The best Jim O'Brady’s movies

Jim O'Brady

Jim O'Brady

13/05/1907- 01/01/1991
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From Russia with Love

From Russia with Love
7.3/10
Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.

Where Eagles Dare

Where Eagles Dare
7.6/10
World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.

Treasure Island

Treasure Island
6.9/10
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.

A Hard Day's Night

A Hard Day's Night
7.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyMusic
  • Release: 07/07/1964
  • Character: Man in Pub
Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964. The band have to use all their guile and wit to avoid the pursuing fans and press to reach their scheduled television performance, in spite of Paul's troublemaking grandfather and Ringo's arrest.

The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea
7.4/10
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer

Taste the Blood of Dracula

Taste the Blood of Dracula
6.3/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 07/05/1970
  • Character: Mission Hall Diner
Three elderly distinguished gentlemen are searching for some excitement in their boring borgoueis lives and gets in contact with one of count Dracula's servants. In a nightly ceremony they restore the count back to life. The three men killed Dracula's servant and as a revenge, the count makes sure that the gentlemen are killed one by one by their own sons.

Billy Liar

Billy Liar
7.3/10
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.

The Plague of the Zombies

The Plague of the Zombies
6.6/10
  • Genre: Horror
  • Release: 09/01/1966
  • Character: Pub Patron
Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. Local squire Charles, a disciple of Haitian witchcraft, is using the voodoo magic to resurrect the dead to work in his decrepit and unsafe tin mines that are shunned by the local population. But his magic relies on human sacrifice and he unleashes his army of the undead on the unsuspecting village with horrific consequences.

Calling Bulldog Drummond

Calling Bulldog Drummond
6.2/10
  • Genre: CrimeMystery
  • Release: 02/07/1951
  • Character: Customer in Last Word Club
Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.

Passage Home

Passage Home
6.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 17/03/1955
  • Character: Ship's Crewman at Presentation
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go
6.2/10
An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.

Broken Journey

Broken Journey
5.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 14/04/1948
  • Character: Man Pushing Past Mary (uncredited)
Passengers and crew struggle to survive after their plane crashes in the Alps.

French Dressing

French Dressing
6/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 10/04/1964
  • Character: Film Festival Patron (uncredited)
A deck-chair attendant at a British resort promotes a film festival featuring a French sexpot.

The Whole Truth

The Whole Truth
6.2/10
  • Genre: DramaMystery
  • Release: 01/09/1958
  • Character: Film Studio Stagehand
On 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.

A Kid for Two Farthings

A Kid for Two Farthings
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDramaFamily
  • Release: 20/01/1956
  • Character: Wrestling Match Spectator (uncredited)
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true.

Lease of Life

Lease of Life
6.8/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 18/10/1954
  • Character: Engine Driver (uncredited)
The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.

Regan

Regan
8/10
Rough, tough and politically incorrect in the way that only the best 70's dramas can be, Regan was a pilot film for The Sweeney - one of the major television successes of the last fifty years. Featuring John Thaw as the irascible Detective Inspector Regan and Dennis Waterman as his loyal 'oppo' Detective Sergeant Carter, Regan was an immediate critical and ratings hit, resulting in four series of The Sweeney and two successful feature films. Jack Regan is a good copper, but his tough, intuitive style is becoming unfashionable in a Scotland Yard seeking a new image. When a policeman is mysteriously murdered, Regan breaks all the rules to find the killer - but he finds there are men in the Flying Squad prepared to break him.

I Start Counting

I Start Counting
6.9/10
  • Genre: Thriller
  • Release: 01/01/1969
  • Character: Man Waiting in Line to Buy Ice Cream (uncredited)
An English schoolgirl suspects the foster brother she worships is the serial killer at large.

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