Edric Connor
Also Known As: Edric Esclus Connor
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Mayaro, Trinidad
Adult: No
Birthday: August 02, 1913
Age: 111 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 16, 1968
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Bound for Lagos
Overview: Commissioned in 1960 to mark Nigeria’s independence, Connor directs and stars in this troubled production about shifting social relations in an emergent West African middle-class.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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4 for Texas
Overview: In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to Galveston, Texas, must pull together to protect $100,000 from an outlaw named Matson. Once in Galveston, however, their rivalry continues, as Thomas joins up with Elya Carlson and Jarret with Maxine Richter. But Matson is still on the loose, and a scheming banker threatens both Thomas and Jarrett.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-21
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Nobody Runs Forever
Overview: Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder. But when Malone arrives, he finds that the amiable Quentin is not only the key in groundbreaking peace negotiations, but also the target of an assassin himself.
Genres: Action Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-08-22
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The Roots of Heaven
Overview: In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause attracts a mix of characters, including a U.S. commentator, a government aide opposed to him, and an ivory hunter with conflicting interests.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-15
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West of Zanzibar
Overview: Game warden Bob Payton (Anthony Steel) tracks a ivory smuggling ring through some of the most treacherous passages of the Zanzibar territory.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-03-24
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Virgin Island
Overview: A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-07
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Fire Down Below
Overview: Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.
Genres: Drama Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-30
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Carnival Fantastique
Overview: Held over the two days before Ash Wednesday, Trinidad's famous carnival is the most anticipated event of the island's cultural calendar. Here Edric Connor shows us the sights, sounds and quirky customs of this glorious event. Filmmaker Edric Connor was a Trinidadian actor and singer who popularised Day Dah Light, the song that became an international hit for Harry Belafonte as Day-O (The Banana Boat Song). An actor in British and American films of the 1950s, Connor went on, with his wife Pearl, to set up the first theatrical agency for black British performers, the Afro-Asian-Caribbean Agency.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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King of Kings
Overview: Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-11
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Animated Genesis
Overview: The story of the evolution of life on Earth in animated form.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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The Vikings
Overview: Einar, brutal son of Ragnar and future heir to his throne, tangles with Eric, a wily slave, for the hand of a beautiful English maiden.
Genres: Adventure History Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-06-11
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Cry, the Beloved Country
Overview: In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-16
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Moby Dick
Overview: In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-27
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Only When I Larf
Overview: A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-27
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Seven Thunders
Overview: Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German occupied France.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-04
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