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Rasputin The Mad Monk review by from England

Russia's finest love machine gets a Hammer makeover 23 December 2004
... sort of. As you might expect, the film isn't very historically accurate and Don Sharp appears to be more keen to focus on Rasputin himself than his place in history,... Read customer review

Devil Ship Pirates review by A customer from London,England

not a hammer horror film 18 September 2007
.... I suppose you could call it a Drama and it is well made. It is directed by Don Sharp who directs this well and has a feel of hammer all about it. Nice little fil... Read customer review

Don Sharp - filmography

Act Of Will on DVD (1989)
Starring: Victoria Tennant, Peter Coyote, Elizabeth Hurley
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
Mini-series based on the novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford, which follows the lives of three women from the same family.

57% from 232 members

A Woman Of Substance - Barbara Taylor Br... (2 discs) on DVD (1988)
Starring: Jenny Seagrove, Deborah Kerr, Barry Bostwick
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
Emma Harte remembers her past as a young girl; pregnant and abandoned. Determined to have something of her own she went on to form the Harte empire. In the present now, her empire is under threat and she must fight to keep it safe.

65% from 951 members

Tears In The Rain on DVD (1988)
Starring: Leigh Lawson, Christopher Cazenove, Paul Daneman
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
Casey Cantrell (Stone) is on her way to London to deliver her mother's death-bed letter to Lord Bredon. She finds herself being pursued by two wealthy men, who delve deep into her past and come up with a shocking discovery.

47% from 24 members

Hold The Dream - Barbara Taylor Bradford on DVD (1986)
Starring: Jenny Seagrove, Stephen Collins, Deborah Kerr
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
Sequel to 'A Woman Of Substance'. The moving story of one woman's determination to 'hold the dream' which was entrusted for her... and in so doing find the passion and happiness which is her legacy. Based on the novel by Barbara Taylor Bradford.

60% from 452 members

The Thirty Nine Steps on DVD (1978)
Starring: Robert Powell, David Warner, Eric Porter
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
It is 1914. Europe is on the brink of war. London seems peaceful enough but a dangerous conspiracy is underway. Colonel Scudder of the British Intelligence has unearthed a plot to assassinate the Greek Prime Minister on a visit to London and thus precipitate World War I. Richard Hannay (dashing ..read more »

70% from 949 members

The Four Feathers (1977)
Starring: Beau Bridges, Robert Powell, Simon Ward
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
Based on A.E.W. Mason's novel, THE FOUR FEATHERS sees Harry Faversham (Bridges) an army officer resign his commission to go to Britain's Sudan campaign on the eve of his engagement. His fiancee (Seymour) and three friends each send him a white feather as a sign that they believe him a coward. So ..read more »

59% from 182 members
Not currently released

Callan - The Movie on DVD (1974)
Starring: Edward Woodward, Carl Mohner, Catherine Schell
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
This feature film is an expanded rewrite of the first TV episode in whch the disgraced former secret service agent David Callan is given as opportunity to redeem himself with one more liquidation. His assignment is to kill a businessman responsible for a number of bombings and gun running, but not ..read more »

66% from 307 members

Psychomania (1971)
Starring: Nicky Henson, Mary Larkin
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
A biker gang called The Living Dead cause mayhem through British towns, pubs and motorways. However they elude capture and it turns out really are the "living dead"...

57% from 65 members
Currently unavailable

A Taste Of Excitement on DVD (1969)
Starring: Eva Renzi, David Buck, Peter Vaughan
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
In this crime drama, a painter finds himself entangled in a murder plot when he gets involved with a pretty girl. Written and directed by Don Sharp (PSYCHOMANIA), A TASTE OF EXCITEMENT stars Eva Renzi (THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE), Peter Bowles (TV's RUMPOLE OF THE BAILEY) and Peter Vaughan (..read more »

59% from 23 members

The Champions - E24 - Project Zero (1969)
Starring: Stuart Damon, Alexandra Bastedo, William Gaunt
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
The team come to the aid of a group of scientists duped by crooks into creating a nuclear fission gun. Fantasy drama, starring William Gaunt, Alexandra Bastedo and Stuart Damon.

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Violent Enemy on DVD (1968)
Starring: Susan Hampshire, Tom Bell, Ed Begley Jr.
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
One of the first British films to deal with the IRA in which explosives expert Sean Rogan (played by the late Tom Bell) plans to bomb a British power station.

60% from 80 members

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon on DVD (1967)
Starring: Burl Ives, Troy Donahue, Gert Frobe
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
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When Phileas.T. Barnum and friends attempt to send the first rocket to the moon, in the hope of making a fortune, their mission is rife with problems. Beginning with dire capital discrepancies, the crew also finds itself the object of sabotage and espionage. It seems impossible that they shall be ..read more »

56% from 197 members

The Brides Of Fu Manchu on DVD (1966)
Starring: Douglas Wilmer, Rupert Davies, Roger Hanin
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
Fu Manchu (Christopher Lee) and his followers abduct the daughters of prominent scientists and remove them to his remote island headquarters. Nayland Smith comes to the rescue in his attempt to thwart Fu Manchu's death ray.

