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The First Mrs Fraser (1932)
Character: Lord Larne
'Rich man returns to first wife on finding second wife loves younger man.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Ace of Spades (1935)
Character: Tony
The wife of a candidate for Parliament is having an affair with the brother of her husband's rival. Her lover is running for election on a promise of building a railway that the community needs, but a wealthy landowner won't give permission for the railway to be built over his land. When the landowner is later found dead, suspicion falls on the adulterous candidate.
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Once bitten (1932)
Character: Toby Galloway
A British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
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Rodney Steps In (1931)
Character: Rodney Perch
A carefree aristocrat becomes involved with a woman suspected of murder, and assists her in proving her innocence.
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The Other Mrs. Phipps (1931)
Character: Lord Tooting
'Broke lord poses as widow's lady companion and saves girl from kidnap.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Mannequin (1933)
Character: Lord Bunny Carstairs
'Boxer leaves true love for society lady, but returns.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Black Abbot (1934)
Character: Lord Jerry Pilkdown
A gang of crooks uses the legend of a ghost haunting an old dark mansion to help them kidnap a rich man.
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Three Witnesses (1935)
Character: Claude Pember
At a firm of contractors, a partner is accused of murdering his brother following a takeover bid.
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Lord Edgware Dies (1934)
Character: Captain Hastings
A talented American actress enlists the help of the famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, to negotiate a divorce from her husband, Lord Edgware, only to find him the next day stabbed to death in his library. Who would want him dead?
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Black Coffee (1931)
Character: Capt. Hastings
Black Coffee is a 1931 British detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Based on the 1930 play Black Coffee by Agatha Christie featuring her famous private detective Hercule Poirot, it stars Austin Trevor as Poirot with Richard Cooper playing his companion Captain Hastings. A famous but hated scientist, Sir Amory, is killed during a house party, and some of his valuable papers are missing. Poirot rapidly determines the cause of death and the motive, then narrows down the suspects to the most likely culprit.
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The Last Hour (1930)
Character: Byron
A crooked prince uses a death ray to force down airships and steal their cargo.
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Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)
Character: N/A
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.
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Shipyard Sally (1939)
Character: Sir John Treacher
A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.
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Bed and Breakfast (1930)
Character: Toby Entwhistle
A newlywed couple have a fight, and in order to get even with one another, each decides to take up with a lover but without actually going through with "the deed".
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The Machinery of Dreams (2021)
Character: The Astronomer
After her mother is hospitalized due to a car crash, Lily, a girl of eight goes into a fairy tale told to her by her grandmother in search of a talisman to save her mom.
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