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Nigel Kneale
Writer 1922 - 2006

Nigel Kneale

Lancashire, England, UK

Thomas Nigel Kneale (18 April 1922 – 29 October 2006) was a Manx screenwriter who wrote professionally for more than 50 years, was a winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, and was twice nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay. Predominantly a writer of... Read full bio →

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

14 titles
Sharpe's Gold

Sharpe's Gold

Tom Clegg 1995 1h 42m

Sharpe leads a party to exchange rifles for British deserters. He is dealing with Aztec-inspired Spanish partisans. Complicating matters is Wellington's cousin, with her daughter, who is searching for her missing husband.

The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

Herbert Wise 1989 1h 40m

When a friendless old widow dies in the seaside town of Crythin, a young solicitor is sent by his firm to settle the estate. The lawyer finds the townspeople reluctant to talk about or go near the woman's dreary home and no one will explain or even acknowledge the menacing woman in black he keeps seeing.

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Halloween III: Season of the Witch

Tommy Lee Wallace 1982 1h 38m 5.7

A large Halloween mask-making company has plans to kill millions of American children with something sinister hidden in Halloween masks.

The Stone Tape

The Stone Tape

Peter Sasdy 1972 1h 30m 5.0

A team of scientists working in an abandoned mansion encounter a malevolent force.

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.

The Witches

The Witches

Cyril Frankel 1966 1h 29m 6.5

Following a nervous breakdown, Gwen takes up the job of head teacher in the small village of Haddaby. There she can benefit from the tranquillity and peace, enabling her to recover fully.

First Men in the Moon

First Men in the Moon

Nathan Juran 1964 1h 43m 7.2

The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.

H.M.S. Defiant

H.M.S. Defiant

Lewis Gilbert 1962 1h 41m 6.0

Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.

The Entertainer

The Entertainer

Tony Richardson 1960 1h 44m

Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.

Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger

Tony Richardson 1959 1h 38m 7.3

A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.

Quatermass and the Pit

Quatermass and the Pit

1958 30m

A team of scientists search for the origin and purpose of a mysterious capsule found on a building site.

The Abominable Snowman

The Abominable Snowman

Val Guest 1957 1h 25m 7.0

A bunch of limey Brits meet an ill met fate at the hands of the Yeti.

Quatermass 2

Quatermass 2

Val Guest 1957 1h 25m 6.6

In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space.

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Nineteen Eighty-Four

Rudolph Cartier 1954 1h 47m 5.0

A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a fellow member. Together they look to help bring down the party.

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