Jan Holden
Also Known As: Valerie Jeanne Wilkinson
Biography: Jan Holden was an English stage, film and television actress.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: May 09, 1931
Age: 94 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: October 11, 2005
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The Stranglers of Bombay
Overview: In 1826 British-ruled India, the secret Cult of Thugee demonstrates their worship of their goddess, Kali, by the mutilation and mass murder of thousands of Indians while pirating the shipments of the British East-Indian Tea Company. As the British military leaders play down the implications of the piracy and disappearances, a lone captain realizes that they are not just coincidence and sets out to uncover the source of the deviltry, at the risk of his career. Based on history.
Genres: Thriller Crime Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-04
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Never Let Go
Overview: John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was not insured, and since the police appear indifferent to his plight, Cummings decides to find it himself -- and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-06-02
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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.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-01
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Lace 2
Overview: While in the first part, Lili searched for her mother, she now questions her mom on the identity of her father.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-09-01
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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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The Primitives
Overview: A group of night club entertainers supplement their income by being international jewel thieves
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-01
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The Haunted House of Horror
Overview: Teenagers gathered in an old mansion are being murdered one by one. The survivors must discover who among them is the killer before he finishes off everybody.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-07-15
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Assignment Redhead
Overview: An American army officer working for British intelligence comes to post-war Berlin to solve a murder. His investigation is compromised when he falls for a nightclub singer, not realising she is an agent of the criminal mastermind he is on the trail of.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-10-01
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The Camp on Blood Island
Overview: Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.
Genres: War Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-04-15
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The Best House in London
Overview: In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Fire Maidens of Outer Space
Overview: An astronaut and crew land on Jupiter's 13th moon and find a monster and women from Atlantis.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-07-01
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Work Is a 4-Letter Word
Overview: Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in his dreary industrial town, but changes his mind when he discovers the plant's boiler room has the perfect climate to assist him with his pet horticultural (fungal) project.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-15
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Escort for Hire
Overview: An unemployed actor hires out as a bodyguard-companion for a woman and finds himself involved in murder.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-12-01
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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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The Whole Truth
Overview: On the French Riviera, movie producer Max Poulton is on location shooting a film starring his lover, Gina Bertini. But when the rueful Max ends his fling with Gina to return to his loyal wife, Carol, the jilted actress threatens to reveal details of their affair to Carol. Later, at a party at Max's villa, investigator Carliss arrives with news that Gina has been killed and that Max is a murderer suspect.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-29
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The Hornet's Nest
Overview: Before getting nabbed by the cops, a jewel thief hides a small fortune in stolen goods aboard an empty barge. But when he later returns to claim his loot, he runs into heaps of trouble with the boat's beautiful tenants and a pair of nosy old ladies. Directed by Charles Saunders, this amusing comedy finds the cunning criminal up against far stronger and more resilient adversaries than he ever anticipated. [Netflix]
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-05-13
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Top Floor Girl
Overview: An ambitious and unscrupulous young woman joins an advertising agency.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-12-12
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Dominique
Overview: The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
Genres: Drama Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-03-06
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