Johnnie Schofield

Johnnie Schofield

Born: March 9, 1889
Died: September 9, 1955
in Islington, Middlesex, England, UK

Movies for Johnnie Schofield...

Scarlet Web
Title: Scarlet Web
Character: (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1954
Type: Movie
An insurance investigator is framed for murder after a pretty woman hires him to recover a letter from a man who wants to blackmail her.
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
Title: Meet Mr. Lucifer
Character: Trap Door Stage Hand (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 1953
Type: Movie
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
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The Fake
Title: The Fake
Character: uncredited
Released: September 25, 1953
Type: Movie
Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's "Madonna and Child" is being shipped to London's Tate Gallery for a special exhibition, and Paul Mitchell is assigned to protect it. Upon the painting's arrival, Paul realizes it has been switched. Eager to collect the museum's $50,000 reward, he teams up with Mary Mason, a Tate employee, to recover the original.
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The Square Ring
Title: The Square Ring
Character: (Uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
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Wheel of Fate
Title: Wheel of Fate
Character: Len Bright
Released: July 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Two brothers work in their invalid father's repair garage. Johnny is the quiet, reliable one while Ted is younger and wilder. The brothers feud over Lucky, a beautiful band singer. Then their life is complicated: first by a police search for the unknown killer of a man in a dance hall fight, and then by a bookie pressuring Ted to pay his gambling debts.
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The Final Test
Title: The Final Test
Character: Railway Porter
Released: April 9, 1953
Type: Movie
Legendary England cricketer Sam Palmer (Jack Warner) is due to bat in his final test match against Australia. He is desperate for his son Reggie (Ray Jackson) to see his final innings. But Reggie prefers poetry to cricket and when he is offered the opportunity to read his poetry to England's greatest playwright Alexander Whitehead (Robert Morley) on the last day of the test, the relationship between father and son is tested to the limit. As Sam prepares for his final knock, the conflict with his son weighs heavily on his mind, but he is also upset over England's young batsman and ladies-man, Syd Thompson (George Relph), dating the woman whom he hopes to marry.
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The Net
Title: The Net
Character: Jim Barnes (uncredited)
Released: February 9, 1953
Type: Movie
A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious accident, and there are many arguments concerning the flight itself; some think it should be ground-controlled while Heathley (James Donald) wants it to be a manned flight with himself at the controls. Conflict also arises when one of his fellow scientists, taking advantage of Heathley's lack of attention toward his wife, Lydia (Phyllis Calvert), makes some moves on her. Then there is the question of just who is the enemy agent on the project.
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Home at Seven
Title: Home at Seven
Character: Joe Dobson (uncredited)
Released: March 16, 1952
Type: Movie
Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.
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I Believe in You
Title: I Believe in You
Character: Jim - Lorry Driver (uncredited)
Released: March 5, 1952
Type: Movie
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.
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Night and the City
Title: Night and the City
Character: Cashier (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
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The Rocking Horse Winner
Title: The Rocking Horse Winner
Character: 1st Chauffeur
Released: November 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts.
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The Perfect Woman
Title: The Perfect Woman
Character: Ticket Collector
Released: May 23, 1949
Type: Movie
In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. She is in fact the robotic creation of Professor Belman, but it turns out rather to be the Professor's niece Penelope doing a pretty good imitation of the perfect Olga who winds up with them in the bridal suite at the Hotel Splendide.
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For Them That Trespass
Title: For Them That Trespass
Released: April 21, 1949
Type: Movie
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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For Them That Trespass
Title: For Them That Trespass
Character: uncredited
Released: April 21, 1949
Type: Movie
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
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A Piece of Cake
Title: A Piece of Cake
Character: Window Cleaner
Released: November 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Set in the austere post–World War II British world of rationing, Cyril dreams up an ode to an imaginary character named Merlin Mound who can provide anything one can wish. Merlin becomes real and grants his host's wishes; not by conjuring the items out of thin air, but depriving them from other people's ownership, which leads to trouble.
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Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Title: Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Character: Barman
Released: September 27, 1948
Type: Movie
A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.
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My Brother Jonathan
Title: My Brother Jonathan
Character: Trade Union Man
Released: February 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
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Captain Boycott
Title: Captain Boycott
Character: British Soldier in Bar (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1947
Type: Movie
Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic farmer Hugh Davin (Stewart Granger) leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracize their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
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Dancing with Crime
Title: Dancing with Crime
Character: Fred (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1947
Type: Movie
When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.
