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John Gilling

John Gilling

John Gilling (29 May 1912 – 22 November 1984) was an English film director and screenwriter, born in London. He was chiefly known for his horror films, especially for Hammer Films, for whom he directed Shadow of the Cat (1961), The Plague of the Zombies (1966), The Reptile (1966) (the latter two filmed back to back in Cornwall) and The Mummy's Shroud, among others. He is also renown for many low to mid budget detective films and teleplays with unexpected touches of comedy blended in.

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Cross of the Devil (1975)

A British novelist travels to Spain to visit his sister. However, when he arrives he discovers that she has been murdered by a gang of devil-worshiping bandits called the Devil's Cross. ...

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Trog (1970)

Anthropologist Dr Brockton unearths a primitive troglodyte — an Ice Age 'missing link': half-caveman, half-ape — in a local cave. Through experimentation, she manages to communicate with and domesticate him before he's released by an irate land develop ...

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The Mummy's Shroud (1967)

Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they unleash the forces of darkness. The Mummy has returned to discharge a violent retribution on the defilers as ...

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Where the Bullets Fly (1966)

In a spoof of the spy genre a secret agent chases a missing formula that can drain nuclear energy from an element named Spurium, ...

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The Reptile (1966)

Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry's brother dies suddenly, bitten by a lethal reptilian bite. They befriend a young woman Anna whose tyrannical father controls her life and, a ...

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The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. He discovers that one of the squires is a disciple of Haitian witchcraft and using dark magic to resurrect the dead. As the plan to create undea ...

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The Night Caller (1965)

The inhabitants of Ganymede need to find mates from another world or they will become extinct. They soon discover a suitable breeding stock amongst the females of planet Earth. ...

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The Brigand of Kandahar (1965)

1880. British India. Robert Case, a half-caste lieutenant, is unjustly discharged from the British Army. He joins the rebel Bengali tribesmen offensive against the colonial enemy. They capture a foreign journalist and Case recounts his story of false accus ...

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The Secret of Blood Island (1964)

Based on the true story of a British secret agent, shot down over Malaya near to a Allied POW forced labour camp. There she is hidden, disguised as a youthful prisoner, until her escape can be effected. The costs of keeping her identity secret fall on all ...

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The Gorgon (1964)

In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The perpetrator of these deaths was a being so repulsive that she transformed the onlooker using the power of her ...

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The Scarlet Blade (1963)

A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathizers, but unaware of his daughters royalist sympathies. When she falls into a love triangle with Cavalier Edward Beverly and Roundhead officer Captain Sylvester the stage is set for double cross ...

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Panic (1963)

In this crime melodrama, a Swiss woman finds herself unwittingly involved in a plot to steal from her employer, a London diamond merchant. Her boyfriend is behind the scheme. First he sends two accomplices disguised as German jewelers to see the boss. He i ...

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The Pirates of Blood River (1962)

A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it. ...

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The Shadow of the Cat (1961)

Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific ...

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Fury at Smugglers' Bay (1961)

It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores. But when a gang of cut-throats, led by the infamous Black John (Bernard Lee) begins to lure ships onto the ...

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The Challenge (1960)

Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot. ...

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The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)

Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Robert Knox requires cadavers for his research into the functioning of the human body; local ne'er-do-wells Burke and Hare find ways to provide him with fresh specimens... ...

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Killers of Kilimanjaro (1959)

An American engineer reaches Mombasa to finish the works of an African railroad and to find his predecessor, who has mysteriously disappeared. While the work continues, will have to face several obstacles, especially violent local tribes, Arabs slave trade ...

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The Bandit Of Zhobe (1959)

British soldiers in India must contend with an outlaw bandit. ...

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Idol on Parade (1959)

A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment. ...

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The Man Inside (1958)

A detective tracking a stolen gem begins to suspect there's more to the case than just theft. ...

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High Flight (1957)

The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young. ...

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Interpol (1957)

Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis embarks on an investigation that takes him from New York to London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and finally A ...

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The Gamma People (1956)

An American reporter smells a story when he is stranded in an Iron Curtain country where the local dictator is using gamma rays to transform children into mutated henchmen. ...

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Odongo (1956)

Steve Stratton (Macdonald Carey) is a hardboiled hunter who catches and keeps wild animals in an African sanctuary in order to sell them to zoos and circuses. When he hires a new veterinarian named "P.J. Muir," he does not imagine that the "P" stands for P ...

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Bond of Fear (1956)

An escaped killer hides out by forcing a travelling family to take him with them. ...

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Tiger by the Tail (1955)

On the first night of his London assignment, newsagency reporter John Desmonmd becomes heavily involved with enigmatic Anna Ray. The affair ends when she is shot struggling for a gun she has pulled on him. This is only the start of his troubles, as Anna wo ...

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The Gilded Cage (1955)

Steve and Harry become involved in an art theft. Harry is framed by the crooks, and arrested by the police. Steve has to prove his brother's innocence. ...

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The Embezzler (1954)

Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims. ...

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Profile (1954)

The editor of a magazine falls in love with the publisher's daughter. The only trouble is that the publisher's wife quite fancies him as well. Then he's accused of embezzling funds. ...

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Double Exposure (1954)

A chance photograph may reveal a murderer's identity - and someone's after the photographer! ...

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3 Steps to the Gallows (1953)

A U.S. sailor docks in London and in three days tries to save his brother from the gallows. ...

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Escape by Night (1953)

An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story. ...

