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A Fear of Strangers (1964)
Character: Superintendant Willis
A black saxophonist and small time crook is picked up by police on suspicion of murder. His problems multiply when the investigating officer lets his own issues influence the subsequent interrogation.
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Two Letter Alibi (1962)
Character: Charles
Charles Hilary is in love with Kathy Forrester, a beautiful television personality, but is married to Louise, an alcoholic with as many lovers as whisky bottles. His pleas for a divorce are met with threats and abuse. "You'll have to murder me first", Louise tells him and three hours later she is found dead, shot with her husband's pistol. When Charles is arrested, Kathy desperately sets to work to prove his innocence.
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Fcb TV Show No.1 (1955)
Character: The Storyteller
Showing an idea of how an evening's viewing might appear on the forthcoming I.T.A. channel in London.
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The Pickpocket (1955)
Character: The Storyteller
Peter a storyteller talks about a story of a pickpocketer named Chippy Criggs.
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Safe and Sound (1956)
Character: The Storyteller
Peter a storyteller talks about a story of a burglar Squishy Taylor that tried to blow up his safe.
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The Inveterate Gambler (1956)
Character: The Storyteller
Peter a storyteller talks about a story of a burglar who lost money due to him gambling on it and now he's trying to get that money back.
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Ruth (1948)
Character: Boaz
Inspired by the scriptural tale. Moabitess priestess Ruth is drawn both to a Judean man and to his talk of a forgiving God. After tragedy strikes, she begins a new life in Bethlehem.
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The Ladykillers (1955)
Character: Detective at Parcels Office (uncredited)
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicians.
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The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
Character: Police Sergeant at Albert Hall (uncredited)
An American doctor and his wife, a former singing star, witness a murder while vacationing in Morocco, and are drawn into a twisting plot of international intrigue when their young son is kidnapped.
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
Character: Capt. Reeves
The classic story of English POWs in Burma forced to build a bridge to aid the war effort of their Japanese captors. British and American intelligence officers conspire to blow up the structure, but Col. Nicholson, the commander who supervised the bridge's construction, has acquired a sense of pride in his creation and tries to foil their plans.
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Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Character: Constable Farrow
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
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The Straw Man (1953)
Character: Inspector Conrad
A newly married man is convicted of murdering a former lover in his apartment, and sentenced to hang. With a payout on his life worth 20,000 pounds, the insurance company sends an investigator to find out the truth.
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Short Sharp Shocks Volume 4 (2025)
Character: The Storyteller (Strange Experiences)
It's back! A fourth compelling collection of SHORT SHARP SHOCKS revisits the heyday of the supporting program with a compendium of eerie and eccentric British short films presented for the first time in High Definition. Well-known names to spot include Patrick Macnee, John Le Mesurier, Gabrielle Drake and Elspeth Gray. Settle in for a strange cinematic journey through uncanny stories, twists in the tale, low-budget weirdness and oodles of atmosphere.
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