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  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang review by KATHERINEofARROGANCEe from HARROW
    Rated - 5 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 ...  
  • Cromwell
  • Cromwell review by A customer from Birmingham, UK
    Rated - 4 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...  

Ken Hughes - filmography


  • Sextette on DVD (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.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 102 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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,149 member
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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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 30 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.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 50% from 2 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 - 3.5 stars
Casino Royale - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - 3.5 stars
Cromwell - 3.5 stars
The Internecine Project - 3.0 stars
Casino Royale - 2.5 stars
Sextette - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Joe Macbeth - 2.0 stars
The London Collection - 2.0 stars
The Small World of Sammy Lee - 3.5 stars
Alfie Darling - 2.5 stars
Sextette - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Barbara Windsor - 2 times - show films
Anthony Newley - 2 times - show films
Timothy Dalton - 2 times - show films
Robert Stephens - 2 times - show films
Bonar Colleano - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

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