John Barrett Movies

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,...

A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a lost city under the sea while searching for their k...

An ambitious coffee salesman has a series of improbable and ironic adventures seemingly designed to challenge his naive idealism.

Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.

When the Nazi high command learns in late 1943 that Winston Churchill will be spending time at a country estate in Norfolk, it hatches an audacious sc...

A strong-willed peasant girl is sent by her father to the estate of some local aristocrats to capitalize on a rumour that their families are from the...

When Lady Sheila Boothroyd hears that the planning authorities are determined to drive a road through her grounds, she announces her intention to kill...

A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.

The first Play for Today is the story of one man's obsession (to win the world long distance piano playing record) and the battle for good (his wife)...

Three children rejuvenate an old traction engine and enter it for the County Championship.

An adaptation of Winifred Holtby's classic novel

Billy is his own boss. But Darkly has plans for him ...

A tough young girl lives with her aging grandfather near a cove on the coast of Cornwall. She supports herself and him by gathering seaweed to sell as...

Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.

Ben Packman leaves an old people's home to return to the Welsh mountains.

Wally, a caretaker in a block of flats, loses his job when the flats are used to rehouse Bhengali families.

A criminal gang sets out to pull off the heist of a large army payroll.

A skiving bin gang are on high alert when their new inspector takes an interest.

A megalomaniac dictator, in charge of a former colony, installs a nuclear bomb in its London Embassy. He threatens to set it off, unless a huge ransom...

Prevented by health reasons from joining the Army, a man lives out his military fantasies by leading a failing marching band. His life changes when he...