Ian Fleming
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Biography: Ian Fleming was an Australian born character actor with credits in over 100 British movies. He is perhaps best known for playing Dr. John Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes movies of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner's Holmes. He also essayed a number of supporting roles in many classic British films of the era including Q Planes (1939), Night Train to Munich (1940), We Dive at Dawn, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (both 1943) and Waterloo Road (1945). His later career included appearances in many television series of the 50s and 60s such as Fabian of the Yard, Hancock's Half Hour, Dixon of Dock Green, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, The Forsyte Saga and The Prisoner. He is not to be confused with the Ian Fleming who created the James Bond character.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Birthday: September 09, 1888
Deathday: January 01, 1969
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Silver Blaze
Overview: Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to find Professor Moriarty and the horse Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-01
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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-24
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The Voice of Merrill
Overview: A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to wish her dead
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-01
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Park Plaza 605
Overview: Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel. But when Conquest wakes up in the room the next morning he is lying next to a dead body. With the mysterious blonde nowhere to be seen, Conquest soon becomes the police s number one suspect with Inspector Williams following his every move. In order to clear his name, Conquest enlists the help of Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton), but the going gets rough when he discovers that the murder is connected to a stash of stolen diamonds. As gun-happy gangs of communists and Nazi sympathizers turn up the heat, Conquest has to solve the murder whilst staying one step ahead of both the gangs and the police.
Genres: Drama Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-09-11
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Appointment with Crime
Overview: Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence, Leo emerges with an intricate plan for revenge. Leo implicates Loman, as well as his amoral boss, Gregory Lang, for murder -- but Inspector Rogers suspects Leo.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-13
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Black Orchid
Overview: Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name. This classic murder mystery encourages viewers to evaluate all of the clues and guess the killer's identity.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-02-01
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Lamp in Assassin Mews
Overview: To beautify his street and trim city spending, stuffy councilman Jack (Francis Matthews) pushes to have the last gas lamp in town removed. But this angers his neighbors Albert (Ian Fleming) and Victoria (Amy Dalby), an inconspicuous pair of serial killers who choose Jack as their next victim. This dark comedy also stars Lisa Daniely as Mary, a local advocate who fights tooth and nail against Jack's modernization efforts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-01-01
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Man Accused
Overview: Soon after celebrating his engagement to aristocratic heiress Kathy Riddle (Carol Marsh), engineer Bob Jensen (Ronald Howard) is accused by an insurance investigator of being a notorious -- and murderous -- jewel thief. Can Bob restore his reputation and regain Kathy's trust? Desperate to prove his innocence, Bob engineers a daring jailbreak and pursues the real culprit. Montgomery Tully directs this crime drama.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-10-01
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The Return of Mr. Moto
Overview: Mr. Moto goes undercover to find out who has been blowing up oil wells and trying to gain total control of all the oil leases from a petroleum-rich Middle Eastern country.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-01
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Uncensored
Overview: During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter Nazi propaganda efforts to deceive the people. They are so effective that the Nazis offer a reward for the capture of the paper's staff, although they don't know their identities. One of them is a well-known entertainer, and when his jealous partner hears of the reward, he turns him in. The paper's publishers escape capture, but their staff doesn't. The paper's founders must find not only a way to keep from getting captured by the Nazis but keep their newspaper going and get their staff released.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-08-24
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Quartet
Overview: Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-26
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Recoil
Overview: A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-01
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A Woman Possessed
Overview: English doctor John Winthrop (Francis Matthews) must protect his new wife, Ann (Kay Callard), from his wealthy and entirely too overbearing mother, Katherine (Margaretta Scott), who has some strong opinions about her son's new union. But things go too far when John accuses Katherine of trying to kill Ann with medication. Could she do such a thing -- and will these three ever have a good relationship?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-14
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Crash Drive
Overview: Paul Dixon (Dermot Walsh) is a fiercely competitive racing driver whose meteoric career is cut short after he is paralyzed in a collision. Ann, Paul's conflicted, estranged wife (Wendy Williams), tries to help her husband overcome his self-pity to become productive once again. Paul's perception of himself as a cripple is challenged by his new friend, a former dancer (Anton Rodgers), who urges Paul to strive for rehabilitation and new goals. [Netflix]
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-11-13
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Called Back
Overview: 'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-05
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Racing Romance
Overview: Garage owner Harry Stone buys a racehorse, Brownie, from Peggy Lanstone and, according to formula, hires Peggy as the steed's trainer. When the filly finishes a mere second in the Oaks, Harry's snooty fiancee, Muriel, who never liked the setup anyway, disgustedly heads for greener pastures. Harry promptly marries Peggy, and, after an official investigation of the Oaks' results, Brownie gets revenge on the fickle Muriel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-09-10
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No Smoking
Overview: A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-01
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The Lady from Lisbon
Overview: When she learns that the Nazis have confiscated Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa, art-loving South American wanna-be spy Tamara (Jane Carr) journeys to Lisbon to snoop for the Germans in return for the iconic painting. But bumbling Nazi agents, Allied counterspies and multiple copies of the artwork soon confound her attempts at espionage.
