
Birthday:
01-31-1911
Deathday:
08-21-1981 (70 years)
Birthplace:
Birmingham, England, UK
Biography
Eddie Byrne (31 January 1911 – 21 August 1981) was an Irish actor.
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Star Wars
Act like General Willard
event1977 star_border 8.2
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Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.
I Can't... I Can't...
Act like Tom
event1969
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The tale of a young Irish Catholic bride who is devastated when her pregnant mother miscarries and dies on her wedding day. The young woman, one of seven children, blames her father’s lust for the death. When her own wedding night arrives she is terrified and refuses to consummate the marriage with her husband. Her parish priest forbids her to accept her doctor’s suggestion that she should use contraception and she is driven to desperate measures.
Happy Ever After
Act like Lannigan
event1954 star_border 5.2
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The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of Serena McGluskey, as much a schemer as he is a cad. Led by Thady O'Heggarty, the villagers plot to drive Jasper away. They use the occasion of "O'Leary Night", when the ghost of the first O'Leary walks the halls, to create general chaos.
Mutiny on the Bounty
Act like John Fryer
event1962 star_border 7
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The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
Island of Terror
Act like Dr. Reginald Landers
event1966 star_border 5.8
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A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The community struggles to fight back.
The Break
Act like Judd Tredegar
event1963 star_border 6.5
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A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but are doggedly chased by police.
Three Cases of Murder
Act like Snyder ("The Picture" segment)
event1955 star_border 5.7
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Three stories of murder and the supernatural: A museum worker is introduced to a world behind the pictures he sees every day. When two lifelong friends fall in love with the same woman and she is killed, they are obvious suspects. Is their friendship strong enough for them to alibi each other? When a young politician is hurt by the arrogant Secretary for Foreign Affairs Lord Mountdrago, he uses Mountdrago's dreams to get revenge.
The Man in the Sky
Act like Ashmore
event1957 star_border 7.1
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The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.
The Mummy
Act like Inspector Mulrooney
event1959 star_border 6.7
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One by one the archaeologists who discover the 4,000-year-old tomb of Princess Ananka are brutally murdered. Kharis, high priest in Egypt 40 centuries ago, has been brought to life by the power of the ancient gods and his sole purpose is to destroy those responsible for the desecration of the sacred tomb. But Isobel, wife of one of the explorers, resembles the beautiful princess, forcing the speechless and tormented monster to defy commands and abduct Isobel to an unknown fate.
The Gentle Gunman
Act like Flynn
event1952 star_border 6.2
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The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.
The Mark
Act like Akers
event1961 star_border 6.3
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A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the help of a sympathetic psychiatrist.
Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Act like Dan Dance
event1952 star_border 8
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Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England is expecting a visit from the Prime Minister. The "almost" is because of Dan Dance (Eddie Byrne), an old rogue who would rather drink and philosophize than work. The Village Council are determined to have a perfect record so they connive to have the old man put into the alms-house which has been unoccupied for many years, where he must abide by rules laid down 400 years ago. A new Vicar arrives and discovers that, because of the circumstances created by the Council, Dan Dance is entitled to 6,000 pounds a year at the expense of the village.
Menace In The Night
Act like Art
event1957
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A woman (Lisa Gastoni) witnesses the theft of soiled banknotes from a mail delivery truck, then is threatened by the perpetrators of the crime.
One Way Out
Act like Supt. John Harcourt
event1955 star_border 5.5
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A tragedy played in standard cops and robbers costume. A policeman faced with deep moral choices finds that once he's set foot on the path of corruption he is trapped by an ever more complex web of lies and intrigue. A lifetime of personal honour is at stake and we wonder if redemption is possible.
Abandon Ship
Act like Michael Faroni
event1957 star_border 7.4
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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 twenty desperate and injured passengers. As a hurricane approaches and the many wounded passengers struggle for life, difficult decisions must be made about who will remain on the boat and who must be cast to the sea in order to give others the chance to survive.
The Punch and Judy Man
Act like Ice Cream Man
event1963 star_border 7.8
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Walter Pinner is the titular Punch And Judy Man plying his trade in the seaside town of Piltdown. Unhappily married to his social climbing wife, who gets him to perform at the 60th Anniversary celebrations of the town in front of all the local dignitaries, his hatred of snobbery comes to a hilarious head.
The Divided Heart
Act like Second Justice
event1954 star_border 6.7
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During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by a childless couple. The adoptive parents' happiness is shattered when Inga reappears and insists on custody of her son.
Captain Boycott
Act like Sean Kerin
event1947 star_border 6.7
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Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic farmer Hugh Davin (Stewart Granger) leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracize their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
Sinful Davey
Act like Yorkshire Bill
event1969 star_border 5.5
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A young man, convinced of his paternity, aims to emulate his notorious father by committing daring crimes. However, his childhood friend is equally determined to track him down and save him from his rogue ways.
