Donald Houston
11 titles
Filmography
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Crow Hollow
(1952)After moving into her husband's spooky family estate, a newlywed starts suspecting that his three spinster aunts may have sinister intentions.

The Girl in the Picture
(1957)1957. Drama. Directed by Don Chaffey. Starring Donald Houston, Patrick Holt and Junia Crawford. George Keefe's policeman brother was murdered four years ago and the killer is still on the loose.

The Prince and the Pauper
(1962)The Prince of Wales and a pauper's son who bears a striking resemblance to him, trade identities.
Doctor in Distress
(1963)After injuring his back in a fall, Sir Lancelot Spratt (James Robertson Justice), the pompous medical director at a London hospital, falls in love with his physical therapist, Iris (Barbara Murray). Softened by this encounter, Spratt seeks romantic advice from Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde), a suave young doctor who has also become enamored of a woman -- Delia (Samantha Eggar), a beautiful would-be actress. The two doctors attempt to court their respective loves --with mixed results.

Tales That Witness Madness
(1973)A psychiatrist tells stories of four special cases to a colleague.

Room at the Top
(1958)Jack Clayton's 1959 feature length debut Room at the Top paved the way for the British New Wave. It is considered one of the first Kitchen Sink Dramas. Starring Laurence Harvey and Simone Signoret, Room at the Top was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two: Best Actress (Signoret) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Paterson). In post-war industrial Yorkshire, Joe Lampton (Lawrence Harvey) aims to seduce the boss's daughter as he attempts to climb the ladder at work. But when his background holds him back, Joe seeks comfort with the unhappily married Alice (Simone Signoret) beginning an affair that will have unspeakable consequences.

633 Squadron
(1964)Courage and stunning self-sacrifice clash against the powers of evil in this WWII epic set in the aerial battlefields of war-torn Europe.

Carry On Jack
(1964)Ahoy there! There's nothing like a Jolly Roger on the seven seas with the Carry On team. There's the whiff of mutiny in the air as Juliet Mills runs away to sea disguised as a midshipman and ends up on a ship commanded by the wicked Captain Fearless (Kenneth Williams). Can able seaman Poop-Decker (Bernard Cribbins) be trusted?

Where Eagles Dare
(1968)Commandos, posing as German soldiers, parachute into a city to rescue a supposed allied General from a Nazi hideaway fortress that can only be reached by cable car.
Doctor in the House
(1954)Simon Sparrow begins medical school in London at St Swithin's Hospital, and moves into an apartment with roommates. A series of challenges and shenanigans takes place during their next five years at medical school.

The 300 Spartans
(1962)The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Spartan King Leonidis, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of men to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was about 20 times as large. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization. The film was directed by Rudolph Mate and stars Richard Egan and Ralph Richardson.