Desmond Roberts
Also Known As: Des Roberts
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: February 05, 1894
Age: 131 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 11, 1968
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Beau Brummell
Overview: Captain George Bryan Brummell is a British soldier who appreciates fine clothing and innovative dress. Although he initially alienates the Prince of Wales with insulting comments about the prince's uniform designs, he eventually becomes his close confidant. Brummel also falls in love with the beautiful Lady Patricia Belham. However, his outspoken manner eventually leads to his being exiled to France.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-11-16
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Of Human Bondage
Overview: A young man finds himself attracted to a cold and unfeeling waitress who may ultimately destroy them both.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-20
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Simba
Overview: A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in the early 1950s.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-07
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A Woman in Pawn
Overview: 'Ruined stockbroker blamed for killing crooking financier who lured his wife.' (British Film Catalogue)
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-01
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Blind Adventure
Overview: Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, with Rose Thorne, an innocent dupe. Together they try to unravel the mystery, enlisting the aid of a cat burglar named Holmes, who they bump into along the way.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-18
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But the Flesh Is Weak
Overview: A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-04-09
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House of Danger
Overview: To protect a young woman's life, a man pretends to be her injured friend so he can investigate a murder and capture the killers.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-10
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Way for a Sailor
Overview: A devoted sailor jeopardizes his love life for love of the sea.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-01
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The Fountain
Overview: Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned British officer, is paroled to the castle of Baron Von Leyden and finds living there, but now married to German officer Rupert Von Narwitz, his childhood sweetheart Julie. Long discussions between Julie and Allison, centering on family conflicts that kept them apart, take place before the severely wounded Von Narwitz returns to the castle and more long discussions ensue.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-22
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Christopher Strong
Overview: A romance develops between a happily married middle-aged British politician and an adventurous young aviatrix.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-09
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Menace
Overview: A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-11-22
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Cavalcade
Overview: A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-08
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Grip of the Strangler
Overview: A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
Genres: Horror Crime Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-05-11
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The Bad Lord Byron
Overview: Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-04-18
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Gaol Break
Overview: “Jim Oakley hears in prison that his son is to be made a substitute by a gang for a rich American family's son who was kidnapped years back. He breaks jail to rescue his son but after seeing how happy his son will be with the family, he renounces his claim to boy and returns to finish his sentence in jail.” - BFI.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-31
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Grand Canary
Overview: Based on an AJ Cronin novel, a disgraced doctor exiled to the Canary Islands, meets and falls in love with a married woman.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-07-20
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The City of Youth
Overview: A silent drama film directed by E. H. Calvert.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-01
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Headline Shooter
Overview: A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-28
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A Touch of Larceny
Overview: After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-04
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The Royal Bed
Overview: The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming general.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-01-15
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The Man in the White Suit
Overview: The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-08-07
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Double Bunk
Overview: When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends Sid and Sandra, on a local trip down the river to Folkestone, but somehow they end up in France, and with no fuel and supplies, they resort to desperate actions to get back home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-06
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Scott of the Antarctic
Overview: The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-29
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School for Secrets
Overview: Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-23
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I Was Monty's Double
Overview: The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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The Echo Murders
Overview: Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-17
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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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The Calendar
Overview: The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-05
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