William Maxwell

William Maxwell


Died: May 24, 2022
in Liverpool, England, UK

Movies for William Maxwell...

Provoked: A True Story
Title: Provoked: A True Story
Character: Judge Swinton Thomas
Released: April 6, 2007
Type: Movie
Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire.
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Brothers in Trouble
Title: Brothers in Trouble
Character: Doctor
Released: August 23, 1995
Type: Movie
Amir is an illegal Pakistani immigrant smuggled into England in the 1960's to work, to send money to his family and perhaps even bring them over with him. A skilled laborer, he is forced to do unskilled work like shoveling sheep dung and processing wool. He lives in a boarding house with nearly a dozen other men, under the supervision of Hussein Shah. He befriends a young student, Sakib, who dreams of being a writer. Their existence is punctuated by secret movies, a visiting prostitute, fear of detection and deportation, and the gangster-like smuggler who comes by for his take every week. The household is shaken up by the arrival of a white girl, Shah's girlfriend, and the sense of femininity and family she brings.
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The Ploughman's Lunch
Title: The Ploughman's Lunch
Character: Journalist
Released: May 30, 1983
Type: Movie
As England begins its military engagement in the Falklands, a BBC news journalist attempts to climb up from his working-class roots, at any cost, lying to those around him to get what he wants, only to discover that he is the recipient of a deception far more clever than his own.
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The Case of the Frightened Lady
Title: The Case of the Frightened Lady
Character: Sergeant Totty
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
A woman tries to protect her family's name when one relative becomes a murderer.
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Title: Bergerac
Character: Chivers
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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One Bummer News Day
Title: One Bummer News Day
Character: Peter Postgate
Released: December 12, 1978
Type: Movie
What happens to provincial journalists when there's nothing in the news and they have a paper to fill?
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Baby Love
Title: Baby Love
Character: Reporter
Released: November 7, 1974
Type: Movie
Play about Eileen who steals a baby, and the reactions of those around her, including the priest, police, and authorities and the consequences of what she does.
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Title: Crown Court
Character: Detective Sergeant Hawes
Released: October 11, 1972
Type: TV
Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
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Title: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Character: Duke Wilhelm of Cleves
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: TV
Series of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and his wives. Keith Michell ties the episodes together with his dignified and magnetic performance as the mighty monarch.
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There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
Title: There's a Hole in Your Dustbin, Delilah
Character: Coalman
Released: September 30, 1968
Type: Movie
A skiving bin gang are on high alert when their new inspector takes an interest.
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Title: The Corridor People
Character: Sgt. Hound
Released: August 26, 1966
Type: TV
The Corridor People is a British television series produced by Granada Television for the ITV network in 1966, devised and written by Edward Boyd. A surreal black-and-white detective series, The Corridor People pitched security agent Kronk against exotic villainess Syrie Van Epp over the course of four episodes.