Brannigan 1975  PG, 111 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, Mel Ferrer, Ralph Meeker, John Vernon, Lesley-Anne Down, Barry Dennen, Brian Glover, James Booth
Chicago cop Jim Brannigan (John Wayne) heads for London on the trail of an escaped criminal.
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 1983 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Horror
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Ian Richardson, Donald Churchill, Martin Shaw, Denholm Elliott, Brian Blessed, Ronald Lacey, Eleanor Bron, Edward Judd, Nicholas Clay, Glynis Barber, Connie Booth, Eric Richard, Michael Burrell, Peter Rutherford, David Langton
Dr. Mortimer (Denholm Elliott) hires Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) to investigate the murder of Sir Charles Baskerville. Mortimer tells Holmes that 350 years ago Hugo Baskerville traded his soul to the devil, and all of his ancestors have fallen under a curse and have been murdered when they inherited the Baskerville dynasty. Mortimer wants to protect the new heir, Sir Henry (Martin Shaw), from suffering the same fate. Holmes sends Dr. Watson (Donald Churchill) to investigate while Holmes, unbeknownst to Watson, arrives on the scene disguised as a gypsy to find the culprit.
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I'll Take Manhattan 1987  TV, 450 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas Hickox, Richard Michaels
Cast: Valerie Bertinelli, Francesca Annis, Perry King, Jane Kaczmarek, Ken Olin, Jack Scalia, Barry Bostwick, Paul Hecht, Tim Daly, Robert Addie, Walter Gotell, Adam LeFevre
Based on a novel by Judith Krantz, this TV miniseries tells the story of Maxi's (Valerie Bertinelli) struggles to save her father's empire from her uncle (Perry King), who married her mother after her father's death and is now ruining the publishing business. A long "soaper."
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The Master of Ballantrae 1984  TV, 150 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Richard Thomas, Michael York, John Gielgud, Brian Blessed, Timothy Dalton, Nickolas Grace, Ian Richardson, Finola Hughes, John Hallam, Ed Bishop
Based on the Robert Louis Stevenson story, this is a remake of an earlier film starring Errol Flynn. In this made-for-TV version, Michael York takes on the Flynn role of the Scottish brother who fights the British king–and his own brother.
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Sky Riders 1976 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: James Coburn, Susannah York, Robert Culp, Charles Aznavour, Harry Andrews, Kenneth Griffith, Zouzou, Steven Keats, John Beck, Anthony Antypas
Hang-gliding stunts provide the backdrop for this action film involving the rescue of a mother and her children caught up in an international terrorist's kidnapping scheme.
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Theater of Blood 1973 R, 104 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Theatre of Blood
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Vincent Price, Diana Rigg, Ian Hendry, Harry Andrews, Jack Hawkins, Robert Coote, Robert Morley, Coral Browne, Diana Dors, Michael Hordern
When critics pan his work, actor Edward Lionheart (Vincent Price) murders them using methods based on those used in Shakespeare's plays. Lots of gore and fun.
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Zulu Dawn 1979 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: Douglas Hickox
Cast: Burt Lancaster, John Mills, Peter O'Toole, Simon Ward, Nigel Davenport, Michael Jayston, Ronald Lacey, Denholm Elliott, Freddie Jones, Christopher Cazenove, Peter Vaughan, James Faulkner, Bob Hoskins, David Bradley, Paul Copley
When Gen. Lord Chelmsford (Peter O'Toole) sends in British troops to fight the South African Zulu tribes, Col. Anthony Dumford (Burt Lancaster) leads his men into the fatal Battle of Isandhlwaba where they are greatly outnumbered. During the bloody battle, 30,000 Zulu warriors kill 1,500 British troops. This movie shows the events that led up to the siege at Rorke's Drift in "Zulu" (1964) and again shows the hostility between the British and native South Africans.
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| 1. Brannigan (1975)
2. The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983)
3. I'll Take Manhattan (1987)
4. The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
5. Sky Riders (1976)
6. Theater of Blood (1973)
aka: Theatre of Blood
7. Zulu Dawn (1979)
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