Jack Clayton

Directing

Jack Clayton

Born 1921-03-01 · Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Jack Clayton (1 March 1921 – 26 February 1995) was a British film director who specialised in bringing literary works to the screen. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Clayton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

The Great Gatsby poster
6.3

Nick Carraway, a young Midwesterner now living on Long Island, finds himself fascinated by the mysterious past and lavish lifestyle of his neighbor, the nouveau riche Jay Gatsby. He is drawn into Gatsby's circle, becoming a witness to obsession and tragedy.

The Great Gatsby

1974

Something Wicked This Way Comes poster
6.5

In a small American town, a diabolical circus arrives, granting wishes for the townsfolk, but twisted as only the esteemed Mr. Dark can make them. Can two young boys overcome the worst the devil himself can deal out?

Something Wicked This Way Comes

1983

The Innocents poster
7.5

In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

The Innocents

1961

The Innocents poster
7.5

In a mid-19th century Essex country house, a young governess for two children becomes convinced that the house and grounds are haunted by ghosts and that the children are being possessed.

The Innocents

1961

Our Mother's House poster
7.2

Seven children bury their mother and hide her death - until their long-lost father returns.

Our Mother's House

1967

Our Mother's House poster
7.2

Seven children bury their mother and hide her death - until their long-lost father returns.

Our Mother's House

1967

Room at the Top poster
6.9

An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

Room at the Top

1958

The Pumpkin Eater poster
6.7

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.

The Pumpkin Eater

1964

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne poster
6.6

A penniless middle-aged spinster scrapes by giving piano lessons in the Dublin of the 1950s. She makes a sad last bid for love with a fellow resident of her rundown boarding house, who imagines she has the money to bankroll the business he hopes to open.

The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne

1987

Sailor Beware poster
7.5

Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor Albert,raised in an orphanage,and he and best man Carnoustie stay with the Hornetts on the eve of the wedding.

Sailor Beware

1956

Memento Mori poster
6.3

Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...

Memento Mori

1992

Memento Mori poster
6.3

Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...

Memento Mori

1992

The Whole Truth poster
5.8

On the French Riviera, movie producer Max Poulton is on location shooting a film starring his lover, Gina Bertini. But when the rueful Max ends his fling with Gina to return to his loyal wife, Carol, the jilted actress threatens to reveal details of their affair to Carol. Later, at a party at Max's villa, investigator Carliss arrives with news that Gina has been killed and that Max is a murderer suspect.

The Whole Truth

1958

The Bespoke Overcoat poster
6.4

A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garment with the help of a tailor friend.

The Bespoke Overcoat

1955

The Bespoke Overcoat poster
6.4

A humble clerk yearns for an overcoat, but his employer's refusal and his subsequent death lead him to return as a ghost, determined to claim the garment with the help of a tailor friend.

The Bespoke Overcoat

1955

No artwork available
NR

Detailing the early history of the Royal Air Force Regiment, featuring footage of airmen training for battle, and on deployment in Tunisia in 1942.

R.A.F. Regiment

1943

Naples Is a Battlefield poster
6.4

The capture of Naples, the first great European city to be liberated, revealed the magnitude of the tasks involved in re-creating the means of livelihood and the machinery of government in a devastated, starving and disease-ridden city.

Naples Is a Battlefield

1944