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Roy Ward Baker
Director 1916 - 2010

Roy Ward Baker

London, England

Roy Ward Baker was an English film director born in London on 19 December 1916. His best known film is A Night to Remember which won a Golden Globe for best foreign English language film in 1959. His later career was varied, and included many horror films and television... Read full bio →

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The Masks of Death

The Masks of Death

Roy Ward Baker 1984 1h 18m 5.0

Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of a string of mysterious deaths with no apparent causes and the case of a missing German Prince that could cause war between England and Germany.

The Monster Club

The Monster Club

Roy Ward Baker 1981 1h 38m 5.5

Introduction: Famished vampire Eramus vanquishes his thirst (being sure not to bite deeply enough to cause his donor to be turned) only to discover that he's just fed on the blood of his favorite horror novelist...

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires

Chang Cheh, Roy Ward Baker 1974 1h 29m 6.5

Martial arts meets Dracula. Dracula and 6 Chinese vampires battle Prof. Van Helsing and a martial arts team.

~~And Now the Screaming Starts!

~~And Now the Screaming Starts!

Roy Ward Baker 1973 1h 31m 6.0

England, 1795: the young Catherine has just married Charles Fengriffen and moves into his castle. She becomes the victim of a curse that was laid on the family long ago. On her wedding night she is raped by a ghost and gets pregnant.

The Vault of Horror

The Vault of Horror

Roy Ward Baker 1973 1h 27m 6.0

The sequel to Tales from the Crypt. Five strangers trapped in a basement vault converse about their recurring nightmares. Their stories include vampires, bodily dismemberment, east Indian mysticism, an insurance scam, and an artist who kills by painting his victims' deaths.

Asylum

Asylum

Roy Ward Baker 1972 1h 28m 6.0

A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum, and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.

Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde

Dr Jekyll & Sister Hyde

Roy Ward Baker 1971 1h 37m 7.3

In foggy London Dr Jekyll experiments on newly deceased women determined to discover an elixir for immortal life. Success enables his spectacular transformation into the beautiful but psychotic Sister Hyde who stalks the dark alleys of Whitechapel for young, innocent, female victims, ensuring continuation of the bloodstained research.

The Vampire Lovers

The Vampire Lovers

Roy Ward Baker 1970 1h 31m 5.7

In the heart of Styria the Karnstein Family, even after their mortal deaths, rise from their tombs spreading evil in the countryside in their lust for fresh blood. Baron Hartog whose family are all victims of Karnstein vampirism, opens their graves and drives a stake through their diabolical hearts.

Scars of Dracula

Scars of Dracula

Roy Ward Baker 1970 1h 36m 7.0

Searching for his brother, Simon Carlson and his girlfriend find the trail leads to the castle of Dracula.

Moon Zero Two

Moon Zero Two

Roy Ward Baker 1969 1h 41m

The first moon "Western". J.J. Hubbard (Warren Mitchell) hires space salvage expert William Kemp (James Olson) to land a asteroid made of sapphire on the far side of the moon. But has he been told the full story?

The Anniversary

The Anniversary

Roy Ward Baker 1968 1h 35m 6.0

Three sons who work in the family construction business help their overbearing mother celebrate her anniversary to her late husband.

The Fiction Makers

The Fiction Makers

Roy Ward Baker 1967 1h 40m 5.0

Simon Templar is hired by a friend in the book publishing trade to protect one of his stars, a secretive recluse named Amos Klein who writes a popular (and lucrative) series of adventure novels about a manly and suave spy.

Quatermass and the Pit

Quatermass and the Pit

Roy Ward Baker 1967 1h 37m 7.0

An ancient Martian spaceship is unearthed in London, and proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.

Two Left Feet

Two Left Feet

Roy Ward Baker 1963 1h 33m 6.0

Every time Alan Crabbe tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a stumble. But then he meets Eileen, who signals unmistakable messages at Alan with her large, inviting eyes.

The Singer Not the Song

The Singer Not the Song

Roy Ward Baker 1961 2h 12m 7.3

The Singer Not the Song is a 1961 British drama film based on the novel by Audrey Erskine Lindop that was directed by Roy Ward Baker and filmed in Spain.

Flame in the Streets

Flame in the Streets

Roy Ward Baker 1961 1h 33m 6.0

During the 1960s in Britain, tense race relations between whites and blacks are affecting the workplace, the family, the dating scene, and the society at large.

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember

Roy Ward Baker 1958 2h 3m 7.5

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 One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

Roy Ward Baker 1957 1h 51m 7.0

The true story about Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only german prisoner of war to escape from imprisonment in britain during the Second World War.

Tiger in the Smoke

Tiger in the Smoke

Roy Ward Baker 1956 1h 34m

In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a cellar.

Inferno

Inferno

Roy Ward Baker 1953 1h 23m 6.5

A spoiled and alcoholic millionaire, Robert Ryan, breaks his leg falling off of a horse, and is left to die in the desert by his cheating wife, Rhonda Fleming, and her lover, William Lundigan.

Night Without Sleep

Night Without Sleep

Roy Ward Baker 1952 1h 17m

Awaking one morning out of a drunken stupor, composer Richard Morton can't shake the feeling he has murdered a woman during the night.

Don't Bother to Knock

Don't Bother to Knock

Roy Ward Baker 1952 1h 16m 7.3

An airline pilot pursues a live-in babysitter at his hotel and gradually realizes she is not as stable as perhaps she should be.

Morning Departure

Morning Departure

Roy Ward Baker 1950 1h 42m 6.0

The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?

The October Man

The October Man

Roy Ward Baker 1947 1h 35m 6.0

Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash, is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.

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