Finlay Currie
Finlay Jefferson Currie (20 January 1878 – 9 May 1968) was a Scottish actor of stage, screen and television.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Currie's acting career began on the stage. He and his wife Maude Courtney (1884–1959) did a song and dance act in the US in the 1890s. He made his first film (The Old Man) in 1931. He appeared as a priest in the 1943 Ealing World War II movie Undercover. His most famous film role was as the convict Abel Magwitch in David Lean's Great Expectations (1946), based on the novel, 'Great Expectations' by Charles Dickens. He later began to appear in Hollywood film epics, including the 1951 Quo Vadis (as Saint Peter), the multi-Oscar winning 1959 Ben-Hur, as Balthazar, one of the Three Wise Men, and The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964) as an aged, wise senator; He appeared in People Will Talk with Cary Grant; and he also portrayed Robert Taylor's embittered father in MGM's Technicolor 1952 version of Ivanhoe. In 1962, he starred in an episode of The DuPont Show of the Week (NBC) entitled The Ordeal of Dr. Shannon, an adaptation of A. J. Cronin's novel, Shannon's Way. Currie's last role was as Mr. Lundie, the minister, in the 1966 television adaptation of the musical Brigadoon. In one of his very last performances, Currie plays a dying mafioso boss in the two part "Vendetta For The Saint" (1968) starring Roger Moore.
Later in life he became a much respected antiques dealer, specialising in coins and precious metals. He had been a long time collector of the works of Robert Burns.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 1.2211 |
| Birthday | 1878-01-19 |
| Place of Birth | Edinburgh, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As | William Finlay Currie, |
1959
Ben-Hur
7.884/3118
In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in...
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Ben-Hur
1963
Murder at the Gallop
7.111/185
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened....
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Murder at the Gallop
1965
Bunny Lake Is Missing
7.237/205
A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed.
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
6.656/572
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a ve...
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Around the World in 80 Days
1963
Corridors of Blood
6.192/49
In 1840s London, Dr. Thomas Bolton [Boris Karloff] dares to dream the unthinkable: experimenting with anesthesia gases to make surgery pain-free. Whil...
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Corridors of Blood
1951
People Will Talk
7.141/96
A successful, unorthodox doctor befriends a young woman with suicidal ideations due to her pregnancy by her ex, a military reservist killed in action.
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People Will Talk
1950
Treasure Island
6.566/236
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribb...
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Treasure Island
1951
Quo Vadis
7.101/450
After fierce Roman commander Marcus Vinicius becomes infatuated with beautiful Christian hostage Lygia, he begins to question the tyrannical leadershi...
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Quo Vadis
1934
My Old Dutch
4/2
Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama - wi...
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My Old Dutch
1963
Billy Liar
6.824/125
A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him...
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Billy Liar
1952
Ivanhoe
6.805/195
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of Kin...
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Ivanhoe
1936
The Improper Duchess
9/1
The King of Moldavia tries to negotiate a loan from the United States in return for oil concessions, with the wily assistance of the Duchess of Tann.
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The Improper Duchess
1935
Me and Marlborough
5.6/5
A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.
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Me and Marlborough
1946
Great Expectations
7.301/370
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman....
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Great Expectations
1959
Solomon and Sheba
6.427/103
Near death, King David has a vision that his poet son, Solomon, should succeed him, rather than hot-headed Adonijah. Furious, Adonijah departs the cou...
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Solomon and Sheba
1960
Kidnapped
6.603/29
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder,...
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Kidnapped
1960
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
5.814/35
From chicken thief to cabin boy, riverboat pilot to circus performer, Huck Finn outsmarts everyone on his way down the muddy Mississippi.
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1952
Stars and Stripes Forever
7/11
A film biography of the composer John Philip Sousa, from his early days in the Marine Corps Band through the Spanish-American War in 1898.
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Stars and Stripes Forever
1937
The Edge of the World
7.28/41
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
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The Edge of the World
1955
Footsteps in the Fog
7/47
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid who discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
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Footsteps in the Fog
1958
6.5 Special
10/1
A spin-off from the BBC television show. At the suggestion of her girlfriend, a young singer decides to try and make her name in London. Catching the...
