James Mason

James Mason

Born: May 15, 1909
Died: July 27, 1984
in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
James Neville Mason, known as James Mason, was an accomplished English actor who made a significant impact on both British and American cinema. He was born on May 15, 1909, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and passed away on July 27, 1984, in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Mason's acting career began in the 1930s, where he initially gained recognition for his stage performances in London's West End. He made his film debut in 1935 with the British film "Late Extra," marking the start of his illustrious on-screen journey.

Throughout his career, Mason showcased his exceptional acting abilities, often portraying complex and morally ambiguous characters. His commanding presence, distinctive voice, and versatile range allowed him to effortlessly transition between genres, from dramas to thrillers and even period pieces.

One of Mason's most acclaimed performances came in 1945 when he starred as the troubled and enigmatic Johnny McQueen in the film "Odd Man Out." His portrayal of the wounded Irish nationalist earned him widespread praise and established him as a respected leading man.

Mason's notable filmography includes memorable roles in films such as "The Wicked Lady" (1945), "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951), "A Star Is Born" (1954), "North by Northwest" (1959), and "Lolita" (1962). His ability to bring depth, sophistication, and complexity to his characters captivated audiences and garnered critical acclaim.

Beyond his film career, Mason also dabbled in producing and directing. He co-produced and starred in the acclaimed film "A Star Is Born," showcasing his multifaceted talent and creative vision.

Throughout his life, Mason was recognized with numerous awards and nominations, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. He was highly regarded by his peers and critics alike for his impeccable craft and his ability to elevate any production he was a part of.

Movies for James Mason...

Sid & Judy
Title: Sid & Judy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 26, 2019
Type: Movie
Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived entertainer Judy Garland through rare concert footage, never-heard-before voice recordings and personal photos.
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Title: Talking Pictures
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 5, 2013
Type: TV
A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to tell the story of their lives and careers.
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Lasseter's Bones
Title: Lasseter's Bones
Character: Archival Footage
Released: August 11, 2012
Type: Movie
Australia’s El Dorado was found by Lewis Harold Bell Lasseter – if we believe his claims in the late 1800s to have discovered a vast gold deposit in central Australia. This mysterious place has never again been found, and many believe it doesn’t exist. But one thing is certain: Lasseter was a larger-than-life character. Seen by some as an eccentric conman, he was ridiculed for his extravagant assertions, which he held until his tragic end. But Lasseter remains the embodiment of the Australian folk hero, who lived a life full of incredible adventures, tall tales and outrageous claims – including a possible faked death and his insistence that he designed the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Passion & Poetry: Sam's War
Title: Passion & Poetry: Sam's War
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 6, 2011
Type: Movie
A documentary about Sam Peckinpah's Cross of Iron, shot in Yugoslavia in 1976.
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Title: Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 1, 2000
Type: Movie
A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from interviews with the man himself and with his family and friends, it traces his career from humble beginnings to all-time great of British cinema. The many film clips reveal an electric screen presence and a willingness to undertake a range of difficult, challenging roles.
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Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class
Title: Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 16, 1995
Type: Movie
The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews with the actor, his family and acquaintances.
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Title: Star Life
Character: Self
Released: August 4, 1990
Type: TV
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The Assisi Underground
Title: The Assisi Underground
Character: Bishop Nicolini
Released: May 3, 1985
Type: Movie
This film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing Italian Jews from the Nazis in 1943.
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Title: A.D.
Character: Tiberius
Released: March 31, 1985
Type: TV
A 12 hours miniseries adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel The Kingdom of the Wicked.
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The Shooting Party
Title: The Shooting Party
Character: Sir Randolph Nettleby
Released: February 1, 1985
Type: Movie
1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir Randolph Nettleby for a weekend shoot. As the terminal decrepitude of a dying class is reflected in the social interactions and hypocrisy of its members, only world weary Sir Randolph seems to realise that the sun is setting.
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Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Title: Dr. Fischer of Geneva
Character: Dr. Fischer
Released: October 8, 1984
Type: Movie
Dr. Fischer has an unusual hobby — to expose human greed. How much humiliation will his fellow man endure enticed by valuable presents? Dignity for money! Death for money?
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Title: George Washington
Character: Gen. Edward Braddock
Released: April 8, 1984
Type: TV
This 1984 miniseries chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from age 11 to age 51. Based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
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James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Title: James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Retrospective of the life and movie work of British actor James Mason. The documentary presents interview footage interspersed with some movie excerpts, mainly from his pre-hollywood period.
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Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Title: Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Character: Demon
Released: November 16, 1983
Type: Movie
As the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends behind in search of Snuffy. Once locked inside for the night, educational hilarity ensues as Big Bird and Snuffy team up to help a small Egyptian boy solve a riddle - as the rest of the cast searches for their big, yellow friend.
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Yellowbeard
Title: Yellowbeard
Character: Captain Hughes
Released: June 24, 1983
Type: Movie
For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sentenced to 20 years in St. Victim's Prison for the Extremely Naughty. In a scheme to confiscate his fabulous treasure, the Royal Navy allows him to escape and follows him, where saucy tarts, lisping demigods and some awful puns and punishments await.
