David Lodge

David Lodge

Born: August 19, 1921
Died: October 18, 2003
in Rochester, Kent, England, UK
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David William Frederick Lodge (19 August 1921 in Rochester, Kent - 18 October 2003 in Northwood, Middlesex) was a British character actor.

Before turning to acting he worked as a circus clown. He also appeared in Gang Shows and variety before making his screen debut in The Cockleshell Heroes and going on to feature in many British films usually portraying military types, and often comedic roles. He was a close friend of Peter Sellers and appeared as part of Spike Milligan's team on his Q programmes.

Amazingly, in 1958 he appeared in ten films, possibly a record.

He appeared in a 1969 episode of Randall and Hopkirk Deceased ("Who Killed Cock Robin?"), and continuing with his military-type roles, appeared alongside Windsor Davies as Company Sergeant-Major Sharp in an episode of It Ain't Half Hot Mum in 1976. He appeared as a policeman in the opening episode of the legal drama The Main Chance.

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Title: Subway Surfers: The Animated Series
Character: Guard / Dog / Mr. Fairchild
Released: June 1, 2018
Type: TV
These misfit teens have skating adventures in their small town and sometimes get stopped by the cops, but the landing of certain alien technology changes these kids' lives.
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The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Title: The Paranormal Peter Sellers
Character: Self (Archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2001
Type: Movie
This documentary revealed Peter Sellers obsession with the occult. Sellers was a highly superstitious man who consulted fortune tellers, clairvoyants and mediums to help him make key decisions in his life and work. Many of Sellers important decisions were influenced by Maurice Woodruff - a clairvoyant and astrologer based in London. Advice from the other side was taken on his marriage to Britt Ekland, accepting film roles such as Inspector Clouseau and dealing with his near fatal heart attack.
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The Unknown Peter Sellers
Title: The Unknown Peter Sellers
Character: Himself
Released: April 25, 2000
Type: Movie
Documentary about the life and career of a comic genius, Peter Sellers.
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Edge of Sanity
Title: Edge of Sanity
Character: Underwood
Released: April 14, 1989
Type: Movie
When his experiments into a powerful new anesthetic go hideously awry, respected physician Dr. Jekyll transforms into the hideous Jack Hyde. As his wife Elisabeth passes her time in charitable work, rehabilitating the district's fallen women, Hyde is drawn into an escalating cycle of lust and murder that seems to know no bounds.
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Title: Lovejoy
Character: Crawley
Released: January 10, 1986
Type: TV
The adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a “divvie”, a person with an almost supernatural powers for recognising exceptional items as well as distinguishing genuine antique from clever fakes or forgeries.
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Bloodbath at the House of Death
Title: Bloodbath at the House of Death
Character: Inspector Goule
Released: March 29, 1984
Type: Movie
Six scientists arrive at the creepy Headstone Manor to investigate a strange phenomena which was the site of a mysterious massacre years earlier where 18 guests were killed in one night. It turns out that the house is the place of a satanic cult lead by a sinister monk who plans to kill the scientists who are inhabiting this house of Satan.
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Title: There's A Lot Of It About
Released: September 20, 1982
Type: TV
Spike Milligan sketch series created after the BBC apparently thought another 'Q' would confuse people - continues in the same anarchic & often politically incorrect vein.
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Title: Minder
Character: Soldier Atkins
Released: October 29, 1979
Type: TV
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye for a nice little earner. Alongside his many business ventures, Arthur would regularly hire Terry out as a minder or bodyguard, later replaced by nephew, Ray Daley.
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Title: Lovely Couple
Released: April 7, 1979
Type: TV
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Title: Worzel Gummidge
Character: The Strong Man
Released: February 25, 1979
Type: TV
Worzel Gummidge is a children's comedy series, produced by Southern Television for ITV, based on the books by Barbara Euphan Todd. Starting in 1979, the programme starred Jon Pertwee in the title role and ran for four series in the UK until 1981. Channel 4 reprised the show in 1987 as Worzel Gummidge Down Under, which was set in New Zealand.
