George Coulouris

George Coulouris

Born: October 1, 1903
Died: April 25, 1989
in Manchester, England, UK
George Coulouris was a British stage, film and television actor.

Movies for George Coulouris...

The Sets of Marinus
Title: The Sets of Marinus
Character: Arbitan (archive footage)
Released: September 21, 2009
Type: Movie
The Sets of Marinus is a BBC documentary looking at set design for the Doctor Who story The Keys of Marinus. It was released on the DVD of the serial.
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Title: Mussolini: The Untold Story
Character: DeBono
Released: November 24, 1985
Type: TV
The rise and fall of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Recounting his life with his wife, children and mistress, this biography (based on the recollections of Mussolini's eldest son, Vittorio) chronicles Il Duce's tyranny as he plunges Italy into the dark days of World War II.
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Title: Hart to Hart
Released: September 22, 1979
Type: TV
Wealthy couple Jonathan and Jennifer Hart, a self-made millionaire and his journalist wife, moonlight as amateur detectives.
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Title: Jemima Shore Investigates
Released: April 11, 1978
Type: TV
Patricia Hodge stars as the investigative journalist, TV presenter, writer and amateur sleuth Jemima Shore . This enormously popular series based on the novels by Antonia Fraser - also features appearances by Tom Baker, Don Henderson, Bill Nighy, Brian Cox and Lysette Anthony. Poised, determined, and possessed of a sharp intellect and a keen eye, Jemima presents Megalith Television s Jemima Shore Investigates . But in her spare time, she uses her connections to pursue her own investigations and her relentlessly inquiring mind uncovers crime and intrigue of every variety, particularly within the world of the wealthy and the privileged...
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Title: The Doombolt Chase
Released: March 12, 1978
Type: TV
The Doombolt Chase is a naval-themed British science fiction/action television series aimed at a teenage audience. It was broadcast between March 12 and April 16, 1978, as a six-episode series. It was also broadcast in Canada on TVOntario in 1978 and in Germany in 1979 under the title Geheimprojekt Doombolt.
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The Daedalus Equations
Title: The Daedalus Equations
Character: Hans Daedalus
Released: October 20, 1976
Type: Movie
Hans Daedalus has defected from East Germany to the West. Is it possible that his opacity equations live on after his death?
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The Ritz
Title: The Ritz
Character: Old Man Vespucci
Released: August 12, 1976
Type: Movie
On his deathbed Carmine Vespucci's father tells him to "get Proclo". With "the hit" on, Gaetano tells a cab driver to take him where Carmine can't find him. He arrives at the Ritz, a gay bathhouse.
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Shout at the Devil
Title: Shout at the Devil
Character: El Keb
Released: April 12, 1976
Type: Movie
During World War One an English adventurer, an American elephant poacher and the latter's attractive young daughter, set out to destroy a German battle-cruiser which is awaiting repairs in an inlet just off Zanzibar. The story is based on a novel by Wilbur Smith, which in turn is very loosely based on events involving the light cruiser SMS Königsberg, which was sunk after taking refuge in Rufigi delta in 1915.
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Murder on the Orient Express
Title: Murder on the Orient Express
Character: Doctor
Released: November 22, 1974
Type: Movie
In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
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The Antichrist
Title: The Antichrist
Character: Father Mittner
Released: November 22, 1974
Type: Movie
An Italian nobleman seeks help after his paralyzed daughter becomes possessed by the spirit of a malevolent ancestress.
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Percy's Progress
Title: Percy's Progress
Character: Professor Godowski
Released: August 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.
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Mahler
Title: Mahler
Character: Doctor Roth
Released: April 4, 1974
Type: Movie
Famed composer Gustav Mahler reflects on the tragedies of his life and failing marriage while traveling by train.
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Title: Playhouse
Released: March 13, 1974
Type: TV
BBC2 Playhouse is a one hour UK anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas created by Sara Pia Anderson and produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). Among its many notable guest stars were Helen Mirren, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Liam Neeson, Paul Scofield, Deborah Kerr, Ben Kingsley, Donald Pleasence, Brenda Blethyn, and Peggy Ashcroft. It premiered in the UK on March 13, 1974 and ran through May 20, 1983.
