Brian Peck
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Brian Peck was an English actor known for Nicholas Nickleby (1957), Mary Barton (1964) and An Englishman's Castle (1978). He married Jennifer Wilson in 1959.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: October 24, 1930
Age: 94 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 03, 2021
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Echo of Barbara
Overview: Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen Connell) is the stripper whom Mike hires to pose as Barbara. It's all part of a scheme to fool Mike's ex-convict dad Sam Roscoe (Mervyn Johns). The son hopes to entice Sam into revealing the whereabouts of his stolen money, and Paula is hopefully going to do the trick. Based on a novel by Jonathan Burke, Echo of Barbara is a better-than-usual British programmer, entertaining despite its surplus of unpleasant leading characters.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-04-29
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The Gay Dog
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Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-06
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The Pit
Overview: Experimental gothic short, adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Pit and the Pendulum'.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-06
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The Set Up
Overview: Arthur Payne, recently out of prison, meets a stranger, Theo Gaunt, on a train and explains his situation. A few days later another stranger makes a curious proposition. Arthur should participate in a fake robbery and remove some imitation jewellery from the stranger's own safe.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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The Siege of Manchester
Overview: A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.
Genres: War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-31
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Life on the Line
Overview: Covers safety procedures in track maintenance work. Intended primarily for track maintenance staff and use on induction courses.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Who's in Charge?
Overview: Based on the sequence of events which led to the deaths of two young trackmen, concluding with an enquiry into the reasons why they were killed. Intended for railway staff responsible for track maintenance, particularly those in supervisory grades.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Portrait of Clare
Overview: The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. From the novel by Francis Brett Young.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-11-13
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Quatermass and the Pit
Overview: A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London subway station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-09
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Public Enemies
Overview: Ma Barker and her sons rob banks, shoot people and wind up at the top of the FBI's Most Wanted list in the 1930s.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-04-19
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Doctor Who: The Space Pirates
Overview: The TARDIS materialises in Earth's future on a space beacon just before it is attacked by pirates. The travellers find themselves trapped in a sealed section of the beacon. It is blown apart and flown to where the pirates will plunder it of the precious mineral argonite. They witness a conflict between the pirates and the Interstellar Space Corps, led by General Hermack and Major Warne. The ISC are convinced that the pirates' mastermind is an innocent yet eccentric space mining pioneer named Milo Clancey, while their true leader is a man named Caven. Caven has a secret base on the planet Ta. He is assisted by Madeleine Issigri, daughter of Clancey's ex-partner Dom, who - unknown to her - is now his captive. When Madeleine discovers Caven's full treachery, she helps to bring him to justice. The time travellers are given a lift back to the TARDIS by Clancey in his rickety old ship, the LIZ 79.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-04-12
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The Chief Mourner
Overview: "Suppose you heard I was someone you couldn't possibly approve of." For a successful man with public responsibilities Alan Berry is strangely reluctant to help the police when his wife is murdered.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-01-16
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While the Sun Shines
Overview: Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself being romanced by two different men.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-02-01
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What Every Woman Wants
Overview: A marital comedy of wives trying to reform their husbands
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-06-11
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Tarnished Heroes
Overview: According to the officer's handbook, 'an officer will perform whatever task confronts him with whatever men are available' and for Major Bell the men in question are drunks, thieves and deserters. With the German army closing in on his company's position, Major Bell undertakes a suicidal mission to blow up a bridge of strategic importance to the enemy. His only help will come in the form of a rag-tag band of army rejects who must become heroes if they are to fulfil their mission and come back alive.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-06-16
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