Alun Owen

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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.

Most Popular Alun Owen Trailers

Total trailers found: 28

The Criminal Trailer (1960)

13 September 1960

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 stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.

I'm All Right Jack Trailer (1959)

18 August 1959

Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management as well as the trade union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

A Hard Day's Night Trailer (1964)

07 July 1964

Capturing John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in their electrifying element, 'A Hard Day's Night' is a wildly irreverent journey through this pastiche of a day in the life of The Beatles during 1964.

Lena, O My Lena Trailer (1960)

25 September 1960

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 machine shop next door and takes her out despite a bullying driver claiming her for himself.

The Servant Trailer (1963)

14 November 1963

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

Every Day Except Christmas Trailer (1957)

25 May 1957

Every Day Except Christmas is a 37-minute documentary film filmed in 1957 at the Covent Garden fruit, vegetable and flower market, then located in the Covent Garden area of East central London.

In the Wake of a Stranger Trailer (1959)

30 June 1959

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 that would trap him as the killer unless he can clear himself.

The Rose Affair Trailer (1961)

08 October 1961

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

Pal Trailer (1971)

02 December 1971

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

Unexplained Laughter Trailer (1989)

25 April 1989

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.

George's Room Trailer (1967)

30 September 1967

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.

Shelter Trailer (1967)

19 May 1967

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 from.

Male of the Species Trailer (1969)

03 January 1969

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 mendacious womanizer; a smooth-talking office flirt, Cornelius; and an aging barrister, Emlyn, who is enchanted by Mary's youthful vitality and charm.

Lucky Trailer (1974)

05 February 1974

“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 decidedly unlucky career as a criminal has resulted in a series of stretches in prison for theft.

Norma Trailer (1974)

15 October 1974

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

Valley of Song Trailer (1953)

08 June 1953

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

Come Home Charlie and Face Them Trailer (1990)

25 November 1990

Adapting R.F. Delderfield's classic story of love, lust, crime and betrayal, this three-part mini-series centres around a young bank clerk whose yearning to escape the mundanity of 1930s small-town life is answered all too readily when he falls for an exotic beauty with dangerous intentions.

The Ladies: Joan Trailer (1969)

18 September 1969

Stella Trailer (1968)

19 June 1968

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

Thief Trailer (1968)

24 July 1968

A lady catches the attention of a compulsive gambler.

Things They Said Today Trailer (2002)

30 September 2002

A documentary on the making of the Beatles' 1964 film "A Hard Day's Night," featuring director Richard Lester, music producer George Martin, screenwriter Alun Owen, and cinematographer Gilbert Taylor.

The Hard Knock Trailer (1962)

08 July 1962

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

After the Funeral Trailer (1960)

03 April 1960

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

Funny Trailer (1971)

16 November 1971

In London, Tom and Phyl are self-assured and in control of the situation whenever they meet their friends Huw and Tegwen.

No Trams to Lime Street Trailer (1970)

18 March 1970

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

Gareth Trailer (1968)

15 December 1968

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

The Ladies: Doreen Trailer (1969)

18 September 1969

The Beatles Trailer (2025)

07 April 2025

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