Bryan Pringle
Biography: Bryan Pringle was an English character actor who appeared for several decades in television, film and theatre productions.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 19, 1935
Deathday: May 15, 2002
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Known For
Brazil
1985-02-20
Brazil
Overview: Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent man instead of wanted terrorist Harry Tuttle, he meets the woman from his daydream, and in trying to help her gets caught in a web of mistaken identities, mindless bureaucracy and lies.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-02-20
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My Kingdom for a Horse
1991-03-12
My Kingdom for a Horse
Overview: Steve Deakin teaches history and is a foot soldier in the Sealed Knot Society. In a fortnight between two English Civil War battles he finds he faces challenges, both personal and professional.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-12
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French Dressing
1964-04-10
French Dressing
Overview: A deck-chair attendant at a British resort promotes a film festival featuring a French sexpot.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-10
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The Boy Friend
1971-12-16
The Boy Friend
Overview: The assistant stage manager of a small-time theatrical company is forced to understudy for the leading lady at a matinée performance at which an illustrious Hollywood director is in the audience scouting for actors to be in his latest "all-talking, all-dancing, all-singing" extravaganza.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-16
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Drowning by Numbers
1988-09-10
Drowning by Numbers
Overview: Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-10
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Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
1960-10-27
Saturday Night and Sunday Morning
Overview: A 22-year-old factory worker lets loose on the weekends: drinking, brawling, and dating two women, one of whom is older and married.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-27
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3 Men and a Little Lady
1990-11-21
3 Men and a Little Lady
Overview: Sylvia's work increasingly takes her away from the three men who help bring up Mary, her daughter. When she decides to move to England and take Mary with her, the three men are heartbroken at losing the two most important females in their lives.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-21
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Bird Fancier
1985-01-15
Bird Fancier
Overview: There's big money in pigeon racing if you've got a fast flyer, and Joe Desmond's blue-pied hen is a natural winner. But Joe's lucky streak with the birds has gone on a bit too long for the comfort of his competitors. It's time someone else had a turn. Mal Middleton's comedy was filmed on location in his home town of Sheffield.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-01-15
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Roots
1992-11-28
Roots
Overview: Presentation of Arnold Wesker's play of the 1950s. A young girl returns to her family home in Norfolk, having been educated in cultural and political matters by her boyfriend Ronnie. Through trying to pass on what she has learned, she discovers her own voice and views.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-11-28
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Soul Music
1997-05-12
Soul Music
Overview: The young druid Imp y Celyn comes to Ankh-Morpork to become a famous musician, but a new guitar from a mysterious shop possesses him with a new kind of music - the Music with Rocks In. To make matters worse, Death, saddened by the death of his adopted daughter, has gone away to try and forget, and his granddaughter Susan suddenly has the family duty passed on to her.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-12
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Lover's Prayer
2001-09-18
Lover's Prayer
Overview: A younger boy falls in love with a tragic girl who flirts with, and manipulates, her older suitors in 1800s Russia.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-09-18
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American Friends
1991-03-22
American Friends
Overview: Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back at Oxford he is nevertheless taken aback when they arrive unannounced. Women are not allowed in the College grounds, let alone the rooms. Indeed any liaison, however innocent, is frowned on by the upstanding Fellows.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-22
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Turtle Diary
1985-12-06
Turtle Diary
Overview: Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-06
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Ring of Spies
1964-03-23
Ring of Spies
Overview: The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-23
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Towers of Babel
1981-07-09
Towers of Babel
Overview: A BAFTA award nominated black comedy about life and death in a London tower block.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-09
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Getting It Right
1989-05-05
Getting It Right
Overview: Gavin is 31 years old and still lives with his parents. He is awfully shy but before he knows it there are three women interested in him. Lady Minerva Munday has a casual way of life and lives in a basement, Joan is an over-sexed millionairess, married to a Greek architect. But Gavin prefers the ugly assistant in the barbershop.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-05
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What the Butler Saw
1987-05-23
What the Butler Saw
Overview: White golliwogs, cross-dressing coppers, bellboy rapists, insanity, incest, and Winston Churchill’s giant member all play their part in this BBC production of Joe Orton’s farcical, bitingly satirical 1969 play, in which the head psychiatrist of a lunatic asylum, when trying to conceal the attempted molestation of his new secretary from his wife, only succeeds in making himself (and everyone else) look completely round the bend.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-05-23
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The Old Curiosity Shop
1975-11-07
The Old Curiosity Shop
Overview: A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
Genres: Comedy Drama History Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-11-07
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Cruel Train
1995-01-01
Cruel Train
Overview: In wartime England, a railway official learns that the chairman of the line had sexually abused his wife as a child, then given him the job so he could continue having sexual access to her. The husband and wife kill him together, but are seen by a train driver, who also has problems of his own. The wife tries to divert suspicion by implicating another driver and befriending the witness, but it doesn't go that smoothly.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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The Sundowners
1960-12-08
The Sundowners
Overview: In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-08
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The Steal
1995-05-05
The Steal
Overview: A young American computer hackeress is hired by a liberal British lawyer to right the wrong done to a third world country by a London investment company. Even the expertise of her building inspector sidekick can not prevent a surprising development though.
