James Villiers
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Adult: No
Birthday: September 29, 1930
Age: 94 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: January 18, 1998
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For Your Eyes Only
Overview: A British spy ship has sunk and on board was a hi-tech encryption device. James Bond is sent to find the device that holds British launching instructions before the enemy Soviets get to it first.
Genres: Adventure Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-06-24
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Murder at the Gallop
Overview: Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-24
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Scandal
Overview: An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-03
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The Music Machine
Overview: At a famous London disco venue, a competition is announced to select two dancers to star in a new film.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-01
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Mountains of the Moon
Overview: The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire. The film tells the story of their meeting, their friendship emerging amidst hardship, and then dissolving after their journey.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-02-16
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King Ralph
Overview: As the only relative in line to ascend the Royal throne, a down-on-his-luck American slob must learn the ways of the English.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-15
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Otley
Overview: A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-03-11
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The Alphabet Murders
Overview: The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-12-26
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Repulsion
Overview: Beautiful young manicurist Carole suffers from androphobia (the pathological fear of interaction with men). When her sister and roommate, Helen, leaves their London flat to go on an Italian holiday with her married boyfriend, Carole withdraws into her apartment. She begins to experience frightful hallucinations, her fear gradually mutating into madness.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-06-01
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Overview: During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
Genres: Action Drama Romance TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-11-09
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Asylum
Overview: A young psychiatrist applies for a job at a mental asylum and must pass a test by interviewing four patients. He must figure out which of the patients, is in fact, the doctor that he would be replacing if hired.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-11-17
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Some Girls Do
Overview: A series of unexplainable accidents befall the people and companies responsible for developing the world's first supersonic airliner. A British agent is sent to investigate and with the help of another agent uncovers a plot masterminded by Carl Petersen who stands to gain eight million pounds if the aircraft is not ready by a certain date.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-01-23
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Under the Volcano
Overview: Against a background of war breaking out in Europe and the Mexican fiesta Day of Death, we are taken through one day in the life of Geoffrey Firmin, a British consul living in alcoholic disrepair and obscurity in a small southern Mexican town in 1939. The consul's self-destructive behaviour, perhaps a metaphor for a menaced civilization, is a source of perplexity and sadness to his nomadic, idealistic half-brother, Hugh, and his ex-wife, Yvonne, who has returned with hopes of healing Geoffrey and their broken marriage.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-20
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Joseph Andrews
Overview: Lady Booby alias 'Belle', the lively wife of the fat landed squire Sir Thomas Booby, has a lusty eye on the attractive, intelligent villager Joseph Andrews, a Latin pupil and protégé of parson Adams, and makes him their footman. Joseph's heart belongs to a country girl, foundling Fanny Goodwill, but his masters take him on a fashionable trip to Bath, where the spoiled society comes mainly to see and be seen, but drowns in the famous Roman baths. When the all but grieving lady finds Joseph's Christian virtue and true love resist her lusting passes just as well as the many ladies who fancy her footman, she fires the boy. He's found and nursed by an innkeeper's maid, which stirs lusts there, again besides his honorable conduct, but is found by the good parson.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-03-09
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The Willows in Winter
Overview: Hailed as the "rightful heir" to "The Wind in the Willows", William Horwood's critically acclaimed sequel comes to magical life in this beautifully animated feature-length classic. Join four of the best-loved characters in children's literature for their heart-warming and hilarious new adventure along the Riverbank, narrated by Academy Award-winner Vanessa Redgrave.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-12-26
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The Wrong Box
Overview: In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-06-19
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Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Overview: Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Tara, the Egyptian Queen of Darkness. Fuchs’s daughter becomes involved in a series of macabre and terrifying incidents, powerless against the forces of darkness, directed by Corbeck, that are taking possession of her body and soul to fulfill the ancient prophesy that Queen Tara will be resurrected to continue her reign of unspeakable evil.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-16
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The Nanny
Overview: Nanny, a London family's live-in maid, brings morbid 10-year-old Joey back from the psychiatric ward he's been in for two years, since the death of his younger sister. Joey refuses to eat any food Nanny's prepared or take a bath with her in the room. He also demands to sleep in a room with a lock. Joey's parents -- workaholic Bill and neurotic Virgie -- are sure Joey is disturbed, but he may have good reason to be terrified of Nanny.
