
John Van Eyssen
Actor · 1922 – 1995 · Fauresmith, South Africa
Movies24
Movie7.3HorrorAfter Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.
Dracula
1958 · 733 votes
Movie6.4ComedyIn Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. There's a colonel who's a constant nuisance, a bumbling nurse, a romance between Ted York and Nurse Denton, and Bell wants his bunion removed straight away, so after a couple of pints, the men decide to remove the bunion themselves!
Carry On Nurse
1959 · 66 votes
Movie6.4Science FictionHorrorIn England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
Quatermass 2
1957 · 152 votes
Movie6.4CrimeWhen a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.
The Criminal
1960 · 41 votes
Movie6.4DocumentaryA retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror films in the 1950s, '60s and '70s. Included are clips from Hammer productions and interviews with actors, actresses, directors and producers who worked on these films.
Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood
1987 · 7 votes
Movie6.8WarDramaBased on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War.
The One That Got Away
1957 · 59 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
Movie6.9AdventureHistoryRobin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.
The Men of Sherwood Forest
1954 · 14 votes
Movie6.1CrimeMysteryPolice find that everyone had a motive for the murder of a wealthy woman.
Account Rendered
1957 · 11 votes
- MovieFamilyComedy
A comedy about the celebrated 18th century comedienne, Kitty Clive.
Kitty Clive
1956
Movie6.5DramaHistoryMurder in the Cathedral is a story about Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his struggles against temptation and personal vanity prior to his murder in the great Cathedral.
Murder in the Cathedral
1951 · 8 votes
Movie5.9MysteryDramaPainter Jan Van Rooyer has been art teacher to Jacqueline Cousteau, an older Frenchwoman who becomes his lover. But when she turns up dead, Van Rooyer must explain their relationship to the police to clear his name.
Blind Date
1959 · 29 votes
Movie6.2ComedyGreat Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne to re-establish friendly relations.
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959 · 8 votes
Movie7.0ComedyRoger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.
Brothers in Law
1957 · 10 votes
Movie5.8MysteryThrillerOn the French Riviera, movie producer Max Poulton is on location shooting a film starring his lover, Gina Bertini. But when the rueful Max ends his fling with Gina to return to his loyal wife, Carol, the jilted actress threatens to reveal details of their affair to Carol. Later, at a party at Max's villa, investigator Carliss arrives with news that Gina has been killed and that Max is a murderer suspect.
The Whole Truth
1958 · 16 votes
MovieA young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding.
The Dybbuk
1952
Movie7.6DramaMysteryOne time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader, betrayed to and executed by the Nazis. When it seems that they might finally know the name of the traitor - and that he or she comes from within their own unit - their annual gathering becomes a deadly trial...
The Traitor
1957 · 5 votes
Movie5.9WarDuring WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955 · 34 votes
Movie6.1CrimeDramaA rich but disliked elderly man invites his relatives to a family reunion at his home. Once the gathering is complete, he announces enigmatically that he intends to change his will before he dies. Before he can do this, he is murdered. His niece (Gynt), a detective story writer, has to put her theories into practice by solving a real-life murder mystery.
Three Steps In The Dark
1953 · 9 votes
MovieDocumentaryGeorge Bernard Shaw’s illustrious friends pay tribute to his talents – with anecdotes, artefacts and one-liners.
Bernard Shaw
1957
Movie7.0CrimeDramaJanet Miller (Lana Morris) is a married woman caught in awkward circumstances after police investigating a murder come up with evidence, and a potentially lethal motive, which lead them to suspect her of committing the crime. Their suspicions increase when Janet is less than forthcoming about a visit she paid to a former beau. Happily, her loyal husband (Ronald Howard) swears by her innocence and quickly leaps into motion to find the real killer.
Moment of Indiscretion
1958 · 2 votes
Movie5.7CrimeMysteryBritish crime film directed by Peter Duffell and starring Bernard Lee, Moira Redmond and John Van Eyssen, loosely based on the 1918 novel "The Man Who Knew" by Edgar Wallace.
Partners in Crime
1961 · 3 votes
Movie5.9Science FictionRomanceA young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends, the perfect triangle. But years later when Lena returns to her sleepy home the tone of the relationship changes and it is Robin she loves. Bill has discovered a method of duplication and decides to make an exact replica of the woman he cannot have... .with disastrous consequences for them all.
Four Sided Triangle
1953 · 18 votes
Movie5.5DramaCrimeA young woman going to her wedding is waiting for her fiancée, a hood in custody, who is allowed by the police to go to his wedding.
Marriage of Convenience
1960 · 2 votes
Series2
TV7.3CrimeDramaThe adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.
Interpol Calling
1959 · 4 votes
TV6.8DocumentaryThe World of Hammer is a thirteen-part British documentary series created and written by Robert and Ashley Sidaway for Channel 4. Initially broadcast from 12 August to 4 November 1994, the series is narrated by English actor and frequent Hammer collaborator Oliver Reed.
The World of Hammer
1994 · 4 votes