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Harry Alan Towers

Harry Alan Towers

Producer and writer · Died July 31, 2009, aged 88 · London, England, UK

Born
October 19, 1920
Died
July 31, 2009 (aged 88)
From
London, England, UK
Works as
Producer and writer
Titles
66 on MovieCove · 110 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 32% in 30 days

What are Harry Alan Towers' films like?

Across their 66 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Power.

Genres

Adventure20 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 21st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Action15 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 7th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Drama14 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 22nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 29th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Horror7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 18th percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
33%
Power
24%
Survival
15%
Self
11%
Bonds
11%
Ideas
4%
Society
2%
Justice27 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival22 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty11 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption9 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression7 titles, browse their movies with this themePower7 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception9 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed7 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 66 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 28 · Serious 24 · Dark 14

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 28 · Stylized 27 · Heightened 11

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 13 · Charged 39 · Intense 14

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 26 · Shifting 37 · Whiplash 3

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 44 · Some laughs 18 · Funny 4

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 33 · Even-paced 33 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 39 · Engaged 25 · Full focus 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 49 · Open-ended 12 · Ambiguous 5

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
52
Thrilling
26
Dread
20
Absurd
15
Melancholic
9
Other
30

How their films linger

Fun34 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling22 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good14 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 15 with a twist

  • Happy24
  • Bittersweet27
  • Tragic5
  • Ambiguous9
  • Cyclical1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Harry Alan Towers' films?

As of October 24, 2026, 47 of their 66 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (32).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Harry Alan Towers' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

110 credits, 66 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Sea Wolf: The Pirate's Curse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Screenplay

  • Blackout Journey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Producer

  • Deadly Diversion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Co-Producer

  • Sumuru(2003)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Dorian (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Producer

  • Il destino ha 4 zampe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Executive Producer

  • Family Flaw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Executive Producer

  • Witness to a Kill(2001)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Death, Deceit & Destiny Aboard the Orient Express (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Executive Producer · Producer · Writer

  • High Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Executive Producer

  • Queen's Messenger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Producer · Writer

  • High Explosive (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Producer

  • She Who Must Be Obeyed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Executive Producer

  • City of Fear(2000)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Treasure Island(1999)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Running Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay

  • Owd Bob(1998)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films

  • The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo(1998)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Midnight in Saint Petersburg(1996)

    Executive Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Bullet to Beijing(1995)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • Cry, the Beloved Country(1995)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • The Mangler(1995)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Night Terrors(1993)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Mummy Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Producer

  • Dance Macabre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Executive Producer

  • Return to the Lost World(1992)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • Sherlock Holmes: Incident at Victoria Falls(1992)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Lost World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)

    Producer · Screenplay

  • Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady(1991)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • The Hitman(1991)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Delta Force 3: The Killing Game(1991)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Oddball Hall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Executive Producer

  • The Masque of the Red Death (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Producer

  • The Phantom of the Opera(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • River of Death(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Ten Little Indians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Producer

  • Buried Alive(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • Edge of Sanity(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The House of Usher(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt(1989)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Captive Rage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Producer · Story

  • Gor II(1988)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Howling IV: The Original Nightmare(1988)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Platoon Leader(1988)

    Adaptation · Producer

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Skeleton Coast (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    Producer · Story

  • Master of Dragonard Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Producer · Writer

  • Dragonard (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Producer · Writer

  • Gor(1987)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 2nd percentile of all films

  • Warrior Queen(1987)

    Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Lightning, the White Stallion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Producer · Writer

  • Black Arrow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Producer · Screenplay

  • Love Circles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Executive Producer

  • Christina (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay

  • Lady Libertine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Executive Producer · Screenplay

  • Love Scenes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Producer

  • Black Venus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Producer · Writer

  • Fanny Hill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Executive Producer

  • The Black Cat(1981)

    Associate Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Klondike Fever(1979)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • King Solomon's Treasure(1979)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Shape of Things to Come(1979)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Twilight of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)

    Producer

  • Black Velvet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Producer

  • Black Cobra(1976)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Annie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1976)

