Vera Day
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Birthday: August 04, 1935
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Hammer Glamour
2013-10-21
Hammer Glamour
Overview: This documentary features interviews with several leading ladies from Hammer's peak period, who share illuminating and amusing anecdotes about the various films they worked on.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-21
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The Prince and the Showgirl
1957-06-13
The Prince and the Showgirl
Overview: An American showgirl becomes entangled in political intrigue when the Prince Regent of a foreign country attempts to seduce her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-13
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Quatermass 2
1957-05-24
Quatermass 2
Overview: In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-24
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Womaneater
1958-04-01
Womaneater
Overview: A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-01
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Grip of the Strangler
1958-05-11
Grip of the Strangler
Overview: A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
Genres: Horror Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-11
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The Trunk
1962-01-01
The Trunk
Overview: An attorney's former mistress and his friend feign her death in order to bilk his new bride of 2,000 pounds.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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The Nice Americans
1958-01-01
The Nice Americans
Overview: American airman loves English girl whose father refuses permission for their marriage out of hatred for all Yankees.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Up the Creek
1958-05-13
Up the Creek
Overview: Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble than might be thought possible, with events coming to a riotous conclusion when the Admiralty turn up for an inspection of the ship.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-13
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And the Same to You
1960-02-01
And the Same to You
Overview: Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-01
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Fun at St. Fanny's
1955-12-15
Fun at St. Fanny's
Overview: Gormless 25 year-old Cardew, wealthy beneficiary of the Robinson Will, should have left St. Fanny's School many years ago. However, seedy headmaster Dr. Jankers (music hall favourite Fred Emney) is in the toils of shady bookmaker Harry the Scar (boxer Freddie Mills) and has so-far kept his golden goose perched firmly at the bottom of the class. Blissfully unaware of nefarious intrigue around him, Cardew continues to flirt coyly with the French mistress and gamble for school dinners on the form room roulette wheel. But canny Scots solicitor McTavish has been sent to investigate... Featuring television's Billy Bunter, Gerald Campion, gorgeous Vera Day, Will Hay cohort Claude Hulbert, muddle-mouthed Stanley Unwin, a young Ronnie Corbett, and enough old jokes to fill a Christmas Cracker factory.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-15
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It's a Great Day
1955-01-01
It's a Great Day
Overview: Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the council, over building supplies that he needs to complete a job on a local housing estate. Under pressure to finish the job, his son gets them from a local crook. When the council find out, they call in the police, so the Grove family get together, to clear themselves, in time for the grand opening.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
1998-08-28
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Overview: A card shark and his unwillingly-enlisted friends need to make a lot of cash quick after losing a sketchy poker match. To do this they decide to pull a heist on a small-time gang who happen to be operating out of the flat next door.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-28
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Saturday Night Out
1964-04-01
Saturday Night Out
Overview: Five seamen and a passenger are intent on making the most of the 14 hours they will spend in London.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-01
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Watch It, Sailor!
1961-08-14
Watch It, Sailor!
Overview: Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must be another woman involved.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-08-14
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Too Many Crooks
1959-03-08
Too Many Crooks
Overview: Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-08
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I Was Monty's Double
1958-10-21
I Was Monty's Double
Overview: The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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Hell Drivers
1957-07-23
Hell Drivers
Overview: An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-23
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Dance Little Lady
1954-07-13
Dance Little Lady
Overview: When a ballerina's career is ended after she's injured in a traffic accident, her husband decides to try and turn their young daughter into a ballet star. Drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-13
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The Riddle
2007-10-14
The Riddle
Overview: A journalist investigates a series of murders that follows the discovery of an unpublished novel by Charles Dickens in the cellar of an old Thames pub.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-14
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The Flesh Is Weak
1957-08-06
The Flesh Is Weak
Overview: Giani is a pimp who preys on the naïve, ‘just off the bus’ young women who come to post-war London for fortune.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-06
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A Kid for Two Farthings
1955-08-15
A Kid for Two Farthings
Overview: Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-15
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Faye
2024-05-15
Faye
Overview: Through honest reflection, complemented by insight from colleagues and friends, Faye Dunaway contextualizes her life and filmography, laying bare her struggles with mental health while confronting the double standards she was subjected to as a woman in Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-15
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Trouble with Eve
1960-03-01
Trouble with Eve
Overview: What happens when an attractive girl from Paris arrives in a sleepy riverside village.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-01
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The Crowded Day
1954-10-01
The Crowded Day
Overview: One day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-01
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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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A Clean Sweep
1958-01-01
A Clean Sweep
Overview: George Watson's domestic bliss is shattered when his wife discovers he has broken his promise never to gamble again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Stars in Your Eyes
1956-12-06
Stars in Your Eyes
Overview: A group of feisty, talented young performers pool their resources and buy a dilapidated theatre to showcase their acts – but unscrupulous property developers also want the theatre and resort to dirty tricks to disrupt the first night's performance!
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-06
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