Genres: Drama Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-10-07
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Living Image
Overview: A renowned artist of the old school has his whole world turned upside down when his son, a young radical, and his associates bring modern interpretations of art into his life.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-08-18
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The Damned
Overview: An American tourist, a youth gang leader, and his troubled sister find themselves trapped in a top secret government facility experimenting on children.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-11-16
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Overview: Mysterious old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in their squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the housekeepers to a derelict country mansion in the charge of the solicitors. One day the children meet the spirits of two other children who died in the mansion nearly a hundred years prior. The children prepare a magic potion that allows them to travel backwards in time to the era of the ghost children. Will the children be able to help their new friends and what will happen to them if they do?
Genres: Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-12-07
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Girl in the Headlines
Overview: Called in to investigate the murder of a model, Chief Inspector Birkett and Sergeant Saunders soon discover that the victim had been leading somewhat of an immoral life.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-11-15
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Saint Jack
Overview: Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he is offered the opportunity by the CIA to run a brothel for the R&R activities of U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-04-27
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Eva
Overview: Best-selling author Tyvian Jones has a life of leisure in Venice, Italy, until he has a chance encounter with sultry Frenchwoman Eva Olivier. He falls for her instantly, despite already having wedding plans with Francesca Ferrara. Winning Eva's affection proves elusive; she's more interested in money than in love. But Tyvian remain steadfast in his obsession, going after Eva with a fervor that threatens to destroy his life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-03
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King and Country
Overview: During World War I, Army Private Arthur James Hamp is accused of desertion during battle. The officer assigned to defend him at his court-martial, Captain Hargreaves, finds out there is more to the case than meets the eye.
Genres: War Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-05
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Nothing But the Best
Overview: Success has James Brewster's name written all over it, and he also has his heart set on his boss's daughter. A con artist hires him to help out on a bank scheme, but then again, James will do anything to get rich and be the most successful businessman in Britain-even if it means murder!!!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-03-10
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Late Night Final
Overview: Scotland Yard detectives race to find a crippled man, the only witness to crime, who has mysteriously disappeared.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-07-01
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The Wind in the Willows
Overview: Jailed for his reckless driving, rambunctious Mr. Toad has to escape from prison when his beloved Toad Hall comes under threat from the wily weasels, who plan to build a dog food factory on the very meadow sold to them by Toad himself.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-12-24
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E=MC²
Overview: A physicist struggling to prove one of Einstein's theories still finds time to dabble in an extra-curricular relationship with one of his lab assistants. Meanwhile at home his under-sexed wife struggles under the assumption that he is hard at work with his experiments. All of which explodes when she discovers otherwise. Written by John Sacksteder
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-05
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Running Out of Luck
Overview: A rock singer goes to Brazil to shoot a video, but winds up getting kidnapped and enduring a number of seemingly bizarre and hilarious events.
Genres: Music Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-02-02
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Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Overview: A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he just murdered to help him find the loot.
Genres: Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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The Ruling Class
Overview: When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-13
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Uncovered
Overview: While restoring a fifteenth-century painting Julia reveals a hidden Latin phrase. A series of murders begin to rock her small world of art experts, patrons and restorers, and she finds that the mystery of the painting is interwoven with the mystery of the deaths around her.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-01
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Clue of the New Pin
Overview: TV journalist Tab Holland assists Scotland yard with the murder of a reclusive millionaire whose corpse is discovered locked in a vault. The key to the vault is mysteriously found on the table beside the corpse.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-02-01
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Spectre
Overview: An occult criminologist investigates a businessman who dabbles in the black arts while trying to survive against a powerful demon and an evil cult.
