Ronald Hines
Also Known As: Ronald Charles Andrew Hines
Biography: Ronald Hines (20 June 1929 – 28 March 2017) was a British actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: June 20, 1929
Age: 95 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 28, 2017
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Seance on a Wet Afternoon
Overview: Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmatic husband, Billy. In an attempt to enhance her credibility as a psychic, Myra hatches an elaborate, ill-conceived plot to kidnap a wealthy couple's young daughter so that she can then help the police "find" the missing girl.
Genres: Crime Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-06-19
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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 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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Sink the Bismarck!
Overview: The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-11
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Dead of Night: A Woman Sobbing
Overview: Jane is an discontented middle-class wife and mother. One night in her bedroom she hears a woman crying, though her husband hears nothing. Is it a symptom of her depression or is her home haunted? In her attempts to discover the truth she becomes increasingly paranoid.
Genres: Horror Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-17
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A Passage to India
Overview: The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month strand, adapted by Santha Ramu Rau and John Maynard, and directed by Waris Hussein.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-16
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The Hi-Jackers
Overview: A self-employed lorry driver is determined to find the criminals responsible for hijacking him.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-13
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Where Adam Stood
Overview: "Where Adam Stood" is "based on" the 1907 autobiography, "Father and Son", by Christian fundamentalist and naturalist Edmund Gosse, but Dennis Potter adapted only one section of the book, adding much material of his own invention. The drama was filmed on the Devon coast near Torquay, not far from where Gosse lived. With a literal belief in the Old Testament, Philip Gosse is opposed to the new theories of Charles Darwin, espoused here by biologist Brackley. Assuming "the Lord's will" determines the fate of his ailing son Edmund, Philip Gosse creates a life-threatening situation, even suggesting the illness is God's punishment because of Edmund's desire for a toy ship.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-21
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Gossip from the Forest
Overview: The events around the signing of The Armistice at the end of the First World War.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-07-28
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Countercrime
Overview: Murder is involved when an intruder is found in a large department store just after it closes.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-07-22
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Beyond The Pale
Overview: Milly and her friends have been going on holiday together ever since they've known each other. This summer they return to one of their favourite haunts, a beautiful Irish country hotel. It's a place full of fond memories for all of them, but on this occasion their sense of ease and comfort is destroyed when a terrible secret is revealed.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-08-30
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Tunnel under the World
Overview: Déja vu: as Guy Birkett goes through the day he has a nagging feeling that he's been here before, experienced this already; except the details are always different. Is it conceivable that he is merely a simulacrum, the ultimate in consumer market surveying?
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-01
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Thark
Overview: Farce in which the nouveau riche Mrs Frush buys Thark, a large country house, from Sir Hector Benbow but then complains that the house is haunted. An assortment of characters go to the house to investigate.
Genres: Comedy Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-05
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Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Overview: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson get involved with Balkan terrorists to save Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria from an assassination at the opera house and prevent World War I.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-06
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Whistle Down the Wind
Overview: When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-25
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Rough Cut
Overview: Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-06-19
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Light the Blue Touch Paper
Overview: Armchair Theatre episode released under the Armchair Theatre Archive banner in 2019
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-09-24
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Make and Break
Overview: Lots of pent up business people struggle to balance business with pleasure.
Genres: Comedy Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-02
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Dunkirk
Overview: A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-20
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The Italian Table
Overview: A junk dealer is caught in the middle of a tug-of-war between a woman, her husband and his mistress when they sell a piece of their furniture.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-18
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The Wood Demon
Overview: A luncheon party gathers to celebrate a wealthy unmarried man's birthday; his sister hopes he'll marry Sonya, the daughter of a selfish gout-ridden old professor who makes life Hell for his son George and his young wife, Helen. At the luncheon is Khrushchov, a passionate environmentalist, called "the Wood Demon" by all, in love with Sonya and she with him, but neither will say it. Two weeks later there's a family meeting at the professor's estate; two weeks after that, a supper at the cabin of Dyadin, who's cheerful to all. George, Helen, Sonya, and Khrushchov are each suffocating. Can any of them take action?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-17
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The Informers
Overview: When the detective in charge of investigating a series of bank robberies starts to get too close to the culprits, they set up a blackmail scheme to warn him off. But when the crooks begin to fall out with each other, the police learn the truth.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-29
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The Two-Headed Spy
Overview: Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.
Genres: War Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-11-17
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Consequences
Overview: Liza, a schoolgirl, meets and falls in love with her classmate's brother, Paul. When she discovers she is pregnant, they each must consider the consequences as outlined by their respective parents.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-10
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The Copyist
Overview: A fateful day in the life of a great composer. A play with music
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-24
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The Frontiers of Science
Overview: A medium attempts to prove to the scientific establishment that her ability to contact the dead is real.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-03
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Young Winston
Overview: This historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-20
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Pack of Lies
Overview: A British couple are shocked out of their suburban malaise when British intelligence agent Stewart shows up at their door and wants to use their house for a stakeout. Stewart reveals that their neighbors are undercover Russian KGB spies, part of a Soviet espionage network.
Genres: Thriller TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-04-26
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