Genres: Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-01
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Return of a Stranger
Overview: An obsessed man returns to claim the woman he loves.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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Innocent Meeting
Overview: The daughter of a textile company owner falls in love with a young illustrator with a secret criminal past.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-01
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The Riverside Murder
Overview: This is a great rainy day/night murder mystery in a mansion that all whodunit lovers will appreciate. A woman reporter helps an inspector solve the deaths of four financiers on the eve of a group shareout. Based on "Les Six Hommes Morts" (Editions du Masque) by Stanislas-André Steeman.
Genres: Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-02
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No, My Darling Daughter
Overview: A British business tycoon is surprised to discover his teenage daughter is being courted by a mysterious young man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-08-22
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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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They Knew Mr. Knight
Overview: After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-03-05
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Captain Boycott
Overview: Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic farmer Hugh Davin (Stewart Granger) leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracize their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-26
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What a Carry On!
Overview: Northern comedy greats, Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss, decide to enlist in the army. Their singing sergeant-major, the Irish tenor Josef Locke, misappropriates the mess funds. When he picks on Jewel and Warriss, the duo’s comic routines come thick and fast.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-01-01
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It's a Grand Life
Overview: Classic British comedy following an accident-prone army Private, played by music hall legend Frank Randle in his final screen role, as he attempts to rescue a Corporal (played by icon Diana Dors) from the attentions of a predatory Sergeant-Major.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-11-28
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Royal Eagle
Overview: A clerk is suspected of committing a warehouse robbery and captures the real thieves aboard a pleasure boat.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-01
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Wings of Danger
Overview: A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-04-01
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The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Overview: An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-03-01
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Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle
Overview: In this lively detective drama, Sexton Blake, private eye, must find out who stole the bonds of a prominent financier.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-10-01
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When Thief Meets Thief
Overview: A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.
Genres: Adventure Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-01
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Men Without Honour
Overview: A lawyer, who has been accused of being dishonest, works with the police to expose two share pushers who have employed him, saving the investors from ruin.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-09
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Lucky Girl
Overview: Stephan Gregorovitch, the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country, along with his hucksterish chancellor and musically-inclined bodyguard, travel incognito to London for some fun. An invitation to a party held by Duke Hugo seems just the ticket, but the presence of jewel thieves in the vicinity soon puts paid to any ideas of a relaxing evening!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-01
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Q Planes
Overview: In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Thriller Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-02-21
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Overview: England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-28
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Jackpot
Overview: Back in London after serving time, an ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to him. He plans to crack a safe at a club.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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For Them That Trespass
Overview: In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-21
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Let George Do It!
Overview: Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
Genres: Comedy Music War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-07-12
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Come Back Peter
Overview: There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-31
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Sons of the Sea
Overview: The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. He enlists the help of his own son Philip, a reluctant cadet at the college, to help him confirm his suspicions about planned enemy action... but meanwhile, there is a Secret Service agent staying at the college observatory, the foreign-born professor of astronomy is behaving strangely, and Naval Intelligence disclaim any knowledge of what is going on...
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-23
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George in Civvy Street
Overview: George Formby plays George Harper, a tavern owner, who works to turn a waitress from her current employer, a rival tavern owner, when Formby falls in love with her.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-07-07
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The Ware Case
Overview: Eustace Ede, the unhinged brother of Lady Magda Ware, is discovered drowned in the lake of her country house. While most assume it to have been suicide, a detective inspector's persistence finally leads to the arrest of Magda's husband, Sir Hubert Ware. The subsequent murder trial turns into a major society scandal, and the strain on Sir Hubert's mind may prove too much for him whether he is found innocent or guilty....
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-04-27
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Overview: American horror television movie from 1956.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-11-03
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The Embezzler
Overview: Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-01
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The Good Old Days
Overview: 1840 - Max Miller and a troupe of artistes come to perform at a tavern, which is not licensed for such performances. A rival tavern informs the police and they have to pay a heavy fine. However, they find the money by rescuing a boy and getting the reward.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-01
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The Crouching Beast
Overview: In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pass his information to an American journalist.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-29
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Double or Quits
Overview: A reporter on a transatlantic cruise finds himself accused of the theft of valuable stamps. Knowing that he didn't do it, he sets out to find the real thief, but isn't prepared for what he discovers.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-01
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Quiet, Please
Overview: “Comedy of a little man forced by chance into a big jewel robbery.” - BFI.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-27
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They Flew Alone
Overview: The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-29
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The Butler's Dilemma
Overview: Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-11-29
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The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Overview: "The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in investigating murders at Marsh Manor, home of the wealthy Claydon family. Plenty of suspects to choose from, Kerrigan believes that the murders may be connected to hidden treasure on the estate.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-09-04
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Old Bill and Son
Overview: Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet!
