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Invasion Quartet (1961)
Character: N/A
This British men-on-a-mission spoof set during World War II finds intrepid officer Bill Travers leading three colorful compatriots into Nazi-occupied France to destroy an obnoxiously large, loud, and destructive enemy gun. See if this fearless foursome can stomp their Fascist foes and get back to their game of cricket! Spike Milligan, Gregoire Aslan, and Thorley Walters co-star.
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The Lions Are Free (1969)
Character: N/A
The true life sequel to the movie classic Born Free. The actors from the movie Born Free, Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna, with the help of their friend legendary conservationist George Adamson, reveal what became of the lions used in the filming of the popular movie classic Born Free.
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Hindle Wakes (1952)
Character: Bob Slater
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.
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The Admirable Crichton (1968)
Character: Crichton
A group of people are shipwrecked when their yacht runs aground on a South Pacific island. The usual hierarchy in an upper-class British family breaks down quickly when it becomes apparent that only the servant, Crichton, is capable of surviving on his own and he becomes the community's leader.
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The Lion at World's End (1971)
Character: N/A
The astonishing true story of a zoo-born lion who finds himself in the pet department of Harrods, then the cellar of an antique shop in London and, ultimately the wilds of Africa.
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An Elephant Called Slowly (1969)
Character: Bill
Bill and Ginny are invited by a naturalist friend to take care of his home in Africa while he is away, and they find themselves adopted by three orphan elephants.
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Duel at Diablo (1966)
Character: Scotty McAllister
In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.
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Born Free (1966)
Character: George Adamson
At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.
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The Browning Version (1951)
Character: Fletcher
Andrew Crocker-Harris has been forced from his position as the classics master at an English public school due to poor health. As he winds up his final term, he discovers not only that his wife, Millie, has been unfaithful to him with one of his fellow schoolmasters, but that the school's students and faculty have long disdained him. However, an unexpected act of kindness causes Crocker-Harris to re-evaluate his life's work.
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Geordie (1955)
Character: Geordie Mac Taggart
Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. The film was released as "Wee Geordie" in the USA.
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Ring of Bright Water (1969)
Character: Graham Merrill
Stuck in a dead-end job, Graham Merrill adopts an otter, Mij, as a pet and then moves to an isolated village in western Scotland. Together they set out to explore the curious and magnificent natural wonders that surround their seaside home. Soon, Graham finds himself falling in love with the beautiful town doctor, Mary. Before long, the three become inseparable friends.
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Boulevard du Rhum (1971)
Character: Sanderson
During the prohibition era, Cornelius, a bootlegger, is on the run from the American coastguards. He comes across a silent film actress, Linda, on the set of a movie and falls in love with her.
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Counterspy (1953)
Character: Rex
While perusing the books of an engineering company, fastidious auditor Frank Manning encounters rum goings on when he is approached by a woman who claiming she is being blackmailed. She begs him to find certain letters and he eventually agrees. Having obtained the letters, he takes them to a specified address where, to his horror, he finds a man, fully clothed, dead in the bath.
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Romeo and Juliet (1954)
Character: Benvolio
In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.
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Street of Shadows (1953)
Character: Nigel Langley - Barbara's date
A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in his apartment.
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Storm Over Jamaica (1958)
Character: Douglas Lockwood
A British schoolteacher moves to Jamaica to teach after a tumultuous divorce and meets an exciting new woman.
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Gorgo (1961)
Character: Joe Ryan
When an underwater volcanic eruption tears up the sea bed off the coast of Ireland, two treasure hunters make the discovery of a lifetime when they encounter a gigantic prehistoric monster that’s been unleashed from the earth’s crust. After capturing the beast, the pair transport the creature down to London where it’s given the name of “Gorgo” and put on display to an avid public. Little do they realize that Gorgo is just an infant, and that his exponentially larger mother is about to emerge from the depths to avenge the capture of her offspring.
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The Planter's Wife (1952)
Character: Planter (uncredited)
The wife of a rubber plantation owner must put her marriage problems on hold when her family is forced to defend themselves during a native uprising.
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Mantrap (1953)
Character: Victor Tasman
Branded as criminally insane and incarcerated for a murder he did not commit, Speight escapes from the asylum, determined to clear his name. He befriends private detective Hugo Bishop who, convinced that the wrong man has been convicted, agrees to help find the real killer. They begin their search for the murderer closest to home where both Thelma Speight and her employer Maurice Jerrard were visibly distressed by the news of her husband's jailbreak. More than Speight's 'insanity' fuels their worries.
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The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952)
Character: Posse Man
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is murdered by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land that Prince John are over taxing.
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Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Character: David Macdonald
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
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Bhowani Junction (1956)
Character: Patrick Taylor
Anglo-Indian Victoria Jones seeks her true identity amid the chaos of the British withdrawal from India.
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The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Character: Matt Spenser
Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill's long-lost uncle has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.
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The Square Ring (1953)
Character: Rowdie Rawlings
Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
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The Bridal Path (1959)
Character: Ewan
Based on a novel by Nigel Tranter, The Bridal Path is a light-hearted look at the somewhat unfortunate results that can come of the continued marrying of fairly close cousins in a restricted and remote community. Set in the Hebrides off Scotland, the story tells how Ewan MacEwan leaves the isle of Eorsa in search of the perfect wife, but finally returns to marry Katie.
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The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957)
Character: Robert Browning
Director Sidney Franklin's 1957 remake of his own 1934 film, about the romance of poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning.
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Two Living, One Dead (1961)
Character: Andersson
Three Post Office employees are at work when the facility is held up. The robber kills the supervisor and knocks out another employee. The third one offers no resistance and survives unscathed. Afterwards he begins to wonder if his refusal to resist was a prudent move to preserve his family, or an act of cowardice, as many in the town believe. The resulting conflict begins to tear apart his family.
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The Belstone Fox (1973)
Character: Tod
Tag is a clever fox able to elude the dogs as well as the British hunters who pursue him. In his early years, Tag befriends a hound named Merlin, and their bond remains strong, neither willing to attack the other. Although the relentless hunt for Tag leads to tragedy, the fox remains steadfast in his determination to stay alive and live free in the English countryside.
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The Wooden Horse (1950)
Character: Prisoner (uncredited)
True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
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The Seventh Sin (1957)
Character: Walter Carwin
In post-WWII Hong Kong, unhappily married Carol has an affair with a married man. Her husband discovers it and presents her with a choice: travel with him to a remote mainland village or face the scandal of a very public divorce.
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The Green Helmet (1961)
Character: Greg Rafferty
After suffering a near fatal accident in his last race over the hill, top British race car driver Greg Rafferty, is about to call it quits when he gets a telegram from racing car tire manufacture Joseph Bartell. He wants Greg to test out his latest invention, a heat resistant car tire, in actual racing competition.
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Trio (1950)
Character: Fellowes (segment Mr. Know-It-All)
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
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