Francis de Wolff
Also Known As: Francis Marie de Wolff, Francis de Wolfe
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Essex, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: January 17, 1913
Age: 112 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 18, 1984
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From Russia with Love
Overview: Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
Genres: Action Thriller Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-10-10
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The Two Faces of Dr. Jekyll
Overview: After a series of scientific experiments directed towards freeing the inner man and controlling human personalities, the kindly, generous Dr Henry Jekyll succeeds in freeing his own alter ego, Edward Hyde, a sadistic, evil creature whose pleasure is murder.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-10-24
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Carry On Cleo
Overview: Two Britons—inventor Hengist Pod, and Horse, a brave and cunning fighter—are captured and enslaved by invading Romans and taken to Rome. One of their first encounters in Rome leaves Hengist being mistaken for a fighter, and gets drafted into the Royal Guard to protect Cleopatra.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-11-08
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Corridors of Blood
Overview: Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig, but soon finds himself addicted.
Genres: Drama Horror Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-12-01
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The Hound of the Baskervilles
Overview: When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-05-04
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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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Ivanhoe
Overview: Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.
Genres: Adventure Romance History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-07-31
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The Smallest Show on Earth
Overview: Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-04-09
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The Man Who Could Cheat Death
Overview: Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 years old. But people are starting to get suspicious, and he may not make 200.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-06-15
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Devil Doll
Overview: An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-01
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Tom Brown's Schooldays
Overview: When Tom Brown arrives at Rugby boarding school, he’s mercilessly tormented by the school’s evil bully Flashman. With the help of his friend East, plucky Brown devises a plan to get back at Flashman; in the meantime, he’s asked to look out for a timid new student, whose life is accidentally put in peril during a school race.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-04-17
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The Black Torment
Overview: A lord returns to his manor with his new wife, to hear rumours that he had already secretly returned and had committed several murders. Has he lost his mind, or is something dark afoot ?
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-10-19
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The Roots of Heaven
Overview: In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support from a nightclub hostess and an ex-soldier. His cause attracts a mix of characters, including a U.S. commentator, a government aide opposed to him, and an ivory hunter with conflicting interests.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-10-15
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Saint Joan
Overview: In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the French Army, and ultimately burned her at the stake as a heretic.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-08
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The Naked Heart
Overview: At the beginning of the 20th century, in the North of the Province of Quebec. After five years spent in a boarding school, Maria Chapdelaine comes back to the family farm. Robert Gagnon, a villager and childhood friend, loves her secretly but Maria is wooed by Lorenzo Surprenant, a man who has fled his home town to escape the police. The one she is really in love with is François Paradis, a handsome trapper. The latter promises to marry her in the spring, as soon as he is back from the Far North. Robert, who is aware of how miserable Maria is, writes a letter to François , asking him to come back at once. Unfortunately, the young trapper is buried under the snow during a storm. As for Lorenzo he gets gunned down by the police. Finally understanding that Robert has sacrificed himself out of love for her, Maria accepts to become his wife.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-11-16
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Licensed to Kill
Overview: An English spy (Tom Adams) guards a Scandinavian scientist (Karl Stepanek) who has sold an anti-gravity device to each side.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-07-05
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Ghosts, Italian Style
Overview: Pasquale and Maria, husband and wife, live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. When Pasquale finds some food in the cupboard he thinks the ghosts are at work.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-12-23
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Cardboard Cavalier
Overview: Cardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood and Jerry Desmonde.The film depicts a historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwyne.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-03-31
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The World Ten Times Over
Overview: Early 1960s realist drama following a day in the lives of two London flatmates. Sylvia Syms and June Ritchie star as Billa and Ginnie, two singletons sharing a London flat who both work as night club hostesses in the same Soho club. Tensions arise when Ginnie becomes romantically entangled with rich married businessman Bob Shelbourne (Edward Judd), causing Billa to become jealous of their relationship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-10-31
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Sinful Davey
Overview: A young man, convinced of his paternity, aims to emulate his notorious father by committing daring crimes. However, his childhood friend is equally determined to track him down and save him from his rogue ways.
Genres: Crime Adventure Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1969-02-10
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The Canterbury Tales
Overview: Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-09-02
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The Three Musketeers
Overview: The young D'Artagnan arrives in Paris with dreams of becoming a King's musketeer. He meets and quarrels with three men, Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, each of whom challenges him to a duel. D'Artagnan finds out they are musketeers and is invited to join them in their efforts to oppose Cardinal Richelieu, who wishes to increase his already considerable power over the King. D'Artagnan must also juggle affairs with the charming Constance Bonancieux and the passionate Lady De Winter, a secret agent for the Cardinal.
Genres: Action Adventure Romance Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1973-12-11
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Clue of the Twisted Candle
Overview: A man is murdered in a room with no windows and a steel lined door which locks only from the inside.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-09-01
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King's Rhapsody
Overview: Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marriage. Love versus duty in this enjoyable romantic film.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-06-07
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Moulin Rouge
Overview: In 1890 Paris, Moulin Rouge is a nightclub where crippled artist Toulouse-Lautrec feels like he fits in. In the following years, he meets two women who provide an opportunity for him to find true love.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-12-23
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Copacabana Palace
Overview: For three days at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, amorous cross-fertilizations are intertwined with petty tricks against the backdrop of the famous carnival festivities. Three (sympathetic) accomplices are beaten to a punch in the hotel vault; three charming stewardesses are looking for entertainment, but their three Carioca host, musicians Tom Jobim, Luiz Bonfá, and João Gilberto, are married; a man, separated from his wife, wants to catch her in the act of adultery.
