Movies by Terence Alexander

The Day of the Jackal

The Day of the Jackal

An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.

Mission: Monte Carlo

Mission: Monte Carlo

Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys investigate crimes along the French Riviera.

Dangerous Cargo

Dangerous Cargo

Inspired by the real events of the attempted heist at Heathrow Airport in 1952, a criminal tricks an old friend into giving away the location of a shipment of gold bullion so he and his gang can steal it.

Frankenstein

Frankenstein

A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.

The Eternal Question

The Eternal Question

Real-life palm reader Josef Ranald helps people two determine their futures. Some sources claim this British film was never released, or even finished, until 1956 when American Ron Ormond acquired it and added a brief sequence about a girl hitchhiker and a psycho motorist, releasing it finally as The Eternal Question.

Death Was a Passenger

Death Was a Passenger

Strangers conversing in a train compartment, revive wartime memories for one passenger.

The Laughing Prisoner

The Laughing Prisoner

A funny remake of "The Prisoner" - with a 1980's twist to it 'The Laughing Prisoner' is a remake (or homage) of (to) the Kafkaesque 1960's television show 'The Prisoner' with Patrick McGoohan in the lead role. This time it is a successful television presenter (Jools Holland) who decides to quit at the height of his stardom. He is abducted from his apartment and brought to the village, where number 2 (a young Stephen Fry) is questioning him. The whole show has a cosy 1980's feel to it, with several bands from that period performing their music.

Death Is a Number

Death Is a Number

A man relates the story of his friend, racing driver John Bridgnorth, whose death may have been the final act of an ancient family curse