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6.5 Special
1947
The Brothers
5.389/9
An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.
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The Brothers
1964
The Fall of the Roman Empire
6.502/222
In the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the midst of this crisis ailing emperor Marcus Aurelius h...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
1948
So Evil My Love
6.411/28
In the late 19th century, on board a ship sailing from Jamaica to England, Olivia Harwood, a recent widow, takes on the task of caring for several mal...
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So Evil My Love
1949
The History of Mr. Polly
7.6/10
Quiet and somewhat direction-less, Alfred Polly uses the money he inherits from his father to marry and to set up shop in a small town. His heart is i...
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The History of Mr. Polly
1946
School for Secrets
7.2/5
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 B...
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School for Secrets
1945
I Know Where I'm Going!
7.058/165
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclemen...
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I Know Where I'm Going!
1952
Walk East on Beacon
5.3/20
An FBI agent works with a refugee scientist and the Coast Guard to crack a Soviet spy ring in Boston.
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Walk East on Beacon
1953
Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
5.219/16
After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually becom...
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Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue
1942
Thunder Rock
6.3/20
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his payc...
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Thunder Rock
1961
Francis of Assisi
7.719/32
In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts his...
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Francis of Assisi
1957
Seven Waves Away
7.54/25
After a massive luxury liner sinks into the ocean, the ship's officer must command a rickety lifeboat, built for only nine, that is stuffed with over...
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Seven Waves Away
1961
Joseph and His Brethren
6.15/10
A brother is cast out from his family, sold in to slavery and then returns years later as a man of power - but shows forgiveness and compassion to his...
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Joseph and His Brethren
1957
Saint Joan
6.519/27
In 1456, French King Charles VII recalls the story of how he met the 17-year-old peasant girl Joan of Arc, entrusted her with the command of the Frenc...
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Saint Joan
1954
Third Party Risk
4.75/10
Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling. B...
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Third Party Risk
1950
The Mudlark
6.556/9
It's 1875 and a young street urchin wants to see Queen Victoria...
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The Mudlark
1955
Captain Lightfoot
6.425/20
In 1815, Michael Martin, member of an Irish revolutionary society, turns highwayman to support it, and soon becomes an outlaw. In Dublin, he meets fam...
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Captain Lightfoot
1950
My Daughter Joy
9/1
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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My Daughter Joy
1957
The Little Hut
6.4/15
Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipw...
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The Little Hut
1932
Rome Express
6.063/24
The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.
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Rome Express
1960
The Angel Wore Red
5.045/11
A clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds himself attracted to a beautiful entertainer.
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The Angel Wore Red
1962
The Inspector
7.136/11
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.
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The Inspector
1952
Kangaroo
5.667/9
In turn-of-the-century Australia, two criminals ingratiate themselves with a rancher in order to swindle him. However, the two partners become rivals...
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Kangaroo
1943
The Bells Go Down
7.192/13
Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London...
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The Bells Go Down
1965
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
4.5/6
Two British children travel to Italy in an attempt to break up their runaway mother's affair with an Italian concert pianist.
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The Battle of the Villa Fiorita
1948
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
7.611/9
A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.
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Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1953
Treasure of the Golden Condor
6.286/7
A nobleman searches for a hidden treasure in Guatemala.
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Treasure of the Golden Condor
1943
Undercover
6.063/8
Occupied Yugoslavia. With organised resistance shattered by the Nazi onslaught it is only the activity of small guerrilla bands that bring fresh hope...
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Undercover
1954
Make Me an Offer!
7.4/5
A struggling antiques dealer (Peter Finch) thinks he has found the answer to his problems when he stumbles across a precious vase amid a range of othe...
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Make Me an Offer!
1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie
5.583/6
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
1961
Hand in Hand
7.182/11
Seven-year-olds Michael and Rachel are best friends who do everything together and who have vowed to remain friends "forever and ever and can't be par...
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Hand in Hand
1946
In the Zone
0/0
Adaptation of the Eugene O'neill play.
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In the Zone
1935
Mister Cinders
8/1
The Cinderella story is reversed in this light-hearted adaptation, with Cinders a young man who eventually wins the 'princess' – in this case, an oil...
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Mister Cinders
1948
Sleeping Car to Trieste
6.85/10
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
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Sleeping Car to Trieste
1934
Princess Charming
6.75/4
Revolution breaks out in a small European kingdom, and a young princess is forced to flee for her life. She heads for the neighboring country, which j...
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Princess Charming
1961
Clue of the Silver Key
7/1
The police investigate the murder of a wealthy old man.
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Clue of the Silver Key
1964
Who Was Maddox?
7.7/3
A publisher is nearly framed for murder, but he appears to have been goaded by the blackmailer who has also blackmailed the publisher's wife.
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Who Was Maddox?
1934
Little Friend
5/3
A girl becomes an unwilling witness in her parents' scandalous divorce case.
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Little Friend
1943
Warn That Man
5.625/8
At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a pl...
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Warn That Man
1933
The Good Companions
6.4/5
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
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The Good Companions
1941
49th Parallel
6.962/119
In the early days of World War II, a German U-boat is sunk in Canada's Hudson Bay. Hoping to evade capture, a small band of German soldiers led by com...
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49th Parallel
1935
Heat Wave
10/1
Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon) adventures with would-be revolutionaries in a mythical South...
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Heat Wave
1948
My Brother Jonathan
6.833/6
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work a...
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My Brother Jonathan
1955
King's Rhapsody
5.333/3
Flynn plays the exciled Ruritanian king who leaves his mistress to return home to a political marriage. Love versus duty in this enjoyable romantic fi...
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King's Rhapsody
1933
No Funny Business
10/1
'Riviera. Professional co-respondents mistake one another for clients.' (British Film Catalogue)
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No Funny Business
1933
Excess Baggage
10/1
'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Excess Baggage
1948
The Monkey's Paw
0/0
The monkey's paw can make wishes come true. But not in the ways people expect. Note this should not be confused with the 1948 film with the same name.
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The Monkey's Paw
1958
Tempest
6.5/8
A young officer in the army of Empress Catherine of Russia is on his way to his new duty station at a remote outpost. During a blinding snowstorm he c...
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Tempest
1957
Dangerous Exile
6.333/6
Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Rich...
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Dangerous Exile
1937
Glamorous Night
7.5/2
Based on Ivor Novello's hit stage play: an opera singer and her gypsy friends try to rescue their king from the clutches of a would-be dictator.
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Glamorous Night
1942
The Day Will Dawn
6/6
When Hitler invades Poland, sports journalist Colin Metcalfe (Hugh Williams) is unexpectedly reassigned as a foreign correspondent in Norway. En route...
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The Day Will Dawn
1950
The Black Rose
6.729/24
In the 13th century, Walter of Gurnie, a disinherited Saxon youth, is forced to flee England. With his friend, Tristram, he falls in with the army of...
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The Black Rose
1956
Zarak
5.429/7
A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.
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Zarak
1934
Gay Love
8/1
Sisters are music-hall performers. One loves the other's fiancé and decides to quit the show, but the other runs into an old flame and new relations d...
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Gay Love
1935
The Big Splash
9/1
A millionaire hires a man to play his double...
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The Big Splash
1966
Brigadoon
7/5
Every 100 years, people stumble upon the Scottish village of Brigadoon, which will never be found on a map. A wonderful, fun filled day will be had by...
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Brigadoon
1937
Paradise for Two
7/2
A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.
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Paradise for Two
1966
Alice in Wonderland
5.935/46
Alice in Wonderland (1966) is a BBC television play based on Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. It was directed by Jonathan Miller, th...
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Alice in Wonderland
1938
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
10/1
"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in inv...
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The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1940
Crook's Tour
5.967/15
Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of G...