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Carry On England
Title: Carry On England
Character: Captain Bull
Released: October 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Captain S. Melly takes over as the new Commanding Officer at an experimental mixed sex air defence base. It's 1940 and England is under heavy bombardment, but the crew seem more interested in each other than the enemy planes above. Captain Melly plans to put a stop to all this, and becomes the target of a campaign to abandon his separatist ideals...
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Title: Potter's Picture Palace
Released: September 13, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: Larry Grayson
Released: September 19, 1975
Type: TV
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Carry On Behind
Title: Carry On Behind
Character: Landlord
Released: June 10, 1975
Type: Movie
Professors Vrooshka and Crump decide to visit an archaeological site to study the artifacts there. Lo and behold, it's right next to a caravan site where all manner of people are staying. With a randy Major owning the site, a snobbish mother, and the two professors' constant innuendos, the film ends with a sinking caravan site and a striptease performance as a replacement for the cabaret night.
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The Return of the Pink Panther
Title: The Return of the Pink Panther
Character: Mac
Released: May 21, 1975
Type: Movie
The famous Pink Panther jewel has once again been stolen and Inspector Clouseau is called in to catch the thief. The Inspector is convinced that 'The Phantom' has returned and utilises all of his resources – himself and his Asian manservant – to reveal the identity of 'The Phantom'.
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Title: Carry On Laughing
Released: January 4, 1975
Type: TV
A series of half-hour stories, mostly historical romps, presented by the Carry On team. Starring Sid James, Barbara Windsor, Joan Sims and other regulars from the films.
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Title: The Sweeney
Character: Pop Garret
Released: January 2, 1975
Type: TV
Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
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A Killer With Two Faces
Title: A Killer With Two Faces
Released: December 3, 1974
Type: Movie
A crazed killer escapes from an asylum and assumes the identity of his twin brother, a famous and respected architect.
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Title: Father Brown
Released: September 26, 1974
Type: TV
Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.
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Carry On Dick
Title: Carry On Dick
Character: Bullock
Released: February 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Dick Turpin is terrorising the countryside around Upper Dencher. Captain Fancey and Sergeant Jock Strapp plan to put an end to his escapades, and enlist the help of the Reverend Flasher. Little do they know that the priest leads a double life. Then Madame Desiree and her "Birds of Paradise" arrive in the village...
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Carry On Girls
Title: Carry On Girls
Character: Police Inspector
Released: November 9, 1973
Type: Movie
Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Bradley
Released: April 14, 1973
Type: TV
Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
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Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Title: Ghost in the Noonday Sun
Character: Zante
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
A pirate crewman kills his captain after learning where he has hidden his buried treasure. However, as he begins to lose his memory, he relies more and more on the ghost of the man he just murdered to help him find the loot.
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The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Title: The Amazing Mr. Blunden
Character: Mr. Wickens
Released: December 7, 1972
Type: Movie
Mysterious old solicitor Mr. Blunden visits Mrs. Allen and her young children in their squalid, tiny Camden Town flat and makes her an offer she cannot refuse. The family become the housekeepers to a derelict country mansion in the charge of the solicitors. One day the children meet the spirits of two other children who died in the mansion nearly a hundred years prior. The children prepare a magic potion that allows them to travel backwards in time to the era of the ghost children. Will the children be able to help their new friends and what will happen to them if they do?
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Hide and Seek
Title: Hide and Seek
Character: Baker
Released: October 7, 1972
Type: Movie
A young boy runs away from an approved school to meet up with his father in the hope that he can persuade his dad to allow him to travel to Canada with him. He also meets up with two local children and discovers that his father is instead planning a bank heist.
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Raising the Roof
Title: Raising the Roof
Released: September 1, 1972
Type: Movie
Children's Film Foundation comedy.
