Peter Finch
Biography: Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as crazed television anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the BAFTA, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes. He was the first of two people to win a posthumous Academy Award in an acting category; the other was fellow Australian Heath Ledger. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Finch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 27, 1916
Deathday: January 14, 1977
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10:30 P.M. Summer
1966-10-24
10:30 P.M. Summer
Overview: A female traveling companion seduces a married man and his alcoholic wife.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-24
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The Flight of the Phoenix
1965-12-15
The Flight of the Phoenix
Overview: A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-15
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Far from the Madding Crowd
1967-06-18
Far from the Madding Crowd
Overview: Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-06-18
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Network
1976-11-14
Network
Overview: When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-14
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The Red Tent
1969-12-23
The Red Tent
Overview: Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 1969-12-23
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Raid on Entebbe
1976-12-26
Raid on Entebbe
Overview: Based on a true operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. The airplane landed in Uganda. The terrorists released some passengers, keeping 94 Jews and 12 air crew hostage. The Israeli government would not negotiate. A rescue plan was devised, and less than 100 commandos were flown across Africa to rescue the passengers in surprisingly successful operation.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-26
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The Making of 'Network'
2006-02-28
The Making of 'Network'
Overview: An engrossing feature-length documentary about the making of Sidney Lumet's classic film "Network."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-28
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The Nun's Story
1959-06-18
The Nun's Story
Overview: After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-18
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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
1952-05-26
The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Overview: Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-26
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
1980-01-04
The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Overview: A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-04
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Kidnapped
1960-02-24
Kidnapped
Overview: Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the redcoats.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-24
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Elephant Walk
1954-04-21
Elephant Walk
Overview: Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) and takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation. Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of her new home is tempered by isolation as the only white woman in the district; her husband's occasional imperious arrogance; a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver (Dana Andrews), and the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants.
Genres: Romance Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-21
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
1971-07-01
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Overview: Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-07-01
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Operation Amsterdam
1959-01-12
Operation Amsterdam
Overview: When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-12
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Girl with Green Eyes
1964-05-14
Girl with Green Eyes
Overview: A naive young country girl moves to Dublin and finds herself drawn to a sophisticated author twice her age.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-14
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The Battle of the River Plate
1956-10-30
The Battle of the River Plate
Overview: In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-30
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Eureka Stockade
1949-01-26
Eureka Stockade
Overview: Spectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-26
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The Rats of Tobruk
1944-06-30
The Rats of Tobruk
Overview: Three friends enlist in the Australian Army and serve in North Africa, holding the city of Tobruk against Rommel's forces.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-06-30
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The Pumpkin Eater
1964-07-16
The Pumpkin Eater
Overview: Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-16
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The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961-04-02
The Sins of Rachel Cade
Overview: A female doctor in the Congo is torn between two loves.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-02
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The Dark Avenger
1955-04-15
The Dark Avenger
Overview: Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").
Genres: Action Adventure Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-15
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The Legend of Lylah Clare
1968-08-21
The Legend of Lylah Clare
Overview: A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-21
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A Town Like Alice
1956-03-01
A Town Like Alice
Overview: In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
Genres: War Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-01
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Lost Horizon
1973-03-14
Lost Horizon
Overview: While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.
Genres: Adventure Drama Fantasy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-14
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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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I Thank a Fool
1962-09-14
I Thank a Fool
Overview: After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license and spends two years in prison. Once she has completed her sentence, the lawyer who prosecuted Christine, Stephen Dane, hires her to care for his emotionally unstable wife, Liane. Christine takes the job, but when Liane's allegedly dead father reappears, Christine sets out to reveal the family's dark secrets.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-14
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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
2001-04-03
Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Overview: Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-04-03
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Simon and Laura
1955-11-02
Simon and Laura
Overview: A couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-02
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The Heart of the Matter
1953-11-03
The Heart of the Matter
Overview: Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-03
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In the Cool of the Day
1963-05-29
In the Cool of the Day
Overview: After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long-suffering and emotionally and physically scarred woman. The couple soon runs off to Greece together to pursue the romance.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-29
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No Love for Johnnie
1961-02-14
No Love for Johnnie
Overview: Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of giving up a career in politics or giving up the woman he loves.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-02-14
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Judith
1966-01-20
Judith
Overview: A Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-20
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960-05-28
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Overview: England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-28
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Josephine and Men
1955-11-09
Josephine and Men
Overview: The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-09
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The Shiralee
1957-07-11
The Shiralee
Overview: An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-11
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Make Me an Offer!
1954-12-08
Make Me an Offer!