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Papillon
Title: Papillon
Character: Dr. Chatal
Released: December 13, 1973
Type: Movie
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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The Final Programme
Title: The Final Programme
Character: Dr Powys
Released: October 4, 1973
Type: Movie
After the death of his Nobel Prize-winning father, billionaire physicist Jerry Cornelius becomes embroiled in the search for the mysterious "Final Programme", developed by his father. The programme, a design for a perfect, self-replicating human being, is contained on microfilm. A group of scientists, led by the formidable Miss Brunner (who consumes her lovers), has sought Cornelius's help in obtaining it. After a chase across a war-torn Europe on the verge of anarchy, Brunner and Cornelius obtain the microfilm from Jerry's loathsome brother Frank. They proceed to an abandoned underground Nazi fortress in the Arctic to run the programme, with Jerry and Miss Brunner as the subjects.
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Coffee, Tea or Me?
Title: Coffee, Tea or Me?
Character: Doctor
Released: September 11, 1973
Type: Movie
An airline stewardess juggles a life that includes a husband in Los Angeles and another one in London.
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The Stranger
Title: The Stranger
Character: Max Greene
Released: February 26, 1973
Type: Movie
An astronaut enters a vortex and crash-lands on a parallel planet where he's not welcome.
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The Suicide Club
Title: The Suicide Club
Released: February 13, 1973
Type: Movie
A young gambler seeking greater challenges joins a card club where the members literally gamble for their lives.
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Title: Crown Court
Released: October 11, 1972
Type: TV
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
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Title: Search
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: TV
Search is an American science fiction series that aired on Wednesday nights on NBC at 10 pm ET, from September 1972 to August 1973. It ran for 23 episodes, not including the two-hour pilot film originally titled Probe. When picked up for series production, the title had to be changed because Probe was the name of an existing PBS series. In the UK the series aired on BBC 1 under the title Search Control. The show was created by Leslie Stevens, and produced by Leslie Stevens, Robert Justman, John Strong and Tony Spinner. The high concept was described as "science fiction in today's world" and the episodes featured many high-tech elements which are considered common in current science fiction shows.
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Tower of Evil
Title: Tower of Evil
Character: John Gurney
Released: May 26, 1972
Type: Movie
A group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders...
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Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Title: Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Character: Professor Berrigan
Released: June 16, 1971
Type: Movie
Two Egyptologists, Professor Fuchs and Corbeck, are instrumental in unleashing unmitigated horror by bringing back to England the mummified body of Tara, the Egyptian Queen of Darkness. Fuchs’s daughter becomes involved in a series of macabre and terrifying incidents, powerless against the forces of darkness, directed by Corbeck, that are taking possession of her body and soul to fulfill the ancient prophesy that Queen Tara will be resurrected to continue her reign of unspeakable evil.
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Unfair!
Title: Unfair!
Character: Judge
Released: November 15, 1970
Type: Movie
This incredibly strange short film was commissioned by the union ACTT (Association of Cinematograph, Television and allied Technicians, of which the filmmaker and novelist B.S. Johnson was a member) as part of its action against the Industrial Relations Bill passed by parliament in 1971.
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No Blade of Grass
Title: No Blade of Grass
Character: Mr. Sturdevant
Released: June 20, 1970
Type: Movie
A strange new virus has appeared, which only attacks strains of grasses such as wheat and rice, and the world is descending into famine and chaos. Architect John, along with his family and friends, is making his way from London to his brother's farm in northern England where there will hopefully be food and safety for all of them.
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Scruggs
Title: Scruggs
Released: April 23, 1970
Type: Movie
Ben Scruggs is an intellectual gangster who lives his life like a poker game.
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Land Raiders
Title: Land Raiders
Character: Cardenas
Released: July 27, 1969
Type: Movie
An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.
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The Assassination Bureau
Title: The Assassination Bureau
Character: Swiss Peasant
Released: March 9, 1969
Type: Movie
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.
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Koroshi
Title: Koroshi
Character: Controller
Released: November 28, 1968
Type: Movie
Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specializes in murder. - This film was originally conceived as part of the fourth season of the "Secret Agent" TV series. However, this was the first episode of the season and Patrick McGoohan quit shortly after filming it. Thus it was decided to package a double-episode from a TV show as a full-length movie. Patrick McGoohan quit "Secret Agent" to create "The Prisoner" TV series. - The original individual episodes of "Danger Man" that made up this movie were released for the first time on video in the 1990s. - The original two one-hour episodes that made up this film were broadcast in limited fashion in the UK in 1968.
