George Merritt

George Merritt

Born: December 10, 1890
Died: August 27, 1977
in London, England, UK

Movies for George Merritt...

Title: Fall of Eagles
Character: Ketterl
Released: March 15, 1974
Type: TV
"Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing with the collapse of the ruling dynasties of Austria-Hungary (the Habsburgs), Germany (the Hohenzollerns) and Russia (the Romanovs).
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Gawain and the Green Knight
Title: Gawain and the Green Knight
Character: Old Knight
Released: June 1, 1973
Type: Movie
The medieval legend of a supernatural knight who challenges the king's men to kill him.
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I, Monster
Title: I, Monster
Character: Poole
Released: November 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of “Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde” where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intravenous drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake (also Lee) who gets more monstrous with each transformation. Peter Cushing plays his friend and colleague, Dr. Utterson.
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Title: The Persuaders!
Character: Chivers
Released: September 17, 1971
Type: TV
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
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Cromwell
Title: Cromwell
Character: William
Released: September 16, 1970
Type: Movie
Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell is drawn into the tangled web of religion and politics that will result in the English Civil War.
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The Creeper
Title: The Creeper
Character: Holmes
Released: September 7, 1970
Type: Movie
A young man starts a new job as companion to a wealthy, eccentric recluse who lives in a large house in a remote area. The only others living there are an aged butler and a companion about to leave. It transpires that there is more to this curious household than meets the eye.
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Title: The First Churchills
Released: September 27, 1969
Type: TV
The lives of the Duke of Marlborough and his wife Sarah, from their meeting in 1673 to the duke's death in 1722.
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Title: The Prisoner
Character: Postman
Released: September 29, 1967
Type: TV
After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
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Title: BBC Play of the Month
Character: Mr. Scruple
Released: October 19, 1965
Type: TV
Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina. Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.
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Title: Contract to Kill
Released: May 3, 1965
Type: TV
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Title: Gideon's Way
Released: March 18, 1965
Type: TV
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.
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Title: Gideon's Way
Character: The Janitor
Released: March 18, 1965
Type: TV
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.
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The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Title: The Day the Earth Caught Fire
Character: Smudge (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1961
Type: Movie
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.
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Title: The Avengers
Character: James
Released: January 7, 1961
Type: TV
The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish and assertive women: Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King. Later episodes increasingly incorporated elements of science fiction and fantasy, parody and British eccentricity.
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The Hands of Orlac
Title: The Hands of Orlac
Character: 2nd Member
Released: December 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Famed concert pianist Stephen Orlac survives a plane crash, but his hands are permanently destroyed. Helpful surgeon Volcheff grafts a pair of new hands on the hapless Orlac. Unfortunately, they're the hands of an executed murderer – useless for a pianist, but quite handy for less delicate work...
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The Full Treatment
Title: The Full Treatment
Character: Mr. Manfield
Released: October 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Race car driver Alan Colby and his new wife Denise are involved in a car crash where he sustains a serious head injury, causing him to have murderous feelings toward Denise. After Denise persuades him to honeymoon with her on the Cote D'Azur in France, they enlist the aid of a French psychiatrist who offers to regress Alan back to the time of the accident and cure him.
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Title: No Hiding Place
Released: September 16, 1959
Type: TV
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
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Dracula
Title: Dracula
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: May 22, 1958
Type: Movie
After Jonathan Harker attacks Dracula at his castle, the vampire travels to a nearby city, where he preys on the family of Harker's fiancée. The only one who may be able to protect them is Dr. van Helsing, Harker's friend and fellow-student of vampires, who is determined to destroy Dracula, whatever the cost.
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Quatermass II
Title: Quatermass II
Character: Super
Released: May 24, 1957
Type: Movie
In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for the first Moon colony, learn that a secret, ostensibly government-run, complex of identical design has been built in a remote part of England and is the focus of periodic falls of small, hollow "meteorites" originating in outer space. Quatermass determines to investigate and uncovers a terrifying extraterrestrial life form which has already begun action to take over the Earth.
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Title: The Adventures of Sir Lancelot
Character: Lloyd
Released: September 15, 1956
Type: TV
The Adventures of Sir Lancelot is a British television series first broadcast in 1956, produced by Sapphire Films for ITC Entertainment and screened on the ITV network. The series starred William Russell as the eponymous Sir Lancelot, a Knight of the Round Table in the time of King Arthur at Camelot.
