Fanny Carby
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Sutton, Surrey, England, UK
Birthday: February 02, 1925
Deathday: September 20, 2002
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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Lassiter
Overview: A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Embassy to steal millions in gems.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-02-17
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The Coming Out Party
Overview: When a boy discovers that both his parents are in prison, he sets out to find them.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-22
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The Portsmouth Defence
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Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-03-30
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Season of the Witch
Overview: A young woman quits her dull job in the typing pool, and goes off on a search for personal freedom.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-01-07
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Fanny Hill
Overview: Happily engaged to her handsome fiance, Charles, Fanny is soon hit with one misfortune after another until she is forced to become a prostitute to survive. This is the story, with many erotic asides, of her struggle to regain her pride in herself and find happiness in life once again.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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The Elephant Man
Overview: A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-10-09
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A Fluid Arrangement
Overview: Ernie decides to pack up and go to sea, however he had not taken into account the repercussions that would be felt by those around him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-26
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Some People
Overview: Four teen-aged Teds are persuaded to form a rock group and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to keep them out of trouble.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-31
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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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The Trouble with 2b: Part One, Happy Days
Overview: A series of six short films concerning the adventures of form 2B and their inventive science master, Mr Potter
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Oh! What a Lovely War
Overview: The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
Genres: Comedy Music War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-10
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The End of Arthur's Marriage
Overview: In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
Genres: Music TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-17
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A Distant Scream
Overview: Lying on his deathbed, an elderly man who has spent most of his life in prison for the murder of the woman he loved is granted a supernatural chance to go back to that fateful weekend and attempt to discover what really happened...
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-05
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The Idol
Overview: A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-02-01
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I Start Counting
Overview: An English schoolgirl suspects the foster brother she worships is a serial killer.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-10-27
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The Family Way
Overview: Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their honeymoon in Spain, they have to spend their first night together at the home of Arthur's parents. The couple are prevented from having any intimacy, but it only gets worse. They find out that their trip to Spain is canceled, which sets the tone for a rocky few weeks.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-18
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Loophole
Overview: When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
Genres: Crime Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-25
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Indiscreet
Overview: A British movie star falls for an American diplomat. Unfortunately, he is still married...or so she believes. It turns out that his claims of marriage are just a way of ensuring his bachelorhood.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-24
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Lost
Overview: U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
Genres: Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-31
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Biggles
Overview: Unassuming catering salesmen Jim Ferguson falls through a time hole to 1917 where he saves the life of dashing Royal Flying Corps pilot James "Biggles" Bigglesworth after his photo recon mission is shot down. Before he can work out what has happened, Jim is zapped back to the 1980s......
Genres: Action Family Fantasy Science Fiction War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-30
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The Little Match Girl
Overview: The Little Match Girl is a short story by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen. The story is about a dying child's hopes and dreams, and was first published in 1845. This adaptation was made for Harlech TV and broadcast on 28th December 1986 and starred Twiggy and Roger Daltrey, and features the song 'Mistletoe and Wine' which became a Christmas number one for Cliff Richard in 1988, the biggest selling record of that year.
Genres: Drama Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-28
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Mrs. Dalloway
Overview: Clarissa Dalloway looks back on her youth as she readies for a gathering at her house. The wife of a legislator and a doyenne of London's upper-crust party scene, Clarissa finds that the plight of ailing war veteran Septimus Warren Smith reminds her of a past romance with Peter Walsh. In flashbacks, young Clarissa explores her possibilities with Peter.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-09-01
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One Brief Summer
Overview: The story deals with the situation of a mature man, his mistress, his daughter and a young girl who comes into their lives.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-25
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How I Won the War
Overview: An inept British WWII commander leads his troops to a series of misadventures in North Africa and Europe.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-10-18
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The Kitchen
Overview: In the business end of a kitchen, a polyglot staff strives to cope with a superhuman task. A microcosm of the world, the kitchen looms around and encloses its workers; they include Peter, the German cook, who is in love with waitress Monica, and constantly asks her to leave her husband. The pressure of the day becomes unendurable, and when Peter realises that Monica does not mean to divorce her husband his grief and pain cause him to run berserk!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-08-14
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The White Bus
Overview: A despondent young woman travels home to the North of England.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-01
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Sparrows Can't Sing
Overview: Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up with married bus driver Bert and a toddler, and they all watch with more than a little interest at the trail of mayhem Charlie leaves as he goes about sorting things out.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-03-26
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What a Crazy World
Overview: Unemployed East End lad Alf Hitchens has an on-off relationship with his girlfriend Marilyn and a dream of hitting the big time in the music business. Cheerful pop musical with a working-class background which uses a number of genuine London locations.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-07-02
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The Secret Place
Overview: British Melodrama and crime thriller that follows a group of jewel robbers after a major heist. The film makes extensive use of bombed out areas of London.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-02-06
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Never Back Losers
Overview: Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine enquiries into the "accident" and one of the gang leaders feels threatened by this and takes counter measures.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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Bert Rigby, You're a Fool
Overview: A musical about a miner who wants to break into show business.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-02-24
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Bank Holiday
Overview: 18-year-old friends Todd and Towzer set off by motorbike to spend a Bank Holiday weekend in Scarborough. Their long hair, cut-off denim jackets, medals, badges and swastikas lead to hostility from everyone they meet, including the police
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-03-02
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