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

Comin' Thro the Rye

Comin' Thro the Rye

Biopic of Robbie Burns with a lot of Scottish singing. Heavy on narrative.

That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse

That Englishwoman: An Account of the Life of Emily Hobhouse

Dirk de Villiers -An English woman dares to defy the might of the British Empire and champions the cause of the Boers during the Anglo-Boer War, battling to alleviate the suffering of women and children in concentration camps. - Veronica Lang, Terence Alexander, Jenny Runacre

Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani

Doctor Who: The Mark of the Rani

The Doctor discovers his old enemy the Master is intent on preventing Earth's industrial revolution in 19th century England. But the Rani, a second rogue Time Lord, has plans of her own...

Run a Crooked Mile

Run a Crooked Mile

A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Two years later he wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia, is now married, and living in Switzerland. Now remembering the incident he returns to England to try to solve the mystery.

The Monkey's Paw

The Monkey's Paw

Be careful of what you wish for - it might come true, but no in the way you expect.