Directing
Paul Dickson
Born — Died
1920-01-18 — 2011-10-06
Place of birth
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Known for
Directing
Credits
17 titles
Known for
5.5A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell) and a mad scientist (Donald Wolfit).
Satellite in the Sky
1956
No synopsis available yet.
The Film That Never Was
1957
Story of three art students who plan the disappearance of one of their number to make it look like suicide to gain recognition of their work.
The Man Who Stayed Alive
1954
4.5Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover, American Army captain Dave Dillon (Robert Arden), to have her boozy spouse meet an "accidental" demise. But a nosy copper (Denis Shaw) suspects foul play, and soon the lovers' crafty scheme deteriorates into fear, distrust and betrayal. Paul Dickson directs this vintage noir thriller.
The Depraved
1957
10.0A compilation of 3 stories, "The Wedding Gift", "The Thief of London" and "The Final Twist". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers series "Calling Scotland Yard"
Tale of Three Women
1954
NRBecause of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat pockets. When the gang learns that he is planning to turn the loot over to Scotland Yard, they go gunning for him and wound him while he is on stage performing 'Falstaff.' And, although wounded, he continues with his performance, trouper that he is that believes the show must go on, while the police are apprehending the gunmen.
Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
1954
Behind the camera
5.5A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell) and a mad scientist (Donald Wolfit).
Satellite in the Sky
1956
No synopsis available yet.
The Film That Never Was
1957
Story of three art students who plan the disappearance of one of their number to make it look like suicide to gain recognition of their work.
The Man Who Stayed Alive
1954
4.5Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover, American Army captain Dave Dillon (Robert Arden), to have her boozy spouse meet an "accidental" demise. But a nosy copper (Denis Shaw) suspects foul play, and soon the lovers' crafty scheme deteriorates into fear, distrust and betrayal. Paul Dickson directs this vintage noir thriller.
The Depraved
1957
10.0A compilation of 3 stories, "The Wedding Gift", "The Thief of London" and "The Final Twist". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers series "Calling Scotland Yard"
Tale of Three Women
1954
NRBecause of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat pockets. When the gang learns that he is planning to turn the loot over to Scotland Yard, they go gunning for him and wound him while he is on stage performing 'Falstaff.' And, although wounded, he continues with his performance, trouper that he is that believes the show must go on, while the police are apprehending the gunmen.
Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
1954
NRBecause of his luxurious fur coat, a hammy actor becomes involved with crooks. His coat resembles the one that a gang's fence wears, and he is continually finding stolen jewelry in his coat pockets. When the gang learns that he is planning to turn the loot over to Scotland Yard, they go gunning for him and wound him while he is on stage performing 'Falstaff.' And, although wounded, he continues with his performance, trouper that he is that believes the show must go on, while the police are apprehending the gunmen.
Calling Scotland Yard: Falstaff's Fur Coat
1954
7.0Looking at how soldiers injured and disabled during WWII would be helped to live as normal a life as possible in the post war years.
The Undefeated
1950
7.0Looking at how soldiers injured and disabled during WWII would be helped to live as normal a life as possible in the post war years.
The Undefeated
1950
5.3Describes the activities of the Appleby-Frodingham Steel Company in Scunthorpe, the largest unit in the United Steel group.
Stone Into Steel
1960
A world-weary sculptor meets a young ballerina and finds she has inspired a fresh outlook on life in him. He starts a life-sized sculpture of her but this enrages her jealous lover.
Star of My Night
1954
6.6Told with authenticity and perception, David looks back on the life of a school caretaker in a Welsh mining town, from the marriage and birth of his son to the trauma of a pit accident. David was the first film produced by the BFI, in 1951, and the Welsh selection for the same year’s Festival of Britain screenings in London.
David
1951
6.6Told with authenticity and perception, David looks back on the life of a school caretaker in a Welsh mining town, from the marriage and birth of his son to the trauma of a pit accident. David was the first film produced by the BFI, in 1951, and the Welsh selection for the same year’s Festival of Britain screenings in London.
David
1951
A Scotland Yard ballistics expert is called into identify a murderer through a scientific analysis of the bullet that killed a man.
The Mysterious Bullet
1955
7.0A compilation of 3 stories, (i)"The Missing Passenger" (ii) "Falstaff's Fur Coat" (iii) "Thirty Days To Die". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers' UK series "Calling Scotland Yard" and later shown in the US on NBC's "Adventure Theatre" in 1956, hosted by Paul Douglas.
Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder
1953
A celebration of inter-city trains, from British Transport Films.
Inter-city Magic
1977
A story of three young artists who believe artists only reach fame when they die and so come up with a strange plan.
Calling Scotland Yard: The Man Who Stayed Alive
1954
