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Now Barabbas (1949)
Character: Spencer
A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
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Chance of a Lifetime (1950)
Character: Adam
The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.
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Next to No Time (1958)
Character: David Webb
Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack of confidence means he is completely out of his depth, at least until he finds his personality changes every day during the hour the ship's clocks stop to make allowance for their westward passage.
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Raising a Riot (1955)
Character: Tony Kent
Commander Peter Kent of the Royal Navy and his wife May have three children, ranging form five to eleven years: Peter, Anne and Fusty. Kent comes home after three years abroad with no idea how to handle the children. When Mary has to fly to Canada, Peter takes his children to his father's new country home, which turns out to be a windmill. They end up clashing with an American family in the neighborhood.
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School for Secrets (1946)
Character: Bomb Aimer (uncredited)
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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The Rocking Horse Winner (1977)
Character: Uncle Oscar
Nigel Rhodes plays a boy who, while riding his wooden rocking horse, can predict which horse will win at the race.
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The Greengage Summer (1961)
Character: Eliot
Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.
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Never Let Me Go (1953)
Character: Steve Quillan
An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.
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We Joined the Navy (1963)
Character: Lt. Cmdr. Robert Badger
Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.
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Doctor in the House (1954)
Character: Richard Grimsdyke
The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical student at St Swithin's hospital in London. Falling in with three longer-serving hopefuls he is soon immersed in the wooing, imbibing and fast sports-car driving that constitute 1950s medical training. There is, however, always the looming and formidable figure of chief surgeon Sir Lancelot Spratt to remind them of their real purpose.
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The Yellow Balloon (1953)
Character: Ted Palmer
A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.
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Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
Character: Captain Jonathan Shepard
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
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Battle of Britain (1969)
Character: Group Capt. Baker
In 1940, the Royal Air Force fights a desperate battle against the might of the Luftwaffe for control of the skies over Britain, thus preventing an attempted Nazi invasion.
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Power Without Glory (1947)
Character: Eddie
Eddie Lord returns home from war to find that his fiancee has fallen in love with his younger brother.
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Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)
Character: Kaiser Wilhelm II
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
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Our Girl Friday (1953)
Character: Pat Plunkett
Rich Sadie Patch is marooned on a desert island after an emergency on her cruise-ship. With her are Irish stoker Pat, prickly young Jimmy Carrol, and bald and bookish Professor Gibble. All fancy their chances.
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The Galloping Major (1951)
Character: Film Director
A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they try entering him as a jumper.
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The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
Character: Freddie Page
A woman is unhappy in her marriage to a boring, stiff judge, so she takes up with a wild-living RAF pilot, who ends up being more than she can handle.
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The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
Character: Narrator
Framed in flashback, The Man Who Loved Redheads is an anecdotal comedy about a man (John Justin) whose life is defined by his first romantic experience. That liaison occurred in Justin's youth, when the young man matures and enters the diplomatic world, he spends the rest of his career searching for his first love.
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Man on the Run (1949)
Character: Corp. Newman the Blackmailer
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.
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Scrooge (1970)
Character: Ghost of Christmas Present
A musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic ghost tale starring Albert Finney.
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Unidentified Flying Oddball (1979)
Character: King Arthur
A NASA spacecraft proves Einstein right when, traveling faster than light, it ends up near King Arthur's Camelot. On board are big-hearted Tom Trimble and Hermes, the look-alike robot he built. Tom immediately makes friends with pretty Alisande while becoming enemies with the evil knight Sir Mordred. It seems Mordred has joined up with the Sorcerer Merlin and they are both up to no good. It is now up to Tom to try and use 20th century technology to foil their plans.
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Leopard in the Snow (1979)
Character: Sir Philip James
A tender romance develops between an attractive young woman and a famous race car driver who lives incognito after supposedly being killed in an auto accident.
