Denholm Elliott
Biography: Denholm Mitchell Elliott, CBE (31 May 1922 – 6 October 1992) was an English actor of stage and screen, with over 120 major film and TV credits. In the nineteen eighties, he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role in three consecutive years Description above from the Wikipedia article Denholm Elliott, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: May 31, 1922
Deathday: October 06, 1992
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Known For
Raiders of the Lost Ark
1981-06-12
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Overview: When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-12
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Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
1989-05-24
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Overview: In 1938, an art collector appeals to eminent archaeologist Dr. Indiana Jones to embark on a search for the Holy Grail. Indy learns that a medieval historian has vanished while searching for it, and the missing man is his own father, Dr. Henry Jones Sr.. He sets out to rescue his father by following clues in the old man's notebook, which his father had mailed to him before he went missing. Indy arrives in Venice, where he enlists the help of a beautiful academic, Dr. Elsa Schneider, along with Marcus Brody and Sallah. Together they must stop the Nazis from recovering the power of eternal life and taking over the world!
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-05-24
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Trading Places
1983-06-07
Trading Places
Overview: A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-07
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1968-01-07
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Overview: In this Dan Curtis production of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic, Jack Palance stars as Dr. Henry Jekyll, a scientist experimenting to reveal the hidden, dark side of man, who, in the process of his experiment, releases a murderer from within himself.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-07
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Toy Soldiers
1991-04-24
Toy Soldiers
Overview: After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-04-24
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Robin and Marian
1976-03-11
Robin and Marian
Overview: Robin Hood, aging none too gracefully, returns exhausted from the Crusades to woo and win Maid Marian one last time.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-11
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A Room with a View
1986-03-07
A Room with a View
Overview: When Lucy Honeychurch and chaperon Charlotte Bartlett find themselves in Florence with rooms without views, fellow guests Mr Emerson and son George step in to remedy the situation. Meeting the Emersons could change Lucy's life forever but, once back in England, how will her experiences in Tuscany affect her marriage plans?
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-07
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
2000-08-01
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Overview: A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from interviews with the man himself and with his family and friends, it traces his career from humble beginnings to all-time great of British cinema. The many film clips reveal an electric screen presence and a willingness to undertake a range of difficult, challenging roles.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-01
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The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
1977-09-18
The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It
Overview: John Cleese is hilarious as the descendant of Sherlock Holmes in this modern detective drama of international power politics and intrigue. Unlike his illustrious grandfather however, he only succeeds in bungling every job he organizes. Also stars Arthur Lowe as the "bionic" grandson of Dr. Watson, Stratford Johns as the Commissioner of Police, and Connie Booth as Mrs. Hudson.
Genres: Thriller Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-09-18
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September
1987-12-18
September
Overview: After a suicide attempt, Lane has moved into her country house to recuperate. Her best friend, Stephanie, has come to join her for the summer. Lane's mother, Diane, has recently arrived with her husband Lloyd, Lane's stepfather. Lane is close to two neighbors: Peter, and Howard. Howard is in love with Lane, Lane is in love with Peter, and Peter is in love with Stephanie.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-18
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The Razor's Edge
1984-10-19
The Razor's Edge
Overview: An American WWI vet undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he discovers he is not the only one who has changed.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-10-19
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Rising Damp
1980-05-03
Rising Damp
Overview: Stingy landlord Rigsby manages to scam his lodgers John, an art student, and Philip, an African medical student, making both pay for a room they must share. However Rigsby's favorite lodger, Miss Jones, flirts with Philip rather than him, despite his pitiful attempts at seduction.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-05-03
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Maurice
1987-09-18
Maurice
Overview: After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-18
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Bad Timing
1980-03-02
Bad Timing
Overview: Alex Linden is a psychiatrist living in Vienna who meets Milena Flaherty though a mutual friend. Though Alex is quite a bit older than Milena, he's attracted to her young, carefree spirit. Despite the fact that Milena is already married, their friendship quickly turns into a deeply passionate love affair that threatens to overtake them both. When Milena ends up in the hospital from an overdose, Alex is taken into custody by Inspector Netusil.
Genres: Mystery Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-02
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Noises Off...
1992-03-20
Noises Off...