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Mutiny on the Buses
Title: Mutiny on the Buses
Character: Safari Guard
Released: June 2, 1972
Type: Movie
Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan's money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the wedding. Meanwhile, he hits on an idea: Arthur should learn to drive a bus. Somehow he does just that, and even gets a job. Stan then blackmails the Depot Manager into giving him the job of driver on the new money-making Special Tours Bus. A great idea ...if only the inspector hadn't taken Stan on his trial run to the Windsor Safari Park
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Nobody Ordered Love
Title: Nobody Ordered Love
Character: Sergeant
Released: May 1, 1972
Type: Movie
During the shooting of a First World War film entitled The Somme a tragic series of events unfolds for the cast and crew. The film was withdrawn from distribution shortly after it's release and is considered to be lost and may have been destroyed after the director died.
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The Fiend
Title: The Fiend
Character: CID Inspector
Released: April 30, 1972
Type: Movie
Led by a sinister minister, a controlling religious sect called the Brethren has taken control of widow Birdy Wemys, sending her unstable son, Kenny, into a spiraling descent into madness and murder. No woman is safe when Kenny's religious mania overpowers him and leads to a rampage of carnage and chaos!
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Some Kind of Hero
Title: Some Kind of Hero
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
The story of a U.S. deserter who comes in search of English sanctuary and turns out to be something of a negative cause, both for those who attempt to help him directly and those who like to use him politically.
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The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Title: The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins
Character: Guest Appearance (segment "Sloth")
Released: November 1, 1971
Type: Movie
The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins is a 1971 British comedy film directed and produced by Graham Stark. Its title is a conflation of The Magnificent Seven and the seven deadly sins. It comprises a sequence of seven sketches, each representing a sin and written by an array of British comedy-writing talent. The sketches are linked by animation sequences. The music score is by British jazz musician Roy Budd, cinematography by Harvey Harrison and editing by Rod Nelson-Keys and Roy Piper. It was produced by Tigon Pictures and distributed in the U.K. by Tigon Film Distributors Ltd..
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Bachelor of Arts
Title: Bachelor of Arts
Character: Customs Officer
Released: September 27, 1971
Type: Movie
An artist from Continental Europe arrives in England and proceeds to cause havoc.
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Title: Barlow
Released: September 15, 1971
Type: TV
Barlow at Large is a British television programme broadcast in the 1970s, starring Stratford Johns in the title role. Johns had previously played Barlow in the Z-Cars, Softly, Softly and Softly, Softly: Taskforce series on BBC television during the 1960s and early 1970s. Barlow at Large began as a three-part self-contained spin-off from Softly, Softly: Taskforce in 1971 with Barlow co-opted by the home office to investigate police corruption in Wales. Johns left Softly, Softly for good in 1972, but returned for a further series of Barlow at Large in the following year, Barlow having gone on full-time secondment to the Home Office. This second series, rather than telling one story in serial form, as the 1971 series had, was instead ten 50-minute episodes, each with a self-contained story. In this series, Barlow was supported by Norman Comer as Detective Sergeant Rees, who had been helpful to him during the first series. He also had to deal with the political machinations of the senior civil servant Fenton. In 1974 the series was renamed Barlow and a further two series of eight episodes each followed, introducing the character of Detective Inspector Tucker, played by Derek Newark. The final episode was transmitted in February 1975. The Barlow character was seen again in the series Second Verdict in which he, along with his former colleague John Watt, looked into unsolved cases and unsafe convictions from history.
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Mr. Horatio Knibbles
Title: Mr. Horatio Knibbles
Character: Sergeant
Released: September 1, 1971
Type: Movie
Mary Bunting is sitting alone when to her surprise and delight a rabbit six foot tall - elegantly dressed in frock coat and fancy waistcoat - appears. As he is a magic rabbit, he can be seen only by Mary, which naturally creates great confusion and misunderstanding.
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On the Buses
Title: On the Buses
Character: Busman
Released: July 9, 1971
Type: Movie
Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but the money he earns for overtime working as a bus driver means that he can afford it... just! His job is secure, as bus drivers are hard to come by, and his overtime prospects are good, until the bus company decide to revoke a long standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Aghast at the thought of
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Incense for the Damned
Title: Incense for the Damned
Character: Colonel
Released: May 14, 1971
Type: Movie
A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that, wherever he has been, certain unsolved murders have taken place. Not believing that their friend could be the perpetrator of such acts, they press on with their search, finding him under the spell of a beautiful Vampire, whose blood-sucking methods include the use of sado-masochism. Believing they have killed her, the group return home, unaware that their friend is now a Vampire.
