Alan Dobie
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Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 02, 1932
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Gender: Male
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Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Overview: English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
Genres: Adventure Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-06
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A Collier's Friday Night
Overview: A glimpse into the home life of a coal miner and his family. Frustrated with their lot in life, the family quarrel and squabble incessantly with one another in this adaptation of a DH Lawrence short story.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-30
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Alfred the Great
Overview: While Old England is being ransacked by roving Danes in the 9th century, Alfred is planning to join the priesthood. But observing the rape of his land, he puts away his religious vows to take up arms against the invaders, leading the English Christians to fight for their country. Alfred soundly defeats the Danes and becomes a hero. But now, although Alfred still longs for the priesthood, he is torn between his passion for God and his lust for blood.
Genres: History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-10-08
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Madame Sin
Overview: A CIA agent is used as a pawn in an insane woman's plan to steal a Polaris submarine.
Genres: Action TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-15
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Walt Disney Treasures - Dr. Syn: The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
Overview: "Scarecrow! Scarecrow! The soldiers of the King feared his name!" And so begins the hard-to-forget theme song to The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh. Walt Disney's thrilling 3-part adventure was produced for his Wonderful World of Color weekly TV show and aired February 1964. Filled with action, drama and suspense, it follows the adventures of Dr. Christopher Syn - brave priest by day, righter of wrongs by night. And, for the first time, presented in Widescreen format on DVD.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-11
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Jumbo
Overview: In just four months, the world's first jumbo jet goes into regular service over the Atlantic. Already 200 have been ordered by the world's airlines. Each is designed to carry nearly 500 passengers. The jumbo has been called a 'pilot's dream.' But will it also be an airport's nightmare? By next year, half a dozen of the giants may be queuing at peak hours to disgorge their passengers at London Airport. Round the world, airports face their biggest jam in history. Jumbo jets will revolutionise airport design. But they may also speed up other travel developments, with far-reaching effects on the design and peace, of our cities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-08-12
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The Chairman
Overview: An American scientist is sent to Red China to steal the formula for a newly developed agricultural enzyme. What he is not told by his bosses is that a micro-sized bomb has been planted in his brain so that should the mission ever look likely to fail, he can be eliminated at the push of a button!
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-06-25
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The Long Day's Dying
Overview: Three British soldiers and their German captive trek through the European countryside.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-05-28
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Captured
Overview: Directed by cult British director John Krish, the film was sponsored by the Army Kinematograph Corporation. This tightly plotted drama shows British POWs enduring brainwashing and torture during the Korean War, thereby revealing what a soldier could expect if he was ever captured by enemy forces.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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Waxwork
Overview: The play which led to the series Sergeant Cribb.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-08-18
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Seven Keys
Overview: Alan Dobie plays a convict who is bequeathed a set of seven keys by a fellow prisoner. After discovering that the deceased was an embezzler who stole £20,000 that was never recovered; he sets out to find the cash after finishing the last three months of his sentence. However he must first solve the mystery of which locks the keys fit, and run the gauntlet of the police and a number of gangsters who are after him and the money.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-02-01
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The Siege of Manchester
Overview: A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.
Genres: War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-31
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Double Dare
Overview: Martin Ellis (Alan Dobie) is a blocked screenwriter who invites Helen, an actress (Kika Markham), to a hotel in central London to discuss an idea for a play he is writing with her in mind. As they discuss the play, Martin discovers that a businessman and an escort named Carol are sat at a nearby table and appear to be speaking lines from the as yet unwritten piece. Martin becomes anxious at what will eventually become of the girl, already knowing that the play will not have a happy resolution
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-04-06
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A Question Of Faith
Overview: The last days of famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy which are paralleled with one of his last stories - The Death of Ivan Ilyich - about a man who is happy with his life until he finds out he's sick and is about to die.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-02
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White Mischief
Overview: A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war. They are busy swapping partners, doing drugs, and attending lavish parties and horse races. She begins a torrid affair with one of the bon vivants, and her husband finds out and confronts them. The husband and wife decide to break up peacefully, but the bon vivant is murdered and all the evidence points to the husband.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-11-10
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The Disputation
Overview: In 1263, King James I of Aragon organizes a debate between representatives of Judaism and Christianity regarding whether or not Jesus was the Messiah.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-21
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The Suicide Club
Overview: Prince Florizel of Bohemia discovers a secret club where desperate men gamble with their lives, and vows to bring it to an end.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-02-09
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Overview: During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan, engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-04-10
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The Hospice
Overview: When he loses his way on a country road and is bitten by an animal, Maybury stumbles across a strange house where an extravagant dinner is taking place.
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-01
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Hedda Gabler
Overview: Stuck in a loveless marriage to intellectual George Tesman, the ambitious Hedda Gabler hungers for a life her husband can't provide. Then a former flame, the successful Eilert, enters the picture, violence and blackmail aren't far behind.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-03
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Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait
Overview: Francis Bacon: Fragments of a Portrait explores the recurring themes in Bacon’s work, his influences and his life. The documentary is accompanied by a haunting score specially composed by Edwin Astley for the production.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-07-18
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For Services to Myself
Overview: A proud socialist and community activist wrestles with the decision to accept an honour from the Queen
Genres: Drama Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-02-15
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The Comedy Man
Overview: A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it all up to return to stage work and keep his pride.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-03
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Night Mail 2
Overview: An updated version of the classic 1936 "Night Mail", this time using an aeroplanes and vans as well as trains, and with poetry by Blake Morrison.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-01-03
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Faces of Harlow
Overview: The planning, development and life of a new town exemplified by Harlow in South-East England, illustrating its problems and progress.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-01-02
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The River Must Live
Overview: A BAFTA award nominated short feature studying river pollution in Europe and how it can be overcome by the treatment of urban and industrial wastes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-01-01
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