Guy Standeven

Guy Standeven

Born: August 28, 1928
Died: October 1, 1998
in Scarborough, Yorkshire, England, UK

Movies for Guy Standeven...

Duel of Hearts
Title: Duel of Hearts
Character: Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Lady Caroline Faye meets Lord Vane Brecon and is attracted to him. When she finds out that he is being accused of a murder he did not commit, she sets out to prove him innocent
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Spies Like Us
Title: Spies Like Us
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: December 6, 1985
Type: Movie
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.
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Return to Oz
Title: Return to Oz
Character: Santa Claus (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1985
Type: Movie
Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Title: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
Character: Obi Wan Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 23, 1984
Type: Movie
After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
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Title: Lace
Character: Board Member (uncredited)
Released: February 26, 1984
Type: TV
A young actress gathers three former school friends to find out which one is her natural mother, who gave her up for adoption as a newborn.
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The Jigsaw Man
Title: The Jigsaw Man
Character: Albert, The Club Steward (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1983
Type: Movie
Philip Kimberly, the former head of the British Secret Service who defected to Russia, is given plastic surgery and sent back to Britain by the KGB to retrieve some vital documents. With the documents in hand, he instead plays off MI6 and the KGB against each other.
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Return of the Jedi
Title: Return of the Jedi
Character: Rebel Council Member in Briefing Room (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Luke Skywalker leads a mission to rescue his friend Han Solo from the clutches of Jabba the Hutt, while the Emperor seeks to destroy the Rebellion once and for all with a second dreaded Death Star.
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Title: Bergerac
Character: Vicar
Released: October 18, 1981
Type: TV
Bergerac is a British television show set on Jersey. Produced by the BBC in association with the Seven Network, and first screened on BBC1, it stars John Nettles as the title character Detective Sergeant Jim Bergerac, a detective in Le Bureau des Étrangers, part of the States of Jersey Police.
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The Final Conflict
Title: The Final Conflict
Character: Auction Attendee (uncredited)
Released: March 20, 1981
Type: Movie
Damien Thorn has helped rescue the world from a recession, appearing to be a benign corporate benefactor. When he then becomes U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Damien fulfills a terrifying biblical prophecy. He also faces his own potential demise as an astronomical event brings about the second coming of Christ.
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The Elephant Man
Title: The Elephant Man
Character: Committee Member (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1980
Type: Movie
A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.
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The Shining
Title: The Shining
Character: Ballroom Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 23, 1980
Type: Movie
Jack Torrance accepts a caretaker job at the Overlook Hotel, where he, along with his wife Wendy and their son Danny, must live isolated from the rest of the world for the winter. But they aren't prepared for the madness that lurks within.
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The Thirty Nine Steps
Title: The Thirty Nine Steps
Character: General (uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1978
Type: Movie
The year is 1914 and Richard Hannay, Mining Engineer who is visiting Britain for a short time before returning to South Africa, is shocked when one of his neighbours, Colonel Scudder, bursts into his rooms one night and tells him a story that Prussian 'sleeper' agents are planning to pre-start World War I by murdering a visiting foreign minister. However, Scudder is murdered and Hannay is framed for the death by the 'sleepers'. Fleeing to Scotland Hannay attempts to clear his name and to stop the agents with the aid of Alex Mackenzie but not only is he is chased by Chief Supt Lomas for Scudder's death but by the agents who are headed by Appleton who has managed to hide himself in a high-placed position in the British Government...
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Sweeney 2
Title: Sweeney 2
Character: Logan
Released: March 30, 1978
Type: Movie
The plot is set on a group of bank robbers, who are both violent and successful, strangely getting away each time with an amount around the £60,000 mark, and often leaving behind cash in excess of this sum. The robbers are willing to kill their own team, to get away. As Jack Regan himself puts it after the first raid in the film: "I've never seen so many dead people". Armed with gold-plated Purdey shotguns, they evaded Regan and the Flying Squad for quite some time, before Regan finds encouragement from his Detective Chief Superintendent who was sent down for corruption because Jack wouldn't testify in court for him.
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Title: Grange Hill
Character: LEA Inspector
Released: February 8, 1978
Type: TV
Children's drama series following the lives of students and teachers at Grange Hill comprehensive school.
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Title: Enemy at the Door
Character: Todt Officer
Released: January 28, 1978
Type: TV
Enemy At The Door is a British television drama series made by London Weekend Television for ITV. The series was shown between 1978 and 1980 and dealt with the German occupation of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands, during the Second World War. The programme generated a certain amount of criticism in Guernsey, particularly for being obviously filmed on Jersey despite being ostensibly set on Guernsey. The series also marked the TV debut of Anthony Head as a member of the island resistance. The theme music was by Wilfred Josephs.
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Intimate Games
Title: Intimate Games
Character: Psychiatrist
Released: May 31, 1976
Type: Movie
A university professor opens a sexual Pandora's box when he hands his class an assignment to explore their deepest carnal fantasies and desires. As the students begin to plumb their secret passions, they find themselves propelled into an erotic world where theory soon yields to practice.
