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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Ada Ford
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1965
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A high-class costume drama with a substantive historical basis, Becket is the true story of the friendship between King Henry...
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Queen Matilda
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1964
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1964
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This long, 135-minute feature is divided into four different segments, three highlighting fairy tales and the first...
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1962
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Baroness
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1961
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1960
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Baroness Meinster
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1960
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British comic actor Jimmy Edwards demonstrates his versatility in Bottoms Up by playing a character named Jimmy Edwards....
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Lady Gore-Willoughby
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1960
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In this drama, a Jewish refugee finds himself stranded in Paris just as the Nazi invaders arrive. Desperate to escape, he...
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1958
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Filmed in 1955, Les Espions (The Spies) was based on Midnight Patient, a novel by Egon Hostowsky. The scene is a rundown...
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1957
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Paradise Lagoon is the American release title of the British The Admirable Crichton. In this Technicolor adaptation of James...
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Lady Brocklehurst
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1957
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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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What if the Dauphin of France managed to escape the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution? That's the premise of the...
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Aunt Fell
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1957
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Anastasia is adapted from the popular stage play by Marcelle Maurette. The scene is Paris in the early 1920s. Ingrid Bergman...
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Baroness von Livenbaum
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1956
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Set in Ireland, The March Hare stars Terence Morgan as Sir Charles Hare, a wastrelly aristocrat who gambles away his family...
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Lady Anne
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1956
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King's Rhapsody was the second screen teaming of beloved British star Anna Neagle and Hollywood's "bad boy" Errol Flynn....
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Queen Mother
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1955
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American opera and musical-comedy soprano Patrice Munsel plays the title role in this filmed biography of famed Australian...
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1953
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This low-key Launder-Gilliat production was inspired by a play by James Bridie. Alastair Sim carries the ball as Captain...
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Lady Dodds
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1953
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Better known as The Story of Robin Hood, this colorful costume adventure was the second made-in-Britain production for...
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Queen Eleanor
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1952
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...And it ended in London. This backstage yarn stars Jane Hylton as a talented dress designer who lets nothing get in the way...
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Mme. Alice
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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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Mabel Grace [Red Peppers]
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1952
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This comedy is set in an Irish mansion and centers on its enigmatic owner. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi...
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1952
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In this revised adaptation of Oscar Wilde's famous comedy of manners, Lady Windermere's Fan, the middle-aged but still...
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Duchess of Berwick
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1949
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Taking advantage of Paramount's "frozen funds" in Britain, producer Hal Wallis was able to film much of So Evil My Love in...
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Mrs. Courtney
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1948
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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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1947
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Prolific British second-feature director Lewis Gilbert made his cinematic debut with The Little Ballerina. Yvonne Marsh stars...
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1947
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Immediately grabbing the audience's attention with a heart-stopping opening scene in a dark graveyard, acclaimed British...
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1946
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In this drama, set during the reign of King Charles II, the aristocratic Lady Skelton (Margaret Lockwood) attempts to relieve...
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1945
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Like the better-known (and more popular) A Canterbury Tale, Welcome Mr. Washington is a sometimes amusing, sometimes poignant...
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1944
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A set of flashbacks to 19th century London provide the action in this British wartime film, in which a wealthy girl...
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1943
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In this British espionage comedy, an opportunistic South American woman will do anything to get her hands on a copy of the...
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1942
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Two sisters stick by each other through thick and thin in this drama. The elder sister has a rather sexually checkered past....
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1942
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Set during WW II, this drama follows the travails of a cargo ship captain as he launches a desperate search of his vessel...
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1942
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1941
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The modest but intriguing British melodrama At the Villa Rose was released in the U.S. by Monogram and given the more prosaic...
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1941
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Possibly inspired by the 1937 British melodrama They Drive By Night, East of Piccadilly is an austere shocker set in London....
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1941
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This wartime drama is set during WW II and centers on 6 survivors of a torpedo attack adrift in a lifeboat. One of them is a...
