Ken Hughes

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Kenneth Graham Hughes (19 January 1922 – 28 April 2001) was an English film director and screenwriter. He worked on over 30 feature films between 1952 and 1981, including the 1968 musical fantasy film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, based on the Ian Fleming novel of the same name. His other notable works included The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960), Of Human Bondage (1964), Casino Royale (1967), and Cromwell (1970). He won an Emmy Award and was a three-time BAFTA Award nominee. Hughes has been called "a filmmaker whose output was consistently interesting and entertaining, and deserved more critical attention than it has received."

Most Popular Ken Hughes Trailers

Total trailers found: 40

Casino Royale Trailer (1967)

18 April 1967

Sir James Bond is called back out of retirement to stop SMERSH. In order to trick SMERSH, James thinks up the ultimate plan - that every agent will be named 'James Bond'.

The Candlelight Murder Trailer (1953)

01 October 1953

A Scotland Yard inspector investigates the murder of an old recluse.

Wide Boy Trailer (1952)

01 April 1952

Picking a pocket leads to blackmail and murder for a petty criminal in London.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Trailer (1968)

17 December 1968

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

Passenger to Tokyo Trailer (1954)

01 November 1954

A murderer attempts to escape justice by shipping his victims body to Tokyo in a trunk.

The Ipcress File Trailer (1965)

18 March 1965

Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.

High Flight Trailer (1957)

17 September 1957

The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.

Cromwell Trailer (1970)

16 July 1970

Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World.

The Internecine Project Trailer (1974)

24 July 1974

Offered a job as a presidential adviser, a professor is forced to dispose of those who knew him when he was a spy.

Confession Trailer (1955)

01 June 1955

A falling-out between thieves over the proceeds of a stickup results in several deaths and a priest being marked for murder because of a confession he receives from one of the gang members.

Night School Trailer (1981)

07 January 1981

A Boston police detective investigates a series of gruesome decapitations of various college coeds, committed by a helmeted, black-leather clad serial killer.

The Trials of Oscar Wilde Trailer (1960)

28 May 1960

England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.

Sextette Trailer (1978)

03 March 1978

On the day of her wedding to her sixth husband, glamorous silver screen sex symbol Marlo Manners is sought to intervene in a political dispute between nations, which leads to chaos.

The Brain Machine Trailer (1955)

01 January 1955

A British psychiatrist reads an amnesiac's (Maxwell Reed) brain waves and sees the mind of a killer.

The Long Haul Trailer (1957)

27 August 1957

An American ex-GI takes a job as a truck driver to support his British war bride Connie. It isn't long, however, before Harry is blackmailed into joining a smuggling operation run by a conniving criminal.

Shark Trailer (1969)

08 October 1969

A gunrunner loses his cargo near a small coastal Sudanese town so he's stuck there. When a woman hires him to raid a sunken ship in the shark-infested waters, he sees a chance to compensate for his losses.

The House Across the Lake Trailer (1954)

16 April 1954

Sensuous and desirable, Carol Forrest has always attracted the attention of men. Expert in the art of manipulation and control she married an older man, loving only his vast wealth and continued to amuse herself with indiscreet affairs.

Jazz Boat Trailer (1960)

01 February 1960

An electrician boasts about being a cat burglar to impress his comrades, but his lie spins out of control when he's sought to participate in a jewel heist.

Portrait of Alison Trailer (1955)

29 November 1955

An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.

Town on Trial Trailer (1957)

22 January 1957

When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club.

Timeslip Trailer (1955)

01 November 1955

An atomic scientist is found floating in a river with a bullet in his back and a radioactive halo around his body.

The Small World of Sammy Lee Trailer (1963)

20 April 1963

Soho strip club compère Sammy Lee struggles to stay one step ahead of the notorious bookie, to whom he owes £300.

Black 13 Trailer (1953)

30 November 1953

The son of a college professor who turns to a life of crime after killing a pedestrian in an automobile accident.

Wicked as They Come Trailer (1956)

22 May 1956

A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder.

Arrivederci, Baby! Trailer (1966)

28 December 1966

Nick Johnson has wed several times, but all his rich wives were 'accidentally' killed after some time.

Little Red Monkey Trailer (1955)

04 April 1955

Several murders of nuclear scientists, that baffles Scotland Yard, occur in London around the same time that Bill Locklin, a special officer from the United States State Department, arrives to oversee the transfer of Professor Leon Dushenko, a Russian scientist who has fled the USSR.

The Eyes Trailer (1962)

01 January 1962

A man attempts to convince his wife she is going mad so he can continue having an affair.

In the Nick Trailer (1960)

17 June 1960

A gang of small-time criminals is sent to an experimental prison where inmates are to be reformed, not punished.

Joe Macbeth Trailer (1955)

18 October 1955

Lily Macbeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new kingpin himself.

Alfie Darling Trailer (1975)

17 July 1975

Alfie meets his romantic match when the modern-day Casanova falls in love with a career woman. Alfie soon realises that Abby, a magazine editor, is just as romantically ruthless as he is.

Of Human Bondage Trailer (1964)

23 September 1964

Medical student Philip Carey becomes involved with flirtatious waitress Mildred Rogers. Their love affair is interrupted when Philip is made aware of her constant infidelity.

Making It In Hollywood Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

This unique documentary is a time capsule of Hollywood in the 1970s and the American obsession with fame.

The Dark Stairway Trailer (1954)

01 March 1954

A blind man, George Benson, witnesses the murder of Harry Carpenter by Joe Lloyd, but finds himself r

Kapplöpningen Trailer (1960)

15 January 1960

The Blazing Caravan Trailer (1954)

01 February 1954

The body of a travelling salesman is found underneath a burning caravan, and Scotland Yard is convinced it's murder! But is everything as it seems?

Sammy Trailer (1972)

13 March 1972

Sammy’ is a monologue by Alex Wilequet based on the 1963 film ‘The Small World of Sammy Lee’, adapted by the Dutch writer and poet Jan Willem Hofstra and directed by Dré Poppe, a Flemish theatre director who worked for the Flemish B.

Clyde-Built Trailer (1944)

01 January 1944

A short documentary about shipbuilding on the Clyde.

The Drayton Case Trailer (1953)

01 February 1953

During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman.

The Missing Man Trailer (1953)

01 June 1953

Through a mother's terrible dream, her son's body is discovered in France and his killer is arrested in England.

Soho Trailer (1943)

01 January 1943

Amateur footage shot during off-duty hours by Ken Hughes of the RAF Film Production Unit, of life in Soho, London, during the Second World War, showing a lighter side of civilian life during wartime.