Sandra Dorne
Also Known As: Joan Smith , Sandra Holt
Biography: British platinum blonde with leads in 1950s, later in supporting roles, but always with special 'presence'. Husky-voiced, "blonde bombshell" was a popular pinup early in her career. Appeared in some 35 films, many teleplays, specialized in mystery, suspense and horror titles.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: June 19, 1924
Age: 100 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: December 25, 1992
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Orders to Kill
Overview: A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis.
Genres: War Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-25
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Alias John Preston
Overview: A mysterious young man settles in a rural English town and immediately starts making a good impression. Before long he has insinuated himself into local life, is married and is serving on the board of the local hospital. Everything seems to be going well for him until a newly appointed consultant psychiatrist shows up and starts asking some probing questions.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-14
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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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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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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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The Good Die Young
Overview: An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-02
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Roadhouse Girl
Overview: A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-01
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The Playbirds
Overview: In order to unmask a pathological killer who is targeting the beautiful centrefolds of Playbirds magazine, a sexy policewoman Lucy Sheridan puts her life and reputation on the line by sleeping with millionaire publisher Harry Dougan. The Chief Superintendant and Police Commissioner are keeping a close eye on her, but time is running out fast.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-07-06
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Three Sundays to Live
Overview: Band leader Frank Martin is convicted and sentenced to death for murdering the owner of a club in which he had performed. Frank's innocent of the crime, and singer Ruth Chapman can provide him with an alibi. But Ruth is missing, and records show she died years before. As Frank awaits execution, he enlists the help of his heiress girlfriend and his lawyer to clear his name.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-10-01
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13 East Street
Overview: When police inspector Gerald Blake wants to infiltrate a London stolen-goods gang, he does a thorough job of it. First, he robs a jewelry store, gets caught and is sentenced to prison. Then he teams up with gang-member Joey to make their escape. Once in the gang, Blake identifies the boss, Larry, and most of the other thieves, but not the "inside man." As a big fur job looms closer, the detective's task is complicated by the playful but seductive advances of Judy, a dazzling blonde who happens also to be the jealous Larry's girl friend.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-03-01
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Alf's Baby
Overview: Three old bachelors 'inherit' an orphan baby, Pam, who is pursued by a car-stealing spiv after she turns 21.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-01
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Hindle Wakes
Overview: During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-10
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Traveller's Joy
Overview: A divorced couple, living hand-to-mouth in Stockholm, must first pay their hotel bill before returning to England. To raise the necessary funds, they must pretend that they're still married.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-25
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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 House in Marsh Road
Overview: When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the wicked pair.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-01
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The Secret Door
Overview: World War II espionage in Lisbon with Allied safe-crackers cultivating a master spy and his wife so they can steal Japanese codes that are keys to Axis battle plans.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-04
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Five Go Mad in Dorset
Overview: In the 1950s, four children, Anne, described as a 'proper little housewife', the rather butch George who has an unhealthy relationship with her dog Timmy and their brothers Dick and Julian, whose relationship seems to be more than fraternal, go on a cycling holiday in Dorset where their flair for detection - plus their snobbery and xenophobia - gets a whole string of suspicious characters arrested.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-02
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Wheel of Fate
Overview: Two brothers work in their invalid father's repair garage. Johnny is the quiet, reliable one while Ted is younger and wilder. The brothers feud over Lucky, a beautiful band singer. Then their life is complicated: first by a police search for the unknown killer of a man in a dance hall fight, and then by a bookie pressuring Ted to pay his gambling debts.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-01
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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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Not a Hope in Hell
Overview: The efforts of a female Customs Officer to challenge smugglers who hide illicit liquor in a steam roller.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-01
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The Yellow Balloon
Overview: A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-10
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All Coppers Are...
Overview: A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-24
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Police Dog
Overview: When his colleague is killed during a chase in Kentish Town, London bobby Frank volunteers to become a dog-handler.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-01
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Eat the Rich
Overview: Alex is a disgruntled waiter at a snobby exclusive restaurant who falls on hard times. Forced to deal with the contempt and disgust of the upper class, Alex & cohorts attempt to go on a rampage. Meanwhile, General Karprov and Spider plot to involve the inept anarchists into their plans to derail the prime-minister-to-be's campaign.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-23
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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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Portrait of a Matador
Overview: A matador curses the painter of his portrait.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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The Amorous Prawn
Overview: While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in order to raise money for their dream retirement cottage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-26
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Helter Skelter
Overview: A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-07
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Marry Me
Overview: The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-07
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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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Don't Ever Leave Me
Overview: Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-07-19
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The Beggar's Opera
Overview: Adaptation of John Gay's 18th century opera, featuring Laurence Olivier as MacHeath and Hugh Griffith as the Beggar.
Genres: History Crime Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-24
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Once a Jolly Swagman
Overview: A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-02
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Adventures in the Skin Trade
Overview: John Pitman meets a selection of women to ascertain their views on the wearing of coats made of fur.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-22
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All Over the Town
Overview: Newspaper reporter Nat Hearn returns home after serving in the Royal Air Force during World War II. When one of the paper's owners dies, the man's partner and son offers Nat a position as editor in return for his financial backing. But Nat's reluctance to shy away from controversial issues raises more than a few eyebrows.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-25
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Don't Say Die
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-12-01
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Saraband for Dead Lovers
Overview: Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.
Genres: Romance History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-04
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The Malpas Mystery
Overview: After Audrey leaves prison after being framed for jewel theft, she gets a job offer from the mysterious Mr. Malpas, triggering a plot involving a missing heir, diamonds and kidnapping.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-01
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Joseph Andrews
Overview: Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-09
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