Peggy Simpson
Also Known As: Constance Mary Marguerite Simpson
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
Birthday: July 04, 1913
Deathday: January 05, 1994
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The 39 Steps
Overview: Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Genres: Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-06-06
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Where There's a Will
Overview: Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activities
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-08-10
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Everything Is Thunder
Overview: The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-30
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Jack of All Trades
Overview: In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a bank next to the beleaguered Robertson Hare. Here he invents a fraudulent business plan (Merrivale - you remember it surely?), the manager and chairman and another finance company are suck(er)ed in and it all snowballs from there. With of course a love interest as a dynamo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-12-30
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The Camels Are Coming
Overview: A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the aid of a female pilot to help break up the gang.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-10-08
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Fighting Stock
Overview: The Aldwych Theater farceurs are at it again in Fighting Stock. The punning title refers to a well-stocked rural fishing stream, which sparks a battle royale between two rival groups of fishermen. Brigadier-General Sir Donald Rowley (Tom Walls) gets involved in the fray when he rents a country cottage with his nephew Sydney (Ralph Lynn). While the nephew pitches woo at the local maidens, General Rowley adopts military tactics to reclaim the stream from village squire Duck (J. Robertson Hare).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-09
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Dentist in the Chair
Overview: The misfortunes that befall three dental students when they become unwitting accessories to a burglary.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-08-08
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Sleeping Car
Overview: A French sleeping-car attending with an eye for the ladies hooks up with a wealthy widow and they get married. What he doesn't know is that she married him because she wants to stay in France. Complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-06
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No Kidding
Overview: A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After the youngsters arrive, David quickly realizes what the offensive little punks need is some real discipline, and so the summer begins.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-11-01
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Young and Innocent
Overview: Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort.
Genres: Thriller Romance Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-11-01
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Darby and Joan
Overview: Darby is a blind girl and Joan is her elder sister. The story revolves around Joan's passion for Yorke - an idle scamp - and her marriage to his uncle, the family benefactor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-02-01
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