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Title: The Prisoner
Character: Man with the Stick
Released: September 29, 1967
Type: TV
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
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Title: Dundee and the Culhane
Released: September 6, 1967
Type: TV
Dundee and the Culhane is an American Western television series starring John Mills and Sean Garrison that aired on the CBS television network from September 7 to December 13, 1967.
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Title: Haunted
Released: August 19, 1967
Type: TV
Haunted was a British supernatural drama series broadcast by ITV. It ran for eight episodes from 1967–68 and starred Patrick Mower as University lecturer Michael West, who travelled around Britain investigating reported paranormal phenomena. None of the episodes are known to have survived on film.
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Too Many Thieves
Title: Too Many Thieves
Character: Andrew
Released: October 13, 1966
Type: Movie
When some priceless Macedonian treasures are swiped, lawyer Falk arrives to get to the bottom of things.
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Arabesque
Title: Arabesque
Character: Ragheeb
Released: May 4, 1966
Type: Movie
When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock, a professor of ancient hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme. Pollock must find information believed to be in hieroglyphic code and must also contend with a mysterious man called Beshraavi. Meanwhile, Beshraavi's lover, Yasmin Azir, seems willing to aid Pollock -- but is she really on his side?
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Title: The Trials of O'Brien
Released: September 18, 1965
Type: TV
The Trials of O'Brien is a 1965 television series starring Peter Falk as a sordid Shakespeare-quoting lawyer and featuring Elaine Stritch as his secretary and Joanna Barnes as his ex-wife. The series ran for only 22 episodes. Among its guest stars: Milton Berle, Robert Blake, David Carradine, Faye Dunaway, Britt Ekland, Tammy Grimes, Buddy Hackett, Gene Hackman, Frank Langella, Angela Lansbury, Cloris Leachman, Roger Moore, Rita Moreno, Estelle Parsons, Joanna Pettet, Brock Peters, Tony Roberts and Martin Sheen. Falk often said that he actually liked this financially unsuccessful series much better than his later smash-hit Columbo.
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The Skull
Title: The Skull
Character: Dr. Londe
Released: August 25, 1965
Type: Movie
An occult investigator buys the 150-year-old skull of the Marquis de Sade, which turns out to be possessed by evil spirits.
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The Crooked Road
Title: The Crooked Road
Character: Carlo
Released: February 3, 1965
Type: Movie
An investigative reporter travels to a small European country with the hope of exposing its dictator's family secrets.
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Title: R3
Released: November 20, 1964
Type: TV
R3 is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1964 and 1965. Full title was Ministry of Research Centre No.3. It was a 50-minute show, and the series starred John Robinson as Sir Michael Gerrard, Jeremy Young as Wilson, David Blake Kelly as Captain Rogers, and was set in a scientific research facility at the Ministry of Research. R3 is also notable for providing early TV exposure for a young Oliver Reed, cast as one of the scientists on the ministry staff, Dr. Richard Franklin. In "Experiment in Death", written by N J Crisp, Undersea exploration becomes an experiment in survival in a bathysphere. That show starred Edward Judd as Peters, Brigit Forsyth as a secretary, Donald Hoath as Turner and Stephen John as a meteorologist. It was produced by John Robins and directed by Paul Bernard.
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Title: The Wednesday Play
Released: September 30, 1964
Type: TV
The Wednesday Play is an anthology series of British television plays which ran on BBC1 from October 1964 to May 1970. The plays were usually written for television, although adaptations from other sources also featured. The series gained a reputation for presenting contemporary social dramas, and for bringing issues to the attention of a mass audience that would not otherwise have been discussed on screen.
