Peter Finch

Peter Finch

Born: September 27, 1916
Died: January 14, 1977
in South Kensington, London, England, UK
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch (28 September 1916 – 14 January 1977) was an English-Australian actor. He is best remembered for his role as crazed television anchorman Howard Beale in the 1976 film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the BAFTA, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes. He was the first of two people to win a posthumous Academy Award in an acting category; the other was fellow Australian Heath Ledger.

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The Making of 'Network'
Title: The Making of 'Network'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 28, 2006
Type: Movie
An engrossing feature-length documentary about the making of Sidney Lumet's classic film "Network."
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Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Title: Cleopatra: The Film That Changed Hollywood
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 3, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary about the making of 20th Century Fox's 1963 film "Cleopatra," then the most expensive film of all time.
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The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Title: The Sensational Shocking Wonderful Wacky 70's
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 4, 1980
Type: Movie
A look back at the people, events, music, and trends of the 1970s.
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Raid on Entebbe
Title: Raid on Entebbe
Character: Yitzhak Rabin
Released: December 26, 1976
Type: Movie
Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The plane is grounded in Uganda. Israelis would not negotiate. The movie then shows how less than 500 soldiers actually flew so far and rescued the passengers in one of the most successful Military operations in history. The only casualty for Israeli soldiers was Lt. Col. Jonathan "Yoni" Netanyahu..
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Network
Title: Network
Character: Howard Beale
Released: November 14, 1976
Type: Movie
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.
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The Abdication
Title: The Abdication
Character: Azzolino
Released: October 3, 1974
Type: Movie
Queen Christina of Sweden abdicates and travels to Rome to embrace the Catholic church.
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England Made Me
Title: England Made Me
Character: Erich Krogh
Released: June 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A young, English, ne'er-do-well who goes to stay with his sister and her wealthy fiancé/benefactor in 1930's Germany, just before the rise of the Nazi party.
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Bequest to the Nation
Title: Bequest to the Nation
Character: Adm. Lord Horatio Nelson
Released: April 18, 1973
Type: Movie
Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Lost Horizon
Title: Lost Horizon
Character: Richard Conway
Released: March 14, 1973
Type: Movie
While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon, Shangri-La.
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Something to Hide
Title: Something to Hide
Character: Harry Field
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A man having marital problems with his shrewish wife picks up a young, pretty and pregnant hitchhiker. Before he knows it, he's in over his head and mixed up in violence and murder.
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Sunday Bloody Sunday
Title: Sunday Bloody Sunday
Character: Dr. Daniel Hirsh
Released: July 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Recently divorced career woman Alex Greville begins a romantic relationship with glamorous mod artist Bob Elkin, fully aware that he's also intimately involved with middle-aged doctor Daniel Hirsh. For both Alex and Daniel, the younger man represents a break with their repressive pasts, and though both know that Bob is seeing both of them, neither is willing to let go of the youth and vitality he brings to their otherwise stable lives.
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The Greatest Mother of 'em All
Title: The Greatest Mother of 'em All
Character: Sean Howard
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
Stage mother Dolly Murdock (Ann Sothern) uses the attractiveness of her teenage daughter Tricia (Alexandra Hay) for her own economic gains, leading Tricia to experience a nightmarish loss of innocence.
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The Red Tent
Title: The Red Tent
Character: Umberto Nobile
Released: December 23, 1969
Type: Movie
Torn by personal guilt, Italian General Umberto Nobile reminisces about his 1928 failed Arctic expedition aboard the airship Italia.
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The Legend of Lylah Clare
Title: The Legend of Lylah Clare
Character: Lewis Zarken / Louie Flack
Released: August 21, 1968
Type: Movie
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
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Title: The Dick Cavett Show
Character: Self - Guest
Released: June 6, 1968
Type: TV
The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various television networks.
