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Ken Hughes
Director 1922 - 2001

Ken Hughes

Liverpool, England

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ken Hughes (19 January 1922, Liverpool – 28 April 2001, Los Angeles) was a British film director, writer, and producer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ken Hughes, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

16 titles
Night School

Night School

Ken Hughes 1981 1h 28m 5.0

A Boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds, committed by a helmeted, black-leather clad serial killer.

Sextette

Sextette

Ken Hughes 1978 1h 25m 3.0

On the day of her wedding to her sixth husband, a glamorous silver screen sex symbol is asked to intervene in a political dispute between nations, which leads to chaos.

Alfie Darling

Alfie Darling

Ken Hughes 1975 1h 42m 5.0

Alfie Darling is a 1975 British comedy drama film directed by Ken Hughes. It is the sequel to the 1966 film Alfie. This time Alan Price takes over Michael Caine's role of Alfie. It based on the novel of the same name by Bill Naughton (who wrote the play upon which the first film was based).

Cromwell

Cromwell

Ken Hughes 1970 2h 20m 6.0

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Ken Hughes 1968 2h 24m 7.8

Take a 'fantasmagorical' journey, with Ian Fleming's 'flying' car.

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

John Huston, Robert Parrish 1967 2h 11m 7.2

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'. One of the Bonds, whose real name is Evelyn Tremble is sent to take on Le Chiffre in a game of baccarat, but all the Bonds get more than they can handle.

Of Human Bondage

Of Human Bondage

Ken Hughes 1964 1h 40m 4.0

A medical student becomes obsessed with his faithless lover.

The Small World of Sammy Lee

The Small World of Sammy Lee

Ken Hughes 1963 1h 47m

The compère of a seedy strip club struggles to keep one step ahead of the bookies to whom he owes money.

The Long Haul

The Long Haul

Ken Hughes 1957 1h 28m 7.0

An American ex-GI takes a job as a truck driver to support his British war bride Connie. It isn't long, however, before Harry is blackmailed into joining a smuggling operation run by a conniving criminal.

Wicked as They Come

Wicked as They Come

Ken Hughes 1956 1h 34m 6.0

A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder.

Timeslip

Timeslip

Ken Hughes 1955 1h 33m 6.0

An atomic scientist is found floating in a river with a bullet in his back and a radioactive halo around his body. The radioactivity has put him seven-and-a-half seconds ahead of us in time. He teams up with a reporter to stop his evil double from destroying his experiments in artificial tungsten.

The Brain Machine

The Brain Machine

Ken Hughes 1955 1h 24m 5.0

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

Little Red Monkey

Ken Hughes 1955 1h 11m 6.0

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.

Confession

Confession

Ken Hughes 1955 1h 30m

A falling-out between thieves over the proceeds of a stickup results in several deaths and a priest being marked for murder because of a confession he receives from one of the gang members.

The House Across the Lake

The House Across the Lake

Ken Hughes 1954 1h 8m 6.0

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs.

Wide Boy

Wide Boy

Ken Hughes 1952 1h 7m 7.0

Benny steals Caroline's purse and finds a letter revealing her affair with married surgeon Mannering. Benny blackmails them, leading to murder.

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