Genres: Thriller Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-05
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This Office Life
1984-12-30
This Office Life
Overview: On arrival at British Albion, Mr Gryce felt that his lack of ambition would be completely fulfilled. There was a luncheon voucher scheme, a pension fund, paid holidays - and (apparently) nothing much doing between the hours of nine to five. Then his colleagues began to take an unhealthy interest in him. They asked questions he couldn't answer, and answered questions he hadn't asked. Only the lovely Pam made life bearable, but even she was not quite what she seemed....
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-30
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The Challenge
1960-05-17
The Challenge
Overview: Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-17
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The Day Grandad Went Blind
1998-09-02
The Day Grandad Went Blind
Overview: An elderly man with failing eyesight attends his brother funeral. He discovers a lottery ticket in his dead brothers possessions. Will his luck change or will fate deal a more spiteful blow.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-09-02
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Some Enchanted Evening
1978-01-05
Some Enchanted Evening
Overview: Comedy in which a young Geordie, Peter, is put under pressure by his fiancee who wants him to name the wedding day. Enough pressure to make him consider jumping off the Tyne Bridge. Peter tells the story to a lass he meets at a club.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-05
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A Night on the Tyne
1989-07-12
A Night on the Tyne
Overview: When four shipbuilders are made redundant they decide that as a protest they will launch the ship they have been working on.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-12
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Olly's Prison
1993-05-01
Olly's Prison
Overview: "When you marry, have kids...you'll still be in that chair." An ordinary city flat. Evening. A man tries to talk to his daughter. She will not answer. The play moves through the prison of the mind, to that of the outside world in a search that leads to a tragedy.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-01
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Always on Sunday
1965-06-28
Always on Sunday
Overview: Always On Sunday is a bio-pic on Le (Henri) Douanier Rousseau, a French naive painter.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-28
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Consuming Passions
1988-04-06
Consuming Passions
Overview: Adapted from a play written by two Monty Python vets, this toothy satire launches with a tragic accident at Chumley's chocolate factory when hapless manager Ian Littleton (Tyler Butterworth) accidentally knocks several employees into a huge chocolate vat. The tragic mishap at the chocolate factory results in candy lovers getting an unexpected 'extra' in their sweets.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-06
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The Brain
1962-09-05
The Brain
Overview: A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a doctor on the trail of the killer
Genres: Science Fiction Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-05
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Penine Man
1978-04-14
Penine Man
Overview: A TV play by Jim Andrew. Directed by Harley Cokeliss
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-14
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A Box of Swan
1990-10-09
A Box of Swan
Overview: A moving and unusual film about a young man who returns to his Liverpool roots for his father's funeral.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-09
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H.M.S. Defiant
1962-04-15
H.M.S. Defiant
Overview: Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence increases.
Genres: Adventure History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-04-15
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Lawrence of Arabia
1962-12-11
Lawrence of Arabia
Overview: The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Genres: Adventure History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-11
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Haunted Honeymoon
1986-07-25
Haunted Honeymoon
Overview: Radio personalities Larry Abbot and Vickie Pearle are stars of a mystery show. Since they announced their engagement, Larry has been plagued by speech problems and, seeking out an unconventional cure, he returns to his boyhood home, a mansion in the countryside, bringing Vickie along. Larry reunites with numerous family members, but discovers that there are sinister things afoot within the walls of the creepy estate.
