Michael Hordern
Biography: Sir Michael Murray Hordern (3 October 1911 – 2 May 1995) was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre, which stretched back to before the Second World War. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Hordern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Birthday: October 03, 1911
Deathday: May 02, 1995
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Known For
Genghis Khan
1965-04-15
Genghis Khan
Overview: This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.
Genres: History Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-15
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Where Eagles Dare
1968-12-04
Where Eagles Dare
Overview: World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Allied soldiers to liberate the general before it's too late.
Genres: Action Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-04
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Yellowbeard
1983-06-24
Yellowbeard
Overview: For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-24
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Anne of the Thousand Days
1969-12-18
Anne of the Thousand Days
Overview: Henry VIII of England discards his wife, Katharine of Aragon, who has failed to produce a male heir, in favor of the young and beautiful Anne Boleyn.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-18
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The Medusa Touch
1978-04-13
The Medusa Touch
Overview: A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.
Genres: Horror Thriller Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-04-13
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Cleopatra
1963-06-12
Cleopatra
Overview: Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his general, Marc Antony, who vows to take power—but Caesar’s successor has other plans.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-12
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Futtocks End
1970-02-01
Futtocks End
Overview: Entirely silent, with a musical score, sound effects and incoherent mutterings, the story revolves around a weekend gathering at the decaying country home of the eccentric and lewd General Futtock (Ronnie Barker) and the series of saucy mishaps between the staff (Michael Hordern plays the lecherous butler) and his guests.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-01
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Up Pompeii
1971-03-11
Up Pompeii
Overview: A funny thing happens to Lurcio (Frankie Howerd) on the way to the rent-a-vestal-virgin market stall. A mysterious scroll falls into his hands, listing the names of all the conspirators plotting to murder Emperor Nero. And when the upstart slave is elected to infiltrate the ringleader's den, the comical ups-and-downs lead to total uproar.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-11
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The Taming of the Shrew
1967-03-08
The Taming of the Shrew
Overview: Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-08
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Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
1993-05-01
Paddington Bear's Alphabet Treasure Hunt
Overview: Paddington enters the Great Alphabet Treasure Hunt and has to find something for every letter of the alphabet. But he soon gets attacked by a W for wasp and gets himself in a mess as usual.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-01
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Beauty and the Beast
1992-01-01
Beauty and the Beast
Overview: As a merchant sets off for market, he asks his three lovely daughters what they would like as a present upon his return. His youngest daughter, who he adoringly calls Beauty, replied. "All I'd like is a rose you've picked specially for me." Remembering his promise to Beauty he plucks a rose, enraging the owner of the rosebush, a fearsome boarlike beast who inhabits the nearby castle. The Beast agrees to spare his life, but on one condition, that he brings him the daughter for which he plucked the rose.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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The MacKintosh Man
1973-11-08
The MacKintosh Man
Overview: A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-08
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The Bed Sitting Room
1969-06-01
The Bed Sitting Room
Overview: In the hazy aftermath of World War III, the fallout from a 'nuclear misunderstanding' is producing strange mutations amongst the survivors, and the noble Lord Fortnum finds himself transforming into a bed sitting room.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-01
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Scrooge
1951-11-28
Scrooge
Overview: Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-28
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
1972-11-20
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Overview: An all-star cast highlights this vibrant musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's immortal tale. One day, plucky young Alice follows a white rabbit down a hole and discovers a world of bizarre characters.
Genres: Family Fantasy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-20
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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 Spy Who Came In from the Cold
1965-12-16
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Overview: British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-16
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Theatre of Blood
1973-03-16
Theatre of Blood
Overview: A Shakespearean actor takes poetic revenge on the critics who denied him recognition.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-16
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Joseph Andrews
1977-03-09
Joseph Andrews
Overview: Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-09
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Khartoum
1966-06-09
Khartoum
Overview: English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians from the Sudan, Gordon stays on to protect the people of Khartoum, who are under threat of being conquered by a Muslim army.