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Far from the Madding Crowd
Title: Far from the Madding Crowd
Character: William Boldwood
Released: June 18, 1967
Type: Movie
Bathsheba Everdine, a willful, flirtatious, young woman, unexpectedly inherits a large farm and becomes romantically involved with three widely divergent men.
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Murderers' Row
Title: Murderers' Row
Character: British agent (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1966
Type: Movie
The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mission: He shall find Dr. Solaris, inventor of the Helium laser beam, powerful enough to destroy a whole continent. It seems Dr. Solaris has been kidnapped by a criminal organization. The trace leads to the Cote D'Azur.
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10:30 P.M. Summer
Title: 10:30 P.M. Summer
Character: Paul
Released: October 24, 1966
Type: Movie
A female traveling companion seduces a married man and his alcoholic wife.
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Judith
Title: Judith
Character: Aaron Stein
Released: January 20, 1966
Type: Movie
A Jewish woman is recruited to help track down a German commander who was her former husband.
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The Flight of the Phoenix
Title: The Flight of the Phoenix
Character: Capt. Harris
Released: December 15, 1965
Type: Movie
A cargo aircraft crashes in a sandstorm in the Sahara with less than a dozen men on board. One of the passengers is an airplane designer who comes up with the idea of ripping off the undamaged wing and using it as the basis for a replacement aircraft they need to build before their food and water run out.
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The Pumpkin Eater
Title: The Pumpkin Eater
Character: Jake Armitage
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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First Men in the Moon
Title: First Men in the Moon
Character: Bailiff's Man (uncredited)
Released: July 1, 1964
Type: Movie
The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.
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Girl with Green Eyes
Title: Girl with Green Eyes
Character: Eugene Gaillard
Released: May 14, 1964
Type: Movie
Catholic-Irish farm girl Kate, along with her gregarious best friend Baba, moves to Dublin to pursue a more exciting life.
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In the Cool of the Day
Title: In the Cool of the Day
Character: Murray Logan
Released: May 29, 1963
Type: Movie
After he mends a marital rift between a vacationing young couple, the bored, fragile wife falls hopelessly in love with the husband's ex-colleague who is married to a long-suffering and emotionally and physically scarred woman. The couple soon runs off to Greece together to pursue the romance.
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I Thank a Fool
Title: I Thank a Fool
Character: Stephen Dane
Released: September 14, 1962
Type: Movie
After mercifully killing her terminally ill lover, Dr. Christine Allison loses her medical license and spends two years in prison. Once she has completed her sentence, the lawyer who prosecuted Christine, Stephen Dane, hires her to care for his emotionally unstable wife, Liane. Christine takes the job, but when Liane's allegedly dead father reappears, Christine sets out to reveal the family's dark secrets.
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The Sins of Rachel Cade
Title: The Sins of Rachel Cade
Character: Colonel Henry Derode
Released: April 2, 1961
Type: Movie
A female doctor in the Congo is torn between two loves.
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No Love for Johnnie
Title: No Love for Johnnie
Character: Johnnie Byrne
Released: February 14, 1961
Type: Movie
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of giving up a career in politics or giving up the woman he loves.
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Title: The Trials of Oscar Wilde
Character: Oscar
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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Kidnapped
Title: Kidnapped
Character: Alan Breck Stewart
Released: February 24, 1960
Type: Movie
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the redcoats.
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The Nun's Story
Title: The Nun's Story
Character: Dr. Fortunati
Released: June 18, 1959
Type: Movie
After leaving a wealthy Belgian family to become a nun, Sister Luke struggles with her devotion to her vows during crisis, disappointment, and World War II.
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Operation Amsterdam
Title: Operation Amsterdam
Character: Jan Smit
Released: January 12, 1959
Type: Movie
When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.
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Windom's Way
Title: Windom's Way
Character: Alec Windom
Released: December 7, 1957
Type: Movie
A doctor's sophisticated wife joins him at his remote Asian practice to try and patch up their marriage. Increasingly violent friction between local rubber plantation workers and the authorities force both parties to make decisions.