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Recoil (1953)

A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gan ...

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The Steel Key (1953)

An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend. ...

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Deadly Nightshade (1953)

Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful. ...

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The Voice of Merrill (1952)

A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to wish her dead ...

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Murder at the Grange (1952)

A former police detective turned private investigator is approached by two elderly sisters, who say that someone is terrorising them, but it turns out that the man they believe is responsible is long since dead. ...

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The Big Frame (1952)

An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into a fight with earlier in the night was murdered. ...

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Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952)

The legendary Bela Lugosi as "the Vampire" teams up with Britain's much-loved "Mother Riley" in this hilarious comedy adventure. The Vampire plans to control the world with the help of his robot, which accidentally gets shipped to Mother Riley. Through rad ...

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King of the Underworld (1952)

A sinister crook is implicated in blackmail, greed for emeralds, a secret formula and murder. Thee episodes from a 1952 British television series called "Inspector Morley, Late of Scotland Yard, Investigates" were joined together and released theatrically. ...

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Wings of Danger (1952)

A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion. ...

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13 East Street (1952)

When police inspector Gerald Blake wants to infiltrate a London stolen-goods gang, he does a thorough job of it. First, he robs a jewelry store, gets caught and is sentenced to prison. Then he teams up with gang-member Joey to make their escape. Once in th ...

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The Frightened Man (1952)

Kicked out of Oxford, a junk dealer's son joins a gang of thieves fenced by his father. ...

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Blind Man's Bluff (1952)

Young Anthony Pendrell plays the precocious son of Scotland Yard inspector Norman Shelley. Pendrell's efforts to emulate his father usually results in nothing but irritation for his elders. But when a boarding house becomes the headquarters for a criminal ...

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Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard (1952)

In this contemporary update of Frank H. Spearman's Western hero, Whispering Smith is now a sleuth who arrives in London on holiday, but is soon called in to solve the case of a suicide which the father of the deceased woman thinks was murder. ...

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The Quiet Woman (1951)

The former wife of a criminal moves to a coastal town and takes over the running of a bar known as The Quiet Woman. She becomes outraged when she discovers the previous owner had allowed local smugglers to use it as a base. She soon has become romantically ...

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The Rossiter Case (1951)

The happy marriage of Liz and Peter Rossiter is shattered after Liz is paralysed in an accident. Peter soon finds solace with Honor, his sister-in-law, but when she tells him she is expecting his child he is racked with guilt and turns to drink. When Honor ...

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Dark Interval (1950)

A young woman marries and moves into her husband's family mansion. She soon discovers that neither the house, nor her husband, is exactly what it seems to be. ...

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Blackout (1950)

A blind man is witness to a murder; later cured of his blindness he attempts to puzzle out the solution to the crime. ...

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No Trace (1950)

A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller. ...

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The Lady Craved Excitement (1950)

A music-hall performer and her boyfriend find themselves caught up in the machinations of a trio of not particularly bright crooks. ...

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Room to Let (1950)

In 1904 London, neighbors begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may indeed be the famous Jack the Ripper. ...

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Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)

A woman is haunted by her conscience after she murders a man and then hides the body. Based on the novel 'You're Best Alone' by Norah Lofts. ...

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The Man in Black (1950)

A woman conspires to steal her stepdaughter's inheritance following the mysterious death of her millionaire husband. ...

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A Matter of Murder (1949)

An embezzler is implicated in his girlfriend's murder. ...

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Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949)

Old Mother Riley becomes manager of a hotel - stolen diamonds, murder and pie fights follow. ...

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The Man from Yesterday (1949)

A psychic goes to the home of a woman who wants him to contact her dead fiancée, even though she has already remarried. Later, she ends up murdered! Soon the psychic points the finger at her jealous husband. ...

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Escape from Broadmoor (1948)

A maniac killer returns to the scene of a ten-year-old crime, only to find the ghost of a murdered servant girl waiting to exact her revenge. ...

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A Gunman Has Escaped (1948)

In this crime drama, three gem thieves must get out of London after they kill a man. Friction between the men increases as they hide out on a farm and then get back on the road. Trouble ensues when one of the three begins suspecting the others of treachery ...

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House of Darkness (1948)

In this psychological thriller, an avaricious man covets his stepbrother's home. The greedy fellow knows that his stepbrother has a heart condition and so sets off a fatal attack by smashing a beloved violin. However, his actions do not come without a terr ...

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The Greed of William Hart (1948)

Hart and Moore are grave-robbers who provide cadavers to the medical students of 19th-century Edinburgh. When the supply becomes low and demand still great, the two decide to create their own supply, a plan that proves profitable when they stick to vagrant ...

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Black Memory (1947)

Cockney Danny Cruff is the son of a man wrongly accused of murder. Danny decides to solve the mystery himself by hobnobbing with London's underworld. To do this, he poses as a juvenile delinquent. ...

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Wings over Africa (1936)

Two prospectors in Africa, Tony Cooper and Dalton come across a skeleton that has nearly been picked clean by vultures. They find a letter on the body addressed to a clerk in London named Wilkins . Cooper goes to Wilkins in London and tells him that his br ...

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Movies Starring John Gilling (1)

The Vatican Museums (2007)

Originally produced in 1997 on the threshold of the Third Millennium of the Christian Era, and in celebration of the Jubilee of the Year of Our Lord 2000, The Vatican Museums was the culmination of three years of research and filming, the collaboration of ...

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