Genres: History War Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-09
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The Possession of Joel Delaney
1972-05-24
The Possession of Joel Delaney
Overview: Manhattan socialite begins to fear for her troubled younger brother when he starts behaving bizarrely and he seems to have been friends with a backstreet murderer.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-05-24
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Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
1963-12-06
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Overview: English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-06
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Tom Brown's Schooldays
1951-04-17
Tom Brown's Schooldays
Overview: When Tom Brown arrives at Rugby boarding school, he’s mercilessly tormented by the school’s evil bully Flashman. With the help of his friend East, plucky Brown devises a plan to get back at Flashman; in the meantime, he’s asked to look out for a timid new student, whose life is accidentally put in peril during a school race.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-17
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The V.I.P.s
1963-09-01
The V.I.P.s
Overview: Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-09-01
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The Man Who Never Was
1956-04-03
The Man Who Never Was
Overview: The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.
Genres: Thriller War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-03
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The Slipper and the Rose
1976-03-25
The Slipper and the Rose
Overview: Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the kingdom of Euphrania are anxious for the prince to wed no matter what. When the prince meets Cinderella at a ball, he's sure she's the one, and when she loses her slipper upon exiting the dance, the prince is determined to find and marry her.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-25
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A Christmas Carol
1971-12-21
A Christmas Carol
Overview: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Genres: Animation Drama Fantasy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-12-21
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A Christmas Carol
1977-12-24
A Christmas Carol
Overview: Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Genres: Family Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-12-24
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The Wind in the Willows
1983-12-30
The Wind in the Willows
Overview: One spring, Mole decides that he can ignore the spring cleaning for a little longer, and begins a series of adventures with his new friend Rat. They go for a picnic on the riverbank, on a caravan expedition with Toad, until Toad switches allegiance to his new car and his reckless driving makes Mole and Rat search out Badger for help in curbing Toad's profligate habits. But Toad gets away from them and gets a 20-year sentence from the magistrate for theft, reckless driving, and Gross Impertinence. While Toad works his wiles on the jailer's daughter and escapes jail dressed as a washer woman, Badger tries to guard Toad Hall from the machinations of the Weasels and is badly beaten. And it requires a plan of attack and all four comrades to regain Toad Hall.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Family Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-12-30
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Demons of the Mind
1972-11-05
Demons of the Mind
Overview: A physician discovers that two children are being kept virtually imprisoned in their house by their father. He investigates, and discovers a web of sex, incest and satanic possession.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-05
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The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964-12-31
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Overview: One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-31
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Ivanhoe
1982-02-23
Ivanhoe
Overview: Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England.
Genres: History Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-23
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The Secret Garden
1987-11-30
The Secret Garden
Overview: When a spoiled English girl living in 19th century India loses both parents in a cholera epidemic, she is sent back to England to live in a country mansion. The lord is a strange old man-- frail and deformed, immensely kind but so melancholy. She wishes to discover what has caused him so much sorrow and to bring joy back to the household. It all must have something to do with the screams and wails which echo through the house at night and no one wants to talk about.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-30
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Truckers
1992-05-01
Truckers
Overview: Truckers, the first of Terry Pratchett's novels to be adapted for TV brings to life the story of the Nomes. 15000 years ago the Nomes crashed to Earth in a scout ship from the starship Swan. Generations of them have come and gone with the passing years and the changing countryside. Suddenly faced with extinction, the ten surviving Nomes, guided by their reluctant leader Masklin, must face many exciting adventures during their search for a new home and hiding place in the big, bad world of the humans.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-01
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Oliver Twist
1982-03-23
Oliver Twist
Overview: The classic Dickens tale of an orphan boy who escapes the horrors of the orphanage only to be taken in by a band of thieves and pickpockets.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-03-23
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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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Danny the Champion of the World
1989-04-29
Danny the Champion of the World
Overview: Somewhere in England, in the Autumn of 1955, a widowed father and his son live an idyllic life together. Only their gas station happens to sit on a piece of land that a local developer wants to buy. And when he won't take no for an answer, and sets government inspectors and social works onto Danny and his father, Danny and his father decide to get even with Hazell and his pheasant- shooting friends in a manner in keeping with their own family tradition.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-29
