Lucy Griffiths
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hertfordshire, England, UK
Birthday: April 24, 1919
Deathday: September 29, 1982
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Murder Ahoy
Overview: During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.
Genres: Drama Thriller Crime Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-22
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The Chelsea Murders
Overview: When a barmaid and part-time model becomes a murderer's third victim in Chelsea, the only apparent links are to a local reporter, Mary, and three art graduates financing a film with local part-time jobs.
Genres: Thriller Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-12-30
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
Overview: Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Drama Family Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-07-09
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Murder She Said
Overview: Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-09-26
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Carry On Constable
Overview: With a flu epidemic running rife, three new bumbling recruits are assigned to Inspector Mills police station. With help from Special Constable Gorse, they manage to totally wreck operations of the police force and let plenty of criminals get away, even before they arrive at the station. They all have to prove themselves or else they'll be out of a job and Sgt. Wilkins will be transferred.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-22
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The Third Alibi
Overview: A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-03-15
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The Ladykillers
Overview: Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-08
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On the Tiles
Overview: Alice's attempts to reach the children by climbing down the chimney of their grandmother's house result in various people being stranded on the roof. Eventually the Fire Brigade is called.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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The Big Kick
Overview: The exploits of Judy, Joey and Josh and a chimpanzee called Alice.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Double Trouble
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Baby Sitters
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Wedding Bells
Overview: 'Alice' and the children try to foil the attempt of thieves to steal the presents from a wedding reception, with hilarious results.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Monkey Tricks
Overview: 'Alice's' attempts to help with house decorating result in disaster. She is banished to the tree-house but a violent storm drives her indoors, to the consternation of the children's mother.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Waxworks
Overview: The children visit a waxworks museum near closing time, whilst their grandmother does her shopping. Alice the chimp gets lost, and the children hide as attendants close the building for the night. Meanwhile, an attempt is being made to steal the day's takings.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-01-01
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Tit for Tat
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Chimp Champ
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Alice Goes Magic
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Alice at School
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Gran's Moving Day
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Alice at Sea
Overview: Alice, trapped in a stolen hamper of pantomime costumes aboard the Isle of Wight Ferry, tries to attract the children's attention, but their attempts to rescue her are in vain.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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A Tap on the Shoulder
Overview: Ken's Loach's first production for The Wednesday Play is a story of a group of criminals planning a robbery, with the unwitting aid of a wealthy, well-connected society acquaintance. But who is the greater villain?
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-01-06
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Return to Sender
Overview: A fraudster is arrested for stealing a large sum of money from his partners. When he learns that a particularly brilliant barrister will lead the prosecution against him he sets out to undermine the credibility of the barrister.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-03-01
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The End of Arthur's Marriage
Overview: In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
Genres: Music TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-17
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The Ash Tree
Overview: Man of leisure Sir Richard receives notification that his Uncle has died, bequeathing him his stately country manor and all its lands. On his return to England he immediately sets about taking stock of all legal matters concerning his new property, but during these dealings Sir Richard seems to be more than a little distracted, he hears strange noises from the ash tree outside his bedroom window.
Genres: Mystery Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-23
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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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The Green Man
Overview: Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-21
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She Knows Y'Know
Overview: Comedy about a protective mother whose dull son seems to have become wayward with the local bottle blonde.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-01
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: The death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two hundred years. Sherlock Holmes is out to uncover the truth about a hound who roams the moors, waiting to attack the heir to the Baskerville estate.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-08-01
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Sapphire
Overview: Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-02
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The Ugly Duckling
Overview: Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed to turn 'a man of timid disposition into a bold, fearless dragon'. Taking a draught of the elixir Henry is transformed into suave, sophisticated and highly desirable Teddy Hyde. Armed with his new persona, Teddy is ready to face the world; but is Henry ready for the consequences?
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-09-09
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Carry On Doctor
Overview: Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over matter, slips off the platform in the middle of his performance and ends up in hospital under the care of Dr Tinkle. The hospital is about to enter a period of total chaos.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-02
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Please Turn Over
Overview: The orderly suburban life of a 1950's English town is turned on its head when the teenaged daughter of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on the local population.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-17
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No Sex Please: We're British
Overview: A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, David (the bank's assistant manager) and his new wife are shocked when photos, then films and finally two girls are sent to them in their bank-supplied flat. They and the banks' head cashier then hatch a plan to get rid of the porn—without letting their boss, the local police and David's mother in on what is happening.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-07-25
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Nurse on Wheels
Overview: Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to someone rather older, while becoming romantically involved with a local farmer - at least until he tries to evict a newly-arrived expectant couple who park their caravan on his land.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-03
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Mad About Men
Overview: Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-16
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Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Overview: Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-05-02
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Personal Affair
Overview: A schoolgirl disappears for three days after a frank talk with the wife of a Latin teacher she loves.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-20
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Carry On Again Doctor
Overview: Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just want him brought down a peg or two.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-05
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The Mouse on the Moon
Overview: Sequel to The Mouse that Roared; The Tiny Country of Grand Fenwick has a hot water problem in the castle. To get the money necessary to put in a new set of plumbing, they request foreign aid from the U.S. for Space Research. The Russians then send aid as well to show that they too are for the internationalization of space. While the grand Duke is dreaming of hot baths, their one scientist is slapping together a rocket. The U.S. and Soviets get wind of the impending launch and try and beat them to the moon.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-05-07
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A Touch of the Sun
Overview: A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-01
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Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Overview: When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.
Genres: Crime Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-04
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Will Any Gentleman...?
Overview: A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the world's greatest lover and becomes a terrorizing Casanova.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-25
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Through the Night
Overview: The play tells the story of Christine Potts, who undergoes an unexpected mastectomy, and struggles to cope with the aftermath and the deficiencies of her post-operative care.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-12-02
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