Jack the Ripper
Act like Inspector O'Neill
event1959 star_border 6.1
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A serial killer is murdering women in the Whitechapel district of London. An American policeman is brought in to help Scotland Yard solve the case.
Locker Sixty-Nine
Act like Simon York
event1962
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A shady business man has perpetrated a fraud that has resulted in the death of a large number of people. His business partner has evidence of the fraud and threatens the fraudster with exposure in the event of any further dishonest dealing. But when the fraudster suddenly receives death threats he decides to fake his own murder in a plan both to get his hands on the evidence.
The Cracksman
Act like Johnny Domino
event1963 star_border 6.3
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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 asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a beautiful hostess as a trap, into which the hapless Ernest inevitably falls..!
The Admirable Crichton
event1957 star_border 6.8
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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.
Stolen Assignment
Act like Inspector Corcoran
event1955 star_border 5.4
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Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her aunt comes to see him, worried because her niece has not arrived, a police investigation into her disappearance begins. It seems that Henry was fully occupied at the time his wife went missing; but is his alibi completely truthful?
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Act like Eddie Mooney
event1951 star_border 5.8
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Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.
Wonderful Things
Act like Harry
event1958 star_border 5
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Set in a beautiful fishing village in Gibraltar, Wonderful Things! stars Frankie Vaughan as Carmello, a young fisherman who, unable to earn enough from fishing to marry his tempestuous fiancée, decides to come to England to seek his fortune and finds fortunes are not quite so easy to come by.
Gold is Where You Find It
Act like Tyg McMahon
event1968
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A millionaire returns to Ireland and loses his gold nuggets before disappearing and sparking a gold rush.
Journey to Murder
Act like Policeman
event1971
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Television movie that consists of two episodes from the UK TV series Journey to the Unknown (1968): Do Me a Favor and Kill Me (1968) and The Killing Bottle (1969).
The Pot Carriers
Act like Chief Officer Bailey
event1962 star_border 6.1
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New inmate Rainbow has just been imprisoned for a year for his part in a fight over his girlfriend Wendy. After being assigned to kitchen duty, he becomes involved in a food-trading racket. When the scheme is betrayed to the prison's governor, its prime mover is threatened with an extended sentence - unless Rainbow can come up with a way to save him.
Reach for the Sky
Act like Flight Sergeant Mills
event1956 star_border 6.8
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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.
Jackpot
Act like Sam Hare
event1960 star_border 5
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Back in London after serving time, an ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to him. He plans to crack a safe at a club.
Children Galore
Act like Zachariah "Zacky" Jones
event1955 star_border 4
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As a going away gift to a small village, the local Lord and Lady promise a new cottage to the local couple with the most grandchildren. Competitive instincts and petty jealousies ensue.
Where's Jack?
Act like Rev. Wagstaff
event1969 star_border 7.2
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Based on the adventures of Jack Sheppard, the thief and jail-breaker who became a folk hero in 1720s London.
Trouble in the Glen
Act like Dinny Sullivan
event1954 star_border 5.7
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Major Jim "Lance" Lansing, an American ex-pilot of the U.S. Air Corps, returns to Scotland after the war and finds much trouble in the glen where he settles because of the high-handed activities of the local laird, Sandy Mengues, a wealthy South American who, with his daughter Marissa, has returned to the land of his forefathers. Led by Lansing, the people eventually prevail upon Mengues to restore peace to the glen, but not before a brief and unconvincing fight between Lansing and Dukes, the Mengues foreman. Written by Les Adams
All Coppers Are...
Act like Malloy
event1972 star_border 6.8
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A young policeman and a small-time crook are both involved with the same girl.
Johnny Nobody
Act like Landlord O'Connor
event1961 star_border 6.5
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When the atheistic ranting of Irish-American author James Mulcahy upsets the inhabitants of the Irish village to which he has retired, a mob threatens him. But moments after he has dared God to strike him dead, a stranger appears and does so. The man, dubbed "Johnny Nobody" by the press, claims no knowledge of Mulcahy or even of himself. He asks the help of the village priest, Father Carey, in his upcoming trial for Mulcahy's murder. While the amnesiac Johnny goes to trial, Father Carey mulls questions of belief raised by the case. And then, the good father learns a little more about Johnny Nobody...
Devils of Darkness
Act like Dr. Robert Kelsey
event1965 star_border 5
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A secret vampire cult, which has its headquarters beneath the town cemetery, searches for victims for its human sacrifice rituals.
Floods of Fear
Act like Sheriff
event1958 star_border 6.7
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A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.
These Dangerous Years
Act like Danny
event1957 star_border 6
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A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.
