5 Movies Directed by Ken Hughes

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

The Trials of Oscar Wilde

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-05-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

123 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (538 Reviews)

Director:

Ken Hughes

Cast:

Writer:

John Furnell (play)

Ken Hughes

Montgomery Hyde (book)

Fullplot:

At the height of his fame (his plays being much celebrated in London in the 1890's), Oscar Wilde angers the Marquis of Queensberry by having what is whispered and gossiped as a romantic relationship with Queensberry's son, twenty years Wilde's junior. When Queensberry slanders Wilde, the arrogant artist decides to take the matter to court, and brings about his own downfall.

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-04-28

Languages:

English, French

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

131 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

5.2 (20956 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Wolf Mankowitz (screenplay)

John Law (screenplay)

Michael Sayers (screenplay)

Ian Fleming (suggested by the novel "Casino Royale")

Fullplot:

After the death of M, Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH and Le Chiffre, Bond thinks up the ultimate plan. That every agent will be named James Bond. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-12-18

Languages:

English, German, French, Latin

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

144 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (27432 Reviews)

Director:

Ken Hughes

Cast:

Writer:

Roald Dahl (screenplay)

Ian Fleming (novel)

Ken Hughes (screenplay)

Richard Maibaum (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

An eccentric professor invents wacky machinery but can't seem to make ends meet. When he invents a revolutionary car, a foreign government becomes interested in it and resorts to skulduggery to get their hands on it.

Cromwell

Cromwell

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-08-14

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

139 min

Rated:

G

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (3273 Reviews)

Director:

Ken Hughes

Fullplot:

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.

Night School

Night School

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-04-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

88 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

4.9 (954 Reviews)

Director:

Ken Hughes

Fullplot:

A Boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds commited by a helmeted, black-leather clad serial killer which leads him to suspect a well known anthropology professor as well as his female live-in assistant.

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