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1. If Looks Could Kill: The Power of Behaviour (1986 Video)
Short, Mystery
People who deal professionally with the public - in government departments, airports, railway stations, offices, shops - often don't realise what effects their own behaviour can have on the... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Tom Bell, Michael Deeks, Diane Fletcher, Richard Griffiths
Votes: 18
2. The Avengers (1961–1969)
TV-14 | 50 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners.
Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Honor Blackman, Linda Thorson
Votes: 8,899
3. Strange Report (1969–1971)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
Retired Scotland Yard commissioner Adam Strange investigates bizarre mysteries in "Swinging Sixties" London.
Stars: Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas, Anneke Wills, Charles Lloyd Pack
Votes: 176
4.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
The Whisper
(1968)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Bigoted plantation owner Marcus Spencer bullies and abuses his African work force,refusing to pay them an agreed sum. Their ally is Father Ignatius Loyola,a Jesuit priest and Spencer gets ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Richard Bradford, Patrick Allen, Colin Blakely, Sheila Brennan
Votes: 43
5.
Tuesday's Documentary (1968–1983)
Episode:
The Ealing Comedies or Kind Hearts and Overdrafts
(1970)
75 min | Documentary
The story of the academy of excellence that was the Ealing Studios, told with the help of some of its most illustrious alumnae.
Director: Harry Hastings | Stars: Frank Muir, Joan Greenwood, Alec Guinness, Barbara Murray
Votes: 11
6. Secret Agent (1964–1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
John Drake is a special operative for M9, specializing in security assignments against any subversive element that threatens world peace.
Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Peter Madden, Frank Maher, Peter Brayham
Votes: 1,540
7.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
Day of Execution
(1967)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
A car passes McGill and its driver,shouting out to him,addresses him as Mariocki and tells him he will be killed. McGill assumes it is a case of mistaken identity but more death threats ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Richard Bradford, Rosemary Nicols, Robert Urquhart, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 52
8.
Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode:
Dragon's Domain
(1975)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
Discredited eagle pilot Tony Cellini is beset by recurring nightmares in which he was the only survivor of disastrous space mission. Now the moon is approaching the same set of circumstances that Cellini encountered.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Gianni Garko
Votes: 572
9.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
Brainwash
(1967)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
American McGill, a former intelligence officer back in the States, was forced to resign when he was made the scapegoat in the wake of a scientist's defection to Russia. Now he operates as a... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Richard Bradford, Colin Blakely, Howard Marion-Crawford, Suzan Farmer
Votes: 70
10. The Professionals (1977–1983)
TV-MA | 60 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Bodie and Doyle, senior agents of the British intelligence service CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their handler George Cowley fight terrorism and similar high-level crimes.
Stars: Gordon Jackson, Martin Shaw, Lewis Collins, Bridget Brice
Votes: 3,661
11. Smuggler (1981)
TV-MA | 30 min | Adventure, History
In 1802, the ex-British naval officer turned smuggler Jack Vincent eludes revenue officers along the coast of England. A headstrong loner, Vincent frequently finds himself entangled in the ... See full summary »
Stars: Oliver Tobias, Hywel Williams-Ellis, Lesley Dunlop, Peter Capell
Votes: 65
12.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
Death at Bargain Prices
(1965)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
When a colleague is found dead in a large London department store Steed and Mrs. Peel go undercover as staff members, exposing a dastardly plot by the wheelchair-bound Horatio Kane to ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, André Morell, T.P. McKenna
Votes: 425
13.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
The Interrogators
(1969)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
A foreign agent in the guise of a Colonel Mannering has found an ingenious method of extracting secret information from British agents.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Christopher Lee, David Sumner
Votes: 220
14. The Human Jungle (1963–1964)
60 min | Drama
Dr. Roger Corder, a gifted and compassionate psychologist, treats the mental disorders of his patients through a mix of Freudian and Laingian techniques.
Stars: Herbert Lom, Michael Johnson, Sally Smith, Mary Yeomans
Votes: 179
15. Light Entertainment Killers (1969 TV Movie)
96 min
Amalgam of two episodes of a series 'The Avengers'. The first episode is "Look - (Stop Me If You've Heard This One) But There Were These Two Fellers...", the second "The Interrogators".
Directors: Charles Crichton, James Hill | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, Christopher Lee, John Cleese
Votes: 12
16.
Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode:
Fair Exchange
(1964)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
In a poignant reminder that agents are human and that they often take terrible punishment when caught, Drake tries to stop a former M9 colleague from extracting revenge on her former East German captor, who mercilessly tortured her.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Lelia Goldoni, James Maxwell, George Mikell
Votes: 117
17.
Secret Agent (1964–1967)
Episode:
Yesterday's Enemies
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
Brett is known to be giving away British industrial secrets. When Drake confronts him, he discovers things are a lot more complicated and that Brett's not the only person being investigated.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Patrick McGoohan, Maureen Connell, Howard Marion-Crawford, Anton Rodgers
Votes: 132
18.
Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970– )
Episode:
The Go-Karters
(1970)
30 min | Family, Comedy
After having driven his go-kart on the road in a dangerous fashion, Spring is taken to court and charged with 6 motoring offenses. The gang as witnesses tell the Magistrate the story of how Spring came to that point.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Peter Firth, Brinsley Forde, Gillian Bailey, Michael Audreson
Votes: 8
19. John Cleese's First Farewell Performance (1988 Video)
48 min | Documentary
Director: Iain Johnstone | Stars: John Cleese, Iain Johnstone, Michael Palin, Kevin Kline
Votes: 14
20.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
The Correct Way to Kill
(1967)
TV-G | 51 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Somebody is systematically killing off foreign agents and Steed, who is initially implicated, declares a truce and calls on his Russian opposite number, Nutski. Along with Soviet agents ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Anna Quayle, Michael Gough
Votes: 332
21.
Strange Report (1969–1971)
Episode:
Report 8319: Grenade - What Price Change?
(1969)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
Two opposing factions at a university are planning various activities to protest about the setting-up of a defence research unit on-site. Ham Gynt goes back to university to study the roots... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas, Anneke Wills, Bernard Lee
Votes: 22
22. Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
McGill (known as "Mac") is a former U.S. intelligence agent based in London. After being thrown out of the agency for something he did not do, he finds his infamous reputation has preceded ... See full summary »
Stars: Richard Bradford, Ricardo Montez, Warren Stanhope, Frank Forsyth
Votes: 462
23. Man of the World (1962–1963)
60 min | Crime, Drama
Michael Strait is a high-flying photo-journalist and a real Man of the World. His business takes him to every corner of the world and every corner of society and with his eye for trouble it proves to be an irresistible combination.
Stars: Craig Stevens, Tracy Reed, Paul Maxwell, Ricardo Montez
Votes: 57
24.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
The Danger Makers
(1966)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Someone's organising a group of danger-craving psychopaths. Steed and Mrs. Peel must stop them before their next caper; stealing the crown jewels.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Diana Rigg, Nigel Davenport, Douglas Wilmer
Votes: 312
25. Here Come the Double Deckers! (1970– )
30 min | Family, Comedy
The adventures of a gang of seven kids whose clubhouse is an abandoned double decker bus in a London junkyard. Usually involves a bit of singing, a bit of dancing and general fun times.
Stars: Peter Firth, Brinsley Forde, Gillian Bailey, Michael Audreson
Votes: 287
26. Adventurer (1986–1987)
30 min | Action, Drama
Jack Vincent, an aristocrat forced by circumstances to become a smuggler, is caught and transported on the IIMS Success to a penal colony on Norfolk Island, off the New Zealand coast. ... See full summary »
Stars: Oliver Tobias, Marshall Napier, Peter Hambleton, Temuera Morrison
Votes: 37
27.
Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode:
Earthbound
(1975)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
A vessel of alien pacifists, bound for Earth, lands on the moon. They are greeted as friends by all- except Commissioner Simmons who sees their vessel as way to return home.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Roy Dotrice
Votes: 451
28. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
R | 108 min | Comedy, Crime
In London, four very different people team up on a jewel heist, then try to double-cross one another for the loot, complicated by their efforts to fool a very proper barrister.
Directors: Charles Crichton, John Cleese | Stars: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin
Votes: 154,041 | Gross: $63.49M
29. The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
Approved | 78 min | Comedy, Crime
A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipment of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country as miniature Eiffel Towers.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Alec Guinness, Stanley Holloway, Sidney James, Alfie Bass
Votes: 15,578
30. Dead of Night (1945)
Approved | 77 min | Drama, Horror
Guests invited to a weekend in the country share their supernatural stories, beginning with Walter Craig, who senses impending doom as his half-remembered recurring dream turns into reality.
Directors: Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer | Stars: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Roland Culver, Mary Merrall
Votes: 14,232
31.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
No Friend of Mine
(1968)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Whilst Garfield Cameron,who owns a mining company in the African country of Kalunga,supports local politician Masuto,who seeks the country's independence, Garfield's son-in-law James ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Richard Bradford, Clive Morton, Errol John, Allan Cuthbertson
Votes: 37
32. The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
Not Rated | 106 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy
After being tricked and cast out of Bagdad by the evil Jaffar, King Ahmad joins forces with a thief named Abu to reclaim his throne, the city, and the Princess he loves.
Directors: Ludwig Berger, Michael Powell, Tim Whelan, Alexander Korda, Zoltan Korda, William Cameron Menzies | Stars: Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez, John Justin
Votes: 14,513 | Gross: $0.27M
33. More Bloody Meetings (1984 Video)
27 min | Documentary, Short, Comedy
A sequel to the film Meetings, Bloody Meetings (1976). A manager who has learnt all the practical lessons from his experiences in the first film dreams how he habitually breaks the three ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: John Cleese, Graeme Garden, Antony Jay, David Prowse
Votes: 22
34.
NBC Special Treat (1975–1986)
Episode:
Into Infinity
(1975)
52 min | Family, Sci-Fi
The crew of the lightship Altares are lost in space when the craft is struck by a meteor shower and goes out of control.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Brian Blessed, Joanna Dunham, Nick Tate, Katharine Levy
Votes: 86
35.
The Avengers (1961–1969)
Episode:
False Witness
(1968)
TV-14 | 52 min | Action, Comedy, Crime
Witnesses and agents investigating upper class blackmailer Lord Edgefield can't seem to tell the truth.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Patrick Macnee, Linda Thorson, John Bennett, Barry Warren
Votes: 196
36.
Dick Turpin (1979–1982)
Episode:
The Secret Folk
(1982)
25 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Swiftnick frees Aphrina, a gypsy girl from a forester's trap. In order to prove to her tribe he has not shamed the girl, Swiftnick must face three ordeals chosen by fate. As Swiftnick is ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, David Daker, Michael Deeks, Kay Adshead
Votes: 10
37.
Man in a Suitcase (1967–1968)
Episode:
Three Blinks of the Eyes
(1968)
52 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Eleanor Duzac hires McGill to follow her much younger husband Bernard,whom she believes to have a mistress. The trail leads to a Paris club La Guillotine,well-known for staging mock ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Richard Bradford, Faith Brook, Drewe Henley, Charles Lloyd Pack
Votes: 35
38.
Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode:
The Last Sunset
(1976)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
As the Alphans are planning to explore the planet Ariel, a 'missile' attaches itself to the en route Eagle. Upon returning to Alpha, the 'missile' gives the Alphans a lunar atmosphere. But ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Prentis Hancock
Votes: 327
39. Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
TV-14 | 50 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
The crew of Moonbase Alpha must struggle to survive when a massive explosion throws the Moon from Earths orbit and into deep space.
Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Nick Tate, Zienia Merton
Votes: 9,455
40. Dick Turpin (1979–1982)
25 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
Famed 18th-century English highwayman Dick Turpin eludes authorities while romancing a farmer's daughter, though his days robbing coaches under the alias John Palmer may be numbered.
Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Michael Deeks, Christopher Benjamin, Billy Dean
Votes: 611
41. The Stranger in Between (1952)
Approved | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir
A violent fugitive and a mistreated small boy team up to flee from authority.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Elizabeth Sellars, Kay Walsh
Votes: 1,421
42.
Space: 1999 (1975–1977)
Episode:
Death's Other Dominion
(1975)
TV-14 | 60 min | Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi
On the ice world of Ultima Thule the Alphans encounter members of lost earth expedition who have achieved immortality- but at a price!
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Barry Morse, Brian Blessed
Votes: 423
43.
Strange Report (1969–1971)
Episode:
Report 5055: Cult - Murder Shrieks Out
(1969)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
Strange and his team are called in after a performer with links to a charity organization dies under unusual circumstances. When the performer's singing partner is kidnapped, the case takes... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas, Anneke Wills, Pamela Franklin
Votes: 36
44.
Strange Report (1969–1971)
Episode:
Report 2641: Hostage - If You Won't Learn, Die!
(1969)
60 min | Drama, Mystery
A Chinese diplomat is kidnapped and a ransom note delivered. Strange must battle against the time table of the kidnappers and the outrage of the Chinese government to locate the missing man and secure his safe release.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas, Anneke Wills, Kenneth Haigh
Votes: 25
45. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 294
46.
Dick Turpin (1979–1982)
Episode:
The Whipping Boy
(1979)
25 min | Action, Adventure, Biography
The Duke of Hertford sends Colonel Moat to take care of Turpin after being robbed by him. Both Dick and Captain Spiker used to serve under Moat at Gibraltar. The old rivalry between the ... See full summary »
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Richard O'Sullivan, Christopher Benjamin, David Daker, Michael Deeks
Votes: 17
47.
Rentaghost (1976–1984)
Episode:
Episode #2.2
(1976)
25 min | Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Rentaghost start a Taxi service, and Fred visits his parents while Claypole helps Mr Meaker move house.
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: Anthony Jackson, Michael Darbyshire, Michael Staniforth, Edward Brayshaw
Votes: 10
48. Whisky Galore! (1949)
Approved | 82 min | Comedy, Crime
Scottish islanders try to plunder 50,000 cases of whisky from a stranded ship.
Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Basil Radford, Joan Greenwood, Catherine Lacey, Bruce Seton
Votes: 6,657
49. NBC Special Treat (1975–1986)
Family, Sci-Fi
Anthology series of television specials geared towards teenagers.
Stars: Estelle Omens, Ricky Paull Goldin, Cheryl Arutt, Brian Blessed
Votes: 38
50. The Unorganized Manager, Part Three: Lamentations (1977 Video)
20 min | Documentary, Short
Director: Charles Crichton | Stars: James Bolam, John Cleese
Votes: 9