown black actors - was not released and was apparently lost. A complete copy has since been discovered and has been screened at a number of international film festivals.
In terms of documentaries, Frankel supervised some of the films that were broadcast for the BBC arts series Monitor (1958-65), among which was the first ballet programme to be filmed and edited to the choreography.
Before his retirement, he became the ceramics expert for Bonhams auction house. A book, Modern Pots: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and their Contemporaries - The Lisa Sainsbury Collection, was co-authored by Frankel and published in 2000. His memoir, Eye to Eye, was due to be published by Bank House Books in 2009.
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He directed many episodes of popular British TV shows, such as The Avengers, and the pilot episodes of the ITC Entertainment shows Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Department S in 1969. In 1970, he directed "Timelash", an episode of UFO, which he described as a very interesting script and one of his personal favourites.
Frankel also directed many documentaries and feature films, including Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) and School for Scoundrels (1960; taking over from Robert Hamer, who was credited as sole director). One of his films, Man of Africa (1953) - the first film to feature a cast made up of relatively unknown black actors - was not released and was apparently lost. A complete copy has since been discovered and has been screened at a number of international film festivals.
In terms of documentaries, Frankel supervised some of the films that were broadcast for the BBC arts series Monitor (1958-65), among which was the first ballet programme to be filmed and edited to the choreography.
Before his retirement, he became the ceramics expert for Bonhams auction house. A book, Modern Pots: Hans Coper, Lucie Rie and their Contemporaries - The Lisa Sainsbury Collection, was co-authored by Frankel and published in 2000. His memoir, Eye to Eye, was due to be published by Bank House Books in 2009.
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Permission to Kill (1975)
, 1h33Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Ava Gardner, Bekim Fehmiu, Timothy Dalton, Nicole Calfan, Frederic Forrest
Rating56%
Un agent de renseignement peu recommandable (Dirk Bogarde) complote la chute d'un dirigeant politique du tiers monde (Bekim Fehmiu).
The Witches (1966)
, 1h30Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Joan Fontaine, Kay Walsh, Alec McCowen, Leonard Rossiter, Ann Bell, John Collin
Rating58%
A British schoolteacher, Gwen (Joan Fontaine), travels to Africa to work as a missionary. She has a nervous breakdown after being exposed to witchcraft during a rebellion led by witch doctors. Returning to England to recover, she is hired by wealthy siblings Alan and Stephanie Bax (Alec McCowen and Kay Walsh) to become head teacher of the small private school in their rural village.
The Trygon Factor (1966)
, 1h24Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Stewart Granger, Susan Hampshire, Robert Morley, Cathleen Nesbitt, Brigitte Horney, Sophie Hardy
Rating58%
A Scotland Yard inspector is called to investigate a series of unsolved robberies. Inspector Cooper-Smith (Stewart Granger) arrives at the country manor of a respectable English family. He discovers Livia Emberday (Cathleen Nesbitt), the mistress of the house, has turned to crime in order to bolster the family's flagging fortunes. With assistance from an order of bogus nuns, stolen goods end up in the warehouse of Hamlyn (Robert Morley), purportedly a respectable businessman.
The Very Edge (1963)
, 1h30Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Anne Heywood, Richard Todd, Jack Hedley, Jeremy Brett, Nicole Maurey, Maurice Denham
Rating64%
Don't Bother to Knock (1961)
, 1h29Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Richard Todd, Nicole Maurey, Elke Sommer, June Thorburn, Rik Battaglia, Judith Anderson
Rating51%
Bill Ferguson (Richard Todd), a Scottish romantically active travel agent gives several woman the keys to his flat, and ends up trying to prevent them from meeting each other.
On the Fiddle (1961)
, 1h26Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Political films
Actors Alfred Lynch, Sean Connery, Cecil Parker, Stanley Holloway, Alan King, Eric Barker
Rating57%
During the Second World War, spiv Horace Pope is taken to court for street peddling. In mitigation he tells the judge he is only working in the black market while waiting to enlist in the war effort. On hearing this plea, the judge calls his bluff and forces him to sign up.
School for Scoundrels (1960)
, 1h34Directed by Cyril Frankel, Robert Hamer, Hal E. Chester
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Dennis Price, Janette Scott, Alastair Sim, Peter Jones
Rating72%
Henry Palfrey (Ian Carmichael) is a failure in sport and love, and the easy victim of conmen and employees alike. So he enrolls at the "School of Lifemanship" in Yeovil, run by Dr. Potter (Alastair Sim). Late for his appointment, he overhears Potter explaining the principles of lifemanship to the new intake: Well, gentlemen, lifemanship is the science of being one up on your opponents at all times. It is the art of making him feel that somewhere, somehow he has become less than you – less desirable, less worthy – less blessed.
, 1h21Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Patrick Allen, Felix Aylmer, Gwen Watford, Janina Faye, Niall MacGinnis, Alison Leggatt
Rating73%
The film is set in a small Canadian town to which the British Carter family (Peter, Sally and 9-year-old daughter Jean) have just moved, following Peter's appointment as school principal. One night Jean appears restless and disturbed, and confides to her parents that earlier that day while playing in a local wood, she and her friend, Lucille, went into the house of an elderly man who asked them to remove their clothes and dance naked before him in return for some candy, which they did and Jean doesn't believe they did anything wrong. But her parents are appalled by what they hear and decide to file a complaint. The accused man, Clarence Olderberry Sr., is however the doyen of the wealthiest, most highly regarded and influential family in town and matters conspire to turn against the Carters as the townspeople start to close rank against the newcomers. The police chief casts doubt on Jean's story, while Olderberry's son warns the Carters that if they pursue the matter through the legal system, he will ensure that Jean's evidence and trustworthiness will be torn to shreds in court.
Alive and Kicking (1959)
, 1h34Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Sybil Thorndike, Kathleen Harrison, Estelle Winwood, Stanley Holloway, Liam Redmond, Marjorie Rhodes
Rating65%
No Time for Tears (1957)
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Anna Neagle, George Baker, Sylvia Syms, Anthony Quayle, Flora Robson, Daphne Anderson
Rating61%
It's Great to be Young! (1956)
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors John Mills, Cecil Parker, Mona Washbourne, Mary Merrall, Derek Blomfield, Jeremy Spenser
Rating63%
Make Me an Offer! (1954)
, 1h28Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Peter Finch, Adrienne Corri, Rosalie Crutchley, Finlay Currie, Ernest Thesiger, Wilfrid Lawson
Rating60%
Devil on Horseback (1954)
, 1h28Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Googie Withers, John McCallum, Jeremy Spenser, Meredith Edwards, Liam Redmond, Samuel John Kydd
Rating60%
Man of Africa (1953)
, 1h13Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Gordon Heath
Rating68%