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Lawrence Gordon Clark
Director 88 years old

Lawrence Gordon Clark

Lawrence Gordon Clark (born 15 June 1938) is an English television director and producer. He is best known for "A Ghost Story for Christmas", which was a series of telefilm adaptations of (mostly) M.R. James ghost stories, broadcast annually by the BBC throughout the 1970s.

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5 titles
Midnight Man

Midnight Man

Lawrence Gordon Clark 1997 1h 34m

British soldiers force a recently captured IRA terrorist to cooperate with them and then assign him to go undercover with a gang of terrorists and prevent them from killing the U.S. President.

On Dangerous Ground

On Dangerous Ground

Lawrence Gordon Clark 1996 1h 34m

When they learn of a secret covenant on the status of Hong Kong signed by Mao in 1944, Chinese factions, the British government, Hong Kong businessmen, AND the Mafia all try to be the first to take hold of it. Tough man Sean Dillon, pressured by Brigadier Ferguson into working for the British, does it his own way.

Prophecy

Lawrence Gordon Clark 1995 52m 6.0

When a group of friends hold a séance in the basement of a London café they each receive a prophecy. Five years later and the prophecies have started to come true, but who made them and what is the connection with Oliver Halkin and his troubled son Edward?

Casting the Runes

Casting the Runes

Lawrence Gordon Clark 1979 49m 5.0

Like Curse of the Demon (1957), this adaptation is only very loosely based on the original ghost story by M.R. James. However, it does feature eerie scenic views and is directed by Lawrence "Ghost Story For Christmas" Gordon Clark

The Signalman

The Signalman

Lawrence Gordon Clark 1976 38m

A traveller comes across a signalman stationed by the exit of a railway tunnel in a deep cutting. The traveller becomes familiar with the signalman, and finds that he is troubled by an apparition which appears by the tunnel.

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