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Fergus McDonell is a Director, Editor and Art Direction British born on 6 october 1910
Fergus McDonell est un monteur et un réalisateur britannique né le 6 octobre 1910 à Tunbridge Wells (Kent, Angleterre du Sud-Est) et mort le 3 janvier 1984 à Norwich (Norfolk, Angleterre de l'Est).
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Fergus McDonell est un monteur et un réalisateur britannique né le 6 octobre 1910 à Tunbridge Wells (Kent, Angleterre du Sud-Est) et mort le 3 janvier 1984 à Norwich (Norfolk, Angleterre de l'Est).
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Prelude to Fame (1950)
, 1h28Directed by Fergus McDonell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Jeremy Spenser, Guy Rolfe, Kathleen Ryan, Kathleen Byron, Henry Oscar, Rosalie Crutchley
Rating62%
While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell (Robin Dowell), son of John Morell (Guy Rolfe), a famous English philosopher and amateur musician and his wife Catherine (Kathleen Ryan), becomes friendly with young Guido (Jeremy Spenser), and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary instinct for orchestration and a phenomenal music memory. A neighboring couple, Signor and Signora Boudini (Henry Oscar and Kathleen Byron) become aware of the boy's talents, and she appeals to his parents to let her educate him musically.
The Small Voice (1948)
, 1h25Directed by Fergus McDonell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Valerie Hobson, Howard Keel, James Donald, David Greene, Michael Balfour, Glyn Dearman
Rating62%
Editor
Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
, 1h42Directed by John Mackenzie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors David Hemmings, Douglas Wilmer, Tony Haygarth, Carolyn Seymour, David Jackson, Michael Kitchen
Roles Editor
Rating70%
Un professeur fraîchement arrivé dans une école apprend que l’un de ses prédécesseurs a été tué par ses élèves, et commence à redouter qu’un même sort lui soit réservé.
Unman, Wittering and Zigo (1971)
Directed by John Mackenzie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Films about education
Actors David Hemmings, Douglas Wilmer, Tony Haygarth, Carolyn Seymour, Hamilton Dyce, Barbara Dulcie Lott
Roles Editor
Rating70%
Spring and Port Wine (1970)
, 1h41Directed by Peter Hammond
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Films based on plays
Actors James Mason, Diana Coupland, Susan George, Rodney Bewes, Hannah Gordon, Len Jones
Roles Editor
Rating69%
Only When I Larf (1968)
, 1h44Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Actors Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, Alexandra Stewart, Nicholas Pennell, Melissa Stribling, Terence Alexander
Roles Editor
Rating59%
A trio of confidence tricksters (Attenborough, Hemmings and Stewart), attempt to swindle an African state into buying crates full of scrap metal instead of anti-tank guns.
Charlie Bubbles (1968)
, 1h29Directed by Albert Finney
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Association football films
Actors Albert Finney, Billie Whitelaw, Liza Minnelli, Colin Blakely, Richard Pearson, Nicholas Phipps
Roles Editor
Rating62%
Histoire d'amour entre un homme marié supporter de football et sa secrétaire sur fond de problèmes de classes sociales. Le stade de football d'Old Trafford illustre cette différence sociale en prenant l'exemple des toutes nouvelles loges vitrées dont le luxe tranche nettement avec les tribunes populaires.
, 1h36Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Barry Evans, Judy Geeson, Angela Scoular, Sheila White, Adrienne Posta, Diane Keen
Roles Editor
Rating61%
Jamie McGregor (Barry Evans) is a virginal sixth-former in a swinging sixties new town, delivering groceries for the local supermarket. However he is more interested in matters sexual and sets out to lose his virginity by attempting to seduce the local girls – Linda, Paula, Caroline, Audrey, and his dream girl Mary.
Khartoum (1966)
, 2h14Directed by Basil Dearden
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about terrorism, Political films
Actors Laurence Olivier, Charlton Heston, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson, Alexander Knox, Michael Hordern
Roles Editor
Rating67%
In 1883, in the Sudan, a force of 10,000 poorly trained Egyptians under the command of British Col. William "Billy" Hicks (Edward Underdown) is lured into the desert and slaughtered by Muslim zealots led by Muhammad Ahmad (Laurence Olivier), a fanatic Sudanese Arab who believes he is the Mahdi, the prophesied "expected one of Mohammed." The British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone (Ralph Richardson), who does not wish to send more military forces to Khartoum, is under great pressure to send military hero Major General Charles George Gordon (Charlton Heston) there to salvage the situation and restore British prestige. Gordon has strong ties to Sudan, having broken the slave trade there in the past, but Gladstone distrusts him. Gordon has a reputation for strong, if eccentric, religious beliefs and following his own judgement, regardless of his orders. Granville Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, the British foreign secretary (Michael Hordern), knowing this, tells Gladstone that by sending Gordon to Khartoum, the British government can ignore all public pressure to send an army there, and absolve themselves of any responsibility over the area if Gordon ignores his orders. Gladstone is mildly shocked at the suggestion, but as it is popular with the public and Queen Victoria, he adopts it for the sake of expediency.
