Marjorie Rhodes

Marjorie Rhodes

Born: April 9, 1897
Died: July 4, 1979
in Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Marjorie Rhodes, born Millicent Wise in Hull, Yorkshire was a British actress.

Movies for Marjorie Rhodes...

Hands of the Ripper
Title: Hands of the Ripper
Character: Mrs. Bryant
Released: October 17, 1971
Type: Movie
A series of murders occur that mirror those committed by the Whitechapel Ripper. Through his experiments with psychoanalysis Dr Pritchard discovers a deadly violence in one of his young female patients. As he delves into the recesses of her mind he uncovers that Anna is possessed by her dead father's spirit, willing her to commit acts of gruesome savagery over which she has no control. But the most chilling revelation of all is the identity of her father: Jack the Ripper himself.
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Spring and Port Wine
Title: Spring and Port Wine
Character: Mrs. Gasket
Released: October 2, 1970
Type: Movie
A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.
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Title: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Character: Mrs. Pleasance
Released: September 21, 1969
Type: TV
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation, but returns as a ghost. Randall is the only main character able to see or hear him, although certain minor characters are also able to do so in various circumstances throughout the series.
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Title: The Main Chance
Character: Ruth Paxton
Released: June 18, 1969
Type: TV
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
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Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Title: Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Character: Grandma Gloria Tulley
Released: January 22, 1968
Type: Movie
Herman inherits a greyhound and decides to make his fortune by dog racing. After traveling from Manchester to London in the hope of entering a national invitational, Herman and his friends find work in a pop group, and Herman falls in love.
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The Family Way
Title: The Family Way
Character: Lucy Fitton
Released: December 18, 1966
Type: Movie
Young newlyweds Arthur and Jenny Fitton want nothing more than to get their marriage started on the right foot. But before they can depart for their honeymoon in Spain, they have to spend their first night together at the home of Arthur's parents. The couple are prevented from having any intimacy, but it only gets worse. They find out that their trip to Spain is canceled, which sets the tone for a rocky few weeks.
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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Title: Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Character: Waitress
Released: June 16, 1965
Type: Movie
In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers £10,000 to the first person who can fly across the English Channel. But one of the participants, Percy, plots to sabotage his competitor's planes. Will Percy triumph?
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I've Gotta Horse
Title: I've Gotta Horse
Character: Mrs Bartholemew
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: Stryker of the Yard
Released: November 2, 1961
Type: TV
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Watch It, Sailor!
Title: Watch It, Sailor!
Character: Emma Hornett
Released: August 14, 1961
Type: Movie
Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must be another woman involved.
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Alive and Kicking
Title: Alive and Kicking
Character: Old Woman
Released: July 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an impromptu holiday on an Irish island.
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Title: The Adventures of William Tell
Character: Aunt Maria
Released: September 15, 1958
Type: TV
The Adventures of William Tell is a British swashbuckler adventure series, first broadcast on the ITV network in 1958, and produced by ITC Entertainment.
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Gideon's Day
Title: Gideon's Day
Character: Mrs. Saparelli
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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The Naked Truth
Title: The Naked Truth
Character: Lady on Phone (uncredited)
Released: December 3, 1957
Type: Movie
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose...
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Just My Luck
Title: Just My Luck
Character: Norman's Mother
Released: November 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a diamond pendant but calculates it will take him over 100 years to save up for it. He is talked into betting a pound on a six horse accumulator at the Goodwood races with a slightly shady bookmaker. When he has won on the first five races, the bookie owes him over 16,000 pounds and everyone begins to worry. Everyone's future depends on a single race ... what can be done ?
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No Time for Tears
Title: No Time for Tears
Character: Ethel
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: Movie
No Time for Tears is a moving, sympathetic portrayal of the challenges faced by all those who enter this most demanding yet rewarding of professions – from routine operations to more serious conditions, from anxious, sometimes hostile parents to workplace romance. The lives of the staff and patients of Mayfield Children's Hospital are inextricably woven together with the laughter, tears and devotion that lie behind the work of restoring children to health and happiness.
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After the Ball
Title: After the Ball
Character: Bessie
Released: August 13, 1957
Type: Movie
The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
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Hell Drivers
Title: Hell Drivers
Character: Ma West
Released: July 23, 1957
Type: Movie
An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
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The Good Companions
Title: The Good Companions
Character: Mrs Mounder
Released: April 22, 1957
Type: Movie
The story revolves around the Dinky Doos, a provincial musical troupe living from hand to mouth.
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The Passionate Stranger
Title: The Passionate Stranger
Character: Mrs. Poldy
Released: March 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Judith Wynter is a happily married novelist whose romantic works are eagerly devoured by scores of female readers. When Carlo, a handsome young Italian chauffeur, arrives to work for Judith and her husband, a professor currently recovering from an attack of paralysis, he causes quite a flutter; when he then reads the manuscript of Judith's latest novel, he jumps to a rather unfortunate conclusion... and life in the Wynter household becomes very complicated indeed!
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There's Always a Thursday
Title: There's Always a Thursday
Character: Marjorie Potter
Released: March 1, 1957
Type: Movie
A meek, lowly employee at a London brokerage firm sees his life change when he's suspected of being a notorious womanizer.
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It's Great to be Young!
Title: It's Great to be Young!
Character: Landlady
Released: December 26, 1956
Type: Movie
IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing all sorts of repressive rules, Dingle does his best to stand up for his students, only to be dismissed for his troubles. The kids conspire to not only reinstate their favourite teacher, but to circumvent Frome's refusal to purchase new instruments for an upcoming music festival.
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Now and Forever
Title: Now and Forever
Character: Farmer's Wife Aggie
Released: September 10, 1956
Type: Movie
A rich young society girl falls in love with a car mechanic. Her family is appalled and stops her seeing him. The girl attempts to commit suicide and then decides to elope.
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Yield to the Night
Title: Yield to the Night
Character: Matron Brandon
Released: June 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
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Lost
Title: Lost
Character: Mrs. Jeffries
Released: January 31, 1956
Type: Movie
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
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Footsteps in the Fog
Title: Footsteps in the Fog
Character: Mrs. Park
Released: September 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
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Room in the House
Title: Room in the House
Character: Betsy Richards
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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Children Galore
Title: Children Galore
Character: Ada Jones
Released: February 1, 1955
Type: Movie
As a going away gift to a small village, the local Lord and Lady promise a new cottage to the local couple with the most grandchildren. Competitive instincts and petty jealousies ensue.
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It's a Great Day
Title: It's a Great Day
Character: Landlady
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Big screen spin off from the BBC TV series The Grove Family, ostensibly the first British soap opera. Bob Grove, a builder has problems with the council, over building supplies that he needs to complete a job on a local housing estate. Under pressure to finish the job, his son gets them from a local crook. When the council find out, they call in the police, so the Grove family get together, to clear themselves, in time for the grand opening.
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To Dorothy, a Son
Title: To Dorothy, a Son
Character: Landlady
Released: October 31, 1954
Type: Movie
Under a complicated bequest from her uncle, Myrtle stands to inherit $2,000,000 if her ex-husband doesn't have any male heirs on the way, else he gets the cash. She journies from New York to England, and finally tracks him down with his heavily pregnant new wife. Should she try and woo him back or challenge the legality of the new marriage?
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The Weak and the Wicked
Title: The Weak and the Wicked
Character: Suzie
Released: February 2, 1954
Type: Movie
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
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The Girl on the Pier
Title: The Girl on the Pier
Character: Mrs. Chubb
Released: November 16, 1953
Type: Movie
Sometimes listed as a horror film, the British Girl on the Pier is a Spartan little melodrama starring the alluring Veronica Hurst as the title character. The wife of wax museum curator Campbell Singer, Hurst carries on with Singer's partner Ron Randell. Killing Randell, the cuckolded husband tries to hide the body among his waxworks. The police eventually catch on when Singer proves too clever for his own good. Girl on the Pier doesn't pretend to be a classic; on its own terms, it's an agreeable 65 minutes out of your life.
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Street Corner
Title: Street Corner
Character: Mrs. Foster
Released: March 17, 1953
Type: Movie
London policewomen handle rescues and larceny as they go about their work in Chelsea.
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The Yellow Balloon
Title: The Yellow Balloon
Character: Mrs Stokes
Released: February 10, 1953
Type: Movie
A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.
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Those People Next Door
Title: Those People Next Door
Character: Mary Twigg
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
The Twiggs are a typical working-class family: Sam (Jack Warner) and Mary (Marjorie Rhodes) are trying to bring their family up in the shadow of the Blitz whilst taking everything in good humour. Their neighbours Joe (Charles Victor) and Emma (Gladys Henson) are constantly in the Twiggs house, borrowing a cup of sugar or using their Anderson shelter and between them the two working class families put the world to rights. But when their daughter falls for an upper class RAF pilot the Twiggs are asked by his mother, Lady Diana Stephens to tell their daughter to call the romance off, as the social gap between the families is too large. Incensed by Lady Diana s offer of money, Sam Twigg throws her out of the house. But events take a sudden turn as the war enters the Twiggs own living room. Will the two families manage to overcome their disdain for each other and let true love find its way?
