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1. Rheingold Theatre (1953–1957)
23 min | Drama
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. narrated, produced, and frequently starred in this anthology series, which presented everything from drama to mystery to farce.
Stars: Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Christopher Lee, Ron Randell, Barbara Mullen
Votes: 74
2. Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Follows Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard and his family life.
Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, Richard James
Votes: 314
3.
Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
Episode:
The Rhyme and the Reason
(1964)
Crime, Drama, Mystery
A young man is accused of murdering his unfaithful girlfriend. Though many offer damning testimony, and his knife is found at the murder scene, Gideon suspects a frame-up.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, Jo Rowbottom
Votes: 60
4.
Gideon C.I.D. (1964–1966)
Episode:
The Tin God
(1964)
50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Two criminals make a murderous escape from prison with a carefully executed plan. One is a violent gangster intent on revenge against his wife who helped the police put him away. He uses his son, who idolises him, to carry out his plan.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: John Gregson, Alexander Davion, Daphne Anderson, Derren Nesbitt
Votes: 77
5. Aggie (1956–1957)
30 min | Comedy
Adventures of a Fashion Designer on International Assignments.
Stars: Joan Shawlee, Michael Ward, Patrick McGoohan, Vernon Greeves
Votes: 30
6.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Saint Steps In
(1964)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A revolutionary new textile formula gets stolen and the developer's daughter asks Simon for help.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Roger Moore, Geoffrey Keen, Justine Lord, Peter Vaughan
Votes: 157
7.
Department S (1969–1970)
Episode:
The Last Train to Redbridge
(1969)
Action, Adventure, Crime
A tube train arrives at Redbridge station with all its passengers dead and the conductor who found it is also knocked out by nerve gas. Whilst Annabelle is escorting Mrs. Taylor, the widow ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, Dennis Alaba Peters
Votes: 46
8. The Saint (1962–1969)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simon "The Saint" Templar, a wealthy adventurer and 20th-century Robin Hood, travels the world in his white Volvo P1800S, solving unsolvable problems and righting wrongs.
Stars: Roger Moore, Ivor Dean, Leslie Crawford, Justine Lord
Votes: 6,231
9. The Champions (1968–1969)
60 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After a plane carrying three Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.
Stars: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 1,430
10. Rendezvous (1957– )
30 min | Drama
An anthology series of short stories told to acquaintances by a man named John Burden.
Stars: Charles Drake, Gordon Tanner, Gaylord Cavallaro, Paul Massie
Votes: 33
11.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Crime of the Century
(1965)
TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A chemist who works at a research lab is abducted and forced to go with them. A few hours earlier, CI Teal intercepts one of the group and asks Simon, if he'd be willing to work undercover ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Roger Moore, André Morell, Sarah Lawson, William Lucas
Votes: 140
12.
The Champions (1968–1969)
Episode:
The Fanatics
(1968)
49 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
The assassination of a Middle Eastern dignitary in London is the latest in a series of attacks on high-profile figures conducted by a group known as the Fanatics. Richard infiltrates the ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 82
13.
Department S (1969–1970)
Episode:
Who Plays the Dummy?
(1969)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Spanish police attempt to flag down a white Chevrolet but it crashes and is revealed to have been 'driven' by a dummy and worked by remote control. Jason notes that the dummy is wearing an ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, Dennis Alaba Peters
Votes: 51
14.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The King of the Beggars
(1963)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In Rome, Simon discovers a protection racket targeting the local beggars who must relinquish part of their alms to a person known as the king of the beggars.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Roger Moore, Maxine Audley, Oliver Reed, Yvonne Romain
Votes: 304
15.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Man Who Was Lucky
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simon receives a telephone call from a bookmaker who's being threatened by a protection gang - and deals with the matter in his own manner.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Roger Moore, Eddie Byrne, Delphi Lawrence, Campbell Singer
Votes: 216
16.
Department S (1969–1970)
Episode:
Handicap Dead
(1969)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Stewart is at Colindale golf course in Scotland for a tournament but one of the players, Johnnie Collins, already disqualified for turning up late ,is found dead on a beach. Nothing ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, Dennis Alaba Peters
Votes: 52
17.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
A Double in Diamonds
(1967)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A highly valuable necklace is stolen from Lord Gillingham by his secretary Kate, who kills the jeweler in the process.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Roger Moore, Cecil Parker, Anton Rodgers, Yolande Turner
Votes: 148
18.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
Portrait of Brenda
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Alan Williams is found dead having rung the Saint for his assistance. Pop singer Diane Huntley, a friend of Alan's, takes the Saint to meet a guru who runs meditation sessions at a hefty ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Roger Moore, Anna Carteret, Ivor Dean, Anne De Vigier
Votes: 135
19. Department S (1969–1970)
60 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
An elite department within Interpol, Department S inherits those cases which the other member groups have failed to solve.
Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, Dennis Alaba Peters
Votes: 586
20.
The Champions (1968–1969)
Episode:
The Final Countdown
(1968)
49 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
After twenty-five years in prison for war crimes Nazi Field Marshall von Splitz is released and evades observers. He and his followers are anxious to trace an atom bomb, jettisoned from a ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 66
21.
Department S (1969–1970)
Episode:
The Shift That Never Was
(1969)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Something strange has happened at the Bellman-Parsons chemical factory. Although locals claim that they saw the work force arriving as normal, the management report that all of the regular ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, Dennis Alaba Peters
Votes: 45
22.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Man Who Liked Toys
(1964)
TV-PG | 50 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A friend of Simon's thinks her boss is being blackmailed.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Roger Moore, Ivor Dean, John Baskcomb, Jeanne Moody
Votes: 139
23.
Department S (1969–1970)
Episode:
A Cellar Full of Silence
(1969)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Four men in fancy dress costumes are celebrating committing a robbery in a house near a building site when they are gunned down. When a man's body is recovered, locked in a trunk in a car ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, Dennis Alaba Peters
Votes: 56
24.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
Iris
(1963)
TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A racketeer and his beautiful actress wife are among those concerned in a scheme to involve Simon in an ingenious blackmailing plot.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Roger Moore, Barbara Murray, David Bauer, Ivor Dean
Votes: 179
25.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Latin Touch
(1962)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Simon goes to help a young American woman who's being over charged by a taxi driver in Rome - and becomes involved in a kidnapping case, with dramatic developments.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Roger Moore, Alexander Knox, Doris Nolan, Bill Nagy
Votes: 335
26. The Flesh and the Fiends (1960)
94 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
In 1828 Scotland, Edinburgh surgeon Dr. Knox does medical research on cadavers he buys from murderers Burke and Hare, without questioning the unethical procurement methods.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Peter Cushing, June Laverick, Donald Pleasence, George Rose
Votes: 2,325
27. Murder at Scotland Yard (1952)
75 min | Mystery, Thriller
A private detective pursues a gang leader who has escaped from prison, stolen some diamonds and is responsible for a number of murders.
Director: Victor M. Gover | Stars: Tod Slaughter, Patrick Barr, Tucker McGuire, Dorothy Bramhall
Votes: 12
28.
The Champions (1968–1969)
Episode:
The Ghost Plane
(1968)
49 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Several American military aircraft have been attacked in the East by 'the Ghost Plane', believed to belong to the Chinese and which flies at an almost impossible speed. A newspaper cutting ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 87
29.
The Champions (1968–1969)
Episode:
Full Circle
(1968)
49 min | Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
British agent Paul Westerman is remanded in prison on suspicion of having stolen a micro-film from the Columbrian embassy, jeopardising an arms treaty, but noone can find the film. Craig ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt, Anthony Nicholls
Votes: 62
30. Murder Will Out (1952)
83 min | Crime, Mystery, Romance
The story of four people directly and indirectly involved in the murder of a female blackmailer. The three male suspects are the girl's employer (publisher Henry Kendall); an up-and-coming ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Valerie Hobson, Edward Underdown, James Robertson Justice, Henry Kendall
Votes: 295
31.
Department S (1969–1970)
Episode:
The Treasure of the Costa Del Sol
(1969)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Cal and Thorn, two Americans, go deep sea diving on the Costa Del Sol and, having brought ashore a fish, proceed to double-cross and kill each other. The fish turns out to be plastic and ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, Dennis Alaba Peters
Votes: 48
32.
The Saint (1962–1969)
Episode:
The Spanish Cow
(1965)
TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Crime, Drama
On the French Riviera, the Saint rescues Dona Luisa Arroya and her young companion, Consuela from 2 robbers. Dona Luisa and her brother-in-law tell Simon they're part of a once-influential ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Roger Moore, Gary Raymond, Viviane Ventura, Nancy Nevinson
Votes: 120
33. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
Approved | 90 min | Horror
During a mysterious epidemic in a small Cornish village, the local doctor summons his professor friend for help.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: André Morell, Diane Clare, Brook Williams, Jacqueline Pearce
Votes: 5,660
34. Miss Grant Goes to the Door (1940)
7 min | Short
Two sisters encounter a German spy. A public service film showing how to thwart the enemy.
Director: Brian Desmond Hurst | Stars: Mary Clare, Martita Hunt, Manning Whiley, Ivan Brandt
Votes: 60
35.
