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1987
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Shakespeare's tragedy, made for British television, is given a full-blooded rendition here with the great Laurence Olivier in...
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1984
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A detective plagued by headaches goes to a hypnotist and relives his investigation into a serial killer case in...
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Osborne
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1984
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1982
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Perhaps inspired by the success of PBS' Shakespeare Plays series, Bard Productions Ltd. Came out with this diverting if not...
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1981
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1979
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The made-for-television The Man in the Iron Mask was, at the very least, the twelfth film version of Alexandre Dumas' novel...
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1977
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Though the story told in Robin and Marian is unfamiliar to most audiences, it is actually quite faithful to several of the...
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1976
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1973
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Anne of the Thousand Days is the belated film adaptation of Maxwell Anderson's 1948 stage play. The story concentrates on the...
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1969
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Jack Sheppard (Tommy Steele) is the locksmith's apprentice who is forced into highway robbery when he is betrayed by Jonathan...
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1969
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In the fifth episode of the six-part story "The Space Pirates," the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his friends are once more...
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1969
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In the conclusion of the six-part story "The Space Pirates," Argonite pirate chieftain Craven (Dudley Foster) draws up plans...
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Dom Issigri
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1969
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This feature is a filmed stage production of the tragedy by William Shakespeare. Laurence Harvey stars as Leontes, the...
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1968
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1965
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Michael Powell's controversial meditation on violence and voyeurism effectively destroyed his career when it was first...
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Arthur Baden
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1960
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The Bismarck was the fabled German battleship of World War II. This film traces the "life" of the Bismarck from its launching...
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1960
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After inexplicably destroying his anti-gravity formula, eminent British researcher Dr. Stephens (Geoffrey Keen) vanishes...
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1959
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Unseen Heroes, along with Missiles from Hell, represented the US titles of the British The Battle of the V1. Set in...
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Stricker
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1958
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The title of the Anglo-American The Prince and the Showgirl could well have alluded to the genuine stations in life of stars...
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1957
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1955
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Rossana Podesta may not quite possess the face that would launch a thousand ships, but she is otherwise convincing in the...
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1955
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The Steel Key is a little-known British melodrama with some potent talent involved, including actors Terence Morgan and...
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1953
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In this comedy, a funeral director, thinking himself quite clever, hides his cash in his wife's girdle. Trouble ensues when...
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1952
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The River must be seen in its original Technicolor; it is difficult, if not impossible, to imagine anyone fully enjoying this...
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The Father
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1951
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The brooding British romantic drama Gone to Earth is better known by its American title The Wild Heart. Filmed in England and...
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Abel Woodus
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1950
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Banquo
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1949
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Although criticized by Shakespeare devotees upon its release because of director, producer, and star Laurence Olivier's...
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1948
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1948
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East Indian actor Sabu is consistently better than his material in the sociological melodrama End of the River. The story...
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1947
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An evil guardian plots the murder of his young heiress niece in this Victorian melodrama, also known as Uncle Silas. ~ Jason...
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1947
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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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Old General
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1947
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Set not in the 14th century milieu of Geoffrey Chaucer but in wartime Britain, A Canterbury Tale begins with rural justice of...
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1944
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David Davies
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1944
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Fluellen
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1944
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In this war drama, set during WWII, an engineer in a Dutch shipyard assists the Nazis with the construction of two new kinds...
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Von Schiffer
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1943
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The pageantlike This England was designed by the Anglo-American film corporation to boost the morale of the war-besieged...
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1941
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The Danish freighter Helvig approaches English waters in early 1940 and, in keeping with the needs of British security, it is...
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Mr. Pidgeon
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1940
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A London jeweler who fences stolen goods so that he too might become wealthy and therefore respectable, learns the value of...
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1940
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The game of football figures prominently in The Arsenal Stadium Mystery -- not the American gridiron version, but the...
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1939
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In this farce, a loosely moraled chorine gets involved with a married man and the fiancé of the man's daughter. The real...
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1938
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This musical presentation features the British version of the Leoncavallo opera in English translation. ~ Rovi...
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1937
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In this musical drama set during the reign of Charles I, an Irish priest is assigned to educate the prince. The prince...
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1937
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In this drama, a famed clown gets jealous and murders his wife and her lover, a soldier. It is notable for its early use of...
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1936
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This beautifully rendered cinemadaptation of Pagliacci is sung in English, with the Leoncavallo music newly arranged by...
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Silvio
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1936
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Released in Germany as Schwarze Rosen, Black Roses represented the return to UFA studios of British musical comedy favorite...
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1936
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1935
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Dandy Dick stars the magnificent Will Hay as supercilious village vicar Rev. Richard Jedd, presently anxious to raise enough...
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Tony Mardon
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1935
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Based upon a book by I.A.R. Wylie that was previously filmed as Young Nowheres, Some Day is a simple romantic tale about love...
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1935
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The Blue Squadron is commandeered by Esmond Knight in this British adventure film. Knight conducts a friendly rivalry with...
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1934
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Produced on behalf of the Canadian Legion, Lest We Forget offers a different perspective of the First World War. The film...
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1934
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Best known today as the wife of famed caricaturist Al Hirschfield, actress Dolly Haas enjoyed a long and fruitful career in...
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Geoffrey Dawson
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1934
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In this crime drama, a reporter's investigation leads to the three-year incarceration of a jewel thief. The vengeful crook...
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1934
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1934
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Anxious to finish off his contract with British International Pictures, Alfred Hitchcock agreed to direct Waltzes from...
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Strauss the Younger
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1933
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The Bermondsey Kid was one of a steady flow of "quota quickies" emanating from Britain's Twickenham Studios under a...
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1933
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In this mystery, a master of disguises commits a series of crimes. He is so good, that no one knows what he really looks...
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John Lenley
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1932
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Unfortunately for the killer, the cameras filmed the murder of an actor during the shooting of a scene. ~ Rovi...
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1931
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1931
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1931
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