"10 Rillington Place 10 Rillington Place is a 1971 British crime drama film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Richard Attenborough, John Hurt and Judy Geeson. It was adapted by Clive Exton from the book ""Ten Rillington Place"" by Ludovic Kennedy (who also acted as technical advisor to the production). The film dramatises the case of British serial killer John Christie, who committed many of his crimes in the titular London terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving his neighbour Timothy Evans. Hurt received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Evans. The film"
"notions of what a film should achieve."" Tom Hardy of the British Film Institute has noted Attenborough's ability at ""getting into the flesh of the paranoid and the distressed"", describing the film as a ""detailed account of life under the shadow of World War II [which] is powerful and compelling"". John Hurt received a BAFTA Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. 10 Rillington Place 10 Rillington Place is a 1971 British crime drama film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Richard Attenborough, John Hurt and Judy Geeson. It was adapted by Clive Exton from the book ""Ten Rillington Place"" by"
"Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (; 29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Attenborough joined the Royal Air Force during World War II and served in the film unit. He went on several bombing raids over Europe and filmed action from the rear gunner's position. He was the older brother of Sir David Attenborough, a naturalist, documenter, and broadcaster, and John Attenborough, an executive at Alfa Romeo. He"
"jailed several years before production began, in 1967. Like Kray, the character Dakin is a London underworld boss, he is a homosexual, he is obsessed with caring for his mother and has a secret association with a member of Parliament, portrayed as the character Gerald Draycott by Donald Sinden and based on Lord Boothby. Villain (1971 film) Villain is a 1971 gangster film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport and Donald Sinden. It is based on James Barlow's 1968 novel ""The Burden of Proof"". Ruthless East End gangster Vic Dakin has plans for an"
"filmed in London for the 1956 remake of ""The Man Who Knew Too Much""). The last film he had made in Britain before his move to America was ""Jamaica Inn"" (1939). The film was screened at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival, but was not entered into the main competition. Set in the early 1970s, the plot centres on a serial killer terrorizing London by raping and then strangling women with a tie. Bob Rusk (Barry Foster), a Covent Garden wholesale produce merchant, is the murderer. However, circumstantial evidence, partially engineered by Rusk, will implicate Rusk's friend Richard Blaney (Jon Finch),"
"Rillington Place, none of which could be ascribed to Evans. Indeed, two of the skeletons found at the house dated back to the war – long before Evans and his family had moved in. After a long campaign, Evans was pardoned in 1966. The scandal helped in the abolition of the death penalty in the UK. Kennedy's book was filmed in 1970 as ""10 Rillington Place"", starring John Hurt as Evans and Richard Attenborough as Christie. In 1985, Kennedy published ""The Airman and the Carpenter"" (), in which he argued that Richard Hauptmann did not kidnap and murder Charles Lindbergh's"
"gangster drama ""Get Carter"" (1971) starring Michael Caine. Alfred Hitchcock returned to Britain to shoot ""Frenzy"" (1972), Other productions such as Richard Attenborough's ""Young Winston"" (1972) and ""A Bridge Too Far"" (1977) met with mixed commercial success. The British horror film cycle associated with Hammer Film Productions, Amicus and Tigon drew to a close, despite attempts by Hammer to spice up the formula with added nudity and gore. Although some attempts were made to broaden the range of British horror films, such as with ""The Wicker Man"" (1973), these films made little impact at the box office, In 1976, British"
"dies. In his grief Kenny finally finds the courage to stand up to the Minister. Having confessed his identity as the Nude Killer, he exacts vengeance by leaving the Minister crucified in his own church. The Fiend (film) The Fiend (U.S. ""Beware My Brethren"") is a 1972 British serial killer horror film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Ann Todd, Tony Beckley and Patrick Magee. The film is set against a background of religious fanaticism and, as with other films directed by Hartford-Davis, also includes elements of the sexploitation genre of the early 1970s. ""The Fiend"" as originally released runs"
