George Pollock

Directing

George Pollock

Born — Died

1907-03-27 — 1979-12-22

Place of birth

Leicester, Leicestershire, England

Known for

Directing

Credits

13 titles

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Pollock (March 27, 1907 - December 22, 1979) was a British film director, best known for bringing Agatha Christie's famous detective Miss Marple to the big screen for the first time, starring Margaret Rutherford. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Pollock (director), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Behind the camera

Murder Ahoy poster
7.1

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.

Murder Ahoy

1964

Murder Most Foul poster
7.1

A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.

Murder Most Foul

1964

Murder She Said poster
7.3

Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.

Murder She Said

1961

Murder at the Gallop poster
7.1

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.

Murder at the Gallop

1963

Ten Little Indians poster
6.3

Ten strangers are invited as weekend guests to a remote mountain mansion. When the host doesn't show up, the guests start dying, one by one.

Ten Little Indians

1965

And the Same to You poster
5.9

Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.

And the Same to You

1960

Don't Panic Chaps poster
5.2

During World War II, four British soldiers are commissioned to set up an observation post on a seemingly deserted island in the Mediterranean. However, while surveying the island, the Brits come across four German soldiers holed up in a monastery. The Brits and the Germans agree to a truce, sharing the monastery together until either the British or German troops arrive. But when a shipwrecked Slavic girl ends up on the island, a battle over her erupts amongst the men.

Don't Panic Chaps

1959

Village of Daughters poster
6.7

A salesman from England is picked to select one girl in an Italian town who will become a bride for a native son.

Village of Daughters

1962

Sally's Irish Rogue poster
10.0

A sincere young woman straightens out a wild and irresponsible ladies man

Sally's Irish Rogue

1960

Kill or Cure poster
5.7

A private eye is hired to go undercover at a health farm, but before he can find out why his client is murdered.

Kill or Cure

1962

No artwork available
5.0

An Irish codger, 110, wants a piece of the action for doing a British producer's TV show.

Broth of a Boy

1959

Stranger in Town poster
6.9

A vacationing journalist investigates the mysterious death of a composer and debunks the theory that it was suicide.

Stranger in Town

1957

Rooney poster
6.0

The life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Dublin rubbish collector during the week and a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends.

Rooney

1958