Brefni O'Rorke

Brefni O'Rorke

Born: June 26, 1889
Died: November 11, 1946
in Dublin, Ireland

Movies for Brefni O'Rorke...

The Upturned Glass
Title: The Upturned Glass
Character: Dr. Farrell
Released: June 17, 1947
Type: Movie
A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.
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Green Fingers
Title: Green Fingers
Character: Coroner
Released: June 2, 1947
Type: Movie
A fisherman begins studying to be an osteopath. Although he isn't finished with medical school, he begins treating his landlady's daughter who is believed to have a chronic illness. He seems to cure her, and the case draws a lot of attention, some of it negative because he was unlicensed when he treated her. He still does not have a degree when he marries the daughter and begins practising osteopathy.
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The Root of All Evil
Title: The Root of All Evil
Character: Farnish
Released: February 5, 1947
Type: Movie
Jeckie Farnish is a level-headed young woman, unlike her spoiled younger sister, Rushie. When the sisters become involved with charming businessman Charles Mortimer, the resulting tragedy leads to a lust for revenge on Rushie's part. However, Jeckie knows that she can always turn to reliable Joe Bartle in times of need.
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I See a Dark Stranger
Title: I See a Dark Stranger
Character: Michael O'Callaghan
Released: July 4, 1946
Type: Movie
Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are devils. Her desire to join the IRA meets no encouragement, but a German spy finds her easy to recruit. We next find her working in a pub near a British military prison, using her sex appeal in the service of the enemy. But chance puts a really vital secret into her hands, leading to a chase involving Bridie, a British officer who's fallen for her, a German agent unknown to them both, and the police...paralleled by Bridie's own internal conflicts.
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The Voice Within
Title: The Voice Within
Character: Sergeant Sullivan
Released: January 8, 1946
Type: Movie
Dennis O'Shea joins a gang of smugglers in order to raise the money to pay for his brother, who is fleeing from the IRA, to move to the USA. But after he accidentally kills a constable during a smuggling trip, the policeman's dog begins to follow him.
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The Rake's Progress
Title: The Rake's Progress
Character: Bromhead
Released: December 6, 1945
Type: Movie
Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and Marriage for money. All this with no signs of remorse or redemption, since his life as a completely unprincipled rake is quite enjoyable...for him, at least. Then, World War II breaks out and he is given a chance to die a heroic death for flag and country. Maybe.
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Murder in Reverse?
Title: Murder in Reverse?
Character: Sullivan
Released: October 21, 1945
Type: Movie
Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.
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Perfect Strangers
Title: Perfect Strangers
Character: Mr. Hargrove
Released: October 15, 1945
Type: Movie
After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.
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They Were Sisters
Title: They Were Sisters
Character: Coroner
Released: July 2, 1945
Type: Movie
The story of three sisters and the men they marry: one is happily married but childless, the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriage, and the third is tortured by the mental cruelties inflicted by a domineering husband.
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Don't Take It to Heart
Title: Don't Take It to Heart
Character: Charles, Lord Chaunduyt
Released: November 13, 1944
Type: Movie
A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady Mary, daughter of the present Earl, finds him an ally in his fight on behalf of the villagers to protect their ancient rights against a meddling newcomer.
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It Happened One Sunday
Title: It Happened One Sunday
Character: Engineer
Released: July 28, 1944
Type: Movie
A young woman who comes to Liverpool for domestic employment and finds romance with a young sailor who winds up in hospital after a fight.
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Tawny Pipit
Title: Tawny Pipit
Character: Uncle Arthur
Released: April 28, 1944
Type: Movie
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
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The Lamp Still Burns
Title: The Lamp Still Burns
Character: Mr. Lorrimer
Released: November 29, 1943
Type: Movie
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
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Escape to Danger
Title: Escape to Danger
Character: Security Officer
Released: October 18, 1943
Type: Movie
During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the Germans invade.
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The Flemish Farm
Title: The Flemish Farm
Character: Minister
Released: September 6, 1943
Type: Movie
Wartime commando story based on fact. Allied airman risks return (on the ground) to occupied France for the honour of his regiment.
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They Met in the Dark
Title: They Met in the Dark
Character: Detective Inspector Burrows
Released: August 11, 1943
Type: Movie
A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.
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Tomorrow We Live
Title: Tomorrow We Live
Character: Moreau
Released: April 5, 1943
Type: Movie
British World War II film set in occupied France, portraying the activities of members of the French Resistance and the Nazi tactic of taking and shooting innocent hostages in reprisal for acts of sabotage. The opening credits acknowledge "the official co-operation of General de Gaulle and the French National Committee". It was released as "At Dawn We Die" in the US.
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King Arthur Was a Gentleman
Title: King Arthur Was a Gentleman
Character: Colonel Duncannon
Released: December 28, 1942
Type: Movie
Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasizing about King Arthur and his knights.
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Secret Mission
Title: Secret Mission
Character: Father Jouvet
Released: October 5, 1942
Type: Movie
World War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake a hazardous mission to infiltrate a German HQ in search of vital information that could lead to the overthrow of the Nazis.
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The First of the Few
Title: The First of the Few
Character: The Specialist
Released: September 14, 1942
Type: Movie
This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.
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Unpublished Story
Title: Unpublished Story
Character: Denton
Released: August 10, 1942
Type: Movie
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
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Our Film
Title: Our Film
Character: Mr. Webster
Released: August 3, 1942
Type: Movie
A British factory is inefficient because of pre-war rules and red tape. A Soviet trades union representative shows workers and management the value of unity.
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We Serve
Title: We Serve
Released: June 29, 1942
Type: Movie
Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman in their charge.
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They Flew Alone
Title: They Flew Alone
Character: Mac
Released: June 29, 1942
Type: Movie
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
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The Next of Kin
Title: The Next of Kin
Character: Brigadier Blunt
Released: June 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
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The Day Will Dawn
Title: The Day Will Dawn
Character: Political Journalist
Released: June 8, 1942
Type: Movie
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they do not believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.
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The Missing Million
Title: The Missing Million
Character: Coleman
Released: March 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Rex Walton, millionaire man-about-town, mysteriously disappears on the eve of his wedding after an attempt at blackmail by infamous criminal The Panda. His plucky sister Joan aids the police in their investigations, but Rex’s disappearance sets in motion a chain of violent and incomprehensible events when blackmail turns to murder...
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The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Title: The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Character: Ministry Receptionist
Released: February 23, 1942
Type: Movie
A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
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Cottage to Let
Title: Cottage to Let
Character: Scottish Police Inspector (uncredited)
Released: September 6, 1941
Type: Movie
Allied spies and Nazi Agents insinuate themselves at a Scottish cottage (converted to a wartime hospital) with interests on an inventor's nearly perfected bomb sight.
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The Patient Vanishes
Title: The Patient Vanishes
Character: Dr. Crosbie
Released: July 21, 1941
Type: Movie
Action and excitement beckon as popular sleuth Mick Cardby goes on the trail of a missing girl, and finds himself in the clutches of a gang of blackmailers.
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Love on the Dole
Title: Love on the Dole
Character: Dole Officer
Released: June 28, 1941
Type: Movie
Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better. Interlaced with humour that brings a ray of sunshine to the pervasive bleakness, this remains a powerful social study of life between the wars, and was a rare problem picture to come out of Britain at the time.
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The Ghost of St. Michael's
Title: The Ghost of St. Michael's
Character: Sergt. Macfarlan
Released: April 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Hay, assisted by Claude Hulbert and Charles Hawtrey, has to unravel the mystery before he becomes the next victim.