"Villain (1971 film) Villain is a 1971 gangster film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Richard Burton, Ian McShane, Nigel Davenport and Donald Sinden. It is based on James Barlow's 1968 novel ""The Burden of Proof"". Ruthless East End gangster Vic Dakin has plans for an ambitious raid on the wages van of a plastics factory. This is a departure from Dakin's usual modus operandi, and the job is further complicated by his having to work with fellow gangster Frank Fletcher's firm. Essentially a standard story about a heist, there are intricate sub-plots depicting: In a growing trend for movies"
"portrayed as ""Dickie Attenborough"" in the British Showbiz Awards sketch late in the third series of ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"". Attenborough is portrayed by Eric Idle as effusive and simpering. A portrayal similar to that seen in Monty Python can be seen in the early series of ""Spitting Image"", when Attenborough's caricature would regularly appear to thank others for an imagery award. In 2012 Attenborough was portrayed by Simon Callow in the BBC Four biopic ""The Best Possible Taste"", about Kenny Everett. Richard Attenborough Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough (; 29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English"
"15, 2003. Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971 film) Murders in the Rue Morgue is a 1971 American horror film directed by Gordon Hessler, starring Jason Robards and Herbert Lom. It is ostensibly an adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story of the same name, although it departs from the story in several significant aspects, at times more resembling Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom of the Opera"". In an interview on the film's DVD, Hessler said that he thought everyone already knew the ending of the story, so he felt it necessary to reinvent the plot. The story revolves around an"
"Revenge (1971 film) Revenge! is a 1971 British thriller film directed by Sidney Hayers and starring Joan Collins, James Booth and Sinéad Cusack. The screenplay concerns a family who seek brutal revenge on the man who they suspect attacked their daughter. In May 1976 this was released in the United States under the title Inn of the Frightened People. When it was released in the United States on video, it was retitled Terror From Under the House. That version is available as a region-free DVD. The region 1 DVD is titled ""Revenge!"" Pub landlords Jim and Carol Radford (James Booth"
"Murders in the Rue Morgue (1971 film) Murders in the Rue Morgue is a 1971 American horror film directed by Gordon Hessler, starring Jason Robards and Herbert Lom. It is ostensibly an adaptation of the Edgar Allan Poe story of the same name, although it departs from the story in several significant aspects, at times more resembling Gaston Leroux's ""The Phantom of the Opera"". In an interview on the film's DVD, Hessler said that he thought everyone already knew the ending of the story, so he felt it necessary to reinvent the plot. The story revolves around an early 20th"
"autopsy reveals that the professor was murdered by a karate blow. ""MemorableTV.com"" described the film as ""definitely one of the great Edgar Wallace entries with a fab cast that includes a pre-Steptoe Wilfred Brambell, Patrick Allen, William Gaunt and Burt Kwouk. John Bentley who took the lead as Superintendent Willis was a popular actor in the late fifties and early sixties but is all but forgotten these days."" The Sinister Man The Sinister Man is a 1961 British drama film directed by Clive Donner and starring Patrick Allen and John Bentley. It was one of the series of Edgar Wallace"
"""The Green Death"". Stewart Bevan Stewart Bevan (born 10 March 1948) is a British actor, best known for his performances in both film and television. His film credits include: ""Burke & Hare"" (1971), ""The Flesh and Blood Show"" (1972), ""Steptoe and Son Ride Again"" (1973), ""The Ghoul"" (1975), ""Brannigan"" (1975) and ""House of Mortal Sin"" (1976). TV roles include: ""Public Eye"", ""Secret Army"", ""Shoestring"", ""Blake's 7"", ""The Enigma Files"", ""Ivanhoe"", ""Airline"", ""The Gentle Touch"", ""Casualty"", ""Silent Witness"" and ""Murder in Mind"". He is well known for playing Professor Clifford Jones, love interest to popular companion Jo Grant, in the 1973"
"while critic John Derry highlights the way Mia Farrow is presented 'from the first moment' as 'the obvious victim'. See No Evil (1971 film) See No Evil, also known as Blind Terror, is a 1971 British psychological horror-thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Mia Farrow as a recently blinded woman terrorized by a psychopath. After being blinded in a horse riding accident, Sarah (Mia Farrow) visits her uncle's home. Out on a date with her boyfriend Steve (Norman Eshley), she escapes the fate of her relatives (Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, and Diane Grayson), who are murdered at their"
