Jane Hylton
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 16, 1927
Deathday: February 28, 1979
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Passport to Pimlico
1949-10-26
Passport to Pimlico
Overview: When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-10-26
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Circus of Horrors
1960-04-01
Circus of Horrors
Overview: A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents.
Genres: Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-04-01
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It Always Rains on Sunday
1947-11-28
It Always Rains on Sunday
Overview: During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-28
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Dear Murderer
1947-06-23
Dear Murderer
Overview: When a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-23
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The Manster
1959-07-01
The Manster
Overview: An American journalist stationed in Japan is given a mysterious injection by a mad scientist, turning him into a murderous, two-headed monster.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-01
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My Brother's Keeper
1948-08-19
My Brother's Keeper
Overview: War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-08-19
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The Upturned Glass
1947-06-17
The Upturned Glass
Overview: A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-06-17
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House of Mystery
1961-01-01
House of Mystery
Overview: A young couple go to check out a house they're thinking of buying. A somewhat mysterious woman tells the couple several stories of the fates that befell the house's previous owners.
Genres: Mystery Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Out of True
1951-01-01
Out of True
Overview: A BAFTA award nominated fictional drama about young Molly Slade who awakens one morning in a depressed state that gradually leads to a complete nervous breakdown and a suicide attempt. It was made as an educational film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-01
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The Weak and the Wicked
1954-02-02
The Weak and the Wicked
Overview: Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-02
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Dance Hall
1950-06-08
Dance Hall
Overview: Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-06-08
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Secret Venture
1955-11-10
Secret Venture
Overview: An American is visiting Britain and finds himself in possession of a briefcase full of secret documents that the spies of many different countries seem determined to get.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-10
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Here Come the Huggetts
1948-12-02
Here Come the Huggetts
Overview: The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix' factory.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-12-02
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It Started in Paradise
1952-10-28
It Started in Paradise
Overview: A talented dress designer, who lets nothing get in the way of her success, rises in the fashion world then loses contact with her own humanity. She also forgets that you meet the same people on the way up as on the way down.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-28
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Burnt Evidence
1954-07-05
Burnt Evidence
Overview: Duncan Lamont plays Jane Hylton's jealous husband. In a confrontation, Lamont accidentally shoots Hylton's lover. Convinced that he's a murderer, he heads for the hills as a police hunt begins... Classic British thriller from the creator of Dixon Of Dock Green.
Genres: Crime Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-05
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Holiday Camp
1947-08-05
Holiday Camp
Overview: The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-05
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Night Train for Inverness
1960-01-01
Night Train for Inverness
Overview: A 7-year old boy with diabetes is kidnapped by his estranged ex-con father, who doesn't know about his son's medical condition and that he will need insulin injections. Meanwhile the police search for the missing boy.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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You Pay Your Money
1957-02-13
You Pay Your Money
Overview: Crime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-13
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Tall Headlines
1952-04-15
Tall Headlines
Overview: A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-15
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Devil's Bait
1959-12-01
Devil's Bait
Overview: The police, with the help of a baker, try to find the owner a loaf of bread accidentally poisoned with potassium cyanide.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-01
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Daybreak
1948-05-18
Daybreak
Overview: A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-05-18
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Violent Moment
1959-03-01
Violent Moment
Overview: Douglas Baines, a wartime army deserter, is lying low in a shabby flat with his girlfriend Daisy and the couple's small son, Jiffy. Returning home with a toy for Jiffy's second birthday, he learns that Daisy has had the boy adopted. When she refuses to tell him where the boy is, he strangles Daisy and goes on the run.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-03-01
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Deadly Record
1959-06-01
Deadly Record
Overview: A young airline pilot wrongly accused of murdering his unfaithful wife searches for the real killer.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-01
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Laughing in the Sunshine
1956-01-02
Laughing in the Sunshine
Overview: Princess Caroline travels incognito to Stockholm and meets the Prince Birger, who also uses a fake name.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-02
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The Quiet Woman
1951-03-01
The Quiet Woman
Overview: The former wife of a criminal moves to a coastal town and takes over the running of a bar known as The Quiet Woman. She becomes outraged when she discovers the previous owner had allowed local smugglers to use it as a base. She soon has become romantically involved with one of the smugglers, which causes enormous problems when a customs officer turns up, followed closely by her former husband.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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The Wild Geese
1978-06-28
The Wild Geese
Overview: A British multinational company seeks to overthrow a vicious dictator in central Africa. It hires a band of (largely aged) mercenaries in London and sends them in to save the virtuous but imprisoned opposition leader who is also critically ill and due for execution. Just when the team has performed a perfect rescue, the multinational does a deal with the vicious dictator leaving the mercenary band to escape under their own steam and exact revenge.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-06-28
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Good-Time Girl
1948-04-28
Good-Time Girl
Overview: Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-28
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When The Bough Breaks
1947-11-19
When The Bough Breaks
Overview: The bewildered wife of a bigamist allows her child to be adopted and then regrets it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-19
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A Story to Frighten the Children
1976-02-03
A Story to Frighten the Children
Overview: The story of a brutal crime in a high-rise estate; a girl walking home at night is raped and murdered, and the attitude of some is not always sympathetic.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-03
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The Years Between
1946-07-08
The Years Between
Overview: Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Second World War and based on the play by Daphne du Maurier. After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-08
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Jassy
1947-08-13
Jassy
Overview: In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-13
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