Overview: Hired to helm an Americanized take on a British play, director Lloyd Fellowes does his best to control an eccentric group of stage actors. With a star actress quickly passing her prime, a male lead with no confidence, and a bit actor that's rarely sober, chaos ensues in the lead up to a Broadway premiere.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-03-20
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To the Devil a Daughter
1976-03-04
To the Devil a Daughter
Overview: An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using her as the representative of the Devil on Earth.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-04
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King Rat
1965-10-27
King Rat
Overview: When Singapore surrendered to the Japanese in 1942, the Allied POWs, mostly British but including a few Americans, were incarcerated in Changi prison. Among the American prisoners is Cpl. King, a wheeler-dealer who has managed to establish a pretty good life for himself in the camp. King soon forms a friendship with an upper-class British officer who is fascinated with King's enthusiastic approach to life.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-27
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Defence of the Realm
1986-05-09
Defence of the Realm
Overview: A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force base. Has there been a Government cover-up? Mullen teams up with Vernon Bayliss, an old hack, and Nina Beckam, the MP's assistant, to find out the truth.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-09
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A Doll's House
1973-04-10
A Doll's House
Overview: Nora Helmer has years earlier committed a forgery in order to save the life of her authoritarian husband Torvald. Now she is being blackmailed, and lives in fear of her husband finding out, and of the shame such a revelation would bring to his career. But, when the truth comes out, Nora is shocked to learn where she really stands in her husband's esteem.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-10
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The Night They Raided Minsky's
1968-12-22
The Night They Raided Minsky's
Overview: Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her Dances From The Bible. But the show's comedian Raymond sees a way of wrong-footing the local do-gooders by announcing the new Paris sensation "Mme Fifi" and putting on Rachel's performance as the place is raided. All too complicated, the more so since her father is scouring the town for her and both Raymond and his straight-man Chick are falling for Rachel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-22
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The Whoopee Boys
1986-08-22
The Whoopee Boys
Overview: Two obnoxious and dim-witted misfits attempt to save a school for needy children by attempting to sneak into the wealthy high society of Palm Beach to get the money needed for their cause.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-08-22
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Scorchers
1991-07-07
Scorchers
Overview: Bayou La Teche, Louisiana sizzles as the Cajun town celebrates the wedding of Splendid and Dolan. The trouble comes on the wedding night when Splendid is determined to maintain her innocence. On the other side of town Splendids' cousin has her own problems. Her man has been sleeping with Thais, the town hooker. She heads to the Tiger Cafe with gun in hand to get back her man.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-07-07
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A Little Temptation
1965-03-17
A Little Temptation
Overview: A writer is having an affair with a married woman and gets embroiled with the other women in her life.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-03-17
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Alfie
1966-03-29
Alfie
Overview: A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-29
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Cuba
1979-12-21
Cuba
Overview: A British mercenary arrives in pre-Revolution Cuba to help train the corrupt General Batista's army against Castro's guerrillas while he also romances a former lover now married to an unscrupulous plantation owner.
Genres: Action Drama Romance Thriller Adventure War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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One Against the Wind
1991-12-01
One Against the Wind
Overview: Mary Linden works for the French Red Cross in Occupied France during World War II and helps allied soldiers who have been shot down to escape to the unoccupied side. Her activities are complicated by her high profile and her daughter's love affair with a German officer. Based on the true story.
Genres: History Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-01
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The Boys from Brazil
1978-10-05
The Boys from Brazil
Overview: Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
Genres: Drama Mystery Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-05
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A Murder of Quality
1991-10-04
A Murder of Quality
Overview: At the request of his old war time colleague Ailsa Brimley, George Smiley agrees to look into the murder of Stella Rode. Brimley had only just received a letter from her saying she feared for her life at her husband's hand. The husband, Stanley Rode teaches at Carne School, but Smiley is doubtful that he had anything to do with his wife's death. As Smiley investigates, he learns that Stella was a nosy busybody who loved to learn other's little secrets and then gossip about them - or possibly blackmail them. When a student is killed and Smiley unearths a secret, he has the evidence to name the killer.Based on John Le Carré's 1962 thriller (his first) in which George Smiley is brought out of spy retirement to solve a murder in a British public school. The setting is based on Le Carre"s own schooldays in Sherborne and his brief experience teaching at Eton.
