Frank Thornton
Biography: Frank Thornton Ball (15 January 1921 - 16 March 2013), professionally known as Frank Thornton, was an English actor. He was known for playing Captain Peacock in Are You Being Served? (1972-1985) and its sequel Grace & Favour and as Herbert "Truly" Truelove in Last of the Summer Wine.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: January 15, 1921
Deathday: March 16, 2013
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Are You Being Served? The Movie
1977-06-10
Are You Being Served? The Movie
Overview: In this feature film version of the popular BBC sitcom, the staff of Grace Brothers go on holiday to Costa Plonka, where they find themselves in the middle of a revolution.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-06-10
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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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Till Death Us Do Part
1969-01-01
Till Death Us Do Part
Overview: The film version of 'Till Death Do Us Part' tells the story of Alf Garnett, his wife Else, and their newborn daughter Rita, living through the London Blitz and beyond.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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The Wild Affair
1965-12-05
The Wild Affair
Overview: Young office assistant Majorie will marry soon, however she's plagued by doubts if her fiance is the right one. On her last day at work, her male colleagues don't miss a chance to comfort her... and flirt.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-05
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The Big Job
1965-01-01
The Big Job
Overview: A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge from prison intent on retrieving their stolen loot - and discover a police station has been built over its hiding place.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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The Old Curiosity Shop
1995-03-19
The Old Curiosity Shop
Overview: 1839. The young Nell Trent is leading a happy life with her grandfather in his curiosity shop. Wharf owner Daniel Quilp has given large amounts of money to Nell's grandfather as an investment, expecting a large profit. But when Quilp finds out the old man has lost all the money with playing cards, he is determined to get the man in a madhouse as revenge. Nell and her grandfather are forced to leave their house and to start traveling across the country. But Quilp isn't sitting still, his spies are everywhere. Meanwhile a stranger is also looking for Nell's grandfather.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-19
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The Taming of the Shrew
1980-10-23
The Taming of the Shrew
Overview: Baptista has two daughters: Kate and Bianca. Everyone wants to wed the fair Bianca, but nobody's much interested in problem child, Kate. Baptista declares that he won't give Bianca away in a marriage until he's found a husband for Kate, so all the suitors begin busily hunting out a madman who's willing to do it, and they find Petruchio: a man who's come to wive it wealthily in Padua. And Petruchio marries Kate with a plan to tame her, while everybody else begins scheming to win Bianca's hand.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-23
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The Assassination Bureau
1969-03-09
The Assassination Bureau
Overview: In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.
Genres: Comedy Crime Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-09
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Spanish Fly
1976-02-01
Spanish Fly
Overview: British sex comedy. Sir Percy de Courcy accidentally turns some poor tasting wine into an aphrodisiac when his old school chum, Mike Scott arrives with a photographer and several gorgeous models.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-01
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Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
2022-03-05
Last Of The Summer Wine: 30 Years Of Laughs
Overview: This new special reveals the secrets of the long-running sitcom's extraordinary success. Helped by former cast and crew members, families of the stars no longer with us, and celebrity fans, we learn the secrets of this comedy classic and get to see previously unseen interviews and rare behind-the-scenes archive footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-05
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The Silent Witness
1954-10-01
The Silent Witness
Overview: A man phones the police to confess to killing his wife accidentally, but investigations prove that his story is not as straightforward as it first appears
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-01
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Gonks Go Beat
1965-05-24
Gonks Go Beat
Overview: Bizarre sixties fable resembling Romeo and Juliet, but instead of Montagues and Capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and roll and one who like ballads, who become reunited through the love between a couple who love across their grouping. It features little furry puppets called Gonks.
Genres: Music Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-05-24
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Johnny, You're Wanted
1956-01-20
Johnny, You're Wanted
Overview: Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Some distance on, he stops to make a phone call and buy a coffee, but on returning to his cab finds the woman gone. Assuming she has hitched another ride, he continues on his way. A short time later he is flagged down by another driver, who has come across a woman lying by the roadside. The woman is Johnny's hitchhiker and she's dead.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-20
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Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
2022-05-28
Are You Being Served? Secrets & Scandals
Overview: Are You Being Served? is one of the most popular and most outrageous British sitcoms of all time. For more than a decade, millions of viewers tuned in for its smutty innuendo and the electric chemistry between the cast. But behind the laughter were plenty of secrets and scandals.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-05-28
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Cracked Nuts
1931-04-18
Cracked Nuts
Overview: To impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this honor by gambling. So he plans a coup d'etat. He tries to achieve this with a bomb, but then something goes wrong...
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-18
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The Early Bird
1965-11-30
The Early Bird
Overview: Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best to save the dairy (and his horse) and the usual chaos ensues
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-30
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Keep It Up, Jack!
1974-06-27
Keep It Up, Jack!
Overview: Failed music hall performer Jack James inherits a brothel when his ancient Aunt dies. He takes over the running of the business and falls in love with its star attraction, beautiful prostitute Virginia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-27
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Victim
1961-08-01
Victim
Overview: A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-08-01
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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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30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
1968-03-04
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia!
Overview: A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he turns 30. Director Joseph McGrath's 1968 British comedy stars Dudley Moore, Suzy Kendall, Eddie Foy Jr. and Patricia Routledge.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-04
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Run For Your Wife
2012-05-16
Run For Your Wife
Overview: John Smith has been happily involved in a bigamous marriage for five years. He lives with Stephanie in Finsbury and Michelle in Stockwell. Fortunately, for John, he's a taxi driver which involves varying shift work! Simple? Well, when John unwittingly becomes a have-a-go hero and the Finsbury and Stockwell police forces discover something suspicious in their paperwork, John's happy bubble is about to be burst. The action of the movie takes place during the next hectic 24 hours as John, with the assistance of his gullible neighbor Gary, rush between North and South London attempting to thwart the police and prevent the two loving wives coming face to face!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-16
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Crooks and Coronets
1969-04-02
Crooks and Coronets
Overview: Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-02
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If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
1968-08-03
If There Weren't Any Blacks You'd Have to Invent Them
Overview: Set in a cemetery, the film tells the story of a young man whom a blind man wrongly imagines to be black, and explores the nature of human prejudice.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-03
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That Sinking Feeling
1973-11-13
That Sinking Feeling
Overview: At the gathering of a North Country wedding, the prospective husband starts to have doubts about going ahead as he observes what marriage has done to the guests.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-11-13
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Radio Cab Murder
1954-10-01
Radio Cab Murder
Overview: Fred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers. However things start to go wrong when the police stake out the wrong bank and Fred finds himself alone with the crooks.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-10-01
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No Sex Please: We're British
1973-07-25
No Sex Please: We're British
Overview: A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, David (the bank's assistant manager) and his new wife are shocked when photos, then films and finally two girls are sent to them in their bank-supplied flat. They and the banks' head cashier then hatch a plan to get rid of the porn—without letting their boss, the local police and David's mother in on what is happening.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-25
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Danny the Dragon
1966-01-01
Danny the Dragon
Overview: Gavin, Jean and Peter meet Danny the Dragon, an unintentional visitor from outer space. Danny and the children encounter many adventures before Danny finally manages to return to his own planet.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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Dannicaforilithermidor
1966-01-01
Dannicaforilithermidor
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The Magic Christian
1969-12-12
The Magic Christian
Overview: Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-12
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The Florentine Dagger
1935-03-30
The Florentine Dagger
Overview: A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-30
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A Flea in Her Ear
1968-11-27
A Flea in Her Ear
Overview: Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-27
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Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
1973-12-01
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World
Overview: Digby consumes a bowl of Project X, a liquid growth formula. Soon, he becomes a sheepdog of gigantic size!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-01
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
1970-10-29
The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: Holmes and Dr. Watson take on the case of a beautiful woman whose husband has vanished. The investigation proves strange indeed, involving six missing midgets, villainous monks, a Scottish castle, the Loch Ness monster, and covert naval experiments.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Crime Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-29
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Carry On Screaming!
1966-05-20
Carry On Screaming!
Overview: The sinister Dr. Watt has an evil scheme going—he's kidnapping beautiful young women and turning them into mannequins to sell to local stores. Fortunately for him, Detective Sergeant Bung is on the case, and he doesn't have a clue!
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-20
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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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Side by Side
1975-04-30
Side by Side
Overview: Glam Rock musical comedy about two clashing nightclubs
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-04-30
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Lucy in London
1966-10-24
Lucy in London
Overview: Lucy goes to hip London to experience all the current fads.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-24
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It's Trad, Dad!
1962-03-30
It's Trad, Dad!
Overview: The hero and heroine want to popularize a trad jazz in their town. Some older people feel displeased about a trad jazz, and prevent their trying. The hero and heroine go to London television studio to ask trad jazz musician to support their trial.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-30
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Ride of the Valkyrie
1977-10-29
Ride of the Valkyrie
Overview: An opera singer, dressed in full costume and dress, must navigate through the busy city streets to get to the theater in time for his performance. Filmed for the shelved portmanteau film 'Red, White and Zero' in 1967.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-10-29
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Red, White, and Zero
1979-12-21
Red, White, and Zero
Overview: Composed of three shorts – Ride of the Valkyrie, The White Bus, and Red and Blue – from three of Britain’s most-celebrated directors - Lindsay Anderson, Peter Brook, and Tony Richardson. Comic legend Zero Mostel stars as an opera singer (in full costume) navigating the London transport network as he attempts to reach Covent Garden in 'Ride of the Valkyrie'. Scripted by Shelagh Delaney, 'The White Bus' blends realism, drama, and poetry as a despondent young woman travels home to the North of England. And Vanessa Redgrave stars in Tony Richardson’s romantic reverie and musical featurette 'Red and Blue'. Produced in 1967, but ultimately shelved.
Genres: Comedy Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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The Comedy Man
1964-09-03
The Comedy Man
Overview: A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it all up to return to stage work and keep his pride.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-03
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The Impersonator
1961-05-01
The Impersonator
Overview: When a USAF sergeant stationed on a base in England is suspected and then accused of murdering a woman, both he and a local school teacher must race to clear his name and find the real killer.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-01
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Portrait of Alison
1955-11-29
Portrait of Alison
Overview: An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-29
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All the Way Up
1970-06-01
All the Way Up
Overview: Fred Midway may be a bit short on brains, but he's got plenty of ambition. However, before he can gain promotion as a salesman, he must make his family more socially acceptable.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-01
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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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Bless This House
1972-09-08
Bless This House
Overview: The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor (Peter Butterworth) enjoy home-brewing. Plans to turn their hobby into a profitable, if illicit, sideline come unstuck when a Customs and Excise officer (Terry Scott) moves in next door! What’s more, Sid’s outspoken and madcap family hinder neighbourly relations even further.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-08
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Steptoe & Son Ride Again
1973-05-01
Steptoe & Son Ride Again
Overview: Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-05-01
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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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Our Miss Fred
1972-12-14
Our Miss Fred
Overview: Danny La Rue stars in this 1970s drag comedy as Fred Wimbush, a Shakespearean actor who is drafted into WWII and is appearing in a camp show in France when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues in his female costume, Fred is certain to be shot as a spy. The risque gags and double entendres fly as he attempts to make his escape in the company of a troupe of Girl Guides.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-14
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Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
2001-06-12
Wendy Richard: A Life on the Box
Overview: Profile of actress Wendy Richard's remarkable television career, featuring classic clips and contributions from colleagues.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-12
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
1968-09-11
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Overview: Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's sewing machine breaks, so Robert sends a repairman, Ambrose, to fix it. It's lust at first sight for Harriet, who convinces Ambrose to hide out in the attic for a tryst. When her new beau shows no desire to leave, the pair begin a years-long love affair right under Robert's nose.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-11
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We Love Are You Being Served?
2020-08-28
We Love Are You Being Served?
Overview: Grace Brothers shut up shop over thirty years ago but for one night only we are reopening that infamous department store, climbing into the lift and going up to celebrate everything we love about Britain's brashest bawdiest sitcom, Are You Being Served?. Featuring side-splitting clips and behind the scenes footage, prepare to have your ribs well and truly tickled as we pay tribute to the true-blue sitcom phenomenon that is Are You Being Served?
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-08-28
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The Tomb of Ligeia
1964-11-29
The Tomb of Ligeia
Overview: Verden Fell is shattered after the death of his lovely wife. But, after an unexpected encounter with Lady Rowena Trevanion, Fell soon finds himself married again. Nevertheless, his late wife's spirit seems to hang over the dilapidated abbey that Fell shares with his new bride. Lady Rowena senses that something is amiss and, when she investigates, makes a horrifying discovery -- learning that Fell's dead wife is closer than she ever imagined possible.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-29
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That's Your Funeral
1972-12-01
That's Your Funeral
Overview: Two funeral parlours fight one another for business, one of whom is more shady than the other.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-01
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The BFG
1989-12-25
The BFG
Overview: Sophie is snatched from her orphanage early one morning by the BFG (Big Friendly Giant), whom she witnesses engaged in mysterious activities. She is soon put at ease, as she learns that BFG's job is to collect, catalog and deliver pleasant dreams to children. She joins him that night, but a mean giants follow them, planning to eat the children of the world.
Genres: Animation Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-25
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Gosford Park
2001-11-07
Gosford Park
Overview: In 1930s England, a group of pretentious rich and famous gather together for a weekend of relaxation at a hunting resort. But when a murder occurs, each one of these interesting characters becomes a suspect.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-07
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The Making of 'Gosford Park'
2002-06-18
The Making of 'Gosford Park'
Overview: A documentary giving film fans a behind-the-scenes look at the making this Robert Altman film about a murder at an English country estate. Includes interviews with the cast and crew, who relate some of their experiences with making the film, as well as giving their views on all the work that went into it.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-18
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Cloak Without Dagger
1956-05-31
Cloak Without Dagger
Overview: A British Intelligence officer fails a mission during WW2. Years later whilst working in a hotel he bumps into an old flame who is desperate to discover what went wrong?
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-31
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Doomsday at Eleven
1962-01-01
Doomsday at Eleven
Overview: A bomb is placed in a maternity home.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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