Michael Elphick Movies

A 1976 play concerning an unemployed school leaver becomes involved with professional car thieves. Part of the ITV Playhouse strand.

"Sling me in here? Nobody slings the King of the Kop anywhere. Not even the pigs." In a police special incidents room, a young soccer supporter meets...

Four men attempt "The Knowledge" examination to qualify as London taxi drivers.

Born to twin sisters on the same day in London, France and Margaret are more like brother and sister than cousins. The close relationship between the...

Tony Richardson's Hamlet is based on his own stage production. Filmed entirely within the Roundhouse in London (a disused train shed), it is shot...

Louise is an alienated boarding school student in the midst of a hot and heavy affair with the husband of her headmistress, Veronica. Suspicion and...

A procedural routine murder investigation written by a former Detective Inspector

There's big money in pigeon racing if you've got a fast flyer, and Joe Desmond's blue-pied hen is a natural winner. But Joe's lucky streak with the...

The Ballad of Kid Divine: The Cockney Cowboy is a very funny spaghetti western-Peckinpah-Leone pastiche that sees Michael Elphick's charlatan elixir...

A farmer who lives alone decides to advertise for a companion-housekeeper to come and live with him.

The documentary features the British miners and their family experiences told through songs, poems, pictures and words.

This film looks at the tough training regime undertaken by London's black cab drivers as they prepare for one of the hardest examinations they will...

A middle class man finds life as a Labour MP challenging.

How do you kill time when you're 15 years old, have no money and live in a dull London suburb? Rod, Kip and Mul may be short of cash, but not ideas.

A trio of journalists look into the murder of a young girl in a seaside town. For the men though it’s more about who gets the big story than...

Life changes dramatically for radio amateur Norman when he gets in touch with a round-the-world yachtsman who introduces him to a different life -...

Behind the scenes documentary of Lars von Trier's The Element of Crime (1984).

At the moment money is scarce and times are hard for everyone -even villains like Charlie and Denny are feeling the pinch. But their luck could...

One Saturday evening Rosa Priore is preparing a magnificent Sunday lunch for her family and their friends. By Sunday afternoon her life and marriage...

Joe and Michael, 13-year-old Brits, become separated from their class outing, stranded on a small island, and captured by armed men.