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Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Title: Doctor Who: The Keys of Marinus
Character: Arbitan
Released: May 16, 1964
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Arbitan
Released: November 23, 1963
Type: TV
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
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Das russische Wunder
Title: Das russische Wunder
Character: (English version narrator)
Released: May 7, 1963
Type: Movie
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Title: Crane
Released: April 2, 1963
Type: TV
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Title: Zero One
Released: October 3, 1962
Type: TV
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Title: Man of the World
Released: September 29, 1962
Type: TV
Man of the World was an ATV drama series, distributed by ITC Entertainment. The show ran in the United Kingdom in 1962 and 1963 for 20 one-hour episodes in monochrome. The series stars Craig Stevens as Michael Strait, a world-renowned photographer whose assignments lead him into investigating mysterious goings-on amongst the rich and glamorous and intrigue from far-flung place as Iraq, Indo-China, and Algiers. Tracy Reed co-stars in the first season.
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Title: Suspense
Character: Dr. Bennett
Released: April 30, 1962
Type: TV
Anthology series telling suspenseful tales.
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Title: Z-Cars
Released: January 2, 1962
Type: TV
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, Merseyside. Produced by the BBC, it debuted in January 1962 and ran until September 1978.
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King of Kings
Title: King of Kings
Character: Camel Driver
Released: October 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Who is Jesus, and why does he impact all he meets? He is respected and reviled, emulated and accused, beloved, betrayed, and finally crucified. Yet that terrible fate would not be the end of the story.
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Title: Ghost Squad
Released: September 9, 1961
Type: TV
Ghost Squad, known as G.S.5 for its third series, was a crime drama series about an elite division of Scotland Yard that ran between 1961 and 1964. Each episode the Ghost Squad would investigate cases that fell outside the scope of normal police work. Despite the show and characters being fictional, an actual division did exist within the Metropolitan Police Service at the time. Inspiration for the series was taken from a book of the same name, written by John Gosling — a retired police officer and former member of the team. Although the real-life squad only operated in London, the fictionalised team travelled internationally; however — as was typical of the time — most foreign locations were actually a combination of stock footage and sets at Independent Artists Studio at Beaconsfield and Elstree Studios. Music was by Philip Green. The show was produced by ITC Entertainment, along with Rank Organisation TV and ATV. It was the first ITC show filmed to fit the one hour time-slot — setting the trend for the majority of ITC's future output. Another common ITC trait was to feature an American, in this case Michael Quinn, in a leading role so as to increase the chances of international sales. At 6' 3", Quinn often towered over his co-workers. This was especially noticeable in the first series title sequence showing him walking through a crowd walking in the opposite direction. He frequently smoked in the show as did many others. The second series had a different title sequence and Neil Hallett sometimes replaced Quinn. Hallett looked more like a spy while Quinn looked a bit like a playboy. Quinn was replaced by Australian actor, Ray Barrett in the third series. Ray Austin played Billy Clay in and was also Stunt Director on all series bringing the action to life. Austin went on to become a renowned TV director in Hollywood and the UK.
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Title: Pathfinders to Venus
Character: Harcourt Brown
Released: March 5, 1961
Type: TV
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Title: Pathfinders to Mars
Released: December 11, 1960
Type: TV
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Title: Maigret
Released: October 31, 1960
Type: TV
BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
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Surprise Package
Title: Surprise Package
Character: Dr. Panzer
Released: September 29, 1960
Type: Movie
Comic crime caper, set on a Greek island, starring Yul Brynner and Mitzi Gaynor.
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Title: Danger Man
Released: September 11, 1960
Type: TV
Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.
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The Boy Who Stole a Million
Title: The Boy Who Stole a Million
Character: Bank Manager
Released: September 2, 1960
Type: Movie
A boy gets involved in a bank robbery
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Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
Title: Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
Character: Lacoste
Released: April 2, 1960
Type: Movie
A murderer enriches his finances by marrying and then killing off a series of wealthy women.
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Son of Robin Hood
Title: Son of Robin Hood
Character: Alan A Dale
Released: November 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Ten years after the death of Robin Hood, the bandit of Sherwood Forest and defender of the Crown, the power-mad Duke Simon Des Roches plots to seize the British kingdom from its rightful heir, the boy prince, and only Robin's men stand in his way.
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Spy in the Sky!
Title: Spy in the Sky!
Character: Col. Benedict
Released: July 20, 1958
Type: Movie
Women distract a U.S. agent fighting Soviet spies over a German scientist and his secret plans.
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The Big Money
Title: The Big Money
Character: The Colonel
Released: June 9, 1958
Type: Movie
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles, now he has to find a way of changing the notes, so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
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Law and Disorder
Title: Law and Disorder
Character: 'Bennie' Bensuson
Released: June 9, 1958
Type: Movie
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.
