Russell Napier
Russell Napier was born in Perth, Western Australia. Originally a lawyer, Napier was active as an actor on the stage as early as 1936; on the screen, from 1947 to 1974, playing both comedic and dramatic roles in both cinema and television. Notably, he starred in a... Read full bio →
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Twisted Nerve
A troubled man becomes infatuated with a beautiful young woman and uses a childlike alter-ego to get close to her.
The Blood Beast Terror
A scientist working with genetics creates a horrifying flying creature that feeds on human blood. Following a gruesome trail of dead bodies, Scotland Yard investigators must scramble to halt its ravenous rampage.
Nobody Runs Forever
Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder. But when Malone arrives, he finds that the amiable Quentin is not only the key in groundbreaking peace negotiations, but also the target of an assassin himself.
H.M.S. Defiant
Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.
The Mark
A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
Francis of Assisi
The story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross
The Angry Silence
A young factory worker stands alone against a proposed strike.
Sink the Bismarck!
A true WW2 story: the British Navy must find and destroy a powerful German warship.
Hell Is a City
In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who's escaped from prison.
Tread Softly Stranger
Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.
A Night to Remember
On April 10th, 1912, RMS Titanic sailed from Southampton on her maiden voyage. On her fouth night at sea she struck an iceberg and sank with the loss of 1,500 passengers and crew. The film faithfully depicts the drama, heroism and horror of the night the unsinkable sank.
The Shiralee
An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.
Robbery Under Arms
Two brothers join their father in Captain Starlight's bush ranger gang in 19th Century Australia.
The Last Man to Hang
Sir Roderick Strood is on trial for the murder of his wife.
Je plaide non coupable
Convinced that a wartime resistance heroine is innocent of a murder charge, Nap Rumbold, a solicitor / private detective travels to France searching for evidence to clear her name.
A Town Like Alice
A newly wealthy English woman returns to Malaya to build a well for the villagers who helped her during war. Thinking back, she recalls the Australian man who made a great sacrifice to aid her and her fellow prisoners of war.
The Brain Machine
A doctor is taken hostage by a drug smuggler whom she has diagnosed as psychotic. Her estranged husband has to find her before the smuggling gang find him and kill them both.
Little Red Monkey
A US agent protects a defecting Russian scientist in London as scientists are murdered. The agent finds the killers' hideout, is captured with a policeman's niece, escapes, and stops the killings.
The Stranger Came Home
Someone knocked out a man and left him for dead during a fishing trip in Portugal. That someone is either his fetching wife, or two business partners, all sporting guilty faces after his unexpected return. Two more murders and a frame-up befall the quartet before an inspector closes the case.
The Saint's Return
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
Black Orchid
Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name.
36 Hours
When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her.
Stolen Face
A doctor changes a woman's face to match the one that broke his heart. Trouble starts when his love returns.