Michael Rennie
Also Known As: Eric Alexander Rennie
Biography: Michael Rennie (born August 1909 – June 10, 1971) was an English actor best known for his role as Klaatu in the science fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951). He enjoyed a successful career spanning film, television, and theater, gaining fame for his dignified and often authoritative roles. Michael Rennie was born Eric Alexander Rennie in Ilford, Essex, England. His early interest in acting led him to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), where he trained and developed his skills as a performer. He worked initially in British theater before transitioning to film. Rennie’s early career included several roles in British films, but it was his move to Hollywood in the 1940s that helped him gain more widespread recognition. He appeared in a series of films, often portraying dignified or authoritative characters, with his tall stature, smooth voice, and good looks making him a natural fit for leading roles. His breakthrough came with the science fiction film The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), where he portrayed the alien visitor Klaatu. The film is considered one of the most influential sci-fi movies of all time, and Rennie’s portrayal of the calm and rational Klaatu became iconic. The film's message of peace, tolerance, and warning against militarism resonated with audiences, and Rennie’s performance as the alien ambassador remains one of his most famous and enduring roles. Following The Day the Earth Stood Still, Rennie continued to appear in a variety of films, often in roles of authority or leadership. Some notable films he starred in include The Lost World (1960), The 27th Day (1957), and Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959), where he appeared alongside actors like James Mason and Pat Boone. Rennie also appeared in numerous television series, including The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, and The Invaders. In the 1960s, he had roles in various TV shows, further establishing his presence in the science fiction and adventure genres. Rennie was married twice. His first marriage was to actress Dorothy Dandridge in 1959, but they eventually divorced. Later, he married Shirley Sutherland, with whom he remained until his death. Despite his fame, Rennie led a relatively private life and was known to be a gentleman both on and off screen. He had a reputation for being reserved and professional, a trait that made him well-suited to the types of roles he was often cast in. Michael Rennie passed away on June 10, 1971, at the age of 61, from a heart attack while vacationing in Spain. His death marked the end of a distinguished career in film and television. Rennie’s most enduring legacy is his portrayal of Klaatu in The Day the Earth Stood Still, which remains a staple of science fiction cinema. His calm, authoritative presence in the film and his portrayal of an alien visitor with a message of peace continue to resonate with audiences and are considered a high point in 1950s science fiction. Throughout his career, he brought dignity and depth to the roles he played, earning him a place in cinematic history, particularly within the science fiction genre.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Bradford, Yorkshire, England
Adult: No
Birthday: August 25, 1909
Age: 115 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: June 10, 1971
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The Day the Earth Stood Still
Overview: An alien and a robot land on Earth after World War II and tell mankind to be peaceful or face destruction.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-09-28
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Assignment Terror
Overview: Aliens from a dying world plot to conquer earth by preying on man's superstitions. Bringing two dead scientists back to life, they use their knowledge to re-animate various earth monsters, including the werewolf, Frankenstein's monster, the mummy Tao-Tet, and the vampire Count de Meirhoff.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1970-02-24
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The Lost World
Overview: Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinosaurs still live there.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-07-13
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This Man in Paris
Overview: A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters.
Genres: Mystery Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-07-01
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Overview: The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-10-16
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The Patient Vanishes
Overview: Action and excitement beckon as popular sleuth Mick Cardby goes on the trail of a missing girl, and finds himself in the clutches of a gang of blackmailers.
Genres: Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-21
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The Horror Show
Overview: A history of horror movies.
Genres: Horror Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-02-06
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The Wicked Lady
Overview: A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
Genres: Drama Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-11-15
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Dangerous Crossing
Overview: A honeymoon aboard an ocean liner is cut short when the bride finds herself suddenly alone, and unable to convince anyone of her husband’s existence.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-07-22
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The Robe
Overview: Drunk and disillusioned Roman, Marcellus Gallio, wins Jesus' robe in a dice game after the crucifixion. Marcellus has never been a man of faith like his slave, Demetrius, but when Demetrius escapes with the robe, Marcellus experiences disturbing visions and feels guilty for his actions. Convinced that destroying the robe will cure him, Marcellus sets out to find Demetrius — and discovers his Christian faith along the way.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-16
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Demetrius and the Gladiators
Overview: The story picks up at the point where "The Robe" ends, following the martyrdom of Diana and Marcellus. Christ's robe is conveyed to Peter for safe-keeping, but the emperor Caligula wants it back to benefit from its powers. Marcellus' former slave Demetrius seeks to prevent this, and catches the eye of Messalina, wife to Caligula's uncle Claudius. Messalina tempts Demetrius, he winds up fighting in the arena, and wavers in his faith.
