Alun Owen

Alun Owen

Alun Owen was a Welsh playwright, screenwriter and actor, predominantly in television. However, he is best remembered by a wider audience for writing the screenplay of The Beatles' debut feature film A Hard Day's Night (1964), which earned him a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

  • Title: Alun Owen
  • Popularity: 0.5483
  • Known For: Writing
  • Birthday: 1925-11-24
  • Place of Birth: Menai Bridge, Wales
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Alun Owen Movies

  • 1963
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    The Servant

    The Servant

    7.596 1963 HD

    Indolent aristocrat Tony employs competent Barrett as his manservant and all seems to be going well until Barrett persuades Tony to hire his sister...

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  • 1959
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    In the Wake of a Stranger

    In the Wake of a Stranger

    1 1959 HD

    An unfortunate sailor gets implicated in a murder he never committed. After a bookie is murdered, the sailor is caught in an ever-tightening vice...

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  • 1959
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    I'm All Right Jack

    I'm All Right Jack

    6.6 1959 HD

    Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from...

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  • 1953
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    Valley of Song

    Valley of Song

    1 1953 HD

    A little Welsh village is sundered by rival factions when a coveted contralto role in the "Messiah" is given to Mrs. Davies instead of Mrs. Lloyd....

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  • 2002
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    Things They Said Today

    Things They Said Today

    1 2002 HD

    A documentary on the making of the Beatles' 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night," featuring director Richard Lester, music producer George Martin,...

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  • 1957
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    Every Day Except Christmas

    Every Day Except Christmas

    6.3 1957 HD

    A short documentary filmed in 1957 at the Covent Garden fruit, vegetable and flower market, then located in the Covent Garden area of East central...

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  • 2025
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    The Beatles

    The Beatles

    8 2025 HD

    Liverpool, a sleeping city, awakens under the glow of a musical revolution. Four boys, known as the Beatles, turn their dream into an odyssey. This...

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  • 1964
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    A Hard Day's Night

    A Hard Day's Night

    7.321 1964 HD

    Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent...

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  • 1960
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    The Criminal

    The Criminal

    6.3 1960 HD

    When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has...

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  • 1969
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    Male of the Species

    Male of the Species

    5.5 1969 HD

    Never trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a...

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  • 1989
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    Unexplained Laughter

    Unexplained Laughter

    1 1989 HD

    Lydia is unlucky in love and retreats to the Welsh countryside with her friend Betty. But the beautiful scenery holds its own humour and passion.

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  • 1960
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    Lena, O My Lena

    Lena, O My Lena

    1 1960 HD

    Tom, a sensitive Liverpool student, takes a job on a loading dock in a Lancashire factory town. He's smitten with a girl named Lena who works in a...

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  • 1967
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    Shelter

    Shelter

    5 1967 HD

    A woman seeks shelter from the rain in a park conservatory but is forced into conversation with a man who wants to know what else she is sheltering...

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  • 1968
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    Stella

    Stella

    5 1968 HD

    Stella escapes an unhappy relationship to live in a bedsit. She meets another man which forces her to make decisions about her life.

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  • 1967
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    George's Room

    George's Room

    7 1967 HD

    A man is interviewed by a young widow as a potential lodger, and learns some disturbing facts about the woman's relationship with her dead husband.

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  • 1968
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    Thief

    Thief

    1 1968 HD

    A lady catches the attention of a compulsive gambler.

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  • 1962
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    The Hard Knock

    The Hard Knock

    1 1962 HD

    Tough merchant seaman Pat Greevey returns to his family in Liverpool to find the key to a recent death.

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  • 1974
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    Norma

    Norma

    1 1974 HD

    Norma is a woman who appears to be leading a very complicated emotional life; she's involved with no less than four men. Michael is the friend she...

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  • 1971
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    Funny

    Funny

    1 1971 HD

    In London, Tom and Phyl are self-assured and in control of the situation whenever they meet their friends Huw and Tegwen. But when they're not on...

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  • 1960
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    After the Funeral

    After the Funeral

    1 1960 HD

    Play about two brothers who both want their Welsh grandfather to live with them.

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  • 1961
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    The Rose Affair

    The Rose Affair

    1 1961 HD

    A young woman befriends a lonely millionaire with a disfigured face whose ruthless business practices are threatening to ruin her father. A modern...

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  • 1971
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    Pal

    Pal

    1 1971 HD

    Two sworn enemies, one black and the other white, are forced to confront their prejudices when they are forced together by circumstance.

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  • 1974
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    Lucky

    Lucky

    1 1974 HD

    “Set in Liverpool in the early 70s, the film tells the story of Samuel 'Lucky' Ubooto, a half African, half Irish man in his 20s whose...

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  • 1970
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    No Trams to Lime Street

    No Trams to Lime Street

    1 1970 HD

    Three young merchant seamen from Liverpool take shore leave in their home city after three years away.

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  • 1968
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    Gareth

    Gareth

    1 1968 HD

    A film by Alan Clarke for the 'The Company of Five' anthology series.

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  • 1969
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    The Ladies: Doreen

    The Ladies: Doreen

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1969
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    The Ladies: Joan

    The Ladies: Joan

    1 1969 HD

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  • 1955
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    The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    7.6 1955 HD

    The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.

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  • 1978
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    Hawkmoor

    Hawkmoor

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1952
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    Before Your Very Eyes

    Before Your Very Eyes

    1 1952 HD

    The programme ran on BBC in 1952-53, returning in '55 after a hiatus. "Before Your Very Eyes" featured comic monologues and simple skits, of the sort...

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  • 1968
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    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    1 1968 HD

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse is a British anthology of six half-hour comedies showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker. All were broadcast by...

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  • 1970
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    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    6.3 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more...

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  • 1970
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    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    6.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    6.5 1970 HD

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  • 1970
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    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    1 1970 HD

    Never trust a man whoever he is. This is the bitter lesson learned by Mary MacNeil in her relationships with three different men: her father, a...

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  • 1970
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    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    6 1970 HD

    A series of plays specially written for television.

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  • 1970
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    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    5 1970 HD

    A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a...

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  • 1970
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    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    1 1970 HD

    An anthology series wherein the ten commandments are interpreted in contemporary scenarios by different writers. It was transmissioned from 30 March...

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  • 1970
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    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    1 1970 HD

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse is a British anthology of six half-hour comedies showcasing the talents of Ronnie Barker. All were broadcast by...

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  • 1970
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    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    The Ronnie Barker Playhouse

    7.2 1970 HD

    Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first...

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