Genres: Crime Comedy Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-11-03
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The Master of Ballantrae
Overview: Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie against the British crown.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-08-05
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Geordie
Overview: Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. The film was released as "Wee Geordie" in the USA.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-02
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The Diamond Wizard
Overview: While in London trying to nab several fugitives who stole a million dollars from a U.S. Treasury vault, American federal agent Dennison (Dennis O'Keefe) assists Scotland Yard Insp. McClaren (Philip Friend) in his search for a missing atomic scientist (Paul Hardtmuth). The detective duo discovers that the key to solving both cases may rest with the scientist's daughter (Margaret Sheridan) and her fascinating diamond.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-04-01
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Treasure Island
Overview: Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribbean island. Unfortunately, a large number of Flint's old pirate crew are aboard the ship, including Long John Silver.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-07-19
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The Durant Affair
Overview: An unmarried woman, born illegitimate, is convinced to contest her late mother's will.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-05-01
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Odongo
Overview: Steve Stratton (Macdonald Carey) is a hardboiled hunter who catches and keeps wild animals in an African sanctuary in order to sell them to zoos and circuses. When he hires a new veterinarian named "P.J. Muir," he does not imagine that the "P" stands for Pamela, played by the gorgeous Rhonda Fleming!
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-09-21
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Fire Over England
Overview: The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.
Genres: History Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-05
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Sea Fury
Overview: The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the hope of getting his hands on the vessel. Meanwhile, a handsome English sailor, signs on to the boat and before long he and the girl fall for one another. Meanwhile a sinking freighter carrying explosive cargo has to be salvaged....
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1958-08-26
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The Three Lives of Thomasina
Overview: Thomasina is the pet cat of Mary McDhui, the daughter of Scottish veterinarian Andrew McDhui. When Thomasina falls ill, McDhui declares that the pet should be put down. But when Mary and her father try to bury the cat, Lori MacGregor (Susan Hampshire), who is said to be a witch, shows up and attempts to steal it.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Thriller Mystery Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-12-11
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The Savage Innocents
Overview: An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued by the police.
Genres: Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-20
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Miss Robin Hood
Overview: In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition from an elderly fan. She suggests that they conspire to steal a secret whiskey formula from ruthless distillers, who themselves stole it from her family in years gone by. With the recipe back in hand however, it's not long before they attract attention from the Inspectors of Scotland Yard.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-12
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The Kidnappers
Overview: After losing their father in the Boer War, orphaned brothers Harry and Davy must leave their home in Scotland to live with their grandmother and cantankerous grandfather in Nova Scotia. The boys want nothing more than a pet dog, but their grandfather refuses to get them one. Then, when the brothers find an abandoned baby, they decide to keep it – but the foundling may not have been abandoned after all.
Genres: Drama Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-01
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Trottie True
Overview: Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status. She finally settles for Lord Landon Digby who has lots of assets and a very-stiff upper lip. She gets a lot of the latter and very little of the former, and decides Sid might have been a better choice.
Genres: Music Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-29
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The Seekers
Overview: A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.
Genres: Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1954-06-22
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Moby Dick
Overview: In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhorts his men to find Moby Dick, the great white whale. Ahab lost his leg to that creature and is desperate for revenge. As the crew soon learns, he will stop at nothing to gain satisfaction.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-27
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Doctor Who: The Myth Makers
Overview: When the TARDIS arrives on the plains of Asia Minor not far from the besieged city of Troy, the Doctor is hailed by Achilles as the mighty god Zeus and taken to the Greek camp. He meets Agamemnon and Odysseus. Forced to admit he is a mere mortal — albeit a traveller in space and time — he is given two days to devise a scheme to capture Troy. Steven and Vicki, meanwhile, have been taken prisoner by the Trojans. Vicki, believed to possess supernatural powers, is given two days to banish the Greeks to prove she is not a spy.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1965-11-06
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Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Overview: The TARDIS arrives on the planet Marinus on an island of glass surrounded by a sea of acid. The travellers are forced by the elderly Arbitan to retrieve four of the five operating keys to a machine called the Conscience of Marinus, of which he is the keeper. These have been hidden in different locations around the planet to prevent them falling into the hands of the evil Yartek and his Voord warriors, who plan to seize the machine and use its originally benevolent mind-influencing power for their own sinister purposes.
Genres: Science Fiction Drama Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-05-16
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Triple Cross
Overview: A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.
Genres: Adventure War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-12-09
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Under Capricorn
Overview: A native Briton banished to Australia for murder, and his wife, Henrietta, the disturbed sister of the man he was convicted on killing, set out to help her conquer her demons and return her life to normal.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-09-08
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Adam and Evelyne
Overview: A handsome gambler unwittingly becomes guardian of an orphaned, teenaged girl.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1949-05-31
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The Silent Invasion
Overview: During WWII, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. French local Maria falls in love with a German captain. However, the romance comes to an abrupt end when her brother, a saboteur working for the Resistance, is killed.
Genres: War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-12-01
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Siege of the Saxons
Overview: King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. After the King's death, the Knight wishing to marry the princess is ordered by the great wizard Merlin to remove the sword from the scabbard and prove his right to the throne.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-07-01
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The Curse of the Werewolf
Overview: A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at night with uncontrollable urges.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-01
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