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1941
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In this WW II propaganda film, a German doctor, highly praised by his Nazi employers, finds it increasingly difficult to...
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1941
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Wings and the Woman was a reverent (read: dull) British biopic about pioneer aviatrix Amy Johnson. Anna Neagle portrays Amy,...
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1941
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The old reliable plot device known as premarital hanky-panky was the basis of the Esther McCracken stage play Quiet Wedding....
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1941
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In this British drawing room comedy, a wealthy socialite falls in love with the a young woman from the lower class. Her...
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1940
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In this comedy, a battleship captain has a large party to celebrate their next voyage and is dismayed to find that two...
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1939
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Most of British regional comedian George Formby's vehicles were released in the US through Columbia Pictures; somehow Trouble...
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1939
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In this thriller, a playwright overhears a gang of men plotting a kidnapping and enlists the assistance of a detective to...
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1939
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A Girl Must Live is the philosophy of gold-digging chorus girls Gloria Lind (Renee Houston) and Clytie Devine (Lilli Palmer)....
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1939
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In this entry in the long-running British comedy series, the boisterous Mother Riley plays a nurse who was forced to...
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1939
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In this British comedy, set in London during the 1840s, an acting troupe aspires to high-society, but despite their best...
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Sara Macaulay
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1939
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In this gentle comedy, an aristocratic English fellow is not happy to be betrothed to a brewery heiress. One day he goes to...
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Duchess of Beaumont
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1939
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In this European drama, a girl in reform school finds herself falling in love with school physician, but must compete with...
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Mme. Appel
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1938
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As cleaner-salesman/electioneer Miller learns of the actions of evil Maltby in running the orphanage, he turns his loyalties...
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1938
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In this detective drama, a secret service agent is assigned to investigate the death of a bag lady who was discovered to be...
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1938
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Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour...
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1937
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Lady Bogshott
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1937
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In this British comedy, a middle-aged fellow set in his ways marries a sweet young thing. After the wedding, he is surprised...
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1937
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In this French crime comedy, the headmaster of a school located near a prison is inadvertently involved in stealing the...
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1937
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It's a tossup as to which George Eliot novel has most often been adapted to the screen, though it appears that...
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1937
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Oskar Homolka plays a London movie-theatre owner who maintains a secret life as a paid terrorist. Homolka's wife...
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1936
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After several years in India, Sir Guy De Vere (Jack Buchanan) returns to England where he has inherited his ancestral castle....
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Aunt Esther
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1936
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In this comedy, a helpful friend offers to care for the apartment of a honeymooning couple. As soon as they leave, he brings...
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1936
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Another of the delightful Aldwych Theater farces, Pot Luck once again teams those flawless farceurs Tom Walls (who also...
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1936
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In this comedy, a pickle magnate becomes an amnesiac following a train crash. He subsequently opens a beauty salon and ends...
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1935
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British musical star Jessie Matthews tops the bill in this song-studded comedy. Elizabeth (Matthews) is a delivery girl for a...
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1935
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Henry Oscar plays Gabriel Perry in this rusty-dusty British courtroom drama. Perry is the local justice-of-the peace; his...
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1935
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This lush historical drama chronicles the brief reign of the late Henry VIII's successor, Lady Jane Grey. After only nine...
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1934
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In this romantic comedy, a millionairess tires of being badgered by the paparazzi and trades places with her maid so she can...
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1934
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This story of espionage in World War I is based on a true story. Marthe McKenna (Madeleine Carroll) is a nurse from Belgium...
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1934
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Definitely no relation to the horror-film series of the same name, the British Friday the 13th is a variation of the "Bridge...
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1933
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Adapted from the Ernest Vajda novel The Head Waiter, Service for Ladies stars Leslie Howard as Max Tracey, premiere waiter of...
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1932
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In this British musical, a shop assistant attempts to impress a girl by telling her that he is actually the manager....
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1932
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1920
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