58% from 280 members

Rasputin The Mad Monk on DVD (1966)
Starring: Barbara Shelley, Richard Pasco, Francis Matthews
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
Rasputin, the evil monk works his satanic power over the women in the Tsar's palace, even the Tsarina cannot escape.

59% from 330 members

Curse Of The Fly on DVD (1965)
Starring: Brian Donlevy, George Baker, Carole Gray
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
Third part of the science fiction series which began with THE FLY. A scientist's son becomes obsessed with transporter experimentation against his family's wishes. Unfortunately the equipment malfunctions with disastrous consequences, leaving the scientist with only one method of escape from the law.

53% from 108 members

The Face Of Fu Manchu (1965)
Starring: Nigel Green, James Robertson Justice
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
The long-presumed dead Fu Manchu may not be dead after all, as a spate of horrific murders appears to testify. Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard had witnessed the killer's execution, but this is thrown into doubt by the discovery of a spray made from Tibetan berries.

60% from 364 members
Not currently released

Devil Ship Pirates on DVD (1964)
Starring: Andrew Keir, John Cairney, Barry Warren
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
The captain of a Spanish galleon suffers defeat at Drake's hands. He seeks refuge in a Cornish inlet where his cut-throat crew terrorises the inhabitants.

51% from 154 members

The Kiss of the Vampire on DVD (1963)
Starring: Clifford Evans, Edward de Souza, Noel Willman
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
Lost on their way to their honeymoon, a young couple are lured into the castle of hypnotic Dr. Ravna, plunging them into a nightmare of horror and deception.

53% from 31 members

The Golden Disc (1958)
Starring: Lee Patterson, Linda Gray, David Jacobs
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
A fully restored 1958 film featuring Terry Dene, the UK's best voice in the pre-Beatles era. The film gives a snapshot of the changing times of late 1950s Britain.

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Due for release on 18th June 2012

The Tommy Steele Collection (4 discs) on DVD
Starring: Tommy Steele, June Laverick, Michael Medwin
Director: Gerald Thomas, Don Sharp, Gerard Bryant
Certificate:
This box set features the following films:The Duke Wore Jeans (Dir. Gerald Thomas) (1958): Comedy about a cockney lad who pretends to be a Lord in order to woo a South American princess. It's All Happening (Dir. Don Sharp) (1963): Billy Bowles (Tommy Steele) is an A & R talent co-ordinator who has ..read more »

67% from 151 members

Saturday Morning Pictures - Children's F...
Starring: John Glyn-Jones, John Charlesworth, David Morrell
Director: Don Sharp, Milo Lewis
Certificate:
In 'The Adventures Of Hal' an Austin 7 motorcar is found by two children... Plus 'Egghead's Robot'.

44% from 61 members
Not available for rental

What Waits Below on DVD
Starring: Robert Powell, Lisa Blount, Richard Johnson
Director: Don Sharp
Certificate:
Two men are hired by the Colonel of Omega Base Communications Operations to tunnel into a mountain to allow for communication tests. When men go missing in the caves they realise that they are not alone...

40% from 271 members

Human Jungle - Complete Series
Starring: Sally Smith, Margaret Lockwood, Rita Tushingham
Director: Sidney Hayers, Don Sharp, Charles Crichton
Certificate:
Herbert Lom is Dr. Roger Corder in this classic series. A widower in his mid-forties, Corder spends his life analysing others and finds himself being a sort of detective helping those who approach him with their problems. Includes every episode from the series.

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Not available for rental

Don Sharp facts

5 most recent films

Act Of Will - 3.0 stars
A Woman Of Substance - Barbara Taylor Bradford - 3.5 stars
Tears In The Rain - 2.5 stars
Hold The Dream - Barbara Taylor Bradford - 3.0 stars
The Thirty Nine Steps - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Thirty Nine Steps - 3.5 stars
The Tommy Steele Collection - 3.5 stars
Callan - The Movie - 3.5 stars
A Woman Of Substance - Barbara Taylor Bradford - 3.5 stars
Hold The Dream - Barbara Taylor Bradford - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Golden Disc - 3 stars
Human Jungle - Complete Series - 3 stars
Tears In The Rain - 2.5 stars
The Kiss of the Vampire - 2.5 stars
A Taste Of Excitement - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robert Powell - 4 times - show films
John Mills - 4 times - show films
Daliah Lavi - 2 times - show films
George Murcell - 2 times - show films
George Baker - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Milo Lewis - 1 times - show films
Gerard Bryant - 1 times - show films
Gerald Thomas - 1 times - show films
Sidney Hayers - 1 times - show films
Charles Crichton - 1 times - show films