Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming

Born: September 9, 1888
Died: January 1, 1969
in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Ian Fleming was an Australian born character actor with credits in over 100 British movies. He is perhaps best known for playing Dr. John Watson in a series of Sherlock Holmes movies of the 1930s opposite Arthur Wontner's Holmes. He also essayed a number of supporting roles in many classic British films of the era including Q Planes (1939), Night Train to Munich (1940), We Dive at Dawn, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (both 1943) and Waterloo Road (1945). His later career included appearances in many television series of the 50s and 60s such as Fabian of the Yard, Hancock's Half Hour, Dixon of Dock Green, Dr. Finlay's Casebook, The Forsyte Saga and The Prisoner.

He is not to be confused with the Ian Fleming who created the James Bond character.

Movies for Ian Fleming...

In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Title: In the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes
Released: July 1, 1996
Type: Movie
Actor Patrick Macnee leads the viewer through London in the footsteps of the genius private investigator Sherlock Holmes and his assistant and friend, Dr. Watson.
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Title: The Caesars
Character: Sentius
Released: September 22, 1968
Type: TV
The Caesars is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1968. Made in black-and-white and written and produced by Philip Mackie, it covered similar dramatic territory to the later BBC adaptation of I, Claudius, dealing with the lives of the early emperors of Ancient Rome, but differed in its less sensationalist depictions of historical characters and their motives.
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Title: The Prisoner
Character: Man at Cafe and First Top Hat
Released: September 29, 1967
Type: TV
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
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The Return of Mr. Moto
Title: The Return of Mr. Moto
Character: Rogers
Released: December 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Mr. Moto goes undercover to find out who has been blowing up oil wells and trying to gain total control of all the oil leases from a petroleum-rich Middle Eastern country.
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Seventy Deadly Pills
Title: Seventy Deadly Pills
Character: Doctor
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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The Boys
Title: The Boys
Character: Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
Released: August 31, 1962
Type: Movie
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
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Title: Dr. Finlay's Casebook
Released: August 16, 1962
Type: TV
Dr Finlay's Casebook is a television series that was broadcast on the BBC from 1962 until 1971. Based on A. J. Cronin's novella ‘Country Doctor’, the storylines centred on a general medical practice in the fictional Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s. Cronin was the primary writer for the show between 1962 and 1964.
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Lamp in Assassin Mews
Title: Lamp in Assassin Mews
Character: Albert Potts
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
To beautify his street and trim city spending, stuffy councilman Jack (Francis Matthews) pushes to have the last gas lamp in town removed. But this angers his neighbors Albert (Ian Fleming) and Victoria (Amy Dalby), an inconspicuous pair of serial killers who choose Jack as their next victim. This dark comedy also stars Lisa Daniely as Mary, a local advocate who fights tooth and nail against Jack's modernization efforts.
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No, My Darling Daughter
Title: No, My Darling Daughter
Character: Vicar
Released: August 22, 1961
Type: Movie
A British business tycoon is surprised to discover his teenage daughter is being courted by a mysterious young man.
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Return of a Stranger
Title: Return of a Stranger
Character: Meecham
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
An obsessed man returns to claim the woman he loves.
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Too Hot to Handle
Title: Too Hot to Handle
Character: Pawnbroker
Released: December 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a famous club.
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Title: The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Character: Arthur
Released: May 28, 1960
Type: Movie
England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
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Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
Title: Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
Character: Attorney
Released: April 2, 1960
Type: Movie
A murderer enriches his finances by marrying and then killing off a series of wealthy women.
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Jackpot
Title: Jackpot
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Back in London after serving time, an ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to him. He plans to crack a safe at a club.
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Crash Drive
Title: Crash Drive
Character: Paul Dixon
Released: November 13, 1959
Type: Movie
Paul Dixon (Dermot Walsh) is a fiercely competitive racing driver whose meteoric career is cut short after he is paralyzed in a collision. Ann, Paul's conflicted, estranged wife (Wendy Williams), tries to help her husband overcome his self-pity to become productive once again. Paul's perception of himself as a cripple is challenged by his new friend, a former dancer (Anton Rodgers), who urges Paul to strive for rehabilitation and new goals. [Netflix]
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Man Accused
Title: Man Accused
Character: Sir Thomas
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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Virgin Island
Title: Virgin Island
Released: August 7, 1959
Type: Movie
A British woman marries an American writer in spite of her family's disapproval and goes to live with him on a tropical island.
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Asmodée
Title: Asmodée
Character: The Curé
Released: June 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Marcelle de Barthas is young French widow, who since her husband’s death some seven years previously, has lived a secluded life in her country house, with her four children. The eldest one, Emmy, is a beautiful and pure young girl of seventeen, who tentatively believes she has a calling to the religious life. The second child, Bertrand, aged fifteen, has been sent to England for an exchange holiday with a young English boy, Harry Fanning, and when the play opens, the French children are excitedly awaiting his arrival. Also living with the family is a French governess, and a tutor, Blaise Lebel. Lebel has a sombre power over the family, and it is the ‘intrusion’ of Harry that sets in motion in him a wave of resentment and fear.
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Innocent Meeting
Title: Innocent Meeting
Character: Andrew Garside
Released: April 1, 1959
Type: Movie
The daughter of a textile company owner falls in love with a young illustrator with a secret criminal past.
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A Woman Possessed
Title: A Woman Possessed
Character: Walter
Released: August 8, 1958
Type: Movie
English doctor John Winthrop (Francis Matthews) must protect his new wife, Ann (Kay Callard), from his wealthy and entirely too overbearing mother, Katherine (Margaretta Scott), who has some strong opinions about her son's new union. But things go too far when John accuses Katherine of trying to kill Ann with medication. Could she do such a thing -- and will these three ever have a good relationship?
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Title: Hancock's Half Hour
Released: July 6, 1956
Type: TV
Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sid James; the radio version also co-starred, at various times, Moira Lister, Andrée Melly, Hattie Jacques, Bill Kerr and Kenneth Williams. The final television series, renamed simply Hancock, starred Hancock alone. Comedian Tony Hancock starred in the show, playing an exaggerated and much poorer version of his own character and lifestyle, Anthony Aloysius St John Hancock, a down-at-heel comedian living at the dilapidated 23 Railway Cuttings in East Cheam. The series was influential in the development of the situation comedy, with its move away from radio variety towards a focus on character development.
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No Smoking
Title: No Smoking
Character: Dr. Moxom
Released: November 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance from the tobacco industry.
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Title: The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Character: Count Latour (uncredited)
Released: September 28, 1955
Type: TV
The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.
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Delayed Action
Title: Delayed Action
Character: Dr. Jepson
Released: July 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
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The Embezzler
Title: The Embezzler
Character: Doctor
Released: July 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.
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The Seekers
Title: The Seekers
Character: Mr. Southey
Released: June 22, 1954
Type: Movie
A western set in New Zealand during the 1820s following a group of British pioneers seeking a new life Down Under.
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It's a Grand Life
Title: It's a Grand Life
Character: Mr. Clements
Released: November 28, 1953
Type: Movie
Classic British comedy following an accident-prone army Private, played by music hall legend Frank Randle in his final screen role, as he attempts to rescue a Corporal (played by icon Diana Dors) from the attentions of a predatory Sergeant-Major.
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The Saint's Return
Title: The Saint's Return
Character: Lord Merton
Released: October 12, 1953
Type: Movie
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.
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Park Plaza 605
Title: Park Plaza 605
Character: Colonel Santling
Released: September 11, 1953
Type: Movie
Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel. But when Conquest wakes up in the room the next morning he is lying next to a dead body. With the mysterious blonde nowhere to be seen, Conquest soon becomes the police s number one suspect with Inspector Williams following his every move. In order to clear his name, Conquest enlists the help of Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton), but the going gets rough when he discovers that the murder is connected to a stash of stolen diamonds. As gun-happy gangs of communists and Nazi sympathizers turn up the heat, Conquest has to solve the murder whilst staying one step ahead of both the gangs and the police.
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Recoil
Title: Recoil
Character: Talbot
Released: August 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.
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Deadly Nightshade
Title: Deadly Nightshade
Character: Dr. Wilson
Released: March 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.
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Black Orchid
Title: Black Orchid
Character: Coroner
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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Salute the Toff
Title: Salute the Toff
Character: (uncredited)
Released: December 2, 1952
Type: Movie
The Toff solves the mystery of a missing employer. One of the BFi's most wanted films.
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The Voice of Merrill
Title: The Voice of Merrill
Character: Dr. Forrest
Released: December 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to wish her dead
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Come Back Peter
Title: Come Back Peter
Character: Bank Manager
Released: October 31, 1952
Type: Movie
There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.
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Hammer the Toff
Title: Hammer the Toff
Character: Dr. Lancaster
Released: May 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.
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Wings of Danger
Title: Wings of Danger
Character: Mr. Talbot (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A former pilot suffering from blackouts discovers that a fellow flyer is suspected of being mixed up with a web of smugglers. While searching for his missing buddy, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a morass of suspicion.
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Laughter in Paradise
Title: Laughter in Paradise
Character: Doctor
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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The Woman in Question
Title: The Woman in Question
Character: Doctor
Released: October 3, 1950
Type: Movie
Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
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A Matter of Murder
Title: A Matter of Murder
Character: Insp. McKelvin
Released: December 1, 1949
Type: Movie
An embezzler is implicated in his girlfriend’s murder.
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For Them That Trespass
Title: For Them That Trespass
Character: First Prison Warden
Released: April 21, 1949
Type: Movie
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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What a Carry On!
Title: What a Carry On!
Character: Colonel
Released: January 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Northern comedy greats, Jimmy Jewel and Ben Warriss, decide to enlist in the army. Their singing sergeant-major, the Irish tenor Josef Locke, misappropriates the mess funds. When he picks on Jewel and Warriss, the duo’s comic routines come thick and fast.
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Quartet
Title: Quartet
Character: Ralph
Released: October 26, 1948
Type: Movie
Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
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Captain Boycott
Title: Captain Boycott
Character: Times correspondent
Released: August 26, 1947
Type: Movie
Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic farmer Hugh Davin (Stewart Granger) leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracize their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
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George in Civvy Street
Title: George in Civvy Street
Character: Uncle Shad
Released: July 7, 1946
Type: Movie
George Formby plays George Harper, a tavern owner, who works to turn a waitress from her current employer, a rival tavern owner, when Formby falls in love with her.
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Appointment with Crime
Title: Appointment with Crime
Character: Prison governor
Released: May 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence, Leo emerges with an intricate plan for revenge. Leo implicates Loman, as well as his amoral boss, Gregory Lang, for murder -- but Inspector Rogers suspects Leo.
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They Knew Mr. Knight
Title: They Knew Mr. Knight
Character: Higgs
Released: March 5, 1946
Type: Movie
After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?
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I Didn't Do It
Title: I Didn't Do It
Character: Chief Inspr. Twyning
Released: August 6, 1945
Type: Movie
Gormless George Trotter (George Formby) moves down from Manchester to the bright lights of London in search of fame and fortune on the stage - only to find himself the prime suspect in a bizarre murder mystery! Whilst staying at Ma Tubbs' theatrical boarding house, a man is murdered in the room right next door to George. When George tries to solve the mystery, he ends up presenting the police with a whole load of clues - all of which point to him as the culprit! Now George must uncover the real murderer himself, with the help of his showbiz friends, his little Ukulele and a fiendishly cunning song! This delightful comedy musical includes three full-length musical numbers - The Daring Young Man, She's Got Two of Everything and I'd Like a Dream Like That.
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Waterloo Road
Title: Waterloo Road
Released: February 5, 1945
Type: Movie
During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.
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Tawny Pipit
Title: Tawny Pipit
Character: Schoolmaster
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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Yellow Canary
Title: Yellow Canary
Character: Observe Corpsman in Opening Scene
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 Butler's Dilemma
Title: The Butler's Dilemma
Character: Sir Hubert Playfair
Released: November 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...