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Law and Disorder
Title: Law and Disorder
Character: Sergeant Bolton
Released: June 9, 1958
Type: Movie
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.
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Tank Force!
Title: Tank Force!
Character: Italian POW camp commandant
Released: April 22, 1958
Type: Movie
During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.
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Womaneater
Title: Womaneater
Character: Dr. James Moran
Released: April 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.
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I Accuse!
Title: I Accuse!
Character: Colonel Sandherr
Released: March 5, 1958
Type: Movie
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.
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Seven Thunders
Title: Seven Thunders
Character: Paul Bourdin
Released: September 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German occupied France.
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Kill Me Tomorrow
Title: Kill Me Tomorrow
Character: Heinz Webber
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A reporter who needs cash for his son's operation is paid by a smuggler to take a murder rap.
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The Man Without a Body
Title: The Man Without a Body
Character: Karl Brussard
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A wealthy business man discovers he has a brain tumor and seeks medical help. The business man finds a scientist experimenting with transplanting monkey heads on different monkey bodies. The business man decides to steal the head of Nostradamus from the prophet's crypt.
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Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Title: Tarzan and the Lost Safari
Character: Carl Kraski
Released: April 12, 1957
Type: Movie
Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.
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Doctor at Large
Title: Doctor at Large
Character: Pascoe
Released: March 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) finds himself going from post to post, filling in for other physicians. At one distant country post, he is taken aback when he works with a patient whose husband died after Simon treated the man years before. In another hospital, Simon examines a surprisingly mature teen and also tries courting devoted nurse Nan McPherson (Shirley Eaton).
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Title: Hancock's Half Hour
Released: July 6, 1956
Type: TV
Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The final television series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.
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Title: Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Character: Harwood
Released: February 22, 1956
Type: TV
Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.
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Private's Progress
Title: Private's Progress
Character: Padre
Released: February 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Stanley Windrush has to interrupt his university education when he is called up towards the end of the war. He quickly proves himself not to be officer material, but befriends wily Private Percival Cox who knows exactly how all the scams work in the confused world of the British Army. And Stanley's brigadier War Office uncle seems to be up to something more than a bit shady too - and they are both soon working for him, behind the enemy lines.
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Doctor at Sea
Title: Doctor at Sea
Character: "Chippie" the Carpenter
Released: July 12, 1955
Type: Movie
The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. A bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape the boredom of shore practice, but studies the nurses more than medicine, and Brigitte Bardot is around.
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Mask of Dust
Title: Mask of Dust
Character: 'Pic' Dallapiccola
Released: December 10, 1954
Type: Movie
An idol of auto-racing fans attempts a comeback after serving in the Air Force. When his former rival lies dying in the hospital he must decide whether to continue in the Grand Prix, or make peace with his adversary. Featuring race car greats Stirling Moss, Reg Parnell, John Cooper, Alan Brown, Geoffrey Taylor and Leslie Marr.
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The Teckman Mystery
Title: The Teckman Mystery
Character: Andrew Garvin
Released: October 27, 1954
Type: Movie
A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a series of murders.
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Title: Mark Saber
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: TV
Mark Saber refers to a half-hour 1950s detective television series that took different forms and titles during its run. Tom Conway portrayed Mark Saber as a plainclothes English detective working with the Homicide Division of the N.Y.P.D. in Mystery Theater which aired on ABC from October 1951 to June 1954. Donald Gray portrayed Mark Saber as a one-armed private detective based in London. In The Vise which aired on ABC from September 1955 to June 1957. Donald Gray also portrayed Mark Saber in Saber of London which aired on NBC from October 1957 to May 1960.
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Duel in the Jungle
Title: Duel in the Jungle
Character: Capt. Malburn
Released: June 30, 1954
Type: Movie
An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast. The broker was insured for $1 million so the insurers are suspicious.
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Doctor in the House
Title: Doctor in the House
Character: Briggs
Released: March 23, 1954
Type: Movie
The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950s medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.
