David McKail
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: March 13, 1938
Age: 87 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: December 06, 2021
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Building Sites Bite
Overview: This film tells the story of Ronald, an intelligent boy who wants to become an architect or surveyor. His cousins Paul and Jane cannot believe that Ronald has any awareness of building sites. In Paul's imagination, he and his sister set Ronald in a number of typical sites, to see if he can survive the hazards that kill and maim many children each year. Ronald eventually learns the hard way that he did not know as much about building sites as he thought.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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Paddington
Overview: A young Peruvian bear travels to London in search of a home. Finding himself lost and alone at Paddington Station, he meets the kindly Brown family, who offer him a temporary haven.
Genres: Comedy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-24
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Battle of Britain
Overview: In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing the Nazi invasion of Britain.
Genres: War History Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-15
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Captain America: The First Avenger
Overview: During World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort. Rogers must stop the Red Skull – Adolf Hitler's ruthless head of weaponry, and the leader of an organization that intends to use a mysterious device of untold powers for world domination.
Genres: Action Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-22
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Overview: The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-20
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Hawking
Overview: The story of Professor Stephen Hawking's early years. It is 1963, and our young cosmologist celebrates his 21st birthday. At the party is a new friend, Jane Wilde - there is a strong attraction between the two. Jane is intrigued by Stephen's talk of stars and the Universe. But she realises that there is something very wrong when Stephen suddenly finds that he is unable to stand up.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-10
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The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Overview: Stephen Lawrence was a black London teenager murdered by white racists in 1993. His parents fought to have the crime properly investigated, culminating in a judicial enquiry into the event itself and also the inadequacies of the ensuing investigation by the London Metropolitan Police.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-02-18
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Life at the Top
Overview: Successful businessman Joe Lampton is married to the wealthy Susan, has two children, and lives in the mill town of Warley in northern England. But his career seems to have plateaued, leaving him disillusioned. This feeling is only exacerbated when he discovers his wife's infidelity with local man Mark. So he takes up with attractive TV host Norah and moves with her to London, aiming to reignite the fire that drove him to the top.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-14
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Silent Scream
Overview: A biopic about convicted murderer Larry Winters.
Genres: Horror Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Overview: Death stalks the fogbound streets of Victorian London: young women are going missing, horribly mutilated bodies are found floating in the Thames and criminal gangs terrorize the innocent. At the heart of this tangled web sits the mysterious Li H'sen Chang, sorcerer and hypnotist, and his grotesque sidekick Mister Sin. The Doctor dons deerstalker hat and cape to seek out the sinister force lurking in the shadows of the metropolis, for the Talons of Weng-Chiang are reaching out to shred the human race.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-02
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Heavenly Pursuits
Overview: Vic Mathews teaches a remedial class at the Blessed Edith Semple School in Scotland. Some at the school are trying to discover the two more miracles that would promote the late Edith Semple to sainthood; Mathews, a non-believer, wishes the school would concentrate on teaching the children. He becomes confused, however, when he is involved in possibly miraculous events himself! Written by George S. Davis
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-11
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Faces
Overview: The screening of the short film 'Faces' at the 1961 Edinburgh and London Film Festivals kick started the film career of young McConnell, then studying at Glasgow School of Art. 'Faces', a comment on the personas we adopt, was inspired by a visit to the Brussels Experimental Film Festival of 1958 where McConnell saw the work of many European film makers, films of a genre unseen at that time in Britain. Many were without words, telling their stories in a variety of genres, live action, animation, puppetry, and making social comments on their times.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-30
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The Vortex
Overview: In The Vortex, Coward explores the darker side of the cocktail party set. Emotional blackmail, drug abuse and shattered relationships are minutely observed in this disturbing, early piece from a playwright whose sharp eye was usually more turned towards the light.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-12-10
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