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1988
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Although the title evokes a swashbuckling adventure, Roman Polanski's Pirates tuns out to be a seagoing tale with a bit of a...
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1986
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In a charming tale about the spirit of Christmas giving, Nigel Playfayre (Peter Chelsom) is a callous investment manager...
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Sir Percy
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1985
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The acclaimed Tony Palmer helmed this 1984 biopic on 19th and early 20th century Italian composer Giacomo Puccini, here...
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1984
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Originally a nine-hour British miniseries, this film on the last four decades in the life of Richard Wagner may have taken...
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1983
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1981
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The title character in this four-chapter Doctor Who adventure is the last survivor of the Zolfa-Thuran civilization. While on...
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Gen. Grugger
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1980
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In the second episode of the four-part Meglos, the title character (Christopher Owen) is determined to restore his past...
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Gen. Grugger
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1980
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In the third episode of the four-part Meglos, the title character has disguised himself as the Doctor (Tom Baker) and stolen...
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Gen. Grugger
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1980
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In the conclusion of the four-part Meglos, the Doctor (Tom Baker) has managed to escape a time loop, not to mention his...
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Gen. Grugger
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1980
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1979
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Written by Monty Python veterans, More Ripping Yarns includes the skits "The Testing of Eric Olwaite," "Whinfrey's Last...
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1979
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The Squire
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1978
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In this comedy a prejudiced couple innocently wins a racial tension easing contest. ~ Rovi...
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1975
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Lewis Flander and Carol Hawkins star in the hectic British farce Not Now Comrade. Flander plays a Russian ballet dancer who...
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1975
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Basil Bulstrode
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1974
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Keith Michell plays a middle-aged accountant, bored with his routine existence. When his wife and child are killed in an...
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1974
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Based on a book by National Hunt jockey Dick Francis, the horseracing thriller Dead Cert was filmed in the village of Findon,...
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1974
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Zany British comedian Frankie Howerd, who'd previously laid waste to Ancient Rome in Up Pompeii, does same with World War II...
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1972
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Actor Frankie Howerd reprises his role from the British TV series Up Pompeii, in the tradition of the hugely popular...
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1971
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The British farce Naughty Knights was originally shipped out as Up the Chastity Belt. Raucuous comedian Frankie Howerd, who...
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Sir Braggart de Bombast
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1971
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Warren Mitchell stars in All the Way Up as a dimwitted British salesman. Though a bit shy in the brains department, Mitchell...
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1970
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Captain Nemo and the Underwater City thrusts several "name" actors into the specialized world of Jules Verne. Six...
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Barnaby
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1969
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In this British farce, the British Home Secretary satisfies the men of London by sanctioning a government-run brothel. This...
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1969
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Marcello Mastroianni marks his English language film debut in this featherweight caper film directed by first-time director...
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1968
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When a British farmer lapses into a coma, it appears to be the byproduct of a voodoo curse. Sent to the jungles of Kalaya to...
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Col.Rawlings
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1965
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In this British wartime comedy, a group of captured con-artists must choose between jail terms or military service....
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Sgt. Dobbs
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1965
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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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Dunwoody
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1965
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In this comedy, an irresponsible pop singer avoids rehearsing for his gig for a summer show by the sea in favor of playing...
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Mr. Bartholemew
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1965
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The lively but somehow slightly distasteful The Americanization of Emily stars James Garner as a WWII naval officer who...
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1964
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Alf (Joe Brown) is a young man from London's East End who tries to rise above his impoverished conditions. His parents worry...
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1963
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The star of this slapstick comedy is not a person but an antique Bentley sports car, the source of several misadventures....
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1963
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In this comedy, a man chooses an unethical way to help keep a financially struggling boy's club from closing down, by...
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1959
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Lana Turner stars as Sara Scott, an American war correspondent whose whirlwind romance with a young British journalist...
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1958
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In this comedy, a pair of newlywed workers at an ad agency find themselves unable to honeymoon when she is suddenly assigned...
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1957
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1957
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When John Preston (Christopher Lee) comes out of nowhere to settle in Deanbridge, he rises quickly in the town's small circle...
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1956
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1956
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Ribald music hall comedian Frankie Howerd stars in the British laughspinner Jumping for Joy. Set in the rarefied world of dog...
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1956
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The Barefoot Contessa begins at the funeral of Ava Gardner, a former Spanish peasant, cabaret dancer and movie star, who at...
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1954
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In this thriller, shot on location in Rhodesia, an American insurance investigator looks into the strange death of a diamond...
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1954
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In this comedy, the routines of two British army barracks are disrupted when they are invaded by a Hollywood film unit while...
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1954
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In this bright British comedy, we meet Capt. Henry St. James (Alec Guinness) as he stands before a firing squad and then...
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1953
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Released in the U.S. as Terror on a Train, the British MGM production Time Bomb is brief, to the point, and so suspenseful it...
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1953
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Though Meet Mr. Lucifer reads rather better than it plays, the film is still good for a few healthy laughs. Stanley Holloway...
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1953
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In this murder mystery, a woman's brother is killed in a freaky accident, or so she believes. Fortunately for her, an...
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1952
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Meet Me Tonight was the American title for the British-filmed Tonight at 8:30, adapted from the Noel Coward stage production...
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Bert Bentley [Red Peppers]
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1952
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In this socially conscious drama, an eccentric, wealthy young man impersonates a hobo in order to save a flophouse that is...
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1941
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