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School for Secrets
1946-12-23
School for Secrets
Overview: Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-23
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Man in the Moon
1960-10-31
Man in the Moon
Overview: William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby National Atomic Research Center where they figure anyone who could fail at being a guinea pig is just what they need. They con William into thinking he will continue his guinea pig career by testing out some equipment for them before they send a group of astronauts to the moon.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-31
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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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Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
2008-11-11
Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Overview: "Scarecrow! Scarecrow! The soldiers of the King feared his name!" And so begins the hard-to-forget theme song to The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. Walt Disney's thrilling 3-part adventure was produced for his Wonderful World of Color weekly TV show and aired February 1964. Filled with action, drama and suspense, it follows the adventures of Dr. Christopher Syn - brave priest by day, righter of wrongs by night. And, for the first time, presented in Widescreen format on DVD.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-11
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Lucky Lady
1975-12-25
Lucky Lady
Overview: When an American booze smuggler gets murdered in Prohibition-era Mexico, his widow, a nightclub singer, joins forces with her lover and a desperate loner to become rum-runners to the U.S.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-25
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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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Highly Dangerous
1950-12-06
Highly Dangerous
Overview: A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-06
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Paddington Goes to School
1986-01-01
Paddington Goes to School
Overview: The local truant officer informs Mrs. Brown (Paddington's keeper) that since he is of age, Paddington must go to school.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Grand National Night
1953-04-15
Grand National Night
Overview: The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a murder charge.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-15
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Personal Affair
1953-10-20
Personal Affair
Overview: A schoolgirl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-20
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The Spanish Gardener
1956-12-25
The Spanish Gardener
Overview: Harrington Brande, a British diplomat who recently broke up with his wife, is stationed in a small coastal town in Spain with his son, Nicholas. Harrington is unreasonably possessive of Nicholas and becomes jealous when he begins to form a close friendship with Jose, their gentle gardener.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-25
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Freddie as F.R.O.7.
1992-08-14
Freddie as F.R.O.7.
Overview: The story about a man-sized frog named Prince Frederic who is turned into a frog by his wicked aunt Messina and hired by British Intelligence to solve the mysterious disappearances of some of Britain's greatest monuments. Several hundred years later, Freddie is now living in modern day Paris -- a six-foot-tall amphibian with the moniker Secret Agent F.R.O.7. Messina, too, is still around causing mischief, joining forces with an arch-villain named El Supremo in a scheme to shrink Big Ben. Freddie, alerted to Messina's nefarious plans, gathers his fellow agents Daffers and Scottie together, planning to hide out in Big Ben and surprise the evil doers when they are set to strike at the much-loved British landmark.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-08-14
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Girl Stroke Boy
1971-08-12
Girl Stroke Boy
Overview: Middle-class parents are confounded when their son brings home his new partner: an elegant, confusingly androgynous West Indian.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-08-12
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Morning Departure
1946-12-01
Morning Departure
Overview: At the end of World War II, a Royal Navy submarine on routine patrol strikes and detonates a mine. The subsequent explosion sinks the submarine, killing most of its crew. Frantic efforts are taken to rescue those remaining alive.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-01
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Turner
1966-01-01
Turner
Overview: A documentary feature offering a general introduction to the work of the painter J.M.W. Turner.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Scoop
1987-04-26
Scoop
Overview: Scoop is a 1987 TV film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the 1938 satirical novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It was produced by Sue Birtwistle with executive producers Nick Elliott and Patrick Garland. Original music was made by Stanley Myers. The story is about a reporter sent to Ishmaelia (a fictional African state) by accident.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-26
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Dark Obsession
1990-02-01
Dark Obsession
Overview: Hugo Buckton seems to have it all: He is apparently rich and has a beautiful wife and a doting son. In actuality, though, Hugo is having money problems and is paranoid that his wife is cheating on him. After a boozy night at a party, Hugo hits and kills a woman with his car -- and at his friends' urging, keeps driving. When Hugo starts receiving letters from someone who knows about the accident, he begins to suspect that he has been set up.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-01
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The Jokers
1967-05-15
The Jokers
Overview: Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves famous.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-05-15
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Paddington Bear
1976-01-05
Paddington Bear
Overview: Dressed in his characteristic blue duffle coat and oversized hat, the helpful and cuddlesome Paddington has a gift of putting his paws where he shouldn't, creating hours of hilariously sticky situations! A stow-away from darkest Peru, Paddington eventually finds himself alone in Paddington Station. When the Brown family take him home, they get a lot more than they bargained for.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-05
