John Alderton

Brandmand Sam - I En God Sags Tjeneste (2006)

Calendar Girls (2003)

Members of a Yorkshire branch of the Women's Institute cause controversy when they pose nude for a charity calendar. ...

Mrs Caldicot's Cabbage War (2003)

After her husband's death, A woman starts looking for independence. ...

Clockwork Mice (1995)

When new teacher Steve Drake joins the faculty at a school for special-needs students, his unorthodox instruction methods raise eyebrows. But attitudes begin to change when he makes a connection with a particularly unruly student. ...

Keeping Tom Nice (1990)

Doug and Winnie have tried hard to keep their disabled son Tom 'nice', but when Stephen, a young social worker, takes a professional interest it has tragic consequences. ...

Mr. H Is Late (1988)

A team of inept undertakers attempt to get a coffin to a funeral on time. An undertaker is in charge of moving a coffin from a home to the church. The home is on the 26th floor of a skyscraper; the stairs are narrow; the lift is small and prone to stop wor ...

Late Flowering Love (1981)

Light dramatisation of four poems by poet laureete Sir John Betjeman, set on location in the south of England ...

A Walk in the Forest (1980)

A writer gets involved with a Soviet dissident. ...

It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (1976)

Based on James Herriot's books about life as a 1930s veterinarian in Yorkshire, John Alderson plays the kindly doctor who ministers to animals in this enjoyable family film. Sequel to the 1975 film All Creatures Great and Small. ...

Zardoz (1974)

In the far future, a savage trained only to kill finds a way into the community of bored immortals that alone preserves humanity's achievements. ...

Please Sir! (1971)

Mr. Hedges, the somewhat naive and idealistc teacher of the rebellious Class 5C, lobbies to have them allowed on the school camping trip despite much precedent to the contrary. Once on the camping trip Mr. Hedges pursues the local barmaid and the class ind ...

Macbeth (1970)

The Thane of Cawdor plots to become King of Scotland. ...

The Rivals (1970)

The play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. ...

Hannibal Brooks (1969)

A POW in World War II is put to work in a Munich zoo, looking after an Asian elephant. The zoo is bombed by the Americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his Asian elephant Lucy to remain there. So he sends Brooks to safety with Lucy ...

Duffy (1968)

Half-brothers Stefane and Antony despise their biological father, callous millionaire Charles Calvert. Because Charles refuses to share his wealth with his sons, Stefane and Antony ask hip American thrill-seeker Duffy to help steal the money they believe i ...

Assignment K (1968)

Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents kidnap his girlfriend to force him to reveal the identities of his fellow spies. ...

The System (1964)

In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. Near the end of one summer, the leader of the group, Tinker, a strolling photographer, aims to conquer a fashion model from a well-to-do fami ...

Cleopatra (1963)

Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar's successor has other plans. ...