Directing

Quentin Lawrence

Born — Died

1920-11-06 — 1979-03-09

Place of birth

Gravesend, Kent, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

10 titles

Quentin Lawrence (6 November 1920, in Gravesend – 9 March 1979, in Halifax, Yorkshire) was an English film and television director. He worked a long time for ATV. An article about TV directors in The Guardian said he was "noted for the precision of his camerawork."

Known for

The Crawling Eye poster
4.8

A United Nations investigator crosses paths with a pair of psychic sisters on his way to Trollenberg observatory in the Swiss Alps, which has been plagued by a series of mountaineer disappearances that may be related to a radioactive cloud at the mountain's south face.

The Crawling Eye

1958

The Man Who Finally Died poster
6.3

Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria - with his father's name on the coffin. His investigation in Bavaria reveals startling facts and the obstruction he meets makes him suspect foul play.

The Man Who Finally Died

1963

Cash on Demand poster
7.6

A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.

Cash on Demand

1961

Playback poster
NR

A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.

Playback

1962

The Secret of Blood Island poster
9.0

Based on the true story of a British secret agent, shot down over Malaya near to a Allied POW forced labour camp. There she is hidden, disguised as a youthful prisoner, until her escape can be effected. The costs of keeping her identity secret fall on all the POW's as the Japanese embark on a policy of ruthless terror to extract her and the focus shifts to the conflicts of the group' s collective concerns against the necessities of personal survival.

The Secret of Blood Island

1964

No artwork available
10.0

Hard-driven scientist David Whittaker finds himself battling for the survival of the world against a disease spreading from a tropical island caused by a legendary spider-goddess.

The Voodoo Factor

1959

Behind the camera

The Crawling Eye poster
4.8

A United Nations investigator crosses paths with a pair of psychic sisters on his way to Trollenberg observatory in the Swiss Alps, which has been plagued by a series of mountaineer disappearances that may be related to a radioactive cloud at the mountain's south face.

The Crawling Eye

1958

The Man Who Finally Died poster
6.3

Joe Newman, a naturalised Briton, is telephoned by his German father, whom he believed long dead, at the same time as a funeral is taking place in Bavaria - with his father's name on the coffin. His investigation in Bavaria reveals startling facts and the obstruction he meets makes him suspect foul play.

The Man Who Finally Died

1963

Cash on Demand poster
7.6

A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.

Cash on Demand

1961

Playback poster
NR

A young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.

Playback

1962

The Secret of Blood Island poster
9.0

Based on the true story of a British secret agent, shot down over Malaya near to a Allied POW forced labour camp. There she is hidden, disguised as a youthful prisoner, until her escape can be effected. The costs of keeping her identity secret fall on all the POW's as the Japanese embark on a policy of ruthless terror to extract her and the focus shifts to the conflicts of the group' s collective concerns against the necessities of personal survival.

The Secret of Blood Island

1964

No artwork available
10.0

Hard-driven scientist David Whittaker finds himself battling for the survival of the world against a disease spreading from a tropical island caused by a legendary spider-goddess.

The Voodoo Factor

1959

No artwork available
10.0

Hard-driven scientist David Whittaker finds himself battling for the survival of the world against a disease spreading from a tropical island caused by a legendary spider-goddess.

The Voodoo Factor

1959

No artwork available
NR

A procedural routine murder investigation written by a former Detective Inspector

Man Charged

1971

We Shall See poster
7.0

The controlling wife of a pilot wants her husband to quit flying.

We Shall See

1964

No artwork available
NR

A couple finding their old car worthless at a scrapyard tries to abandon it in another area, only to keep seeing it again on streets that are getting closer to their home.

The Old Banger

1970