Leslie Dwyer

Leslie Dwyer

Born: August 28, 1906
Died: December 29, 1986
in Catford, London, England, UK
Leslie Dwyer was an English film and tv actor, best known to modern audiences for his role as Mr Partridge, the miserable Punch and Judy man with a dislike of children in television's Hi-de-Hi.

Movies for Leslie Dwyer...

Title: Hi-de-Hi!
Character: Mr. Partridge
Released: February 19, 1981
Type: TV
Hi-de-Hi! is a British sitcom set in Maplins, a fictional holiday camp, during 1959 and 1960, and was written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, who also wrote Dad's Army and It Ain't Half Hot Mum amongst others. It aired on the BBC from 1980 to 1988. The series revolved around the lives of the camp's management and entertainers, most of them struggling actors or has-beens. The inspiration was the experience of writers Perry and Croft: after being demobilised from the army, Perry was a Redcoat at Butlin's, Pwllheli during the holiday season. The series gained large audiences and won a BAFTA as Best Comedy Series in 1984. In 2004, it came 40th in Britain's Best Sitcom and in a 2008 poll on Channel 4, 'Hi-de-Hi!" was voted the 35th most popular comedy catchphrase.
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Dominique
Title: Dominique
Released: March 6, 1980
Type: Movie
The wife of a greedy man comes back to haunt him after he scares her to death.
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Title: Terry and June
Character: Uncle Vernon
Released: October 24, 1979
Type: TV
Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives. The couple have just moved to Purley, south-east London... Aunt Lucy and the mynah bird had disappeared, as had the occasionally visiting daughters. Terry and June now mixed with a friendly next door neighbour, Beattie; Terry's chatty work colleague, Malcolm; and their gruff boss Sir Dennis Hodge. Otherwise, things were much as before, with Terry's pigheaded childishness causing no end of problems, usually thwarting June's attempts at leading a cosy life.
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Waxworks
Title: Waxworks
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
The children visit a waxworks museum near closing time, whilst their grandmother does her shopping. Alice the chimp gets lost, and the children hide as attendants close the building for the night. Meanwhile, an attempt is being made to steal the day's takings.
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Title: Angels
Released: September 1, 1975
Type: TV
Angels is a BBC medical soap-opera which launched on 1st September 1975 and was the blue print for such medical soaps as Casualty, Holby City, plus daytime soap, Doctors. The medical soap focuses on different departments within Heath Green Hospital and was a highly successful continuing drama.
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Title: Late Call
Character: Arthur Calvert
Released: March 1, 1975
Type: TV
Elderly couple Sylvia and Arthur Calvert are forced to move in with their widowed son and his children in Carshall New Town.
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: Ted Greenhead
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: TV
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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Brenda
Title: Brenda
Character: Les Penny
Released: November 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Brenda is 20 and has moved back to her parents' house in an attempt for some stability in her life.
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Title: Seven of One
Released: March 25, 1973
Type: TV
Seven of One was a British comedy series that aired on BBC2 in 1973. Starring Ronnie Barker, 7 of One is a series of seven separate comedies that would serve as possible pilots for sitcoms. Originally it was to be called Six of One, which Barker planned to follow up with another series called Half Dozen of the Other. This was a BBC version of a similar showcase for LWT called Six Dates with Barker created in 1971.
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Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Title: Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters
Character: Vorg
Released: February 17, 1973
Type: Movie
The Doctor and Jo find themselves trapped inside an alien peepshow machine which showman Vorg and his assistant Shirna have brought to amuse the populace of the planet Inter Minor. Can they escape Vorg and the ferocious Drashigs?
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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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A Touch of the Victorians
Title: A Touch of the Victorians
Character: Jack
Released: September 5, 1972
Type: Movie
An Amateur Drama Troupe putting on a show at an old people's home, start to improvise the script with their own personal problems.
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Title: The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Lost Property Man
Released: September 20, 1971
Type: TV
Adaptations of mystery stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's contemporary rivals in the genre.
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Title: You're Only Young Twice
Released: July 5, 1971
Type: TV
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A Hole Lot of Trouble
Title: A Hole Lot of Trouble
Character: Evangelist
Released: January 31, 1971
Type: Movie
Three workmen assigned to dig a hole in a road for an electrical cable run into problems with local officials who believe the hole is being dug in the wrong place and should be closer to the home of a prissy fashion designer.
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Title: Play for Today
Released: October 15, 1970
Type: TV
Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.