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The Railway Children
Title: The Railway Children
Character: Bandmaster
Released: December 21, 1970
Type: Movie
After the enforced absence of their father, the three Waterbury children move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in several unexpected dramas along the railway by their new home.
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Hoffman
Title: Hoffman
Character: Foreman (uncredited)
Released: July 16, 1970
Type: Movie
A businessman blackmails his young secretary into spending a weekend with him.
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Eyewitness
Title: Eyewitness
Character: Local Policeman
Released: June 5, 1970
Type: Movie
A boy who cries wolf witnesses a political assassination on the island of Malta. But will anyone other than his granddad believe him?
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Title: Norman
Released: April 2, 1970
Type: TV
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Scream and Scream Again
Title: Scream and Scream Again
Character: Detective Inspector Phil Strickland
Released: February 2, 1970
Type: Movie
A serial killer, who drains his victims for blood is on the loose in London, the Police follow him to a house owned by an eccentric scientist.
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Crime Doesn't Pay
Title: Crime Doesn't Pay
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
Compilation film made from extracts, "Headline Hunters", the Christmas Tree", "Operation Third Form", and "The Runaway Railway".
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Title: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)
Character: Beeches
Released: September 21, 1969
Type: TV
Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation, but returns as a ghost. Randall is the only main character able to see or hear him, although certain minor characters are also able to do so in various circumstances throughout the series.
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The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Title: The Smashing Bird I Used to Know
Character: Richard Johnson
Released: August 25, 1969
Type: Movie
A traumatized and troubled teenager is sent to an all-girls detention home where she strikes up an unlikely friendship with a fellow inmate.
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Title: The Main Chance
Character: Det. Chief Insp. Guthrie
Released: June 18, 1969
Type: TV
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
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Title: The Main Chance
Character: Det. Chief Supt. Guthrie
Released: June 18, 1969
Type: TV
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
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Title: The Main Chance
Character: Det. Sup. Guthrie
Released: June 18, 1969
Type: TV
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
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Title: The Main Chance
Character: Det. Ch. Supt. Guthrie
Released: June 18, 1969
Type: TV
The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
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Crooks and Coronets
Title: Crooks and Coronets
Character: Policeman
Released: April 2, 1969
Type: Movie
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
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Title: Q...
Released: March 24, 1969
Type: TV
Q... was a surreal television comedy sketch show from Spike Milligan which ran from 1969 to 1982 on BBC2. There were six series in all, the first five numbered from Q5 to Q9, and a final series titled There's a Lot of It About. The first and third series ran for seven episodes, and the others for six episodes, each of which was 30 minutes long. Various reasons have been suggested for the title. One possibility is that it was inspired by the project to construct the Cunard liner QE2, launched in September 1967, which was dubbed Q4. Another theory is that Milligan was inspired by the BBC 6-point technical quality scale of the time, where "Q5" was severe degradation to picture or sound, and "Q6" was complete loss of sound or vision. This was extended by some engineering departments to a 9-point scale, finishing at "Q9". According to Milligan's autobiography, the final series was renamed There's a Lot of It About after the BBC felt the public might find Q10 too confusing.
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What's Good for the Goose
Title: What's Good for the Goose
Character: Porter
Released: March 21, 1969
Type: Movie
Timothy Bartlett (Norman Wisdom) is a middle-aged banker who is sent to a seaside resort for a banker's convention. He fears the meetings will be frightfully dull, but things change when two amorous hippie girls take Timothy for a sail on the sea of love. Timothy goes middle-aged crazy, making a spectacle of himself in hippie clothes as he tries to fit into the swinging scene. Nude dips in the ocean are followed and preceded by wild parties as he tries to recapture the days of his flaming youth. After he feels remorse and embarrassment over his behavior, he calls on his wife to join him at the convention to rekindle their love in this lowbrow comedy. The British rock group The Pretty Things provides the music.
