Betty Ann Davies
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Betty Ann Davies (24 December 1910 - 14 May 1955) was a British stage and film actress.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Birthday: December 24, 1910
Deathday: May 14, 1955
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Outcast of the Islands
Overview: After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard, to bring him to a trading post on a remote Indonesian island where he can hide out.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-15
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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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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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Escape
Overview: A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-03-01
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Cosh Boy
Overview: Roy Walsh is a brash and enterprising thug who bullies his friends into subservience. He and his gang assault and rob people on the street, but things get increasingly dangerous when their behavior escalates to larger crimes.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-01
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Blackout
Overview: When a beautiful young woman suddenly offers inebriated Casey Morrow a lot of money for a quick and easy job, he doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood, he must unravel the mystery to clear his name. An intriguing story of deception, greed and immorality.
Genres: Crime Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-19
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The History of Mr. Polly
Overview: Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is in neither of these enterprises and he eventually resorts to desperate measures to break free. His random wanderings in the countryside lead him to a new opportunity that just might be what he's been looking for all along.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-08
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Grand National Night
Overview: The story of a husband's implication in his wife's death, his stupid disposal of her body and the police enquiry which almost embroils him in a murder charge.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-15
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Death at Broadcasting House
Overview: An actor is murdered live on air whilst a play is being broadcast. Everyone in the play and broadcasting house fall under suspicion.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-01
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Now Barabbas
Overview: A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-24
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The Man in Black
Overview: Henry Clavering suspects his second wife Bertha is trying to drive his daughter (by his first marriage) insane, to stop her inheriting his money. He decides to use his yoga skills to pretend to be dead, and thereby expose her villainy.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-31
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Play Up the Band
Overview: A brass band goes to London to take part in a competition.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-01
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Tropical Trouble
Overview: A series of misunderstanding leads to a colonial governor's wife suspecting him of an affair with his assistant.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-01
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The Blue Lamp
Overview: P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.
Genres: Crime Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-01-19
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The Passionate Friends
Overview: A woman is torn between the love of her life, who is married to someone else, and her older husband.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-26
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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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My Old Duchess
Overview: An actor impersonates a duchess – with truly astonishing results for him and his company!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-01
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Excuse My Glove
Overview: A young man, whose main interest in life is stained glass, accidentally accepts a challenge to fight in a fair boxing booth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-20
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Joy Ride
Overview: Two cousins invite their girlfriends on a joy-ride, but car trouble leads to catastrophe!
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-16
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Radio Lover
Overview: A penniless young charmer hits upon an ingenious route to fame and fortune.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-20
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Children Galore
Overview: As a going away gift to a small village, the local Lord and Lady promise a new cottage to the local couple with the most grandchildren. Competitive instincts and petty jealousies ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-02-01
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Chick
Overview: The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-21
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Under a Cloud
Overview: Jimmy Forbes returns to England after being on the run in Australia for 20 years. He finds that his wife has gone up in the world and become wealthy. Their children know little about him but as he observes them he realises they have problems and his cunning might come to their aid.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-01
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Meet Me Tonight
Overview: Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production of the same name.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-09-09
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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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The Belles of St. Trinian's
Overview: The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has the kidnap of a prize racehorse on her mind. The first film in the classic comedy series.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-28
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To the Public Danger
Overview: Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in a bout of thrill-seeking. When their spree gets out of hand, each person faces a moral choice with lasting consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-01
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Lucky Jade
Overview: Betsy, a housemaid and aspiring actress, throws a party in her employer's house while he's away. Guests include agents and producers; but her employer's priceless jade collection also becomes the target of unscrupulous thieves.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-19
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She Knew What She Wanted
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-06-01
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