John Franklyn-Robbins Movies

A rich merchant, Antonio is depressed for no good reason, until his good friend Bassanio comes to tell him how he's in love with Portia. Portia's...

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while...

Scientists who worked for the allies on the development of the atom bomb in World War II are revealed to be Russian agents.

A moody drama concerning the lonely but luxurious imprisonment of Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena.

The 75-minute hybrid fiction-documentary follows a sculptor named Arthur King experiencing a severe creative crisis while searching for a specific...

his three-part miniseries begins with elderly Lady Slane (Wendy Hiller) sitting watchfully by the deathbed of her husband. Tended by her equally aged...

Toad's life is just one big adventure! His latest and greatest hobby is racing around the countryside in his new motor car getting into all sorts of...

Readers and fans worldwide know the land of Narnia and the magical beings who dwell there. But few know the genius who created this beloved fantasy....

The 1972 BBC adaptation of Ibsen’s epic dramatic fantasy about a man in search of his soul.

A dog who was named after the Beatles album, inherits his master's fortune. His owner's two children, however, devise a plan to make off with his...

When an undergraduate commits suicide, his best friend is sent down from university because he did nothing to prevent the death, which he felt was a...

Glamour model Diane Shepherd is routinely being beaten by her husband Tim, who accuses her of infidelity. When she can't take it anymore, she finds...

John Fothergill, aesthete and scholar, becomes the proprietor of the Spread Eagle, in Thame, Oxfordshire, with the intent of turning it into the most...

When John Fielding, MP, disappeared on the way home to his country estates he was, perhaps, cracking the first good joke of his life. Sergeant...

Family picnics should not be like this; bugging devices, men with X-ray eyes. Mary doesn't understand what terrifies Simon, nor the bizarre events of...