Four in the Morning (1965)
, 1h34Directed by Anthony Simmons
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Judi Dench, Ann Lynn, Norman Rodway
Roles Editor
Rating60%
The plot revolves around the lives of two couples living in London and how they are connected to the body of a young woman found drowned in the River Thames.
What's New Pussycat? (1965)
, 1h48Directed by Clive Donner
Origin France
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about psychiatry
Actors Peter Sellers, Peter O'Toole, Romy Schneider, Capucine, Paula Prentiss, Woody Allen
Roles Editor
Rating60%
Notorious womanizer Michael James (Peter O'Toole) wants to be faithful to his fiancée Carole Werner (Romy Schneider), but every woman he meets seems to fall in love with him, including neurotic exotic dancer Liz Bien (Paula Prentiss) and parachutist Rita (Ursula Andress) who accidentally lands in his car (1936-37 Singer 9 Le Mans). His psychoanalyst, Dr. Fritz Fassbender (Peter Sellers), cannot help, since he's stalking patient Renée Lefebvre (Capucine) who in turn longs for Michael. Carole, meanwhile, decides to make Michael jealous by flirting with his nervous wreck of a friend, Victor Shakapopulis (Woody Allen).
The Caretaker (1964)
, 1h45Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alan Bates, Donald Pleasence, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter
Roles Editor
Rating70%
Aston invite Davies chez lui (une pièce unique encombrée d'un bric-à-brac) après l'avoir tiré d'une dispute dans un café. Davies finit par accepter l'offre d'Aston de l'héberger temporairement, n'ayant ni argent, ni domicile, ni papiers. Il se révèle vite être un vieil homme opportuniste, parasitique et peu amène, se plaignant de tout et volontiers raciste. Mick, propriétaire de la maison dans laquelle vit son frère Aston, semble irrité par l'intrusion de Davies et le rudoie. Aston propose à Davies d'être gardien de l'immeuble mais sa patience finit par s'user devant l'égoïsme du vieil homme. Davies tente alors d'obtenir l'appui de Mick contre son frère, mais la manœuvre échoue. À la fin de la pièce Davies en appelle à nouveau à Aston mais il est clair que ce sera en vain.
Nothing But the Best (1964)
, 1h39Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Alan Bates, Harry Andrews, Millicent Martin, Denholm Elliott, Godfrey Quigley, Alison Leggatt
Roles Editor
Rating65%
James, a young man starting with a large West End firm of estate agents and auctioneers, is ambitious to get to the top. In a cheap café he meets Charles, a drunken layabout who has everything James wants: effortless upper-class arrogance and impeccable tailoring. In return for a room to live in and loans for drink and betting, Charles agrees to tutor James in the life skills he needs to succeed. By bluff and sabotage James rises in his firm, catching the eye of the owner and of his only daughter Ann. Disaster threatens when Charles has a big win and decides to end the deal. James hastily strangles him and his landlady agrees to hide the corpse in her cellar in return for continuing sexual comfort. After long courtship, Ann agrees to marry James and her father makes him a partner in the business. Having conveniently sent his lower middle-class parents to Australia, his success will be crowned by a grand society wedding. Ann's father then confesses that he has a totally disreputable son they never see called Charles and developers who have bought the house of James's former landlady find a corpse in the cellar.
Some People (1962)
, 1h33Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Kenneth More, Ray Brooks, Anneke Wills, David Andrews, David Andrews, Angela Douglas
Roles Editor
Rating62%
A welfare worker (Kenneth More) tries to help a gang of teenagers in Bristol.
Odd Man Out (1947)
, 1h56Directed by Carol Reed
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Road movies, Chase films
Actors James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Kathleen Ryan, Robert Beatty, Dan O'Herlihy
Roles Editor
Rating75%
"This story is told against a background of political unrest in a city of Northern Ireland. It is not concerned with the struggle between the law and an illegal organisation, but only with the conflict in the hearts of the people when they become unexpectedly involved." The city and the organisation are never explicitly named, but the protagonist, Johnny McQueen (James Mason), is the IRA-like group's leader in the city. Johnny has been hiding the past six months since his escape from prison in a house occupied by Kathleen Sullivan (Kathleen Ryan) - who loves him - and her grannie.