John Charlesworth
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Biography: John Charlesworth was born on November 12, 1935, in Hull, England. He was an actor, known for A Christmas Carol (1951), Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) and The Children of the New Forest (1955). He died on April 2, 1960, in Birmingham, England. British juvenile actor of the 1950s, who committed suicide by gassing himself. He left a note saying "In this life, you can only let so many people down, then you realize you have gone too far!".
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Birthday: November 12, 1935
Deathday: April 02, 1960
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Gender: Male
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Yield to the Night
Overview: Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-19
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Scrooge
Overview: Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-28
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Five on a Treasure Island
Overview: A story of the location of shipwrecked treasure (gold ingots) being hunted down by 4 children George, Julian, Dick and Ann (sic) and their dog Tim up against a couple of machinating baddies...
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-01
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Tom Brown's Schooldays
Overview: When Tom Brown arrives at Rugby boarding school, he’s mercilessly tormented by the school’s evil bully Flashman. With the help of his friend East, plucky Brown devises a plan to get back at Flashman; in the meantime, he’s asked to look out for a timid new student, whose life is accidentally put in peril during a school race.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-17
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The Blue Peter
Overview: A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and indoctrination at the hands of his captors, and accepts a post as an instructor at the Outward Bound Sea School.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-01
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The Man Upstairs
Overview: The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-09-30
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The Magic Box
Overview: Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to include his first wife's so that it sounded more impressive for the photographic portrait work he was so good at. But he was also an inventor and his search for a way to project moving pictures became an obsession that ultimately changed the life of all those he loved.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-01-01
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So Evil, So Young
Overview: A young girl is framed for a robbery and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-01-01
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John of the Fair
Overview: Set in the fairgrounds of 18th century England, the story of a kidnapped heir who regains his rightful inheritance to title and estates with the help of his friends.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-02-28
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The Adventures of Hal 5
Overview: A very old Austin 7 car is found by two children and bought by their uncle, the Vicar, but the garage proprietor conceals its faulty transmission, which leads to some surprising developments.
Genres: Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Last Holiday
Overview: George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-15
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The Oracle
Overview: An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-06-01
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The Angry Silence
Overview: When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the wrath — and retaliation — of his fellow workers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-10
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Dead Lucky
Overview: Mike Billing's newspaper series about quasi-illegal gambling parties in Mayfair have so far been works more of imagination than genuine journalism. But when he and his columnist girlfriend, Jenny Drew, finally manage to infiltrate one of them, it leads quickly to trouble. The party's organiser is found murdered the next morning, and a number of suspects begin to emerge. But which of them killed Lucky Lewis?
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-01
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