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The Great Game (1953)
Character: Jack Bannerman
The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing scandal costs him his job.
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Sword of Honour (1939)
Character: Bill Brown
A recruit at Sandhurst initially makes a poor impression, but goes on to prove himself by riding in the Grand National.
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Murder at Site 3 (1958)
Character: Sexton Blake
Sexton Blake tracks down a gang who have stolen secrets from a rocket site.
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Night Journey (1938)
Character: Johnny Carson
A truck driver must carry a load of dynamite. Meanwhile, his girlfriend gets mixed up with a gang that sells stolen furs. Eventually, the truck driver must rescue his girlfriend from the bad guys and blows them and their loot to Kingdom Come.
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Track 125 (1981)
Character: Commentator
The complex technology of modern rail track is shown, covering component manufacturers, current methods of laying track and its maintenance.
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Echo of Diana (1963)
Character: Colonel Justin
When a woman begins to investigate her husband's mysterious death in a plane accident she discovers the involvement of a woman known simply as Diana.
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Blaze of Glory (1963)
Character: Roche
A soldier in a civil war is trapped on a roof with his commanding officer.
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The Deadly Riddle (1956)
Character: King Arthur
Traveling through his kingdom’s forest one day King Arthur is confronted by The Red Knight who plans to slay him but decides to challenge him with the riddle “What does a woman want from a man?” Instructing him that there is only one correct answer he sets him free with the proviso that he must return in a month with the solution or be put to death. Riding beside the King, Sir Gawain and he become acquainted with Maid Marian who exiled herself to the forest. A frustrating month ensues as Arthur seeks the answer finally, striking a bargain with a hag to save himself. But will the price be too high?
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An Englishman's Home (1940)
Character: Peter Templeton
A German spy is dispatched to Britain to search out targets for a planned invasion.
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The Woman's Angle (1952)
Character: Count Cambia
The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in seach of one thing personal happiness. This search, however, has landed him in the divorce courts and the judge's summary does not paint him in a favourable light.
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The Scarlet Pimpernel (1982)
Character: Marquis de St. Cyr
During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy's marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel's plans to save the little Dauphin
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Luck of the Navy (1938)
Character: Cmdr. Clive Stanton
With Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on Clive Stanton.
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Diane (1956)
Character: Duke of Savoy
Asked by Francis I to tutor his son, Diane de Poitiers becomes the future King Henry II's mistress in 1500s France.
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Doctor Who: The Curse of Peladon (1972)
Character: Hepesh
The planet Peladon has applied to join the Galactic Federation, and The Doctor is mistaken for the chairman of the committee sent to assess its application, while Jo is taken for an Earth princess, with the mythical curse of Aggedor apparently striking chancellor Torbis dead, The Doctor must discover who is desperate to stop Peladon joining, but soon he is sentenced to death and his only Allies seem to be Jo and the Ice Warrior Delegates.
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Dr. Crippen (1963)
Character: Mr. Tobin
A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.
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The Terror of the Tongs (1961)
Character: Captain Jackson Sale
In 1910, Hong Kong, under the rule of the British Empire, is a prosperous and bustling city, but, hidden in the shadows of its many narrow streets, the hideous members of the Red Dragon gang, a branch of the evil Chinese secret society of the Tongs, lurk and murder those who oppose to their tyranny, which thrives on vice, crime and the fear of the weakest.
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Captain Sindbad (1963)
Character: Mohar
After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a palace coup d'etat has occurred and his home city is being run by a brutal dictator played by Pedro Armendariz. He's got designs on the beautiful young princess, Heidi Bruhl both lustful and political.
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Poison Pen (1939)
Character: David
The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
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Hell Is Sold Out (1951)
Character: Swedish Embassy Official
A supposedly dead writer suddenly turns up to confront the young woman who is using his penname.
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Zero Hour! (1957)
Character: Dr. Baird
In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
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The King and I (1956)
Character: Sir Edward Ramsay
Widowed Welsh mother Anna Leonowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.
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Once More, with Feeling! (1960)
Character: Dr. Richard Hilliard
The wife of brilliant, but boisterous and ill-tempered conductor of the London Symphony puts up with his childishness, but the last straw is drawn when he begins an affair with a young pianist.
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Captain Lightfoot (1955)
Character: Captain Hood
In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets famous rebel "Captain Thunderbolt" and becomes his second-in-command, under the name "Lightfoot."
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Queer Cargo (1938)
Character: Lt. Stocken
The Captain of a tramp steamer is forced by his ship's owner to smuggle some priceless pearls, and take them to Singapore.
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The Death of Adolf Hitler (1973)
Character: Von Ribbentrop
The final days in the Bunker, with Hitler becoming more and more paranoid, plumbing the depths of his madness and reaching his well deserved fate.
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The Man Between (1953)
Character: Martin Mallison
A British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling secrets into and out of the Eastern Bloc.
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The Entertainer (1960)
Character: Harold Hubbard
Archie Rice, an old-time British vaudeville performer sinking into final defeat, schemes to stay in show business.
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Johnny Tremain (1957)
Character: Major Pitcairn
When an injury bars him from pursuing his trade, Revolutionary War-era silversmith's apprentice Johnny Tremain finds a new life in the ranks of the Sons of Liberty army, taking part in the Boston Tea Party and Paul Revere's legendary ride.
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The Apocalypse Watch (1997)
Character: General Weigel
A CIA analyst takes over a case from his brother, a field agent who was killed in the line of duty, in this thriller based on a Robert Ludlum novel.
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Dr. Who and the Daleks (1965)
Character: Temmosus
Scientist Doctor Who accidentally activates his new invention, the Tardis, a time machine disguised as a police telephone box. Who, his two granddaughters Barbara and Susan, and Barbara's boyfriend Ian are transported through time and space to the planet Skaro, where a peaceful race of Thals are under threat of nuclear attack from the planet's other inhabitants: the robotic mutant Daleks.
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