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Jack Cardiff
Director 1914 - 2009

Jack Cardiff

Yarmouth, Norfolk, England, UK

From Wikipedia Jack Cardiff was a British cinematographer, director and photographer. His career spanned the development of cinema, from silent film, through early experiments in Technicolor to filmmaking in the 21st century. He was best known for his influential colour... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

10 titles
The Mutations

The Mutations

Jack Cardiff 1974 1h 32m 5.0

A mad scientist (Donald Pleasence) crosses plants with people, and the results wind up in a sideshow.

Penny Gold

Penny Gold

Jack Cardiff 1973 1h 26m 6.0

While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister.

The Mercenaries

The Mercenaries

Jack Cardiff 1968 1h 41m 6.7

A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through the Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to rescue $25 million in uncut diamonds.

The Girl on a Motorcycle

The Girl on a Motorcycle

Jack Cardiff 1968 1h 31m 4.7

Newly-married Rebecca leaves her husband's Alsatian bed on her prized motorbike - symbol of freedom and escape - to visit her lover in Heidelberg. En route she indulges in psychedelic reveries as she relives her changing relationship with the two men.

Young Cassidy

Young Cassidy

Jack Cardiff 1965 1h 50m 6.0

Dublin playwright Sean O'Casey (Rod Taylor) loves a librarian (Maggie Smith), sleeps with a chorus girl (Julie Christie) and meets Yeats.

The Liquidator

The Liquidator

Jack Cardiff 1965 1h 45m

Spy spoof about Boysie Oakes, a British secret agent who specialises in Liquidating. In actual fact he contracts out the work and pretends it is was himself. This leads to complications.

The Long Ships

The Long Ships

Jack Cardiff 1964 2h 6m 5.0

Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down.

My Geisha

My Geisha

Jack Cardiff 1962 2h 6.0

A director's (Yves Montand) wife (Shirley MacLaine) poses as a geisha to win the lead in his Japanese production of "Madame Butterfly."

Sons and Lovers

Sons and Lovers

Jack Cardiff 1960 1h 43m 8.5

You'll never forget the young lovers in...

Intent to Kill

Intent to Kill

Jack Cardiff 1958 1h 28m

While resisting pressure from his upper-class wife to take a higher-paying job in London, a Montreal physician prepares to carry out brain surgery on a Latin American president. They don't suspect that a trio of assassins is also waiting, for their chance to carry out a political assassination on the operating table.

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