Bill Douglas Movies
- 1973
My Ain Folk
My Ain Folk6.9171973HD
When Jamie's maternal grandmother dies, he and his brother Tommy are separated - Tommy is taken off to a welfare home and Jamie goes to live with his...
- 1972
My Childhood
My Childhood6.8981972HD
The first part of Bill Douglas' influential trilogy harks back to his impoverished upbringing in early-'40s Scotland. Cinema was his only escape - he...
- 1978
My Way Home
My Way Home7.0691978HD
Jamie leaves the children's home to live with his paternal grandmother. After working in a mine and in a tailor's shop, he is conscripted into the...
- 1987
Comrades
Comrades6.9171987HD
The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign...
- 2023
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend
Bill Douglas: My Best Friend02023HD
The story of the extraordinary friendship between Scottish film maker Bill Douglas and his lifelong companion and collaborator Peter Jewell. Bill...
- 2006
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image
Bill Douglas: Intent on Getting the Image8.82006HD
A documentary exploring Bill Douglas' struggle from childhood poverty to acclaimed filmmaker of Comrades and the Trilogy.
- 1970
Come Dancing
Come Dancing5.81970HD
Celebrated filmmaker Bill Douglas’s early student short follows two men who meet in a cafe on a Southend pier. Glances, body language and very...
- 1984
Sleepwalker
Sleepwalker6.11984HD
Saxon Logan's extraordinary 49 minute featurette pitches four people into a class war situation with a vicious sting in the tale.
- 1967
Fever
Fever01967HD
Displaying the cinematic influence of Bunuel and Cocteau, and inspired by a short story by French writer JMG Le Clézio, Bill’s most...
- 1979
Working Surface: A Short Study (with Actors) in the 'Ways' of a Bourgeois Writer
Working Surface: A Short Study (with Actors) in the 'Ways' of a Bourgeois Writer7.21979HD
Bill Douglas plays a writer struggling with a script about the interior lives of two women (played by Joanna David and Heather Page).
- 1974
Home and Away
Home and Away01974HD
A young boy away at boarding school struggles when his mother and father split up.
- 1966
Gracemary
Gracemary01966HD
A young woman runs to catch the last post with her weekly pools coupon, whilst imagining a more glamorous life for herself.
- 1968
Still Life
Still Life01968HD
An elderly woman is admitted to an asylum and all her possessions are removed by the council. The idea came from Peter Jewell, who was working as a...
- 1968
Small World
Small World01968HD
A rare “talkie” displaying Bill’s gift for dialogue, Small World is a comedy of manners about two married couples who meet by...
- 1996
The Ring of Truth
The Ring of Truth01996HD
Set in the Necropolis graveyard, Glasgow. A comic and magical tale about the meaning of life and a hunt for a missing diamond ring. An ex-B movie...
- 1967
Woman in the Park
Woman in the Park01967HD
A Hitchcockian psychodrama about an introverted man who pursues a woman with whom he becomes obsessed, demonstrating Bill’s improving grasp of...
- 1966
The Water Cress File
The Water Cress File01966HD
Playing with the tropes of the spy genre, The Water Cress File charts the progress of a mysterious briefcase, passed between several characters on...