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Act of Reprisal (1964)
Character: Harvey Freeman
Love story set against the backdrop of Cyprus' struggle for independence from the British in the 1950s.
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The Rivals (1970)
Character: Captain Jack Absolute
The play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
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The School for Scandal (1975)
Character: Joseph Surface
London society matron Lady Sneerwell loves to gossip and spends her free time engaged in manipulation. When she selfishly derails the romance of Charles Surface, her scheming unexpectedly creates a ripple effect among her well-to-do acquaintances.
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Morte d'Arthur (1984)
Character: King Arthur
King Arthur faces his doom as his kingdom is undermined from within by the love of his queen for Sir Launcelot, and the treachery of Mordred, his son born of incest.
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The Prodigal Daughter (1975)
Character: Father Daley
An elderly priest recruits a young woman as housekeeper in the presbytery he shares with two young priests, but temptation and jealousy soon sew discord and doubt in some minds.
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An Aspidistra in Babylon (1973)
Character: Captain Blaine
Summer in Dover 1919: Christine's mother runs a boarding house, in which Christine feels like the dull aspidistras which clutter the rooms, until Captain Blaine arrives to find rooms for his rich aunt.
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Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill (1974)
Character: Count Karel Kinsky
Lee Remick stars as Jennie Jerome, born in the United States in 1845, who eventually became Lady Randolph Churchill, and gave birth to Sir Winston Churchill in this seven-part, seven-hour biographical mini-series.
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1982)
Character: Robert Browning
Jane Lapotaire and Joss Ackland star in this adaptation of Rudolph Besier's play. Elizabeth Barrett is kept a virtual prisoner by her father. Then the poet Robert Browning bursts into her life.
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More Loverly Than Ever: The Making of 'My Fair Lady' (1995)
Character: Self - Host / Freddy Eynsford-Hill
This 30th anniversary documentary treats film fans to a behind-the-scenes look at the making of "My Fair Lady," the classic musical about a poor young girl transformed into a woman of society through the tutoring of Prof. Henry Higgins. Includes footage of the filming process, as well as discussion by modern film critics about the impact movie had on later films.
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The Wild and the Willing (1962)
Character: Andrew Gilby
Harry Brown is a somewhat rough and wild university student, who has the ability to win friends, especially the underdogs like Phil who doesn't play 'rugger' and can't sink a whole pint of beer, and African student Reggie. He also has a way with the girls....
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Madame X (1981)
Character: Dr. Terrence Keith
Thrown out of her home by a jealous husband, a woman sinks into degradation. Twenty years later, she is charged with killing a man bent on harming her daughter. The daughter, unaware of who the woman is, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
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One Deadly Owner (1974)
Character: N/A
A fashion model buys a Rolls-Royce. What she doesn't know is that it's haunted.
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The Good Soldier (1981)
Character: Edward Ashburnham
A romantic tragedy about two turn-of-the-century couples - one American, one British - who regularly vacation together at a spa in Germany.
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Girl in the Headlines (1963)
Character: Jordan Barker
Called in to investigate the murder of a model, Chief Inspector Birkett and Sergeant Saunders soon discover that the victim had been leading somewhat of an immoral life.
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Love's Labour's Lost (1975)
Character: Berowne
A scholarly king and his three companions swear off the society of women for three years, only to have a diplomatic visit from a French princess and her three ladies-in-waiting thwart their intentions.
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Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Character: (uncredited)
Tsar Nicholas II, the inept last monarch of Russia, insensitive to the needs of his people, is overthrown and exiled to Siberia with his family.
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The Eligible Bachelor (1993)
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes' problem with disturbing dreams proves to be both an impediment and an aid in the search for a missing woman.
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The Medusa Touch (1978)
Character: Edward Parrish
A French detective in London reconstructs the life of a man lying in hospital with severe injuries with the help of journals and a psychiatrist. He realises that the man had powerful telekinetic abilities.