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The Shop at Sly Corner
Title: The Shop at Sly Corner
Character: Inspector Robson
Released: March 10, 1947
Type: Movie
The French owner of an antique shop, Desius Heiss, (Oskar Homolka) has become disillusioned with society since his torture as a prisoner on Devil's Island, since when he has allowed his shop to become a front for criminal activity, and he himself is a receiver of stolen goods.
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It Might Be You
Title: It Might Be You
Character: Accident witness
Released: July 25, 1946
Type: Movie
A doctor talks about the number of injuries and deaths resulting from automobile accidents.
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I See a Dark Stranger
Title: I See a Dark Stranger
Character: Villager (uncredited)
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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Wanted for Murder
Title: Wanted for Murder
Character: Chip Shop Owner
Released: June 17, 1946
Type: Movie
The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
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Night Boat to Dublin
Title: Night Boat to Dublin
Character: Factory Watchman (uncredited)
Released: January 8, 1946
Type: Movie
British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
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The Voice Within
Title: The Voice Within
Character: Lorry Driver
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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The Echo Murders
Title: The Echo Murders
Character: Purvis
Released: December 17, 1945
Type: Movie
Detective Sexton Blake takes on Nazi spies while solving a series of crimes.
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The Way to the Stars
Title: The Way to the Stars
Character: Jones
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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Blithe Spirit
Title: Blithe Spirit
Character: R.A.C. Man Directing Traffic (uncredited)
Released: April 5, 1945
Type: Movie
An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.
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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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They Came to a City
Title: They Came to a City
Character: Bert the Barman (uncredited)
Released: August 21, 1944
Type: Movie
People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city
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English Without Tears
Title: English Without Tears
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: July 28, 1944
Type: Movie
While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams
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The Way Ahead
Title: The Way Ahead
Character: Lewis Gun Instructor (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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Fanny by Gaslight
Title: Fanny by Gaslight
Character: Joe (uncredited)
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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Tawny Pipit
Title: Tawny Pipit
Character: Sergeant Dawkins
Released: April 28, 1944
Type: Movie
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
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The Demi-Paradise
Title: The Demi-Paradise
Character: Ernie
Released: November 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins and Russia is attacked by Germany.
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I'll Walk Beside You
Title: I'll Walk Beside You
Character: Porter
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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Millions Like Us
Title: Millions Like Us
Character: George,The Crowson's Next Door Neighbour
Released: June 1, 1943
Type: Movie
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.
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Old Mother Riley Detective
Title: Old Mother Riley Detective
Character: P.C. Jimmy Green
Released: May 31, 1943
Type: Movie
A night watchman is being bludgeoned, as a safe is cracked open in the offices of the District Food Controller. A list of wartime foods to be rationed is stolen, and the police fear gangsters are planning to sell the foods on the black market. As the office charwoman, Old Mother Riley's fingerprints are all over the safe, and she becomes the police's number one suspect. To prove her innocence, Mother Riley turns detective, adopting various methods and disguises to track down the villains.
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The Gentle Sex
Title: The Gentle Sex
Character: Sgt. in Dance Cafe (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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The Bells Go Down
Title: The Bells Go Down
Character: Milkman
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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A Welcome to Britain
Title: A Welcome to Britain
Character: Bert (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
An uncredited Anthony Asquith is one of the directors of this WWII film (a joint UK/US production) which aims to explain British culture and character to the newly arrived American soldier. Starting with the ubiquitous pub visit, the film breezes through geography lessons, food and entertainment on the Home Front.
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The New Lot
Title: The New Lot
Character: Home Guard Sergeant
Released: January 1, 1943
Type: Movie
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
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Went the Day Well?
Title: Went the Day Well?
Character: Joe Garbett
Released: December 7, 1942
Type: Movie
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
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In Which We Serve
Title: In Which We Serve
Character: Coxswain
Released: September 17, 1942
Type: Movie
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
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The Goose Steps Out
Title: The Goose Steps Out
Character: 1st Observer (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.
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The Next of Kin
Title: The Next of Kin
Character: Lance-Corporal
Released: June 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Wartime propaganda piece giving the warning "Be like Dad, Keep Mum". A gossipy housewife is overheard talking about what her son is doing by a Nazi spy.
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Bob's Your Uncle
Title: Bob's Your Uncle
Character: Stationmaster
Released: March 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Home guardsman Albert is in love with Dolly, the daughter of commanding officer Diehard. In order to impress her, Albert tries to raise funds to buy a tank for the village.