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A Day to Remember
Title: A Day to Remember
Character: Foreign Legion Captain
Released: November 10, 1953
Type: Movie
Based on The Hand and the Flower, a novel by Jerrard Tickell, A Day to Remember stars Stanley Holloway as Charley Porter, captain of London darts team. When the team travels to the French town of Boulogne for the annual darts tournament, a good time is had by all--and more besides. Jim Carver one of the team's members, is reunited with a little French girl he'd befriended during the war, who has now developed into a beautiful young woman. And Fred Collins makes a poignant journey to the hotel where he'd honeymooned with his late wife. The film works best as a low-key comedy-drama; it is least successful when it ventures into O. Henry territory and strains for "surprise" story twists. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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The Heart of the Matter
Title: The Heart of the Matter
Character: Portuguese Captain
Released: November 3, 1953
Type: Movie
Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.
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The Dog and the Diamonds
Title: The Dog and the Diamonds
Character: Forbes
Released: November 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A group of children establish their own zoo in the garden of a disused house, which proves to be the headquarters of a gang of crooks.
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The Runaway Bus
Title: The Runaway Bus
Character: Ernest Schroeder
Released: September 28, 1953
Type: Movie
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another airport. The fog is that heavy Percy doesn't know where he is going or that he is carrying stolen gold bullion that the robbers and police are relentlessly pursuing.
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Title: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents
Released: January 7, 1953
Type: TV
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Presents, is a 1950s syndicated anthology series hosted and occasionally starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.. The series offered Buster Keaton in his first dramatic role in the episode entitled "The Awakening". British actor Christopher Lee appeared in varied role in thirteen episodes, including "Destination Milan". The program aired from 7 January 1953 to 11 February 1957 for a total of 117 episodes. Fairbanks himself starred in forty-eight episodes. In Melbourne, Australia the series was aired under the title Chesebrough Ponds Playhouse.
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Venetian Bird
Title: Venetian Bird
Character: Chief of Police Spadoni
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his local contact. In his quest to clear his name, Mercer uncovers a conspiracy. Even the local magistrate seems to be working against him, and Mercer begins to suspect the man he came to find is behind it all.
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Outcast of the Islands
Title: Outcast of the Islands
Character: Babalatchi
Released: November 15, 1951
Type: Movie
After financial improprieties are discovered at the Eastern trading company where he works, Peter Willems flees the resulting disgrace and criminal charges. He persuades the man who gave him his start in life, the merchant ship captain Lingard, to bring him to a trading post on a remote Indonesian island where he can hide out.
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Appointment with Venus
Title: Appointment with Venus
Character: Captain Weiss
Released: October 8, 1951
Type: Movie
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the noses of the Nazis.
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Kill or Be Killed
Title: Kill or Be Killed
Character: Victor Sloma
Released: April 30, 1950
Type: Movie
An innocent man accused of a murder hides out aboard a steam ship in South American.
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Joan of Arc
Title: Joan of Arc
Character: Sir Robert de Baudricourt, Governor of Vaucouleurs
Released: December 22, 1948
Type: Movie
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans.
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Title: The Philco Television Playhouse
Released: October 3, 1948
Type: TV
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
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A Southern Yankee
Title: A Southern Yankee
Character: Maj. Jack Drumman aka The Grey Spider
Released: August 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Red Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming an agent for the Union's secret service during the Civil War.
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Beyond Glory
Title: Beyond Glory
Character: Lew Proctor
Released: August 3, 1948
Type: Movie
Thinking he may have caused the death of his commanding officer Captain Daniels in Tunisia, Rocky visits Daniels' widow. She falls for him, he falls for her, she encourages him to go to West Point. While there he faces serious disciplinary review for having forced a plebe into resigning. He may even be court-martialled.
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Sleep, My Love
Title: Sleep, My Love
Character: Charles Vernay
Released: February 18, 1948
Type: Movie
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.
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Where There's Life
Title: Where There's Life
Character: Prime Minister Krivoc
Released: November 21, 1947
Type: Movie
In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he's become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king.
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California
Title: California
Character: Capt. Pharaoh Coffin
Released: February 21, 1947
Type: Movie
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.
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Mr. District Attorney
Title: Mr. District Attorney
Character: James Randolph
Released: February 20, 1947
Type: Movie
An assistant district attorney gets mixed-up with a woman who is working for the group that he is investigating.
