
Birthday:
11-10-1914
Deathday:
04-16-1995 (80 years)
Birthplace:
Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
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Cyril Raker Endfield (November 10, 1914 – April 16, 1995) was an American screenwriter, film director, theatre director, author, magician and inventor, based in Britain from 1953.
Cyril Raker Endfield (November 10, 1914 – April 16, 1995) was an American screenwriter, film director, theatre director, author, magician and inventor, based in Britain from 1953.
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Universal Soldier
Act like Derek Bowden
event1972 star_border 6
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A life-long mercenary commander and weapons expert is commissioned to train an army for an exiled African leader. But as his conscience finally catches up to him, he is seen as a threat to the powers behind the operation.
The Sound of Fury
Director
event1950 star_border 6.5
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A family man – desperate for a job – latches onto a friend who encourages him into being a criminal.
The Underworld Story
Director
event1950 star_border 6.1
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A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.
Jet Storm
Director
event1959 star_border 6.5
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Crisis in the air: A passenger aboard a commercial airplane flying from London to New York threatens to detonate a bomb over the Atlantic.
Zulu
Director
event1964 star_border 7.4
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In 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War, man-of-the-people Lt. Chard and snooty Lt. Bromhead are in charge of defending the isolated and vastly outnumbered Natal outpost of Rorke's Drift from tribal hordes.
Impulse
Writer
event1954 star_border 4.6
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An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he gives a ride to a woman he sees stranded on the road. One thing leads to another, and he soon finds himself enmeshed in a plot involving a diamond robbery, gangsters and murder.
Hell Drivers
Director
event1957 star_border 6.8
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An ex-con trying to go clean ends up working for a crooked trucking company swindling money.
Zulu Dawn
Screenplay
event1979 star_border 6.1
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In 1879, the British suffer a great loss at the Battle of Isandlwana due to incompetent leadership.
Mysterious Island
Director
event1961 star_border 6.5
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During the US Civil War, Union POWs escape in a balloon and end up stranded on a South Pacific island, inhabited by giant plants and animals. They must use their ingenuity to survive the dangers, and to devise a way to return home. Sequel to '20,000 Leagues Under the Sea' .
Sands of the Kalahari
Producer
event1965 star_border 6
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A diverse group of individuals struggle to survive in the Kalahari desert after their passenger plane crashes.
Tarzan's Savage Fury
Director
event1952 star_border 5.1
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The jungle king's cousin tries to get him to help find a diamond treasure.
The Limping Man
Director
event1953 star_border 5.2
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An American veteran returns to England after WWII to learn that his London lover has become involved with a dangerous spy ring and their search for a limping sniper.
De Sade
Director
event1969 star_border 3.4
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The 18th-century French marquis recalls his sadomasochistic experiments and goes to jail for lewd behavior.
Hide and Seek
Director
event1964 star_border 6
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A professor of astronomy helping on a missile development program. An old friend of his is a Russian chess champion. The Russian is working with shady businessman Marek and they plan to kidnap the professor and make it look as though he has defected to the Soviet Union.
The Argyle Secrets
Screenplay
event1948 star_border 6
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A framed reporter and the crooks on his trail scramble to locate a book containing the names of American war profiteers and traitors who collaborated with the Nazis during the war.
Inflation
Director
event1942 star_border 5
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The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
The Secret
Director
event1955 star_border 5.3
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An American loses all his money and finds himself stranded in England. He finds hope when he meets a female smuggler who has brought jewels into the country inside a teddy bear, but unfortunately, things quickly get out of hand.
Child in the House
Director
event1956 star_border 5.8
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A lonely child must stay with her uncaring aunt and uncle after her mother is hospitalized. Her estranged father is a fugitive. For love and companionship, the eleven-year old girl becomes friends with the housemaid. When at long last, she meets her dad, she must vow to never reveal his location to the police.
Sea Fury
Director
event1958 star_border 6
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The captain of a tugboat harboured off a Spanish village is lured into a romantic involvement with a young girl at the behest of her father, in the hope of getting his hands on the vessel. Meanwhile, a handsome English sailor, signs on to the boat and before long he and the girl fall for one another. Meanwhile a sinking freighter carrying explosive cargo has to be salvaged....
Mr. Hex
Screenplay
event1946 star_border 6.7
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Sach is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter.
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Screenplay
event1947 star_border 6.4
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Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty. A woman enters the office and mistakes Slip for the detective and convinces him to take on a case to find her sister after offering a $50 retainer.
The Master Plan
Director
event1955 star_border 6
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Following WW II, a U.S. army officer stationed in West Germany is assigned with keeping classified information away from the Communists. Unfortunately, Red spies know that he suffers from sudden black-outs and use this to hypnotise him, and make it appear that he is a traitor.
Colonel March Investigates
Director
event1953 star_border 6
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This is a feature-length compilation of three short episodes taken from a TV series called 'Colonel March of Scotland Yard' (1954-56, 26 episodes) starring Boris Karloff as Colonel March, head of Scotland Yard's Department D.3, otherwise known as The Bureau of Queer Complaints.
Dancing Romeo
Director
event1944 star_border 6
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Froggy plans a dance recital to win over Marilyn.
Nostradamus IV
Director
event1944 star_border 5
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This Carey Wilson Miniature takes a further look at prophecies by 16th century seer Nostradamus.
Our Old Car
Director
event1946 star_border 4
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In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man traces his history by the succession of cars his father owned. [This short appears in its entirety during MGM's short feature "The Great Morgan".]
The Great American Mug
Director
event1945 star_border 6.5
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This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout the years.
Tale of a Dog
Director
event1944 star_border 6
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When Bigshot Jones gives his unnamed dog to the All-For-One Club, Buckwheat quickly names the canine "Smallpox", inadvertently causing a city-wide panic.
Joe Palooka, Champ
Screenplay
event1946
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After losing heavyweight contender Al Costa to mob boss Florini fight promoter Knobby Walsh recruits small town boy Joe Palooka to take his place. First in the series.
Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch
Screenplay
event1949
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Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with love interest Anne Howe.
Radio Bugs
Director
event1944 star_border 6
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When Froggy discovers the fabulous salaries paid to radio stars, he gets the idea that the gang should be in on the action. But success in radio requires a sponsor. They audition comedy skits at the dentist's office, and Shakespeare at the mortuary. Their efforts to snag a sponsor are without success until . . .
Stork Bites Man
Director
event1947
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A man engages in a boycott of a no children allowed apartment house, with the help of an imaginary stock and a large department store, after his wife become pregnant and they are evicted.
Magic on a Stick
Director
event1946 star_border 6
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This MGM Passing Parade series short recounts how English chemist John Walker invented the wooden friction match during the 1820s.
Joe Palooka in the Big Fight
Director
event1949 star_border 6
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Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Joe investigates in an attempt to prove his innocence.
Gentleman Joe Palooka
Director
event1946
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In the second film of Monogram's Joe Palooka series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators scheming to obtain oil-rich lands, in a publicity campaign to get the land transferred to the state, supposedly for a park. When Joe learns that he has been used as a dupe he becomes disillusioned and leaves the prize=fighting profession. But, his manager, sparring partners, and fiancée manage to expose the land-grab scheme, clear Joe's name and discredit the crooked politicians.
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