Frank Lawton
Also Known As: Frank Lawton Mokeley
Biography: Frank Lawton (30 September 1904 – 10 June 1969) was an English actor.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Birthday: September 30, 1904
Deathday: June 11, 1969
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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A Night to Remember
Overview: The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-07-03
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Went the Day Well?
Overview: The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
Genres: War Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-12-07
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The Invisible Ray
Overview: Dr. Janos Rukh discovers a certain type of radium that has almost magical healing properties. But the element has a dangerous side, too, and it has already started affecting Rukh. Consumed by paranoia, he begins to suspect that his wife is having an affair. Wild for revenge, Rukh hatches a deadly plot...using his own poisoned body as a weapon to kill.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-20
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The Devil-Doll
Overview: Wrongfully convicted of a robbery and murder, Paul Lavond breaks out of prison with a genius scientist who has devised a way to shrink humans. When the scientist dies during the escape, Lavond heads for his lab, using the shrinking technology to get even with those who framed him and vindicate himself in both the public eye and the eyes of his daughter, Lorraine. When an accident leaves a crazed assistant dead, however, Lavond must again make an escape.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-07-10
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David Copperfield
Overview: Charles Dickens' timeless tale of an ordinary young man who lives an extraordinary life, filled with people who help and hinder him.
Genres: Drama Romance Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-18
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The Skin Game
Overview: An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-26
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Cavalcade
Overview: A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of well-to-do Londoners Jane and Robert Marryot. Amongst events touching their family are the Boer War, the death of Queen Victoria, the sinking of the Titanic, and the Great War.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-02-08
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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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Rough Shoot
Overview: An American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful English countryside, only to discover the area is a hotbed of spies and secret agents.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-03-30
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The Four Just Men
Overview: The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-06-01
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Birds of Prey
Overview: At a reception given by Arthur Hilton at his Sussex home the conversation turns to the subject of danger, with Hilton recalling a case in which he was involved as a Natal police commissioner. In it there were three guilty persons, but only one of them was hanged; the other two were sentenced to long terms, vowing vengeance on Hilton. Unknown to him, the same two men are now among his guests, and are determined to have their revenge.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-18
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Silver Wedding
Overview: British TV Movie Comedy..
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-09
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Happy Family
Overview: Summer 1939, and an ordinary family gets an alarming taste of war to come.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-01-01
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The Mill on the Floss
Overview: Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-01-09
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The Queen's Guards
Overview: Captains John Fellows and Henry Wynne-Walton finish their Army training at Sandhurst Military Academy and are sent to the Middle-East. John is to lead a parachute battalion while Henry is put in charge of a platoon of armoured cars of the Household Cavalry. John is constantly being told by his father, an ex-Guards officer that he is not as good as his brother who was killed during the war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-10-17
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After Office Hours
Overview: A bird's-eye view of life in a City of London office.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-30
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Heads We Go
Overview: A model inherits a great deal of money and pretends to be a movie star.
Genres: Comedy Mystery Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-28
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One More River
Overview: A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-08-06
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Young Woodley
Overview: A schoolboy falls in love with his teacher's young wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-02
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Michael and Mary
Overview: A young bride is deserted by her husband but finds happiness with another man. They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child....
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-29
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The Outsider
Overview: An unorthodox osteopath cures one of his patients, the daughter of a fellow Doctor.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-04-20
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Above Us the Waves
Overview: In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-03-29
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Dangerous Comment
Overview: A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-05-18
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Gideon's Day
Overview: Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his 'typical day" consists in learning that one of his most-trusted detectives has accepted bribes; hunts an escaped maniac who has murdered a girl; tracks a young girl suspected of involvement in a payroll robbery and then helps break up a bank robbery.
Genres: Crime Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-03-25
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The Rising of the Moon
Overview: Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. In "The Majesty of the Law," a police officer must arrest an old-fashioned, traditional fellow for assault. The man's principles have the policeman and the whole village, including the man he slugged, sympathizing with him. "One Minute's Wait" is about a little train station and glimpses into the lives of the passengers, with a series of comic setups. The third piece, "1921," is about a condemned Irish nationalist and his daring escape.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-08-10
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Friday the Thirteenth
Overview: It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle sails down an empty road. Suddenly, lightning strikes, and a vast crane above topples into the path of the oncoming bus... Then Big Ben begins to wind backwards. Time recedes. And we discover the lives of all the passengers and the events that brought them to that late-night bus journey, from the con-man with a hundred-pound cheque to the businessman's distraught and elderly wife. Time flows on, inevitably, to the crash -- and past it, as some live and some die.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-01
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