Ronald Howard

Ronald Howard

Born: April 7, 1918
Died: December 19, 1996
in Norwood, London, England, UK
Ronald Howard was an English actor and writer who starred in a number of British B movies in the forties and fifties, before moving into television, most notably in the 1954 version of Sherlock Holmes.

He was the son of actor Leslie Howard.

Movies for Ronald Howard...

The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Title: The Many Faces of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Sherlock Holmes (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1985
Type: Movie
This documentary examines the making of the Sherlock Holmes cinematic dynasty and includes interviews and archival film clips featuring the original crime-fighter in all his incarnations.
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Take a Hard Ride
Title: Take a Hard Ride
Character: Halsey
Released: October 29, 1975
Type: Movie
After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to some families who live across the border in Senora, Mexico. Honest Pike is joined on the trip through the wilderness by a dishonest gambler named Tyree.
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Persecution
Title: Persecution
Character: Dr. Ross
Released: November 7, 1974
Type: Movie
A cat lover (Lana Turner) kills her husband, blackmails her lover (Trevor Howard) and torments her son (Ralph Bates).
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Title: The Lotus Eaters
Released: April 23, 1972
Type: TV
They say that once you have eaten from the lotus plant - you will never want to return home. To outward appearances Erik and Ann Sheppard (Ian Hendry and Wanda Ventham) are typical English ex-pats running a bar on a far-flung Greek island. But appearances can be deceptive - this is an arranged marriage of a different sort - with roots in international espionage. Stefan Gryff gives a great performance as the omniscient local police captain.
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The Hunting Party
Title: The Hunting Party
Character: Watt Nelson
Released: July 16, 1971
Type: Movie
A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.
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Run a Crooked Mile
Title: Run a Crooked Mile
Character: Insp. Huntington
Released: November 18, 1969
Type: Movie
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Two years later he wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia, is now married, and living in Switzerland. Now remembering the incident he returns to England to try to solve the mystery.
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Koroshi
Title: Koroshi
Character: Sanders
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: Cowboy in Africa
Character: Wing Commander Hayes
Released: September 11, 1967
Type: TV
Cowboy in Africa was an American Broadcasting Company television series produced during 1967-1968 by Ivan Tors and featuring Chuck Connors as the main actor. A 1966 television pilot show featuring Hugh O'Brian as Jim Sinclair, made into a movie and released to cinemas, was named Africa - Texas Style.
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Africa: Texas Style!
Title: Africa: Texas Style!
Character: Hugo Copp
Released: May 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Two American cowboys are hired by a British rancher to oversee his estate in Kenya. Shot on location in Africa, this film led to the TV show Cowboy in Africa starring Chuck Connors.
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Weekend at Dunkirk
Title: Weekend at Dunkirk
Character: le capitaine Robinson
Released: December 18, 1964
Type: Movie
In June 1940, during the Dunkirk evacuation of Allied troops to England, French sergeant Julien Maillat and his men debate whether to evacuate to Britain or stay and fight the German troops that are closing-in from all directions.
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The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Title: The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb
Character: John Bray
Released: October 18, 1964
Type: Movie
Those who have interfered with the Tomb of Ra-Antef are in terrible danger. Against expert advice, American showman and financial backer of the expedition, Alexander King, plans a world tour exhibiting this magnificent discovery from the ancient world but on the opening night the sarcophagus is void of its contents. The mummy has escaped to fulfill the dreadful prophesy and exact a violent and bloody revenge on all those who defiled his final resting place.
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Siege of the Saxons
Title: Siege of the Saxons
Character: Edmund of Cornwall
Released: July 1, 1963
Type: Movie
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.
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The Bay of St. Michel
Title: The Bay of St. Michel
Released: March 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A trio of World War 2 vets band together to search for a lost Nazi fortune.
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Nurse on Wheels
Title: Nurse on Wheels
Character: Dr. Harold Golfrey
Released: January 3, 1963
Type: Movie
Quietly competent young Joanna moves with her scatterbrain mother to a country village to take up her first job as District Nurse. She soon overcomes the suspicion of her patients used to someone rather older, while becoming romantically involved with a local farmer - at least until he tries to evict a newly-arrived expectant couple who park their caravan on his land.
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Title: Combat!
Character: Capt. Johns
Released: October 2, 1962
Type: TV
Combat! is an American television program that originally aired on ABC from 1962 until 1967. The show covered the grim lives of a squad of American soldiers fighting the Germans in France during World War II. The program starred Rick Jason as platoon leader Second Lieutenant Gil Hanley and Vic Morrow as Sergeant "Chip" Saunders.
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Wuthering Heights
Title: Wuthering Heights
Character: Lockwood
Released: May 10, 1962
Type: Movie
Adaptation of the novel by Emily Brontë.
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The Skin Game
Title: The Skin Game
Character: Inspector Gordon
Released: February 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A scrap dealer is making a profit out of wrecked cars, but trouble starts when one of his men demands more money.
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Bomb in the High Street
Title: Bomb in the High Street
Character: Captain Manning
Released: December 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Thieves disguised as soldiers plan to use a bomb scare as part of their plan to rob a bank.
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Fate Takes a Hand