Genres: Adventure History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-16
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Désirée
Overview: In Marseilles, France in 1794, Desiree Clary, a young millinery clerk, becomes infatuated with Napoleon Bonaparte, but winds up wedding Genaral Jean-Baptiste Berandotte, an aid to Napoleon who later joins the forces that bring about the Emperor's downfall. Josephine Beauharnais, a worldly courtesan marries Napoleon and becomes Empress of France, but is then cast aside by her spouse when she proves unable to produce an heir to the throne.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-16
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Cyborg 2087
Overview: In the future world of the year 2087, freedom of thought is illegal and the thoughts of the world's populations are controlled by the government. A small band of "free thinkers" send a cyborg back in time to the year 1966 to prevent a scientist from making the breakthrough that will eventually lead to the mass thought control of the future. Our time traveler soon discovers he is not alone when government agents from the future try to prevent him from carrying out his mission.
Genres: Science Fiction Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-01
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Island in the Sun
Overview: A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-06-12
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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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Soldier of Fortune
Overview: An American woman arrives in Hong Kong to unravel the mystery of her missing photographer husband. After getting nowhere with the authorities, she is led by some underground characters to an American soldier of fortune working in the area against the Communists. He promises to help find her husband.
Genres: Action Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-24
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The Power
Overview: One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is on to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and to stop them.
Genres: Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-02-21
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Third Man on the Mountain
Overview: Famous British mountaineer Winter wants to climb a difficult summit, the Citadel. He goes to a small village but no guide wants to accompany him. A young man from the village, Rudi Matt, whose father died fifteen years earlier during an attempt to climb the Citadel, is determined to accompany him, with the help of his uncle. Winter also manages to hire a guide from a neighboring village and competitor, Emil Saxo. The roped party of four men then begins the ascent of the still untouched summit.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-10
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King of the Khyber Rifles
Overview: Freshly arrived Sandhurst-trained Captain Alan King, better versed in Pashtun then any of the veterans and born locally as army brat, survives an attack on his escort to his Northwest Frontier province garrison near the Khyber pass because of Ahmed, a native Afridi deserter from the Muslim fanatic rebel Karram Khan's forces. As soon as his fellow officers learn his mother was a native Muslim which got his parents disowned even by their own families, he falls prey to stubborn prejudiced discrimination, Lieutenant Geoffrey Heath even moves out of their quarters, except from half-Irish Lt. Ben Baird.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-23
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The Rains of Ranchipur
Overview: India. The spoilt and stubborn Edwina Esketh, comes to a small town with her husband. She falls in love with an indian doctor, Dr. Safti. She also meets an old friend of hers, the alcoholic Tom Ransome. An awful earthquake is followed by days of rain.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-12-14
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The 13th Letter
Overview: A new doctor in a quiet Quebec town sparks rumors and accusations when anonymous letters allege an affair with a married woman.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-02-21
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The House in the Square
Overview: Atomic scientist Peter Standish travels back in time to 1784, an era he has read about in his forefather's diaries. He falls in love with his forefather's cousin, Helen, but his contemporaries of 1784 are perplexed by his strange talk and the odd knowledge he possesses. Remake of Berkeley Square (1933).