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The Shiralee
Title: The Shiralee
Character: Macauley
Released: July 11, 1957
Type: Movie
An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.
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Robbery Under Arms
Title: Robbery Under Arms
Character: Captain Starlight
Released: January 10, 1957
Type: Movie
During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convict father Ben and his friend, infamous cattlethief Captain Starlight. Making their way to Melbourne with the proceeds of a recent raid, the brothers meet and romance the Morrison sisters, Kate and Jean, whom they eventually marry; but just as they are poised to start a new life in America, Captain Starlight and his gang arrive in town, planning a raid at the local bank.
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The Battle of the River Plate
Title: The Battle of the River Plate
Character: Captain Langsdorff, "Admiral Graf Spee"
Released: October 30, 1956
Type: Movie
In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
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A Town Like Alice
Title: A Town Like Alice
Character: Joe Harman
Released: March 1, 1956
Type: Movie
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
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Josephine and Men
Title: Josephine and Men
Character: David Hewer
Released: November 9, 1955
Type: Movie
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...
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Simon and Laura
Title: Simon and Laura
Character: Simon Foster
Released: November 2, 1955
Type: Movie
Bickering married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.
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The Dark Avenger
Title: The Dark Avenger
Character: Comte De Ville
Released: April 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect the inhabitant from the ravages of the French. After defeating the French in battle, the defeated French plot to kill the prince. Failing in this, they kidnap his lady, the lovely Lady Joan Holland. Of course Prince Edward has to ride to the rescue, adopting numerous guises to save his paramour, which ultimately end in him leading his men into one final climactic battle against the French. (Also known as "The Warriors" and "The Black Prince").
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Passage Home
Title: Passage Home
Character: Kapitän John Ryland "Lucky"
Released: March 17, 1955
Type: Movie
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a passenger, resulting in disharmony among the superstitious crew members. Virtuous seaman Anthony Steel protects the girl from the lecherous advances of captain Peter Finch.
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Make Me an Offer!
Title: Make Me an Offer!
Character: Charlie
Released: December 8, 1954
Type: Movie
A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of other less desirable items. The trouble is, the owners of the vase are pretty shrewd themselves and are not keen on letting it go for a song - meaning that our hapless chap has to pull out every trick in the book in order to win his prize.
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Father Brown
Title: Father Brown
Character: Gustave Flambeau
Released: June 8, 1954
Type: Movie
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
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Elephant Walk
Title: Elephant Walk
Character: John Wiley
Released: April 21, 1954
Type: Movie
Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), visiting England at the end of World War II, wins and weds lovely English rose Ruth (Dame Elizabeth Taylor) and takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation. Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of her new home is tempered by isolation as the only white woman in the district; her husband's occasional imperious arrogance; a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver (Dana Andrews), and the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants.
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The Heart of the Matter
Title: The Heart of the Matter
Character: Father Rank
Released: November 3, 1953
Type: Movie
Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.
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The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
Title: The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan
Character: Richard D'Oyly Carte
Released: February 14, 1953
Type: Movie
The career of W. S. Gilbert, a barrister turned comic librettist, and Arthur Sullivan, a composer turned against his will to light music, who together wrote fifteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, to great public acclaim.
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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Title: The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Character: Sheriff of Nottingham
Released: May 26, 1952
Type: Movie
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.
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The Miniver Story
Title: The Miniver Story
Character: Polish officer
Released: October 26, 1950
Type: Movie
The Second World War is over, and the Miniver family is trying to keep themselves together in post-War Britain, among continuing shortages and growing tensions within the family.
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The Wooden Horse
Title: The Wooden Horse
Character: Australian in Hospital
Released: October 16, 1950
Type: Movie
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
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Eureka Stockade
Title: Eureka Stockade
Character: Humffray
Released: January 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Spectacular account of the infamous Eureka Stockade, and the events leading up to it.
