Lloyd Lamble
Biography: Lloyd Nelson Lamble (8 February 1914 - 17 March 2008) was an Australian actor.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 08, 1914
Deathday: March 17, 2008
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The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
1960-12-22
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
Overview: The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-22
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Night of the Demon
1957-11-09
Night of the Demon
Overview: American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead by Dr. Julian Karswell. Though a skeptic, Holden is suspicious of the devil-worshiping Karswell. Following a trail of mysterious manuscripts, Holden enters a world that makes him question his faith in science.
Genres: Fantasy Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-09
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The Naked Civil Servant
1975-12-17
The Naked Civil Servant
Overview: Story of the life of Quentin Crisp, an Englishman who was brave enough to live his life according to his own style even in the hostile days of WW2.
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-17
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Barnacle Bill
1957-12-17
Barnacle Bill
Overview: A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-17
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Lady in the Fog
1952-10-13
Lady in the Fog
Overview: In this murder mystery, a woman's brother is killed in a freak accident, or so she believes. Fortunately for her, an American journalist is more suspicious and so begins roaming the London streets in search of the killer.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-13
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Mantrap
1953-03-10
Mantrap
Overview: Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's jailbreak. More than Speight's 'insanity' fuels their worries.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-10
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Track the Man Down
1955-06-06
Track the Man Down
Overview: A newspaper reporter finds himself drawn into the aftermath of a racetrack robbery.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-06
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Eskimo Nell
1975-01-17
Eskimo Nell
Overview: Three young men, a scriptwriter, a producer and a director are called in by Benny U Murdoch, an exotic movie producer. He wants to make a new erotic movie starring a big woman - the "Eskimo Nell" of the title. However problems start from the beginning, the scriptwriter is a virgin, a lover of penguins and hasn't a clue on how to write an erotic movie, each of the three main backers want a different type of movie - a western, an erotic and a kung-fu movie with different people in the main part. However problems really start for the three when Benny runs off with all the money and they have to make three different versions of the same film and try not to let the backers and stars know what has happened. And this is made harder when there is a clean-up-filth society breathing down their necks....
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-01-17
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Saturday Island
1952-03-20
Saturday Island
Overview: When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during WWII, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe and Marine Michael Dugan find themselves stranded — and soon enough, falling in love — on an idyllic tropical island. But when British pilot William Peck crash-lands on their cozy little atoll, Dugan suddenly discovers he has a rival in love.
Genres: Adventure War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-20
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The Belles of St. Trinian's
1954-09-28
The Belles of St. Trinian's
Overview: The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has the kidnap of a prize racehorse on her mind. The first film in the classic comedy series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-28
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The Gelignite Gang
1956-06-20
The Gelignite Gang
Overview: A tense thriller that tears the lid off Soho's underworld and reveals the cunning organization behind a gang of safe-breakers who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to achieve their goals.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-20
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The Heart of a Man
1959-08-06
The Heart of a Man
Overview: Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tries his hand as a boxer, a bouncer and a commissionaire, and finally finds success as a singer. He also falls for the charms of night club chanteuse Julie, and this leads to further success when he wins a recording contract.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-06
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The Dam Busters
1955-05-16
The Dam Busters
Overview: The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
Genres: Drama Action History Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-16
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The Bank Raiders
1958-10-01
The Bank Raiders
Overview: A third rate con man lands himself the job of a get-away driver for a bank heist that has complications.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-01
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And Now the Screaming Starts!
1973-04-27
And Now the Screaming Starts!
Overview: In the late 18th century, two newlyweds move into the stately mansion of husband Charles Fengriffen. The bride, Catherine, falls victim to a curse placed by a wronged servant on the Fengriffen family and all its descendants.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-27
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On the Game
1974-02-01
On the Game
Overview: Comic look at the history of prostitution.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-01
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The Sundowners
1960-12-08
The Sundowners
Overview: In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-08
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The Challenge
1960-05-17
The Challenge
Overview: Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-17
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde
1960-05-28
The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Overview: England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-28
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Strong is the Seed
1949-03-04
Strong is the Seed
Overview: English scientist William Farrer, on health trip to Australia, advises his friends to invest money in wheat farming. In a hotel in Queanbeyan, Farrer hears that rust is playing havoc with farmers' crops, and his friends, who were ruined, have both just committed suicide. Searching for a cure for rust, Farrer meets Nina De Salis, daughter of a politician.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-04
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The Green Buddha
1954-11-01
The Green Buddha
Overview: Yankee charter pilot Morris inadvertently finds himself in the midst of thieves who have purloined a costly antique jade figure from an exhibit. He tracks the thieves to Battersea, where he rescues the fair Germaine from their unsavory clutches, and the Buddha boosters gain only jaded justice.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-01
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Breakout
1959-03-01
Breakout
Overview: A local government official leads a double life when organising a breakout from a prison.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-01
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Operation Magic Carpet
1973-03-06
Operation Magic Carpet
Overview: “Go on. Go mad – let her in. We’ve let in twenty-odd thousand already. She’s pretty, and Leicester could do with a decent few birds.” 19 Year old Indian girl Taruna Patel arrives at London Airport on her first visit to England but an immigration officer suspects she may be hiding something about the facts of her trip.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-06
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Suspended Alibi
1957-02-01
Suspended Alibi
Overview: A married man having an affair visits a friend to establish an alibi for a rendezvous with his girlfriend. His friend is murdered the same night and he is accused of the crime.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-01
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
1956-05-16
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Overview: A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-16
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Background
1953-11-09
Background
Overview: Two years of deterioration sees John and Barbara Lomax's marriage reduced to bitter sniping and "keeping up appearances" for the sake of the children. When John's old friend Bill professes his love for Barbara, the marriage finally breaks up – causing their three children to react in different ways and their son secretly determined to do Bill harm.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-09
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Curtain Up
1952-03-12
Curtain Up
Overview: In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-12
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There's Always a Thursday
1957-03-01
There's Always a Thursday
Overview: A meek, lowly employee at a London brokerage firm sees his life change when he's suspected of being a notorious womanizer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-03-01
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The Giant Behemoth
1959-03-03
The Giant Behemoth
Overview: Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-03
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No Trees in the Street
1959-03-03
No Trees in the Street
Overview: Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide depression. Melvyn Hayes is featured as an aimless teenager, who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local hoodlum Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in the grip of fear including Hayes' own family. No Trees in the Street chronicles Hayes' sordid progress from nickel-and-dime thefts to murder.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-03
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The Bells of Astercote
1980-12-23
The Bells of Astercote
Overview: An adaptation of the novel by Penelope Lively. The plot revolves around the ghosts of plague victims in a sleepy wood.
Genres: Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-12-23
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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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Sea Wife
1957-08-20
Sea Wife
Overview: In 1942, a cargo ship jammed with British evacuees from Singapore is sunk by a Japanese sub. A small lifeboat carries a beautiful woman, an army officer, a bigoted administrator, and a black seaman. Only the seaman knows the woman is a nun. The men reveal their true selves under the hardships of survival. Told in a too-long flashback frame.
Genres: Drama Romance Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-20
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Term of Trial
1962-08-16
Term of Trial
Overview: A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including his bitter wife, Anna. When the lovely young Shirley Taylor, one of Weir's students, falls for her unfortunate instructor, he is tempted and flattered but turns down her advances. Taylor's subsequent actions make Weir's life even more complicated.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-08-16
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958-01-21
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Overview: American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The commies are less than amused and set Dr. Smith up for a murder.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-21
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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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Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
1957-12-01
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Overview: With their headmistress under lock and key in her majesty's prison, the St Trinian's girls find themselves under the protection of the army. However, when the sixth form take a fancy to winning a trip to Italy through means fair or foul, the army discover this is one battle they can't win. Let loose in Europe, it is not long before St Trinian's have succeeded in endangering European relations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-12-01
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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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Profile
1954-06-16
Profile
Overview: The editor of a magazine falls in love with the publisher's daughter. The only trouble is that the publisher's wife quite fancies him as well. Then he's accused of embezzling funds.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-16
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Dunkirk
1958-03-20
Dunkirk
Overview: A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-20
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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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These Dangerous Years
1957-07-03
These Dangerous Years
Overview: A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.
Genres: Crime Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-07-03
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The Boys
1962-08-31
The Boys
Overview: A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-08-31
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No Defence
1980-02-14
No Defence
Overview: Rape is a matter which generates strong emotions. Immediate sympathies go to the victim...
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-14
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Contraband Spain
1955-03-15
Contraband Spain
Overview: An FBI agent goes to the French-Spanish border to round up some smugglers and counterfeiters after his brother is murdered.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-15
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The Mirror and Markheim
1954-01-01
The Mirror and Markheim
Overview: Based on a short gothic horror story “Markheim” by Robert Louis Stevenson.
Genres: Drama Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-01
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Fairies
1978-09-27
Fairies
Overview: ' I'd stake my reputation on it. These photographs are not faked.' But how could photographs, taken on a simple camera by two Yorkshire village girls, have momentous implications for man's understanding of the world?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-27
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