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The Talking Parcel
1978-12-26
The Talking Parcel
Overview: The Talking Parcel is based on a 1974 book by Gerald Durrell in which a young girl is transported to the fantasy land of Mythologia to save it from cockatrices. She is aided by a talking parrot and encounter many other magical creatures, including a mooncalf.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-26
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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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Some Will, Some Won't
1970-04-01
Some Will, Some Won't
Overview: Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-04-01
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I'll Never Forget What's'isname
1967-12-18
I'll Never Forget What's'isname
Overview: Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing for a small literary magazine. He wants to leave his former life behind, going as far as saying good-bye to his wife and mistresses. He finds, however, that it's not so easy to escape the past.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-18
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The Trouble with Spies
1987-12-04
The Trouble with Spies
Overview: George Trent, a British spy, has gone incommunicado in Ibiza. Appleton Porter (Donald Sutherland) is sent to find out what happened to Trent. Porter settles into a small hotel with several busybody guests. He probes them for information about Trent, their former neighbor. Meanwhile, the spy survives several attempts on his life as he attempts to solve the mystery.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-04
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The Astonished Heart
1950-03-17
The Astonished Heart
Overview: Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But Leonora could do without Barbara's husband, Christian (Noel Coward), whom she finds arrogant and off-putting ... at first. One evening alone together, romance is set ablaze, leaving Christian with a lot of explaining to do to Barbara.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-17
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The Pied Piper
1972-12-27
The Pied Piper
Overview: Greed, corruption, ignorance, and disease. Midsummer, 1349: the Black Death reaches northern Germany. Minstrels go to Hamelin for the Mayor's daughter's wedding to the Baron's son. He wants her dowry to pay his army while his father taxes the people to build a cathedral he thinks will save his soul. A local apothecary who's a Jew seeks a treatment for the plague; the priests charge him with witchcraft. One of the minstrels, who has soothed the Mayor's daughter with his music, promises to rid the town of rats for the fee. The Mayor agrees, then renigs. In the morning, the plague, the Jew's trial, and the Piper's revenge come at once.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-27
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Prudence and the Pill
1968-05-23
Prudence and the Pill
Overview: Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the maid, the chauffeur, a lover, Prudence's husband Gerald, or all of the above?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-23
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Moment of Danger
1960-01-26
Moment of Danger
Overview: Having been coerced unto helping a criminal pull off a jewellery theft, a locksmith is double crossed by the crook and heads off to Spain with an eye to getting even.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-26
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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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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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The Little Match Girl
1986-12-28
The Little Match Girl
Overview: The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845. This adaptation was made for Harlech TV and broadcast on 28th December 1986 and starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey, and features the song 'Mistletoe and Wine' which became a Christmas number one for Cliff Richard in 1988, the biggest selling record of that year.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-28
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The Small Voice
1948-11-27
The Small Voice
Overview: A man and his wife take to their house some men they rescue from a road crash and then find they have picked up some dangerous criminals.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-27
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The Hour of 13
1952-11-21
The Hour of 13
Overview: 1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief suspect, he must use his guile and wits to prove he’s not the killer; whilst also not getting caught for a jewel robbery he has just committed.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-21
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The Spaniard's Curse
1958-06-01
The Spaniard's Curse
Overview: A convicted murderer uses an ancient curse to take his revenge on those responsible for sending him to prison.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-01
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The Secret World of Polly Flint
1987-02-16
The Secret World of Polly Flint
Overview: A young girl escapes her loneliness by retreating to The Magical World of Another Time, which can only be reached by using your imagination.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-16
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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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Girls at Sea
1958-10-01
Girls at Sea
Overview: When HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the officers throw a lavish party to celebrate the engagement of Captain Robert Randall to Jill Eaton, a charming American girl; among the guests are Mary Carlton, Jill's American friend, and Antoinette, a vivacious redhead. However, when the last shore-boat is deemed unseaworthy, the girls are obliged to spend the night on ship. A series of hilarious complications ensue, as the officers attempt to keep the girls away from the beady eyes of Admiral Hewitt – who chooses this very night to board the Scotia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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You Know What Sailors Are
1954-02-09
You Know What Sailors Are