Genres: Romance Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-12-07
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Phone Call from a Stranger
Overview: Four strangers board a plane and become fast friends, but a catastrophic crash leaves only one survivor. He then sets off on a journey to discover who these people were, but ultimately discovers the devastating truth about himself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-01
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Teenage Rebel
Overview: Nancy Fallon gets her teenage daughter back from her ex-husband when she remarries and must win her love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-01
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5 Fingers
Overview: During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-22
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Lost In Space Forever
Overview: Host John Larroquette takes viewers on a nostalgic trip through the 1965-1968 sci-fi comedy series. The disc's rare footage include Guy Williams's screen test, extended clips from the 1965 pilot, bloopers and the original clips CBS network sales presentation. Viewers also get to go behind the scenes of the 1998 big-screen version. To top it off, Billy Mumy (Will), Jonathan Harris (Dr. Smith) and the robot reunite for a special tribute.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Ride Beyond Vengeance
Overview: Jonas Trapp falls in love with the beautiful Jessie, a wealthy girl out of his humble class. Against the wishes of her snobbish aunt, she marries him, later faking a pregnancy to win her aunt's consent. But Jonas tires of living off of his wife's family, and eventually deserts her to become a buffalo hunter. 11 years later, with his self-made fortune, he sets out to return home, only to be set upon by three sadistic marauders, who steal his money and leave him for dead. Rescued by a farmer who nurses him back to health, Jonas becomes consumed by the desire for revenge. As fate would have it, all three men live close to Jonas' former home. Matters quickly get worse when Jonas reunites with his wife, only to discover that she is now engaged to Renne.
Genres: Western Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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The Battle of El Alamein
Overview: June 1942. As Rommel swept toward the Nile, the fall of Egypt and the capture of the Suez Canal seemed inevitable. Italian and German advance units raced toward Alexandria. Mussolini had given explicit orders: The Italians must arrive first!
Genres: War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Hondo and the Apaches
Overview: Two episodes from the TV series "Hondo" edited together and released as a feature.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-09-08
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Mary, Mary
Overview: Sparks fly when a recently-divorced couple is forced back into proximity to sort out a tax matter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-10-24
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Les Miserables
Overview: In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.
Genres: Adventure Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-08-14
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Seven Cities of Gold
Overview: In 1769, a Spanish expedition to California seeks to conquer the land and discover its famed gold treasures while missionaries aim to gain new converts and establish a network of Catholic missions.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-07
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Tower of Terror
Overview: Wartime Germany: Marie, a concentration camp escapee on the run from the Nazis, narrowly escapes drowing when she is rescued by Wolfe Kristan a half-mad lighthouse keeper. Brought aboard the lighthouse itself, she begins to fall in love with the assistant keeper who, unknown to her, is a British spy. As the couple become more intimate, Kristan's jealously finally pushes him over the brink and into full-blown madness...
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-12-27
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Perilous Assignment
Overview: "Perilous Assignment" is an episode of ABC's Walt Disney Presents. Disney loved to show viewers behind the scenes of the daring shoots of its theatrically released or TV shows. The theme of the episode is the making of his next film, The Third Man on the Mountain, an adaptation of James Ramsey Ullman's novel Banner in the Sky, based on the true story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn. Walt Disney will not be limited to a simple promotional making-of. He offers to meet exceptional people, including the French mountain guide Gaston Rébuffat. The latter will show climbing techniques and then reveal breathtaking images of his ascents of steep cliffs with a client for the ascent of Mont-Blanc, filmed for the occasion. In 1958, Walt Disney will therefore offer him to be deputy director on the high mountain scenes of the film "The Third Man on the Mountain".
Genres: Documentary Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-06
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Princess of the Nile
Overview: Shalimar, an Egyptian princess, striving to rid her country of its Bedouin conquerors, forms an alliance with Prince Haidi, son of the Caliph of Bagdad. She practices her intrigues both at the court and, disguised as a dancing girl, in the market place.
