John Barrard Movies
Swinging with the Finkels
R 2010
A bored couple takes a shot at swinging in order to spice up their bland sex life and save their failing marriage in this playful sex comedy starring Martin Freeman and...
Buster
R 1988
On August 8, 1963, the Royal Mail train, on its nighttime run from London to Glasgow, was robbed by 15 men who got away with 2.6 million pounds (today the equivalent of $35...
We'll Think of Something [TV Series]
1986
The central character in this British sitcom was middle-aged Les Brooks (Sam Kelly), who after several years at the same job was suddenly rendered "redundant" (that is, he...
Santa Claus: The Movie
PG 1985
After introducing how Santa and Mrs. Claus came to the North Pole and began their work delivering toys at Christmas time, this routine children's film segues into a story...
King David
PG13 1985
Director Bruce Beresford has safely stayed within the domain of the Bible and not strayed into patches of Hollywood fiction in this routine version of the story of David...
Ellis Island
1983
The seven-hour TV miniseries Ellis Island was adapted from a novel by Fred Mustard Stewart. Per its title, the film is a mosaic of subplots involving several European...
Black Adder: The Black Seal
1983
The inaugural season of the British satirical comedy series The Black Adder ended on July 20, 1983, with the episode titled "The Black Seal." Having exhausted all efforts to...
Oliver Twist
1982
Clive Donner directs Oliver Twist, the 1982 made-for-TV version of the classic Dickens novel. Richard Charles plays Oliver Twist, an orphan boy who gets kicked out...
Tales from the Crypt
PG 1972
The phenomenon of Tales from the Crypt seems to have no endings, only changes. This successful pun-filled style of presenting ironic horror tales had its beginnings in...
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River
G 1968
Humorist Max Wilk scripted this listless film version of his book of the same name. Jerry Lewis plays George Lester, an American entrepreneur living in London. After a...
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror, Episode 3
1964
In the third episode of the six-part story "The Reign of Terror," the Doctor (William Hartnell) arrives in the Paris of 1794, intending to save Barbara (Jacqueline...
Doctor Who: The Reign of Terror, Episode 4
1964
In the fourth episode of the six-part story "The Reign of Terror," the Doctor (William Hartnell), still impersonating the Superintendent of Parisian Prisons, comes face...
We Are in the Navy Now
1962
This was the last film for British director Wendy Toye whose special interests were always comedies and fantasies. In this light farce, the talented Kenneth More is Lt....
There Was a Crooked Man
1960
In this British comedy, an amiable demolitions expert finds himself entangled with a band of criminals masquerading as doctors. In this guise, the thieves attempt to build a...
Peeping Tom
1960
Michael Powell's controversial meditation on violence and voyeurism effectively destroyed his career when it was first released, but later generations have come to regard it as...
The Man Who Knew Too Much
PG 1956
The debate still rages as to whether Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 remake of The Man Who Knew Too Much is superior to his own original 1934 version. This two-hour remake (45...