Genres: Comedy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-25
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Those Glory Glory Days
1983-11-17
Those Glory Glory Days
Overview: Girls growing up in 1960-61 London develop a passion for Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, the first British team in the 20th century to win the English league and FA Cup "double". Twenty years later, one of the girls tracks down players of the '60-'61 Spurs for a documentary.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-17
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Shoreleave
1987-01-01
Shoreleave
Overview: Inspired by true events. Billy (Phil Daniels) comes home on shore leave from the Royal Navy, and discovers that his brother Michael has died two weeks prior to his leave. Trying to piece together what happened, Billy becomes enamoured with Myra (Joanne Whalley), a nightclub singer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Jabberwocky
1977-03-28
Jabberwocky
Overview: A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-28
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B. Monkey
1999-07-15
B. Monkey
Overview: When wistful introvert Alan Furnace meets quick-witted bombshell Beatrice, he has no idea of her secret life as "B. Monkey" -- the top thief-for-hire in London's criminal underworld. Charmed by Furnace's innocent and chivalrous ways, Beatrice resolves to reform. But to cash in on her first chance at real love, she must escape her former partner in crime, the ruthless Paul Neville -- and a dark past that seems to haunt her every step.
Genres: Romance Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-07-15
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Berserk!
1967-11-01
Berserk!
Overview: A lady ringmaster milks the publicity from a string of murders.
Genres: Crime Drama Horror Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-01
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Bullshot
1983-10-27
Bullshot
Overview: The dashing Captain Hugh "Bullshot" Crummond - WWI ace fighter pilot, Olympic athlete, racing driver, part-time sleuth and all round spiffing chap - must save the world from the dastardly Count Otto van Bruno, his wartime adversary. And, of course, win the heart of a jolly nice young lady.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-10-27
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On Giant's Shoulders
1979-03-28
On Giant's Shoulders
Overview: The true story of Terry Wiles, born with no limbs in 1962 as a result of his mother's use of the drug thalidomide. This film tells the story of his childhood and adoption by the couple Len and Hazel Wiles who live on a remote farm, and the subsequent challenges and resistance to give Terry a 'normal' life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-28
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Dog Ends
1984-07-17
Dog Ends
Overview: A middle-aged man is feeling the strain of looking after his elderly grandfather, who is demanding and needs a lot of medical treatment. Then a neighbour suggests a painless way to be rid of him. This black comedy is set in the future, where euthanasia is lawful and increasingly common, but it should still, ideally, be voluntary.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-07-17
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Henry V
1979-12-23
Henry V
Overview: The life of King Henry the Fifth.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-23
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life
2002-03-24
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Oganga, The Giver and Taker of Life
Overview: On a vital military mission for the Allies, Indy comes across a disease-ravaged African village and is able to rescue one small child from certain death. The presence of the child endangers the mission, leaving Indy in a moral quandary; fighting his conscience, his sense of duty, his own men and the enemy as he battles his way across the country. Depressed by the turmoil around him, Indy reaches his lowest point. Hope appears in the presence of Albert Schweitzer, a profoundly inspiring and committed doctor, philosopher and musician. Helping out at Schweitzer's jungle hospital, Indy finds his faith in humanity restored and his outlook on life forever changed in this beautiful and moving film.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama War TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-24
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Pleasure
1994-10-25
Pleasure
Overview: Alan Bleasdale's modern re-telling of Madame Bovary. A tale of passion, greed, revenge, and of course pleasure, set in France. Starring Line of Duty's Adrian Dunbar, Jennifer Ehle and James Larkin. In the French city of Rouen, the beautiful, young but bored Emma seeks to escape her dull married life. Her dreams are answered, and her comfortable, peaceful existence soon tarnished when she answers a lonely-hearts ad. She meets Gustave, a unsuccessful toy salesman, and potential con man. Together they begin a passionate affair, where they indulge in illicit sex and illegal scams. But parallel to their exhilarating affair, the police are on the hunt for a mysterious masked robber known only as Le Terroriste. As the stakes rise, and a betrayal means Emma finding herself alone, her own talents for deception develop into an overwhelming and obsessive desire for her to get her revenge.