Genres: Romance Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-01
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Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
Overview: After escaping Russia's communist revolution, Léon Theremin travels to New York, where he pioneers the field of electronic music with his synthesizer. But at the height of his popularity, Soviet agents kidnap and force him to develop spy technology.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-08-24
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Omar Khayyam
Overview: Omar Khayyam was one of the greatest Persian poets. He was also a brilliant mathematician. Though his quatrains were written in the 11th century, they are still popular the world over. The details of his life are unknown, so this movie invents a biography for him and includes in it his real achievements - the invention of a new calendar and the penning of those epigrammatic poems. This film has him romancing a sultan's bride and foiling the assassin sect's plot to kill the sultan's son.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-23
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The Root of All Evil
Overview: Jeckie Farnish is a level-headed young woman, unlike her spoiled younger sister, Rushie. When the sisters become involved with charming businessman Charles Mortimer, the resulting tragedy leads to a lust for revenge on Rushie's part. However, Jeckie knows that she can always turn to reliable Joe Bartle in times of need.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-05
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Death on the Run
Overview: On the run from the police in Athens, a man named Jason has in his possession a microfilm eagerly sought by both criminal gangs and government agencies.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-10-09
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White Cradle Inn
Overview: This drama is set in Switzerland and chronicles a fight between an innkeeper and her husband, a chronic adulterer. The trouble begins when she wants to adopt a French orphan and he doesn't.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-28
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Stoney
Overview: Barbara Bouchet (Casino Royale) and Mike Preston (Metalstorm, Road Warrior) are caught in an international mishmash of espionage and double crosses in the Philippines. Michael Rennie (The Day The Earth Stood Still), Richard Jaeckel (Grizzly) and Filipino heartthrob Vic Diaz also star!
Genres: Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Subterfuge
Overview: A young wife is becoming very distraught over the fact that her husband, a secret service "spy" for England, has changed his mind about transferring away so that he can spend more time with her and their young son. He has grown cold and distant towards her; she thinks it 's because of the secretiveness of his work. Meanwhile, an American spy comes to England and is induced to help the British "team" with an undercover spy ring. When this spy ring is over turned the "bugs" that crawl out from under its rock shocks everyone!
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-12
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The Last Chance
Overview: Giuseppe Rosati's first production as director and only espionage film Scacco internazionale aka The Last Chance concerns an international crime syndicate threatened by certain information given to American journalist Patrick Harris (Tab Hunter) and it sets out to kill him...
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-09
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Seven Into Hell
Overview: A group of misfit G.I.s go on a suicide mission behind the enemy lines. This time the objective is a to destroy a crucial Nazi transmitter before the launch of the D-Day invasion.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-06-02
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The Gap
Overview: A dramatization to promote the Territorial Army.
Genres: War Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-01
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The Sky’s the Limit
Overview: A re-creation of a bombing raid on Hanover, with the objective of promoting war savings bonds.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-01
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The Desert Rats
Overview: In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.
Genres: War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-05-20
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Hotel
Overview: This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A brazen sneak thief, who nightly relieves the guests of their property, is chased through the underground passages of the hotel. The big business power play for control of the hotel and the VIP diplomat guest with a secret add to the excitement.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-19
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Gangway
Overview: Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-19
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Secret Agent
Overview: After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to the mission conflicts with their consciences.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-05-31
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The Squeaker
Overview: London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard, is ideally suited to go undercover with a faked criminal record (which may spoil his chances with lovely Carol Stedman).
Genres: Romance Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-11
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Mambo
Overview: A young and poor Venetian woman is invited to a masquerade ball by a charming count.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-09-18
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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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I'll Be Your Sweetheart
Overview: In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher fights both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-07-30
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Miss Pilgrim's Progress
Overview: An exchange factory worker from New Jersey joins a plot to save a village from the Town and Country Planning Act.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-11-29
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The Body Said No!
Overview: A cabaret artist sees on her television set after viewing hours, a plot being discussed to murder Michael Rennie. Although her friends are sceptical she warns Rennie, but things are not what they seem.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-30
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Uneasy Terms
Overview: Private eye Slim Callaghan is summoned to the country home of a Colonel Stenhurst, but the latter is murdered before he can talk to the detective. Was one of the Colonel's three daughters responsible?
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-06
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The Golden Madonna
Overview: Patricia (Phyllis Calvert) throws away a painting members of her Italian village consider to be extremely lucky. She goes to great lengths in her attempts to locate it again and bring it back.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-23
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Ships with Wings
Overview: Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-10
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The Black Rose
Overview: In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of the fierce but avuncular General Bayan, and journeys all the way to China, where both men become involved in intrigues in the court of Kublai Khan.