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The Night of the Full Moon
Title: The Night of the Full Moon
Character: Charlie
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Story of how American secret agent pursued by enemy agents, hides out at remote English farm
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The End of the Road
Title: The End of the Road
Character: Timekeeper
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended family.
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Small Town Story
Title: Small Town Story
Character: Michael Collins
Released: December 21, 1953
Type: Movie
Canadian ex-serviceman Bob Regan returns to Oldchester, the English town where he was posted during the war. Meeting up with his friend Mike, now manager of the local football club, he discovers that Oldchester are desperate for promotion as they stand to inherit £25,000 from recently deceased supporter Wallace Hammond if they make the Third Division a situation that Hammond's devious nephew finds intolerable...
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Noose for a Lady
Title: Noose for a Lady
Character: Sergeant Frost
Released: April 1, 1953
Type: Movie
An amateur detective races against time to clear the name of his cousin, who is accused of murdering her husband. It is based on the novel Whispering Woman by Gerald Verner.
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Pool of London
Title: Pool of London
Released: February 20, 1951
Type: Movie
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
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Something in the City
Title: Something in the City
Character: Police Inspector
Released: September 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A man hides the fact that he lost his job from his wife by apparently going off to work each day as normal but runs into trouble when he is tailed by a reporter.
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Dark Secret
Title: Dark Secret
Character: Mr. Lumley
Released: October 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A young couple move into a charming rural cottage. They become fixated upon the mysterious death of the earlier female occupant.
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Marry Me
Title: Marry Me
Character: Gazette Editor (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1949
Type: Movie
The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl on the run from a violent boyfriend, a country vicar, and a newspaper reporter, sent by his editor, to do an undercover story.
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Love in Waiting
Title: Love in Waiting
Character: James Hartley Pepperfield
Released: October 11, 1948
Type: Movie
The story of three women working as waitresses in post-World War II Britain.
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My Brother's Keeper
Title: My Brother's Keeper
Character: Constable
Released: August 19, 1948
Type: Movie
War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
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Good-Time Girl
Title: Good-Time Girl
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: April 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Good Time Girl stars Jean Kent as incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen Rawlings. Sent to a home for "problem" girls, Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.
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Daughter of Darkness
Title: Daughter of Darkness
Character: Constable
Released: January 21, 1948
Type: Movie
In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favors from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran to Yorkshire, Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until, that is, the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...
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The Upturned Glass
Title: The Upturned Glass
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
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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The Man Within
Title: The Man Within
Character: Hilliard
Released: May 19, 1947
Type: Movie
A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
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The Root of All Evil
Title: The Root of All Evil
Character: Landlord
Released: February 5, 1947
Type: Movie
Jeckie Farnish is a level-headed young woman, unlike her spoiled younger sister, Rushie. When the sisters become involved with charming businessman Charles Mortimer, the resulting tragedy leads to a lust for revenge on Rushie's part. However, Jeckie knows that she can always turn to reliable Joe Bartle in times of need.
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I'll Turn to You
Title: I'll Turn to You
Character: Cecil Joy
Released: June 17, 1946
Type: Movie
When a soldier returns from the Far East after the war, he and his wife have to adjust to life at home.
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Quiet Weekend
Title: Quiet Weekend
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: May 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Comedy of a family trying to spend a country weekend which is disrupted by an unpleasant friend of the son.
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The Voice Within
Title: The Voice Within
Character: McDonnell
Released: January 8, 1946
Type: Movie
Dennis O'Shea joins a gang of smugglers in order to raise the money to pay for his brother, who is fleeing from the IRA, to move to the USA. But after he accidentally kills a constable during a smuggling trip, the policeman's dog begins to follow him.
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I'll Be Your Sweetheart
Title: I'll Be Your Sweetheart
Character: T.P. O'Connor
Released: July 30, 1945
Type: Movie
In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher fights both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected.
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For You Alone
Title: For You Alone
Character: Police Constable Blundell
Released: May 28, 1945
Type: Movie
Wartime romantic melodrama, suggested by a popular song of the same title, with a young woman torn between her love for a naval officer and duty to an injured admirer.
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Waterloo Road
Title: Waterloo Road
Released: February 5, 1945
Type: Movie
During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.
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Love Story
Title: Love Story
Character: Telephone Engineer
Released: November 20, 1944
Type: Movie
After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While there, she falls in love with young mineral prospector Kit, a man whose dark secret prevents him from fighting in the War. Unbeknownst to Lissa, however, Kit's affections are also much in demand from a rival of hers.