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Train of Events
Title: Train of Events
Character: Philip Mason
Released: January 18, 1949
Type: Movie
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
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A Son is Born
Title: A Son is Born
Character: Paul Graham
Released: September 20, 1946
Type: Movie
This family melodrama, a tale of desertion, vengeful seduction, coincidental meeting and catharsis, spans more than two decades from 1920 to World War II. A woman imprisoned in a loveless marriage finds the courage to leave her husband but is disturbed to find that her son, David, refuses to go with her. She does not give up on him and manages to establish a new life for herself. Her world is turned upside down when David reluctantly moves in with her, determined to ruin their lives. Set against the backdrop of the Second World War, David is about to be sent to New Guinea which may make or break any future relationship he has with the people who love him. A notable aspect of the film is a production design which belies the low budget.
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Indonesia Calling
Title: Indonesia Calling
Released: August 9, 1946
Type: Movie
Two weeks after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August 1945, Indonesian Independence leaders proclaimed “Indonesia Merdeka!” ‘Freedom for Indonesia’ and an end to Dutch colonial rule over the Netherlands East Indies. Internationally renowned Dutch filmmaker Joris Ivens, in Australia as Film Commissioner for the Netherlands East Indies government in exile, resigned his position in protest against Dutch policy, which sought to re-impose its colonial rule. In collaboration with Indonesian activists, Chinese, Indian and Australian trade unionists, and local artists and filmmakers, Ivens made Indonesia Calling, a film documenting the crucial role of Australian trade union support in the establishment of the new Republic of Indonesia. Ivens’ film was an activist documentary; it actively contributed to the events it depicted. All those who worked on it became ‘adversely known’ to the security services.
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Jungle Patrol
Title: Jungle Patrol
Character: Narrator
Released: December 31, 1944
Type: Movie
This black and white film was made by the Australian government to show Australia's contribution to the New Guinea campaign, for which they thought there had not been sufficient acknowledgement. Jungle Patrol follows the daily experiences of the soldiers, from their initial deployment in Port Moresby, then flying over the Owen Stanley Ranges on board the troop carrier 'Honeymoon Express', to their slog through jungle and steep terrain battling rain, mosquitoes and mud as they march from the Ramu 'Death' Valley up to rejoin their battalion at an outpost on Shaggy Ridge in the Finisterre Range.
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The Rats of Tobruk
Title: The Rats of Tobruk
Character: Peter Linton
Released: June 30, 1944
Type: Movie
Three friends enlist in the Australian Army and serve in North Africa, holding the city of Tobruk against Rommel's forces.
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These Stars Are Mine
Title: These Stars Are Mine
Character: Reynolds Junior
Released: January 26, 1943
Type: Movie
George Reynolds, recently discharged from the army, tells his father of his plans to marry and relax. Reynolds Snr tells his son that if Australia is to avoid another postwar Depression, its citizens need to work hard towards a better future.
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The Power and the Glory
Title: The Power and the Glory
Released: April 3, 1941
Type: Movie
The Power and the Glory is a 1941 Australian war film about a Czech scientist who escapes from the Nazis to live in Australia.
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Mr. Chedworth Steps Out
Title: Mr. Chedworth Steps Out
Character: Arthur Jacobs
Released: April 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A down-and-out clerk happens upon a bag of money. Unknown to him, the money is all counterfeit, forcing the innocent man to become involved with gangsters, as well as federal agents.
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Dad and Dave Come to Town
Title: Dad and Dave Come to Town
Character: Bill Ryan
Released: September 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Dad and Dave Come to Town is a 1938 Australian comedy film directed by Ken G. Hall, the third in the 'Dad and Dave' comedy series starring Bert Bailey. It was the feature film debut of Peter Finch
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The Magic Shoes
Title: The Magic Shoes
Character: Prince Charming
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
Short lost Australian film based on the story of Cinderella