Production

Denis O'Dell

Born 1923-05-02 · Kensington, London, England, UK

Denis O'Dell (2 May 1923 – 30 December 2021) was a British film producer, best known for his work on films featuring The Beatles, including A Hard Day's Night and the telefilm Magical Mystery Tour, he was the director of the Beatles newly founded Apple Corps and the Head of Apple Films. He retired in 1980. The Beatles referenced his name in the lyrics of "You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)".

Behind the camera

Robin and Marian poster
6.3

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

Robin and Marian

1976

The Offence poster
6.8

A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.

The Offence

1973

The Ritz poster
6.0

To escape from a mobster, businessman Gaetano Proclo orders a cab driver to take him to a place where he can't be found. Unfortunately for Gaetano, the place turns out to be a gay bathhouse.

The Ritz

1976

The Magic Christian poster
5.8

Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.

The Magic Christian

1969

Royal Flash poster
5.8

Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair of devious nobles with their own agenda. At their urging, Flashman agrees to re-create himself as a bogus Prussian nobleman to woo a beautiful duchess. But the half-baked plan quickly comes unraveled, and he's soon on the run from several new enemies who are all calling for the rapscallion's head.

Royal Flash

1975

Magical Mystery Tour poster
6.6

While on a coach tour, The Beatles and a few dozen friends experience strange happenings caused by magicians.

Magical Mystery Tour

1967

All the Little Animals poster
6.0

An emotionally challenged young man named Bobby runs away from home in order to escape his abusive stepfather who has killed his pets. He meets an old man, Mr. Summers, who spends his time traveling and giving burials to animals that have been killed by cars. Bobby, also having an affinity for animals, becomes friends with the old man and aids him in his task.

All the Little Animals

1999

Hills Like White Elephants poster
8.0

Hills Like White Elephants is a 2002 short film based on a story by Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway's story was published in 1927 in the second collection of short stories titled Men without Woman.

Hills Like White Elephants

2002

Tread Softly Stranger poster
7.4

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.

Tread Softly Stranger

1958

Tread Softly Stranger poster
7.4

Unable to pay his bookie, a man returns to his hometown where his embezzler brother and girlfriend plot a robbery that ends in tragedy.

Tread Softly Stranger

1958

The Playboy of the Western World poster
6.3

A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, falls under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day.

The Playboy of the Western World

1962