This is a story of a group of women overcoming several obstacles by helping each other out, even if that means just...
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Violet
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1986
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This is another installment in the excellent Hammer House of Horror series, repackaged for U.S. cable television and, once...
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1984
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Just William was one of two identically titled British TV series adapted from Richmal Crompton's best-selling books about...
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1977
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The British "Adventures Of..." series can be described as a dirtier "Carry On" (if such a thing is possible)....
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1977
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A sexy comedy about the carnal exploits of a cab driver who gets mixed up with gang of jewel thieves. ~ Rovi...
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1976
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Looming bankruptcy makes an English family stop their excessive spending in this comedy. ~ Rovi...
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1976
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1975
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1975
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1975
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When she's hired to nurse the daughter of an American ambassador, a woman begins influencing the girl's actions, as well as...
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1974
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Another slice of processed cheese from Herman Cohen, producer of Trog and other such wonders. This cheap occult programmer...
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1974
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The multipart From Beyond the Grave features Peter Cushing as the owner of a sinister antique shop. Utilizing the various...
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Mabel Lowe
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1973
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The darkly comic and sometimes quite gory Theatre of Blood is a vehicle tailor-made for its star Vincent Price, brilliantly...
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1973
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1973
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The Pied Piper eschews the romanticism of Robert Browning's poem and returns to the grim Grimm Brothers source. Pop singer...
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1972
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The title character is a ghost, doomed to roam his mansion until an age-old mystery is solved. A widow Dorothy Alison and...
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1972
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More widely seen in Britain as Nothing but the Night, this atmospheric chiller -- based on the novel Children of the Night by...
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1972
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It's hard to discern the filmmakers' true point of view on Hannie Caulder. On one hand, you've got the heavily somber story...
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1971
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John Moulder-Brown plays a teen-aged London bathhouse attendant who forms a business alliance with female attendant...
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Lady client
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1970
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The television host of a popular cooking show, Robert Danvers (Peter Sellers) has a real penchant for women. After one...
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John's Wife
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1970
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This uneven spy saga finds secret agent Charles Hood (Vince Edwards) on the trail of the criminal master spy Hammerhead...
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Kit
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1968
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British agents drop like skeets in this convoluted espionage film. Jonas Wilde (Richard Johnson) is a successful British...
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Rhoda
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1968
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Luci (Linda Hayden) is the illegitimate teenage sex kitten who goes to live with a doctor and his family after her sleazy,...
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Liz
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1967
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One of the lower points of Joan Crawford's latter-day career curve (though nothing to compare with the later embarrassment of...
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Matilda
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1967
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Horace Quilby (Michael Bentine) is a sandwich-board advertising man who gets a tour of London and sees some of the city's...
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Billingsgate Woman
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1966
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In this comedy, a homing pigeon wins the big race. Meanwhile the bird's owner continues on with his day. ~ Sandra Brennan,...
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1966
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In this French comedy, one little white lie leads to a series of whoppers as a Frenchman visiting London soon discovers. The...
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1966
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Henri (Robert Dhery) joins a group of rowdy soccer fans who travel from France to London two days before he is supposed to be...
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1964
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Joe Beckett (Alfred Lynch) forgoes working for a living in this seedy district of London. He hangs out in jazz clubs and...
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Georgia
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1963
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Head over heels in love with brassy nightclub singer Niki Carroll (Diana Dors), Dr. Don Reed (John Gavin) intends to marry...
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Niki Carroll
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1963
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Escaping from an institution, a young retarded boy named Hugo (Brandon de Wilde) is taken under the wing of sideshow magician...
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1962
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In this British comedy drama, a dotty old widow finally finds a new love and happiness until her unruly sons bust out of...
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1962
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Madge
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1961
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Danny Kaye headlines this lively WW II-era comedy. He plays a foot soldier who with his fellow troop is preparing for D-day....
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Sgt. Bridget Stanhope
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1961
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Produced by Mike Todd Jr., Scent of Mystery was a misguided attempt to introduce a new gimmick to motion pictures. The plot...