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Brannigan
Title: Brannigan
Character: Diner at La Terraza (uncredited)
Released: March 21, 1975
Type: Movie
Jim Brannigan is sent to London to bring back an American mobster who is being held for extradition but when he arrives he has been kidnapped which was set up by his lawyer. Brannigan in his American Irish way brings American law to the people of Scotland Yard in order to recapture this mobster with both a price tag on his head and a stuffy old London cop to contend with.
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Penny Gold
Title: Penny Gold
Character: Man in Street
Released: November 29, 1974
Type: Movie
While investigating a murder case, a detective stumbles upon a rare-stamp swindle involving the victim's twin sister.
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Title: The Zoo Gang
Character: Negresco Receptionist (uncredited)
Released: April 5, 1974
Type: TV
Six resistance fighters, known by their animal-based code names, fought during World War II. Their efforts came to a stop when one of their number, "the Wolf", betrayed them to the Gestapo. In their interrogation, one of their number, Claude Roget, the husband of Manouche was shot before her eyes. Thirty years later, Thomas Devon spots the Wolf in his shop. The surviving members of the Zoo Gang drop what they are doing and rendezvous for vengeance. The series follows the adventures of the remaining gang of four resistance fighters reunited 30 years later to scam habitual con artists and criminals in order to take their money and use it for good causes. Despite their ages, they put their skills and experience to use to raise enough money to construct a hospital in the memory of Claude. The gang is aided by the son of Manouche and Claude, an inspector in the French police.
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The 14
Title: The 14
Character: Doctor
Released: June 15, 1973
Type: Movie
Set in London’s East End, The 14 (aka The Wild Little Bunch aka Existence) is based on the true story of fourteen children who struggle against overwhelming pressures to stay together after the death of their single mother.
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A Warm December
Title: A Warm December
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 23, 1973
Type: Movie
Widower Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter go to London for a month of dirt-bike racing. While there, Dr. Younger is surprised by finding himself attracted to Catherine, a charming but elusive woman who seems to have some mysterious men following her. A romance slowly develops between the doctor and Catherine, but there are complications to their happiness.
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The Day of the Jackal
Title: The Day of the Jackal
Character: Police Constable
Released: May 15, 1973
Type: Movie
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.
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Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Title: Hitler: The Last Ten Days
Character: German Officer
Released: April 19, 1973
Type: Movie
Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it provides a bleak look at the goings-on within, and without.
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Travels with My Aunt
Title: Travels with My Aunt
Character: Pub Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1972
Type: Movie
At his mother's funeral, stuffy bank clerk Henry Pulling meets his Aunt Augusta, an elderly eccentric with more-than-shady dealings who pulls him along on a whirlwind adventure as she attempts to rescue an old lover.
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The Ruling Class
Title: The Ruling Class
Character: Peer (uncredited)
Released: September 13, 1972
Type: Movie
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.
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Diamonds Are Forever
Title: Diamonds Are Forever
Character: Customs Officer (uncredited)
Released: December 14, 1971
Type: Movie
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Title: The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Released: May 18, 1971
Type: Movie
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
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The Fourth Victim
Title: The Fourth Victim
Character: Barrister (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1971
Type: Movie
A wealthy Englishman finds his third wife dead. After the police discover that his first two wives had also died suddenly, an investigation is launched. Meanwhile, a new neighbor moves in and becomes very interested in him.
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Legend of the Witches
Title: Legend of the Witches
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: June 5, 1970
Type: Movie
A visual exploration into the origins of witchcraft in the UK and in particular the demystification of symbolism still embedded today within many modern religious artefacts and rituals. X-rated upon its original release, this documentary looks in detail at previously hidden magic rites and rituals. Sharing the secrets of initiation into a coven, divination through animal sacrifice, ritual scrying, the casting of a 'death spell', and the chilling intimacy of a Black Mass.
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The Reckoning
Title: The Reckoning
Character: Party Guest
Released: January 31, 1970
Type: Movie
Michael Marler, a successful business man in London, is about to make his way to the top. The death of his father brings him – after 37 years – back to his hometown Liverpool, where he is confronted with his lost Irish roots. He finds out that his father died because of a fight with some anglo-saxon teddy boys. It becomes "a matter of honour" for him, to take his revenge without involving the British police
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Oh! What a Lovely War
Title: Oh! What a Lovely War
Character: American Officer (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1969
Type: Movie
Satire about the First World War based on a stage musical of the same name, portraying the "Game of War" and focusing mainly on the members of one family (last name Smith) who go off to war. Much of the action in the movie revolves around the words of the marching songs of the soldiers, and many scenes portray some of the more famous (and infamous) incidents of the war, including the assassination of Duke Ferdinand, the Christmas meeting between British and German soldiers in no-mans-land, and the wiping out by their own side of a force of Irish soldiers newly arrived at the front, after successfully capturing a ridge that had been contested for some time.
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Some Girls Do
Title: Some Girls Do
Character: Flight Test Observer (uncredited)
Released: January 23, 1969
Type: Movie
A series of unexplainable accidents befall the people and companies responsible for developing the world's first supersonic airliner. A British agent is sent to investigate and with the help of another agent uncovers a plot masterminded by Carl Petersen who stands to gain eight million pounds if the aircraft is not ready by a certain date.