Genres: War Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-09-01
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The Big Blockade
Overview: Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-01-19
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Battle of the V-1
Overview: 1943: A schoolmaster called Stefan Novak (Michael Rennie) and his watchmaker friend Tadek (David Knight) are working for the Polish resistance lead by Stanislav Muski (Peter Madden) and allow themselves to be captured by the Nazis and taken to a labour camp on the Baltic coast so that they can spy on the operations there. Stefan and Tadek discover that the camp houses a huge production unit where the V1 rocket is being built, which Hitler intends to use to destroy London. The pair succeed in informing the resistance of what is happening who in turn tip off the allies who launch a full scale raid on the plant and destroy it therefore setting back the Nazis' plan by months. However, the fight is far from over as Hitler's generals proceed with plans to build yet another plant and Stefan and Tadek are faced with a dangerous challenge, they must capture a complete V1 rocket and help in smuggling it back to Britain so that the allies can prepare themselves for Hitler's proposed invasion...
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-01-01
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Overview: Adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic. Part of Chrysler sponsored series "Climax!"
Genres: TV Movie Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-28
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The Devil's Brigade
Overview: At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-15
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Turned Out Nice Again
Overview: George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and getting his wife to promote it, he has an argument with his boss, Mr Dawson who insults Pearson's wife and refuses to apologise. Pearson then resigns. After finding out that the yarn is actually worth a fair amount, Mr Dawson tries to buy it from Pearson but he has some competition.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-01
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Dangerous Moonlight
Overview: Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his memory. As Radetzky plays the piano in a trance-like state, the story moves back in time to war-torn Warsaw. During an air-raid, Radetzky meets American journalist Carole, and there is a mutual attraction. Following the fall of Poland, Radetzky and Irish pilot, Mike, escape to Rumania and then on to America. Radetzky continues his musical career in America and meets up again with Carole.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-06-26
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'Pimpernel' Smith
Overview: Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
Genres: Adventure Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-07-28
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The Divorce of Lady X
Overview: The morning after a London barrister lets a mystery woman stay in his suite, a friend files for divorce.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-15
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Titanic
Overview: Unhappily married, Julia Sturges decides to go to America with her two children on the Titanic. Her husband, Richard also arranges passage on the luxury liner so as to have custody of their two children. All this fades to insignificance once the ship hits an iceberg.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-11
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Caesar and Cleopatra
Overview: The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.
Genres: Drama History Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-11
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The Conquest of the Air
Overview: This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-01
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Idol of Paris
Overview: The Idol of Paris is based on Paiva, Queen of Love, a novel by Alfred Schirokauer. Set in the mid-19th century, the film traces the rags-to-riches story of a girl named Theresa. Sleeping her way to the top, she becomes a highly sought-after Parisian courtesan, one worthy of the attentions of the Emperor Napoleon. But Theresa has no time for the Emperor, not with such virile lovers as Hertz around and about.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-24
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Naked You Die
Overview: A woman is strangled in the bath by a black-gloved killer who disposes of her body in a large trunk. The trunk is delivered to St. Hilda College, an exclusive finishing school. Betty-Anne, one of the female students, is strangled in the school cellar. The police, led by Inspector Durand, are called in to investigate. Suspects include La Floret, the voyeuristic gardener; Di Brazzi, the new swimming instructor; Mrs. Clay, the summer school French mistress; an old professor who collects birds; and a philandering young teacher called Richard. The murders continue but Jill, a keen amateur detective, helps the police identify the unlikely killer...
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-02-20
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Overview: An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-23
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Bank Holiday
Overview: A 1930s British summer Bank Holiday starts at midday on Saturday with a rush for the trains to the seaside. Doreen and Milly are off to a beauty contest, Geoffrey and Catherine are having an illicit weekend in the Grand Hotel and May and the kids are set for a more straightforward holiday of sea, sand, and pub. Meanwhile, the manager and performers on the pier are praying for rain.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-27
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Gypsy
Overview: Gypsy dancer Hassina falls in love with lion tamer Brazil and travels to London to find him. Brazil is supposedly working at the Crystal Palace, but he is not there when Hassina arrives. After fainting from lack of food, Hassina is taken into the home of wealthy middle-aged bachelor Alan Brooks, who falls in love with her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-29
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