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Writer 1925 - 2019

John Briley

Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

8 titles
Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

John Glen 1992 2h 6.0

Genoese navigator overcomes intrigue in the court of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain and gains financing for his expedition to the East Indies.

Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom

Richard Attenborough 1987 2h 37m 7.0

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist in South Africa who begins to follow the activities of Stephen Biko, a courageous and outspoken black anti-apartheid activist.

Tai-Pan

Tai-Pan

Daryl Duke 1986 2h 7m 3.0

Historical fiction set against the backdrop of Hong Kong in its early years of British rule.

Enigma

Enigma

Jeannot Szwarc 1983 2h 2m

Five highly-trained KGB agents are sent to the west to assassinate several Soviet dissidents. In order to stop the diabolical plot, an American agent must infiltrate Soviet intelligence and obtain information from a Russian computer.

Gandhi

Gandhi

Richard Attenborough 1982 3h 12m 8.2

Director Richard Attenborough tells with this epic, and elaborate produced film, the story of freedom and peace fighter Gandhi, the Indian who helped give Indians their independence. The film was nominated in eleven categories at the Academy Awards, winning eight in total.

The Medusa Touch

The Medusa Touch

Jack Gold 1978 1h 49m 7.3

"I have a gift for disaster," says John Morlar (Ricard Burton). Morlar is cursed with a unique telekinesis power that only seems to cause disaster.

Children of the Damned

Children of the Damned

Anton Leader 1964 1h 30m 6.3

Six children are found spread through out the world that not only have enormous intelligence, but identical intelligence and have a strange bond to each other.

Postman's Knock

Postman's Knock

Robert Lynn 1962

Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Innocent in the ways of the big city, he is thought to be a member of another gang by both the train robbers and the police, who all suspect him of trying to rob the post office where he works.

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