Genres: Mystery Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-04
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The Cruel Sea
1953-02-24
The Cruel Sea
Overview: At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-24
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The House That Dripped Blood
1971-02-22
The House That Dripped Blood
Overview: A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-22
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Zulu Dawn
1979-05-14
Zulu Dawn
Overview: In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Genres: Adventure Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-14
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Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
1968-01-22
Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush
Overview: Jamie McGregor is a virginal sixth-former in suburbia delivering groceries for the local supermarket, but he is more interested in other matters - Mary, Linda, Paula, and Caroline. He tries to seduce the girls of his dreams in the swinging sixties.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-01-22
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Brimstone & Treacle
1982-10-01
Brimstone & Treacle
Overview: A strange young man has a sinister effect on the family of a middle-aged writer.
Genres: Mystery Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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The Vault of Horror
1973-03-16
The Vault of Horror
Overview: The sequel to Tales from the Crypt. Five strangers trapped in a basement vault converse about their recurring nightmares. Their stories include vampires, bodily dismemberment, east Indian mysticism, an insurance scam, and an artist who kills by painting his victims' deaths.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-16
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
1983-11-03
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of his friend Henry Baskerville, who is under a family curse and menaced by a demonic dog that prowls the bogs near his estate and murders people.
Genres: Horror Crime Mystery TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-11-03
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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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Madame Sin
1972-01-15
Madame Sin
Overview: A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
Genres: Action TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-15
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Dracula
1968-11-18
Dracula
Overview: A asylum patient intrudes upon a house party referring to the guest of honor—Count Dracula—as "Master." Moments later he insists he does not know the Count and is led back to his cell. Dr. Van Helsing is called to consult on the case. Hypnotized, the patient recounts events in Transylvania, including an attack by Dracula's brides…
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-18
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The Lark
1957-02-10
The Lark
Overview: Adaptation of Jean Anouilh's 1952 play about Joan of Arc, the young girl who led the French to victory against the English in the Hundred Years' War.
Genres: TV Movie History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-10
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Sweeney 2
1978-03-30
Sweeney 2
Overview: The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.
Genres: Action Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-30
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Voyage of the Damned
1976-12-22
Voyage of the Damned
Overview: A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-22
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Transmutations
1985-11-29
Transmutations
Overview: When high class hooker Nicole is kidnapped from her brothel, Rich businessman Hugo Motherskille hires her ex love Roy Bain to find her. Investigating the disappearance, he eventually finds traces that lead to Dr. Savary, who has produced a strange white powder that's coveted by a race of deformed human beings who live in the underworld in the sewers below the city.
Genres: Horror Action Science Fiction Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-11-29
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A Private Function
1984-11-09
A Private Function
Overview: In the summer of 1947, Britain prepares to commemorate the wedding of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Phillip. To get around food-rationing laws, Dr. Charles Swaby, accountant Henry Allardyce and solicitor Frank Lockwood are fattening a black-market pig for the big day. Egged on by his wife, meek Gilbert Chilvers steals the swine, but the couple must conceal it from inspector Morris Wormold.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-09
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Percy
1971-02-18
Percy
Overview: Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the dead man, but refuse to tell him the full story of the organ's origin. So Edwin begins a search which takes him to the philanderer's wife - and also to his many, many girlfriends...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-18
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Saint Jack
1979-04-27
Saint Jack
Overview: Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he is offered the opportunity by the CIA to run a brothel for the R&R activities of U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-27
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Return from the River Kwai
1989-04-07
Return from the River Kwai
Overview: A group of war prisoners has spilt blood, sweat and tears to construct a bridge over the river Kwai in Thailand. Just when the bridge is ready, an American bomber arrives and destroys it. Camp commander Tanaka wants to set an example and orders that some of the prisoners must be executed. Just in time major Harada arrives with orders that the healthiest prisoners must be transported to Japan by train and boat. A treacherous journey since the allied forces keep a close eye on railroads and practically own the seas.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-04-07
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Percy's Progress
1974-08-01
Percy's Progress
Overview: Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-08-01
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The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
1970-11-12
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
Overview: Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the Tory ranks.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-11-12
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The Holly and the Ivy
1952-12-03
The Holly and the Ivy
Overview: An English clergyman's neglect of his grown children, in his zeal to tend to his parishioners, comes to the surface at a Christmas family gathering.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-03
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The Signalman
1976-12-22
The Signalman
Overview: A traveller comes across a signalman stationed by the exit of a railway tunnel in a deep cutting. The traveller becomes familiar with the signalman, and finds that he is troubled by an apparition which appears by the tunnel.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-12-22
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The Love She Sought
1990-10-21
The Love She Sought
Overview: An aging school teacher (Lansbury) at a Catholic grammar school in Minnesota questions her life's existence when she has to start battling a new bishop (Prosky). As a result she retires and moves to Ireland where she seeks an admirer (Elliott) with whom she has been corresponding for five years.