"It was popular but failed to recoup its enormous cost. Most acclaimed was ""The Boston Strangler"" (1968), with Tony Curtis. ""Che!"" (1969), a biopic of Che Guevera that starred Omar Sharif, was an expensive flop, as was an account of the attack on Pearl Harbor, ""Tora! Tora! Tora!"" (1970). This was his last film for 20th Century Fox. Fleischer travelled to England, where he directed the acclaimed true-crime dramatization, ""10 Rillington Place"" (1971) starring Richard Attenborough. He then replaced John Huston, who had fallen out with star George C Scott, on ""The Last Run"" (1971). The thriller ""See No Evil"""
"the 1971 Cannes Film Festival. The film and its director, Jerry Schatzberg, were also nominated for the Palme d'Or. The Panic in Needle Park The Panic in Needle Park is a 1971 American romantic drama film directed by Jerry Schatzberg and starring Al Pacino, in his second film appearance. The screenplay was written by Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne, adapted from the 1966 novel by James Mills. The film portrays life among a group of heroin addicts who hang out in ""Needle Park"" (then-nickname for Sherman Square on Manhattan's Upper West Side near 72nd Street and Broadway). The film"
"and Drama. Attenborough married actress Jane Seymour in 1971; the marriage was dissolved in 1973. In 1984 he married actress Karen Lewis. They have two sons: theatre director Tom Attenborough (born 13 October 1986) and actor Will Attenborough (born 26 June 1991). One of his two younger sisters, Jane Holland, was killed in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004 along with her mother-in-law and Attenborough's 15-year-old niece, Lucy. His other sister, Charlotte, is a teacher with two children. Michael Attenborough Michael John Attenborough, (born 13 February 1950), styled The Hon. Michael Attenborough socially, is an English theatre"
"Brain of Blood Brain of Blood (also known as The Creature's Revenge, The Oozing Skull, and The Undying Brain) is a 1971 American horror film directed by Al Adamson and starring Grant Williams, Kent Taylor and Reed Hadley. The film was shot in one take, and is the only one of Kane W. Lynn's Hemisphere Productions films to be shot in the United States instead of the Philippines. It was also Hadley's last film appearance before his death in 1972. Amir, the benevolent ruler of Kalid, is dying, but there is the hope of transplanting his brain into another body."
"amnesia. These include ""The Addams Family"", ""The Munsters"" (both 1965),""The Man from U.N.C.L.E."" (1966), ""Get Smart"" (1967), ""The Wild Wild West"", ""The Big Valley"", """" (all from 1968), ""It Takes a Thief"" (1969), ""The Mod Squad"" (1971), ""Hawaii Five-O"" (1972), ""Gunsmoke"" (1973), and ""Charlie's Angels"" (1978). By the end of the 1970s, this now shop-worn plot device became dormant once again until resurfacing in a spate of mystery thrillers in the 1990s (see the ""Psychological thriller"" section below). In Italy, a new type of controversial horror-based thriller called the Giallo film (which began in the 1960s) became a popular and"
"David Attenborough Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster and natural historian. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series that form the ""Life"" collection, which form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. He is a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black"
"David Attenborough Sir David Frederick Attenborough (; born 8 May 1926) is an English broadcaster and natural historian. He is best known for writing and presenting, in conjunction with the BBC Natural History Unit, the nine natural history documentary series that form the ""Life"" collection, which form a comprehensive survey of animal and plant life on Earth. He is a former senior manager at the BBC, having served as controller of BBC Two and director of programming for BBC Television in the 1960s and 1970s. He is the only person to have won BAFTAs for programmes in each of black"
"The Fiend (film) The Fiend (U.S. ""Beware My Brethren"") is a 1972 British serial killer horror film, directed by Robert Hartford-Davis and starring Ann Todd, Tony Beckley and Patrick Magee. The film is set against a background of religious fanaticism and, as with other films directed by Hartford-Davis, also includes elements of the sexploitation genre of the early 1970s. ""The Fiend"" as originally released runs for 98 minutes, but an edited version of 87 minutes (removing most of its more graphic content) was produced for the U.S. market. The film was released on DVD in 2005; however the DVD uses"
"Jet Storm Jet Storm (also known as Jetstream and Killing Urge) is a 1959 British thriller film directed and co-written by Cy Endfield. Richard Attenborough stars with Stanley Baker, Hermione Baddeley and Diane Cilento. The film has many of the characteristics of the later aviation disaster film genre such as ""Airport"" (1970). Ernest Tilley (Richard Attenborough), a former scientist who lost his daughter two years earlier in a hit-and-run accident, tracks down James Brock (George Rose), the man he believes is responsible for the accident and boards the same airliner on a transatlantic flight, flying from London to New York."
