André Morell
Also Known As: Cecil André Mesritz, Andre Morell, Андре Морелл
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia André Morell (20 August 1909 – 28 November 1978; sometimes credited as Andre Morell) was a British actor. He appeared frequently in theatre, film and on television from the 1930s to the 1970s. His best known screen roles were as Professor Bernard Quatermass in the BBC Television serial Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59), and as Doctor Watson in the Hammer Film Productions version of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). He also appeared in the Academy Award-winning films The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Ben-Hur (1959), in several of Hammer's well-known horror films throughout the 1960s and in the acclaimed ITV historical drama The Caesars (1968). His obituary in The Times newspaper described him as possessing a "commanding presence with a rich, responsive voice... whether in the classical or modern theatre he was authoritative and dependable." Description above from the Wikipedia article André Morell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Saint Pancras, London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: August 20, 1909
Age: 115 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: November 28, 1978
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The Lord of the Rings
Overview: The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
Genres: Adventure Animation Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-11-15
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Ben-Hur
Overview: In 25 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.
Genres: History Drama Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-18
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The Bridge on the River Kwai
Overview: The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-11
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Barry Lyndon
Overview: An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndon.
Genres: Drama Romance War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-18
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Stage Fright
Overview: A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-23
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-04
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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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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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The Shadow of the Cat
Overview: Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The three guilty people are all trapped by the cat's power and each will come to untimely deaths of horrific proportions without anyone being able to solve the mystery that surrounds their brutal death.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-01
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The Black Knight
Overview: John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeoniland, so he creates a secret alternate identity as the Black Knight. In this new role, he is now able to help King Arthur when Saracens and Cornish men—disguised as Vikings -- plot to take over the country.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-08-26
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The Plague of the Zombies
Overview: Sir James Forbes arrives in a remote Cornish village to identify a mysterious plague afflicting the population. Local squire Charles, a disciple of Haitian witchcraft, is using the voodoo magic to resurrect the dead to work in his decrepit and unsafe tin mines that are shunned by the local population. But his magic relies on human sacrifice and he unleashes his army of the undead on the unsuspecting village with horrific consequences.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-09
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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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Cash on Demand
Overview: A charming but ruthless criminal holds the family of a bank manager hostage as part of a cold-blooded plan to steal £90,000.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-20
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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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Julius Caesar
Overview: All-star cast glamorizes this lavish 1970 remake of the classic William Shakespeare play, which portrays the assassination of Julius Caesar on the Ides of March, and the resulting war between the faction led by the assassins and the faction led by Mark Anthony.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-06-04
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The Clouded Yellow
Overview: After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work cataloging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion (wrongfully) falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux (Jean Simmons). Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together. After a cross-country chase they arrive at a coastal city with the intention of leaving the country by ship. All's well that ends well after the true identity of the murderer is revealed.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-21
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Interpol
Overview: Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank McNally, U.S. drug enforcement agent Charles Sturgis embarks on an investigation that takes him from New York to London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and finally Athens in pursuit of McNally's shapely associate, Gina Broger.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-02
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Three Cases of Murder
Overview: Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman and she is killed, they are obvious suspects. Is their friendship strong enough for them to alibi each other? When a young politician is hurt by the arrogant Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lord Mountdrago, he uses Mountdrago's dreams to get revenge.
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-15
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The Vengeance of She
Overview: Beautiful young European girl, Carol, is possessed by the spirit of Ayesha – “She Who Must be Obeyed” – and led to the lost city of Kuma, where she is destined to become queen.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-14
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Stolen Face
Overview: A plastic surgeon changes the face of a female convict to match that of the beautiful woman who broke his heart and left him. He marries the convict but trouble starts when his true love returns.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-01
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The Mummy's Shroud
Overview: Archaeologists discover the final resting place of a boy king, removing the remains to be exhibited in a museum. By disturbing the sarcophagus they unleash the forces of darkness. The Mummy has returned to discharge a violent retribution on the defilers as the curse that surrounds the tomb begins to come true. One by one the explorers are murdered until one of them discovers the ancient words that have the power to reduce the brutal killer to particles of dust.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-15
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She
Overview: The lost city of Kuma is ruled by the cruel, arrogant, beautiful queen, Ayesha, gifted with eternal life. She lures Leo Vincey into her world, seeing in him the reincarnation of the lover she long ago murdered in a fit of violent jealousy. Against all advice Leo is determined to stay and Ayesha persuades him to bathe in the flame of eternal youth... with disastrous consequences.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-04-18
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Seven Days to Noon
Overview: When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government begins nuclear disarmament. As Willingdon goes into hiding, Detective Folland of Scotland Yard sets out to find him. Willingdon's daughter Ann also joins the cause, hoping she can talk sense into her father before he causes a catastrophe.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-30
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Diamond Safari
Overview: A U.S. private eye falls for a smuggler and clears a native for murder in South Africa.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-02-21
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The Black Tent
Overview: During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedouin. He marries the chief's daughter. Sometime later, his younger brother, who had believed him to be dead, is informed that he may be alive in Libya - prompting him to set out and search for him.
