Noel Howlett
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: December 22, 1902
Age: 122 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: October 26, 1984
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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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Father Brown
Overview: Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-08
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Mary Had a Little...
Overview: A theatrical impresario tries to win a bet with a psychiatrist over the production of a perfect baby.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-25
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The Kiss of the Vampire
Overview: Honeymooning in Bavaria, a young couple becomes stranded and is forced to stay the night in the area. Doctor Ravna, owner of the impressive chateau that sits imposingly above the village, invites them to dinner that evening. Their association with Ravna and his charming, beautiful family is to prove disastrous.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-09-11
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Saraband for Dead Lovers
Overview: Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.
Genres: Romance History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-10-04
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Your Witness
Overview: Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking the advice of his secretary to go to England rather than wire money, Adam arrives in his friend's village to find him about to stand trial for the murder of the hired stable-hand, Lawrence.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-06
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A Yank at Oxford
Overview: A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-02-18
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The Scapegoat
Overview: An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-08-06
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Men Are Not Gods
Overview: Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review of his 'Othello'.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-11-26
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John Wycliffe: The Morning Star
Overview: This affecting biography chronicles the life and times of prominent European philosopher John Wycliffe, who was the first to translate the Bible into English. The 14th century, Oxford University scholar often found himself caught between opposing theological, political and societal forces: He defended England's autonomy against the pontiff's authority and championed the indigent against the wealthy's abuses.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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The Reluctant Widow
Overview: A young governess becomes embroiled in French spy intrigue, in this adaptation of a Georgette Heyer novel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-05-01
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Once Upon a Dream
Overview: An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as find a way to make money in a post-war economy.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-02-01
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The Battle of the Sexes
Overview: Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The staff, led by Mr Martin, has other ideas—and a battle between the old and new business methods soon breaks out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-02-25
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George and Margaret
Overview: The Frictions of a suburban family come to boiling point.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-11-30
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The Last Reunion
Overview: While holding their annual reunion, the former members of a Royal Air Force bomber crew begin to sense the supernatural presence of their old squadron commander, the only member of the group not to return from their last mission of the war.
Genres: War Fantasy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-07-20
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Nowhere to Go
Overview: A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-02
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The Proud Valley
Overview: In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-06
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The Rose Affair
Overview: A young woman befriends a lonely millionaire with a disfigured face whose ruthless business practices are threatening to ruin her father. A modern take on the old story of Beauty and the Beast.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-08
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Lawrence of Arabia
Overview: The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. Lawrence becomes a flamboyant, messianic figure in the cause of Arab unity but his psychological instability threatens to undermine his achievements.
Genres: Adventure History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-11
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The Winslow Boy
Overview: In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-24
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Scott of the Antarctic
Overview: The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-29
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Serious Charge
Overview: Howard Phillips, a vicar who's new in the town of Bellington, wants to reach out to youth. The previous vicar's daughter, Hester Peters, who fears being a spinster, wants to be his wife. He tells her he's not interested. When he confronts a tough kid about something the youth has done, the lad sets out to frame the vicar. Hester, who's walked in on the confrontation, backs the youth's story. The town sides with her and the lad, turning against Phillips. He has a crisis of faith. What options does he have; can no one help him, his reputation, or his calling?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-04-30
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Quatermass and the Pit
Overview: A mysterious artifact unearthed below a London subway station proves to have powerful psychic effects on the people around.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-09
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Laughter in Paradise
Overview: When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-06-01
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Good-Time Girl
Overview: Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-04-28
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When The Bough Breaks
Overview: The bewildered wife of a bigamist allows her child to be adopted and then regrets it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-11-19
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Scrooge
Overview: Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.
Genres: Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-11-28
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Corridor of Mirrors
Overview: A man falls in love with a beautiful young woman and begins to suspect that he may have also loved her in a previous life.
Genres: Drama Romance Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-02-23
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Tomorrow at Ten
Overview: A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-06-23
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Some Will, Some Won't
Overview: Four people go to great lengths to obtain the fortune left in a will by a very wealthy practical joker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1970-04-01
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The Blind Goddess
Overview: Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael Dennison of having diverted public funds for his own use.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-09-14
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Victim
Overview: A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-08-01
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The Amorous Adventures of Moll Flanders
Overview: A bawdy story of how a poor damsel surrenders her virtue again and again to get to the top of society.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-05-26
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Please Sir!
Overview: Mr. Hedges, the somewhat naive and idealistc teacher of the rebellious Class 5C, lobbies to have them allowed on the school camping trip despite much precedent to the contrary. Once on the camping trip Mr. Hedges pursues the local barmaid and the class indulge in their usual activities. A small feud with some stereotypical upper class children in red blazers is resolved with a false rape allegation. A case of some stolen money is resolved through Mr. Hedges trusting the class. At the final dance Mr. Hedges is ensnared in the romantic clutches of Miss Cutforth, contrary to his wishes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-05-01
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The Perfect Woman
Overview: In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. She is in fact the robotic creation of Professor Belman, but it turns out rather to be the Professor's niece Penelope doing a pretty good imitation of the perfect Olga who winds up with them in the bridal suite at the Hotel Splendide.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-23
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The Calendar
Overview: The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-05
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Jassy
Overview: In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-08-13
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The Bushbaby
Overview: The young daughter of a park ranger in Tanzania is distressed to learn that she and her father must permanently return to England, thus separating her from the one thing she loves most, a pet Bushbaby. Fearing what the future holds she decides to set the pet free but while doing so misses the boat back to England. After meeting up with a friendly native they try to resolve the situation together. Things take a turn for the worse when it is falsely reported that the native has kidnapped her, thus putting a price on his head
Genres: History Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1969-09-01
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Woman of Straw
Overview: Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-04-28
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Lust for Life
Overview: An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and frustrations with failure. Supported by his brother, Theo, the tormented Van Gogh eventually leaves Holland for France, where he meets volatile fellow painter Paul Gauguin and struggles to find greater inspiration.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-15
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