Overview: The best of British humor is on display in this satirical cold war romp! Donald Sinden plays Lieutenant Green, a radar expert in the Royal Navy. One night, whilst under the influence of alcohol, he welds an old pram to the deck of a foreign destroyer for a joke. The next morning, British Intelligence is desperate to know what the enemy’s new weapon is. To cover his tracks, Green calls it the ‘998’. When he is posted to the destroyer to explain about radar techniques, Green soon realizes that his prank has gone too far.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-09
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The Three Musketeers
1973-12-11
The Three Musketeers
Overview: The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a King's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the King. D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance Bonancieux and the passionate Lady De Winter, a secret agent for the Cardinal.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-11
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Whistle and I'll Come to You
1968-05-07
Whistle and I'll Come to You
Overview: A university professor, confident that everything which occurs in life has a rational explanation, finds his beliefs severely challenged when, during a vacation to a remote coastal village in Norfolk, he blows through an ancient whistle discovered on a beach, awakening horrors beyond human understanding.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-07
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Cast a Giant Shadow
1966-03-30
Cast a Giant Shadow
Overview: An American Army officer is recruited by the yet to exist Israel to help them form an army. He is disturbed by this sudden appeal to his Jewish heritage. Each of Israel's Arab neighbors has vowed to invade the poorly prepared country as soon as partition is granted. He is made commander of the Israeli forces just before the war begins.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-30
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The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
1984-05-22
The Zany Adventures of Robin Hood
Overview: The evil brother of Richard the Lionheart is holding the king for ransom, and only Robin Hood and his band of merry men can save him...for a small fee, of course.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-05-22
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King Lear
1975-03-23
King Lear
Overview: King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-03-23
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Alexander the Great
1956-03-28
Alexander the Great
Overview: An engrossing spectacle set in the 4th-century BC, in which Alexander of Greece leads his troops forth, conquering all of the known world, in the belief that the Greek way of thinking will bring enlightenment to people. The son of the barbaric and ruthless King Philip of Macedonia, Alexander achieved glory in his short but remarkable life.
Genres: Adventure History Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-28
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A Girl Must Live
1939-09-24
A Girl Must Live
Overview: A run-away school-girl falls among chorus girls planning to marry into the nobility.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-24
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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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Mine Own Executioner
1947-11-22
Mine Own Executioner
Overview: Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-22
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Nightbeat
1947-12-22
Nightbeat
Overview: After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-12-22
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The Card
1952-02-25
The Card
Overview: A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite so. If he can just manage to avoid a certain very predatory woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-25
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
1966-10-16
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Overview: A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-16
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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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Gauguin the Savage
1980-04-29
Gauguin the Savage
Overview: Based on the turbulent life of the temperamental French painter, Paul Gauguin, and his compulsive search for creative freedom which caused him to abandon his wife and five children in Paris for a life of contentment in Tahiti.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-04-29
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The Dock Brief
The Dock Brief
Overview: This hilarious one-act play by John Mortimer (creator of Rumpole of the Bailey) is the story of a highly incompetent lawyer preparing to defend a man who, by his own admission, is guilty of murdering his wife. Starring Sir Michael Hordern (Gandhi, How I Won the War), two-time Tony winner George Rose (My Fair Lady), and Leueen MacGrath (who with George S. Kaufman co-wrote Silk Stockings).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
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Girl in the News
1940-08-28
Girl in the News
Overview: An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arouses.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-28
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Band Waggon
1940-03-23
Band Waggon
Overview: A gang of spies held up in a haunted castle gives this team of celebrated British wireless comedians plenty of scope for laughs.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-03-23
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Rebecca
1947-01-19
Rebecca
Overview: Adaptation of the novel Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier from 1947.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-01-19
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Pacific Destiny
1956-01-01
Pacific Destiny
Overview: Life is strange and worrying for a cadet who arrives in the Pacific in the colonial service. And the testy resident commissioner, who had been expecting an experienced man, soon shows his disapproval.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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The Spirit of Cheshire
1980-01-02
The Spirit of Cheshire
Overview: Michael Horden narrates as the voice of as Rolls Royce Phantom taking in the sights of Cheshire.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-02
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The Dog It Was That Died
1989-01-01
The Dog It Was That Died