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1960
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In this crime drama, two crooked brothers, an embezzler and a gambler, find themselves in deep trouble when the embezzler...
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1959
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In this frothy romantic outing, a brainy gal from Texas heads for Italy after winning a television quiz show. There she...
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1959
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Before Eddie Constantine became a French pop icon as the slapdash "Lemmy Caution," he played Johnny, a straightforward London...
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Vicki
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1958
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Diana Wilson
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1957
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In this crime thriller a young woman marries a wealthy vintner. Soon afterward, she falls in love with a handsome rodeo...
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Phyllis Hochen
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1957
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One of several British melodramas picked up for American distribution by Columbia in the late 1950s, The Long Haul stars...
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Lynn
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1957
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Mary Hilton (Diana Dors) is a young salesgirl in the cosmetics department of a major London store, who chances to meet -- and...
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Mary Hilton
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1956
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I Married a Woman was tailored by top comedy writer Goodman Ace to the peculiar, low-key talents of TV comedian George Gobel....
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Janice Blake
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1956
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In this crime drama, a writer and his wife are sleeping peacefully in their beds when a mysterious woman shows up, gives the...
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1955
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John Gregson stars as Chayley Broadbent, a young Yorkshire businessman leading a dull, perfunctory life. He inherits a...
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Ruthine West
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1955
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In this sentimental comedy, Carol Reed tries for a bit of neo-realist whimsy that takes place in the London slums of...
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Sonia
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1955
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You gets what you pays for in An Alligator Named Daisy. Donald Sinden stars as a young songwriter who accidentally picks up...
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Vanessa Colebrook
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1955
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Not quite a full-fledged musical, As Long as They're Happy can be described as a romantic comedy with song-and-dance...
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Pearl
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1955
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1954
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Had the women-behind-bars drama The Weak and the Wicked been made in Hollywood, the cast would probably have included the...
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Betty
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1954
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Frank Randle tones down the impurities of his music hall routines in the British service comedy It's a Grand Life. Randle...
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1953
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Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? never really answers its own question, but has no difficulty delivering laughs in full...
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Candy Markham
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1953
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James Hayter plays the chairman of a British football club. Hayter's fondness for gambling results in his involvement with...
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1953
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The Last Page was the original British title for the 1952 murder meller Man Bait. Hollywood's George Brent plays a married...
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Ruby
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1952
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In this farce, a soldier returns home after six years to find that his home is now also a boardinghouse, and he becomes...
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1952
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In this comedy, five fighters from the Royal Air Force end up staying in a family home during WW II. Their bitter landlady...
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1951
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Despite its lighthearted title, Lady Godiva Rides Again is a fairly potent indictment of the darker side of beauty contests....
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1951
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Carol
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1950
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Diamond City is a British "western", set not in Australia as was often the case but in the wilds of South Africa....
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Dora
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1949
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1949
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In this comedy, two soldiers find themselves dishonorably discharged after they accidently allow a Nazi prisoner to escape....
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1949
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The leaves of the Calendar begin to fall rapidly when avaricious Wenda (Greta Gynt) jilts newly-impoverished horse owner...
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1948
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The second of director David Lean's adaptations of a Charles Dickens novel (Great Expectations (1946) was the first), Oliver...
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1948
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The fictional Hugget Family makes the first of three film appearances in this domestic comedy from Great Britain. ~ Sandra...
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1948
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Good Time Girl, directed by David MacDonald and based on a story by Arthur La Bern (It Always Rains On Sunday) starts off...
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1948
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In this comedy, the Huggett family patriarch decides to run for public office. His entire platform is built upon a promise...
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1948
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There's dirty work backstage in the British melodrama My Sister and I. Sally Ann Howes plays Robina Adams, an aspiring...
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1948
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1948
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Holiday Camp was a British comedy that served the same purpose as Hollywood's The Egg and I--to act as the launching pad for...
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1947
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Originally released in 1945 as Shop at Sly Corner, Code of Scotland Yard is an effective British imitation of the Hollywood...
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1947
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Hollywood films were linking up dance halls with criminal activities long before the British-made Dancing with Crime, which...
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1947
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