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Oh! What a Lovely War
Title: Oh! What a Lovely War
Character: Recruiting Sergeant at Music Hall
Released: March 10, 1969
Type: Movie
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the three boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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Title: The Champions
Character: Porth
Released: September 25, 1968
Type: TV
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.
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Title: The Champions
Character: Filmer
Released: September 25, 1968
Type: TV
The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.
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Headline Hunters
Title: Headline Hunters
Released: September 1, 1968
Type: Movie
Children decide to keep the local newspaper running while their father is ill.
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Corruption
Title: Corruption
Character: Groper
Released: July 19, 1968
Type: Movie
A surgeon discovers that he can restore the beauty to his girlfriend's scarred face by murdering other women and extracting fluids from their pituitary gland. However, the effects only last for a short time, so he has to kill more and more women. It is ultimately a killing spree which ends with considerable death and disaster.
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Only When I Larf
Title: Only When I Larf
Character: Captain (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 1968
Type: Movie
A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
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Smashing Time
Title: Smashing Time
Character: Caretaker
Released: December 20, 1967
Type: Movie
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.
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The Sky Bike
Title: The Sky Bike
Character: Airfield Guard
Released: December 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Competition between rival inventors endeavouring to win a prize for the first flight by a man-powered flying machine.
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After the Fox
Title: After the Fox
Character: Policeman
Released: September 8, 1966
Type: Movie
A criminal mastermind sets up a phony film production as part of a plan to smuggle stolen gold.
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The Sandwich Man
Title: The Sandwich Man
Character: Charlie
Released: July 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
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The Wrong Box
Title: The Wrong Box
Character: Corpse Remover
Released: June 19, 1966
Type: Movie
In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be made to have seemed to do so.
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Press for Time
Title: Press for Time
Character: Mr. Ross
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the Prime Minister) wants to get him "a more responsible job". A few favours are called in and Norman becomes the newest reporter at the seaside town of Tinmouth. After causing chaos at a local council meeting and causing the demolition of a new house he tries to organise a beauty pageant. A slapstick tale of corruption in high and low places
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The Alphabet Murders
Title: The Alphabet Murders
Character: Sergeant
Released: December 26, 1965
Type: Movie
The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.
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Title: United!
Released: October 4, 1965
Type: TV
United! was a British television series which was produced by the BBC between 1965 and 1967, and was broadcast twice-weekly on BBC1. The series followed the fortunes of a fictional second division football team, Brentwich United. The football scenes were filmed on the grounds of Stoke City with Jimmy Hill acting as a technical advisor, and the efforts to achieve authenticity saw the show being criticised by the then management of Wolverhampton Wanderers, who complained that the series was based on their team. United! was not a success, and was cancelled after two series. The programme was generally considered to be too soft to appeal to male viewers, and too male-oriented for the female soap opera audience. As was common television practice of the time, the series' episodes were wiped, and none of its 147 episodes are believed to have survived. Created by Anthony Cornish, other writers on the programme included Gerry Davis, Brian Hayles, Malcolm Hulke and John Lucarotti. The directors included Innes Lloyd and Derek Martinus. Aside from Cornish, all of these individuals also worked on Doctor Who concurrent with their involvement in United!.
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Cup Fever
Title: Cup Fever
Character: Mr. Bates
Released: July 21, 1965
Type: Movie
The children of Barton United are trying to win the cup in their local football (soccer) league. Nasty councillor Mr Bates doesn't like them and wants the team his son plays for to win instead so he makes life as difficult as he can for them. But Barton United are offered help by the local professional team that just happens to be Manchester United with boss man Matt Busby.
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Catch Us If You Can
Title: Catch Us If You Can
Character: Louis
Released: July 15, 1965
Type: Movie
Dinah is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to take a break. While shooting a commercial spot for meat, she meets Steve, a stuntman. Dinah and Steve hit it off and decide to head to an island to get away from it all, bringing along four of Steve's friends. Before long, Dinah is reported missing and everyone is looking for her, making their getaway anything but tranquil.