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They Met in the Dark
Title: They Met in the Dark
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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The New Lot
Title: The New Lot
Character: Medical Officer
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
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Sabotage at Sea
Title: Sabotage at Sea
Character: First Officer Gallagher
Released: September 7, 1942
Type: Movie
The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of the ship’s owner is among them.
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The Lady from Lisbon
Title: The Lady from Lisbon
Character: Adams
Released: September 1, 1942
Type: Movie
When she learns that the Nazis have confiscated Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa, art-loving South American wanna-be spy Tamara (Jane Carr) journeys to Lisbon to snoop for the Germans in return for the iconic painting. But bumbling Nazi agents, Allied counterspies and multiple copies of the artwork soon confound her attempts at espionage.
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Uncensored
Title: Uncensored
Character: Newspaper Editor
Released: August 24, 1942
Type: Movie
During the Nazi occupation of Belgium during World War II, a Belgian resistance group revives the newspaper "La Libre Belgique" to expose and counter Nazi propaganda efforts to deceive the people. They are so effective that the Nazis offer a reward for the capture of the paper's staff, although they don't know their identities. One of them is a well-known entertainer, and when his jealous partner hears of the reward, he turns him in. The paper's publishers escape capture, but their staff doesn't. The paper's founders must find not only a way to keep from getting captured by the Nazis but keep their newspaper going and get their staff released.
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They Flew Alone
Title: They Flew Alone
Character: Secretary
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: Naval Officer (uncredited)
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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Ships with Wings
Title: Ships with Wings
Character: Colonel
Released: November 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
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Old Bill and Son
Title: Old Bill and Son
Character: Club Member (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet!
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It Happened to One Man
Title: It Happened to One Man
Character: Sir Francis Hay
Released: October 12, 1940
Type: Movie
A film directed by Paul L. Stein.
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Three Silent Men
Title: Three Silent Men
Character: Pennington
Released: September 7, 1940
Type: Movie
An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot.
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Night Train to Munich
Title: Night Train to Munich
Character: British Official (uncredited)
Released: August 31, 1940
Type: Movie
Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.
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Let George Do It!
Title: Let George Do It!
Character: Col. Harcourt
Released: July 12, 1940
Type: Movie
Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
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Dangerous Comment
Title: Dangerous Comment
Character: Official
Released: May 18, 1940
Type: Movie
A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar.
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Sons of the Sea
Title: Sons of the Sea
Character: Naval Intelligence Officer
Released: December 23, 1939
Type: Movie
The head of Dartmouth Training College has been murdered, and his successor, Captain Hyde, suspects that he himself may have been the intended target. He enlists the help of his own son Philip, a reluctant cadet at the college, to help him confirm his suspicions about planned enemy action... but meanwhile, there is a Secret Service agent staying at the college observatory, the foreign-born professor of astronomy is behaving strangely, and Naval Intelligence disclaim any knowledge of what is going on...
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The Lion Has Wings
Title: The Lion Has Wings
Character: Air Officer
Released: November 3, 1939
Type: Movie
This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.
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The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Title: The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
Released: March 1, 1939
Type: Movie
An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.
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Q Planes
Title: Q Planes
Character: Air Ministry Officer
Released: February 21, 1939
Type: Movie
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.
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Men Without Honour
Title: Men Without Honour
Character: Frank Hardy
Released: January 9, 1939
Type: Movie
A lawyer, who has been accused of being dishonest, works with the police to expose two share pushers who have employed him, saving the investors from ruin.
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The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Title: The Claydon Treasure Mystery
Character: Dr. Cleveland - Coroner
Released: September 4, 1938
Type: Movie
"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in investigating murders at Marsh Manor, home of the wealthy Claydon family. Plenty of suspects to choose from, Kerrigan believes that the murders may be connected to hidden treasure on the estate.
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Racing Romance
Title: Racing Romance
Character: Martin Royce
Released: September 10, 1937
Type: Movie
Garage owner Harry Stone buys a racehorse, Brownie, from Peggy Lanstone and, according to formula, hires Peggy as the steed's trainer. When the filly finishes a mere second in the Oaks, Harry's snooty fiancee, Muriel, who never liked the setup anyway, disgustedly heads for greener pastures. Harry promptly marries Peggy, and, after an official investigation of the Oaks' results, Brownie gets revenge on the fickle Muriel.
