Christopher Challis Movies

  • 1957
    Ill Met by Moonlight

    Ill Met by Moonlight

    Ill Met by Moonlight

    6.11957HD

    Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

    Ill Met by Moonlight
  • 1962
    H.M.S. Defiant

    H.M.S. Defiant

    H.M.S. Defiant

    6.51962HD

    Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual...

    H.M.S. Defiant
  • 1971
    Villain

    Villain

    Villain

    6.21971HD

    In 1970s London, Scotland Yard orchestrates the downfall of mob boss Vic Dakin after he crosses the line by blackmailing Members of Parliament.

    Villain
  • 1951
    The Tales of Hoffmann

    The Tales of Hoffmann

    The Tales of Hoffmann

    7.11951HD

    A young poet named Hoffman broods over his failed romances. First, his affair with the beautiful Olympia is shattered when he realizes that she is...

    The Tales of Hoffmann
  • 1959
    Blind Date

    Blind Date

    Blind Date

    61959HD

    Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose...

    Blind Date
  • 1971
    Mary, Queen of Scots

    Mary, Queen of Scots

    Mary, Queen of Scots

    6.71971HD

    Mary Stuart, who was named Queen of Scotland when she was only six days old, is the last Roman Catholic ruler of Scotland. She is imprisoned at the...

    Mary, Queen of Scots
  • 1963
    The Victors

    The Victors

    The Victors

    6.31963HD

    Intercutting dramatic vignettes with newsreel footage, the story follows the characters from an infantry squad as they make their way from Sicily to...

    The Victors
  • 1972
    Follow Me!

    Follow Me!

    Follow Me!

    7.61972HD

    A strait-laced British banker hires an eccentric private detective to follow his free-spirited American wife, whom he suspects is cheating on him.

    Follow Me!
  • 1968
    A Dandy in Aspic

    A Dandy in Aspic

    A Dandy in Aspic

    6.81968HD

    Double-agent Alexander Eberlin is assigned by the British to hunt out a Russian spy, known to them as Krasnevin. Only Eberlin knows that Krasnevin is...

    A Dandy in Aspic
  • 1979
    The Riddle of the Sands

    The Riddle of the Sands

    The Riddle of the Sands

    6.11979HD

    In the early years of the 20th Century, two British yachtsmen (Michael York and Simon MacCorkindale) stumble upon a German plot to invade the east...

    The Riddle of the Sands
  • 1953
    Genevieve

    Genevieve

    Genevieve

    6.51953HD

    Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

    Genevieve
  • 1965
    Return from the Ashes

    Return from the Ashes

    Return from the Ashes

    61965HD

    A Jewish woman, Dr. Michele Wolf, interred in a Nazi concentration camp during WWII returns to her Paris home after the war's end. She's unaware that...

    Return from the Ashes
  • 1950
    The Elusive Pimpernel

    The Elusive Pimpernel

    The Elusive Pimpernel

    61950HD

    A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.

    The Elusive Pimpernel
  • 1953
    The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

    The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

    The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan

    41953HD

    The career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a composer turned against his will to light music, who...

    The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
  • 1956
    The Spanish Gardener

    The Spanish Gardener

    The Spanish Gardener

    6.21956HD

    Harrington Brande, a British diplomat who recently broke up with his wife, is stationed in a small coastal town in Spain with his son, Nicholas....

    The Spanish Gardener
  • 1971
    Catch Me a Spy

    Catch Me a Spy

    Catch Me a Spy

    4.61971HD

    While on vacation, a woman's husband is taken by the Russian government. After one attempt fails, she begins looking for a suitable spy to capture...

    Catch Me a Spy
  • 1955
    Quentin Durward

    Quentin Durward

    Quentin Durward

    61955HD

    During the 15th century reign of France's King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. The...

    Quentin Durward
  • 1985
    Steaming

    Steaming

    Steaming

    5.41985HD

    Steaming is the final film directed by Joseph Losey. It was adapted from Nell Dunn's play by Patricia Losey and Nell Dunn. It is about three women...

    Steaming
  • 1950
    Gone to Earth

    Gone to Earth

    Gone to Earth

    6.11950HD

    Jennifer Jones plays Hazel Woods, a beautiful young English Gypsey girl who loves animals and in particular her pet fox. She is hotly desired by Jack...

    Gone to Earth
  • 1969
    Staircase

    Staircase

    Staircase

    5.71969HD

    An aging gay couple owns a barber shop in the East End of London. One of them is a part-time actor about to go on trial for propositioning a police...

    Staircase