Patrick Barr
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Akola, British India
Adult: No
Birthday: February 13, 1908
Age: 117 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 29, 1985
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Octopussy
Overview: James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a smuggling scandal and a Russian General who wants to provoke a new World War.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-06-05
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Things to Come
Overview: The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.
Genres: Drama Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-03-31
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A Beast with Two Backs
Overview: A young local girl is murdered by a mentally disturbed youth, but the villagers blame a stranger, an Italian traveling showman and his bear, rather than see the rot in their own camp.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-20
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The Case of the Frightened Lady
Overview: A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-28
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The Black Windmill
Overview: A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on his side to help him, so he decides to track down the kidnappers himself.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-17
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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Overview: Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-26
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The Satanic Rites of Dracula
Overview: The police and British security forces call in Professor Van Helsing to help them investigate Satanic ritual which has been occurring in a large country house, and which has been attended by a government minister, an eminent scientist and secret service chief. The owner of the house is a mysterious property tycoon who is found to be behind a sinister plot involving a deadly plague. It is in fact Dracula who, sick of his interminable existence, has decided that he must end it all in the only possible way- by destroying every last potential victim.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-17
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The Godsend
Overview: An English family of six takes in a pregnant woman who disappears shortly after giving birth. They raise the baby girl as their own, but over the years the strange deaths of their children make them consider whether the little girl is more than she appears.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-25
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The Vanquished
Overview: Three tales of privileged youth entangled in murder: French students kill for money, an Italian student smuggles cigarettes, and an English poet exploits a grim discovery.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1953-10-22
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Black Orchid
Overview: Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name. This classic murder mystery encourages viewers to evaluate all of the clues and guess the killer's identity.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-01
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House of Whipcord
Overview: Somewhere in the middle of the English countryside a former judge and a group of former prison warders, including his lover, run their own prison for young women who have not been held properly to account for their crimes. Here they mete out their own form of justice and ensure that the girls never return to their old ways.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-04-19
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The Brain Machine
Overview: A British psychiatrist reads an amnesiac's (Maxwell Reed) brain waves and sees the mind of a killer.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Location North Sea
Overview: A BAFTA award winning documentary featuring the design, construction and installation of the 30,000 ton steel drilling/production jacket for a BP oilfield in the North Sea.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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The Gaunt Stranger
Overview: A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The Ringer'.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-10-27
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Room in the House
Overview: Betsy Richards, a hard-working widow, tries to solve the domestic problems of her three grown-up sons.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-25
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Time Is My Enemy
Overview: A happily-married woman is blackmailed by her first husband, who she wrongly believed was killed in the Blitz.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-01
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Death of an Angel
Overview: The angel of the title is Jane Baxter, the wife of country physician Patrick Barr. Everybody in the small British village where she lives thinks the world of Baxter; thus, when she is murdered, the authorities are out for blood. Dr. Barr seems above suspicion, at least until he begins behaving eccentrically. As time passes, most everyone learns that Baxter wasn't quite as angelic as she seemed-and that quite a few people might have wanted her dead.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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Seagulls Over Sorrento
Overview: A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-13
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You're Only Young Twice
Overview: Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by the Principal as his new secretary so she jumps headlong into the role
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-07-01
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Midnight at Madame Tussaud's
Overview: Explorer Sir Clive bets that he can spend the night alone in Madame Tussauds Chamber of Horrors. Meanwhile, crooks hope to exploit his ward, Carol, for her fortune.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-03
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The Show Goes On
Overview: A mill worker with show biz dreams catches a big break when she's discovered by an ailing composer who's seeking the right singer for his songs.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-31
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Marigold
Overview: Marigold is a 1938 British drama film set in Scotland in the Victorian era. It was filmed in Edinburgh. It was based on a 1914 play of the same title by Lizzie Allen Harker and Francis R. Pryor.
Genres: Drama Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-03
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The Blue Lagoon
Overview: In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor. Together they survive solely on their resourcefulness and the bounty of their remote paradise.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-01
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To Have and to Hold
Overview: A man is permanently crippled in a horseback riding accident and then learns that he will soon die. He spends his last few days taking care of his family and trying to get his wife to find another man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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The Valiant
Overview: Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War , the two man crew of an Italian miniature submarine are captured and held prisoner whist the crew try and discover the nature of their mission!
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-13
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Guns in the Heather
Overview: An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'
Genres: Action Adventure Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-07-07
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Ring of Spies
Overview: The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-23
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Duel in the Jungle
Overview: An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast. The broker was insured for $1 million so the insurers are suspicious.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-30
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On the Run
Overview: An ex-con escapes from jail to clear himself about a robbery charge
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-01
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Urge to Kill
Overview: A psychopathic killer murders three girls before police catch him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-01
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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 Flesh and Blood Show
Overview: Actors rehearsing a show at a mysterious seaside theater are being killed off by an unknown maniac.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-10-01
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Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Overview: Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It's clearly a trap, but nothing will keep the good Pimpernel from carrying out his mission.
Genres: Action Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-20
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Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder
Overview: A compilation of 3 stories, (i)"The Missing Passenger" (ii) "Falstaff's Fur Coat" (iii) "Thirty Days To Die". Originally part of the Danziger Brothers' UK series "Calling Scotland Yard" and later shown in the US on NBC's "Adventure Theatre" in 1956, hosted by Paul Douglas.
