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  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang review by KATHERINEofARROGANCEe from HARROW
    Rated - 5.0 stars 16 July 2004
    ...Based on 007 Ian Fleming's novel & adapted by Roald Dahl & director Ken Hughes, this is one of the great children's movies. Panned when it first came out this is ...   Read customer review
  • Cromwell
  • Cromwell review by A customer from Birmingham, UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars Gripping stuff 3 April 2005
    ...It shows the good work of Ken Hughes that a gripping story could be made from an era of English history with only minor alterations to historical continuity - Hollywood d...   Read customer review

Ken Hughes - filmography


  • Sextette (1978)
    Starring: Mae West,  Timothy Dalton,  Dom DeLuise
    Director: Ken Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The sensational Mae West stars in this somewhat lurid vanity musical based on her own play. Six former husbands hover around a rich heiress on her honeymoon. This was Mae West's last film, made when she was in her eighties.
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 110 members
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  • Alfie Darling on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Alan Price,  Jill Townsend,  Joan Collins
    Director: Ken Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The Cockney Casanova is back. From the bedrooms of Bordeaux to the boardrooms of magazine editors, trucker Alfie travels across Europe driving the French girls wild, until tragedy strikes...
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 73 members
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  • Cromwell on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Alec Guinness,  Richard Harris,  Stratford Johns
    Director: Ken Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Following the rise of Oliver Cromwell (Richard Harris) to power as Lord Protector and in the process was central to bringing King Charles I to trial and exectution. In doing so, Cromwell laid the seeds for the more democratic Great Britain of today. This amazing story is told in an epic and lavish ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,393 member
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  • Casino Royale on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Peter Sellers,  David Niven,  Ursula Andress
    Director: Val Guest,  John Huston,  Ken Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    This swinging spoof of Ian Fleming's spy hero concerns an aging James Bond (David Niven), reluctantly dragged out of retirement to face down the evil crime clique called SMERSH. In order to confound the enemy, the Secret Service sends five other agents, also under the name "Bond," and all six ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 2,847 members
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  • Casino Royale - Blu-ray (1966)
    Starring: Peter Sellers,  David Niven,  Ursula Andress
    Director: Val Guest,  John Huston,  Ken Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    This swinging spoof of Ian Fleming's spy hero concerns an aging James Bond (David Niven), reluctantly dragged out of retirement to face down the evil crime clique called SMERSH. In order to confound the enemy, the Secret Service sends five other agents, also under the name "Bond," and all six ..read more »
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  • The Small World of Sammy Lee on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Anthony Newley,  Robert Stephens
    Director: Ken Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The Small World of Sammy Lee is just around any corner in Soho. Peopled by the pimps, the punters, the brasses and the bookies, and scattered with Peepshows, just like the sleazy club where Sammy Lee comperes the strip-tease. Sammy Lee is worried. When you owe money to a bookie like Conner, you're ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 132 members
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  • Joe Macbeth (1955)
    Starring: Paul Douglas,  Ruth Roman,  Bonar Colleano
    Director: Ken Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Shakespeare (more-or-less) in modern gangster setting. Lily MacBeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new "kingpin" himself. Success is short- lived, however, as he confronts Lennie, a mobster whose father and wife are Joe's murder victims.
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 4 members
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  • The Internecine Project on DVD
    Starring: James Coburn,  Lee Grant,  Harry Andrews
    Director: Ken Hughes
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    When he discovers that he is to become the personal consultant to the American President, Robert Elliot panics that his past will catch up with him. There are four people that know of his corrupt actions, and so Elliot devises a plan to get rid of them all...
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 94 members
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Ken Hughes facts

5 most recent films

Sextette - 2.5 stars
Alfie Darling - 2.5 stars
Cromwell - 3.5 stars
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Small World of Sammy Lee - 3.5 stars
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - 3.5 stars
Cromwell - 3.5 stars
The Internecine Project - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Casino Royale - Blu-ray - 3 stars
Joe Macbeth - 2.0 stars
The London Collection - 2.5 stars
Sextette - 2.5 stars
Alfie Darling - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Barbara Windsor - 5 times - show films
Lionel Jeffries - 4 times - show films
Dick Van Dyke - 4 times - show films
James Robertson Justice - 4 times - show films
Anna Quayle - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robert P - 3 times - show films
Val Guest - 3 times - show films
John Huston - 3 times - show films
Basil Dearden - 1 times - show films