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San Ferry Ann
Title: San Ferry Ann
Character: Dad
Released: July 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A motley crew of British characters ride The San Ferry Ann to the shores of France where they embark on a weekend of calamity. The campervan family led by Dad and Mum (David Lodge and Joan Sims) create chaos from the moment they set their tires on the shore resulting in frequent run-ins with the Gendarme, while Lewd Grandad (Wilfred Brambell) finds his own misadventures with a newly acquainted friend, a mad German ex-soldier (Ron Moody). Also aboard for the ride is a saucy hitchhiker (Barbara Windsor) who causes a few heads to turn including that of a fellow traveller (Ronnie Stevens) who pursues her affection with comic results. By the end of this weekend the French may well be wishing to say 'au revoir' to these trouble-making tourists. San Ferry Ann is a humorous take on the tradition of the British get-away. A classic sound effect comedy that sits with the likes of similarly praised titles such as 'The Plank', 'Futtock's End' and 'Rhubarb Rhubarb'.
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The Intelligence Men
Title: The Intelligence Men
Character: Stage Manager
Released: April 13, 1965
Type: Movie
A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his MI5 friend, he poses as the recently dead Major Cavendish who had managed to infiltrate the dreaded organization; he knows that they are intending to assassinate someone - could it be the famous Russian ballerina who has recently arrived for an appearance at Covent Garden?
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Title: Gideon's Way
Character: Morris
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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Guns at Batasi
Title: Guns at Batasi
Character: Muscles
Released: October 30, 1964
Type: Movie
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
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A Shot in the Dark
Title: A Shot in the Dark
Character: Georges
Released: June 23, 1964
Type: Movie
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles Dreyfus as casualties mount.
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The Long Ships
Title: The Long Ships
Character: Olla
Released: April 22, 1964
Type: Movie
Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down. Reluctantly working together, El Mansuh and Rolfe, along with their men, embark on a quest for the prized object, but only one leader will be able to claim the bell as his own — if it even exists at all.
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Saturday Night Out
Title: Saturday Night Out
Character: Arthur
Released: April 1, 1964
Type: Movie
Five seamen and a passenger are intent on making the most of the 14 hours they will spend in London.
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Two Left Feet
Title: Two Left Feet
Character: Bill
Released: March 16, 1963
Type: Movie
Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl who can offer him the experience he lacks. Every time Alan tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a trip-and-stumble. Then he meets Eileen (Nyree Dawn Porter), the new waitress at the corner cafe, who signal unmistakable messages with her large inviting eyes.
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On the Beat
Title: On the Beat
Character: Insp. Hobson
Released: December 11, 1962
Type: Movie
Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform and "walks the beat". This leads to a level of chaos that only Pitkin could cause
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Title: The Saint
Character: Harry Duggan
Released: October 4, 1962
Type: TV
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
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Trial and Error
Title: Trial and Error
Character: Frank Bateson
Released: September 25, 1962
Type: Movie
After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle who is accused of murdering his wife. Despite Fowle's insistence of guilt, Moregenhall will not let go of the opportunity to plead his client as innocent and be a star in the courtroom.
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Kill or Cure
Title: Kill or Cure
Character: Richards
Released: September 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A private eye is hired to go undercover at a health farm, but before he can find out why his client is murdered.
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The Boys
Title: The Boys
Character: Mr. Herne
Released: August 31, 1962
Type: Movie
A night watchman at a garage is found murdered, and four teddy boys are put on trial for the crime. Witnesses and suspects give differing accounts of the lead-up to the crime, and the truth emerges.
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Time to Remember
Title: Time to Remember
Released: July 1, 1962
Type: Movie
A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured. Later the house is put up for sale and events lead the estate agent to conclude that the jewels may still be there.