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The Silent Witness (1978)
Character: Narrator (voice)
A documentary based on scientific investigations of the Shroud of Turin. Noted medical examiners, theologians, physicists and historians use modern science to trace the probable history of the cloth.
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North West Frontier (1959)
Character: Capt. Scott
In the rebellious northern frontier province of colonial India, British Army Captain Scott, a young prince and the boy's governess escape by an obsolete train as they are relentlessly pursued by Muslim rebels intent on assassinating the prince.
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Look Up and Laugh (1935)
Character: Bit Part
Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.
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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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Some People (1962)
Character: Mr. Smith
Four teen-aged Teds are persuaded to form a rock group and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to keep them out of trouble.
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Dark of the Sun (1968)
Character: Doctor Wreid
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
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A Night to Remember (1958)
Character: Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
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The Admirable Crichton (1957)
Character: Bill Crichton
Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are shipwrecked on a desert island with the self-reliant Crichton and lady's maid Tweeny, the class system is put to the test.
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Morning Departure (1950)
Character: N/A
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
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Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Character: Lt. E.G.R. (Teddy) Evans R.N.
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only to find that the murderously cold weather and a rival team of Norwegian explorers conspire against him
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The 39 Steps (1959)
Character: Richard Hannay
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.
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Genevieve (1953)
Character: Ambrose Claverhouse
Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.
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The Franchise Affair (1951)
Character: Stanley Peters
An English country lawyer weighs the case of a schoolgirl who claims she was kidnapped by two women.
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Stop Press Girl (1949)
Character: Police Sgt. 'Bonzo'
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working.
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A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
Character: Dr. Jarvis Lorry
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment in the Bastille in Paris, followed by his release to live in London with the daughter he has never met.
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The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)
Character: Jonathan Tibbs
English gunsmith Jonathon Tibbs travels to the American West in the 1880s to sell firearms to the locals. He inadvertently acquires a reputation of quickness on the draw due to his wrist mounted Derringer style weapon. Soon gaining the post of sheriff, he endeavours to clean up the town using what skills he has—and by multilateral diplomacy.
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Appointment with Venus (1951)
Character: Lionel Fallaize
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the noses of the Nazis.
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Fräulein Doktor (1969)
Character: Colonel Foreman
A seductive and ruthless spy in the service of Germany steals state secrets- including the formula for poison gas-from England and France during World War I. British intelligence, in turn, tries to hunt her down.
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Reach for the Sky (1956)
Character: Douglas Bader
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
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The Collector (1965)
Character: Miranda’s Older Friend (uncredited)
A man kidnaps a woman and holds her hostage just for the pleasure of having her there.
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The Clouded Yellow (1950)
Character: Willy Shepley
After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers finds work catalouging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux. Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together.
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Viaje al centro de la Tierra (1977)
Character: Prof. Otto Lindenbrock
A 19th-century expedition to the Earth's core reveals primordial wonders, prehistoric monsters and a subterranean civilization that may convey the greatest discovery of all.
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The Comedy Man (1964)
Character: Chick Byrd
A middle-aged stock actor goes to London to try the big time. After much frustration, he lands a job doing TV commercials, gaining wealth and recognition. He eventually gives it all up to return to stage work and keep his pride.
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Heart to Heart (1962)
Character: David Mann
A television interviewer is determined to get a coup on a dodgy cabinet minister.
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Man in the Moon (1960)
Character: William Blood
William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby National Atomic Research Center where they figure anyone who could fail at being a guinea pig is just what they need. They con William into thinking he will continue his guinea pig career by testing out some equipment for them before they send a group of astronauts to the moon.
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The Longest Day (1962)
Character: Capt. Colin Maud
The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"
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The Slipper and the Rose (1976)
Character: Chamberlain
Prince Edward wants to marry for love, but the King and court of the Kingdom of Euphrania are anxious for the Prince to wed no matter what. When the Prince meets Cinderella at a ball, he's sure she's the one, and when she loses her slipper upon exiting the dance, the Prince is determined to find and marry her.
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