Genres: Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-04
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A Ghost for Sale
Overview: A manor caretaker relates the tale of a mad squire, and vanishes.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-01
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The Pueblo Affair
Overview: A reconstruction of an event in 1968 when a converted cargo ship the USS Pueblo was seized by the North Korean Navy as a spy ship. It was supposed to be protected by the US Pacific Fleet but they are out of range at this time. The play concerns Captain Bucher and his crew left on their own to deal with duty, their own lives and preventing another Korean War.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-19
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At the Stroke of Nine
Overview: A prominent journalist is kidnapped by a lunatic who threatens to kill her unless she writes flattering articles about him.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-01
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Meet My Sister
Overview: 'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-18
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Escape by Night
Overview: An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-01
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Contraband
Overview: When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.
Genres: Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-11
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Next to No Time
Overview: Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack of confidence means he is completely out of his depth, at least until he finds his personality changes every day during the hour the ship's clocks stop to make allowance for their westward passage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-04
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Murder at the Grange
Overview: A former police detective turned private investigator is approached by two elderly sisters, who say that someone is terrorising them, but it turns out that the man they believe is responsible is long since dead.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-01
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The Lavender Hill Mob
Overview: A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-28
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Incident in Shanghai
Overview: An unhappy wife falls for an injured pilot.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-07-24
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Let's Be Famous
Overview: An Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-22
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King of the Underworld
Overview: A sinister crook is implicated in blackmail, greed for emeralds, a secret formula and murder. Thee episodes from a 1952 British television series called "Inspector Morley, Late of Scotland Yard, Investigates" were joined together and released theatrically.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-05
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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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A Voyage Round My Father
Overview: A successful lawyer struck with blindness in middle age continues his battles in the courtroom with the assistance of his family. As his son deals with bitter memories of their relationship, he also seeks his father's respect and love and in the process learns to love in return.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-04-19
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In Two Minds
Overview: Kate, a young girl under psychiatric examination, suffers from a lack of confidence, self-esteem and self-control – telling of the “bad Kate” who commits immoral acts. Could the hypocrisy, selfishness and weakness of those around her have led to this state of mind or can Kate simply be diagnosed and dismissed as a schizophrenic?
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-01
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Sailor of the King
Overview: A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a ship under his command when he is tracking a German Raider. When the boy is captured after his ship is sunk, he finds a way to slow the German's progress while a lethal hunt for him goes on.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-11
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Theban Plays: Antigone
Overview: In a final battle for the control of Thebes, Oedipus's two sons kill each other. Creon issues an order that no one is to bury Polynices upon pain of death. But Antigone is determined that her brother's body will have the proper rites of burial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-19
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The Intruder
Overview: When Ex Colonel Merton discovers a burglar ransacking his home, he is shocked to find out that the thief is a former soldier from his tank regiment. When the thief escapes, Merton tries to contact former members of the regiment, in order to find out what set the thief on the road to crime.
Genres: Crime War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-18
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The Vortex
Overview: In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of the cocktail party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely observed in this disturbing, early piece from a playwright whose sharp eye was usually more turned towards the light.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-10
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Cash
Overview: A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, when they come upon a huge amount of unclaimed cash that a young electrician has in his tool box.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-10-08
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Saint Joan
Overview: In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her at the stake as a heretic.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-08
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It's Never Too Late
Overview: To Laura Hammond's large family, she is simply the mother who makes all their lives run more smoothly. But although they don’t know it, she is a very successful novelist and when her screenplay comes to the attention of a Hollywood producer, Laura is suddenly plunged into the big time.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-05-07
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Lady of Vengeance
Overview: When publisher William Marshall learns his young ward Melissa Collins has committed suicide, he sets in motion a plan to murder the man who drove Melissa to kill herself. Mistakenly believing that singer Larry Shaw is his intended target, Marshall unwittingly seeks help from the man who actually broke Melissa's heart.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-01
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Billy Liar
Overview: A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run away and leave it all behind.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-15
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The Longest Day
Overview: The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-25
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Golden Arrow
Overview: On a journey from Paris to London, a Briton, a Frenchman and an American bond with each other and indulge in a romantic fantasy about a girl they see.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-31
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Home Before Midnight
Overview: A successful rock lyricist becomes romantically involved with a girl he picks up hitchhiking only to learn that she is only fourteen. Her parents take action against him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-10-18
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Star of the Circus
Overview: English-language version or remake of the German film, TRUXA (1937).
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-01
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Man on the Run
Overview: An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-20
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Black 13
Overview: The son of a college professor who turns to a life of crime after killing a pedestrian in an automobile accident.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-30
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Doctor Who: The Moonbase
Overview: The TARDIS arrives in 2070 on the Moon, where a weather control station under the command of a man named Hobson is in the grip of a plague epidemic — in reality the result of an alien poison planted by the Cybermen. Jamie is knocked unconscious and lapses into a delirium, leaving the Second Doctor, Ben, and Polly to fight off a massive Cyberman attack.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-03-04
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Adam and Evelyne
Overview: A handsome gambler unwittingly becomes guardian of an orphaned, teenaged girl.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-31
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The Great Pony Raid
Overview: Wild pony rustling on Dartmoor.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-03-01
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The Merry Men of Sherwood
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Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-01
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The Ties That Bind Us
Overview: A look at the subtle (and not so subtle!) links to the show's past and future contained within the story of The Five Doctors.
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-03
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