
Directing
Gordon Hessler
Born — Died
1925-12-12 — 2014-01-19
Place of birth
Berlin, Germany
Known for
Directing
Credits
32 titles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gordon Hessler (12 December 1925 – 19 January 2014) was a German-born British film and television director, screenwriter and producer. Raised in England and studied at the University of Reading, while a teenager, Hessler moved to the United States and directed a series of short films and documentaries. Universal Studios hired Hessler as a story reader for the anthology series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. He became its story editor for two seasons (1960–1962), then served as an associate producer for The Alfred Hitchcock Hour from 1962 until its cancellation in 1965. He directed for that, as well as several other shows, among them Hawaii Five-O, The Ma…
Known for
6.7Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973
8.0Claire Stevens, on her way from Los Angeles to visit her sister in San Francisco, picks up a hitchhiker who has just killed his stepmother. Charmed by him, she fails to notice his strange behaviour until it's too late.
Hitchhike!
1974
4.9A London art broker travels to Copenhagen, where he requires the services of a multilingual secretary. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite knowing virtually nothing about her. She insists on not being married in a church, and after they're wed, some bad things from her past begin surfacing in subtly supernatural ways, and the new husband must find the best way to cope without destroying their relationship.
The Girl in a Swing
1988
5.7In 1943, Nazi Germany suffers heavy losses at the Eastern Front and an order for all-out retreat is ultimately issued. The 27th Penal Panzer Regiment, consisting solely of those convicted of various real or political crimes ranging from incest to dissidence, has just returned from Stalingrad where German forces were decimated by the Soviets after a brutal, year-long fight.
The Misfit Brigade
1987
5.2The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to use the KISS concert as a platform to unleash his plan on the world. KISS must use their special powers to stop him.
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
1978
5.3A serial killer stalks and drains the blood of women in London, eventually leading police to the countryside, where eccentric Dr Browning harvests body parts and constructs composite artificial humans as part of a twisted experiment to create a superior race.
Scream and Scream Again
1970
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.7Sinbad and his crew intercept a homunculus carrying a golden tablet. Koura, the creator of the homunculus and practitioner of evil magic, wants the tablet back and pursues Sinbad. Meanwhile, Sinbad meets the Vizier who has another part of the interlocking golden map, and they mount a quest across the seas to solve the riddle of the map.
The Golden Voyage of Sinbad
1973
8.0Claire Stevens, on her way from Los Angeles to visit her sister in San Francisco, picks up a hitchhiker who has just killed his stepmother. Charmed by him, she fails to notice his strange behaviour until it's too late.
Hitchhike!
1974
4.9A London art broker travels to Copenhagen, where he requires the services of a multilingual secretary. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite knowing virtually nothing about her. She insists on not being married in a church, and after they're wed, some bad things from her past begin surfacing in subtly supernatural ways, and the new husband must find the best way to cope without destroying their relationship.
The Girl in a Swing
1988
4.9A London art broker travels to Copenhagen, where he requires the services of a multilingual secretary. He falls deeply in love with the woman, despite knowing virtually nothing about her. She insists on not being married in a church, and after they're wed, some bad things from her past begin surfacing in subtly supernatural ways, and the new husband must find the best way to cope without destroying their relationship.
The Girl in a Swing
1988
5.7In 1943, Nazi Germany suffers heavy losses at the Eastern Front and an order for all-out retreat is ultimately issued. The 27th Penal Panzer Regiment, consisting solely of those convicted of various real or political crimes ranging from incest to dissidence, has just returned from Stalingrad where German forces were decimated by the Soviets after a brutal, year-long fight.
The Misfit Brigade
1987
5.2The tale of rock band KISS and their efforts to thwart a diabolical plan by mad scientist Abner Devereaux. Devereaux has found a way to clone humans into robots in his laboratory at an amusement park. It just so happens that he plans to use the KISS concert as a platform to unleash his plan on the world. KISS must use their special powers to stop him.
KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park
1978
5.3A serial killer stalks and drains the blood of women in London, eventually leading police to the countryside, where eccentric Dr Browning harvests body parts and constructs composite artificial humans as part of a twisted experiment to create a superior race.
Scream and Scream Again
1970
5.7Japanese cop Shiro and his partner Ray are after a bunch of drug dealers. But they're betrayed by an insider and Ray is killed. Shiro follows the murderer, a sadistic drug lord, up to Argentina.
Rage of Honor
1987
5.4In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers have suffered at his hands. But one victim uses her occult powers to curse his family, enlisting unknowing help from one of the household.
Cry of the Banshee
1970
5.2In turn-of-the-century Paris, Cesar Charron owns a theater at the Rue Morgue where he performs the titular play with his wife, Madeleine Charron, who suffers dreadful nightmares. When several murders by acid connect to Cesar, the prime suspect of Inspector Vidocq would be Cesar's former partner, Rene Marot.
Murders in the Rue Morgue
1971
5.8Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.
The Oblong Box
1969
5.8Evil lurks in the gloomy house at Markham Manor where a deranged Sir Edward is the chained prisoner of his brother Julian. When Sir Edward escapes, he embarks on a monstrous killing spree, determined to seek revenge on all those whom he feels have double-crossed him.
