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Jim O'Connolly
James Philip O'Connolly (23 February 1926 – December 1986), known professionally as Jim O'Connolly, was an English film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is best known for his work as associate producer of many of the ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' B movie, B-movies made at Merton Park Studios in the early 1960s, as well directing films such as ''The Hi-Jackers'' (1963), ''Smokescreen (film), Smokescreen'' (1964), ''Berserk!'' (1967), and ''Tower of Evil'' (1972). He also directed several episodes of ITV (TV network), ITV's ''The Saint (TV series), The Saint'' between 1967 and 1969. Credits *''The Astonished Heart (film), The Astonished Heart'' (1950) – 3rd AD *''Trio (1950 film), Trio'' (1950) – assistant director *''The Lavender Hill Mob'' (1951) – 3rd AD *''The Man in the White Suit'' (1951) – 3rd AD *''Secret People (film), Secret People'' (1952) – 3rd AD *''Mandy (1952 film), Mandy'' (1952) – assistant director *''I Believe in You (film), I Believe in You'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
The ''Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' is a British second-feature film series mainly produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 48 films in the series, which were released between 1960 and 1965. The series was screened as ''The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre'' on television in the United States. Synopsis Producers Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy acquired the film rights to all of Edgar Wallace's books and stories in 1960. The original intent was that 30 of the films would be produced by Independent Artists at Beaconsfield Studios while a further 20 would be made by the Film Producers Guild at Merton Park Studios. In the event, Independent Artists' only contribution to the series would be '' The Malpas Mystery'' (1960) while more than double the intended 20 were made at Merton Park. The resulting adaptations were loose, with very few using Wallace's original titles. Like the concurrent Rialto Film series then being produced in Germany (see German krimis) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |