Arthur Denton

Arthur Denton

Born: October 31, 1887
in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK

Movies for Arthur Denton...

Passport to Pimlico
Title: Passport to Pimlico
Character: Customs Official
Released: October 26, 1949
Type: Movie
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.
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Once Upon a Dream
Title: Once Upon a Dream
Character: Janitor
Released: February 1, 1949
Type: Movie
An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as find a way to make money in a post-war economy.
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I See a Dark Stranger
Title: I See a Dark Stranger
Character: Mr. Cloggerty (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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I'll Turn to You
Title: I'll Turn to You
Character: Commissionaire
Released: June 17, 1946
Type: Movie
When a soldier returns from the Far East after the war, he and his wife have to adjust to life at home.
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Johnny Frenchman
Title: Johnny Frenchman
Character: Mr. Mason (uncredited)
Released: October 29, 1945
Type: Movie
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
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Painted Boats
Title: Painted Boats
Character: Canal Official (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1945
Type: Movie
In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.
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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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The Dummy Talks
Title: The Dummy Talks
Released: October 25, 1943
Type: Movie
An operation of counterfeit five pound notes is discovered at a variety theater, leading to murder during the performance.
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Millions Like Us
Title: Millions Like Us
Character: Alf - Soldier Polishing Floor
Released: June 1, 1943
Type: Movie
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.
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The Goose Steps Out
Title: The Goose Steps Out
Character: Detective Carter (uncredited)
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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Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light
Title: Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light
Released: December 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Humorously using the arrogant and bumbling Mr. Proudfoot, this film serves a dual purpose of emphasizing the importance of obeying blackout hours, as well as easing the stress of the time period by encouraging laughter.
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Sheepdog of the Hills
Title: Sheepdog of the Hills
Character: Hawkins
Released: December 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Farmers are all losing their Sheep, all except 'Riggy's'. Is it because of his great sheepdog or something more sinister.
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'Pimpernel' Smith
Title: 'Pimpernel' Smith
Character: Gestapo Man Following Smith
Released: July 26, 1941
Type: Movie
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.
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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Title: Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Character: Train Guard
Released: May 17, 1941
Type: Movie
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.
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Night Train to Munich
Title: Night Train to Munich
Character: Deckchair Attendant (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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Girl in the News
Title: Girl in the News
Character: Ticket Collector (Uncredited)
Released: August 28, 1940
Type: Movie
An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later the nurse, under a new name and identity, cares for a patient who also dies of an overdose. When her real identity comes out, suspicions arouses.
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For Freedom
Title: For Freedom
Released: May 4, 1940
Type: Movie
Made in 1940, this stirringly patriotic film cleverly combined new scenes with genuine newsreel footage. A newsreel journalist is on hand when the Giant German battleship Graf Spee flees into Montevideo Harbour after a punishing encounter with the British warships Exeter and Ajax. As events unfold in a very unexpected way, he is there with his camera to capture the dramatic end to the encounter.