Genres: Drama TV Movie Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-25
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Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
1986-09-17
Theban Plays: Oedipus at Colonus
Overview: Oedipus's wanderings come to an end when he finds his final resting place, as foretold by the gods. But his brother-in-law and his son each try to take him away.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-17
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Henry IV Part 2
1979-12-16
Henry IV Part 2
Overview: The death of King Henry the Fourth and the coronation of King Henry the Fifth.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-16
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Snow White: A Tale of Terror
1997-07-18
Snow White: A Tale of Terror
Overview: When young Lili's mother dies in childbirth, her father remarries Lady Claudia, a woman ruled by an evil mirror with the power to make her queen of all living things. After escaping an attempt on her life, Lili finds herself lost in a dark forest, where living happily ever after seems unlikely.
Genres: Fantasy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-07-18
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Still Waters
1972-01-13
Still Waters
Overview: A middle-aged couple who are fairly tired of each other go out on a picnic for the day. However, they row, and Maud wanders off and talks to other people she meets. Eventually, the couple come together again, and the day has helped them to understand each other a little better.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-13
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Diamonds for Breakfast
1968-12-01
Diamonds for Breakfast
Overview: Swinging playboy Grand Duke Nicholas Goduno, a direct descendent of the Romanov family who were overthrown in the Russian Revolution of 1917, learns that his family's crown jewels will be exhibited at a London museum and plots to steal them. To this end, he gathers a crew of beautiful but dangerous women, led by Bridget Rafferty, to assist in his plot against Popov, the Soviet functionary in charge of the exhibit.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-01
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How I Won the War
1967-10-18
How I Won the War
Overview: An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-18
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Spare the Rod
1961-05-23
Spare the Rod
Overview: It is London in the year 1960 and John Saunders enthusiastically begins his new teaching career at a tough slum-area school. His class are bored pupils in their last term before leaving. Will he handle the grave problems that lie ahead?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-23
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Detective Waiting
1971-09-14
Detective Waiting
Overview: A cat and mouse game develops between a big man of crime and a young detective constable. But the big man doesn't realize, that this mouse roars.
Genres: Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-09-14
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Spring and Port Wine
1970-10-02
Spring and Port Wine
Overview: A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-02
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Ladies' Night
1986-12-06
Ladies' Night
Overview: A tradition-bound gentlemen's club is thrown into chaos when women are allowed in during "ladies' night." One member resents the intrusion of women so much, he resorts to murder.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-06
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Restoration
1995-12-29
Restoration
Overview: An aspiring young physician, Robert Merivel found himself in the service of King Charles II and saves the life of someone close to the King. Merivel joins the King's court and lives the high life provided to someone of his position. Merivel is ordered to marry his King's mistress in order to divert the queens suspicions. He is given one order by the king and that is not to fall in love. The situation worsens when Merivel finds himself in love with his new wife. Eventually, the King finds out and relieves Merivel of his position and wealth. His fall from grace leaves Merivel where he first started. And through his travels and reunions with an old friend, he rediscovers his love for true medicine and what it really means to be a physician.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-29
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Top Deck
1962-01-01
Top Deck
Overview: A white bus conductress is attracted by one of her regular passengers, a black serviceman, but then tires of him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Crimestrike
1990-10-01
Crimestrike
Overview: What would happen if the nation’s criminals decided to go on strike? A comedy drama based on an idea by Czech writer Jaroslav Hasek.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-01
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There Is a Happy Land
1974-05-05
There Is a Happy Land
Overview: Keith Waterhouse's near autobiographical tale about characters from his childhood.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-05
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The Diary of a Nobody
1964-12-12
The Diary of a Nobody
Overview: Ken Russell's silent film treatment of the 19th century comic novel by the Brothers Grossmith - George and Weedon. Starring Bryan Pringle, Avril Elgar and Murray Melvin. Adapted by Ken Russell and John McGrath. First shown on BBC2 at 10.10pm on Saturday 12th December 1964 - as part of the 'Six' strand.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-12
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