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-03-01
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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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It Happened to One Man
Overview: A film directed by Paul L. Stein.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-12
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The School for Scandal
Overview: Charles, Joseph and Sir Benjamin are in love with Maria and Lady Sneerwell is in love with Charles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-09-05
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Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
Overview: A murderer enriches his finances by marrying and then killing off a series of wealthy women.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-04-02
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The Missing Rembrandt
Overview: Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-12
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After Dark
Overview: If it wasn't British, this would be in the Forgotten Horrors book. Hugh (Inspector Holt in HUMAN MONSTER) has some valuable jewels stolen. They're hidden in the back of an old clock in an antique shop. When the thieves return for them, the clock has been sold! They trace it to a creepy country estate. When Hugh and the niece of one of the crooks also show up, things get hairy.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-23
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Crime Over London
Overview: With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
Genres: Adventure Romance Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-21
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Tawny Pipit
Overview: Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-04-28
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The Woman in Question
Overview: Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
Genres: Mystery Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-10-03
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Deadly Nightshade
Overview: Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-01
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Too Hot to Handle
Overview: A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a famous club.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-01
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Prison Breaker
Overview: A British secret service agent falls in love with the daughter of a leading London criminal, and soon after becoming involved with her father finds himself in prison facing a charge of manslaughter..
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-01
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The Sleeping Cardinal
Overview: A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Sherlock Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarity.
Genres: Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-15
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The Lion Has Wings
Overview: This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-03
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The New Lot
Overview: A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-01
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Dangerous Comment
Overview: A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-18
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Salute the Toff
Overview: The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-02
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Hammer the Toff
Overview: A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-05-01
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Three Silent Men
Overview: An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-07
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I Didn't Do It
Overview: Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune on the stage - only to find himself the prime suspect in a bizarre murder mystery! Whilst staying at Ma Tubbs' theatrical boarding house, a man is murdered in the room right next door to George. When George tries to solve the mystery, he ends up presenting the police with a whole load of clues - all of which point to him as the culprit! Now George must uncover the real murderer himself, with the help of his showbiz friends, his little Ukulele and a fiendishly cunning song! This delightful comedy musical includes three full-length musical numbers - The Daring Young Man, She's Got Two of Everything and I'd Like a Dream Like That.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-08-06
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They Met in the Dark
Overview: A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.
Genres: Mystery Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-08-11
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Night Train to Munich
Overview: Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-31
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The Seekers
Overview: A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-22
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The Next of Kin
Overview: Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable information to Nazi spies.
Genres: Drama War Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-06-15
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A Matter of Murder
Overview: An embezzler is implicated in his girlfriend’s murder.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-12-01
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Waterloo Road
Overview: During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-02-05
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The Boys
Overview: A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-08-31
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Sabotage at Sea
Overview: The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of the ship’s owner is among them.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-07
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Yellow Canary
Overview: A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-13
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In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Overview: Actor Patrick Macnee leads the viewer through London in the footsteps of the genius private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his assistant and friend, Dr. Watson.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-07-01
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The Saint's Return
Overview: A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-10-12
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Seventy Deadly Pills
Overview: A small boy, Dickie Goodwin, finds some strychnine pills mixed with sweets in a stolen car left in a deserted garage. With them he buys his way into the Rocket Gang. Brian, the leader, shares out the pills for swaps next day. One of the gang eats hers and collapses. The police frantically search for the pills and a broadcast appeal is made. Brian hears this and reaches the gang at Battersea funfair just in time to save them.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-01
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Delayed Action
Overview: Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-01
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Overview: Marcelle de Barthas is young French widow, who since her husband’s death some seven years previously, has lived a secluded life in her country house, with her four children. The eldest one, Emmy, is a beautiful and pure young girl of seventeen, who tentatively believes she has a calling to the religious life. The second child, Bertrand, aged fifteen, has been sent to England for an exchange holiday with a young English boy, Harry Fanning, and when the play opens, the French children are excitedly awaiting his arrival. Also living with the family is a French governess, and a tutor, Blaise Lebel. Lebel has a sombre power over the family, and it is the ‘intrusion’ of Harry that sets in motion in him a wave of resentment and fear.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-09
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Laughter in Paradise
Overview: When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-01
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Darby and Joan
Overview: Darby is a blind girl and Joan is her elder sister. The story revolves around Joan's passion for Yorke - an idle scamp - and her marriage to his uncle, the family benefactor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-01
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The Return of Carol Deane
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-16
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The Devil's Maze
Overview: While visiting her friend, Barbara Carlton, Frances Mildmay spends the day fox-hunting and ends up fogbound in the 'Devil's Maze' with Barbara's husband, James. When the pair lodge overnight at an inn, the innkeeper convinces James to seduce Frances. Unbeknownst to them, another family friend, Derek Riffington, is also staying at the inn and becomes aware of the liaison. But, by the time James discovers Frances is pregnant, Derek has gone missing in the Far East - leading James to suggest that, when the child is born, she should accuse Derek of having been the father.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-10-20
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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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