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Captain Clegg
Title: Captain Clegg
Character: Navy Bosun
Released: June 13, 1962
Type: Movie
A captain and his sailors investigate the rampaging "Marsh Phantoms" terrorizing a coastal town, but their search is hindered by a local reverend and a horrifying curse.
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The Pirates of Blood River
Title: The Pirates of Blood River
Character: Smith
Released: May 9, 1962
Type: Movie
A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.
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Go to Blazes
Title: Go to Blazes
Character: Sergeant
Released: April 18, 1962
Type: Movie
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversion. But posing as firemen leads them to disaster.
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Raising the Wind
Title: Raising the Wind
Character: Cabbie
Released: September 6, 1961
Type: Movie
'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?
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No, My Darling Daughter
Title: No, My Darling Daughter
Character: Flanigan
Released: August 22, 1961
Type: Movie
A British business tycoon is surprised to discover his teenage daughter is being courted by a mysterious young man.
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The Hellfire Club
Title: The Hellfire Club
Character: Timothy
Released: February 3, 1961
Type: Movie
Years after fleeing his ancestral home with his mother, Jason returns home to claim his birthright, only to find his way blocked by his evil cousin Thomas. In order to reclaim his title, Jason must do battle with his cousin, who calls upon the members of the deadly Hellfire Club to stop him.
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Title: The Avengers
Character: Policeman
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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Two Way Stretch
Title: Two Way Stretch
Character: Jelly Knight
Released: December 20, 1960
Type: Movie
Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.
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The Bulldog Breed
Title: The Bulldog Breed
Character: Chief Petty Officer Knowles
Released: December 13, 1960
Type: Movie
Norman Puckle, a well-meaning but clumsy grocer's assistant, can't seem to do anything right. After being rejected by Marlene, the love of his life, he attempts suicide, but can't even do that. He is saved from jumping off a cliff at 'Lover's Leap' by a Royal Navy petty officer. He persuades Puckle to join the Royal Navy, where he'll meet 'lots of girls'. Life in the Navy proves not to be as rosy as it's been described, and Puckle fails at every task during basic training. But despite this, he's regarded by the Admiral in charge of a rocket project to be a 'typical average British sailor', and chosen to be the first man to fly into outer space in an experimental rocket.
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Watch Your Stern
Title: Watch Your Stern
Character: Security sergeant
Released: October 14, 1960
Type: Movie
When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to show to a visiting scientist.
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Never Let Go
Title: Never Let Go
Character: Cliff
Released: June 2, 1960
Type: Movie
John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic organizer of a London car conversion racket. The car was not insured, and since the police appear indifferent to his plight, Cummings decides to find it himself -- and gets himself involved in an underworld battle.
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Jazz Boat
Title: Jazz Boat
Character: Holy Mike
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A bumbling gang of thieves crash a jazz party.
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The League of Gentlemen
Title: The League of Gentlemen
Character: C.S.M.
Released: April 15, 1960
Type: Movie
Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field. The job is a bank robbery, and military discipline and planning are imposed by Hyde and second-in-command Race on the team, although civilian irritations do start getting in the way.
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The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
Title: The Running Jumping & Standing Still Film
Released: October 31, 1959
Type: Movie
A short film without any direct action designed more as an experiment, with disjointed comic scenes with no common thread.
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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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Yesterday's Enemy
Title: Yesterday's Enemy
Character: Perkins
Released: September 10, 1959
Type: Movie
Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy. The film examines the moral dilemmas ordinary men face during war, when the definitions of acceptable military action and insupportable brutality become blurred and distorted.
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The Ugly Duckling
Title: The Ugly Duckling
Character: Peewee
Released: September 9, 1959
Type: Movie
Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never arrived: until he discovers a medical formula developed by a dead uncle, which claimed to turn 'a man of timid disposition into a bold, fearless dragon'. Taking a draught of the elixir Henry is transformed into suave, sophisticated and highly desirable Teddy Hyde. Armed with his new persona, Teddy is ready to face the world; but is Henry ready for the consequences?