Title: Fate Takes a Hand
Character: Tony
Released: October 12, 1961
Type: Movie
When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to deliver the letters to their original intended addressees. This solitary incident has profound ramifications on several of the recipients and this film tells the story of how just five of those letters changed peoples lives forever.
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Murder She Said
Title: Murder She Said
Character: Brian Eastley
Released: September 26, 1961
Type: Movie
Miss Marple believes she's seen a murder in a passing-by train, yet when the police find no evidence she decides to investigate it on her own.
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The Naked Edge
Title: The Naked Edge
Character: Mr. Claridge
Released: June 28, 1961
Type: Movie
Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
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The Monster of Highgate Ponds
Title: The Monster of Highgate Ponds
Character: Uncle Dick
Released: May 1, 1961
Type: Movie
The story of three children who find themselves with a friendly monster that grows at an alarming rate.
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Come September
Title: Come September
Character: Spencer
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
Robert Talbot, an American millionaire, arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious Italian villa. His long-time girlfriend Lisa has given up waiting for him and has decided to marry another man. Meanwhile, his sneaky business associate Maurice secretly misappropriates the villa as a hotel while Talbot is away. The current guests of the "hotel" are a group of young American girls.
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The Malpas Mystery
Title: The Malpas Mystery
Released: December 1, 1960
Type: Movie
After Audrey leaves prison after being framed for jewel theft, she gets a job offer from the mysterious Mr. Malpas, triggering a plot involving a missing heir, diamonds and kidnapping.
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Compelled
Title: Compelled
Character: Paul Adams
Released: December 1, 1960
Type: Movie
An ex-convict who's built a respectable post-prison life for himself as an engineer discovers that a past is a hard thing to shake. When old "friends" contact the former prisoner, it's not long before the gone-straight baddie finds himself being blackmailed into taking part in a major jewelry theft.
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The Spider's Web
Title: The Spider's Web
Character: Jeremy
Released: November 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie story.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Martin Gresham
Released: September 13, 1960
Type: TV
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Dr. Edward Stone
Released: September 13, 1960
Type: TV
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Robert Penrose
Released: September 13, 1960
Type: TV
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.
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Man Accused
Title: Man Accused
Character: Bob Jenson
Released: October 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Soon after celebrating his engagement to aristocratic heiress Kathy Riddle (Carol Marsh), engineer Bob Jensen (Ronald Howard) is accused by an insurance investigator of being a notorious -- and murderous -- jewel thief. Can Bob restore his reputation and regain Kathy's trust? Desperate to prove his innocence, Bob engineers a daring jailbreak and pursues the real culprit. Montgomery Tully directs this crime drama.
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Babette Goes to War
Title: Babette Goes to War
Character: Fitzpatrick
Released: September 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Comedy about a naive French country girl in London who helps the war effort by parachuting into German-occupied France to help kidnap an important German general. She bungles through to a heroic finish of plot and counter-plot.
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Title: No Hiding Place
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: TV
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
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No Trees in the Street
Title: No Trees in the Street
Character: Frank
Released: March 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide depression. Melvyn Hayes is featured as an aimless teenager, who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local hoodlum Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in the grip of fear including Hayes' own family. No Trees in the Street chronicles Hayes' sordid progress from nickel-and-dime thefts to murder.
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Title: One Step Beyond
Character: Colin Chandler
Released: January 20, 1959
Type: TV
Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
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Moment of Indiscretion
Title: Moment of Indiscretion
Character: John Miller
Released: September 5, 1958
Type: Movie
Janet Miller (Lana Morris) is a married woman caught in awkward circumstances after police investigating a murder come up with evidence, and a potentially lethal motive, which lead them to suspect her of committing the crime. Their suspicions increase when Janet is less than forthcoming about a visit she paid to a former beau. Happily, her loyal husband (Ronald Howard) swears by her innocence and quickly leaps into motion to find the real killer.
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Gideon's Day
Title: Gideon's Day
Character: Paul Delafield
Released: March 25, 1958
Type: Movie
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.
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I Accuse!
Title: I Accuse!
Character: Captain Avril
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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The House in the Woods
Title: The House in the Woods
Character: Spencer Rowland
Released: October 31, 1957
Type: Movie
A novelist and his wife go to stay at a cottage owned by a painter whose wife has just died.
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Light Fingers
Title: Light Fingers
Character: Michael Lacey
Released: August 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Humphrey assigns a "watchdog" to keep an eye on his wife Rose, whom he thinks is a thief. She isn't - but the watchdog is.
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Drango
Title: Drango
Character: Clay Allen
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A few months after the end of the civil war, Major Drango is sent as military governor in a southern small town, whose citizens he must face the obstility.
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The Hide-Out
Title: The Hide-Out
Character: Robert Grant
Released: December 1, 1956
Type: Movie
An insurance investigator in London attempts to thwart smugglers trafficking stolen lambskins infected with anthrax.
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Title: The Errol Flynn Theatre
Character: Anthony Hardwick
Released: September 15, 1956
Type: TV
The Errol Flynn Theatre is a short-lived anthology series presented by Errol Flynn, who would also play the lead in every fourth show. His then-wife Patrice Wymore and son Sean also made appearances. It was shot in England at Bray Studios but was made for the American market.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Peyton Farquhar
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: James Howgill
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Sherlock Holmes
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Released: October 18, 1954
Type: TV
The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories were produced by Sheldon Reynolds and filmed in France by Guild Films, starring Ronald Howard as Holmes and Howard Marion Crawford as Watson. Archie Duncan appeared in many episodes as Inspector Lestrade. Richard Larke, billed as Kenneth Richards, played Sgt. Wilkins in about fifteen episodes. The series' associate producer, Nicole Milinaire, was one of the first women to attain a senior production role in a television series.
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Flannelfoot
Title: Flannelfoot
Character: Det. Sgt. Fitzgerald
Released: November 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Ace crime reporter Watling tries to discover the identity of a notorious jewel thief, but his informant is murdered. At a house party, Watling helps detective Adam expose the criminal.
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Glad Tidings
Title: Glad Tidings
Character: Cpl Nicholas Brayne
Released: June 13, 1953
Type: Movie
An English colonel finds love with an American widow, to the displeasure of his children.
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Noose for a Lady
Title: Noose for a Lady
Character: Dr. Evershed
Released: April 1, 1953
Type: Movie
An amateur detective races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of murdering her husband. It is based on the novel Whispering Woman by Gerald Verner.
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Street Corner
Title: Street Corner
Character: David Evans
Released: March 17, 1953
Type: Movie
London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
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Black Orchid
Title: Black Orchid
Character: Dr.John Winnington
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name. This classic murder mystery encourages viewers to evaluate all of the clues and guess the killer's identity.
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Wide Boy
Title: Wide Boy
Character: Inspector Carson
Released: April 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Picking a pocket leads to blackmail and murder for a petty criminal in London.
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Night Was Our Friend
Title: Night Was Our Friend
Character: John Harper
Released: December 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Martin's plane crashes in the jungle of Brazil. Nobody believes he survived. In the meantime his wife, Sally, has fallen in love with another man, Dr. Harper. Martin is found and returns to Sally. Unable to face his demons, Martin considers ending his life. Or does Sally do it for him?
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The Browning Version
Title: The Browning Version
Character: Gilbert
Released: April 6, 1951
Type: Movie
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.
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Assassin for Hire
Title: Assassin for Hire
Character: Detective Inspector Carson
Released: April 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Antonio Riccardi, a rare stamp dealer who is secretly a hired killer, pays for the violin lessons of his gifted brother Giuseppe. To meet the expenses of Giuseppe's concert debut he accepts a further job, but his decision to do so provides Detective Inspector Carson, who has long hoped to ensnare Tony, with an opportunity that might now enable him to bring about his downfall.
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Flesh and Blood
Title: Flesh and Blood
Character: Purley
Released: March 6, 1951
Type: Movie
Based upon the play A Sleeping Clergyman by James Bridie, it tells the story of three generations of the Scottish Cameron family, with its various conflicts and romances.
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Portrait of Clare
Title: Portrait of Clare
Character: Ralph Hingston
Released: November 13, 1950
Type: Movie
The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. From the novel by Francis Brett Young.
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Double Confession
Title: Double Confession
Character: Hilary Boscombe
Released: April 30, 1950
Type: Movie
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
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Now Barabbas
Title: Now Barabbas
Character: Roberts
Released: May 24, 1949
Type: Movie
A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
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The Queen of Spades
Title: The Queen of Spades
Character: Andrei
Released: March 16, 1949
Type: Movie
An elderly countess strikes a bargain with the devil and exchanges her soul for the ability to always win at cards. An army officer, who is also a fanatic about cards, murders her for the secret, then finds himself haunted by the woman's spirit.
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Bond Street
Title: Bond Street
Character: Steve Winter
Released: May 12, 1948
Type: Movie
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.
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My Brother Jonathan
Title: My Brother Jonathan
Character: Harold Dakers
Released: February 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
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Nightbeat
Title: Nightbeat
Character: Andy Kendall
Released: December 22, 1947
Type: Movie
After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.
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While the Sun Shines
Title: While the Sun Shines
Character: Earl of Harpenden
Released: February 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Lady Elisabeth Randall is an English Air Force corporal during World War II. She is on her way to marry her fiancé when she finds herself being romanced by two different men.
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'Pimpernel' Smith
Title: 'Pimpernel' Smith
Character: Minor Role
Released: July 26, 1941
Type: Movie
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.