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Group Madness
Title: Group Madness
Character: Self
Released: June 11, 1983
Type: Movie
A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard
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Title: Unknown Chaplin
Character: Narrator (voice)
Released: January 5, 1983
Type: TV
A documentary series examining the film making methods and techniques of Charles Chaplin. Featuring previously unseen footage from Chaplin's private film archive.
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The Popes and Their Art
Title: The Popes and Their Art
Character: Presentor
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
A visit of the art collections of the Vatican Museums with British actor James Mason.
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Alexandre
Title: Alexandre
Character: The Father
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Three years ago Ariane left Antoine, sending him a postcard announcing her departure for the mountains with a certain Alexandre. After a long journey abroad, Antoine returns to the site of his former relationship, where he meets Alfred, recently abandoned by Ariane.
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The Verdict
Title: The Verdict
Character: Ed Concannon
Released: December 8, 1982
Type: Movie
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.
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A Dangerous Summer
Title: A Dangerous Summer
Character: George Engels
Released: October 22, 1982
Type: Movie
Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia that he ignores certain obvious signals that his business partner is not entirely on the up-and-up. After a brush fire destroys the resort, an insurance investigator comes nosing around, whom Howard's partner deals with in a drastic manner. By the time Lloyds of London's senior investigator George Engels (James Mason in one of his last roles) arrives on the scene, Howard (Tom Skerritt) is anxious to set things to rights.
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The Glory of the Garden
Title: The Glory of the Garden
Character: Narrator
Released: April 30, 1982
Type: Movie
This documentary is a cinematic celebration of how Lionel de Rothschild spent a fortune in creating one of the most spectacular gardens in the world.
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Night of 100 Stars
Title: Night of 100 Stars
Character: Self
Released: March 8, 1982
Type: Movie
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
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Evil Under the Sun
Title: Evil Under the Sun
Character: Odell Gardener
Released: March 5, 1982
Type: Movie
An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.
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Ivanhoe
Title: Ivanhoe
Character: Isaac of York
Released: February 23, 1982
Type: Movie
Ivanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy wars, and finds England under the reign of Prince John and his henchmen and finds himself being involved in the power-struggle for the throne of England.
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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Title: The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
Character: Self / Odell Gardener
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Director Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk you through the making of the film.
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The Search for Alexander the Great
Title: The Search for Alexander the Great
Character: Narrator
Released: May 6, 1981
Type: Movie
Friends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his tale through their eyes.
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North Sea Hijack
Title: North Sea Hijack
Character: Admiral Brindsen
Released: February 18, 1980
Type: Movie
When terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not met, an eccentric anti-terrorism expert volunteers his unique commando unit to stop them.
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Title: Hollywood
Character: Self - Narrator
Released: January 8, 1980
Type: TV
A 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios and its impact on 1920s culture.
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Title: Salem's Lot
Character: Richard K. Straker
Released: November 17, 1979
Type: TV
Ben Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten House. When people around the Marsten House start dying mysteriously, Mears discovers that the owner of the mansion is actually a vampire who is turning them into an army of undead slaves.
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Bloodline
Title: Bloodline
Character: Sir Alec Nichols
Released: June 29, 1979
Type: Movie
When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer amid the international jet set.
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The Passage
Title: The Passage
Character: Professor Bergson
Released: March 9, 1979
Type: Movie
During WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a scientist and his family across the Pyrenees. While being pursued by a sadistic German.
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Murder by Decree
Title: Murder by Decree
Character: Dr. John H. Watson
Released: February 1, 1979
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's East End. Assisted by Dr. Watson, and using information provided by a renowned psychic, Robert Lees, Holmes finds that the murders may have its roots in a Royal indiscretion and that a cover-up is being managed by politicians at the highest level, all of whom happen to be Masons.
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The Boys from Brazil
Title: The Boys from Brazil
Character: Eduard Seibert
Released: October 5, 1978
Type: Movie
Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
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Heaven Can Wait
Title: Heaven Can Wait
Character: Mr. Jordan
Released: June 28, 1978
Type: Movie
Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.
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The Water Babies
Title: The Water Babies
Character: Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark
Released: June 23, 1978
Type: Movie
Grimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One day, on the verge of being caught, he frames his young apprentice, Tom, for the crime. Tom runs away and jumps into a river where, instead of drowning, he finds himself transformed into a mystical aquatic creature. Swimming and breathing effortlessly, he discovers a colorful underwater world replete with creatures both cruel and kind.
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Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
Title: Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
Character: Narrator - English version
Released: June 19, 1977
Type: Movie
For over three-quarters of a century, Russian-born Marc Chagall set new standards for modern art with his colorful, heartfelt paintings, murals and stained glass works. In rare filmed interviews and looks at his creations Chagall's devotion to his Jewish heritage and his love of humanity is shown.
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Title: Jesus of Nazareth
Character: Joseph of Arimathea
Released: March 27, 1977
Type: TV
Dramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely according to the Holy Bible's New Testament Gospels.
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Cross of Iron
Title: Cross of Iron
Character: Oberst Brandt
Released: January 29, 1977
Type: Movie
It is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian front. In the midst of the madness, conflict brews between the aristocratic yet ultimately pusillanimous Captain Stransky and the courageous Corporal Steiner. Stransky is the only man who believes that the Third Reich is still vastly superior to the Russian army. However, within his pompous persona lies a quivering coward who longs for the Iron Cross so that he can return to Berlin a hero. Steiner, on the other hand is cynical, defiantly non-conformist and more concerned with the safety of his own men rather than the horde of military decorations offered to him by his superiors.
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Voyage of the Damned
Title: Voyage of the Damned
Character: Dr. Juan Remos
Released: December 22, 1976
Type: Movie
A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
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Title: Origins of the Mafia
Character: Vianisi
Released: November 19, 1976
Type: TV
Mini series about the origins of the Italian mafia
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People of the Wind
Title: People of the Wind
Character: Jafar Qoli (voice)
Released: October 29, 1976
Type: Movie
1976 American documentary film about the Bakhtiari people.
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Fear in the City
Title: Fear in the City
Character: Prosecutor
Released: September 14, 1976
Type: Movie
The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull off a successful prison break and spend the night picking off various informers and people they don't like. Murri investigates; hooking up with one of the criminal's nieces along the way. He uses his own methods; which mostly involve breaking all the rules, and thus comes under a lot of scrutiny from his superiors who don't take too kindly to the cop's way of working.
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The Flower in His Mouth
Title: The Flower in His Mouth
Character: Avv. Antonio Bellocampo
Released: October 30, 1975
Type: Movie
A female school teacher is implicated in a murder in a Sicilian town only hours after her arrival. The dead man insulted her on the bus on the way into town. As the mystery unfolds, it becomes clear that the town is hiding some very sinister secrets.
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Inside Out
Title: Inside Out
Character: Ernst Furben
Released: October 19, 1975
Type: Movie
An American ex-WW II POW returns to Germany 30 years after the war. He teams up with the former commander of his prison camp. Together they spring a Nazi war criminal from jail. He's the only one left who knows where a secret wartime cache of gold is hidden.
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Autobiography of a Princess
Title: Autobiography of a Princess
Character: Cyril Sahib
Released: October 5, 1975
Type: Movie
On the birthday of her late father, a deposed Maharaja, a displaced Indian princess living in London and his former private secretary watch home movies and reminisce about royal India.
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The Left Hand of the Law
Title: The Left Hand of the Law
Character: Senatore Leandri
Released: September 3, 1975
Type: Movie
After a couple of 'special squad' cops are gunned down while chasing some kidnappers, the head of the squad takes it really personally! His violent path to find the kidnappers leads him to the upper echelons of the government. Now, the powers-that-be don't want to be found out and decide it's time to kill one more cop...
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Kidnap Syndicate
Title: Kidnap Syndicate
Character: Filippini
Released: August 27, 1975
Type: Movie
After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poor mechanic.
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Mandingo
Title: Mandingo
Character: Warren Maxwell
Released: June 6, 1975
Type: Movie
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.
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11 Harrowhouse
Title: 11 Harrowhouse
Character: Charles D. Watts
Released: September 26, 1974
Type: Movie
A small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a large first class diamond. But when the diamond is stolen from him, he is blackmailed into pulling off a major heist at the Diamond Exchange, located at 11 Harrowhouse.
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Frankenstein: The True Story
Title: Frankenstein: The True Story
Character: Dr. John Polidori
Released: September 19, 1974
Type: Movie
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.
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The Marseille Contract
Title: The Marseille Contract
Character: Jacques Brizard
Released: September 4, 1974
Type: Movie
An important drug lord settled in Marseille is suspected of having ordered the killing of an American agent, but it is impossible to impute him due to his political influences, so the dead agent's boss decides to hire the services of a hitman to kill him.
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Great Expectations
Title: Great Expectations
Character: Magwitch
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
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Title: Frankenstein: The True Story
Character: Dr. John Polidori
Released: November 30, 1973
Type: TV
Victor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his associate, Dr. Polidori.
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The MacKintosh Man
Title: The MacKintosh Man
Character: Sir George Wheeler
Released: November 8, 1973
Type: Movie
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
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The Last of Sheila
Title: The Last of Sheila
Character: Philip
Released: June 14, 1973
Type: Movie
A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game — but the game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
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The Reformation: Age of Revolt
Title: The Reformation: Age of Revolt
Character: Narrator
Released: February 2, 1973
Type: Movie
This educational documentary describes the political, social, and religious conditions of sixteenth century Europe. It also Interprets the reforms of Martin Luther as a part and/of these conditions as indications of future trends.
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John Keats: His Life and Death
Title: John Keats: His Life and Death
Character: Narrator
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.
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Child's Play
Title: Child's Play
Character: Jerome Malley
Released: December 12, 1972
Type: Movie
At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.
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Home, James
Title: Home, James
Character: Self
Released: September 19, 1972
Type: Movie
Actor James Mason returns to his Huddersfield roots. Harking back to his childhood memories, he remarks how the town has changed and developed but the people have remained the same.
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The Wind in the Wires
Title: The Wind in the Wires
Character: Narrator
Released: September 6, 1972
Type: Movie
This documentary recounts the history of modern aviation (primarily in Britain) from roughly 1900 until the inter-war period, using old monochrome footage of original aircraft, contemporary color footage of replica planes in flight as well as a number of photographs of famous aviators.
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Kill!
Title: Kill!
Character: Alan Hamilton
Released: December 10, 1971
Type: Movie
Interpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.
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Bad Man's River
Title: Bad Man's River
Character: Francisco Paco Montero
Released: December 3, 1971
Type: Movie
Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.
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Title: Appointment With Destiny
Character: Narrator
Released: November 19, 1971
Type: TV
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Title: The Search for the Nile
Character: Narrator
Released: September 22, 1971
Type: TV
The Nile's source was the last great mystery for European explorers in the 19th century. The story of its discovery is one of heroism in the service of faith, greed, and obsession.
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Title: V.I.P. Schaukel
Character: Self
Released: May 9, 1971
Type: TV
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Cold Sweat
Title: Cold Sweat
Character: Captain Ross
Released: December 18, 1970
Type: Movie
During the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he encounters his former company commander Captain Ross, jailed for black marketeering. Together with Ross' cohorts Joe agrees to escape with them, but things go wrong and a policeman is killed. An appalled Joe escapes by himself, abandoning the others, who are recaptured. Years later Joe has a boat rental business where he is found by Ross. Now a wanted drug smuggler he wants the use of Joe's boats and to ensure his cooperation, they kidnap his wife and daughter.
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Spring and Port Wine
Title: Spring and Port Wine
Character: Rafe Crompton
Released: October 2, 1970
Type: Movie
A stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's lives in working class Bolton, England.
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The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Title: The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
Character: Y.Y. Go
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
An American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan becomes involved with the notorious Mr. Go, an organized crime mastermind. They conspire to blackmail an American weapons scientist into providing secrets to Mr. Go's organization for resale to the highest bidder. "The Dolphin" then arrives, who is an American CIA agent and James Joyce scholar, and is charged with recovering the scientist and his work by whatever means necessary.
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Age of Consent
Title: Age of Consent
Character: Bradley Morahan
Released: May 13, 1969
Type: Movie
An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once more. On the island he re-discovers his muse in the form of a young girl.
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The Sea Gull
Title: The Sea Gull
Character: Trigorin
Released: December 23, 1968
Type: Movie
Film adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century.
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The London Nobody Knows
Title: The London Nobody Knows
Character: Himself - Narrator
Released: December 19, 1968
Type: Movie
Based on Geoffrey Fletcher’s book, this captivating documentary exposes the real London of the swinging sixties. Turning its back on familiar sights, the film explores the hidden details of a crumbling metropolis. With James Mason as our Guide, we are led on an tour of the weird and wonderful pockets of London from abandoned music-halls to egg breaking factories.
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Mayerling
Title: Mayerling
Character: Franz Joseph I of Austria
Released: October 31, 1968
Type: Movie
Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over implementing progressive policies for their country. Rudolf soon feels he is a man born at the wrong time in a country that doesn't realize the need for social reform. The Prince of Wales, later to become Britain's King Edward VII, provides comic relief. Rudolf finds refuge from a loveless marriage with Princess Stéphanie by taking a mistress, Baroness Maria Vetsera. Their untimely demise at Mayerling, the imperial family's hunting lodge, is cloaked in mystery.
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Duffy
Title: Duffy
Character: Charles Calvert
Released: September 16, 1968
Type: Movie
Half-brothers Stefane and Antony despise their biological father, callous millionaire Charles Calvert. Because Charles refuses to share his wealth with his sons, Stefane and Antony ask hip American thrill-seeker Duffy to help steal the money they believe is their birthright. When Charles decides to move a large portion of his savings from Morocco to France, Duffy has an opportunity to stage a daring burglary attempt at sea.
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Title: Apropos Film
Character: himself
Released: November 26, 1967
Type: TV
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Cop-Out
Title: Cop-Out
Character: John Sawyer
Released: May 23, 1967
Type: Movie
John Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since his wife left him. When his daughter's boyfriend is accused of murder, Sawyer decides to try to pull himself together and defend him in court.
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The Deadly Affair
Title: The Deadly Affair
Character: Charles Dobbs
Released: January 2, 1967
Type: Movie
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.
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Title: ABC Stage 67
Character: Otto Hoffman
Released: September 14, 1966
Type: TV
ABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety shows, documentaries, and original musicals. It premiered on American Broadcasting Company on September 14, 1966 with Murray Schisgal's The Love Song of Barney Kempinksi, directed by Stanley Prager and starring Alan Arkin as a man enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City in his last remaining hours of bachelorhood. Arkin was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance By An Actor in a Leading Role in a Drama and the program was nominated as Outstanding Dramatic Program. Future programs included appearances by Petula Clark, Bobby Darin, Sir Laurence Olivier, Albert Finney, Peter Sellers, David Frost, and Jack Paar. ABC's effort to bring culture to the masses was a noble but unsuccessful experiment. Scheduled first against I Spy on Wednesdays and then The Dean Martin Show on Thursdays, the show consistently received low ratings. Its last production, an adaptation of Jean Cocteau's one-woman play The Human Voice starring Ingrid Bergman, aired on May 4, 1967. "Stage 67" was not actually a part of the primary ABC facilities in Los Angeles. It was produced at the old Monogram Studios backlot that was later sold to KCET.
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Georgy Girl
Title: Georgy Girl
Character: James Leamington
Released: August 4, 1966
Type: Movie
A homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged employer while attempting to please her glamorously stuck-up roommate Meredith.
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The Blue Max
Title: The Blue Max
Character: General Count von Klugermann
Released: June 21, 1966
Type: Movie
A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills.
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Uncertain Verification
Title: Uncertain Verification
Character: (archive footage)
Released: April 30, 1965
Type: Movie
A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.
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The Uninhibited
Title: The Uninhibited
Character: Pascal Regnier
Released: April 21, 1965
Type: Movie
Vincent is recovering from a nervous breakdown in a seaside village on the Costa Brava. He enters into an affair with nightclub owner Jenny, but their relationship changes when she falls for alcoholic author Pascal Regnier, who is struggling to resume his writing career. Vincent eventually returns home, leaving Jenny to stay on with Pascal and his young son Daniel.
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Genghis Khan
Title: Genghis Khan
Character: Kam Ling
Released: April 15, 1965
Type: Movie
This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tribes and conquers India,China,Persia,Korea and parts of Rusia,Europe and Middle-East.
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Lord Jim
Title: Lord Jim
Character: Gentleman Brown
Released: February 15, 1965
Type: Movie
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself.
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The Pumpkin Eater
Title: The Pumpkin Eater
Character: Bob Conway
Released: July 16, 1964
Type: Movie
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
Title: The Fall of the Roman Empire
Character: Timonides
Released: March 24, 1964
Type: Movie
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius has to make a decission about his successor between his son Commodus, who is obsessed by power, and the loyal general Gaius Livius.
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Torpedo Bay
Title: Torpedo Bay
Character: Captain Blayne
Released: September 21, 1963
Type: Movie
An Italian submarine captain tries to navigate his sub through enemy waters while being stalked by a British warship. They both make it to the neutral port of Tangiers where they agree a truce.
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Title: Stoney Burke
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
Stoney Burke is an American western television series broadcast on ABC from October 1, 1962 until May 20, 1963. Six years before the premiere of his CBS crime drama, Hawaii Five-0, Jack Lord starred in the title role.
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Title: The Merv Griffin Show
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran from October 1, 1962 to March 29, 1963 on NBC, September 20, 1965 to August 15, 1969 in first-run syndication, from August 18, 1969 to February 11, 1972 at 11:30 PM ET weeknights on CBS and again in first-run syndication from February 14, 1972 to September 5, 1986.
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Title: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character: Self
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Character: Warren Barrow
Released: September 20, 1962
Type: TV
A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of suspense and featuring thrillers and mysteries.
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Hero's Island
Title: Hero's Island
Character: Jacob Weber
Released: September 16, 1962
Type: Movie
A family shipwrecked on an island must deal with escaped convicts and pirates.
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Tiara Tahiti
Title: Tiara Tahiti
Character: Captain Brett Aimsley
Released: July 1, 1962
Type: Movie
James Mason and John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough colonel and a refined captain who clashed during the war, and continue their personal battle in peace-time Tahiti.
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Lolita
Title: Lolita
Character: Prof. Humbert Humbert
Released: June 13, 1962
Type: Movie
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.
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Escape from Zahrain
Title: Escape from Zahrain
Character: Johnson
Released: May 23, 1962
Type: Movie
Yul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing squad by young loyalists led by Sal Mineo. Yul and the other prisoners kidnap an ambulance and head into the Arabian desert with the police in hot pursuit. All the performances are magnificent: Sal Mineo showing his acting talents, Jack Warden in a wiseguy performance as an employee of Zahrain oil who was involved in embezzlement, Anthony Caruso as a slimy psychotic and the underrated Madlyn Rhue as a nurse who becomes emotionally involved in the proceedings.
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Theatre 62: Rebecca
Title: Theatre 62: Rebecca
Character: Maxim de Winter
Released: April 8, 1962
Type: Movie
A self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife.
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Title: Dr. Kildare
Character: Dr. Maxwell Becker
Released: September 27, 1961
Type: TV
The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession, deal with the problems of his patients, and win the respect of the senior doctor in his specialty, internal medicine.
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The Marriage-Go-Round
Title: The Marriage-Go-Round
Character: Paul Delville
Released: January 6, 1961
Type: Movie
An anthropology professor and his professor wife have the perfect marriage--until a Swedish colleague's daughter comes to visit. Not only is the little girl all grown up, but she's ready to start a family--with him!
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Title: The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Character: Edward Carson
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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A Touch of Larceny
Title: A Touch of Larceny
Character: Cmdr. Max Easton
Released: February 4, 1960
Type: Movie
After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth
Title: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Character: Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
Released: December 15, 1959
Type: Movie
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.
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Title: The DuPont Show with June Allyson
Character: Henry Chambers
Released: September 21, 1959
Type: TV
The DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from September 21, 1959 to April 3, 1961 with rebroadcasts continuing until June 12, 1961. The series was hosted by actress June Allyson.
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North by Northwest
Title: North by Northwest
Character: Phillip Vandamm
Released: July 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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The Decks Ran Red
Title: The Decks Ran Red
Character: Capt. Edwin Rummill
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: Movie
A band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.
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Cry Terror!
Title: Cry Terror!
Character: Jim Molner
Released: May 2, 1958
Type: Movie
A mad bomber holds an innocent family hostage.
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Island in the Sun
Title: Island in the Sun
Character: Maxwell Fleury
Released: June 12, 1957
Type: Movie
On a Caribbean island, a rich landowner's son, Maxwell Fleury, is fighting for political office against black labor leader David Boyeur. As if the contentious election weren't enough, there are plenty of scandals to go around: Boyeur has a secret white lover and Fleury's wife, Sylvia, is also having an affair. And then, of course, there's the small matter of a recently murdered aristocrat.
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Title: Panic!
Released: March 5, 1957
Type: TV
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Bigger Than Life
Title: Bigger Than Life
Character: Ed Avery
Released: August 2, 1956
Type: Movie
A friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone, resulting in his transformation into a household despot.
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Title: The Steve Allen Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 24, 1956
Type: TV
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Forever, Darling
Title: Forever, Darling
Character: The Guardian Angel
Released: February 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Susan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So into her life comes an angel, which only Susan can see, to tell her that there will be trouble ahead if they do not work out their problems. Lorenzo is developing insecticide #383 at Finlay Vega Chemical Co. and plans to test it on a camping trip that he takes with Susan, but the trip becomes an obstacle course for him.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Title: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Character: Captain Nemo
Released: December 23, 1954
Type: Movie
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
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The Star of Bethlehem
Title: The Star of Bethlehem
Character: Himself
Released: December 18, 1954
Type: Movie
James Mason and his wife Pamela read sections from the bible that lead up to the birth of Jesus. James Mason then visits his daughter in bed and their discussion leads into an enactment of the Nativity starring a cast of children.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Norman Maine
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Prince Valiant
Title: Prince Valiant
Character: Sir Brack
Released: April 5, 1954
Type: Movie
A young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled father to his rightful throne.
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The Tell-Tale Heart
Title: The Tell-Tale Heart
Character: Narrator
Released: December 17, 1953
Type: Movie
One of the most discussed and imaginative cartoons of any era. It tells the famous Edgar Allan Poe story of the deranged boarder who had to kill his landlord, not for greed, but because he possessed an "evil eye." The killer is never seen but his presence is felt by the use light-and-shadow to give the impression of impending disaster.
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The Man Between
Title: The Man Between
Character: Ivo Kern
Released: November 18, 1953
Type: Movie
A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.
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Charade
Title: Charade
Character: The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson
Released: September 16, 1953
Type: Movie
This is an anthology film with three stories. In "Portrait of a Murderer", a female artist draws sketches of a mysterious neighbor. She is unaware that the man is a murderer. "Duel at Dawn" is set in 1880s Austria. Two military officers fight a duel, with the survivor free to claim the heart of their shared love interest. "The Midas Touch" is a romance story of sorts. Jonah Watson is a successful American businessman, but is disgruntled with his life. He emigrates to England to start a new life, and works as a common servant. But he falls in love with a cockney maid who dreams of marrying into wealth.
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Julius Caesar
Title: Julius Caesar
Character: Brutus
Released: June 4, 1953
Type: Movie
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.
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The Desert Rats
Title: The Desert Rats
Character: Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
Released: May 20, 1953
Type: Movie
In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts. The unruly Aussies immediately clash with MacRoberts, a gruff, strict disciplinarian, however this unorthodox team must band together to protect Tobruk from the German forces.
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The Story of Three Loves
Title: The Story of Three Loves
Character: Charles Coutray
Released: March 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Passengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
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Title: General Electric Theater
Character: Wayne Sebastian
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: TV
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
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Botany Bay
Title: Botany Bay
Character: Capt. Paul Gilbert
Released: December 26, 1952
Type: Movie
Based on the story of Australia's colonization, this atmospheric drama stars Alan Ladd as Hugh Tallant, an American medical student falsely convicted of robbery and sent on a torturous voyage with other prisoners to the penal colony at Botany Bay. Because of his attempt to escape, evil Captain Gilbert decides to return him to England on charges of mutiny.
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Title: Omnibus
Released: November 9, 1952
Type: TV
Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
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The Prisoner of Zenda
Title: The Prisoner of Zenda
Character: Rupert of Hentzau
Released: November 4, 1952
Type: Movie
An Englishman vacationing in Ruritania is recruited to impersonate his cousin, the soon-to-be-crowned king after the monarch is drugged and kidnapped.
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Face to Face
Title: Face to Face
Character: The Captain
Released: November 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Two short films released together under a collective title. The first, "Secret Sharer", directed by John Brahm and starring James Mason, is based on a short story by Joseph Conrad. The second tale, "Bride Comes to Yellow Sky", directed by Bretaigne Windust and starring Robert Preston, is adapted from Stephen Crane's short story.
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Ellis in Freedomland
Title: Ellis in Freedomland
Character: The Refrigerator (voice)
Released: June 15, 1952
Type: Movie
Westinghouse claims its electric appliances "freed women from the drudgery of housework." The first half involves a dream salesman at work; the second half is focused on the "Spring Sales Event," called "Freedomland."
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5 Fingers
Title: 5 Fingers
Character: Ulysses Diello
Released: February 22, 1952
Type: Movie
During WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans while trying to romance a refugee Polish countess.
