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The Windmill (1937)
Character: Col Richardson
The German adopted-daughter of a Belgian innkeeper is threatened with internment by him if she reveals to the British billetees that he is a spy. However, she is in love with one of them and helps them.
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Educated Evans (1936)
Character: Lord Appleby
Cockney racing tipster Evans (Miller) is asked by a nouveau riche and socially aspirant couple to train a racehorse they have bought.
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The Compulsory Wife (1937)
Character: George Bittleson
“Two young men and an attractive girl are invited to spend a week-end at a cottage of mutual friends. The hosts are delayed and so the guests remain unattended. A burglar breaks in and ensuing complications compel the girl to pose as a wife.” - BFI.
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The Good Old Days (1939)
Character: Lovelace
1840 - Max Miller and a troupe of artistes come to perform at a tavern, which is not licensed for such performances. A rival tavern informs the police and they have to pay a heavy fine. However, they find the money by rescuing a boy and getting the reward.
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The Long Dark Hall (1951)
Character: Clerk of the Court
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.
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Unpublished Story (1942)
Character: Mr. Hayter
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
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Hotel Reserve (1944)
Character: Major Anthony Chandon-Hartley
A hunt for a spy in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.
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Appointment in London (1953)
Character: Smithy
Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will shortly be retiring from flying, but the strain is showing. He tries to make sure his men concentrate only on their job and so keeps women away from the base, but then he himself meets naval officer Eve Canyon.
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They Flew Alone (1942)
Character: Official
The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights around the world. Her marriage to fellow aviator Jim Mallison was less noteworthy.
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Traitor Spy (1939)
Character: Commander Anderson
A British man is hunted by British and German spies when he tries to sell blueprints.
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The Dam Busters (1955)
Character: R.A.F. Officer at Trials
The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.
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Top Secret (1952)
Character: 2nd Cabinet Minister
A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which he has mistaken for his new plumbing invention. Everyone is hunting for him, including the Russians. The Russians find him and offer him a job in the Kremlin doing research (on plumbing he believes). He accepts, arrives in Russia and falls in love with Tania, a secret agent. And then discovers the true nature of the plans he is carrying...
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This Man in Paris (1939)
Character: General Craysham
A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters.
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