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Don't Take It to Heart
Title: Don't Take It to Heart
Character: Landlord
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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A Canterbury Tale
Title: A Canterbury Tale
Character: Ned Horton
Released: August 21, 1944
Type: Movie
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.
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Give Us the Moon
Title: Give Us the Moon
Released: July 31, 1944
Type: Movie
Set just after the end of WWII (but filmed in the middle of it) in a time of general euphoria at having won the war, with full employment and general happiness for all (or nearly all). Peter, the young wastrel son of a hard working hotel owner doesn't like the idea of having to work for a living. He discovers a society of "White Elephants" who are quite willing to be poor as long as they don't have to work. They are protected and guided by Nina (Margaret Lockwood) and her precocious sister Heidi (Jean Simmons).
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Demobbed
Title: Demobbed
Character: James Bentley
Released: June 19, 1944
Type: Movie
Demobbed from the army Nat, Norman and Dan get new jobs, solve a crime and stage a concert party.
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The Way Ahead
Title: The Way Ahead
Character: Sergeant Major (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1944
Type: Movie
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
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Escape to Danger
Title: Escape to Danger
Character: Works Manager
Released: October 18, 1943
Type: Movie
During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the Germans invade.
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I'll Walk Beside You
Title: I'll Walk Beside You
Character: Hancock
Released: August 16, 1943
Type: Movie
John meets Ann at a music shop where she works. Love blossoms briefly before John is called away to serve on his naval ship. John suffers severe memory loss when his ship is sunk and Ann believing John is dead throws herself into nursing - will they ever meet again?
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Undercover
Title: Undercover
Character: A Yugoslav General
Released: July 26, 1943
Type: Movie
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope to the people. But quislings and infiltrators are everywhere – and trusting the wrong person could easily get you killed...
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They Flew Alone
Title: They Flew Alone
Character: Reporter
Released: June 29, 1942
Type: Movie
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
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The Day Will Dawn
Title: The Day Will Dawn
Character: German Trawler Captain
Released: June 8, 1942
Type: Movie
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they do not believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.
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Adventure in Blackmail
Title: Adventure in Blackmail
Character: Professor Beaver
Released: April 20, 1942
Type: Movie
Low-key British comedy starring Clive Brook as a successful playwright who is sued for breach of promise by a mysterious beauty he claims not to know.
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Back-Room Boy
Title: Back-Room Boy
Character: Uncle
Released: April 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Jilted by his fiancee, Arthur Pilbeam gets a job as far away from women as possible. Alone in a lighthouse, he soon finds that 12 other people end up living on the tiny island. Thirteen is an unlucky number; and one-by-one they disappear ...
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The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Title: The Black Sheep of Whitehall
Character: Station Master
Released: February 23, 1942
Type: Movie
A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.
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Hatter's Castle
Title: Hatter's Castle
Character: Gibson
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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Ships with Wings
Title: Ships with Wings
Character: Surgeon Comdr.
Released: November 10, 1941
Type: Movie
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Greece, he gets a chance to redeem himself and rejoin his old unit on a British carrier. This is regarded the last of the conventional, rather stiff 1930's style Ealing war films, to be succeeded by much more realism and better storytelling.
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The Ghost Train
Title: The Ghost Train
Character: Inspector
Released: May 5, 1941
Type: Movie
Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is said to travel these parts at dead of night, carrying ghosts from a long-ago train wreck in the area.
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Gasbags
Title: Gasbags
Character: German General
Released: February 1, 1941
Type: Movie
It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by running a fish and chip stall using their platoon's barrage balloon for advertising. Their Sgt Major is not happy about this and orders them to take the balloon down, but a freak heavy wind accidentally carries the gang away to Nazi Germany. They are captured and placed in a detention camp where they meet an elderly prisoner named Jerry, who possess a map for the location of a secret weapon which will win the war! Fortunately Teddy Knox's impersonation of Hitler lands him the spot of pretending to be the Fuhrer at a gala dinner and the gang are allowed out of the camp. However the Nazis have other ideas for their substitute leader.
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Spare a Copper
Title: Spare a Copper
Character: Brewster
Released: December 2, 1940
Type: Movie
George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
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The Case of the Frightened Lady
Title: The Case of the Frightened Lady
Character: Det. Inspector Tanner
Released: September 28, 1940
Type: Movie
A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.