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Crook's Tour
1937
Command Performance
7.667/3
Arthur Tracy and Lilli Palmer star in this 1930's British romantic drama. With his voice faltering due to nerves, celebrated stage performer "The Stre...
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Command Performance
1931
The Old Man
7/1
'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Old Man
1932
The Frightened Lady
9/1
A young woman goes to stay at the house of Lord Lebanon, but two murders in quick succession lead to the arrival of detectives and cause the woman to...
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The Frightened Lady
1950
Trio
6.385/13
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
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Trio
1963
West 11
6.929/14
In Notting Hill's jazz club, coffee bar and bedsit land of the early 1960s, Joe Beckett is a young unemployed misfit and drifter whose life takes a tu...
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West 11
1963
The Three Lives of Thomasina
6.806/49
Thomasina the cat brings a family together through her mysterious death and reappearance.
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The Three Lives of Thomasina
1958
The Naked Earth
10/1
Africa, early 20th century, an Englishman marries the girlfriend of a late friend and faces natives and adventures, on the banks of a river infested w...
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The Naked Earth
1957
Campbell's Kingdom
6.026/19
Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In...
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Campbell's Kingdom
1933
Orders Is Orders
0/1
A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander doesn't...
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Orders Is Orders
1963
The Cracksman
6.583/6
Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable as...
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The Cracksman
1954
The End of the Road
6.5/2
Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended family.
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The End of the Road
1943
The Shipbuilders
6.5/2
A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a shipbuilding company doing his best to contribute to the Briti...
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The Shipbuilders
1962
The Amorous Prawn
6.5/4
While her husband, the General is abroad, Lady Fitzadam decides to convert their army residence into a fishing resort for rich American tourists in or...
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The Amorous Prawn
1962
Go to Blazes
6.35/10
A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversio...
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Go to Blazes
1963
Cleopatra
7.05/843
Determined to hold on to the throne, Cleopatra seduces the Roman emperor Julius Caesar. When Caesar is murdered, she redirects her attentions to his g...
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Cleopatra
1937
Wanted!
9/1
A married couple are mistaken for jewel thieves and forced to go to a party. The husband turns on the burglar alarm by mistake and the real thieves ar...
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Wanted!
1946
The Trojan Brothers
6.5/2
Opposing ends of a pantomime horse where the 'head' dates a society lady while the 'tail' is unhappily married.
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The Trojan Brothers
1943
They Met in the Dark
6.357/14
A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court m...
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They Met in the Dark
1937
Catch as Catch Can
9/1
Undercover agent Robert Leyland entraps crooks trying to sneak expensive goods past customs on transatlantic crossings. After Leyland falls for reluc...
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Catch as Catch Can
1946
Spring Song
7.333/3
The film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.
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Spring Song
1945
Don Chicago
6.5/2
Timid Don Chicago yearns to follow in the footsteps of his gangster mother, but is forced by the Mulligan Gang to leave America. In England, he tangle...
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Don Chicago
1943
Theatre Royal
4.667/3
The Theatre Royal is a struggling London venue battling to keep its doors open. When the bank threatens to close it, the workers fear that they will s...
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Theatre Royal
1958
Rockets Galore
6.429/7
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world...
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Rockets Galore
1961
Five Golden Hours
7/2
A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely barones...
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Five Golden Hours
1934
It's a Boy
10/1
"It's a Boy" stars Horton as Dudley Leake, who is betrothed to Mary Bogle (the very pretty Wendy Barrie). Shortly before the wedding, Dudley blurts a...
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It's a Boy
1969
Vendetta for The Saint
6.9/7
Simon Templar is on holiday in Naples when a small uproar on a lunch table draws his attention. An English tourist attempts to greet an Italian busine...
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Vendetta for The Saint
1947
Woman to Woman
6.5/2
A Canadian officer, David Anson, who falls for French dancer Nicolette Bonnett during wartime, has a child with her, and returns heartbroken after her...
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Woman to Woman
1936
The Gay Adventure
9/1
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The Gay Adventure
1949
Whisky Galore!
6.813/150
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, hea...
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