Derek Ford Movies
British director and screenwriter Derek Ford was known for such low-budget sex-comedies as The Wife Swappers (1969), Keep It Up, Jack! (1973), and What's Up Nurse (1977). He began his career writing radio and television scripts with his brother Donald Ford. For a few years, the brothers focused on making sexploitation and horror movies such as The Black Torment (1964). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie GuideIn this run-of-the-mill horror film, it is the Christmas season, and derelicts who need money for food and/or booze get jobs playing Saint Nick in the city's department stores. An insane killer has taken a strong dislike to these Santas and either violently does them in or disfigures them in very ugly ways. A Scotland Yard detective (Edmund Purdom, also the director) has been assigned to capture the serial killer, but when he is unable to get results fast enough, he is replaced by Sgt. Powell (Mark Jones). The list of suspects includes the Scotland Yard detective, a reporter who happens to be on the scene just after one of the crimes is committed, and another fellow who was also around for several of the attacks and is indirectly related to one of the victims. The puzzle will hopefully be solved while some Santas (Father Christmas in England) are still around. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Edmund Purdom, Alan Lake, (more)
When a brilliant doctor fathers 837 genius sons through an artificial insemination program, it seems like every woman on the planet wants to birth one of the exhausted medico's super smart babies. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
British sexploitation expert Derek Ford takes the helm for this raunchy comedy that is sure to quicken the pulse of men who like women in uniform. When Dr. Robert "Sweeney" Todd arrives to fill his post at a new hospital, he is shocked to see the lengths that the nurses go to in caring for their patients. Of course Dr. Todd is no prude, and it isn't long before he's joining in on all the lusty, after-hours fun. In the course of his erotic exploits, Dr. Todd makes it his mission to fully satisfy his boss' daughter Olivia even if it means putting in a little overtime. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Tim Blackstone
In this fast-paced, lighthearted, sci-fi sex comedy, a lusty alien from Venus disguises herself as a beautiful woman in order to research sex on Earth. Landing in London's seedy Soho district, the randy extraterrestrial experiences a series of sexual encounters that help her to better understand our earthbound mating customs and sexual mores. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Monika Ringwald, Mark Jones, (more)
British director Derek Ford returns to the helm for this saucy sequel to his 1972 hit Suburban Wives. Whereas the first installment focused on the sexual exploits of bored British housewives, this sexual, told in six episodes, shows that ladies aren't the only ones looking for a little extramarital stimulation. Featuring Gabrielle Drake and Nicola Austin. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
When she is hassled by a murdering madman, a beautiful model realizes that she will have to elude the crazy fiend, or lose her life. ~ All Movie Guide
Spanish sexploitation merchant Joseph Larraz helmed this mystery about a model who witnesses a killing; when she tries to convince the authorities of what happened, she realizes she no longer can find the murder site. Also titled Scream and Die. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
Written and directed by Derek Ford, the British Suburban Wives is a spicy satire of modern manners and mores. Newspaperwoman Eve Whishaw relates the separate stories of eight married couples. The husbands are satisfied with their lot, but the wives are bored, bored, bored. The manner in which the ladies add a little fun to their lives originally earned this film an X rating. Current prints of Suburban Wives have been toned down to a hard "R". ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
The Legend of Spider Forest is also known as Venom, though it bears no relation to the 1982 Klaus Kinski film of that title. Artist Simon Brent goes on working vacation to Bavaria. While in the forest, he meets an alluring young woman. She turns out to be the dreaded "Spider Goddess," who works hand and glove with mad scientists to kill victims with poisonous venom. An interesting if shoddily made variation on the Dracula legend, The Legend of Spider Forest might make a neat companion feature to Arachnophobia. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
In this WW II actioner set in 1942, an American officer serving with the British Royal Navy attempts to blockade Malta and then destroy a German arsenal located in Sicily. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
In this sex comedy, a bountiful blonde woman saves a despondent fellow from suicide and teaches him to love life again. Meanwhile a sexy aspiring actress seduces the son of a man whom she believes is a powerful producer, and a cabbie dreams of a world filled with bikini clad women and exotic dancers. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
This docu-drama purports to be a serious examination of the trendy pastime of spouse swapping. A deadly serious American psychologist introduces and discusses each segment. In the first one, a wife is forced to disrobe and swim to a houseboat where she must stay for an entire night. In the second sequence, a sexually frustrated couple find the satisfaction they crave with another couple. The wife is most reluctant but it doesn't take her long to become addicted to other men. In a later episode, a wife becomes a hooker to help pay the bills. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
In this exploitation drama, a teenage rock-group fan is so desperate to be with her heroes that she sneaks aboard their van and heads with them for London. Unfortunately for her, the boys are not nice at all and use her as their sex toy and get her addicted to drugs. She then gets in a car crash and more tragedy ensues. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Esme Johns, Billy Boyle, (more)
This docu-drama purports to be a serious examination of the trendy pastime of spouse swapping. A deadly serious American psychologist introduces and discusses each segment. In the first one, a wife is forced to disrobe and swim to a houseboat where she must stay for an entire night. In the second sequence, a sexually frustrated couple find the satisfaction they crave with another couple. The wife is most reluctant but it doesn't take her long to become addicted to other men. In a later episode, a wife becomes a hooker to help pay the bills. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- James Donnelly, Larry Taylor, (more)
A guilt-ridden plastic surgeon becomes murderously obsessed with restoring the beautiful face of his fashion-model fiancee in this horror film. It was he, in a jealous rage, who accidentally disfigured her, when he burst into a photography session, got into a fight with the cameraman and ended up burning her face with a hot lamp. Now, desperate to restore her, he begins harvesting the pituitary glands and the facial skin (removed with a laser) from the severed heads of prostitutes and using them on her wounded face. It works, but they pay a price and both become increasingly insane because the "beauty treatment" is only temporary. One day, an angry band of hippies storms the doctor's house, for he has killed one of their friends. Using his deadly laser, the doctor tries to defend himself, but the laser goes out of control causing all sorts of death and gory destruction. Fortunately, things are not as they seem, and at that point the surgeon awakens from his nightmare and prepares to take his beautiful fiancee to a party. The promo posters for the film advertised "This Is Not a Woman's Picture! No women will be allowed in alone!" ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Peter Cushing, Sue Lloyd, (more)
In A Study in Terror the ever popular Sherlock Holmes and his companion Dr. Watson search for the Victorian serial killerJack the Ripper in this well-made and exciting mystery produced, written and directed by James Hill. In this adaptation of the popular character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes (John Neville) aided by Dr. Watson (Donald Houston) and his brother Mycroft (Robert Morley) are called in to help catch the crazed killer of prostitutes. This film combines all the elements beloved by fans of Sherlock Holmes resulting in a satisfying and well-acted mystery. John Neville is good as the cool, logical Holmes and Robert Morley adds a nice dash of humor to liven up the story. A Study in Terror is highly recommended for fans of Sherlock Holmes and should be enjoyed by any viewer who loves vintage mysteries. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Neville, Donald Houston, (more)
This staid British thriller stars John Turner as 18th-century nobleman Sir John Fordyce, whose blissful honeymoon holiday is cut brutally short by angry locals who accuse him of raping a woman from the village. Worse, they claim to have seen the ghost of his first wife riding through town on horseback, shrieking that she had died by her husband's hand. Despite Sir John's protestations of innocence, the hand of fate seems to be closing in, as more violent acts are perpetrated -- including the death of his father -- and his new bride (Heather Sears) is prepared to shoot him dead if he comes near her. All is revealed in the contrived climax -- which plays out like a Gothic version of a "Scooby-Doo" episode. The filmmakers tried to punch things up with a plethora of cheap spook-house gimmicks but fail to disguise the threadbare plot. ~ Cavett Binion, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- John Turner, Heather Sears, (more)
This British comedy details what happens to five sailors and a passenger as they spend fifteen hours on shore leave in London while waiting for their cargo ship to unload. The passenger, a lonely widowed business man named George (Bernard Lee), finds his way to a West End bar, where he meets Wanda (Erika Remberg), a seductive blackmailer, working in cahoots with photographer Paul (Derek Bond). Meanwhile, Lee (John Bonney), an Australian sailor, meets and falls in love with wacky beatnik Penny (Heather Sears). Arthur (David Lodge) tells the sailors that he is going to visit his mother when, in reality, he is heading off to seek a prostitute. Rough-and-tumble Harry (Inigo Jackson) finds himself robbed and left penniless after visiting a Soho saloon. Shy and naive Jamie (Colin Campbell) falls in love with the homeless Jean (Francesca Annis). As the hours go by, Jamie has to decide whether to leave Jean or to jump ship and marry her. ~ Paul Brenner, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Heather Sears, Bernard Lee, (more)
In this youthful drama, based on a true story, a group of boarding school girls who have lost their virginity begin to proudly wear yellow teddy bear pins to show that they are now worldly women. One of them, a troubled 16-year old who has been ignored by her parents, is quite pleased when she finally gets her pin. Unfortunately she also gets pregnant. Her impregnator is a window washer and aspiring pop singer. She needs an abortion and is assisted by a helpful hooker who also helps her become a streetwalker so she can raise the cash for the operation. The girls father is outraged when he learns the truth, but he blames the school's biology teacher, not his daughter. He is angry with the educator because she knew all about the teddy bear club and was the one who talked about sex with them. The teacher resigns after being reprimanded. Before she does though, she gives an emotional speech to the school board. Meanwhile the troubled girl, runs away to London. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jacqueline Ellis, Annette Whiteley, (more)




