Department S (1969–1970)
Episode:
The Double Death of Charlie Crippen
(1969)
Action, Adventure, Crime
Near Naples a car is stopped by a land-mine, then riddled with bullets by attackers. However, the 'victim' in the back seat turns out to be a dummy, whom Jason nicknames Charlie Crippen. ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Peter Wyngarde, Joel Fabiani, Rosemary Nicols, Dennis Alaba Peters
Votes: 45
36. The Gorgon (1964)
Not Rated | 83 min | Horror
In the early twentieth century, a Gorgon takes human form and terrorizes a small European village by turning its citizens to stone.
Director: Terence Fisher | Stars: Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco, Barbara Shelley
Votes: 6,864
37. White Fire (1953)
Approved | 81 min | Crime, Drama
In London, American Gregor Stevens searches for his convicted murderer brother facing execution. He allies with smuggler Yvonne Durante to prove his brother's innocence, putting her at risk from her criminal associates.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Scott Brady, Mary Castle, John Blythe, Gabrielle Brune
Votes: 415
38. The Embezzler (1954)
61 min | Crime, Drama
Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Charles Victor, Zena Marshall, Cyril Chamberlain, Avice Landone
Votes: 216
39. The Shadow of the Cat (1961)
Approved | 79 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller
A house cat sees her mistress murdered by two servants under orders from her husband , and becomes ferociously bent on revenge.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: André Morell, Barbara Shelley, William Lucas, Freda Jackson
Votes: 1,572
40. Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard (1952)
Passed | 77 min | Action, Adventure, Crime
US sleuth Whispering Smith arrives in London on vacation, but soon becomes embroiled in a murder case.
Director: Francis Searle | Stars: Richard Carlson, Greta Gynt, Rona Anderson, Herbert Lom
Votes: 120
41. Deadly Nightshade (1953)
61 min | Crime, Drama
Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Emrys Jones, Zena Marshall, John Horsley, Joan Hickson
Votes: 243
42. Room to Let (1950)
68 min | Crime, Drama
In London in 1904, neighbours begin to suspect that a very strange man calling himself Dr. Fell may in fact be the infamous Jack the Ripper.
Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: Jimmy Hanley, Valentine Dyall, Christine Silver, Merle Tottenham
Votes: 97
43. Guilt Is My Shadow (1950)
86 min | Crime, Drama
After a failed bank robbery the getaway driver flees to the Devon countryside and the farm of his uncle.
Director: Roy Kellino | Stars: Peter Reynolds, Patrick Holt, Lawrence O'Madden, Esma Cannon
Votes: 156
44. The Frightened Man (1952)
Not Rated | 69 min | Crime, Drama
The hidden life of a second-hand dealer inadvertently ensnares his son. Julius Rosselli (Dermot Walsh), whose expulsion from Oxford and subsequent participation with jewel thieves breaks ... See full summary »
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Dermot Walsh, Barbara Murray, Charles Victor, John Blythe
Votes: 197
45. No Trace (1950)
Not Rated | 76 min | Crime, Drama
1950. Drama. Directed by John Gilling. Writer Robert Southley finds his lifestyle threatened by blackmail from a former American criminal associate. Stars Hugh Sinclair, Dinah Sheridan & John Laurie.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Hugh Sinclair, Dinah Sheridan, John Laurie, Dora Bryan
Votes: 201
46. Destination Milan (1954)
78 min | Drama
Compilation of three episodes of "Rheingold Theatre" (1953): "Lowland Fling", "The Guilty Person", and "Destination Milan".
Directors: Leslie Arliss, John Gilling, Lawrence Huntington | Stars: Lorraine Clewes, Yusef Crandall, Cyril Cusack, Tommy Duggan
Votes: 28
47. The Reptile (1966)
Approved | 90 min | Horror
In a Cornish village, various locals die from mysterious snake bites, but the coroner rules the deaths as heart attacks, until a family of newcomers starts an investigation.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Noel Willman, Jennifer Daniel, Ray Barrett, Jacqueline Pearce
Votes: 3,965
48. Pickup Alley (1957)
Approved | 92 min | Action, Crime, Drama
International narcotics smuggler Frank McNally is trailed through various European countries by U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg, Trevor Howard, Bonar Colleano
Votes: 644
49. It Takes a Thief (1960)
Approved | 101 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A gang leader dumps her criminal boyfriend when he is convicted of robbery, but he recovers the stolen loot once he's released. In retaliation, the gang kidnaps his son and demands the money as ransom.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle, Carl Möhner, Peter Reynolds
Votes: 376
50. Recoil (1953)
Not Rated | 79 min | Crime, Drama
Jean Talbot poses as a crook to infiltrate the gang of thieves who killed her jeweler father, Michael.
Director: John Gilling | Stars: Kieron Moore, Elizabeth Sellars, Edward Underdown, John Horsley
Votes: 219