Genres: Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-10-21
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Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
1986-03-30
Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry
Overview: A rich widow shocks her snobbish WASP family when she decides to marry her Jewish, divorced, doctor. His family is equally shocked.
Genres: Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-30
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Brimstone and Treacle
1987-08-25
Brimstone and Treacle
Overview: The Bates care for their severely disabled daughter Pattie. Martin arrives at their door claiming to be her college friend. He charms them into accepting him as a lodger and carer for Pattie, but Martin is not all he seems.
Genres: Drama Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-08-25
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The Wicked Lady
1983-04-21
The Wicked Lady
Overview: Caroline is to be wed to Sir Ralph and invites her sister Barbara to be her bridesmaid. Barbara seduces Ralph, however, and she becomes the new Lady, but despite her new wealthy situation, she gets bored and turns to highway robbery for thrills. While on the road she meets a famous highwayman, and they continue as a team, but some people begin suspecting her identity, and she risks death if she continues her nefarious activities.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-04-21
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Nothing But the Best
1964-03-10
Nothing But the Best
Overview: Success has James Brewster's name written all over it, and he also has his heart set on his boss's daughter. A con artist hires him to help out on a bank scheme, but then again, James will do anything to get rich and be the most successful businessman in Britain-even if it means murder!!!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-10
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Scent of Mystery
1960-01-12
Scent of Mystery
Overview: An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-12
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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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Stealing Heaven
1988-05-20
Stealing Heaven
Overview: Abelard, a famous teacher of philosophy at the cathedral school of Notre Dame, falls in love with one of his students, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. A sixteen-year old girl raised in a convent, Héloïse has an intellectual curiosity and rebels against the status of women in 12th century Europe. When others begin to suspect their relationship, Heloise's uncle Fulbert and the bishop of Paris work together to put a stop to it. Héloïse becomes pregnant with Abelard's child, and they are married in secret. Abelard struggles for acting against the will of God, yet is unable to escape his love for Heloise.
Genres: History Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-05-20
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They Who Dare
1954-02-02
They Who Dare
Overview: In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the Luftwaffe is threatening allied forces in Egypt. The island is crawling with troops, and even moving by night the men soon run into trouble.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-02
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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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Station Six-Sahara
1963-01-11
Station Six-Sahara
Overview: A beautiful blonde joins a small group of men running an oil station in the Sahara Desert and starts the emotions soaring.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-11
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The High Bright Sun
1964-11-01
The High Bright Sun
Overview: This story of love and espionage focuses on political turmoil as a small nation struggles to free itself from colonial rule, and one man tries to serve both justice and his own heart.
Genres: Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-01
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Dear Mr. Prohack
1949-09-07
Dear Mr. Prohack
Overview: A modern-day retelling of Arnold Bennett's novel, in which a Treasury official with a reputation for fiscal prudence is left a great deal of money and has no idea how to cope with sudden personal wealth.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-07
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The Last Chapter
1974-01-01
The Last Chapter
Overview: A dark tale in which a successful novelist is unbalanced by an assured young female fan.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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The Sea Gull
1968-12-23
The Sea Gull
Overview: Film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-23
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Maroc 7
1967-03-22
Maroc 7
Overview: The lady of a top fashion magazine doubles as a jewel thief and becomes involved in Moroccan intrigue.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-22
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The Lady From the Sea
1974-03-05
The Lady From the Sea
Overview: A lighthouse keeper's daughter, lives her opportunist marital life, until her past lover appears in her life.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-03-05
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Hotel du Lac
1986-03-02
Hotel du Lac
Overview: Romantic novelist Edith Hope so horrifies her friends that they banish her to the solitude of a Swiss hotel. She decides to work out her exile by observing her fellow guests.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-03-02
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Lease of Life
1954-10-18
Lease of Life
Overview: The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-18
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Partners
1976-01-10
Partners
Overview: When a business competitor assassinates her father when the father refuses to sell his firm, young woman takes over her father's paper company and with the help of her gangster boyfriend learns how to fight back against competitors.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-10
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Russian Roulette
1975-08-20
Russian Roulette
Overview: An RCMP officer is ordered to discreetly take a Russian immigrant into custody in advance of a state visit by the Soviet premier. When the prisoner is kidnapped, the officer is drawn into a complicated assassination scheme.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-20
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The Man Who Loved Redheads
1955-02-06
The Man Who Loved Redheads
Overview: Framed in flashback, The Man Who Loved Redheads is an anecdotal comedy about a man (John Justin) whose life is defined by his first romantic experience. That liaison occurred in Justin's youth, when the young man matures and enters the diplomatic world, he spends the rest of his career searching for his first love.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-06
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Game for Vultures
1979-06-25
Game for Vultures
Overview: The South African businessman David Swansey is delivering illegal German helicopters to Rhodesia. That makes the patriot Gideon Marunga an angry man.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-06-25
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Keys to Freedom
1988-01-01
Keys to Freedom
Overview: The keys to freedom for citizens of Hong Kong are U.S. passports, as their city quakes with the imminent transition to Chinese Communist rule. A deadly black market for passports is thriving, controlled by Hong Kong's warlords.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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The Ringer
1952-11-24
The Ringer
Overview: An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-24
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The Spy with a Cold Nose
1966-12-19
The Spy with a Cold Nose
Overview: A dog with a spying device under its skin is sent to the Russian government as a present. When the Russians send the dog to a veterinary, British intelligence must get to the dog first and retrieve the spying device.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-19
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The Wild Duck
1971-03-21
The Wild Duck
Overview: A devestating, yet bracing look at a family whose proximity to each other belies the decay of their relationships, The Wild Duck is just as modern today as it was when first staged. When Gregors Werle comes to stay with the Ekdals, his idealist nature refuses to tolerate the dreamworld of lies the family is living. However, in his bid to force the Ekdals to see the truth, the skeletons he unearths destroy the family that he wanted to redeem.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-03-21
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Little Girl in Blue Velvet
1978-08-23
Little Girl in Blue Velvet
Overview: An ageing surgeon falls in love with a thirteen-year-old girl.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-08-23
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You Must Be Joking
1965-08-03
You Must Be Joking
Overview: A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-03
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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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Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
1989-09-01
Killing Dad (Or How to Love Your Mother)
Overview: A man, always very devoted to his mother, decides to look for his father whom he never met. He meets a seducing older woman prone to drinking and her aged boyfriend whom she grew tired of.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-09-01
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The Sound Barrier
1952-10-10
The Sound Barrier
Overview: Fictionalized story of British aerospace engineers solving the problem of supersonic flight.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-10
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Follow The Yellow Brick Road
1972-07-04
Follow The Yellow Brick Road
Overview: Jack Black is a disturbed actor who believes himself to be trapped in a television play, followed around by an invisible camera.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-04
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Twelfth Night
1957-12-15
Twelfth Night
Overview: Twins Viola and Sebastian are separated by a shipwreck. Viola lands in Illyria, where she disguises herself as a man and enters the service of Duke Orsino. Orsino sends her to help woo the Lady Olivia, who doesn't want the Duke, but finds she likes the new messenger. When Sebastian reappears, with Viola now his exact double, merry hell breaks loose. Meanwhile, Olivia's uncle and his cohorts are trying to find some way to get back at Olivia's officious majordomo, Malvolio.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-15
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Let's Murder Vivaldi
1968-04-10
Let's Murder Vivaldi
Overview: Two couples let tensions build between them in this 'Wednesday Play'.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-10
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Camille
1984-12-11
Camille
Overview: Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hope of a career and position by marrying Armand, she acquiesces and leaves her lover. However, when poverty and terminal illness overwhelm her, Camille discovers that Armand has not lost his love for her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-11
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Sunday Lovers
1980-10-31
Sunday Lovers
Overview: A sex comedy anthology containing four stories, each from a different country (England, France, USA and Italy). "An Englishman's Home" "The French Method" "Armando's Notebook" "Skippy"
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1980-10-31
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Donkeys' Years
1980-01-01
Donkeys' Years
Overview: Michael Frayn's play about a college reunion.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Gentle Folk
1980-01-19
Gentle Folk
Overview: An Edwardian house party given by a Fabian woman, her business-man husband and assorted guests from politics and the Arts - including a young man prone to disturbing premonitions.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-19
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School Play
1979-01-01
School Play
Overview: Life in an English public school - with all the parts played by adults.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Too Late the Hero
1970-05-20
Too Late the Hero
Overview: A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a mission behind enemy lines, things don't go exactly to plan. This film differs in that some of the 'heroes' are very reluctant, but they come good when they are pursued by the Japanese who are determined to prevent them returning to base.
Genres: Drama Action War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-05-20
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Anywhere but England
1972-10-31
Anywhere but England
Overview: Jennifer visiting her Dad living on a Mediterranean Island, finds his way of life is now being threatened by local politics.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-31
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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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A Child's Christmas in Wales
1987-12-23
A Child's Christmas in Wales
Overview: It's Christmas Eve in Wales. A young boy named Thomas is excited about the holiday, but he's also disappointed because it's raining instead of snowing. His grandfather gives him an old snow globe as an early Christmas present and starts telling colorful, amusing stories about his childhood Christmases that are shown in flashback. Thomas keeps asking his grandfather more questions because he likes the stories and because he doesn't want to go to bed. His parents finally insist that he go to bed, and his grandfather tells him one last story about going to bed on Christmas night while listening to his family singing carols downstairs. After Thomas falls asleep at last, his grandfather opens the bedroom window and sees falling snowflakes.
Genres: Drama Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-23
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The Black Candle
1991-01-01
The Black Candle
Overview: Lily Whitmore is the heir to a crumbling factory that she's determined to restore to its former glory. Unfortunately, Lily must instead turn her attention to the conniving Lionel Filmore who's determined to marry into the family no matter what.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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The Fall of the House of Usher
1966-02-12
The Fall of the House of Usher
Overview: A young man seeks the woman he has fallen in love with at an isolated old house, and comes into conflict with her neurotic brother.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-12
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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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Quest for Love
1971-06-06
Quest for Love
Overview: After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has some striking differences. In this other reality the Second World War had never occurred, mankind had not yet traveled into Space and Mt. Everest had not yet been conquered, just to name a few things. Also in this other reality he is no longer a scientist but rather a well known author. After a personal tragedy in this alternate world, he finds himself back in his own world and desperately trying to locate the woman he fell in love with in the other world. Little does she know, however, that her life depends on him finding her.
Genres: Romance Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-06
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
2008-05-21
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Overview: Set during the Cold War, the Soviets—led by sword-wielding Irina Spalko—are in search of a crystal skull which has supernatural powers related to a mystical Lost City of Gold. Indy is coerced to head to Peru at the behest of a young man whose friend—and Indy's colleague—Professor Oxley has been captured for his knowledge of the skull's whereabouts.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-05-21
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A Bridge Too Far
1977-06-15
A Bridge Too Far
Overview: The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-15
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Across the Andes by Frog
Across the Andes by Frog
Overview: Explorer Walter Snetterton and his party travel to the Andes to prove his theory that frogs are able to climb mountains. Due to the Cup Final the only person willing to act as guide is an elderly - but extremely agile - old lady and as Snetterton prepares to strike camp all his men desert him for the charms of the local ladies. Snetterton is never found but the frogs manage to escape and make it to Mexico City,thus proving his theory to be right.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
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Blade on the Feather
1980-10-19
Blade on the Feather
Overview: A reclusive, elderly author is visited by a young admirer … but both men are more than they claim to be.
Genres: Action Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-19
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The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
1974-04-11
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Overview: The younger son of a working-class Jewish family in Montreal, Duddy Kravitz yearns to make a name for himself in society. This film chronicles his short and dubious rise to power, as well as his changing relationships with family and friends. Along the way the film explores the themes of anti-semitism and the responsibilities which come with adulthood.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-11
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The Happy Valley
1987-09-06
The Happy Valley
Overview: In 1940 Kenya as their country prepares for war, the local aristocratic social set lives a decadent, self-indulgent lifestyle, that leads to murder. The same events were also dramatised in the feature film White Mischief, which was released seven months after the first transmission of The Happy Valley.
Genres: Crime Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-09-06
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Sunday Pursuit
1990-11-23
Sunday Pursuit
Overview: Thomas Wilkins has faithfully worked his entire life on Saville Row. Suddenly he is fired by his boss Mr Gerald, who wants a younger man with new ideas. Thomas advertise under "Lonely Hearts" and receives an answer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-11-23
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Past Caring
1986-11-02
Past Caring
Overview: 67 year-old Victor is forced to move into an old people's home but he prefers to grow old disgracefully.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-02
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The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
1963-04-03
The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
Overview: The rise of the legendary 19th-century British politician and prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-04-03
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978-08-01
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: The death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Sherlock Holmes is out to uncover the truth about a hound who roams the moors, waiting to attack the heir to the Baskerville estate.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-01
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Codename: Kyril
1988-03-29
Codename: Kyril
Overview: At the height of the cold war, a known Russian spy ("Kyril") is sent to the UK under falsely reported pretenses in order to hopefully indirectly spark an unknown mole in the KGB to reveal himself; the endeavor eventually has repercussions which none of the initial players could have predicted.
Genres: Drama Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-03-29
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Hanna's War
1988-04-14
Hanna's War
Overview: Hanna's War is the true story of Hanna Senesh, a Hungarian-Jewish WW2 resistance fighter, who would become Israel's "Joan of Arc". As a young person, she fled Nazi-occupied Hungary for Palestine, where she was recruited and trained by the British to serve as a commando. After completing her training in Britain, she parachutes into Yugoslavia with a commando team to establish escape routes across the Hungarian-Yugoslavian border for downed British pilots. Her attempts to save Hungarian Jews in Nazi-occupied Hungary, however, leads to her capture, torture and demise at the hands of the Gestapo and the Nazi-controlled Hungarian police.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-04-14
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Wuthering Heights
1958-05-09
Wuthering Heights
Overview: Mistreated foundling Heathcliff and his stepsister Catherine fall in love, but when she marries a wealthy man, he becomes obsessed with getting revenge, even well into the next generation. [Originally aired on CBS's DuPont Show of the Month.]
Genres: Drama TV Movie Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-09
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The Winslow Boy
1958-11-13
The Winslow Boy
Overview: In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-13
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Scenes from Family Life
1969-09-25
Scenes from Family Life
Overview: The eternal triangle can change shape but always has three sides.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-25
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Shooting the Chandelier
1977-10-26
Shooting the Chandelier
Overview: During the closing days of the Second World War, a young Czechoslovakian woman, Blanka, is caught between ideologies of the Soviet regime. Part of BBC2 Play of the Week.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-26
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The Holy Terror
1965-04-07
The Holy Terror
Overview: A television dramatization based on the life and work of Florence Nightingale. The story, set in 1856, relates the incidents in her life following the war in the Crimea, where she had gained such fame that her name was virtually a household word.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-07
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The Crazy Kill
1975-02-25
The Crazy Kill
Overview: A doctor and his wife are held hostage in their country home by an escaped convict and his sidekick, but a journalist's arrival complicates matters.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-02-25
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The Moon and Sixpence
1959-10-30
The Moon and Sixpence
Overview: A staid, dull Englishman abruptly deserts his wife and children to become a painter in the South Seas.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-30
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Crest of a Wave
1978-09-18
Crest of a Wave
Overview: Recently made redundant, Jim takes his wife Bridget to meet his old scouting pal Nifty. As well as campfire memories to swop, there just might be the possibility of a job.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-18
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In Hiding
1980-03-10
In Hiding
Overview: A teenager learns about life and death while staying with his aunt during the school holidays.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-10
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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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Death Becomes Me
1979-01-01
Death Becomes Me
Overview: Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis), investigate crimes.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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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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