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Crooks and Coronets
Title: Crooks and Coronets
Character: Henry
Released: April 2, 1969
Type: Movie
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
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The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Title: The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom
Character: Bookshop Assistant
Released: September 11, 1968
Type: Movie
Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's sewing machine breaks, so Robert sends a repairman, Ambrose, to fix it. It's lust at first sight for Harriet, who convinces Ambrose to hide out in the attic for a tryst. When her new beau shows no desire to leave, the pair begin a years-long love affair right under Robert's nose.
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Lionheart
Title: Lionheart
Character: Carpenter
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
A lion escapes from a circus but is rescued and protected by a young boy.
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Title: King of the River
Released: July 6, 1966
Type: TV
King of the River is a British television series transmitted by the BBC between 1966 and 1967. The series centred around the King family and their efforts to maintain their sail-driven barge transport business.
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Title: Softly, Softly
Released: January 5, 1966
Type: TV
Softly, Softly is a British television drama series, produced by the BBC and screened on BBC 1 from January 1966. It centred around the work of regional crime squads, plain-clothes CID officers based in the fictional region of Wyvern, supposedly in the Bristol area of England.
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Die, Monster, Die!
Title: Die, Monster, Die!
Character: Potter
Released: October 26, 1965
Type: Movie
A young man visits his fiancé's estate to discover that her wheelchair-bound scientist father has discovered a meteorite that emits mutating radiation rays that have turned the plants in his greenhouse to giants. When his own wife falls victim to this mysterious power, the old man takes it upon himself to destroy the glowing object with disastrous results.
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I've Gotta Horse
Title: I've Gotta Horse
Character: Bert
Released: April 25, 1965
Type: Movie
A fast-moving comedy with Billy Fury, who plays himself in the film. The story reveals his great love of animals, and it features his own racehorse, Anselmo. Also featured are several of Billy's own dogs.
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Title: Public Eye
Released: January 23, 1965
Type: TV
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. In the words of an ABC trailer for the third series: "Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous girls. What he does get is people who are in trouble—the sort of trouble you can't go to the police about, even if you are innocent."
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Title: Public Eye
Character: Arthur Mack
Released: January 23, 1965
Type: TV
Public Eye is a British television series that ran from 1965 to 1975. It was produced by ABC Television for three series, and Thames Television for a further four series. The series depicted the investigations and cases handled by the unglamorous enquiry agent Frank Marker, an unmarried loner who is in his early forties when the series begins. In the words of an ABC trailer for the third series: "Marker isn't a glamorous detective and he doesn't get glamorous cases—he doesn't even get glamorous girls. What he does get is people who are in trouble—the sort of trouble you can't go to the police about, even if you are innocent."
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Title: Doctor Who
Character: Vorg
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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Seventy Deadly Pills
Title: Seventy Deadly Pills
Character: Police Constable Robinson
Released: January 1, 1963
Type: Movie
A small boy, Dickie Goodwin, finds some strychnine pills mixed with sweets in a stolen car left in a deserted garage. With them he buys his way into the Rocket Gang. Brian, the leader, shares out the pills for swaps next day. One of the gang eats hers and collapses. The police frantically search for the pills and a broadcast appeal is made. Brian hears this and reaches the gang at Battersea funfair just in time to save them.
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Title: Suspense
Character: George Carter
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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Title: Z-Cars
Character: Joe
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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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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Left Right and Centre
Title: Left Right and Centre
Character: Alf Stoker
Released: June 23, 1959
Type: Movie
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. But could it become boy-who-fancies-girl against girl-who-fancies-boy? The party agents are soon colluding against such a disaster.
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The 39 Steps
Title: The 39 Steps
Character: Milkman
Released: March 13, 1959
Type: Movie
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.
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Under Night Streets
Title: Under Night Streets
Character: Jack Bedwell (voice)
Released: December 8, 1958
Type: Movie
Documentary film about the track workers and "fluffers" (track cleaners) who maintain the London Underground system every night during the few hours when the trains are not running.
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Stormy Crossing
Title: Stormy Crossing
Character: Bill Harris, Kitty's Trainer
Released: August 1, 1958
Type: Movie
After murdering his lover, cross-channel swimmer Joy Webster, Derek Bond attempts to do same to her other boyfriend, Sheldon Lawrence. John Ireland plays an Interpol detective who stems Bond's homicidal hijinks. Black Tide was produced by Monty Berman in his pre-Saint days.
