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Kenneth Harper is a Scriptwriter and Producer born on 1913 at Kinver (United-kingdom)

Kenneth Harper

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Birth 1913 at Kinver (United-kingdom)
Death 1998 (at 85 years) at Banbury (United-kingdom)

Kenneth Harper (1913 – 1998) was an English film producer. He produced 13 films between 1954 and 1973. He was a member of the jury at the 21st Berlin International Film Festival.

Usually with

Cliff Richard
Cliff Richard
(4 films)
Ronald Cass
Ronald Cass
(4 films)
Moyra Fraser
Moyra Fraser
(2 films)
Melvyn Hayes
Melvyn Hayes
(3 films)
Stanley Black
Stanley Black
(3 films)
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Filmography of Kenneth Harper (14 films)

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Producer

The Wiz
The Wiz (1978)
, 2h14
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Météorologie, Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Le pays d'Oz, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross, Mabel King, Theresa Merritt
Roles Executive Producer
Rating55% 2.7536852.7536852.7536852.7536852.753685
A Thanksgiving dinner brings a host of family together in a Harlem apartment, where a shy 24-year-old schoolteacher named Dorothy Gale (Diana Ross) lives with her Aunt Em (Theresa Merritt) and Uncle Henry (Stanley Greene). Extremely introverted, she has, as Aunt Em teases her, never been south of 125th Street, and refuses to move out and on with her life.
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It, 56minutes
Directed by Joseph McGrath
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors John Cleese, Arthur Lowe, Ron Moody, Connie Booth, Holly Palance, Denholm Elliott
Roles Executive producer
Rating62% 3.1002253.1002253.1002253.1002253.100225
The film begins aboard a luxury aircraft as Dr. Gropinger (Ron Moody) (an obvious parody of Henry Kissinger) travels on a goodwill tour. He misplaces his diary and is thrown into a panic as, without the diary, he no longer knows where he is or is supposed to be next. Stepping off the plane, he is shot dead after extending greetings in Hebrew to a congregation of Arabs. Soon after, the U.S. President (Joss Ackland in a caricature of Gerald Ford) receives a threatening letter signed only "Moriarty", claiming responsibility for the death. The letter also claims Moriarty has set in motion a plan that will allow him to gain control of the world. The president dispatches a top agent to London to work with the world's top law enforcement officials and find a strategy to combat Moriarty.
The Virgin and the Gypsy, 1h35
Directed by Christopher Miles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about virginity
Actors Joanna Shimkus, Franco Nero, Honor Blackman, Mark Burns, Fay Compton, Maurice Denham
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.9924452.9924452.9924452.9924452.992445
Based on a 1926 work by D. H. Lawrence, the film follows two sisters, Lucille and Yvette, who come to the English countryside to vacation. Along the way, Yvette is interested in a gypsy who lives not far from her family's home. Slowly, Yvette becomes attracted to the gypsy, leading her to consider whether she wants to have a mundane life or a romance with someone her family may not accept.
Prudence and the Pill, 1h32
Directed by Ronald Neame, Fielder Cook
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Deborah Kerr, David Niven, Joyce Redman, Robert Coote, Judy Geeson, Irina Demick
Roles Producer
Rating57% 2.8535152.8535152.8535152.8535152.853515
The film portrays the conflicting and comical attempts by five couples to avoid pregnancy by using contraceptive pills. All of their efforts are ultimately unsuccessful, with the result that all five of the women give birth the following year.
Two Weeks in September, 1h40
Directed by Serge Bourguignon
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Brigitte Bardot, Jean Rochefort, Laurent Terzieff, James Robertson Justice, Mike Sarne, Carole Lebel
Roles Producer
Rating54% 2.7111952.7111952.7111952.7111952.711195
Model Cecile spends two weeks away from her older lover Philippe and is tempted by a younger man.
French Dressing, 1h26
Directed by Ken Russell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors James Booth, Roy Kinnear, Marisa Mell, Bryan Pringle, Germaine Delbat, Lucille Soong
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.998052.998052.998052.998052.99805
Jim Stephens is a deckchair attendant working in the flagging seaside resort town of Gormleigh in a job secured for him by his friend, the entertainments manager, Henry Liggott. Jim enjoys his easy life in the town with his girlfriend, Judy, a young reporter on the local paper. Things are soon turned upside down when Judy writes an article at Jim's suggestion calling for a film festival featuring Brigitte Bardot to revitalise the town and bring in tourists.
Summer Holiday, 1h47
Directed by Peter Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Transport films, Musical films, Road movies
Actors Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Melvyn Hayes, Una Stubbs, Jeremy Bulloch, Madge Ryan
Roles Producer
Rating60% 3.047853.047853.047853.047853.04785
The story concerns Don (Cliff Richard) and his friends (Hayes, Green and Bulloch) who are bus mechanics at the huge London Transport bus overhaul works in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. During a miserably wet British summer lunch break, Don arrives, having persuaded London Transport to lend him and his friends an AEC Regent III RT double-decker bus (and not a later Routemaster as often quoted). This they convert into a holiday caravan, which they drive across continental Europe, intending to reach the South of France. However, their eventual destination is Athens, Greece. On the way, they are joined by a trio of young women (Stubbs, Hart and Daryl) and a runaway singer (Lauri Peters), who initially pretends to be male, pursued by her mother (Ryan) and agent (Murton). The movie was a box-office hit, thus repeating the success of Cliff Richard's earlier film The Young Ones (1961).
Go to Blazes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Robert Morley, Daniel Massey, Dennis Price, Coral Browne, Norman Rossington, Maggie Smith
Roles Producer
Rating59% 2.9578952.9578952.9578952.9578952.957895
Three incompetent criminals steal a fire engine as a getaway vehicle. Recently released from prison, Bernard, Harry and Alfie have planned the perfect bank robbery, for which they need the perfect getaway. This is the part that let them down last time, hence their prolonged stay at ‘Her Majesty’s Pleasure…’
The Young Ones, 1h48
Directed by Sidney J. Furie
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Cliff Richard, Robert Morley, Melvyn Hayes, Richard O'Sullivan, Teddy Green, Rita Webb
Roles Producer
Rating58% 2.9051952.9051952.9051952.9051952.905195
The story is about the youth club member and aspiring singer Nicky and his friends, who try to save their club in western London from the unscrupulous millionaire property developer Hamilton Black, who plans to tear it down to make room for a large office block.
Action of the Tiger, 1h33
Directed by Terence Young
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Van Johnson, Martine Carol, Herbert Lom, Sean Connery, Gustavo Rojo, José Nieto
Roles Producer
Rating51% 2.567462.567462.567462.567462.56746
Un aventurier vient en aide à des prisonniers politiques en Albanie.
Yield to the Night, 1h39
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig, Marie Ney, Olga Lindo, Mary Mackenzie
Roles Producer
Rating70% 3.541793.541793.541793.541793.54179
The storyline in Yield to the Night bears a superficial resemblance to the Ruth Ellis case, which had occurred the previous year. However, the film is based on the novel of the same title published in 1954 by Joan Henry. Coincidentally, Ruth Ellis appeared as an uncredited beauty queen in the 1951 film Lady Godiva Rides Again, also starring Diana Dors.
For Better, for Worse, 1h25
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Susan Stephen, Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie, Athene Seyler, Dennis Price
Roles Producer
Rating57% 2.863022.863022.863022.863022.86302
A young couple (Dirk Bogarde and Susan Stephen) decide to get married.