John Bennett
Also Known As: John Bennet
Biography: John Bennett was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire, then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, followed by a wide repertory theatre experience including Bromley, Bristol Old Vic, Dundee, the Edinburgh Festival and Watford before going to London's West End. Often cast as a villain, Bennett had many roles on television including Market in Honey Lane, Porridge, Survivors, The Avengers, Strange Report, Bergerac, The Professionals and four episodes of The Saint. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terence Alexander, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
Birthday: May 08, 1928
Deathday: April 11, 2005
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Gender: Male
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Overview: Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.
Genres: Drama War History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-04-19
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The Tenth Man
Overview: During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the victims, lawyer Chavel trades his place with another man in return for all his possessions. At the end of the war he returns to his house and tries to integrate himself with the family of the man who traded places with him, all the while hiding his true identity. However matters are complicated when a stranger arrives claiming to be Chavel.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-12-04
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Watership Down
Overview: When the warren belonging to a community of rabbits is threatened, a brave group led by Fiver, Bigwig, Blackberry and Hazel leave their homeland in a search of a safe new haven.
Genres: Adventure Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-10-14
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The Dybbuk
Overview: A young bride is possessed by a dybbuk, a malicious possessing spirit, believed to be the dislocated soul of a dead person, on the eve of her wedding.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-02-24
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The House That Dripped Blood
Overview: A Scotland Yard investigator looks into four mysterious cases involving an unoccupied house.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-02-22
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The Greek Tycoon
Overview: A lusty Greek shipping magnate courts the widow of an assassinated U.S. president.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-05-12
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Give My Regards to Broad Street
Overview: When the mastertape of McCartney's latest album is misplaced, he must discover its whereabouts in less than 24 hours or else risk losing his recording company to the lowlife Mr. Rath.
Genres: Drama Music Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-11-28
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Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady
Overview: Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson get involved with Balkan terrorists to save Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria from an assassination at the opera house and prevent World War I.
Genres: Crime Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-12-06
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The Pirates of Blood River
Overview: A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-09
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The House in Nightmare Park
Overview: Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s. Starring Hugh Burden and Oscar winner Ray Milland, and written by Terry Nation. Foster Twelvetrees, a struggling tragedian who scrapes a living by giving hammy performances from the classics, can hardly believe his luck when he’s invited to give a dramatic reading at the country home of a well-off family. Joy soon turns to outraged horror when he discovers dead bodies, foul intentions, lots of snakes and a madwoman in the attic. Can he uncover the hidden family secret before he comes to a sticky end..?
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-03-23
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Postman's Knock
Overview: Likeable country postman Harold Petts gets transferred from his village to London, where on his arrival he unwittingly foils a mail train robbery. Innocent in the ways of the big city, he is thought to be a member of another gang by both the train robbers and the police, who all suspect him of trying to rob the post office where he works.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-02-22
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Split Second
Overview: In a flooded future London, Detective Harley Stone hunts a serial killer who murdered his partner and has haunted him ever since — but he soon discovers what he is hunting might not be human.
Genres: Action Crime Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-01
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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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Not 360
Overview: The camera turns, slowly; we are near a hill, in a world where everything is absurd. The "voice actors" recite a banal script overlapping, in perfect synchrony, the actors' mouths and gestures. The setting and costumes have no relation to the scene. A voice actor recites Shakespeare instead of the script; the confusion continues when the scene ends.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Chaos and Cadavers
Overview: Two young newlyweds, geeky Edward and innocent but alluring Samantha, turn up at a majestic and remote country house hotel for their honeymoon, which has been taken over by the high-spirited members of an Undertakers' Annual Convention. Their attempts at romance are quickly dampened as they become helplessly embroiled in an intriguing whodunit when the Head of the Funeral Directors' Association dies under bizarre circumstances.
Genres: Comedy Crime Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-15
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The Syndicate
Overview: Two vehicles lurch across the east African bush, carrying an ill-assorted party of prospectors who have formed a syndicate to search for uranium deposits. As their four-week window for digging starts to close, trouble soon starts amongst the group and there are some sinister 'accidents'... It is obvious that one of the party is trying to sabotage the expedition; but who?
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-09-16
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Anything Can Happen
Overview: Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-01-02
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The War That Never Ends
Overview: The Peloponnesian Wars (Athens versus Sparta for twenty-seven years) told in the format of news broadcast-like monologues by Theucydides, Plato, and others.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-28
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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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Priest
Overview: The deeply held religious convictions of an idealistic young priest are challenged when he must face extraordinary events within his own congregation.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-24
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A Taste of Money
Overview: An elderly spinster plans a perfect robbery in Soho.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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The Pianist
Overview: The true story of pianist Władysław Szpilman's experiences in Warsaw during the Nazi occupation. When the Jews of the city find themselves forced into a ghetto, Szpilman finds work playing in a café; and when his family is deported in 1942, he stays behind, works for a while as a laborer, and eventually goes into hiding in the ruins of the war-torn city.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-09-17
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The Face of Darkness
Overview: An MP arranges a bomb in a school playground as a pretext to bring back the death penalty.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-11-01
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The Shadow-Line
Overview: Andrzej Wajda's English-language film of a novella by Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, aka Joseph Conrad, about a young man in his first command as a sea captain. A series of crises prove incredibly difficult for his new authority, for the sea is curiously becalmed and the crew is weakened by feverish malaria. When the first mate's fear convinces many that the ship is haunted and cursed by the malevolent spirit of the previous captain, the young man must cope with their superstition as well as the conspicuous absence of much-needed medicine.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 1976-09-06
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The House on Garibaldi Street
Overview: When Israeli officials learn that Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann may be living in Argentina, they send a team of secret agents to apprehend him.
Genres: Drama Thriller TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-05-28
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Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang
Overview: Death stalks the fogbound streets of Victorian London: young women are going missing, horribly mutilated bodies are found floating in the Thames and criminal gangs terrorize the innocent. At the heart of this tangled web sits the mysterious Li H'sen Chang, sorcerer and hypnotist, and his grotesque sidekick Mister Sin. The Doctor dons deerstalker hat and cape to seek out the sinister force lurking in the shadows of the metropolis, for the Talons of Weng-Chiang are reaching out to shred the human race.
Genres: Action Adventure Drama Science Fiction TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-04-02
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The Fifth Element
Overview: In 2257, a taxi driver is unintentionally given the task of saving a young girl who is part of the key that will ensure the survival of humanity.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Adventure
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1997-05-02
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Franz Kafka's 'The Trial'
Overview: BBC documentary about Franz Kafka played by GREEK TV in 1990.This documentary is one of the ten films of "The Modern World: Ten Great Writers (1988)".
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-01
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Henry VIII and His Six Wives
Overview: Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back over his life and the many loves which had brought him his three children, only one of which was the desired male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-07-13
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The Plague Dogs
Overview: Two dogs, Rowf and Snitter, stuggle to survive in the countryside after escaping from an animal research laboratory. They are pursued by search parties and then the military after rumors spread that they could be carrying the bubonic plague.
Genres: Adventure Animation Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-10-01
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Tai-Pan
Overview: The film begins following the British victory of the first Opium War and the seizure of Hong Kong. Although the island is largely uninhabited and the terrain unfriendly, it has a large port that both the British government and various trading companies believe will be useful for the import of merchandise to be traded on mainland China, a highly lucrative market.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-11-07
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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Overview: A wily slave must unite a virgin courtesan and his young smitten master to earn his freedom.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-10-16
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The Challenge
Overview: Jailed for his role in a gang heist and ditched by its female leader (Jayne Mansfield), a widower (Anthony Quayle) decides to keep the loot.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-05-17
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Alien Nation: Millennium
Overview: It's 1999, and as the end of the millenium approaches, people are attempting to find spiritual enlightenment. But a few people want to skip all the work that entails, and a holy Tenktonese relic in the hands of a heretic is giving them a shortcut. But it's not quite as easily controlled as she says.
Genres: TV Movie Science Fiction Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-02
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Antonia and Jane
Overview: Plain Jane Hartman hates her life. She's goofy, boring and only has sex if she reads Iris Murdoch novels out loud to her loopy boyfriend. Her oldest friend Antonia McGill knows about everything. She orders the right food; she can complain and get results. She's beautiful and has a brilliant career. Is it any wonder that they hate each other's guts?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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Kangaroo Man
Overview: "Kangaroo Man" is produced by China Film Co., Ltd., directed by Liu Yiming drama, Qiu Xinzhi, Chen Wenmin to participate in the show. The film tells the story of Li Maitian's wife Jane Li because of accidental pregnancy can not, surrogate also failed, Li Maitian decided to get pregnant, in order to achieve and cherish wish.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-01-07
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The Message
Overview: In sixth-century Mecca, Prophet Muhammad receives his first revelation from God as a messenger. Three years later, he's not alone in his quest and publicly declares his prophecy. Muhammad is fought by Abu Sufian and his wife Hind, rulers of Mecca. Muhammad's followers are hunted and tortured but he continues his calling.
Genres: Adventure Drama Action History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-09
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Minority Report
Overview: John Anderton is a top 'Precrime' cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge.
Genres: Science Fiction Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-06-20
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The Mirror Crack'd
Overview: Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.
Genres: Mystery Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-09-19
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Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs
Overview: The Third Doctor and Sarah arrive in 1970s London to find it has been evacuated because dinosaurs have appeared mysteriously. It turns out the dinosaurs are being brought to London via a time machine to further a plan to revert London to a pre-technological level.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-02-16
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Bridge of Dragons
Overview: The tough and cold mercenary Warchild, is working for the man who took care of his war training and upbringing, the greedy General Ruechang. Ruechang is planning to take over the country by marrying Princess Halo. But Halo discovers that Ruechang killed her father to gain more power than he had working for the King, so she decides to run away. Warchild is the one who has to bring her back to Ruechang, but the one thing no one counted on happens... Warchild and Halo falls in love, and together they take on the forces of Ruechang... Written by Zorteper -
Genres: Action Science Fiction Thriller Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-06-30
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Crooks Anonymous
Overview: A former burglar trying to go straight joins a rehabilitation scheme using much the same methods as AA. Through the process, he takes work as a department store Santa, where the endless parade of goods and money, not to mention the pretty young shop hands have him like a moth to a flame in no time flat.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-31
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Breathtaking
Overview: A beautiful psychiatrist befriends an abused patient, ultimately leading to lust and murder.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-16
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The Barber of Stamford Hill
Overview: Mr. Figg, the barber, is fond of telling customers about his family, but he hasn’t really got one – he’s a bachelor quite alone in the world. But that may change.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-01-10
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Kaleidoscope
Overview: Barney Lincoln is a rambling gambling man who scores sensational wins at poker and chemin de fer because he has succeeded in marking the original plates for the backs of all the playing cards manufactured in a plant in Geneva and used in all the gambling joints in Europe. In his gambling depredation, Barney is spotted by Angel McGinnis, the daughter of a Scotland Yard Inspector 'Manny' McGinnis on the lookout for a man to do a job. The inspector enlists Barney's help in playing poker with a shady London character whom Scotland Yard wants to force to financial ruin.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-07-01
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Eye of the Needle
Overview: Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of vital information about D-Day, takes refuge on Storm Island, an inhospitable, sparsely inhabited island off the coast of northern Scotland.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-07-24
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Needle
Overview: Needle paints a harrowing picture of a Liverpool overrun by drugs, charting a young man's nightmarish descent into intravenous heroin use and AIDS and a police and political leadership incapable of the imagination or courage necessary to respond to the drug problem.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-12
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Pews
Overview: Liftchick has a problem. As beadle to the synagogue he is responsible for getting ten men together to say Kaddish, but it is holiday-time and the town is empty.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-12
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Return Fare
Overview: ' If he's been locked up all these years why is it all right to let him out now? ' ' New thinking.' But what happens when new thinking comes up against the same old behaviour?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-09-01
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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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