Alun Owen
Writer · 1925 – 1994 · Menai Bridge, Wales
Alun Owen was a Welsh playwright, screenwriter and actor, predominantly in television. However, he is best remembered by a wider audience for writing the screenplay of The Beatles' debut feature film A Hard Day's Night (1964), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
Movies6
Movie7.6DramaAn indolent aristocrat gets more than he bargained for when he hires a competent but silently devious manservant.
The Servant
1963 · 383 votes
Movie6.6ComedyNaive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
I'm All Right Jack
1959 · 83 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryA documentary on the making of the Beatles' 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night," featuring director Richard Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor.
Things They Said Today
2002 · 2 votes
Movie10.0ThrillerAn unfortunate sailor gets implicated in a murder he never committed. After a bookie is murdered, the sailor is caught in an ever-tightening vice that would trap him as the killer unless he can clear himself. Along the way to struggling free and tracking down the real culprits, several unsavory characters cross his path as well as a rather interesting woman who sets romantic sparks flying.
In the Wake of a Stranger
1959 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyMusicA little Welsh village is sundered by rival factions when a coveted contralto role in the "Messiah" is given to Mrs. Davies instead of Mrs. Lloyd. Based on a stage play "Choir Practice".
Valley of Song
1953 · 1 votes
Movie6.6DocumentaryA short documentary filmed in 1957 at the Covent Garden fruit, vegetable and flower market, then located in the Covent Garden area of East central London. It was directed by Lindsay Anderson and produced by Karel Reisz and Leon Clore under the sponsorship of Ford of Britain, the first of the company's "Look At Britain" series.
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 · 13 votes
Series3
TV8.0DramaAction & AdventureThe second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.
The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1955 · 6 votes
- TV8.0Comedy
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse is a British anthology of six half-hour comedies showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker. All were broadcast by Associated-Rediffusion from 3 April to 8 May 1968. Of the six, two are lost.
The Ronnie Barker Playhouse
1968 · 1 votes
- TV9.0Drama
Hawkmoor
1978 · 1 votes