    Producer · Writer

  • Forever Emmanuelle(1976)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films

  • The Great Adventure(1975)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Challenge to White Fang(1974)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Ten Little Indians(1974)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • House of the Damned (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Producer

  • White Fang(1973)

    Dialogue · Producer

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films

  • The Call of the Wild(1972)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • What the Peeper Saw(1972)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Treasure Island(1972)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Black Beauty(1971)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Dorian Gray(1970)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 37th percentile of all films

  • Eugenie(1970)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films

  • Night of the Blood Monster(1970)

    Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 14th percentile of all films

  • Count Dracula(1970)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films

  • Venus in Furs(1969)

    Producer

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • The Castle of Fu Manchu(1969)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films

  • Marquis de Sade's Justine(1969)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 20th percentile of all films

  • The Girl from Rio(1969)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • 99 Women(1969)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Sandy the Seal(1965)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Blood of Fu Manchu(1968)

    Producer · Screenplay · Story

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • The Face of Eve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1968)

    Producer · Screenplay · Story

  • House of 1,000 Dolls(1967)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Five Golden Dragons(1967)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Those Fantastic Flying Fools(1967)

    Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Vengeance of Fu Manchu(1967)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all films

  • The Million Eyes of Sumuru(1967)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • The Brides of Fu Manchu(1966)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Bang! Bang! You're Dead!(1966)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Psycho-Circus(1966)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • The Face of Fu Manchu(1965)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • City of Fear (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    Producer · Screenplay

  • Ten Little Indians(1965)

    Producer · Screenplay

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Coast of Skeletons(1965)

    Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • 24 Hours to Kill(1965)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Mozambique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Producer · Story

  • Code 7, Victim 5(1964)

    Producer · Story

    Midcredits score: 16th percentile of all films

  • Death Drums Along the River(1963)

    Producer · Writer

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • You'll Never See Me Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    Producer

  • At the Stroke of Nine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    Executive Producer

  • The Anatomist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    Producer · Writer

  • The Concert (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Producer

  • The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 18 episodes · Producer

  • Lilli Palmer Theatre (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Show 34 episodes · Executive Producer

  • The Last Reunion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 109 titles from 1955 to 2005.

Biggest box office

The Hitman (1991)

$4.7M worldwide

Highest rated

Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)

Midcredits 73rd

Most popular right now

What the Peeper Saw (1972)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Writing56 of 109: 1 only writing, 55 with another role · typical Midcredits score14thProducing108 of 109: 53 only producing, 55 with another role · typical Midcredits score18th

109 titles, 55 with more than one role — producing and writing overlap on 55 of them.

By decade

1950s7 · crew1960s24 · crew1970s19 · crew1980s27 · crew1990s18 · crew2000s14 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Harry Alan Towers' films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 18th percentile, the median of all 66; across their 66 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 21st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

21stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 66

Approval · how many liked their films

15thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 66

Reach · how many have seen their films

62ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 66

Midcredits score across 66 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th3
  • 25th to 49th20
  • Below 25th43

Shape of the crowd

42 of their 66 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned9
  • Divisive1
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Broadly Agreed11
  • Mixed42

Most divisive · writer, producer

The Incredible Adventures of Marco Polo (1998)

94th percentile spread · 37% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Cry, the Beloved Country (1995)

Midcredits 73rd · 66% liked

Reviewers score the dialogue 35/100 and the plot and story 34/100 in their films, across 65 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Harry Alan Towers' work okay for kids?

Across up to 22 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and sex & nudity run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore9 titles53–75 · median 56 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity22 titles25–71 · median 53 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Harry Alan Towers work with?

People who share at least 2 of Harry Alan Towers' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Maria Rohm shares the most, 20.

Directors

Writers

Actors

  • Maria Rohm20 titles · 18 as actor    See newest 12 of 20 shared titles with Maria Rohm
  • Christopher Lee12 titles    See all 12 shared titles with Christopher Lee
  • Jack Palance8 titles    See all 8 shared titles with Jack Palance
  • Klaus Kinski7 titles    See all 7 shared titles with Klaus Kinski

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles