Peter Cotes

Peter Cotes

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The Upturned Glass
Title: The Upturned Glass
Character: Male Student
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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Beware of Pity
Title: Beware of Pity
Character: Kosma (Orderly)
Released: July 22, 1946
Type: Movie
A paraplegic baroness mistakes a man's pity for love - and tragedy ensues.
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I See a Dark Stranger
Title: I See a Dark Stranger
Character: Brash Young Man
Released: July 4, 1946
Type: Movie
Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are devils. Her desire to join the IRA meets no encouragement, but a German spy finds her easy to recruit. We next find her working in a pub near a British military prison, using her sex appeal in the service of the enemy. But chance puts a really vital secret into her hands, leading to a chase involving Bridie, a British officer who's fallen for her, a German agent unknown to them both, and the police...paralleled by Bridie's own internal conflicts.
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What's the Next Job?
Title: What's the Next Job?
Character: James MacFarlane
Released: June 30, 1945
Type: Movie
Ministry of Information dramatized vocational film on assistance in finding jobs after the Second World War.
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The Way to the Stars
Title: The Way to the Stars
Character: Aircraftsman
Released: June 16, 1945
Type: Movie
Life on a British bomber base, and the surrounding towns, from the opening days of the Battle of Britain, to the arrival of the Americans, who join in the bomber offensive. The film centres around Pilot Officer Peter Penrose, fresh out of a training unit, who joins the squadron, and quickly discovers about life during war time. He falls for Iris, a young girl who lives at the local hotel, but he becomes disillusioned about marriage, when the squadron commander dies in a raid, and leaves his wife, the hotel manageress, with a young son to bring up. As the war progresses, Penross comes to terms that he has survived, while others have been killed.
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Don't Take It to Heart
Title: Don't Take It to Heart
Character: Junior Counsel
Released: November 13, 1944
Type: Movie
A stray World War Two bomb releases the ghost of the 3rd Earl of Chaunduyt after 400 years. A visiting professor, while wooing the beautiful Lady Mary, daughter of the present Earl, finds him an ally in his fight on behalf of the villagers to protect their ancient rights against a meddling newcomer.
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The Gentle Sex
Title: The Gentle Sex
Character: Taffy (uncredited)
Released: May 23, 1943
Type: Movie
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries.
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Pastor Hall
Title: Pastor Hall
Character: Erwin Kohn
Released: May 28, 1940
Type: Movie
The village of Altdorf has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of Stormtroopers. The Stormtroopers go about teaching and enforcing "The New Order", but Pastor Hall, a kind and gentle man, won't be cowed. Some villagers join the Nazi party avidly, and some just go along with things, hoping for a quiet life, but Pastor Hall takes his convictions to the pulpit.