John Huston directed this cold war spy thriller (from a script by Walter Hill) concerning a British agent trying infiltrate...
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1973
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Two children set out in search of freedom and a loving home in this adventure drama based on a novel by Walter Macken. Finn...
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1971
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The McKenzie Break is an unusual POW escape drama in that the would-be escapees are German prisoners, held in a Scottish...
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1970
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In this suspenseful crime drama set in war-torn Ireland, IRA terrorists conspire to blow up a British power station....
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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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Davey Haggart (John Hurt) wishes to follow his father's footsteps and become a highway robber. He also wishes to avoid his...
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1969
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This uneven black comedy went into production as My Last Duchess. It then went through three title changes, representing, in...
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1966
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Doctor in Clover is the next-to-last entry in the British "Doctor" comedy film series. After losing his government job,...
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1966
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A series of unusual rainstorms have resulted in several deaths. Sent to investigate this phenomenon, Steed and Emma come...
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1965
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Joseph Conrad's cerebral, philosophical novel Lord Jim is streamlined and simplified by producer/director/writer...
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1965
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In this British comedy, a new nurse comes to replace her predecessor, the town pump, in an English country town. Soon, she...
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Abel Worthy
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1964
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Based upon a novel by Shelley Smith, The Running Man opens at the memorial service for Rex Black (Laurence Harvey), the owner...
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1963
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1963
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Actor Lawrence Harvey made his debut as a writer and director with this downbeat drama. Sean McKenna (Harvey) is awaiting...
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1963
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1963
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This colorful remake of the 1935 version again concerns the crew and treatment of the HMS Bounty by a cold hearted sadistic...
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1962
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Not a medieval epic, The Iron Maiden is a contemporary comedy. Nor is the title object a torture device; instead, it's new...
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Admiral Sir Digby Trevelyan
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1962
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Based on the play Something About a Sailor by Earle Couttie, this film is a screwball comedy about the British navy....
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Adm. Sir Humphrey Pettigrew
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1961
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A battered houseboat on the Thames provides the setting for this romantic British comedy. Two newlyweds rent the leaky...
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1961
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Father Carey (Nigel Patrick) is a priest who must decide whether or not an amnesia victim (Aldo Ray) is responsible for the...
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1961
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A beautiful and wealthy woman in the market for a husband believes she has found the right man -- only to discover he isn't...
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1961
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In this lightweight 1960 musical comedy, rock singer Tommy Steele plays Tommy Tomkins, a British sailor. Steele was popular...
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Captain
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1960
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Terry-Thomas plays the military-officer head of an amiable gang of amateur British thieves. He is recruited for this task by...
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1960
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Kenneth More was beginning to segue into comedy roles when he took on the character of William in this standard sci-fi parody...
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1960
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This is one of the rare comedies by director Gerald Thomas that does not have the words "Carry On...." in the title, and that...
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Tandy
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1960
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Joe Skinner
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1959
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Filmed on location, Shake Hands With the Devil is set in Ireland during the "troubles" of 1921. James Cagney plays a...
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1959
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1958
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Rooney (John Gregson) is a handsome but unambitious Irish sanitation worker. Rooney's landladies would love to see him...
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1958
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Though Merry Andrew is more subdued than earlier Danny Kaye efforts, it's still a lot of fun. Kaye is cast as Andrew Larabee,...
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Matthew Larabee
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1958
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To make the Rising of the Moon, American filmmaker John Ford returned to his Irish roots. An obscure and highly personal film...
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Dan O'Flaherty, the Old Man
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1957
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The third of the droll British "Doctor" series, Doctor at Large once more stars Dirk Bogarde as young Dr. Simon Sparrow. Back...
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1957
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The small but resourceful Scots island of Todday, introduced in the 1949 Ealing comedy Whisky Galore!, made a return visit...
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Father James McAllister
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1957
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This filmed biography of Vincent Van Gogh was adapted by Norman Corwin from the best-selling novel by Irving Stone, which was...
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1956
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Previous film versions of Moby Dick insisted upon including such imbecilities as romantic subplots and happy endings. John...
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1956
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Jacqueline, played by Jacqueline Ryan, is the daughter of a Belfast shipyard worker Mike McNeil, played by John Gregson. The...
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Mr. Owen
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1956
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In Svengali, the 1955 adaptation of George DuMaurier's classic novel Trilby, Donald Wolfit achieves the near-impossible: he...
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1955
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This second entry in the British "Doctor" series once more stars Dirk Bogarde as young medico Simon Sparrow. Securing his...
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1955
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Land of Fury is an austere "western" set in New Zealand during the 1820s. The epic-proportioned storyline involves a group of...
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Paddy Clarke
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1954
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Mad About Men is the delightful sequel to the saucy British comedy-fantasy Miranda. Glynis Johns returns in the dual role of...
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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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1953
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Half affectionate parody and half enthusiastic tribute to the swashbuckling pirate epics of the 1930's and 40's, The Crimson...
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1952
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In this comedy, an off-center widow and her eccentric daughters must deal with a series of comic mishaps while they wait for...
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1952
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John Hayter is Samuel Pickwick is this delightful filmization of Dickens' seriocomic novel. Mr. Pickwick is chairman of the...
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1952
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The blarney is as thick as the characters' brogues in You Can't Beat the Irish. Jack Warner stars as lazy but enterprising...
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1952
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The brilliant British documentary filmmaker Paul Rotha made his feature-film debut with 1950's No Resting Place. Filmed on...
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Guard Mannigan
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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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The producers of Quartet and Trio concluded their cycle with this omnibus film, which features three stories based, as in the...
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1951
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In this comedy, an amiable rake shows all that he is a whiz at finances after a rumor circulates that he has inherited...
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1951
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Saints and Sinners is set in a remote Irish village where "appearances" take precedence over everything else. Having served...
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1949
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Henry Devere Stacpoole's lyrical novel The Blue Lagoon was rather chastely filmed in 1921. The 1949 remake is a tad more...
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Paddy Button
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1949
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Set in early 19th-century Ireland, this fact-based drama chronicles the peasant uprising of peasants who finally tire of the...
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1947
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In this Irish comedy, the rivalry between the free state and Ulster is chronicled. The story centers around a handyman who...
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1939
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1935
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Set sometime during the 19th century, Blarney deals with the exploits of Irish prizefighter James Carabine (Ralph Graves)....
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1926
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