Ernest Clark
Biography: A distinguished stage actor, Ernest Clark was best known to British television viewers for his role as the crusty "Sir Geoffrey Loftus" in the long running "Doctor" comedy series during the 1970s. Born in Maida Vale, Clark was the son of a master builder and was educated at Marylebone Grammar School. His first job was as a reporter on a local newspaper and he was also a keen amateur actor. He made his first professional appearance at the Festival Theatre, Cambridge in 1937 and, throughout the 1930s and 40s, was rarely off the West End stage. In New York in 1950, he garnered rave reviews for his appearance in T.S. Eliot's "The Cocktail Party". A prolific screen character actor, he was usually cast in cold, tight-lipped roles in British war films. He was vice-president of Equity, the British actor's union, from 1964-69 and president from 1970-73. An articulate, outspoken and often witty commentator for the acting profession, he always argued on the side of regulated entry into what he described as "an overcrowded industry". Clark's first two marriages were dissolved. His third wife was 'Julia Lockwood', the daughter of the British film star Margaret Lockwood. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Patrick Newley
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 12, 1912
Deathday: November 11, 1994
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Beau Brummell
1954-11-16
Beau Brummell
Overview: Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he initially alienates the Prince of Wales with insulting comments about the prince's uniform designs, he eventually becomes his close confidant. Brummel also falls in love with the beautiful Lady Patricia Belham. However, his outspoken manner eventually leads to his being exiled to France.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-16
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Partners in Crime
1961-02-01
Partners in Crime
Overview: British crime film directed by Peter Duffell and starring Bernard Lee, Moira Redmond and John Van Eyssen, loosely based on the 1918 novel "The Man Who Knew" by Edgar Wallace.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-02-01
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Sink the Bismarck!
1960-02-11
Sink the Bismarck!
Overview: The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-11
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Father Brown
1954-06-08
Father Brown
Overview: Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-08
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Ladies Who Do
1963-11-01
Ladies Who Do
Overview: The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-01
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Doctor in the House
1954-03-23
Doctor in the House
Overview: The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950s medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-23
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Masquerade
1965-04-13
Masquerade
Overview: The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-13
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Blind Spot
1958-07-01
Blind Spot
Overview: US Army Officer Dan Adams, blinded during the war, is framed for a diamond smuggling rap. Upon regaining his sight, Adams goes after the real thieves in an effort to clear his name. In order to trap the wily criminals, Adams pretends that he's still bereft of his vision.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-01
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The Executioner
1970-09-06
The Executioner
Overview: A British intelligence agent must track down a fellow spy suspected of being a double agent.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-09-06
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The Man in the Sky
1957-01-24
The Man in the Sky
Overview: The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-24
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Finders Keepers
1966-12-08
Finders Keepers
Overview: Cliff Richard and the Shadows arrive in a small Spanish town for a concert when a U.S. plane accidentally drops a mini-bomb on it. The Shadows look for the bomb to return it.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-08
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The Dam Busters
1955-05-16
The Dam Busters
Overview: The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
Genres: Drama Action History Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-16
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It!
1967-07-01
It!
Overview: After a warehouse fire, museum director Grove and assistant Pimm find everything destroyed, only one statue withstood the fire mysteriously undamaged. Suddenly Grove is lying dead on the ground, killed by the statue? Pimm finds out that the cursed statue has been created by Rabbi Loew in 16th century and will withstand every human attempt to destroy it. Pimm decides to use it to his own advantage.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-07-01
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Queen of the Wild Frontier
1993-05-06
Queen of the Wild Frontier
Overview: Convicts Mick and Gary are being escorted to the dentist when their prison van has an accident and they wind up at a remote farmhouse occupied by Fiona and Susie, two sex-starved sisters who have been waiting to have babies with the right men, whilst these two may not be the right ones, they are certainly available.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-06
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Time to Remember
1962-07-01
Time to Remember
Overview: A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured. Later the house is put up for sale and events lead the estate agent to conclude that the jewels may still be there.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-01
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The Stable Door
1966-06-01
The Stable Door
Overview: This is a film made as an elaborate advert for the Insurance Industry. A group of criminals conspire to rob a warehouse which has also been spotted as a vulnerable target by an insurance salesman who suggests precautions, including buying insurance. Will the works be done in time and sufficient to stop the robbers?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-01
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Run a Crooked Mile
1969-11-18
Run a Crooked Mile
Overview: A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Two years later he wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia, is now married, and living in Switzerland. Now remembering the incident he returns to England to try to solve the mystery.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-11-18
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The Birthday Present
1957-10-31
The Birthday Present
Overview: Returning from a business trip, toy salesman Simon Scott is caught attempting to smuggle a wristwatch bought for his wife's birthday through Customs. He is arrested and, due to a bungled defence by his solicitor, obliged to serve a three-month prison sentence. It is only the beginning of his woes; his employer, Colonel Wilson, is understanding, but he is ultimately forced to sack Simon, who discovers that finding another job under such circumstances is extremely difficult. But Colonel Wilson is determined to help his former employee find a solution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-31
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The Circus Clown
1934-06-30
The Circus Clown
Overview: A man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-30
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1984
1956-03-06
1984
Overview: In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-06
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Gandhi
1982-12-01
Gandhi
Overview: In the early years of the 20th century, Mohandas K. Gandhi, a British-trained lawyer, forsakes all worldly possessions to take up the cause of Indian independence. Faced with armed resistance from the British government, Gandhi adopts a policy of 'passive resistance', endeavouring to win freedom for his people without resorting to bloodshed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-01
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Song of Norway
1970-11-04
Song of Norway
Overview: Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music. It stars Toralv Maurstad as Grieg and features an international cast including Florence Henderson, Christina Schollin, Robert Morley, Harry Secombe, Oskar Homolka, Edward G. Robinson and Frank Porretta (as Rikard Nordraak). Filmed in Super Panavision 70 by Davis Boulton and presented in single-camera Cinerama in some countries, it was an attempt to capitalise on the success of The Sound of Music.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-04
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The Cuckoo Patrol
1967-07-16
The Cuckoo Patrol
Overview: Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventures on their way to camp.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-07-16
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A Tale of Two Cities
1958-02-07
A Tale of Two Cities
Overview: British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay. When Darnay goes to Paris to rescue an imprisoned family retainer, he becomes entangled in the snares of the brutal French Revolution and is himself jailed and condemned to the guillotine. But Sydney Carton, in love with a woman he cannot have, comes up with a daring plan to save her husband.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-07
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Reach for the Sky
1956-07-05
Reach for the Sky
Overview: The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-05
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Arabesque
1966-05-04
Arabesque
Overview: When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information believed to be in hieroglyphic code and must also contend with a mysterious man called Beshraavi. Meanwhile, Beshraavi's lover, Yasmin Azir, seems willing to aid Pollock -- but is she really on his side?
