Directing

John Robins

Born 1934-03-01 · Barnet, London, England

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Death Ship poster
5.1

Survivors of a tragic shipping collision are rescued by a mysterious black ship which appears out of the fog. Little do they realise that the ship is actually a Nazi torture ship which has sailed the seas for years, luring unsuspecting sailors aboard and killing them off one by one.

Death Ship

1980

Hot Resort poster
3.0

Several young American men go to St Kitts for a summer job at a resort hotel, hoping to earn money for college and meet women. They clash with a group of wealthy Ivy League rowers there to film a soup commercial.

Hot Resort

1985

Hot Resort poster
3.0

Several young American men go to St Kitts for a summer job at a resort hotel, hoping to earn money for college and meet women. They clash with a group of wealthy Ivy League rowers there to film a soup commercial.

Hot Resort

1985

Man About the House poster
4.9

An unscrupulous property developer wants to flatten the street to make way for new buildings. Householder George Roper is happy to take the offered money and run but his wife Mildred and their lodgers join with other residents to take a stand and keep things as they are.

Man About the House

1974

That's Your Funeral poster
4.3

Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.

That's Your Funeral

1972

Cilla at the Savoy poster
NR

In April 1966, Cilla opened in a 3-week cabaret season at London’s Savoy Hotel. On her final Sunday, she starred in her own television special produced by her manager Brian Epstein’s film company, Subafilms. It was the first colour television show of its kind to be made by an independent producer in Britain. The show was broadcast in the UK in black & white but aired in colour in The Netherlands and the USA. ‘Cilla at the Savoy’ was one of the most watched television specials of the 1960s.

Cilla at the Savoy

1966

No artwork available
9.0

An American ambassador moves his family into a haunted English castle.

The Canterville Ghost

1966

By Common Consent poster
NR

In a foreign port two boys come to a fisherman saying they are refugees from a country where a military take-over has organised a gigantic League of Youth.

By Common Consent

1975

Love Thy Neighbour poster
6.3

Two men who are nextdoor neighbors constantly battle it out over seemingly trivial offenses. Their wives, on the other hand, are best of friends. The two couples attempt to win a 'love-thy-neighbor' competition by lying...

Love Thy Neighbour

1973

Nearest and Dearest poster
7.1

When Eli and Nellie Pledge's father dies, the duo are left in charge of his pickle empire. The two siblings are complete opposites and Eli wants out, but since he can't leave until Nellie is married, he sets about finding a husband for his old-fashioned sister.

Nearest and Dearest

1972

Eddie in August poster
8.0

In this one-off half-hour silent film, Benny stars as the title character, a "born loser" who is unlucky in everything - especially love. He fancies a pretty nurse who walks by the park, but ends up with a plainer girl.

Eddie in August

1970

Eddie in August poster
8.0

In this one-off half-hour silent film, Benny stars as the title character, a "born loser" who is unlucky in everything - especially love. He fancies a pretty nurse who walks by the park, but ends up with a plainer girl.

Eddie in August

1970

The Best of Benny Hill poster
7.0

The Best of Benny Hill is a 1974 film version of material from the television comedy series, The Benny Hill Show. This movie features sketches from the early Thames Television years, from 1969 to 1973.

The Best of Benny Hill

1974

No artwork available
NR

A short documentary about RAF 111 squadron and the 'Black Arrows' aerobatic team.

Treble One: A Tribute

1959