"The Human Factor (1979 film) The Human Factor is a 1979 British thriller film starring Richard Attenborough, Nicol Williamson, Derek Jacobi and John Gielgud. It is based on the 1978 novel ""The Human Factor"" by Graham Greene, with the screenplay written by Tom Stoppard. It examined British espionage, and the West's relationship with apartheid South Africa. The film was directed by Otto Preminger, the 38th and final film he directed in his nearly half-century career. Maurice Castle (Nicol Williamson) is a mid-level bureaucrat in MI6 whose life seems completely without peculiarity, peccadillo, or any quality to suggest he’s anything but"
"Richard Pearson (actor) Richard de Pearsall Pearson (1 August 1918 – 2 August 2011), was an English character actor, who appeared in numerous film, television and stage productions over a period of 65 years. He was born and brought up in Monmouth. He was educated at Aymestrey Court, Worcester, and at Monmouth School, where his father taught French. Notable films of his career included Brian Desmond Hurst's ""Scrooge"" (1951) as well as a brief appearance in John Schlesinger's ""Sunday Bloody Sunday"" (1971) and cameo roles in three films by Roman Polanski: ""Macbeth"" (1971), ""Tess"" (1979) and ""Pirates"" (1986). Pearson made"
"and murders at least 20 people. ""Stalking the Innocent"" (2001) Some killers select their victims randomly. ""Streets of Fear"" (2001) Some serial killers find their victims on the streets of British and American cities. ""Terrorizing the Cities"" (2001) The Boston Strangler, The Night Stalker, and the Trash Bag Murders. ""Trapped by Forensics"" (2001) Genetic fingerprinting. ""The Trunk Murders"" (2001) Many murderers find that a large trunk is just the right size to hold a human corpse. ""Victims of Jealousy"" (2001) Jealousy and obsession can turn violent. ""Women Who Kill"" (2001) Love triangle; female terrorist; female serial-killer. Infamous Murders Infamous Murders"
"in a series of American films from 1939 to 1946, with London recreated in Hollywood at 20th Century Fox and later Universal Studios. Other notable Holmes films which have strongly featured London backgrounds and locations are ""Young Sherlock Holmes"" (1985), Billy Wilder's ""The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes"" (1970), and the comedies ""The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother"" (1975) and ""Without a Clue"" (1988), as well as innumerable television films. Holmes also dealt with the notorious Whitechapel serial killer Jack the Ripper in ""A Study in Terror"" in 1965 and ""Murder by Decree"" in 1978. The Ripper was also"
"was married to actress Sheila Sim from 1945 until his death. As a film director and producer, Attenborough won two Academy Awards for ""Gandhi"" in 1983, receiving awards for Best Picture and Best Director. The BFI ranked ""Gandhi"" the 34th greatest British film of the 20th century. He also won four BAFTA Awards and four Golden Globe Awards. As an actor, he is perhaps best known for his roles in ""Brighton Rock"", ""The Great Escape"", ""10 Rillington Place"", ""The Sand Pebbles"", ""Miracle on 34th Street"" (1994) and ""Jurassic Park"". Attenborough was born on 29 August 1923 in Cambridge, the eldest"
"Brannigan (film) Brannigan is a 1975 British thriller DeLuxe Color film directed by Douglas Hickox and starring John Wayne and Richard Attenborough filmed in Panavision. One of the screenwriters was Dalton Trumbo's son, Christopher Trumbo. Set principally in London, the film is about a Chicago detective sent to Britain to organise the extradition of an American mobster, who is soon kidnapped and held for ransom. Struggling with the restrained policing style of his British counterparts, the tough Irish-American detective uses his own brand of law enforcement to recapture the criminal. After turning down the starring role in ""Dirty Harry"", and"
"John Attenborough John Michael Attenborough (; 1 January 1928 – 9 November 2012) was an English executive in the motor industry and then a financial advisor. He was the younger brother of director and actor Lord Richard Attenborough and the naturalist Sir David Attenborough. Like his brothers, he was educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester. After National Service, he studied modern languages at Clare College, Cambridge. He worked in the motor trade and became a managing director of Mann Egerton, heading their Rolls-Royce division in Berkeley Street. He then became the head of the British operations of"
"See No Evil (1971 film) See No Evil, also known as Blind Terror, is a 1971 British psychological horror-thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer and starring Mia Farrow as a recently blinded woman terrorized by a psychopath. After being blinded in a horse riding accident, Sarah (Mia Farrow) visits her uncle's home. Out on a date with her boyfriend Steve (Norman Eshley), she escapes the fate of her relatives (Dorothy Alison, Robin Bailey, and Diane Grayson), who are murdered at their home by a psychotic killer. Sarah returns from her date and spends the night in the house, unaware that"