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I'm All Right Jack
Title: I'm All Right Jack
Character: Card Player
Released: August 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start from the bottom and work his way up, and also that the management as well as the trade union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
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Life In Emergency Ward 10
Title: Life In Emergency Ward 10
Character: Mr. Phillips
Released: April 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Life in Emergency Ward 10 is a 1959 film directed by Robert Day. It stars Michael Craig and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was based on the television series Emergency – Ward 10
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Idol on Parade
Title: Idol on Parade
Character: Shorty
Released: March 24, 1959
Type: Movie
A rock'n'roll idol is drafted into the wrong regiment.
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Further Up the Creek
Title: Further Up the Creek
Character: Scouse
Released: October 28, 1958
Type: Movie
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command, Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.
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I Was Monty's Double
Title: I Was Monty's Double
Character: Sergeant RAPC
Released: October 21, 1958
Type: Movie
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German's about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.
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Title: After Hours
Released: October 5, 1958
Type: TV
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Ice Cold in Alex
Title: Ice Cold in Alex
Character: C.M.P Captain (Tank Trap)
Released: June 24, 1958
Type: Movie
A group of army personnel and nurses attempt a dangerous and arduous trek across the deserts of North Africa during the second world war. The leader of the team dreams of his ice cold beer when he reaches Alexandria.
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Up the Creek
Title: Up the Creek
Character: Scouse
Released: May 13, 1958
Type: Movie
Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out of harm's way. But together with Chief Petty Officer Doherty (Peter Sellers), Fairweather gets into more trouble than might be thought possible, with events coming to a riotous conclusion when the Admiralty turn up for an inspection of the ship.
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Tank Force!
Title: Tank Force!
Character: Patterson
Released: April 22, 1958
Type: Movie
During World War II, members of a British tank unit in northern Africa are captured and held prisoners by Germans.
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The Silent Enemy
Title: The Silent Enemy
Character: Sergeant
Released: March 4, 1958
Type: Movie
The Mediterranean, 1941/42 - Axis forces are using frogmen and manned torpedoes to attack previously impregnable harbours. The Allied forces need to come up with something to answer this threat, which they find in the form of Lt. Lionel "Buster" Crabb.
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The Naked Truth
Title: The Naked Truth
Character: Policeman
Released: December 3, 1957
Type: Movie
Nigel Dennis publishes a scandal magazine. But for each story he writes, he first approaches the person whose scandalous behavior is described (or rather implied, to avoid any libel suit) and says he will suppress the story in return for money. Several of his victims first decide individually to kill him instead of paying, but fail in amusing ways. Then they find that to protect their various secrets they must now join forces for a rather different purpose...
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Strangers' Meeting
Title: Strangers' Meeting
Character: Fred
Released: October 30, 1957
Type: Movie
A fateful Stranger's Meeting leads to a maelstrom of crime, deception and murder in this 64-minute British programmer. The beautiful Delphi Lawrence heads a stellar cast, including such reliables as Victor Maddern, Norman Rossington, Conrad Phillips and Reginald Hearne. The plot centers around acrobat Peter Arne, falsely accused of murder. Escaping from the authorities, Arne hides out in a rustic inn, allowing first-time director (and former cinematographer) Robert Day ample opportunity for dark, menacing shadows and sinister underlighting. The genuine murderer is revealed just seconds before the culprit's death. Stranger's Meeting was held back from release until Robert Day's "official" directorial debut, The Green Man, had made the rounds.
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These Dangerous Years
Title: These Dangerous Years
Character: Sgt Lockwood
Released: July 3, 1957
Type: Movie
A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.
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The Counterfeit Plan
Title: The Counterfeit Plan
Character: Sam Watson
Released: January 1, 1957
Type: Movie
An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who knew nothing of his past, to counterfeit 5-pound notes for mass distribution around the countryside.
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The Long Arm
Title: The Long Arm
Character: Detective at Car Lot (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.
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The Cockleshell Heroes
Title: The Cockleshell Heroes
Character: Marine Ruddock
Released: November 16, 1955
Type: Movie
During WW2, German ships are "safely" docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a team of kayakers to attack them.