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Silver Blaze
Title: Silver Blaze
Character: Dr. John Watson
Released: July 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Holmes takes a vacation and visits his old friend Sir Henry Baskerville. His vacation ends when he suddenly finds himself in the middle of a double-murder mystery. Now he's got to find Professor Moriarty and the horse Silver Blaze before the great cup final horse race.
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When Thief Meets Thief
Title: When Thief Meets Thief
Character: Coroner
Released: January 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A London cat burglar falls for the girlfriend of a stockbroker who used to be his partner.
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Crime Over London
Title: Crime Over London
Released: October 21, 1936
Type: Movie
With the police on their tail, a gang of New York criminals decided to relocate to London where they plan a major robbery on a department store.
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Prison Breaker
Title: Prison Breaker
Character: Stephen Shand
Released: February 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A British secret service agent falls in love with the daughter of a leading London criminal, and soon after becoming involved with her father finds himself in prison facing a charge of manslaughter..
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Royal Eagle
Title: Royal Eagle
Released: January 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A clerk is suspected of committing a warehouse robbery and captures the real thieves aboard a pleasure boat.
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Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle
Title: Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle
Character: Henry Norman
Released: October 1, 1935
Type: Movie
In this lively detective drama, Sexton Blake, private eye, must find out who stole the bonds of a prominent financier.
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The Crouching Beast
Title: The Crouching Beast
Character: Major Abbott
Released: August 29, 1935
Type: Movie
In 1915 during the First World War, a British secret agent is killed while stealing secret Turkish plans for the Gallipoli Campaign but manages to pass his information to an American journalist.
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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
Title: The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
Character: Dr. John Watson
Released: March 24, 1935
Type: Movie
Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.
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The Riverside Murder
Title: The Riverside Murder
Character: Henry Sanders
Released: March 2, 1935
Type: Movie
This is a great rainy day/night murder mystery in a mansion that all whodunit lovers will appreciate. A woman reporter helps an inspector solve the deaths of four financiers on the eve of a group shareout. Based on "Les Six Hommes Morts" (Editions du Masque) by Stanislas-André Steeman.
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Called Back
Title: Called Back
Character: Dr Carter
Released: June 5, 1933
Type: Movie
'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)
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After Dark
Title: After Dark
Character: Henry Lea
Released: January 23, 1933
Type: Movie
If it wasn't British, this would be in the Forgotten Horrors book. Hugh (Inspector Holt in HUMAN MONSTER) has some valuable jewels stolen. They're hidden in the back of an old clock in an antique shop. When the thieves return for them, the clock has been sold! They trace it to a creepy country estate. When Hugh and the niece of one of the crooks also show up, things get hairy.
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Lucky Girl
Title: Lucky Girl
Character: Lord Henry
Released: June 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Stephan Gregorovitch, the unwilling king of a bankrupt Ruritanian country, along with his hucksterish chancellor and musically-inclined bodyguard, travel incognito to London for some fun. An invitation to a party held by Duke Hugo seems just the ticket, but the presence of jewel thieves in the vicinity soon puts paid to any ideas of a relaxing evening!
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The Missing Rembrandt
Title: The Missing Rembrandt
Character: Dr. John Watson
Released: February 12, 1932
Type: Movie
Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.
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The Sleeping Cardinal
Title: The Sleeping Cardinal
Character: Dr. John Watson
Released: February 15, 1931
Type: Movie
A card cheat is threatened with exposure into joining a criminal enterprise that Sherlock Holmes believes is controlled by Professor Moriarity.
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The School for Scandal
Title: The School for Scandal
Character: Joseph Surface
Released: September 5, 1930
Type: Movie
Charles (Henry Hewitt), Joseph (Ian Fleming), and Sir Benjamin (John Charlton) are in love with Maria (Dodo Watts), and Lady Sneerwell (Anne Grey) is in love with Charles.