An innocent country farmer experiences a number of improbable misadventures that culminate in a battle against the titular...
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1977
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This feature-length dramatization of James Herriot's best-seller was issued by EMI as a big-screen theatrical release in...
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1974
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1970
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The key image of this film occurs early on, as a hideous monster removes its face, only to reveal itself as Baron...
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1969
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Humorist Max Wilk scripted this listless film version of his book of the same name. Jerry Lewis plays George Lester, an...
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1968
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Also known as Monster of Terror, this British-made horror opus is very loosely based on H.P. Lovecraft's story "The Colour...
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1965
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This cheap, but colorful British period horror piece follows an ill-fated archaeological expedition to the cursed tomb of the...
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1965
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Producer-writer Brian Clemens was in top form with this episode, which originally aired on February 15, 1964. Cathy Gale adds...
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1964
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This episode opens with an apparent murder in a college classroom--which turns out to be a staged event, dreamed up by...
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1963
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In this suspenseful espionage film a British agent and a man from NATO attempt to bust a communist spy ring. Following the...
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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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Runaway wife Ellis hitches a ride with trucker Booth until the truck is hijacked and Ellis works to catch the thieves. ~ Rovi...
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1963
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This comedy features a commissionaire who hates shaving and establishes a strike at a razor manufacturing company to get his...
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1962
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Based on a tale by Edgar Wallace, this taut crime drama centers on the exploits of an heiress who finds herself the intended...
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1962
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This Gothic melodrama from Hammer Studios is in color, but the plot is basically the same as the two previous efforts....
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1962
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The Longest Day is a mammoth, all-star re-creation of the D-Day invasion, personally orchestrated by Darryl F. Zanuck....
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1962
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Alfred Lynch and Sean Connery star as a pair of klutzy RAF members, during World War II, who are more interested in running...
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1961
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Essentially a one-joke comedy hanging on the thinnest of plots, this routine series of slapstick situations is directed by...
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1961
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An insurance investigator looks into the mystery surrounding the "accidental" death of a jockey. He finds that the death was...
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1961
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The weak story in The Bulldog Breed is an excuse to tie together a long series of funny episodes, slapstick incidents, and...
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1960
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In this romantic comedy, three bunglers find jobs at a matchmaking service. None are pleased with their jobs until a...
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1960
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In a desperate effort to cover his gambling losses, government scientist Smith (Glyn Owens) stoops to selling secrets to the...
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1959
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In this crime drama, a gentle old woman finds herself involved in a murder after she dials a wrong number and overhears a...
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1959
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In this comedy, a common chemist lives up to his lineage (he's a direct descendant of Dr. Jekyll), and creates a concoction...
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1959
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While on a dig in Egypt, British archaeologist John Banning (Peter Cushing) desecrates the tomb of Princess Ananka, awakening...
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1959
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In this British comedy, set during WWII, a street laborer likes to harass the British soldiers and ends up drafted into...
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1958
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The celebrated stage farce 3DThe Middle Watch3D was the basis of the maritime comedy 3DGirls at Sea3D. While briefly in...
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1958
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A father discovers that being a good role model for your son isn't always easy -- especially when you're a criminal -- in...
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1958
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The original 1958 BBC television production of the last of Nigel Kneale's classic Quatermass scripts -- which is best known...
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1958
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In this slapstick British comedy, a proud man from a family of seamen is so prone to seasickness that even the slightest...
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1957
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Night Passage is so similar in spirit to the successful collaborations between star James Stewart and director Anthony Mann...
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1957
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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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The Bridge on the River Kwai opens in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in Burma in 1943, where a battle of wills rages between...
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1957
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Three Men in a Boat is the second film version of the comic novel by Jerome K. Jerome. The titular trio is played by popular...
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1957
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In this melodramatic adventure set after the British evacuated Singapore in 1942, a ship is torpedoed and only four people...
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1957
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Though his Hollywood career had petered out, Tom Conway continued to star in British films throughout the 1950s. In Last Man...
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1956
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In this desert adventure, a bandit chieftain roams the northwest deserts of India. Wherever he goes, he leaves a trail of...
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1956
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The British The Dam Busters is the story of the development and utilization of the "bouncing bombs" in World War II....
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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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This British comedy pokes fun at the rigors of army life as it chronicles the exploits of an army surplus salesman who must...
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1955
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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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1955
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Released in the US as Man With a Million, The Million Pound Note is a satisfying adaptation of a satirical short story by...
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1954
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A dog's best friend is not always his man, as is seen in this comedy set against the backdrop of professional dog racing....
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1954
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In this British comedy, a wealthy, hypochondriac gets unwittingly entangled in counterfeiters' plans when he comes to own...
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1954
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Grand National Night began life as a stage play, which was promptly adapted as a popular British radio serial. The film...
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1953
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Clark (George Reeves), Lois (Phyllis Coates) and Jimmy (Jack Larson) head to Canada to investigate reports of a werewolf who...
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1953
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In this seagoing military drama set in World War II, Lt. Comdr. Ericson (Jack Hawkins) is made captain of a British corvette,...
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1953
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In this drama, a reporter helps prove the innocence of a man wrongfully incarcerated for dealing drugs. The reporter learns...
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1951
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Alec Guinness has one of his finest comic roles in this Ealing satirical comedy about a much patronized amateur scientist...
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1951
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Though Green Grow the Rushes has the look and feel of an Ealing comedy, the film was actually produced through the auspices...
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1951
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Don't be misled by the title, and by the presence of Glynis Johns in the cast. The "Venus" in Appointment with Venus is a...
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1951
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1950
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A battle of the sexes begins to rage in an isolated private school in this charming British comedy. Just outside of London...
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1950
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