Basil Appleby

Basil Appleby

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Reach for the Sky
Title: Reach for the Sky
Character: Crowley-Milling
Released: July 5, 1956
Type: Movie
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
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The Last Reunion
Title: The Last Reunion
Released: July 20, 1955
Type: Movie
While holding their annual reunion, the former members of a Royal Air Force bomber crew begin to sense the supernatural presence of their old squadron commander, the only member of the group not to return from their last mission of the war.
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The Dam Busters
Title: The Dam Busters
Character: Flight Lieutenant R. C. Hay, D.F.C.
Released: May 16, 1955
Type: Movie
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
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Above Us the Waves
Title: Above Us the Waves
Character: Officer on Towing Sub. (2)
Released: March 29, 1955
Type: Movie
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to attack by conventional means, so a plan is hatched for a special commando unit to attack it, using midget submarines to plant underwater explosives.
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The Black Knight
Title: The Black Knight
Character: Sir Hal
Released: August 26, 1954
Type: Movie
John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeoniland, so he creates a secret alternate identity as the Black Knight. In this new role, he is now able to help King Arthur when Saracens and Cornish men—disguised as Vikings -- plot to take over the country.
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Heights of Danger
Title: Heights of Danger
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Tale of profiteer who seeks to prevent father and children from winning motor car rally which would preserve their garage business.
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No Highway
Title: No Highway
Released: June 28, 1951
Type: Movie
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
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High Jinks in Society
Title: High Jinks in Society
Character: Hector
Released: December 1, 1949
Type: Movie
After foiling a robbery, Ben, a window cleaner is hired by Lady Barr-Nunn to guard her valuables. A comedy based on class divisions and snobbery.
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The Weaker Sex
Title: The Weaker Sex
Released: October 11, 1948
Type: Movie
A British housewife does her own battles against the enemy during World War II.
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49th Parallel
Title: 49th Parallel
Character: Jahner
Released: November 24, 1941
Type: Movie
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by commanding officer Lieutenant Hirth attempts to cross the border into the United States, which has not yet entered the war and is officially neutral. Along the way, the German soldiers encounter brave men such as a French-Canadian fur trapper, Johnnie, a leader of a Hutterite farming community, Peter, an author, Philip and a soldier, Andy Brock.
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'Pimpernel' Smith
Title: 'Pimpernel' Smith
Character: Jock MacIntyre
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.