Genres: TV Movie Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-05-21
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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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Seven Nights in Japan
Overview: Handsome Prince George arrives on board his ship in Japan. Youthful, immaculate in naval uniform and smiling broadly, he goes through the complicated formalities of being greeted by a host nation. But housed with the Ambassador and his family, the Prince finds the atmosphere stuffy and dull; he longs for freedom and, for once, rebels against his upbringing with all its constraints and responsibilities, escaping for a week of romance, and unexpected drama…
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-05
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Best Ever Bond
Overview: Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
Genres: Documentary Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-22
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You Must Be Joking
Overview: A motley group of soldiers are set loose on swinging England in an initiative test to collect a selection of esoteric items.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-08-03
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The Marquise
Overview: The only period comedy written by Noel Coward. France, 1736. Two distinguished families are celebrating the engagement of their children. The young couple are putting on a brave face, but neither is happy. Adrienne, daughter of the Compte, is secretly in love with her father's penniless secretary, while Miguel, the Duke's son, has lost his heart to a dancer in Paris. An unexpected visitor arrives on the scene.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-07
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The Touchables
Overview: British rock star with a love-'em-and-leave-'em reputation. The tables are turned when four cute young girls kidnap the singer. After several days of sex and degradation, the poor fellow is rescued by his friends.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-11-16
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Father's Help
Overview: A father who ditched his family life to be free and single again finds some unexpected guests left on his doorstep by his wife who has now done the same.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-10-19
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The Millionairess
Overview: One of Shaw's later plays, The Millionairess explores his fascination with the machinations of capitalism. Epifania is glamorous, clever... and also the richest woman in the world. Brought up by a money-mad father, she will only consider a man for marriage if he can convert £150 into £50,000 within six months. But when she meets an intriguing Egyptian doctor, he has his own money-making challenge for her...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-09-12
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Daylight Robbery
Overview: Three children are locked in a store by accident. They help catch a gang who break into the store the same day in order to get to the bank next door.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-12-01
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Unity
Overview: Period Drama. The true story of Unity Mitford who in the 1930's went to live in Germany and was friends with Adolf Hitler.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-03-20
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Scandal
Overview: An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. Eventually a scandal occurs when her affair with the Minister of War goes public, threatening their lifestyles and their freedom.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-03-03
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Let Him Have It
Overview: In 1950s England, slow-witted Derek Bentley falls in with a group of petty criminals led by Chris Craig, a teenager with a fondness for American gangster films. Chris and Derek's friendship leads to their involvement in the true case which would forever shake England's belief in capital punishment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-10-04
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The Tichborne Claimant
Overview: Based on a true story, set in the late 19th century: Lord Tichborne, the ninth richest nobleman in England, disappears after a South American shipwreck. Some years later his erudite Afro-English valet, Bogle, is sent to investigate rumors that Tichborne survived and settled in Australia. An alcoholic ruffian answer's Bogle's inquiries claiming to be the lost heir. Bogle suspects fraud, but conspires with the claimant to split the inheritance should the latter succesfully pass himself off to friends, family and the courts. As the claimant returns to England to continue his charade, enough people confirm his identity to make both the claimant and Bogle believe that he just might be the rightful heir after all.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-08-01
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Pygmalion
Overview: Staring Lynn Redgrave as Eliza Dolittle, this charming BBC production captures the complexities of human relationships in a social world. Phonetics professor Henry Higgins tutors the painfully lower class Eliza Dolittle in speech as well as manner. When the end result produces a very ladylike Miss Dolittle, Professor Higgins discovers he may have a few lessons to learn himself.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-16
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Father Came Too!
Overview: When Dexter Munro and his new wife Juliet get married, they decide to escape Juliet's meddling father by buying a rundown cottage and doing it up themselves. But when the cottage proves to be more ramshackle than they thought, and the scale of the repairs needed far out of their budget, the newlyweds are forced into calling on Juliet's father after all. Before long he's employed incompetent builder Josh Wicks, and the situation goes from bad to worse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-02-11
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Bomb in the High Street
Overview: Thieves disguised as soldiers plan to use a bomb scare as part of their plan to rob a bank.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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Half a Sixpence
Overview: "If I had the money, I'd buy me a banjo!" says struggling sales clerk Arthur Kipps. Soon he'll inherit enough to buy a whole bloomin' orchestra. But can his newfound wealth buy happiness?
Genres: Music Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-21
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The Ghost of Peter Sellers
Overview: A documentary about Peter Medak's unreleased film 'Ghost in the Noonday Sun', starring Peter Sellers and filmed in Cyprus in 1973.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-08-30
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Carry On Sergeant
Overview: Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to Grimshawe to put the no-hopers through their paces.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-31
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