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A Window in London
Title: A Window in London
Character: Manager
Released: June 15, 1940
Type: Movie
A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion. The insanely jealous magician husband eventually kills his wife, making for complications in life of unhappily married man who is now involved more than he ever thought he would be.
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The Proud Valley
Title: The Proud Valley
Character: Mr. Lewis
Released: April 6, 1940
Type: Movie
In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the ultimate sacrifice when a pit disaster threatens.
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They Came by Night
Title: They Came by Night
Character: Inspector Metcalfe
Released: March 7, 1940
Type: Movie
A man is blackmailed into taking his brother's place in a gang for a jewellery heist.
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Now You're Talking
Title: Now You're Talking
Character: Fred Perkins
Released: March 1, 1940
Type: Movie
Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant worker, who lets slip vital information about some overnight research on a captured enemy aircraft. This inevitably leads to this most important of secrets falling into the lap of the enemy.
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Meet Maxwell Archer
Title: Meet Maxwell Archer
Character: Insp. Cornell
Released: February 17, 1940
Type: Movie
Maxwell Archer, a private detective, attempts to clear a young man wrongly accused of murder.
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Young Man's Fancy
Title: Young Man's Fancy
Character: Park Constable (uncredited)
Released: July 31, 1939
Type: Movie
An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball
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The Four Just Men
Title: The Four Just Men
Character: Inspector Falmouth
Released: June 1, 1939
Type: Movie
The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
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Q Planes
Title: Q Planes
Character: Mr. Barrett
Released: February 21, 1939
Type: Movie
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.
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They Drive by Night
Title: They Drive by Night
Character: Detective (Uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1938
Type: Movie
“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.
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The Gaunt Stranger
Title: The Gaunt Stranger
Character: Police Station Sergeant
Released: October 27, 1938
Type: Movie
A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The Ringer'.
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Convict 99
Title: Convict 99
Character: Patrolman
Released: September 26, 1938
Type: Movie
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings.
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Mr. Reeder in Room 13
Title: Mr. Reeder in Room 13
Character: Bert Stevens, club porter
Released: February 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Capt. Johnnie Gray is enlisted by Mr. J.G. Reeder to infiltrate a gang of forgers in Dartmoor jail on behalf of the Bank of England.
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The Rat
Title: The Rat
Character: Pierre Verdier
Released: November 11, 1937
Type: Movie
Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his lovely young ward Odile... murder and a grand courtoom scene ensue.
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Young and Innocent
Title: Young and Innocent
Character: Det. Sgt. Miller
Released: November 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort.
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Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Title: Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
Character: Chief of Police
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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Doctor Syn
Title: Doctor Syn
Character: Mipps the Coffin Maker
Released: August 25, 1937
Type: Movie
A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production.
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The Wife of General Ling
Title: The Wife of General Ling
Character: Police Commissioner
Released: April 7, 1937
Type: Movie
In this espionage drama, a Secret Service agent must discover who has been smuggling British arms into China. The prime suspect is a prosperous Chinese merchant-philanthropist and the agent thinks the merchant is working with the notorious Chinese guerilla warlord General Ling.
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Windbag the Sailor
Title: Windbag the Sailor
Character: Officer on Yacht
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is co-erced into commanding an unseaworthy ship by an unscrupulous shipping agent who means to have it wrecked. This was the first film to couple Will Hay with both Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt.
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Dusty Ermine
Title: Dusty Ermine
Character: Police constable
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word only to find his nephew is in the Swiss Alps helping the crooks. He sets off to try and put a stop to things, but with Scotland Yard also hot-footing it to the resort his problems are just beginning. Written by Jeremy Perkins {J-26}
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Rembrandt
Title: Rembrandt
Character: Church Warden (uncredited)
Released: November 6, 1936
Type: Movie
A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.
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Everything Is Thunder
Title: Everything Is Thunder
Character: Webber
Released: September 30, 1936
Type: Movie
The story, starring Constance Bennett and Douglass Montgomery, involves a Canadian POW being hidden by a German citizen during World War I.
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Educated Evans
Title: Educated Evans
Character: Joe Markham
Released: September 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Cockney racing tipster Evans (Miller) is asked by a nouveau riche and socially aspirant couple to train a racehorse they have bought.
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The Man Behind the Mask
Title: The Man Behind the Mask
Character: Det. Insp. Mallory
Released: August 23, 1936
Type: Movie
A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and held hostage by a crazed attacker.
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Prison Breaker
Title: Prison Breaker
Character: Goldring
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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Crime Unlimited
Title: Crime Unlimited
Character: Detective Inspector Cardby
Released: August 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A young Scotland Yard police academy recruit tries to break up a gang of thieves.
