Mission: Monte Carlo is a "movie" comprised of two episodes from the 1971 British/US TV series The Persuaders - which...
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1976
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1971
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1970
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The Assassination Bureau is loosely based on a turn-of-the-century yarn written by Jack London. Nellie Bly-style girl...
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1969
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1968
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After declaring a holy war to rid the Sudan of Anglo-Egyptian rule in the 1880s, the fanatical Sudanese leader Muhammad Ahmad...
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1966
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In this blend of action-adventure and spy satire, the British government has been negotiating with the Middle Eastern nation...
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1965
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In this British melodrama based on a French novel by Catherine Arley, Sean Connery plays Anthony Richmond, a money-hungry...
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1964
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British pop performer Michael Sarne stars as young Ricky, a kid from London's East End who is yet another victim of urban...
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1964
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A scientist's attempts to clear the name of a friend nearly destroy his life in this intelligent science fiction drama. Prof....
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1963
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In its time, Victim was considered as a daring a film as had ever been made in England. Taken at face value, Janet Green and...
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1962
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Religion and medical ethics clash in this provocative drama that tells the story of a man prosecuted by the system because he...
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1962
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1961
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The British All Night Long is Othello to a jazz beat. Paul Harris is the Othello counterpart, a bandleader happily married to...
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1961
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An engrossing suspenser with dashes of comedy, League of Gentlemen is about a daring group of highly trained army men, turned...
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1960
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Kenneth More was beginning to segue into comedy roles when he took on the character of William in this standard sci-fi parody...
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1960
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1959
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Corpulent "Goon Show" regular Harry Secombe plays the title role in the British comedy Davy. Set in the rarefied world of the...
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1958
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Violent Playground opens with a few West Side Story style shots of a Liverpool street gang, commandeered by a very...
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1958
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The small but resourceful Scots island of Todday, introduced in the 1949 Ealing comedy Whisky Galore!, made a return visit...
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1957
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The Smallest Show on Earth is a gentle, frequently uproarious takeoff of Britain's neighborhood-cinema industry. Real-life...
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1957
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Already a popular TV comedian in 1956, Benny Hill heads the cast of the zany comedy-mystery Who Done It? Eschewing his usual...
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1956
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Basil Dearden was co-producer and co-director of the British "slice of life" drama Out of the Clouds. Filmed in...
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1955
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Richard Attenborough stars as a former crew member of a British gunboat, which was distinguished by a heroic wartime record....
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1955
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Horseracing provides the framework of this British drama. The story begins as a former champion jockey Sam Lilley is barred...
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1954
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A fair stab at yet another World War II comedy, this film by Michael Relph features the humorous antics of an ENSA troupe...
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1954
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The contentious world of prizefighting provides the setting of this episodic drama that chronicles the lives of five...
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1953
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During the Irish "troubles", an IRA gunman (John Mills) wearies of the constant violence. He begins to preach a philosophy of...
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1952
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Inspired by the recent success of The Blue Lamp, I Believe in You is a multiplotted British drama about parole officers....
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1952
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Bonar Colleano, who spent the war years playing featured roles in British films as likeably cocky Americans, heads the cast...
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1951
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Cage of Gold was a rare non-comic effort from Britain's Ealing Studios. Jean Simmons stars as Judith, who awakens the morning...
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1950
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The British Train of Events explores the consequences of a railroad accident from four different viewpoints. Jack Warner...
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1949
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The Blue Lamp was an immensely popular British crime film (and the winner of the BFA Award), concentrating on interrelated...
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1949
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This lush 18th century period romance, based on historical fact, was the first color film from Britain's famed Ealing...
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1948
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The Captive Heart is set in a German POW camp for British soldiers. Michael Redgrave plays a Czech patriot, who has assumed...
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1947
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The problem of "enemy" war brides was eloquently addressed in the British drama Frieda. In her English-language film debut,...
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1947
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Considered the greatest horror anthology film, the classic British chiller Dead of Night features five stories of...
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1945
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1944
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This drama was faithfully adapted from a popular play and features many of the original actors. It is the story of how a...
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1944
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Will Hay, he of the pince-nez, outraged sniff, and overall demeanor of dignified incompetence, stars in (and codirects)...
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1943
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The Bells Go Down is a dramatization of London firefighting efforts during the 1940 Blitz. In structure, the film is very...
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1943
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Future action-film expert Basil Dearden cut his directorial teeth on The Goose Steps Out, a wartime espionage comedy. The...
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1942
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In this comedy, a groom's constant jealousy creates domestic turmoil for his devoted bride. More trouble comes when he buys...
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1941
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In this WW II comedy, a professor teaching a correspondence school gets in hot water when he entangles himself with the...
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1941
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Let George Do It is one of the best and most successful of the George Formby vehicles. The toothy, guitar-strumming Formby...
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1940
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In this British WW II comedy, a brave member of the Police War Reserve eventually becomes a hero when he exposes a conspiracy...
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1940
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This Man is News is a British imitation of Hollywood's Thin Man pictures. The "Nick and Nora" herein are Barry K. Barnes as...
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1939
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1938
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