Overview: Rupert Purvis jumps off a bridge onto a dog, causing problems for Blair, his superior at MI5. Blair must convince Hogbin, the agent who's been tailing Purvis, of which side Purvis is really on--once he finds out what it is.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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The Square
1961-09-07
The Square
Overview: Two lonely people meet on a park bench and talk about their lives.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-07
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No Time for Tears
1957-10-04
No Time for Tears
Overview: The interwoven dramas of staff and patients in Mayfield Children's Hospital, where the doctors and nurses are in the business of restoring children's lives. One small child risks losing his sight, while twin boys fool the doctors over which one has appendicitis. Meanwhile, behind the scenes, new nurse Margaret Collier suffers pangs of unrequited love for houseman Dr. Nigel Barnes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-04
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The Fool
1990-12-07
The Fool
Overview: A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-07
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Macbeth
1964-03-16
Macbeth
Overview: Hallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and the same director as its first version, but a different supporting cast.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-16
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Clash of Loyalties
1983-01-02
Clash of Loyalties
Overview: During the British colonial period in Iraq, Sheikh Dhari and his tribe openly reject colonization and employ peaceful resistance against the British occupation. In response, the English forces resort to violence, targeting Sheikh Dhari's locations in their confrontation with Laghman. When he is captured, they accuse him of blocking the road, revealing the schemes orchestrated by Britain in Iraq.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-02
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Ending Up
1989-01-01
Ending Up
Overview: A traditional rural English Christmas, reluctantly spent with the predominantly geriatric family (who all have their quirks and eccentricities) ends in tragedy after a practical joke goes horribly wrong.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Royal Flash
1975-10-10
Royal Flash
Overview: Cowardly rogue Harry Flashman's (Malcolm McDowell) schemes to gain entry to the royal circles of 19th-century Europe go nowhere until he meets a pair of devious nobles with their own agenda. At their urging, Flashman agrees to re-create himself as a bogus Prussian nobleman to woo a beautiful duchess. But the half-baked plan quickly comes unraveled, and he's soon on the run from several new enemies who are all calling for the rapscallion's head.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-10-10
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The Missionary
1982-11-02
The Missionary
Overview: In 1905, after 10 years of missionary work in Africa, the Rev. Charles Fortesque is recalled to England, where his bishop gives him his new assignment - to minister to London's prostitutes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-02
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King Lear
1982-09-19
King Lear
Overview: King Lear, old and tired, divides his kingdom among his daughters, giving great importance to their protestations of love for him. When Cordelia, youngest and most honest, refuses to idly flatter the old man in return for favor, he banishes her and turns for support to his remaining daughters. But Goneril and Regan have no love for him and instead plot to take all his power from him. In a parallel, Lear's loyal courtier Gloucester favors his illegitimate son Edmund after being told lies about his faithful son Edgar. Madness and tragedy befall both ill-starred fathers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-09-19
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Storm Over the Nile
1955-12-26
Storm Over the Nile
Overview: In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Lieutenant Harry Faversham resigns his officer's commission in order to remain with his fiancée Mary Burroughs in England. His friends and fellow officers John Durrance, Peter Burroughs and Tom Willoughby brand him a coward and present him with the white feathers of cowardice. His fiancée, Mary, adds a fourth feather and breaks off their engagement. However, former Lieutenant Faversham decides to regain his honor by fighting in the Sudan incognito.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-26
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The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
1980-09-10
The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
Overview: The girls of St. Trinian's decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-10
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Comrades
1987-08-23
Comrades
Overview: The story of "The Tolpuddle Martyrs". A group of 19th century English farm labourers who formed one of the first trade unions and started a campaign to receive fair wages.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-23
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Juggernaut
1974-09-25
Juggernaut
Overview: A terrorist demands a huge ransom in exchange for information on how to disarm the seven bombs he has planted aboard a trans-Atlantic cruise ship.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-25
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Watership Down
1978-10-14
Watership Down
Overview: When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
Genres: Adventure Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-14
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Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
1980-03-15
Paddington Bear Goes to the Movies
Overview: Paddington, having just seen Gene Kelly on the cinema screen, takes to the streets in a rain storm with his umbrella. Join him as he starts singin' and dancin' in the rain.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-15
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Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
1986-01-01
Paddington's Birthday Bonanza
Overview: Mr. Brown's birthday is drawing near and Paddington is worried because he can't afford to buy him a present. His efforts to raise some money lead him into a series of misadventures, first as a waiter at a society dinner, then as the dancing partner of the hostess, Mrs. Smith-Cholmley, in a televised dance competition at the local charity ball.
