Philip Saville Movies

The Anthony Newley/Leslie Bricusse London and Broadway musical hit Stop the World, I Want to Get Off is given literal treatment in this filmization....

Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays...

A man mysteriously locks himself in a room in a boarding house leaving only a note saying he has decided to "retire from the world". His worried...

Design for Living presents a trio of neurotic but intensely artistic characters: Gilda, Otto and Leo. Set in Paris, Otto and Leo both fall in love...

A personal take on working with Harold Pinter via intimate conversations with actors, directors and writers who share their experiences of the man...

After a suicide attempt, John Rainbird is in a coma. Whilst in this state his mind experiences fantasies involving nightmare creatures and his...

The wife of a public school head becomes gradually aware that her husband has been physically abusing his pupils. Written by the master of...

Three guardian angels help three souls evaluate their past lives.

Sam and Ingrid start out with dreams of marrying someone rich who will make life easy. When they find they do not match up to each other's dreams...

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)...

A winter's day out is a treat for all, but it isnt' quite what Uncle Alec wanted.

A frank dialogue on sexual likes and dislikes that place between a man and his mistress in bed together.

An agent invites his young starlet to a party, to meet all the right people. A chance to move on from the commercials she has been doing, to bigger...

A troubled actress has conversations with a range of different people.

The private entertainment of a married couple, springing from and interwoven with the pattern of their daily life.

TV play by Bernard Kops. Moss is a miser who only love is his grandson. Then tragedy strikes and Moss is "reborn".

Against the wishes of his domineering mother, Albert Stokes attends a work party. But the evening is not the escape he was hoping for.

Birmingham is a melting pot of races and every community has a stake in the city's underworld. When former SAS officer John Kline is released from...

A renowned artist of the old school has his whole world turned upside down when his son, a young radical, and his associates bring modern...

Private Jupp is under arrest for a long list of charges and is being escorted by train to Catterick Camp. A girl is invited to share their...