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Lady Possessed
Title: Lady Possessed
Character: Jimmy Del Palma
Released: January 26, 1952
Type: Movie
A pianist takes his ailing wife out of a London hospital at the same time that another female patient there has suffered a miscarriage. Afterwards, the second woman feels empty and withdrawn, and, thinking that getting her away from London will help, her husband takes her to live at a country estate, which turns out to be the former residence of the pianist who left after his wife died. The woman begins to get visions of the wife and her final days; is she becoming possessed by the dead wife of the pianist?
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Title: The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
Character: Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Released: October 16, 1951
Type: Movie
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Captain Vialez
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Title: Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
Character: Hendrik van der Zee
Released: April 13, 1951
Type: Movie
Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hendrik van der Zee, he pushes her to commit the ultimate act of love.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Self - Host
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Title: The Bob Hope Show
Character: Self
Released: April 9, 1950
Type: TV
The Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC rotated with other variety shows in a Sunday night block known as "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (Sept. 1950 to Dec. 1955). Also known as, "The Chevy Show with Bob Hope." When the first special debuted in October of 1950 it was the most expensive television program made up to that point - costing an astronomical $1,500 a minute to produce. Bob Hope had his own television show and radio show at the same time. For the next three seasons, The Bob Hope Show was broadcast once a month on Tuesday nights, giving Milton Berle a week off. Bob ended his radio show in April, 1956. Bob Hope also had another show by a similar name, "The Bob Hope Show (All Star Revue)". In addition, he performed in "Specials" for many years. It is the longest running variety program in television's history with a record of 45 years of televised entertainment.
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One Way Street
Title: One Way Street
Character: Frank Matson
Released: April 1, 1950
Type: Movie
After stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in Mexico to hide out.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Panelist
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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Title: What's My Line?
Character: Self - Mystery Guest
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: TV
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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East Side, West Side
Title: East Side, West Side
Character: Brandon Bourne
Released: December 22, 1949
Type: Movie
A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.
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The Reckless Moment
Title: The Reckless Moment
Character: Martin Donnelly
Released: December 9, 1949
Type: Movie
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
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Madame Bovary
Title: Madame Bovary
Character: Gustave Flaubert
Released: August 25, 1949
Type: Movie
After marrying small-town doctor Charles Bovary, Emma becomes tired of her limited social status and begins to have affairs, first with the young Leon Dupuis and later with the wealthy Rodolphe Boulanger. Eventually, however, her self-involved behavior catches up with her.
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Caught
Title: Caught
Character: Larry Quinada
Released: February 17, 1949
Type: Movie
Wide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is loveless. Even worse, Ohlrig seems to have manic, violent tendencies. Eventually, young Leonora escapes her unhappy life and begins working with New York City doctor Larry Quinada, who she soon falls for. Unfortunately, Ohlrig refuses to grant his wife a divorce, and things get even darker for Leonora when she realizes she's pregnant with his child.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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Title: The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: June 20, 1948
Type: TV
The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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The Upturned Glass
Title: The Upturned Glass
Character: Michael Joyce
Released: June 17, 1947
Type: Movie
A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the woman fell out a window and died. The surgeon, suspecting that she was murdered, set out to find her killer -- but, instead of turning the suspect over to the police, he planned to take his own revenge on the murderer.
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Odd Man Out
Title: Odd Man Out
Character: Johnny McQueen
Released: January 30, 1947
Type: Movie
Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
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The Wicked Lady
Title: The Wicked Lady
Character: Captain Jerry Jackson
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
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The Seventh Veil
Title: The Seventh Veil
Character: Nicholas Cunningham
Released: October 18, 1945
Type: Movie
A concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
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They Were Sisters
Title: They Were Sisters
Character: Geoffrey Lee
Released: July 2, 1945
Type: Movie
The story of three sisters and the men they marry: one is happily married but childless, the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriage, and the third is tortured by the mental cruelties inflicted by a domineering husband.
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A Place of One's Own
Title: A Place of One's Own
Character: Henry Smedhurst
Released: March 20, 1945
Type: Movie
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.
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Hotel Reserve
Title: Hotel Reserve
Character: Peter Vadassy
Released: June 1, 1944
Type: Movie
A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.
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Fanny by Gaslight
Title: Fanny by Gaslight
Character: Lord Manderstoke
Released: May 8, 1944
Type: Movie
Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.
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Candlelight in Algeria
Title: Candlelight in Algeria
Character: Alan Thurston
Released: March 19, 1944
Type: Movie
Candlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James Mason, Carla Lehmann and Raymond Lovell. This drama follows the exploits of Eisenhower's top aide, Mark Clark, and other important Allies as they journey to an important meeting held on Algeria's coast. The precise location of this vital secret gathering is upon a piece of film which must not fall into enemy hands
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They Met in the Dark
Title: They Met in the Dark
Character: Richard Francis Heritage
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 Man in Grey
Title: The Man in Grey
Character: Lord Rohan
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.
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The Bells Go Down
Title: The Bells Go Down
Character: Ted Robbins
Released: May 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
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Thunder Rock
Title: Thunder Rock
Character: Streeter
Released: December 4, 1942
Type: Movie
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.
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Secret Mission
Title: Secret Mission
Character: Raoul de Carnot
Released: October 5, 1942
Type: Movie
World War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake a hazardous mission to infiltrate a German HQ in search of vital information that could lead to the overthrow of the Nazis.