Genres: Animation Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Street Corner
1953-03-17
Street Corner
Overview: A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-17
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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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The Magic Box
1952-01-01
The Magic Box
Overview: Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Passport to Pimlico
1949-10-26
Passport to Pimlico
Overview: When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-26
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Flesh and Blood
1951-03-06
Flesh and Blood
Overview: Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three generations of the Scottish Cameron family, with its various conflicts and romances.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-06
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Lady Jane
1986-02-07
Lady Jane
Overview: The death of King Henry VIII throws his kingdom into chaos because of succession disputes. His weak son, Edward, is on his deathbed. Anxious to keep England true to the Reformation, a scheming minister John Dudley marries off his son, Guildford to Lady Jane Grey, whom he places on the throne after Edward dies. At first hostile to each other, Guildford and Jane fall in love, but they cannot withstand the course of power which will lead to their ultimate downfall.
Genres: Drama Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-02-07
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Trio
1950-10-10
Trio
Overview: W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-10
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Good-Time Girl
1948-04-28
Good-Time Girl
Overview: Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-28
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Barry Lyndon
1975-12-18
Barry Lyndon
Overview: An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
Genres: Drama Romance War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-18
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The Night My Number Came Up
1955-03-22
The Night My Number Came Up
Overview: British Air Marshal Hardie is attending a party in Hong Kong when he hears of a dream, told by a pilot, in which Hardie's flight to Tokyo on a small Dakota propeller plane crashes on a Japanese beach. Hardie dismisses the dream as pure fantasy, but while he is flying to Tokyo the next day, circumstances start changing to align with the pilot's vivid vision, and it looks like the dream disaster may become a reality.
Genres: Thriller Drama Mystery Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-22
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Romeo & Juliet
1978-12-03
Romeo & Juliet
Overview: Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene, from ancient grudge break to new mutiny where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes a pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows doth with their death bury their parents' strife.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-03
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A Very Open Prison
1995-12-09
A Very Open Prison
Overview: The Home Secretary has his eye on the Prime Minister's job. But an experiment in the way the prisons are run leads to embarrassment - and escaped murderers! The fore runner of Crossing The Floor
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-09
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Forbidden Cargo
1954-05-04
Forbidden Cargo
Overview: Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-05-04
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Labyrinth
1986-06-27
Labyrinth
Overview: When teen Sarah is forced to babysit her half-brother Toby, she summons Jareth the Goblin King to take him away. When he is actually kidnapped, Sarah is given just thirteen hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue him.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-27
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The Beachcomber
1954-08-10
The Beachcomber
Overview: Mr. Gray is the new Resident in Charge of the Welcome Islands in the Indian Ocean. The Islands are full of life, but the only other Europeans are the "sanctimonious, psalm-singing" brother-sister missionary team of Martha and Owen Jordans, and the Honourable Ted - a hard-drinking, womanizing social outcast whose English family pays him to stay away. Martha and Ted become an unlikely team when cholera threatens the islands and they must do their best to stop its spread.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-10
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Group Madness
1983-06-11
Group Madness
Overview: A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-11
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The Constant Husband
1955-04-21
The Constant Husband
Overview: Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-04-21
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El Cid
1961-10-24
El Cid
Overview: Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.