Overview: A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of other less desirable items. The trouble is, the owners of the vase are pretty shrewd themselves and are not keen on letting it go for a song - meaning that our hapless chap has to pull out every trick in the book in order to win his prize.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-08
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The Miniver Story
1950-10-26
The Miniver Story
Overview: The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-26
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Passage Home
1955-03-17
Passage Home
Overview: Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-17
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The Wooden Horse
1950-10-16
The Wooden Horse
Overview: True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-16
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The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
1953-02-14
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
Overview: The career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a composer turned against his will to light music, who together wrote fifteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-14
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Murderers' Row
1966-12-20
Murderers' Row
Overview: The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mission: He shall find Dr. Solaris, inventor of the Helium laser beam, powerful enough to destroy a whole continent. It seems Dr. Solaris has been kidnapped by a criminal organization. The trace leads to the Cote D'Azur.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-20
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Windom's Way
1957-12-07
Windom's Way
Overview: A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Increasingly violent friction between local rubber plantation workers and the authorities force both parties to make decisions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-12-07
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Robbery Under Arms
1957-01-10
Robbery Under Arms
Overview: During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convict father Ben and his friend, infamous cattlethief Captain Starlight. Making their way to Melbourne with the proceeds of a recent raid, the brothers meet and romance the Morrison sisters, Kate and Jean, whom they eventually marry; but just as they are poised to start a new life in America, Captain Starlight and his gang arrive in town, planning a raid at the local bank.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-10
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First Men in the Moon
1964-07-01
First Men in the Moon
Overview: The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-01
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Mr. Chedworth Steps Out
1939-04-01
Mr. Chedworth Steps Out
Overview: A down-and-out clerk happens upon a bag of money. Unknown to him, the money is all counterfeit, forcing the innocent man to become involved with gangsters, as well as federal agents.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-01
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Bequest to the Nation
1973-04-18
Bequest to the Nation
Overview: Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-18
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England Made Me
1973-06-01
England Made Me
Overview: A young, English, ne'er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy fiancé/benefactor in 1930's Germany, just before the rise of the Nazi party.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-06-01
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The Magic Shoes
1935-01-01
The Magic Shoes
Overview: Short lost Australian film based on the story of Cinderella
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-01
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The Abdication
1974-10-03
The Abdication
Overview: Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-10-03
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Something to Hide
1972-01-01
Something to Hide
Overview: A man having marital problems with his shrewish wife picks up a young, pretty and pregnant hitchhiker. Before he knows it, he's in over his head and mixed up in violence and murder.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Power and the Glory
1941-04-03
The Power and the Glory
Overview: The Power and the Glory is a 1941 Australian war film about a Czech scientist who escapes from the Nazis to live in Australia.
Genres: War Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-03
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A Son Is Born
1946-09-20
A Son Is Born
Overview: This family melodrama, a tale of desertion, vengeful seduction, coincidental meeting and catharsis, spans more than two decades from 1920 to World War II. A woman imprisoned in a loveless marriage finds the courage to leave her husband but is disturbed to find that her son, David, refuses to go with her. She does not give up on him and manages to establish a new life for herself. Her world is turned upside down when David reluctantly moves in with her, determined to ruin their lives. Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, David is about to be sent to New Guinea which may make or break any future relationship he has with the people who love him. A notable aspect of the film is a production design which belies the low budget.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-20
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Indonesia Calling
1946-08-09
Indonesia Calling
Overview: Two weeks after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August 1945, Indonesian Independence leaders proclaimed “Indonesia Merdeka!” ‘Freedom for Indonesia’ and an end to Dutch colonial rule over the Netherlands East Indies. Internationally renowned Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens, in Australia as Film Commissioner for the Netherlands East Indies government in exile, resigned his position in protest against Dutch policy, which sought to re-impose its colonial rule. In collaboration with Indonesian activists, Chinese, Indian and Australian trade unionists, and local artists and filmmakers, Ivens made Indonesia Calling, a film documenting the crucial role of Australian trade union support in the establishment of the new Republic of Indonesia. Ivens’ film was an activist documentary; it actively contributed to the events it depicted. All those who worked on it became ‘adversely known’ to the security services.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-08-09
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Dad and Dave Come to Town
1938-09-29
Dad and Dave Come to Town
Overview: Dad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in the 'Dad and Dave' comedy series starring Bert Bailey. It was the feature film debut of Peter Finch
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-29
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Jungle Patrol
1944-12-31
Jungle Patrol
Overview: This black and white film was made by the Australian government to show Australia's contribution to the New Guinea campaign, for which they thought there had not been sufficient acknowledgement. Jungle Patrol follows the daily experiences of the soldiers, from their initial deployment in Port Moresby, then flying over the Owen Stanley Ranges on board the troop carrier 'Honeymoon Express', to their slog through jungle and steep terrain battling rain, mosquitoes and mud as they march from the Ramu 'Death' Valley up to rejoin their battalion at an outpost on Shaggy Ridge in the Finisterre Range.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-12-31
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Train of Events
1949-01-18
Train of Events
Overview: A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-18
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These Stars Are Mine
1943-01-26
These Stars Are Mine
Overview: George Reynolds, recently discharged from the army, tells his father of his plans to marry and relax. Reynolds Snr tells his son that if Australia is to avoid another postwar Depression, its citizens need to work hard towards a better future.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-26
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The Greatest Mother of 'em All
1969-12-31
The Greatest Mother of 'em All
Overview: Stage mother Dolly Murdock (Ann Sothern) uses the attractiveness of her teenage daughter Tricia (Alexandra Hay) for her own economic gains, leading Tricia to experience a nightmarish loss of innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-31
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Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
1967-10-01
Location: Far from the Madding Crowd
Overview: This promotional short film for the feature Far from the Madding Crowd (1967) takes us to the many locations in Dorset County, England, where the movie was filmed. It was here that 'Thomas Hardy' lived and was inspired to write the novel upon which the film is based. Only the film's star, Julie Christie, makes comments on the production.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-01
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The Riddle of Robin Hood
1952-01-01
The Riddle of Robin Hood
Overview: Promotional film for The Story of Robin Hood, featuring Walt Disney and production personnel; released in 1952.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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