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The Verdict
Title: The Verdict
Character: Supt. John R. Buckley
Released: November 23, 1946
Type: Movie
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
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Nobody Lives Forever
Title: Nobody Lives Forever
Character: Doc Ganson
Released: November 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.
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Confidential Agent
Title: Confidential Agent
Character: Captain Currie
Released: November 2, 1945
Type: Movie
During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.
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Lady on a Train
Title: Lady on a Train
Character: Mr. Saunders, Circus Club Manager
Released: August 3, 1945
Type: Movie
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
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Hotel Berlin
Title: Hotel Berlin
Character: Joachim Helm
Released: March 2, 1945
Type: Movie
An assortment of diverse characters gather at the Hotel Berlin in World War II Germany as the Third Reich falls.
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A Song to Remember
Title: A Song to Remember
Character: Louis Pleyel
Released: January 19, 1945
Type: Movie
Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.
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None But the Lonely Heart
Title: None But the Lonely Heart
Character: Jim Mordinoy
Released: October 17, 1944
Type: Movie
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they're both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
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The Master Race
Title: The Master Race
Character: Von Beck
Released: September 22, 1944
Type: Movie
When allied troops liberate a small battle-scarred Belgium town in 1944 the American and British commanders do all they can to help the war-weary people back on their feet. There are mental and physical wounds to heal, fields to plough, the church to rebuild. But a top Nazi, knowing the War is lost, has infiltrated the town and is fostering dissent and disunity.
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Mr. Skeffington
Title: Mr. Skeffington
Character: Dr. Byles
Released: May 25, 1944
Type: Movie
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
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Between Two Worlds
Title: Between Two Worlds
Character: Mr. Lingley
Released: May 20, 1944
Type: Movie
Passengers on an ocean liner can't recall how they got onboard or where they are going. Soon it becomes apparent that they all have something in common.
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Watch on the Rhine
Title: Watch on the Rhine
Character: Teck Brankovic
Released: August 27, 1943
Type: Movie
On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three children, having lived in Europe for years, visit Sara's wealthy mother near Washington, DC. Kurt secretly works for the anti-Nazi resistance. A visiting Romanian count, becoming aware of this, seeks to blackmail him.
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
Title: For Whom the Bell Tolls
Character: André Massart
Released: July 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists of that era—has been given a high-risk assignment up in the mountains. He awaits the right time to blow up a crucial bridge in order to halt the enemy's progress.
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This Land Is Mine
Title: This Land Is Mine
Character: Prosecutor
Released: May 7, 1943
Type: Movie
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
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Assignment in Brittany
Title: Assignment in Brittany
Character: Capt. Hans Holz
Released: March 11, 1943
Type: Movie
A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.
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Citizen Kane
Title: Citizen Kane
Character: Walter Parks Thatcher
Released: April 17, 1941
Type: Movie
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
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The Lady in Question
Title: The Lady in Question
Character: Defense Attorney
Released: August 7, 1940
Type: Movie
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
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All This, and Heaven Too
Title: All This, and Heaven Too
Character: Charpentier
Released: July 5, 1940
Type: Movie
When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the debonair Duc de Praslin, a royal subject to King Louis-Philippe and the husband of the volatile and obsessive Duchesse de Praslin, she instantly incurs the wrath of her mistress, who is insanely jealous of anyone who comes near her estranged husband. Though she saves the duchess's little son from a near-death illness and warms herself to all the children, she is nevertheless dismissed by the vengeful duchess. Meanwhile, the attraction between the duke and Henriette continues to grow, eventually leading to tragedy.
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The Streets of New York
Title: The Streets of New York
Character: Gideon Bloodgood
Released: August 31, 1939
Type: Movie
The story revolves around the efforts of the middle-class family Fairweather, newly impoverished by the financial panic, to survive against the villainous banker Gideon Bloodgood.
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Christopher Bean
Title: Christopher Bean
Character: Tallent
Released: November 17, 1933
Type: Movie
When the painter Christopher Bean dies, some unscrupulous art dealers try to get several of his paintings cheaply from a family who have no idea of their value.
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The Impassive Footman
Title: The Impassive Footman
Character: Daventry's Butler (uncredited)
Released: June 28, 1932
Type: Movie
A woman finds brief respite from the selfishness of her husband with a young doctor, and their mutual attraction is rekindled by a chance meeting at a concert.