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Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Title: Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Character: Miss Mouncey
Released: July 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.
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The Cure for Love
Title: The Cure for Love
Character: Mrs. Sarah Hardacre
Released: December 29, 1949
Type: Movie
Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he falls in love with a charming new lodger Milly Southern instead.
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When We Are Married
Title: When We Are Married
Character: Maria Helliwell
Released: July 10, 1949
Type: Movie
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer. This was the second television film version of the J.B. Priestley play made by the BBC.
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Private Angelo
Title: Private Angelo
Character: Countess
Released: July 6, 1949
Type: Movie
Angelo has been drafted into the Italian Army in World War II. He does not like people shooting at him, so he tries all sorts of tricks to avoid being caught up in the action. However, events always seem to lead him back to the fighting.
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Enchantment
Title: Enchantment
Character: Mrs. Sampson
Released: December 25, 1948
Type: Movie
Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days. However, the appearance of his niece and her subsequent romance with Lark's nephew causes him to reevaluate his life and offer some advice so the young couple doesn't make the same mistake he did, all those years ago.
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Escape
Title: Escape
Character: Mrs. Pinkem
Released: March 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
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This Was a Woman
Title: This Was a Woman
Character: Mrs. Holmes
Released: January 27, 1948
Type: Movie
The woman here is Sylvia Russell, who is a bit power mad and has some set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able to possess and direct them. She subtly ruins her daughter's marriage by corrupting a servant girl and, then, uses her to compromise her son-in-law; slowly breaks her bumbling, unambitious husband's confidence, finds in her husband's executive friend the man she desires, and then poisons her husband in their quiet English manor.
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Uncle Silas
Title: Uncle Silas
Character: Mrs. Rusk
Released: October 8, 1947
Type: Movie
Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.
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School for Secrets
Title: School for Secrets
Character: Mrs. Arnold
Released: December 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
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Land of Promise
Title: Land of Promise
Character: The Housewife
Released: January 2, 1946
Type: Movie
Described as a 'film argument' about homes and houses, this film is in three parts showing houses as they were, houses as they are and houses as they might be.
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Great Day
Title: Great Day
Character: Mrs. Nora Mumford
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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It Happened One Sunday
Title: It Happened One Sunday
Character: Mrs. Buckland
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: Mrs. Pickering
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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Escape to Danger
Title: Escape to Danger
Character: Mrs. Pickles
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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Theatre Royal
Title: Theatre Royal
Character: Agnes
Released: July 26, 1943
Type: Movie
The Theatre Royal is a struggling London venue battling to keep its doors open. When the bank threatens to close it, the workers fear that they will soon be forced out of their jobs. The Royal's property master, Bob Parker (Bud Flanagan), recruits the rest of the staff to stage a benefit gala. They hope their show, featuring songs and dances, can raise enough cash to stave off the end. Meanwhile, they seek investors who can keep the Theatre Royal and its staff in business permanently.
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When We Are Married
Title: When We Are Married
Character: Mrs. Northrup
Released: July 12, 1943
Type: Movie
The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that their marriages may not be valid. On hand are an outrageous housekeeper and a photographer.
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Squadron Leader X
Title: Squadron Leader X
Character: Mrs. Agnew
Released: March 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players (cigarettes), a German agent is parachuted into occupied Belgium to create anti-British propaganda. Unfortunately for him he chooses a night when the Belgian resistance are smuggling the crew of a British bomber home across the channel. Before he knows it he is landing on the south coast of England. With MI5 hot on his trail, the fugitive tries to contact his old German émigré friends in London. But they have all been interned on the Isle of Man. How will he escape back to Germany ?
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The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Title: The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Character: Nurse
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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Love on the Dole
Title: Love on the Dole
Character: Mrs. Bull
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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Just William
Title: Just William
Character: Cook
Released: July 20, 1940
Type: Movie
A rascal child recruits his friends as assistants to help his father to get elected to the city council. Sadly, the children accidentally helped two jewel thieves to escape. They feel sorry about this, and then, to redeem themselves, the kids begin investigating a rival candidates conspiracy. Their involvement causes the boy's father to win the elections.
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Poison Pen
Title: Poison Pen
Character: Mrs. Scaife
Released: July 3, 1939
Type: Movie
The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.