Genres: Thriller Comedy Mystery Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-04
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The Secret of My Success
1965-09-29
The Secret of My Success
Overview: Women (Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens) and his mother help an English constable (James Booth) rise to ruler of a banana republic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-09-29
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The Devil-Ship Pirates
1964-08-01
The Devil-Ship Pirates
Overview: A pirate ship, fighting in 1588 on the side of the Spanish Armada, suffers damage and must put into a village on the British coast for repairs. The village is small and isolated and the Spanish convince the villagers that the English fleet has been defeated and that they, the Spanish, are now their masters. This results in the villagers' sullen cooperation, but rumors and unrest begin to spread and soon the Spanish pirates find themselves facing a revolt.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-08-01
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Obsession
1949-08-03
Obsession
Overview: A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-08-03
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Salt & Pepper
1968-07-03
Salt & Pepper
Overview: After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and Christopher Pepper partake in a fumbling investigation and uncover an evil plot to overthrow the government. Can our cool, yet inept duo stop the bad guys in time?
Genres: Comedy Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-03
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Memed My Hawk
1984-05-10
Memed My Hawk
Overview: In 1920s Turkey, a young peasant is smitten with a beautiful young girl, who has been promised in marriage to the fat, dullard cousin of the province's powerful and corrupt governor. When an assassination attempt is made against the official, the young man flees his village and joins up with a group of outlaws fighting against the wealthy and powerful landowners who control the lives of the locals and make life miserable for them. The outlaws' successes prompt the governor to call in the Turkish army to capture or kill them.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-10
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Boy With a Flute
1964-01-01
Boy With a Flute
Overview: An advertisement in the personal column brings elderly Mrs Winters to town with her Salviani painting and leads her to an adventure she could never have imagined.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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A Touch of Larceny
1960-02-04
A Touch of Larceny
Overview: After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-04
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The Safecracker
1958-03-05
The Safecracker
Overview: Safe cracker, Colley Dawson, is recruited to steal a list of Nazi agents from a safe in a Nazi occupied chateau in Belgium.
Genres: Crime Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-05
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Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
1986-09-16
Theban Plays: Oedipus the King
Overview: Plagues are ravaging Thebes, and the blind fortune-teller Tieresias tells Oedipus, the King, that the gods are unhappy. The murder of the former king has gone unavenged, and Oedipus sets out to find the killer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-16
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The Pope Must Diet
1991-06-21
The Pope Must Diet
Overview: A less-than-qualified and far-from-perfect priest is mistakenly named the new pope. As the pontiff, he must deal with Vatican corruption, the Mob and the reappearance of his old lover.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-06-21
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A Woman of Mystery
1958-04-21
A Woman of Mystery
Overview: UK mystery about a reporter investigating the suicide of a seemingly insignificant hatcheck girl.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-21
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Tomorrow at Ten
1962-09-01
Tomorrow at Ten
Overview: A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-01
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I Accuse!
1958-03-05
I Accuse!
Overview: Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-05
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Billy Liar
1963-08-15
Billy Liar
Overview: A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-15
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Time Without Pity
1957-03-21
Time Without Pity
Overview: Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row. David then goes on a quest to try and clear his son’s name while battling “the bottle.”
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-21
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A Stitch in Time
1963-12-01
A Stitch in Time
Overview: An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal ammount of chaos, Pitkin finds Lindy, a little girl who hasn't spoken or smiled since her parents were killed in an aeroplane accident. Pitkin decides to help.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-01
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The Baby and the Battleship
1956-06-01
The Baby and the Battleship
Overview: After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-01
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Nothing But the Best
1964-03-10
Nothing But the Best
Overview: Success has James Brewster's name written all over it, and he also has his heart set on his boss's daughter. A con artist hires him to help out on a bank scheme, but then again, James will do anything to get rich and be the most successful businessman in Britain-even if it means murder!!!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-10
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When We Are Married
1949-07-10
When We Are Married
Overview: The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. This was the second television film version of the J.B. Priestley play made by the BBC.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-10
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Three on a Spree
1961-06-28
Three on a Spree
Overview: A young man will inherit a huge fortune--8 million pounds--but to qualify, he must spend a million pounds in just two months. Easy to do? That's what you think!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-28
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The Mudlark
1950-10-03
The Mudlark
Overview: It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-03
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Master Spy
1964-08-19
Master Spy
Overview: Boris Turganev (Murray) is a Russian scientist who has absconded from a Communist prison in an attempt to achieve a better life working for the British. As Boris struggles to make his superiors believe he is there to work and not to spy for the Russians, an office romance blossoms that could put his mission in jeopardy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-08-19
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