The Oblong Box
1969
10.0Charles Nordeck is a successful marriage counselor whose own marriage is on the rocks. When his wife Anne seeks a divorce, Charles refuses to sign the papers fearing the bad publicity could ruin his career. The adulterous Anne then convinces her lover Peter to take care of the problem.
The Last Shot You Hear
1969
6.1Akira Saito, a Japanese businessman lives in Tokyo with his Japanese-American wife Aiko and their children, Takeshi and Tomoya. When the family has a chance to move to the United States so that Aiko can teach the children about their American heritage, they pack up and head for Houston, Texas and run a restaurant. This is where the trouble begins....
Pray for Death
1985
5.1In war-torn 17th-century Japan, Tokugawa Ieyasu sends his trusted samurai, Mayeda, and his son Yourimune to Spain. There, they're to buy five thousand muskets. But it is a dangerous journey, and there are many who conspire against them.
Journey of Honor
1991
5.0When a millionaire playboy is murdered, suspicion falls on three married women, best friends, whom he had tried to play against each other in a game of divide and conquer.
Secrets of Three Hungry Wives
1978
5.3A Tennessee sheriff and lawyer want a jailed drifter to assassinate a mayoral candidate.
Out on Bail
1989
5.7Self-serving, abusive boor Stokes and his two children become stranded by a thunderstorm, forcing them to take shelter in an isolated country estate owned by a group of mysterious and wealthy old dowagers. Seeing a golden opportunity, Stokes turns to plundering their estate, but his plans collide with the secret activities of a Satanic snake-cult who carry out ritual sacrifices in the attic.
Evil Stalks This House
1981
6.5The father of a wilderness family gets bitten by a skunk, and fearing rabies, chains himself to a barn to protect his family should he go mad. He orders his son not to come near him no matter how persuasive or rational his appearance or argument. However, the creek dries up, indicating an upstream blockage and an imminent flood. Several trips upstream by the son have failed to locate the blockage and now Dad wants to be released...
A Cry in the Wilderness
1974
5.0This prospective pilot to a series tells the improbable story of five American female pilots recruited into the British RAF, before the USA joined the war, to fly a new top-secret aircraft -- the helicopter.
The Secret War of Jackie's Girls
1980
5.3Two young Americans, Pauli and Daniel, journey via motorcycle across the border into Mexico to visit a bar next to the infamous El Diablo prison. Pauli starts a fight with off-duty guards and is locked up. When Daniel realizes the corrupt guards are demanding a steep bribe, he rounds up their SoCal friends—including surfers and skateboarders—to stage a daring breakout.
Escape from El Diablo
1983
6.4A housewife, tired of her everyday routine, makes changes in her hair, wardrobe and makeup, and adopts the personality of a woman who had died five years earlier.
The Strange Possession of Mrs. Oliver
1977
10.0Lee Van Cleef stars as John Peter McAllister, who as a reverend master of the Ninja warrior society, deserts the order the order to search for his missing daughter in the U.S.
The Master Ninja 5
1985
6.5A KGB assassin infiltrates the American embassy in Beirut in an attempt to eliminate a Russian defector being protected by the CIA.
Embassy
1972
6.2A sculptor hires young college girls to take care of his elderly mother and his supposedly insane sister, both of whom live in the old family mansion with him.
Scream, Pretty Peggy
1973
3.9In Greece, a stewardess is murdered by a masked maniac. Suspicion falls on a drunken American playboy and a murderous gangster.
Medusa
1973
5.2Tony Pintana, an art collector, and his wife are contacted by Martin, who is short on cash and proposes to rob a museum of a Indian golden mask that's worth 10 million dollar. When their attempt miserably fails, the museum decides to have the mask transported to a safer location. The three try their luck again and are successful this time. Chased by a policeman who isn't convinced they're innocent, the three will have a difficult time selling the mask on the black market.
3-Way Split
1976
6.1A rich woman who uses meditation to deal with pain is visited by her niece who returns from Paris. The woman can be a handful and one of her employees suggests to her husband that he kill her freeing them both. When an affair starts between the husband and the niece murder becomes a real possibility. However some people won't stay dead.
Catacombs
1965
5.9Wealthy widow Helen Mercer hires a young woman, Gretchen Addison, to act as her personal assistant and companion. Unfortunately, Helen is a poor judge of character, as Gretchen is part of a murderous extortionist duo with her boyfriend, Jay. However, Gretchen has second thoughts when she develops genuine affection for Helen. When Gretchen informs Jay that she wants to call off their plot, he refuses and carries on with the plan. Now both Helen and Gretchen may be in grave danger.
Betrayal
1974
10.0Franciscus searches for the urn that contains the remains of Buddha but instead finds danger and intrigue.
Puzzle
1978
5.2When an aerial tramway stalls 8,500ft in the air after a disgruntled, terminated employee sabotages the mechanical system, a diverse group of passengers must fight for survival as severe winds and mechanical failure threaten to plunge the car downward.
Skyway to Death
1974

