Derek Elphinstone
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: October 15, 1913
Age: 111 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 19, 1999
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Secret People
Overview: This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-02-05
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In Which We Serve
Overview: The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-09-17
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Morning Departure
Overview: At the end of World War II, a Royal Navy submarine on routine patrol strikes and detonates a mine. The subsequent explosion sinks the submarine, killing most of its crew. Frantic efforts are taken to rescue those remaining alive.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-01
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The Four Feathers
Overview: A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
Genres: Adventure Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-04-20
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The Armchair Detective
Overview: The BBC armchair detective clears a nightclub singer of suspicion of the murder of her boss.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-01-01
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Convoy
Overview: A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-28
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The Red Shoes
Overview: In this classic drama, Vicky Page is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov, urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster. Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-06
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Witness for the Prosecution
Overview: Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise. Not to be confused with the later Hollywood adaptation.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-06-10
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Sailors Three
Overview: Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-14
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Flying with Prudence
Overview: A dramatised instruction film made to instil in RAF flying personnel the importance of flight safety in peacetime.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-12-31
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Distant Trumpet
Overview: David Anthony, a Harley Street physician, swaps duties with his brother, a medical missionary in Africa.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-31
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Night Boat to Dublin
Overview: British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-01-08
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