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Eyewitness
Title: Eyewitness
Character: Henry Cammon
Released: August 14, 1956
Type: Movie
When she has a fight, with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becomes the only eyewitness to a couple of crooks, who are robbing the cinema's safe. In her haste to escape the thieves, she is knocked down by a passing bus, and is taken to the local hospital. The two crooks follow, and wait for a chance to finish her off, and thus eliminate the only person who can tie them to the robbery.
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Cloak Without Dagger
Title: Cloak Without Dagger
Character: Fred Borcombe
Released: May 31, 1956
Type: Movie
A British Intelligence officer fails a mission during WW2. Years later whilst working in a hotel he bumps into an old flame who is desperate to discover what went wrong?
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Not So Dusty
Title: Not So Dusty
Released: February 16, 1956
Type: Movie
Two London rubbish collectors come into possession of a valuable book, and thwart the attempts of some criminals to con them out of it. Meanwhile one of the dustmen pursues a romance with a housemaid he has met on his round. Remake of a 1936 film of the same title which had also been directed by Maclean Rogers. Wally Patch who had written and starred in the earlier film, appears in a small role in the remake.
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Room in the House
Title: Room in the House
Character: Benji Pugh
Released: July 25, 1955
Type: Movie
Betsy Richards, a hard-working widow, tries to solve the domestic problems of her three grown-up sons.
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Where There's a Will
Title: Where There's a Will
Character: Alfred "Alfie" Brewer
Released: March 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A Cockney family inherit a ramshackle Devon farm. The rest of the family don't want to leave London but the father insists and off they go, to face the unknown.
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The Black Rider
Title: The Black Rider
Character: Robert Plack
Released: December 1, 1954
Type: Movie
When young reporter and amateur biker Jerry Marsh investigates a mysterious hooded figure on a motorbike, he discovers crooks hiding out in a ruined castle with atomic sabotage on their minds...
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The Good Die Young
Title: The Good Die Young
Character: Stookey
Released: March 2, 1954
Type: Movie
An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.
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Roadhouse Girl
Title: Roadhouse Girl
Character: George Saunders
Released: November 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A middle-aged garage owner's life is turned upside down when his new mechanics gets it on with his sexy younger wife.
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The Hour of 13
Title: The Hour of 13
Character: Ernie Perker
Released: November 21, 1952
Type: Movie
1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief suspect, he must use his guile and wits to prove he’s not the killer; whilst also not getting caught for a jewel robbery he has just committed.
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Hindle Wakes
Title: Hindle Wakes
Character: Chris Hawthorn
Released: November 10, 1952
Type: Movie
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.
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My Wife's Lodger
Title: My Wife's Lodger
Character: Roger the Lodger
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: Movie
My Wife’s Lodger finds hapless soldier Willie Higginbottom (Dominic Roche) hoping for a hero’s welcome when he returns home after the war. But, while he was away, shifty spiv Roger the Lodger (Leslie Dwyer) got his arms around his wife and his feet under the table, and now Willie’s ditzy daughter (Diana Dors) only wants to sing, dance and jitterbug!
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Judgment Deferred
Title: Judgment Deferred
Character: Flowers
Released: February 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A group of very strange men, refugees and casualties of the war, rally round when one of their number is framed by a drug racketeer. Co-opting a well-known journalist to their cause, they scheme to bring the racketeer to justice in a home-made "trial" in the crypt of a ruined church.
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Dodging the Column
Title: Dodging the Column
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 2, 1952
Type: Movie
The transporting of a distillation colurm, 137 feet long, 500 miles by road from Greenwich to Grangemouth in Scotland. The commentary, spoken by the rigger in charge and one of the tractor drivers, expresses the humour and resourcefulness with which these transport workers tackle their job; and the camera has captured moments of beauty as well as some amusing episodes in this journey of the longest load to travel by road in Britain.
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There Is Another Sun
Title: There Is Another Sun
Character: Mick Foley
Released: June 12, 1951
Type: Movie
Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how 'Racer', a 'Wall of Death' rider in the same fairground, involves them in a robbery.
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Laughter in Paradise
Title: Laughter in Paradise
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: June 1, 1951
Type: Movie
When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.
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Smart Alec
Title: Smart Alec
Character: Gossage
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A young artist plots "the perfect murder" in order to inherit his wealthy uncle's fortune.
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Midnight Episode
Title: Midnight Episode
Released: December 31, 1950
Type: Movie
A panhandler who opens car doors for people in London's theatre district finds himself involved in a deadly mystery when a corpse with a cash-stuffed wallet falls out of a vehicle and he helps himself to some of the money.
