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Lucky to Me (1939)
Character: Peter Malden
Lucky to Me is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Stanley Lupino, Phyllis Brooks and Barbara Blair. It was based on Lupino's own 1928 stage show So This is Love which he had co-written with Arthur Rigby. The film was made by ABPC at its Elstree Studios. It was the last film of Lupino who had made a string of successful musical comedies during the Thirties.
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The Middle Watch (1940)
Character: Cmdr. Baddeley
Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon, where they have been attending a 'bon voyage' reception. At first it seems that Captain Randall will be able to keep them concealed, but then the Admiral unexpectedly arrives on board and orders the ship to sea.
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She Couldn't Say No (1939)
Character: Peter Thurston
A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.
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Romance in Rhythm (1934)
Character: Bob Mervyn
In this British crime drama, a nightclub chorine jilts her old boyfriend, a musician, in favor of a new fiancé. Not long after, her new love is murdered. Although the prime suspect is the musician, he is not the guilty party.
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The Sky’s the Limit (1937)
Character: Teddy Carson
Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.
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Macready's Gala (1966)
Character: Major Craxton-Christie
The Headmaster and governors of a boarding school are accidentally locked in the new memorial room with the convicted Great Train Robbers.
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School for Secrets (1946)
Character: Squadron Leader Sowerby
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
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Sabotage at Sea (1942)
Character: Capt. Richard Tracey
The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of the ship’s owner is among them.
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The Trojan Brothers (1946)
Character: Cyril Todd
Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married.
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The Hundred Pound Window (1944)
Character: Steve Halligan
An accountant who has to take a second job working at a racetrack, soon becomes mixed up with a shady crowd.
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Law and Disorder (1958)
Character: Freddie Cooper
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his latest escapade, Percy and his gang have to come up with a plan, to stop them meeting in court.
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My Daughter Joy (1950)
Character: Annix
A financier plots to become the richest man in the world by marrying off his daughter to the son of an Arab sheik.
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Madness of the Heart (1949)
Character: Max
A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.
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The Next of Kin (1942)
Character: Intelligence officer
Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of this British wartime movie illustrating how gossipy talk can result in unknowingly giving valuable information to Nazi spies.
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The Evil of Frankenstein (1964)
Character: Bürgermeister
Once hounded from his castle by outraged villagers for creating a monstrous living being, Baron Frankenstein returns to Karlstaad. High in the mountains they stumble on the body of the creature, perfectly preserved in the ice. He is brought back to life with the help of the hypnotist Zoltan who now controls the creature. Can Frankenstein break Zoltan's hypnotic spell that incites the monster to commit these horrific murders or will Zoltan induce the creature to destroy its creator?
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The Magic Christian (1969)
Character: Lord Barry
Sir Guy Grand, the richest man in the world, adopts a homeless man, Youngman. Together, they set out to prove that anyone--and anything--can be bought.
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Circle of Danger (1951)
Character: Tony Wrexham
An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.
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No Highway in the Sky (1951)
Character: N/A
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
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Every Home Should Have One (1970)
Character: Stockbroker
Teddy works for a large advertising company. Given the seemingly impossible task of selling frozen porridge, he decides to produce commercials that make the product seem sexy. This leads him to confrontation with the "Keep Television Clean" movement, of which his wife is a senior member.
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Encore (1951)
Character: Sandy Wescott
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat Jackson and adapted by T. E. B. Clarke; "Winter Cruise", helmed by Anthony Pelissier, screenplay by Arthur Macrae; "Gigolo and Gigolette", directed by Harold French, written by Eric Ambler. It is the last film in a Maugham trilogy, preceded by Quartet and Trio.
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The Big Money (1958)
Character: Tipster at Racecourse
Petty thief Willie Frith steals a suitcase full of bank notes, only to find out that they have been given all the same serial number. But this is only the start of his troubles, now he has to find a way of changing the notes, so he can impress the barmaid of his local pub.
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The Elusive Pimpernel (1950)
Character: Lord Anthony Dewhurst
A British aristocrat goes in disguise to France to rescue people from The Terror of the guillotine.
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The Way Ahead (1944)
Character: Garage Customer in Car (uncredited)
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casualties at Dunkirk.
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Character: Hoppy
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
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Fast and Loose (1930)
Character: Lord Rockingham
A wealthy family is thrown into turmoil when the daughter falls for the family chauffeur and the son begins to keep company with a chorus girl.
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Character: Dr. Hedgepath
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
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Convoy (1940)
Character: Captain Sandeman
A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
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The Birthday Present (1957)
Character: Ex-R.A.F. Type (uncredited)
Returning from a business trip, toy salesman Simon Scott is caught attempting to smuggle a wristwatch bought for his wife's birthday through Customs. He is arrested and, due to a bungled defence by his solicitor, obliged to serve a three-month prison sentence. It is only the beginning of his woes; his employer, Colonel Wilson, is understanding, but he is ultimately forced to sack Simon, who discovers that finding another job under such circumstances is extremely difficult. But Colonel Wilson is determined to help his former employee find a solution.
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Vice Versa (1948)
Character: Marmaduke Paradine
Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other. Mr Bultitude becomes a school boy who smokes cigars and has a very conservative view on child upbringing, while his son Dick becomes a gentleman who spends his time drinking lemonade and arranging children's parties.
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Woman Hater (1948)
Character: David
A confirmed bachelor and a woman who claims to hate men get together and find romance.
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