Mr. Towers of London

Here in his own words are the illustrious adventures of HARRY ALAN TOWERS rascal and raconteur a notorious figure in the world of cinema of whom it was said he could go into any production office in the world and walk out with a movie deal. After establishing himself in 1940s radio with The Lives of Harry Lime and The Black Museum both starring Orson Welles Towers produced more than 100 feature films all around the world. He worked in 40 countries from Austria to Zimbabwe starring the likes of Michael Caine Christopher Lee Jack Palance Klaus Kinski and many more. A lifelong lover of literature he brought to the screen the works of authors as revered as H. G. Wells Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie-and as reviled as the Marquis De Sade and Leopold Von Sacher-Masoch. And as a lifelong lover of women he made friends and stars national news and international scandals.Harry Alan Towers is one of the great unsung producers of post-1960 cinema. Every film he produced carries his distinct personality as with Selznick or Bronston but Harry's metier was exploitation. What he uniquely brought to his films was the sense of a connoisseur and a sense of someone who loved pulp; he appreciated the finer things and smuggled them into some wonderful movies... and some unlikely ones too. I'm delighted to learn he wrote his memoirs and I can't wait to read them! - TIM LUCAS editor of VIDEO WATCHDOG