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Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Title: Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter
Character: Lorry Driver (uncredited)
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 Sky Bike
Title: The Sky Bike
Character: Squadron Leader
Released: December 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Competition between rival inventors endeavouring to win a prize for the first flight by a man-powered flying machine.
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Robbery
Title: Robbery
Character: Pipe-Smoking Detective in Police Station (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1967
Type: Movie
In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.
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Mr. Brown Comes Down The Hill
Title: Mr. Brown Comes Down The Hill
Released: December 12, 1965
Type: Movie
Religious play from Moral Rearnament.
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Title: Public Eye
Character: Blandford
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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The Servant
Title: The Servant
Character: Restaurant Diner (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Hugo Barrett is a servant in the Chelsea home of indolent aristocrat Tony. All seems to go well until the playboy’s girlfriend Susan takes a dislike to the efficient employee. Then Barrett persuades Tony to hire his sister Vera as a live-in maid, and matters take another turn for the worse…
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Dr. Crippen
Title: Dr. Crippen
Character: Ships Steward (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.
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We Joined the Navy
Title: We Joined the Navy
Character: American Naval Officer (uncredited)
Released: May 17, 1963
Type: Movie
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
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I Thank a Fool
Title: I Thank a Fool
Character: Barrister (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1962
Type: Movie
After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license and spends two years in prison. Once she has completed her sentence, the lawyer who prosecuted Christine, Stephen Dane, hires her to care for his emotionally unstable wife, Liane. Christine takes the job, but when Liane's allegedly dead father reappears, Christine sets out to reveal the family's dark secrets.
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The Boys
Title: The Boys
Character: Juror (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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Go to Blazes
Title: Go to Blazes
Character: Bystander
Released: April 18, 1962
Type: Movie
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversion. But posing as firemen leads them to disaster.
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Lunch Hour
Title: Lunch Hour
Character: Wilkinson
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A young female designer is on the brink of an affair with a married male executive at the company where she works. The film tells the story of their illicit lunch hour rendezvous.
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Raising the Wind
Title: Raising the Wind
Character: Messiah Vocalist (uncredited)
Released: September 6, 1961
Type: Movie
'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?
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The Devil's Daffodil
Title: The Devil's Daffodil
Character: Club Patron
Released: July 20, 1961
Type: Movie
A Chinese detective breaks up a drug smuggling ring and tries to find the "Daffodil Killer". The drug smugglers had devised the ingenious method of smuggling heroin from Hong Kong in the stems of daffodils.
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There Was a Crooked Man
Title: There Was a Crooked Man
Character: City Gent Surprised By Gang
Released: August 31, 1960
Type: Movie
When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight and then notices a leading citizen in his town is cheating his neighbours.
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The Giant Behemoth
Title: The Giant Behemoth
Character: Naval Officer in Situation Room (uncredited)
Released: March 3, 1959
Type: Movie
Marine atomic tests cause changes in the ocean's ecosystem resulting in dangerous blobs of radiation and the resurrection of a dormant dinosaur which threatens London.
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Nowhere to Go
Title: Nowhere to Go
Released: December 2, 1958
Type: Movie
A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.
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A Night to Remember
Title: A Night to Remember
Character: Passenger (uncredited)
Released: July 3, 1958
Type: Movie
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
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The Key
Title: The Key
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: May 28, 1958
Type: Movie
In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Title: The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: January 21, 1958
Type: Movie
American scientist Dr. Frank Smith is brought to Britain to help the C.I.A. There is a defecting East block scientist they want him to debrief. The commies are less than amused and set Dr. Smith up for a murder.
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These Dangerous Years
Title: These Dangerous Years
Character: Army Officer (uncredited)
Released: July 3, 1957
Type: Movie
A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.
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The Long Arm
Title: The Long Arm
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Character: Albert Hall Audience (uncredited)
Released: May 16, 1956
Type: Movie
A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
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An Alligator Named Daisy
Title: An Alligator Named Daisy
Character: Man Dancing at Party (uncredited)
Released: December 13, 1955
Type: Movie
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and while his first instinct is to get rid of it he develops a relationship with a young Irishwoman who appears to be entwined with the reptile. He soon discovers that Daisy is tame and seems to be the way to Moira's heart.
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Title: The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Character: Flunky (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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Title: The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Character: Soldier (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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Cast a Dark Shadow
Title: Cast a Dark Shadow
Character: Brighton Tea Shop Customer (Uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1955
Type: Movie
Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately for the unscrupulous criminal, Freda is much more guarded and sassy than his last wife, making separating her from her money considerably more challenging.
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The Divided Heart
Title: The Divided Heart
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1954
Type: Movie
During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by a childless couple. The adoptive parents' happiness is shattered when Inga reappears and insists on custody of her son.
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Dangerous Voyage
Title: Dangerous Voyage
Character: Clerk of the Court
Released: September 3, 1954
Type: Movie
Intrigue and smuggling in the English Channel.