Ernest Morris Explained

Ernest Morris (17 October 1913 – 17 September 1987^[1]) was an English film and television director.^[2]

He began his film career in 1932 as an assistant director.^[3]

As a director the majority of his output comprised second features.

Filmography

• Operation Murder (1957)
• Three Sundays to Live (1957)
• The Betrayal (1957)
• Son of a Stranger (1957)
• A Woman of Mystery (1958)
• On the Run (1958)
• Three Crooked Men (1958)
• Operation Stogie (1959)
• Night Train for Inverness (1960)
• Transatlantic (1960)
• The Tell-Tale Heart (1960)
• Strip Tease Murder (1961)
• Highway to Battle (1961)
• Tarnished Heroes (1961)
• The Court Martial of Major Keller (1961)
• Three Spare Wives (1962)
• What Every Woman Wants (1962)
• The Spanish Sword (1962)
• Night Cargoes (children's film series, 1962)
• Echo of Diana (1963)
• Five have a Mystery to Solve (children's film series, 1964)
• The Sicilians (1963)^[4]
• Shadow of Fear (1963)
• The Return of Mr. Moto (1965)

Television

• The Vise (1955–1957, 55 eps)
• White Hunter (1957, 18 eps)
• The Adventures of William Tell (1958–1959, eps 12, 28, 34, 35, 37, 39)
• Man from Interpol (1960, eps 6,10)
• Richard the Lionheart (1962–1963, 39eps)
• The Saint (1963, series 2 ep 6)

References

1. Book: McFarlane, Brian . The Encyclopedia of British Film . . 2013 . 9780719091391 . 4th . 533.
2. Web site: BFI | Film & TV Database | MORRIS, Ernest . January 15, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090115061948/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/14 . 15 January 2009 . dead.
3. Book: Katz, Ephraim . The Film Encyclopedia . . 1982 . 0333316452 . 833.
4. Web site: The Sicilians . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304093034/http://www.nyu.edu/projects/wke/press/sicilians/sicilians.pdf . 4 March 2016 . 29 November 2023.