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Alibi
Title: Alibi
Character: Andre Laurent
Released: August 10, 1942
Type: Movie
In 1930s France a bar hostess helps a man prove himself innocent of murder.
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The Night Has Eyes
Title: The Night Has Eyes
Character: Stephen Deremid
Released: June 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Two teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after friend Evelyn disappeared there. On a stormy night, they take refuge in the isolated cottage of Stephen, one-time pianist shell-shocked in the Spanish Civil War. Doris flees as soon as the flood subsides; but Marian's suspicions about Evelyn's fate, in conflict with her growing love for Stephen, prompt her to stay on among the misty bogs.
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Hatter's Castle
Title: Hatter's Castle
Character: Dr. Renwick
Released: February 2, 1942
Type: Movie
The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building, half cottage, half castle, embraced with thick stone walls. The townsfolk nickname the fortress "Hatter's Castle", for James Brodie, the man who built it. Brodie is a hatter who keeps the members of the family in fear and submission; he is brutal, arrogant, selfish and cruel. His wife, who has long been ailing, and his daughter Mary, are in awe of him. His son Angus, aged 15, alone dear to his heart, suffers under his love as the others suffer under his sternness.
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The Patient Vanishes
Title: The Patient Vanishes
Character: Mick Cardby
Released: July 21, 1941
Type: Movie
Action and excitement beckon as popular sleuth Mick Cardby goes on the trail of a missing girl, and finds himself in the clutches of a gang of blackmailers.
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The Circle
Title: The Circle
Character: Edward Luton
Released: September 4, 1939
Type: Movie
In London, aware of her husband's longstanding affair and feeling neglected, a woman flirts with a former flame in a plot to teach her husband a lesson without endangering their marriage.
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The Miser
Title: The Miser
Character: Valere - In love with Elise
Released: March 21, 1939
Type: Movie
Television broadcast of L'avare by Molière.
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I Met a Murderer
Title: I Met a Murderer
Character: Mark Warrow
Released: March 4, 1939
Type: Movie
An Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.
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Bees on the Boat-Deck
Title: Bees on the Boat-Deck
Character: Robert Patch
Released: January 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Television broadcast of Bees on the Boat-Deck by J.B. Priestley.
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The Moon in the Yellow River
Title: The Moon in the Yellow River
Character: Darrell Blake
Released: December 28, 1938
Type: Movie
Television broadcast of The Moon in the Yellow River by Denis Johnston.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
Title: Cyrano de Bergerac
Character: Christian de Neuvillette
Released: October 30, 1938
Type: Movie
Inspired by Edmond Rostand's 1897 play, this 1938 BBC Television studio production retells the comic and heroic drama of the 17th-century Gascon swordsman, poet, and philosopher, Cyrano de Bergerac (1990). Secretly and passionately in love with beautiful Roxane, Cyrano, who is embarrassed by his elongated nose, is shocked to find out that she has fallen head-over-heels in love with the handsome but superficial recruit to the Cadets de Gascogne, Christian de Neuvillette. As a result, convinced that he stands no chance against the handsome but tongue-tied suitor, Cyrano steps aside and becomes Christian's tutor in the delicate matters of love, composing poems and ardent letters to help him woo Roxane.
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Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Title: Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Character: Jean Tallien
Released: October 20, 1937
Type: Movie
Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It's clearly a trap, but nothing will keep the good Pimpernel from carrying out his mission.
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The High Command
Title: The High Command
Character: Capt. Heverell
Released: August 23, 1937
Type: Movie
A general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.
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Catch as Catch Can
Title: Catch as Catch Can
Character: Robert Leyland
Released: July 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Undercover agent Robert Leyland entraps crooks trying to sneak expensive goods past customs on transatlantic crossings. After Leyland falls for reluctant smuggler Barbara Standish, he convinces her to return with him to France with her cache of diamonds. But she is unaware of a network of thieves onboard their ship, competing against each other to make off with her jewels.
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Fire Over England
Title: Fire Over England
Character: Hillary Vane
Released: March 5, 1937
Type: Movie
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.
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The Mill on the Floss
Title: The Mill on the Floss
Character: Tom Tulliver
Released: January 9, 1937
Type: Movie
Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.
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Secret of Stamboul
Title: Secret of Stamboul
Character: Larry
Released: October 5, 1936
Type: Movie
A man travels to Istanbul to try and prevent a revolution.
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Twice Branded
Title: Twice Branded
Character: Henry Hamilton
Released: May 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is determined to save him.
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Blind Man's Bluff
Title: Blind Man's Bluff
Character: Stephen Neville
Released: March 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A formerly blind scientist continues to feign his condition in order to thwart his philandering wife's romantic plans.
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Prison Breaker
Title: Prison Breaker
Character: 'Bunny' Barnes
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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Troubled Waters
Title: Troubled Waters
Character: John Merriman
Released: February 1, 1936
Type: Movie
James Mason is teamed up once again with Virginia Cherill whom he appeared with in his debut film, 'Late Extra'. He plays a government agent (John Merriman) who makes a few enquiries and follows leads. Cherill plays June Elkhardt.
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Late Extra
Title: Late Extra
Character: Jim Martin
Released: November 19, 1935
Type: Movie
A newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman.