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The Old Devils (1992)
Character: Peter Thomas
An adaptation of the novel by Kingsley Amis about a group of university friends reunited in retirement. Alun Weaver has found success as a celebrated London-based writer. After returning home to Wales with his alluring wife Rhiannon he reunites with old friends who chose to remain in the valleys. Long dormant romance are rekindled and rivalries resurrected in this turbulent story of ageing, friendship, lust, nostalgia and nationalism.
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A Passage to Inverness (1977)
Character: Queen's Counsel
A striptease artist is prosecuted for indecency. Meanwhile, his aunt wants him to visit her, before she dies.
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Jumbo (1976)
Character: Harry S. Bloomburger
"1975 was the year of the disaster movie, yeah? So what stops 1976 being the year of the disastrous disaster movie?"
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A Man of Morality (1976)
Character: James Johns
A moral philosopher at a university finds his own morals under scrutiny.
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Broken Glass (1982)
Character: Nicholas Petrie
A private detective caring for his wife who is suffering from dementia investigates the disappearance of a young girl. Soon, however, he begins digging up the girl's dark family secrets.
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Why Here? (1977)
Character: Mr. Lomax
Four former inmates of a hospital for the mentally handicapped, move in next door to a middle aged couple in suburbia.
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Fairies (1978)
Character: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
'I'd stake my reputation on it. These photographs are not faked.' But how could photographs, taken on a simple camera by two Yorkshire village girls, have momentous implications for man's understanding of the world?
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Death of a Salesman (1996)
Character: Charley
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
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Macbeth (1966)
Character: Banquo
Macbeth, the Thane of Glamis, receives a prophecy from a trio of witches that one day he will become King of Scotland. Consumed by ambition and spurred to action by his wife, Macbeth murders his king and takes the throne for himself.
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Codename: Portcullis (1969)
Character: Dr. Maurice Owen
The USA have created a deadly gas known as Omega. Britain have countered with it's antidote Omega Minor. Lawyer Philip Skelton is recruited to join a secret Cell called Gauntlet and they must stop Dr. Maurice Owen before he passes it on.
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Mrs. Acland's Ghosts (1975)
Character: Dr. Friendman
Mr Mockler and Mrs Acland have never met, but gradually Mrs Acland 's ghosts begin to take over Mr Mockler 's life.
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Mrs. Warren's Profession (1972)
Character: Sir George Crofts
Performed in 1902, after being banned by the censor for eight years, Shaw's indictment of the hypocrisy surrounding prostitution still shocked its audiences. Mrs. Warren has graduated from prostitution to opening and operating a chain of brothels throughout Europe. When her educated daughter Vivie discovers the truth about her mother's profession her reactions affect everyone around her.
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A Hymn from Jim (1977)
Character: Det Insp Bead
When a clean-cut young pop-star gets in trouble, he calls his manager. The call sets in motion a unusual series of events.
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The Falklands Factor (1983)
Character: William Strahan
Is there nothing new under the sun? 1770. The South Atlantic. A fleet sets sail from Buenos Aires to expel the British forces and reconquer the Falkland Islands. A major international crisis explodes. What follows may sound strangely familiar, but is firmly based on the historical record and the actual speeches and writings of the time.
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Jenny Can't Work Any Faster (1975)
Character: Robert
Jenny is an autistic teenager. Her father is concerned about her being withdrawn and hopes that employing her in his own business will bring her out of her shell. He also employs a new young assistant called Brian.
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Loophole (1981)
Character: Fairbrother
When architect Stephen Booker loses his partnership, he finds jobs hard to come by, and with money in short supply, he unwittingly becomes involved in a daring scheme to rob one of London's biggest bank vaults.
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The Ruling Class (1972)
Character: Inspector Brockett
When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Character: Sergeant
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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