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Sheepdog of the Hills
Title: Sheepdog of the Hills
Character: Tom Abbott
Released: December 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Farmers are all losing their Sheep, all except 'Riggy's'. Is it because of his great sheepdog or something more sinister.
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Sailors Three
Title: Sailors Three
Character: Officer Reading Heliograph Message (uncredited)
Released: December 14, 1940
Type: Movie
Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.
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Spare a Copper
Title: Spare a Copper
Character: Policeman
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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Gaslight
Title: Gaslight
Character: John (Man Working On Carriage At Stables)
Released: August 31, 1940
Type: Movie
Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, who worked on the Barlow case, is still in the area and grows suspicious of Paul, who he feels bears a striking resemblance to one of Barlow's relatives. Rough must find the truth before the killer can strike again and reclaim his bounty.
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Let George Do It!
Title: Let George Do It!
Character: Solicitous steward
Released: July 12, 1940
Type: Movie
Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
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Contraband
Title: Contraband
Character: Waiter at the Cab Drivers Shelter
Released: May 11, 1940
Type: Movie
When a neutral Danish merchant ship is forced to put into port after trying to evade British wartime contraband control, its captain becomes involved in a beautiful British Naval Intelligent agent's efforts to capture a group of German spies operating from a London cinema.
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Now You're Talking
Title: Now You're Talking
Character: Man
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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The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Title: The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Character: Arsenal Doctor
Released: November 1, 1939
Type: Movie
During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was murder. It takes all his ingenuity and another death before the motive is discovered and the killer revealed.
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The Spy in Black
Title: The Spy in Black
Character: Armed Guard of POWs on Ferry
Released: August 3, 1939
Type: Movie
A German submarine is sent to the Orkney Isles in 1917 to sink the British fleet.
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Lassie from Lancashire
Title: Lassie from Lancashire
Character: Cyril
Released: August 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Struggling young actress Jenny (Marjorie Browne) joins her dad (Mark Daly) when he moves into Aunt Hetty's (Elsie Wagstaff) boarding house. Aunt Hetty overworks them, but Jenny is lucky enough to find love in the form of aspiring songwriter Tom (Hal Thompson). But their romance is threatened and nearly destroyed by the jealous star actress of the local pantomime company. However, the young lovers move on to bigger and better things after winning a London West End theatre contract.
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Incident in Shanghai
Title: Incident in Shanghai
Character: Ted Higgins
Released: July 24, 1938
Type: Movie
An unhappy wife falls for an injured pilot.
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I See Ice
Title: I See Ice
Character: Man In Club Showing George Tricks (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1938
Type: Movie
George Bright is a props man in an ice ballet company, and a keen amateur photographer who accidentally snaps crooks at work. Comic complications ensue....
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Rhythm Racketeer
Title: Rhythm Racketeer
Character: Spike
Released: October 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A Chicago gangster steals jewels and frames his band leader double.
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Song of the Road
Title: Song of the Road
Released: August 8, 1937
Type: Movie
After the Local council he works for decides to replace its horse-drawn services with motor vehicles, one of the drivers spends his savings to buy the horse. Together they search the countryside looking for work, and meeting an assorted group of characters on the way.
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Make-Up
Title: Make-Up
Character: Publicity Man
Released: June 28, 1937
Type: Movie
Make-Up is a 1937 British drama film directed by Alfred Zeisler and starring Nils Asther, June Clyde and Judy Kelly. It was a circus film made by an independent production company at Shepperton Studios.
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Song of Freedom
Title: Song of Freedom
Released: August 16, 1936
Type: Movie
John Zinga, a descendent of slaves, has an ancient medallion around his neck and a fragment of song passed down generations. He is an English dockworker with a magnificent voice and a yearning to learn his roots.
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The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Title: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste
Character: Peter Tooley
Released: April 27, 1935
Type: Movie
During a horrific storm at sea, the crew realizes that there is a murderer among them who is killing them off one by one.
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The Outcast
Title: The Outcast
Released: October 29, 1934
Type: Movie
A music-hall star and his best mate are conned out of their earnings (twice!) and left with nothing but a beloved greyhound.
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The Pride of the Force
Title: The Pride of the Force
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
This lively comedy of 1933 provided an early film role for Leslie Fuller, and sees the wildly popular, rubber-faced actor and entertainer – once touted as Elstree's own Clark Gable – playing identical twins with very different ambitions: one is a policeman who longs to join a circus, the other a farm hand who wants to be a policeman!