Alan Gifford
Biography: Alan Gifford (born John Lennox), was an American actor, playing numerous smaller roles often in UK produced films, where he also resided.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 11, 1911
Deathday: March 20, 1989
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2001: A Space Odyssey
1968-04-02
2001: A Space Odyssey
Overview: Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-02
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Where the Spies Are
1966-01-26
Where the Spies Are
Overview: A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-26
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Dark of the Sun
1968-02-08
Dark of the Sun
Overview: A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
Genres: War Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-08
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Along the Way
1972-01-01
Along the Way
Overview: A young singer from Wales becomes a pop star but soon tires of his success and returns home.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Barbados Quest
1955-07-01
Barbados Quest
Overview: Special investigator Duke Martin is in London to investigate the authenticity of a rare postage stamp called the Barbados Overplate. Someone is willing to commit murder to get his or her hands on the stamp, which puts a crimp in Duke's efforts to romance every beautiful woman he meets.
Genres: Adventure Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-01
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Across the Bridge
1957-08-20
Across the Bridge
Overview: In Mexico, a financier on the run poses as a man he just murdered, only to find out that the man was also a murderer.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-20
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Town Without Pity
1961-10-10
Town Without Pity
Overview: Four American soldiers stationed near a German village face death in the rape of a local girl and are defended by outside counsel Major Steve Grant.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-10
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Phase IV
1974-09-01
Phase IV
Overview: Arizona ants mock the food chain on their way to a desert lab to get two scientists and a woman.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-09-01
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The Kangaroo Kid
1950-10-22
The Kangaroo Kid
Overview: A 19th-century San Francisco detective named Tex Kinnane is sent "Down Under" to nab shyster lawyer Vincent Moller. Several comparisons are made between the American Wild West and the equally treacherous Australian outback.
Genres: Western Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-22
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No Smoking
1955-11-01
No Smoking
Overview: A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-01
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A Prize of Gold
1955-10-14
A Prize of Gold
Overview: A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-14
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The Flying Scot
1957-11-01
The Flying Scot
Overview: A gang of four would-be robbers plans to steal a fortune in currency hidden aboard the "Flying Scotsman" in a railroad stateroom by cutting through the wall of the adjacent stateroom, but find themselves up against numerous unexpected drawbacks, including interference by their fellow passengers.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-01
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The Ambassadors
1965-01-01
The Ambassadors
Overview: Lambert Strether goes to France to rescue a young American from a European adventuress - only to fall under the spell of Europe himself. 1965 BBC adaptation of the Henry James novel.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-01
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Time Lock
1957-08-27
Time Lock
Overview: A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-27
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The Male Animal
1968-10-13
The Male Animal
Overview: The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose in class. Lost episode of BBC Play of the Month.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-10-13
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Escapement
1958-03-04
Escapement
Overview: An insurance investigator tumbles onto a series of similar deaths, by brain hemorrhage, of patients of a psychiatric clinic in France where therapy involves a device which can implant visual imagery in the minds of patients, ostensibly to help them relax.
Genres: Mystery Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-04
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A King in New York
1957-09-12
A King in New York
Overview: A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-12
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Too Young to Love
1960-03-08
Too Young to Love
Overview: A court case ensues when a 47-year old man is caught with a 15-year old girl, and he claims he never knew she was so young.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-08
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Ragtime
1981-11-20
Ragtime
Overview: A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence, and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-11-20
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Brainwashed
1960-09-02
Brainwashed
Overview: Werner von Basil, a Austrian intellectual, was captured by the Nazis in 1938. They want to break him to confess smuggling. Without any mental sustenance, the only thing left to keep his mind busy is an old tactics book for chess.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1960-09-02
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The Legend of Nigger Charley
1972-03-16
The Legend of Nigger Charley
Overview: A trio of runaway slaves evade authorities in the Old West.
Genres: Western Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-16
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The Iron Petticoat
1956-09-01
The Iron Petticoat
Overview: Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-01
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South
1959-11-24
South
Overview: A made-for-television play about an exiled Polish Army lieutenant faced with his darkest secret.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-24
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Who Dares Wins
1982-08-26
Who Dares Wins
Overview: When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close enough to stop the Lobby from creating an international incident?
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-08-26
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Satellite in the Sky
1956-07-21
Satellite in the Sky
Overview: A bomb dooms the first space satellite, manned by a selfless crew, a stowaway reporter (Lois Maxwell) and a mad scientist (Donald Wolfit).
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-21
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The Mouse That Roared
1959-07-17
The Mouse That Roared
Overview: The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-17
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Carry On Cowboy
1965-11-26
Carry On Cowboy
Overview: Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids—revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-26
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The Road to Hong Kong
1962-03-29
The Road to Hong Kong
Overview: When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Music Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-29
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Hour of Decision
1957-04-30
Hour of Decision
Overview: A reporter tries to prove that his wife is not responsible for the murder of a famous newspaper columnist.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-30
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Arrivederci, Baby!
1966-12-28
Arrivederci, Baby!
Overview: Nick tries to kill his wife to get her money, but when learning of this, she plans the same for him!
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-28
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Chain of Events
1958-09-30
Chain of Events
Overview: When a clerk tries to dodge paying a bus fare, it sparks a series of unforseen consequences
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-30
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No Kidding
1960-11-01
No Kidding
Overview: A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After the youngsters arrive, David quickly realizes what the offensive little punks need is some real discipline, and so the summer begins.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-01
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A Yank in Ermine
1955-01-01
A Yank in Ermine
Overview: An American airman inherits an Earldom in England along with the small matter of $3 million on the proviso that he gives up his US citizenship. Unsure if he is prepared to make the sacrifice he takes a trip with his two best friends to try our his new title, but will he be able to cope with the British aristocracy?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Devil Doll
1964-09-01
Devil Doll
Overview: An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-01
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Visa to Canton
1960-12-26
Visa to Canton
Overview: A former World War II pilot, now the owner of a travel agency in Hong Kong, gets involved in espionage trying to help a Chinese woman locate her son.
Genres: Action Adventure Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-26
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No Highway in the Sky
1951-06-28
No Highway in the Sky
Overview: James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-28
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Paris Holiday
1958-04-05
Paris Holiday
Overview: Comedian Bob Hunter is aided by his French counterpart Fernydel and two beautiful blondes when he is targeted for death by a powerful European counterfeiting ring.
Genres: Romance Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-05
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Lilacs in the Spring
1954-12-21
Lilacs in the Spring
Overview: A young actress must decide which of two lovers will be her husband. She daydreams about each one to help her decide.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-21
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Only When I Larf
1968-05-27
Only When I Larf
Overview: A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-27
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The Sweet Scent of Death
1984-12-17
The Sweet Scent of Death
Overview: An overworked American ambassador working in the UK attempts to spend more time with his wife by visiting a countryside mansion, but soon the trip turns into a nightmare with his wife haunted by a stalker seemingly from her past.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-17
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