Philip Saville
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Philip Saville (sometimes credited as Philip Savile, born 28 October 1930, London) is a British actor who turned to television direction and screenwriting in the late 1950s. During the 1960s he directed several important television plays, such as Harold Pinter's A Night Out (1960) for ABC's Armchair Theatre anthology series, and the lost Madhouse on Castle Street (1963) for the BBC. The later production became famous as the first acting appearance of the American folk singer Bob Dylan, whom Saville had flown over to the UK specifically to take part in the play. Other notable programmes on which Saville worked included Out of the Unknown (1965) and the Boys from the Blackstuff (1982) for which Saville received a BAFTA to add to his earlier BAFTA for Hamlet. In film Saville directed The Fruit Machine (1988, released as Wonderland in the USA), Metroland (1997) and The Gospel of John (2003). Saville has been called one of the UK's top 100 directors of all time. He is active in film and television as of 2006, and has a masterclass studio in London specializing in dramatic improvisation. Philip Saville has recently completed a special documentary on Harold Pinter Pinter's Progress for Sundance international television channels and UK's Sky Arts. Saville is currently developing further arts programming with Sundance and British TV company 3DD Productions including Discovering Hamlet now in production. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nina Axelrod, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: October 28, 1930
Deathday: December 22, 2016
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The Night of the Full Moon
1954-01-01
The Night of the Full Moon
Overview: Story of how American secret agent pursued by enemy agents, hides out at remote English farm
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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The Journal of Bridget Hitler
1981-02-06
The Journal of Bridget Hitler
Overview: An Irishwoman married to a German in pre-First World War Liverpool prepares to meet her brother-in-law – a young man named Adolf Hitler. Years later she is interviewed on television about her life. Part of the BBC2 Playhouse strand.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-02-06
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Murder at 3am
1953-07-01
Murder at 3am
Overview: A police detective suspects that his sister's boyfriend is a murderer.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-01
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The Great Van Robbery
1959-01-16
The Great Van Robbery
Overview: Interpol detective Caesar Smith tracks robbers of the Royal Mint van. He travels to Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Paris and establishes the guilt of a London coffee importer.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-16
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The Betrayal
1957-01-01
The Betrayal
Overview: Fourteen years after he was blinded in a WWII concentration camp, a Canadian perfume executive travels to London on business and recognizes the voice of the traitor who betrayed him and his fellow prisoners to the Germans.
Genres: War Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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A Piece of Cake
1948-11-01
A Piece of Cake
Overview: Set in the austere post–World War II British world of rationing, Cyril dreams up an ode to an imaginary character named Merlin Mound who can provide anything one can wish. Merlin becomes real and grants his host's wishes; not by conjuring the items out of thin air, but depriving them from other people's ownership, which leads to trouble.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-01
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The Straw Man
1953-08-17
The Straw Man
Overview: A newly married man is convicted of murdering a former lover in his apartment, and sentenced to hang. With a payout on his life worth 20,000 pounds, the insurance company sends an investigator to find out the truth.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-17
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An Honourable Murder
1960-03-31
An Honourable Murder
Overview: A modern boardroom take on Julius Caesar.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-31
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Three Crooked Men
1958-10-01
Three Crooked Men
Overview: Three men arrive in a small town to pull the local bank heist.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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Bang! You're Dead
1954-03-15
Bang! You're Dead
Overview: Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays 'highwayman' on the road and holds up a cyclist; the gun goes off, killing the cyclist. Both boys are unaware of the tragic consequences of their game. The body and the gun are found by Bob Carter, who had recently quarreled with the victim in the presence of their workmates, and both men had uttered threats. The evidence is strong, and Bob is arrested for murder...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-15
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The Blind Goddess
1948-09-14
The Blind Goddess
Overview: Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public funds for his own use.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-14
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To the Public Danger
1948-09-01
To the Public Danger
Overview: Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in a bout of thrill-seeking. When their spree gets out of hand, each person faces a moral choice with lasting consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-01
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Contraband Spain
1955-03-15
Contraband Spain
Overview: An FBI agent goes to the French-Spanish border to round up some smugglers and counterfeiters after his brother is murdered.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-15
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Penny and the Pownall Case
1948-06-26
Penny and the Pownall Case
Overview: A glamour model helps Scotland Yard to catch a criminal gang.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-06-26
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The Mirror and Markheim
1954-01-01
The Mirror and Markheim
Overview: Based on a short gothic horror story “Markheim” by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Genres: Drama Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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