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Me and Marlborough
Title: Me and Marlborough
Character: Harley
Released: July 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
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Drake of England
Title: Drake of England
Character: Tom Moore
Released: May 16, 1935
Type: Movie
Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang was one of the twentieth century's great Shakespearean players, and became Britain's foremost screen actor during the 1920s; in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
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Brown on Resolution
Title: Brown on Resolution
Character: William Brown
Released: May 15, 1935
Type: Movie
Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so a British ship can sink it. He becomes a hero, but at what cost?
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Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
Title: Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
Character: Pat O'Connor
Released: February 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Old Mr. Cohen (Paul Graetz) simply walks away from his London department store, leaving his sons to run it.
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Emil and the Detectives
Title: Emil and the Detectives
Character: PC
Released: February 5, 1935
Type: Movie
Erich Kästner’s beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version was the first in English. Believed lost for decades, it was recently rediscovered by the BFI and has now been restored. The film moves the action from Berlin to London, where Emil goes to stay with his grandmother and cousin. Thereafter, the tale of Emil’s adventures with a gang of streetwise London children faithfully follows the original plot.
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My Song for You
Title: My Song for You
Character: Otto Newberg
Released: July 30, 1934
Type: Movie
In this opera-oriented musical, Riccardo Gatti, an Italian young tenor in Venice, meets a young woman who sneaks into the opera house to try and get her fiancé hired as the orchestra's pianist.
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The Fire Raisers
Title: The Fire Raisers
Character: Sonners
Released: January 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Jim Bronton is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a gang of arsonists. His conscience is troubling him ...
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Crime on the Hill
Title: Crime on the Hill
Character: Insp. Wolf
Released: December 27, 1933
Type: Movie
In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich man's niece, was innocent.
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I Was A Spy
Title: I Was A Spy
Character: Captain Reichman
Released: September 4, 1933
Type: Movie
During World War I, a young nurse in a hospital in German-occupied Belgium is secretly feeding military information to the British. Complicating matters is the guilt she feels when she has to treat the German casualties inflicted as a result of the information she's passed on, and the fact that the local German commandant is falling in love with her.
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F.P.1
Title: F.P.1
Character: Lubin
Released: April 2, 1933
Type: Movie
Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1, a huge floating platform in the Atlantic that makes long-distance flights viable. Ellissen is in love with company heiress Claire, but when he returns from his adventures to save the endangered F.P.1 he finds out that he has lost her to Droste. English version of F.P.1 antwortet nicht with Conrad Veidt replacing Hans Albers as the jaded pilot Ellissen.
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The Ghost Camera
Title: The Ghost Camera
Character: Police Detective
Released: January 31, 1933
Type: Movie
When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a passing car belonging to chemist John Gray who becomes amateur sleuth after developing the film and goes in search of the woman captured by the photograph. When the camera is stolen from his laboratory, Gray's suspicions are further aroused.
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The Lodger
Title: The Lodger
Character: Commissioner
Released: September 8, 1932
Type: Movie
An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.
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A Gentleman of Paris
Title: A Gentleman of Paris
Character: M. Duval
Released: December 4, 1931
Type: Movie
A prominent Parisian judge is a witness to a murder while he is at a rendezvous with his mistress. A woman is arrested for the crime and brought before him for trial. It turns out that the woman is his ex-mistress, and the judge knows that she is not the killer - but if he comes forward, he stands a good chance of ruining his marriage and his career.
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Dreyfus
Title: Dreyfus
Character: Émile Zola
Released: April 18, 1931
Type: Movie
In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.
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Bracelets
Title: Bracelets
Character: Director
Released: February 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A jeweler is targeted by confidence tricksters pretending to be connected with the exiled Russian Royal Family. He manages to turn the tables on them and after collecting the reward for their arrest, uses they money to buy some silver bracelets for his wife to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
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Thread o' Scarlet
Title: Thread o' Scarlet
Character: Butters
Released: November 22, 1930
Type: Movie
'Innocent blacksmith hanged on circumstantial evidence.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The W Plan
Title: The W Plan
Character: Ulrich Muller
Released: February 25, 1930
Type: Movie
A tense WWI spy thriller in which Colonel Duncan Grant (British star Brian Aherne, in his first talking role), parachutes into Germany to gather intelligence on the enemy’s secret ‘W Plan’ and to assist Allied POWs in digging escape tunnels.