Sam Spruell
Also Known As: سم اسپروئل
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Sam Spruell is a British actor. His film credits include Defiance (2008), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), London to Brighton (2006), To Kill a King (2003) and K-19: The Widowmaker (2002). His television roles include the recurring cameo of Jason Belling in Spooks (2007 in Episode 6.9 and 2004 in Project Friendly Fire) and the recurring role of Wilkes in P.O.W (2003). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sam Spruell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Southwark, London, England, UK
Birthday: January 01, 1977
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Gender: Male
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Scale
Overview: Driving along the motorway, Will loses his sense of scale. As his crippling drug addiction deepens, he struggles to unpick the sequence of events that led to his predicament, before he's lost forever.
Genres: Animation
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-05-22
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K-19: The Widowmaker
Overview: When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save the ship and prevent a nuclear disaster.
Genres: Drama History Thriller Mystery War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-19
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My Darling Family
Overview: A famous retired opera singer reunites with her children.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2024-08-11
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Venus
Overview: Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the benefit of his wisdom and London culture, their give-and-take surprises both Maurice and Jessie as they discover what they don't know about themselves.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-09-02
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London to Brighton
Overview: It's 3:07am and two girls burst into a run down London toilet. Joanne is crying her eyes out and her clothing is ripped. Kelly's face is bruised and starting to swell. Duncan Allen lies in his bathroom bleeding to death. Duncan's son finds his father and wants answers. Derek – Kelly's pimp – needs to find Kelly or it will be him who pays.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-01
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The Settlers
Overview: Chile, early 20th century. José Menéndez, a wealthy landowner, hires three horsemen to mark out the perimeter of his extensive property and open a route to the Atlantic Ocean across vast Patagonia.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-10-11
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Hello Carter
Overview: Recently sacked and interminably single, Carter is in a rut. So when he spies his beautiful ex-girlfriend through a library bookshelf, for a brief moment, things promise to get a whole lot better. But she is nine months pregnant. And about to go into labour.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-01
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Snow White and the Huntsman
Overview: After the Evil Queen marries the King, she performs a violent coup in which the King is murdered and his daughter, Snow White, is taken captive. Almost a decade later, a grown Snow White is still in the clutches of the Queen. In order to obtain immortality, The Evil Queen needs the heart of Snow White. After Snow escapes the castle, the Queen sends the Huntsman to find her in the Dark Forest.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-30
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The Counselor
Overview: A lawyer finds himself in far over his head when he attempts to get involved in drug trafficking.
Genres: Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-25
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Sixteen
Overview: Jumah is about to turn 16 and is already in need of a fresh start. Burdened with the shameful legacy of a past as a child soldier in the Congo, he lives with his adoptive mother in west London, where he struggles to keep a lid on his history of violence. One night, enjoying a rare carefree evening out with a new friend, Jumah witnesses something that draws him seemingly inescapably into his old ways. As he and others around him begin to question whether he can ever stop being a soldier, he’s set on a path to find out who he truly wishes to be.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-10-13
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Instruments of Darkness
Overview: A war hero and the lure of ambition and descent into hell. An adaptation of Macbeth.
Genres: Action Drama History Fantasy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-10
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Good People
Overview: Tom and Anna Wright, a young American couple, fall into severe debt while renovating Anna's family home in London. As the couple faces the loss of their dream to have a house and start a family, they discover that the tenant in the apartment below them is dead, and he's left behind a stash of cash—$400,000 worth. Though initially hesitant, Tom and Anna decide that the plan is simple: all they have to do is quietly take the money and use only what's necessary to get them out of debt. But when they start spending the money and can't seem to stop, they find themselves the target of a deadly adversary—the thief who stole it—and that's when very bad things start happening to good people.
Genres: Thriller Crime Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-12
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Overview: Jamie and Lucy have an encounter with what appears to be a pair of ghost children. But these spooky kids, Sara and Georgie, aren’t actually ghosts. They’ve travelled forwards in time to seek help, believing they’re going to be murdered by the wicked Mr and Mrs Wickens. And Lucy and Jamie’s strange visitor seems to be the key to it all. With his help, they must travel back to 1821 to save Sara and Georgie and redeem their remorseful new friend – The Amazing Mr Blunden.
Genres: Fantasy Family Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-12-20
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Tick Tock Lullaby
Overview: A wry interweave film about baby making and how as time marches on the decision gets more intense and less romantic.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-01
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Taken 3
Overview: Ex-government operative Bryan Mills finds his life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home. As he's pursued by a savvy police inspector, Mills employs his particular set of skills to track the real killer and exact his unique brand of justice.
Genres: Thriller Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-16
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O, GLORY!
Overview: Set in the late 70's, a psychiatric doctor and his assistant are called to an isolated country house to examine Deborah, whose brother believes she is losing her mind. Fuelled by hysteria and hallucinatory paranoia, they descend into abstract madness.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-03-02
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The Voices
Overview: A mentally unhinged factory worker must decide whether to listen to his talking cat and become a killer, or follow his dog's advice to keep striving for normalcy.
Genres: Comedy Crime Horror Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-01-19
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Give
Overview: An identical twin has a premonition about her sister's violent death and has to decide how much she is willing to sacrifice to save her.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-15
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The Fishing Net
Overview: Budapest, 1953. A man was killed. Andras, a prestigious doctor and family man, is interrogated by the Secret Police. This is the era of spies. Freedom is relative. And being gay is a punishable offence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 2022-09-30
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Company of Heroes
Overview: American soldiers lost behind enemy lines during the WWII make a horrific discovery: Hitler has a super bomb in development. Against all odds, they set out to find the scientist in charge of the program who is looking to defect.
Genres: Action Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-02-25
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My Boy
Overview: Daniel is a father desperately looking for his son. As he contacts a scattered group of family and friends, telling stories and jokes where he possibly can, we realise that a heartbreaking reality lies at the root of his search.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-09-21
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Starred Up
Overview: 19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-21
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Defiance
Overview: Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.
Genres: Action Drama History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-12-31
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Legend
Overview: Suave, charming and volatile, Reggie Kray and his unstable twin brother Ronnie start to leave their mark on the London underworld in the 1960s. Using violence to get what they want, the siblings orchestrate robberies and murders while running nightclubs and protection rackets. With police Detective Leonard "Nipper" Read hot on their heels, the brothers continue their rapid rise to power and achieve tabloid notoriety.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-09
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The Martian
Overview: During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
Genres: Drama Adventure Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-09-30
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Child 44
Overview: Set in Stalin-era Soviet Union, a disgraced MGB agent is dispatched to investigate a series of child murders -- a case that begins to connect with the very top of party leadership.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-15
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The Lady in the Van
Overview: The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway and proceeded to live there for 15 years.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-30
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Overview: When Queen Elizabeth's reign is threatened by ruthless familial betrayal and Spain's invading army, she and her shrewd adviser must act to safeguard the lives of her people.
Genres: Drama History Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-09
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Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
Overview: A biography of Ian Dury, who was stricken with polio at a young age and defied expectations by becoming one of the founders of the punk-rock scene in Britain in the 1970s.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-01-08
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Sand Castle
Overview: Set during the occupation of Iraq, a squad of U.S. soldiers try to protect a small village.
Genres: War Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-04-21
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Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Overview: In the 28th century, Valerian and Laureline are special operatives charged with keeping order throughout the human territories. On assignment from the Minister of Defense, the two undertake a mission to Alpha, an ever-expanding metropolis where species from across the universe have converged over centuries to share knowledge, intelligence, and cultures. At the center of Alpha is a mysterious dark force which threatens the peaceful existence of the City of a Thousand Planets, and Valerian and Laureline must race to identify the menace and safeguard not just Alpha, but the future of the universe.
Genres: Adventure Science Fiction Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-07-20
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To Kill a King
Overview: A recounting of the relationship between General Fairfax and Oliver Cromwell, as they try to cope with the consequences of deposing King Charles I.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-16
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Cowboy Dave
Overview: A young boy's life is changed by a chance encounter with an out-of-luck musician. When a gang of local criminals turns up, the day takes an unexpected turn.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-01
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The Hurt Locker
Overview: During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work.
Genres: Drama Thriller War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-10
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The Informer
Overview: In New York, former convict Pete Koslow, related to the Polish mafia, must deal with both Klimek the General, his ruthless boss, and the twisted ambitions of two federal agents, as he tries to survive and protect the lives of his loved ones.
Genres: Drama Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-08-30
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Outlaw King
Overview: Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.
Genres: Action History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-09-06
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Oats & Barley
Overview: Oats and Barley follows a nervous, impressionable young boy called Jamie as he attends his first funeral. Although this isn't your average first funeral. As Jamie nervously arrives at the ceremony, it becomes clear that he is being coerced into a sinister family business.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-01
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Sudden Light
Overview: As her dad lies dying in hospital, Mia (16) takes sister Squeeze (12) to walk the dog in the fields by their home. Out there, the landscape shifts around them, they become separated and Mia comes across a strange man, lurking at the edge of a dark wood.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-18
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Six Degrees
Overview: A short film.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-08-01
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Cherries
Overview: A class of teenage schoolboys are oblivious to their teacher's attempts to question them about the wider world. They are about to get a lesson they will never forget ... one that will change their lives forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-29
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Locked Down
Overview: During a COVID-19 lockdown, sparring couple Linda and Paxton call a truce to attempt a high-risk jewellery heist at one of the world's most exclusive department stores, Harrods.
Genres: Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-02-25
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Jubilee
Overview: Two members of a right wing political party are on the campaign trail in a housing estate. During the course of a day knocking on doors, it becomes clear they have differing motivations for being there.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-10-21
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The World Is Yours
Overview: To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gangsters, his longtime crush and his scheming mother.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-08-15
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Everything in This Country Must
Overview: Northern Ireland. Soldiers, through inattention, run into a car with a woman and her young son. Two years later, a horse is stuck in the river, and the soldiers happen along, but the horse's owner is violently opposed to their help; he relents, but his hostility is obvious when his daughter invites them inside afterward to warm up.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-31
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The Hanging Sun
Overview: On the run from his former employer, a reluctant hitman seeks refuge in an isolated village where he is faced with events that test the true nature of his conscience.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller Mystery Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-12
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Up the Catalogue
Overview: HOLE_AID presents Up the Catalogue, an ambitiously small film set in a fictional shopping channel by the name of 4QTV. Tasked with flogging a seemingly endless cycle of questionable products, star presenter, Hailey Cartin, is starting to fear she might be trapped in live television. When a rival product demonstrator eventually forces Hailey to confront her own quest-defying reality, will she ever be able to climb out of the hole she’s now in? Maybe. But maybe not. (And certainly not without the generous help of the film’s sponsors, HOLE_AID.) A story for the ages, Up the Catalogue boldly takes the shopping channel film genre away from cult classic territory and straight into the mainstream.
Genres: Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-12-13
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The Thing with Feathers
Overview: A young father hold on reality crumbles following his wife’s death as a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons. This mysterious creature, known as “Crow”, seemingly brought to life from the pages of his work as an illustrator, becomes a very real part of all their lives, ultimately guiding them towards the new shape family must take.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-01-25
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The Narrows
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Genres: Western
Original Language: en
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