Genres: Action Drama History Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-24
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Cymbeline
1982-12-20
Cymbeline
Overview: Cymbeline, the King of Britain, is angry that his daughter Imogen has chosen a poor (but worthy) man for her husband. So he banishes Posthumus, who goes to fight for Rome. Imogen (dressed as a boy) goes in search of her husband, who meanwhile has boasted to his pal Iachimo that Imogen would never betray him. And Iachimo's determined to prove him wrong.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-20
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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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The Tempest
1980-02-27
The Tempest
Overview: Prospero, the true Duke of Milan is now living on an enchanted island with his daughter Miranda, the savage Caliban and Ariel, a spirit of the air. Raising a sorm to bring his brother - the usurper of his dukedom - along with his royal entourage. to the island. Prospero contrives his revenge.
Genres: Fantasy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-27
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Memento Mori
1992-04-19
Memento Mori
Overview: Several elderly friends and acquaintances in 1950s London are disturbed to receive mysterious telephone calls predicting their impending deaths...
Genres: Drama TV Movie Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-04-19
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Young Sherlock Holmes
1985-12-04
Young Sherlock Holmes
Overview: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet as boys in an English Boarding school. Holmes is known for his deductive ability even as a youth, amazing his classmates with his abilities. When they discover a plot to murder a series of British business men by an Egyptian cult, they move to stop it.
Genres: Mystery Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-12-04
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Back to Back
1959-11-02
Back to Back
Overview: These dueling one-act comedies highlight the work of playwright John Mortimer. In "The Dock Brief," an ill-prepared attorney is put to the test when his client confesses to killing his wife. In "What Shall We Tell Caroline?" a father with good intentions tries to protect his wife and daughter from the bad things in life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-02
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All's Well That Ends Well
1981-01-04
All's Well That Ends Well
Overview: Helena loves Bertram, but he's of noble birth, while she's just a doctor's daughter. But Bertram is at the court of the King of France, who is ill, and Helena has a remedy that might cure him and win her the right to marry Bertram. But does Bertram want to marry her?
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-04
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Portrait from Life
1948-12-01
Portrait from Life
Overview: A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-01
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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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The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
1988-12-06
The Wind in the Willows: A Tale of Two Toads
Overview: Designed with young audiences in mind, this award-winning animated film (created with labor-intensive stop-motion techniques) brings Kenneth Grahame's classic children's book to life. When the villainous Weasel and his crew of thugs kidnap an unsuspecting Toad and send an impostor to take over Toad Hall, Badger, Rat and Mole aren't fooled. But can they figure out a way to save their friend before it's too late?
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-06
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Paradise Postponed
1986-06-15
Paradise Postponed
Overview: A clergyman noted for his support of left-wing causes, leaves his considerable estate to a Conservative member of parliament. Adaptation of the novel by John Mortimer.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-06-15
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Suspicion
1987-01-01
Suspicion
Overview: A powerfully tense remake of the Alfred Hitchcock classic, this British production of SUSPICION boasts a dynamic cast, making it a worthy descendent of the original.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Now Voyager
1985-04-21
Now Voyager
Overview: A spoiled pop star crashes his car in an irrigation ditch and comes to in a public indoor pool supervised by a mysterious man who attempts to show him the error of his ways.
Genres: Fantasy Music Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-21
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Svengali
1954-09-01
Svengali
Overview: A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
Genres: Romance Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-01
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The Years Between
1946-07-08
The Years Between
Overview: Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Second World War and based on the play by Daphne du Maurier. After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-08
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You're All Right, How Am I?
1981-05-01
You're All Right, How Am I?
Overview: ' If you walked down Piccadilly naked and refused to put your clothes on when the police requested you to do so, even though you might not superficially be doing harm, you might be certified in the end.' A two-hander about a psychiatrist and his patient, starring Denholm Elliott and Michael Hordern.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-05-01
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Tonight in Britain
1954-01-01
Tonight in Britain
Overview: A short survey of British entertainment and London attractions photographed at Edinburgh, Stratford and in London.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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