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The Very Edge (1963)
Character: Mullen (The Intruder)
Tracey Lawrence is assautled in her home and is so affected by the traumatic event she now finds all men totally repulsive, including her husband. Her attitude does not change with time, and to make matters worse her husband has got romantically involved with his secretary. Also, the police still have not tracked down Tracey's attacker and there is no guarantee that she is safe.
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The Master Blackmailer (1992)
Character: Sherlock Holmes
For years, a blackmailer has been preying on the weaknesses of others throughout London. When Holmes hears of the utter misery this mystery man is creating, he adopts a campaign to thwart his evil scheming. The campaign astonishes Dr. Watson by its strangeness and finds Holmes falling in love.
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Mad Dogs and Englishmen (1995)
Character: Tony Vernon-Smith
Gorgeous Antonia is on a dangerous downward spiral caused by an addiction to heroin when she meets Mike, a tough drifter who helps her score more smack. Although they're not attracted to each other initially, Antonia and Mike eventually give in to their growing feelings for each other. But this leads to a dilemma: How does Mike help the woman he now loves kick her addiction?
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The Sign of Four (1987)
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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My Fair Lady (1964)
Character: Freddy Eynsford-Hill
A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society.
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The Last Vampyre (1993)
Character: Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes investigates strange and tragic happenings in a village that appear linked to a man who seems to be like a vampire.
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War and Peace (1956)
Character: Nikolai Rostov
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray (1976)
Character: Basil Hallward
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
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Macbeth (1964)
Character: Malcolm
Hallmark Hall of Fame's second version of Shakespeare's classic play, with the same two stars and the same director as its first version, but a different supporting cast.
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Moll Flanders (1996)
Character: Artist's Father
The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest lead Moll to rebel as a teenager, escaping to the dangerous streets of London. Further misfortunes drive her to accept a job as a prostitute from the conniving Mrs. Allworthy. It is there that Moll first meets Hibble, who is working as Allworthy's servant but takes a special interest in the young woman's well-being. With his help, she retains hope for the future, ultimately falling in love with an unconventional artist who promises the possibility of romantic happiness.
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Florence Nightingale (1985)
Character: William Nightingale
This is the fact-based story of an aristocratic woman who defies Victorian society to reform hospital sanitation and to define the nursing profession as it is known today. After volunteering to travel to Scutari to care for the wounded soldiers, who are victims of the Crimean war, she finds herself very unwelcome and faces great opposition for her new way of thinking. However through her selfless acts of caring, she quickly becomes known as 'The Lady with the Lamp', the caring nurse whose shadow soldiers kiss.
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Deceptions (1985)
Character: Bryan Foxworth
Twin sisters -- one a European jet-setter, the other an unhappy New Jersey housewife -- impulsively decide to swap lives and identities for a week, with unforseen results.
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An Ideal Husband (1969)
Character: Arthur, Viscount Goring
Set during the London season of 1895, An Ideal Husband is a dazzling blend of farce and morality that explores human frailty and social hypocrisy Sir Robert Chilterns secret is discovered and exposed. He is accused of having exploited government secrets for his own gain early in his political career. With this revelation from Mrs. Cheveley comes the threat of blackmail and the ruin of Sir Robert's career. Yet in order to be a successful blackmailer, one's own reputation must be beyond reproach.
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Haunted: The Ferryman (1974)
Character: Sheridan owen
A horror novelist and his wife go to a house in the country for a short vacation. However, they soon find that one of his novels is coming true when they are haunted by the ghost of a drowned ferryman.
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Svengali (1954)
Character: Pierre
A man hypnotizes a young woman into being an opera singer.
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Macbeth (1981)
Character: Macbeth
An adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
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The Hound of the Baskervilles (1988)
Character: Sherlock Holmes
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
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The Secret of Seagull Island (1982)
Character: David Malcolm
A woman searches for her blind sister in this feature-length English-language cut of the TV miniseries Seagull Island (1981).
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