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Don Sharp
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Donald Herman Sharp (19 April 1921 – 14 December 2011) was an Australian film director. His best known films were made for Hammer in the 1960s, and included The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) and Rasputin, the Mad Monk (1966). In 1965 he directed The Face of Fu Manchu, based on the character created by Sax Rohmer, and starring Christopher Lee. Sharp also directed the sequel The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966). In the 1980s he was also responsible for several hugely popular miniseries adapted from the novels of Barbara Taylor Bradford.
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Tears in the Rain
What Waits Below
Guardian of the Abyss
Bear Island
The Thirty Nine Steps
The Four Feathers
Hennessy
Callan
Dark Places
Psychomania
Puppet on a Chain
Taste of Excitement
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
The Violent Enemy
The Brides of Fu Manchu
Our Man in Marrakesh
Rasputin: The Mad Monk
Curse of the Fly
The Face of Fu Manchu
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Witchcraft
The Kiss of the Vampire
The Dream Maker
Linda
The Professionals
The Adventures of Hal 5
The Inbetween Age
The Stolen Airliner
