Writing

Derek Ford

Born — Died

1932-09-06 — 1995-05-19

Place of birth

Tilbury - Essex - United Kingdom

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

Derek Ford (6 September 1932, Essex – 19 May 1995) was an English film director and writer, most famous for sexploitation films such as The Wife Swappers (1970), Suburban Wives (1971), Commuter Husbands (1972), Keep It Up, Jack (1973), Sex Express (1975) (also filmed in a graphic hardcore version), What's Up Nurse! (1977) and What's Up Superdoc! (1978). Ford began as a writer in collaboration with his brother Donald Ford (died 1991), originally for radio before progressing to television (The Saint, Adam Adamant Lives!) and film (The Yellow Teddy Bears, The Black Torment, A Study in Terror and Hell Boats). Ford's first foray into directing, Los Tres Que Robbaran Una Banco, made in Spain in 1…

Known for

A Study in Terror poster
6.2

When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.

A Study in Terror

1965

Don't Open Till Christmas poster
4.9

It's just days before Christmas in London, but not everyone is full of good cheer - as a maniac with a pathological hatred of Santa Claus stalks the streets, butchering any man that’s unlucky enough to be wandering around dressed as Old Saint Nick.

Don't Open Till Christmas

1984

The Casting Couch poster
8.3

An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.

The Casting Couch

1995

Corruption poster
5.9

A surgeon discovers that he can restore the beauty to his girlfriend's scarred face by murdering other women and extracting fluids from their pituitary gland. However, the effects only last for a short time, so he has to kill more and more women. It is ultimately a killing spree which ends with considerable death and disaster.

Corruption

1968

The Girl from Starship Venus poster
4.2

A young Venusian girl lands on Earth to explore the planet. She lands in Soho in London, UK where she has ample opportunities to research sex on Earth.

The Girl from Starship Venus

1975

The House That Vanished poster
5.3

A young model, Valerie, and her petty thief boyfriend witness a murder in a backwoods manor. Valerie escapes, but soon finds herself being stalked by the killer.

The House That Vanished

1973

Film credits

Behind the camera

A Study in Terror poster
6.2

When Watson reads from the newspaper there have been two similar murders near Whitechapel in a few days, Sherlock Holmes' sharp deductive is immediately stimulated to start its merciless method of elimination after observation of every apparently meaningless detail. He guesses right the victims must be street whores, and doesn't need long to work his way trough a pawn shop, an aristocratic family's stately home, a hospital and of course the potential suspects and (even unknowing) witnesses who are the cast of the gradually unraveled story of the murderer and his motive.

A Study in Terror

1965

Don't Open Till Christmas poster
4.9

It's just days before Christmas in London, but not everyone is full of good cheer - as a maniac with a pathological hatred of Santa Claus stalks the streets, butchering any man that’s unlucky enough to be wandering around dressed as Old Saint Nick.

Don't Open Till Christmas

1984

The Casting Couch poster
8.3

An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.

The Casting Couch

1995

Corruption poster
5.9

A surgeon discovers that he can restore the beauty to his girlfriend's scarred face by murdering other women and extracting fluids from their pituitary gland. However, the effects only last for a short time, so he has to kill more and more women. It is ultimately a killing spree which ends with considerable death and disaster.

Corruption

1968

The Girl from Starship Venus poster
4.2

A young Venusian girl lands on Earth to explore the planet. She lands in Soho in London, UK where she has ample opportunities to research sex on Earth.

The Girl from Starship Venus

1975

The Girl from Starship Venus poster
4.2

A young Venusian girl lands on Earth to explore the planet. She lands in Soho in London, UK where she has ample opportunities to research sex on Earth.

The Girl from Starship Venus

1975

The House That Vanished poster
5.3

A young model, Valerie, and her petty thief boyfriend witness a murder in a backwoods manor. Valerie escapes, but soon finds herself being stalked by the killer.

The House That Vanished

1973

Secret Rites poster
3.7

Pseudo-documentary about black magic and the study of witchcraft with a rare appearance by real-life occultist Alex Sanders.

Secret Rites

1971

The World at Their Feet poster
6.8

The 1970 finals saw the emergence of probably the greatest team the world has ever seen, in the all-conquering form of Brazil. Pelé was playing in his last finals and his touch, vision and goal prowess combined with Jairzinho's amazing feat of scoring in every round, propelled the Brazilians to an irresistible 4-1 final victory over an overwhelmed Italy.

The World at Their Feet

1970

No artwork available
NR

Ben Lewis works for an investment group looking to buy the former home of Ferenc Davos. However Davos daughter Anna starts making strange claims that her step mother has murdered him and she knows where to body is buried

Reason for Sale

1967

A Promise of Bed poster
2.8

Three part comedy. A fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son of a film producer. A depressed middle aged loner whose suicide attempt is interrupted by the arrival of a hippy girl.An avid sex film fan and taxi driver, crashes his cab after being distracted by the leggy charms of his latest passenger.

A Promise of Bed

1969

A Promise of Bed poster
2.8

Three part comedy. A fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son of a film producer. A depressed middle aged loner whose suicide attempt is interrupted by the arrival of a hippy girl.An avid sex film fan and taxi driver, crashes his cab after being distracted by the leggy charms of his latest passenger.

A Promise of Bed

1969

Keep It Up, Jack! poster
3.8

Failed music hall performer Jack James inherits a brothel when his ancient Aunt dies. He takes over the running of the business and falls in love with its star attraction, beautiful prostitute Virginia.

Keep It Up, Jack!

1974

Keep It Up, Jack! poster
3.8

Failed music hall performer Jack James inherits a brothel when his ancient Aunt dies. He takes over the running of the business and falls in love with its star attraction, beautiful prostitute Virginia.

Keep It Up, Jack!

1974

What's Up Nurse poster
4.8

When Dr. Robert "Sweeney" Todd arrives to fill his post at a new hospital, he is shocked to see the lengths that the nurses go to in caring for their patients.

What's Up Nurse

1977

What's Up Nurse poster
4.8

When Dr. Robert "Sweeney" Todd arrives to fill his post at a new hospital, he is shocked to see the lengths that the nurses go to in caring for their patients.

What's Up Nurse

1977

I Am a Groupie poster
3.4

A bored teenage girl decides that she wants to meet rock stars, and the best way to do that is to become a groupie. She finds herself going on the road with a rock band called Opal Butterfly, and soon discovers that being a rock band's groupie isn't as glamorous or exciting as she thought it would be.

I Am a Groupie

1970

I Am a Groupie poster
3.4

A bored teenage girl decides that she wants to meet rock stars, and the best way to do that is to become a groupie. She finds herself going on the road with a rock band called Opal Butterfly, and soon discovers that being a rock band's groupie isn't as glamorous or exciting as she thought it would be.

I Am a Groupie

1970

Saturday Night Out poster
6.0

Five seamen and a passenger are intent on making the most of the 14 hours they will spend in London.

Saturday Night Out

1964

Venom poster
4.9

A Nazi scientist and a woman known as a "spider goddess" attempt to develop a nerve gas made from spider venom.

Venom

1974

The Black Torment poster
5.9

A lord returns to his manor with his new wife, to hear rumours that he had already secretly returned and had committed several murders. Has he lost his mind, or is something dark afoot ?

The Black Torment

1964

What's Up Superdoc! poster
3.7

A doctor fathers 837 brilliant sons through an artificial insemination program, and every woman wants a donation.

What's Up Superdoc!

1978

What's Up Superdoc! poster
3.7

A doctor fathers 837 brilliant sons through an artificial insemination program, and every woman wants a donation.

What's Up Superdoc!

1978

Suburban Wives poster
3.0

Seven stories of marital infidelity, told from the women's point of view. A spicy satire of modern manners and mores. Newspaperwoman Sarah relates the separate stories of eight married couples. The husbands are satisfied with their lot, but the wives are not. Sarah describes a situation in which dissatisfied and bored middle-class housewives seek excitement and adventure outside their marital homes and beds.

Suburban Wives

1972

Suburban Wives poster
3.0

Seven stories of marital infidelity, told from the women's point of view. A spicy satire of modern manners and mores. Newspaperwoman Sarah relates the separate stories of eight married couples. The husbands are satisfied with their lot, but the wives are not. Sarah describes a situation in which dissatisfied and bored middle-class housewives seek excitement and adventure outside their marital homes and beds.

Suburban Wives

1972

The Urge to Kill poster
6.0

A wealthy music producer lives in a hi-tech apartment overseen by a computer system called S.E.X.Y. However, the computer develops human feelings and quickly becomes jealous of the would-be singers hanging around its owner.

The Urge to Kill

1989

The Urge to Kill poster
6.0

A wealthy music producer lives in a hi-tech apartment overseen by a computer system called S.E.X.Y. However, the computer develops human feelings and quickly becomes jealous of the would-be singers hanging around its owner.

The Urge to Kill

1989

The Wife Swappers poster
4.4

Six stories involving wife and husband swapping/swinging, are described in titillating detail while analyzed by a pseudo psychologist.

The Wife Swappers

1970

The Wife Swappers poster
4.4

Six stories involving wife and husband swapping/swinging, are described in titillating detail while analyzed by a pseudo psychologist.

The Wife Swappers

1970

Commuter Husbands poster
4.2

Omnibus feature about British people having issues having sex, with a wraparound segment featuring the always-fetching Gabrielle Drake.

Commuter Husbands

1974

Commuter Husbands poster
4.2

Omnibus feature about British people having issues having sex, with a wraparound segment featuring the always-fetching Gabrielle Drake.

Commuter Husbands

1974

Forbidden Erotica poster
4.8

Mondo style fake documentary, revolving around the antics of comedian and voyeur Domenico.

Forbidden Erotica

1978

The Yellow Teddy Bears poster
5.0

A clique of girls in an English school wear a small yellow teddy bear on their uniform to signify that they have lost their virginity. Linda, the girls' leader, fears she may be pregnant from her window cleaner boyfriend, "Kinky", an aspiring pop singer. Desperate, and unable to confide in her parents, she must wrestle with her conscience and decide what course of action to take. Meanwhile, a concerned teacher learns the significance of the yellow teddy bears, and in trying to help the girls in question, puts her own career in jeopardy.

The Yellow Teddy Bears

1963

The House of Orchids poster
3.4

Three stories set in a specialist clinic designed to liberate it's patients from society's moralistic taboos.

The House of Orchids

1983

No artwork available
9.0

A gynecologist's wife leaves him, but returns when she finds out she's pregnant; but so is someone her husband's been very friendly with in her absence. Coincidence?

Stork Talk

1962

Primitive London poster
5.6

The sensational follow-up to "London in the Raw," "Primitive London" sets out to reflect society's decay through a sideshow spectacle of 1960s London depravity—and manages to outdo its predecessor. Here, we confront mods, rockers and beatniks at the Ace Café, cut some rug with obscure beat band The Zephyrs, smirk at flabby men in the sauna and goggle at sordid wife-swapping parties as we discover a pre-permissive Britain still trying to move on from the post-war depression of the 1950s.

Primitive London

1965

No artwork available
NR

Welfare worker Carol is attacked in a swimming pool by the attendant George Lease.

Son of the City

1967

Diversions poster
4.9

Whilst on a train journey a beautiful woman fantasizes about a series of bizarre sexual encounters.

Diversions

1976

Diversions poster
4.9

Whilst on a train journey a beautiful woman fantasizes about a series of bizarre sexual encounters.

Diversions

1976