Beautiful Stranger
Act like Luigi
event1954 star_border 5
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An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.
The Scapegoat
Act like Barman
event1959 star_border 6.8
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An Englishman in France unwittingly is placed into the identity, and steps into the vacated life, of a look-alike French nobleman.
Aunt Clara
Act like Fosdick
event1954 star_border 5.2
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A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt Clara. Clara vows to "clean up" her new establishments, but complications ensue when she visits the crooked gambling den--just as it's being raided by the police.
Rooney
Act like Micky Hart
event1958 star_border 5.5
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The life of James Ignatius Rooney, a Dublin rubbish collector during the week and a Gaelic sportsman at the weekends.
Hungry Hill
Act like Hennessy
event1947 star_border 5.4
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Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.
The Vengeance of Fu Manchu
Act like Ship's Captain
event1967 star_border 6.2
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In his remote China hideaway the evil Fu Manchu plots the death and discredit of his arch rival, Inspector Nayland Smith of Scotland Yard.
Albert R.N.
Act like Joe
event1953 star_border 7.2
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The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in order to foil the German guards.
I See a Dark Stranger
Act like Irish Sailor Lookout (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.3
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Proud Irishwoman Bridie Quilty journeys to Dublin while World War II rages across Europe. During her travels, she encounters J. Miller, who recruits her as a Nazi spy. She acquires the necessary information that leads to the breakout of a German spy who holds key information about the Allies' newest offensive plans. However, the arrival of British officer David Baynes and his romancing of Bridie lead to unexpected consequences.
Dunkirk
Act like Commander (Tough's Yard)
event1958 star_border 6.7
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A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.
It's Great to be Young!
Act like Mr. Morris
event1956 star_border 6.2
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IT’S GREAT TO A YOUNG stars John Mills as Dingle an easygoing high school teacher. When autocratic new headmaster Frome (Cecil Parker) begins imposing all sorts of repressive rules, Dingle does his best to stand up for his students, only to be dismissed for his troubles. The kids conspire to not only reinstate their favourite teacher, but to circumvent Frome's refusal to purchase new instruments for an upcoming music festival.
A Kid for Two Farthings
Act like Sylvester the Photographer (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 6.3
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Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true.
The Square Ring
Act like Lou Lewis
event1953 star_border 6.6
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Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
The Running Man
Act like Sam Crewdson
event1963 star_border 6.6
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An Englishman with a grudge against an insurance company for a disallowed claim fakes his own death and escapes to Spain, but is soon pursued by an insurance investigator.
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
Act like Petty Officer Porter
event1954 star_border 7.1
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During autumn of 1944, an RAF Hudson carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and trying to keep up morale, the occupants of the aircraft's dinghy talk about their lives awaiting the rescue they hope will come. The film's title reflects the motto of the RAF's Air Sea Rescue Service, one of whose high speed launches battles against its own mechanical problems, enemy action, time and the weather to locate and rescue the downed crew and the vital secret papers they carry.
The MacKintosh Man
Act like Fisherman
event1973 star_border 6
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A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width
Act like Father Ignatious
event1973 star_border 6.6
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Two London tailors horse around, wind up robbed, go to Rome and disrupt the Vatican.
Odd Man Out
Act like Policeman in final scene
event1947 star_border 7.3
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Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
Guns in the Heather
Act like Bailey
event1969 star_border 4.5
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An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'
The Bridal Path
Act like Mike Flanagan
event1959 star_border 5.5
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Based on a novel by Nigel Tranter, The Bridal Path is a light-hearted look at the somewhat unfortunate results that can come of the continued marrying of fairly close cousins in a restricted and remote community. Set in the Hebrides off Scotland, the story tells how Ewan MacEwan leaves the isle of Eorsa in search of the perfect wife, but finally returns to marry Katie.
Department S
Act like Frank Bellman (1 ep.)
event1969 star_border 4.9
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Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.
The Saint
Act like Mr. Hapgood (Snr.) (2 ep.)
event1962 star_border 7.3
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Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
The Count of Monte Cristo
(1 ep.)
event1956 star_border 4.4
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The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty-minute episodes. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the United States, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree.
A 5-disc DVD set containing all thirty-nine episodes was released by Network Studio on 12 April 2010.
ITC produced a film based on the same source-material, The Count of Monte-Cristo, in 1975.
No Hiding Place
(2 ep.)
event1959 star_border 3.7
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No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967.
It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
The Human Jungle
Act like J. B. Black (1 ep.)
event1963 star_border 8.2
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The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.
The Black Arrow
Act like Brock (6 ep.)
event1972 star_border 6
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Based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow tells the tale of Richard Shelton, a knight who avenges the death of his father during the War of the Roses. Richard is surrounded by enemies, some of whom he considers his most trusted companions.
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