Don Sharp

Don Sharp

April 19, 1922 · 104 years old

Donald Herman Sharp was an Australian film director. His best known films were made for Hammer in the 1960s, and included Kiss of the Vampire and Rasputin, the Mad Monk. In 1965 he directed The Face of Fu Manchu, based on the character created by Sax Rohmer, and starring Christopher Lee.

Known For

13 titles
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The Death Wheelers

The Death Wheelers

1973 · 1h 25m · Movie

An amiable, psychopathic leader of a violent teen motorbike gang is spurred by his mother, a Satan-worshiping spiritual medium, into committing suicide and returning to life as an "undead".

5.8
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Rasputin: The Mad Monk

Rasputin: The Mad Monk

1966 · 1h 31m · Movie

Thrown out of his monastery for licentious and drunken behavior, Rasputin travels to St Petersburg in pursuit of wealth and prestige. He soon gains influence at court with his powers of healing and of hypnotism.

6.2
3
The Thirty Nine Steps

The Thirty Nine Steps

1978 · 1h 42m · Movie

In March 1914, a mining engineer named Richard Hannay tries to prevent Prussian Agents from executing a political assassination designed to trigger World War I.

6.6
4
Curse of the Fly

Curse of the Fly

1965 · 1h 26m · Movie

Motorist Martin Delambre attempts to keep evidence of his family's bizarre experiments in teleportation hidden from his wife, who is hiding secrets of her own.

5.2
5
The Face of Fu Manchu

The Face of Fu Manchu

1965 · 1h 29m · Movie

After cheating death, master criminal Dr. Fu Manchu returns with a plot to contaminate the River Thames with a powerful toxin extracted from Tibetan poppies.

5.8
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Witchcraft

Witchcraft

1964 · 1h 19m · Movie

When her grave is disturbed by modern-day land developers, a 300-year-old witch is accidentally resurrected and terrorizes an English village.

6.1
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The Brides of Fu Manchu

The Brides of Fu Manchu

1966 · 1h 34m · Movie

Fu Manchu blackmails several industrialists and scientists into helping him construct a super-weapon by kidnapping their daughters and wives.

5.5
8
Dark Places

Dark Places

1973 · 1h 31m · Movie

After the original owner dies in a mental asylum, a man moves into an abandoned mansion with a sordid history. Meanwhile, a few locals conspire to steal a large amount of money, said to be hidden somewhere on the premises.

5.8
9
The Devil-Ship Pirates

The Devil-Ship Pirates

1964 · 1h 26m · Movie

A damaged privateer deserts the Spanish Armada and makes land for repairs near a village on the British coast, terrorizing the local inhabitants.

6.1
10
Those Fantastic Flying Fools

Those Fantastic Flying Fools

1967 · 1h 35m · Movie

In Victorian England, an American showman uses a wealthy Frenchman's finances to build a German explosives expert's giant cannon designed to fire a people-filled projectile to the Moon, but spies and saboteurs endanger the project.

5.3
11
Bang! Bang! You're Dead!

Bang! Bang! You're Dead!

1966 · 1h 32m · Movie

One of six travelers who catch the bus from Casablanca airport to Marrakesh is carrying $2 million to pay a local operator to fix United Nations votes. But which one?

5.7
12
Tears in the Rain

Tears in the Rain

1988 · 1h 40m · Movie

Casey's mother's dying wish was to deliver a letter to an English lord who Casey knows nothing about. While fulfilling her duty, Casey meets the Lord's son, who immediately falls for the American visitor.

5.8