Genres: Romance Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-09
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The Baby and the Battleship
Overview: After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-01
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Overview: Inspired by Edmond Rostand's 1897 play, this 1938 BBC Television studio production retells the comic and heroic drama of the 17th-century Gascon swordsman, poet, and philosopher, Cyrano de Bergerac (1990). Secretly and passionately in love with beautiful Roxane, Cyrano, who is embarrassed by his elongated nose, is shocked to find out that she has fallen head-over-heels in love with the handsome but superficial recruit to the Cadets de Gascogne, Christian de Neuvillette. As a result, convinced that he stands no chance against the handsome but tongue-tied suitor, Cyrano steps aside and becomes Christian's tutor in the delicate matters of love, composing poems and ardent letters to help him woo Roxane.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-30
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High Treason
Overview: Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-13
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The Camp on Blood Island
Overview: Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.
Genres: War Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-15
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They Can't Hang Me
Overview: A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-01
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His Majesty O'Keefe
Overview: Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. And lots of real blood will be spilled to get it! Screen royalty Burt Lancaster is His Majesty O'Keefe in this last of three adventures that (along with The Flame and the Arrow and The Crimson Pirate) blew a revitalizing wind into the sails of the swashbuckler genre. Action, cunning and derring-do are watchwords of the title seafarer as he befriends, defends and ultimately rules the islanders of exotic Yap. Lensed on gorgeus Fiji locations, grandly scored by Robert Farnon and rousingly directed by Byron Haskin, His Majesty O'Keefe delivers heroics of regal proportions.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-01-16
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Cone of Silence
Overview: A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-10
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So Long at the Fair
Overview: Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the she gets up in the morning she finds her brother and his room have disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ever there. Now Vicky must find out what exactly happened to her brother.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-31
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Wuthering Heights
Overview: Tale of love and revenge set against the backdrop of the Yorkshire Moors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-07
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The Secret
Overview: An American loses all his money and finds himself stranded in England. He finds hope when he meets a female smuggler who has brought jewels into the country inside a teddy bear, but unfortunately, things quickly get out of hand.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-01
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Woman of Straw
Overview: Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-28
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Three Silent Men
Overview: An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-07
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The Man and the Snake
Overview: A young man visits the house of a snake collector...horror ensues
Genres: Mystery Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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The Siege of Manchester
Overview: A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.
Genres: War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-31
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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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Health in Our Time
Overview: Shows how hygiene can change the course of history and how it was a decisive factor in Britain's World War II victory. Commentary by Dr. Charles Hill.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-01-01
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Ten Days in Paris
Overview: Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true because he insists that he crashed his plane and has no recollection of being anywhere for ten days. Bob decides to follow a note found in his jacket, to the woman who wrote it, "Miss D", and get to the bottom of the whole strange situation.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-06-01
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No Place for Jennifer
Overview: A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-17
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The Moon-Spinners
Overview: Young English girl Nikky and her aunt arrive at the Moon-Spinners, a hotel on Crete, to a less than enthusiastic welcome. The coolness of the owner is only out-done by the surliness of her brother Stratos, recently back from London. But then there is nice English lad Mark to make friends with, at least until Stratos and his pal take a shot at him one night. When Nikky helps him hide she finds the Greeks are after her too.
Genres: Mystery Family Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-07-08
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Judith
Overview: A Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-20
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Unpublished Story
Overview: Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-10
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The Wrong Box
Overview: In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-19
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Zarak
Overview: A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.
Genres: Romance Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-01
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10 Rillington Place
Overview: The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-10
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The First Great Train Robbery
Overview: In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Genres: Thriller Adventure Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-12-14
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The Slipper and the Rose
Overview: Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the kingdom of Euphrania are anxious for the prince to wed no matter what. When the prince meets Cinderella at a ball, he's sure she's the one, and when she loses her slipper upon exiting the dance, the prince is determined to find and marry her.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-25
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Flesh and Blood
Overview: Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three generations of the Scottish Cameron family, with its various conflicts and romances.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-06
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The Message
Overview: In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-09
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Trio
Overview: W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-10
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Nineteen Eighty-Four
Overview: A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a fellow member. Together they look to help bring down the party.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-12-16
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Summertime
Overview: Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-21
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Hell's Angel
Overview: Dick Foster is adopted as a child, but has grown into a youth who causes problems and upsets.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-21
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Madeleine
Overview: The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standing affair with a Frenchman.
Genres: Drama Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-02-16
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Doctor Who: The Massacre of St Bartholomew's Eve
Overview: The TARDIS materialises in Paris in the year 1572 and the Doctor decides to visit the famous apothecary Charles Preslin. Steven, meanwhile, is befriended by a group of Huguenots from the household of the Protestant Admiral de Coligny. Having rescued a young serving girl, Anne Chaplet, from some pursuing guards, the Huguenots gain their first inkling of a heinous plan being hatched at the command of the Catholic Queen Mother, Catherine de Medici.
Genres: History Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-26
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Pope Joan
Overview: Based on the medieval legend of Pope Joan, who was made Pope for a brief period around 855 A.D. The movie presents her existence as fact, though it is questionable that Pope Joan really did exist, and portrays her relationships with other notables of the time.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-08-16
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Pride and Prejudice
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-01
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André Morell: Best of British
Overview: Documentary about actor André Morell.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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The Trial of Oscar Wilde
Overview: Courtroom account of the prosecution of Oscar Wilde for gross indecency with other men followed Wilde's disastrous libel charge against the Marquess of Queensberry, father of his lover Lord Alfred Douglas.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-05
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The Queen's Husband
Overview: The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming son who wants to be king himself and is plotting to take advantage of the situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-01
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