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Lilli Marlene
Title: Lilli Marlene
Character: Berry
Released: December 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Lilli Marlene, a French girl working as a bar maid in her uncle's café in Benghazi, Libya, turns out to be the girl that the popular German wartime song Lili Marleen had been written for before the war, so both the British and the Germans try to use her for propaganda purposes - especially as it turns out that she can sing as well. When the Germans kidnap her in Cairo and she starts appearing in radio broadcasts from Berlin, her British soldier friends think that she's joined the enemy. They couldn't be more wrong, because after the war it turns out that her songs over the radio contained secret messages to London from British agents in Berlin.
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Double Confession
Title: Double Confession
Character: Leonard
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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Poet's Pub
Title: Poet's Pub
Character: Holly
Released: July 5, 1949
Type: Movie
A loosely structured comedy allowing for a series of vignettes based around an ancient coaching inn. The story was adapted from the 1929 novel by Scottish writer Erik Linklater.
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Now Barabbas
Title: Now Barabbas
Character: Brown
Released: May 24, 1949
Type: Movie
A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
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A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Title: A Boy, a Girl and a Bike
Character: Steve Hall
Released: May 23, 1949
Type: Movie
The lives of the members of a West Yorkshire cycling club are complicated by romantic entanglements and a series of bike thefts.
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The Bad Lord Byron
Title: The Bad Lord Byron
Character: Fletcher
Released: April 18, 1949
Type: Movie
Injured and on his deathbed in Greece, Lord Byron imagines a celestial trial with witnesses to determine the worth of his character.
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It's Not Cricket
Title: It's Not Cricket
Character: Batman
Released: April 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. " This is the regettable story of two Drones who didn't even know their own Zones. It starts in Germany, gets nowhere and stops at nothing." Radford and Wayne, cashiered from the army when they let a captured Nazi escape, become private detectives who later get involved with the same German and a missing diamond ...
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The Calendar
Title: The Calendar
Character: Sam Hillcott
Released: July 5, 1948
Type: Movie
The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.
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Bond Street
Title: Bond Street
Character: Barman
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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When The Bough Breaks
Title: When The Bough Breaks
Character: George
Released: November 19, 1947
Type: Movie
The bewildered wife of a bigamist allows her child to be adopted and then regrets it.
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Temptation Harbour
Title: Temptation Harbour
Character: Reg Slater
Released: February 27, 1947
Type: Movie
The story of a harbor signalman who retrieves a suitcase full of money after witnessing a murder, fails to report it to the police, and finds himself the object of murderous and mercenary interest.
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A Matter of Life and Death
Title: A Matter of Life and Death
Character: ARP Warden (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1946
Type: Movie
When a young RAF pilot miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake and dispatch an angel to collect him.
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Piccadilly Incident
Title: Piccadilly Incident
Character: Sam
Released: August 24, 1946
Type: Movie
A newly married WREN, presumed drowned when her ship is torpedoed, spends three years on a tropical island before returning to England to find her husband remarried with a baby son.
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I See a Dark Stranger
Title: I See a Dark Stranger
Character: Soldier in Café (uncredited)
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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Night Boat to Dublin
Title: Night Boat to Dublin
Character: George Leggett
Released: January 8, 1946
Type: Movie
British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
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Perfect Strangers
Title: Perfect Strangers
Character: Stripey
Released: October 15, 1945
Type: Movie
After World War II service changes them, a married couple dread their postwar reunion.
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Great Day
Title: Great Day
Character: Pub Customer
Released: July 9, 1945
Type: Movie
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
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United States
Title: United States
Character: British soldier
Released: August 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Military training film, narrated by David Niven during his time away from Hollywood to serve in the Army, and produced to instruct British troops in the history of their American allies.
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The Way Ahead
Title: The Way Ahead
Character: Pvt. Sid Beck
Released: June 9, 1944
Type: Movie
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
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Yellow Canary
Title: Yellow Canary
Character: Ship's Steward
Released: December 13, 1943
Type: Movie
A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
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The Lamp Still Burns
Title: The Lamp Still Burns
Character: Siddons
Released: November 29, 1943
Type: Movie
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
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In Which We Serve
Title: In Which We Serve
Character: Parkinson
Released: September 17, 1942
Type: Movie
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
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The Goose Steps Out
Title: The Goose Steps Out
Character: German Soldier on Train
Released: August 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.
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They Flew Alone
Title: They Flew Alone
Character: Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)
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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Cheer Up
Title: Cheer Up
Character: Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1936
Type: Movie
An impoverished team of composer and songwriter try to secure financial backing for their new musical, with the assistance of a struggling actress working as a housemaid.