
Birthday:
01-10-1908
Deathday:
01-16-1981 (73 years)
Birthplace:
Brentford, London, England, UK
Biography
John Bernard "Bernard" Lee was an English actor, best known for his role as M in the first eleven James Bond films.
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Live and Let Die
Act like M
event1973 star_border 6.5
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James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big.
The Third Man
Act like Sergeant Paine
event1949 star_border 7.9
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In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a conspiracy theory after learning of a "third man" present at the time of Harry's death, running into interference from British officer Major Calloway, and falling head-over-heels for Harry's grief-stricken lover, Anna.
Dr. No
Act like M
event1962 star_border 7
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Agent 007 battles mysterious Dr. No, a scientific genius bent on destroying the U.S. space program. As the countdown to disaster begins, Bond must go to Jamaica, where he encounters beautiful Honey Ryder, to confront a megalomaniacal villain in his massive island headquarters.
Goldfinger
Act like M
event1964 star_border 7.3
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Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and now he must outwit and outgun the powerful tycoon to prevent him from cashing in on a devious scheme to raid Fort Knox -- and obliterate the world's economy.
Thunderball
Act like M
event1965 star_border 6.7
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A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.
From Russia with Love
Act like M
event1963 star_border 7.1
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Agent 007 is back in the second installment of the James Bond series, this time battling a secret crime organization known as SPECTRE. Russians Rosa Klebb and Kronsteen are out to snatch a decoding device known as the Lektor, using the ravishing Tatiana to lure Bond into helping them. Bond willingly travels to meet Tatiana in Istanbul, where he must rely on his wits to escape with his life in a series of deadly encounters with the enemy.
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Act like M
event1969 star_border 6.6
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James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for Italian contessa Tracy Draco, and marries her in order to get closer to Blofeld.
You Only Live Twice
Act like M
event1967 star_border 6.6
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A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to face with his archenemy Blofeld.
Diamonds Are Forever
Act like M
event1971 star_border 6.4
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Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.
The Man with the Golden Gun
Act like M
event1974 star_border 6.4
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Cool government operative James Bond searches for a stolen invention that can turn the sun's heat into a destructive weapon. He soon crosses paths with the menacing Francisco Scaramanga, a hitman so skilled he has a seven-figure working fee. Bond then joins forces with the swimsuit-clad Mary Goodnight, and together they track Scaramanga to a Thai tropical isle hideout where the killer-for-hire lures the slick spy into a deadly maze for a final duel.
The Spy Who Loved Me
Act like M
event1977 star_border 6.8
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Russian and British submarines with nuclear missiles on board both vanish from sight without a trace. England and Russia both blame each other as James Bond tries to solve the riddle of the disappearing ships. But the KGB also has an agent on the case.
Moonraker
Act like M
event1979 star_border 6.2
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After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's nefarious plans for humanity, all the while fending off an old nemesis, Jaws, and venturing to Venice, Rio, the Amazon...and even outer space.
The Fallen Idol
Act like Detective Hart
event1948 star_border 7.2
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Phillipe, the son of an ambassador in London, idolizes Baines, his father's butler, a kind of hero in the eyes of the child, whose perception changes when he accidentally discovers the secret that Baines keeps and witnesses the consequences that adults' lies can cause.
Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
Act like Self (archive footage)
event2000
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A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of Britain's most distinguished actors. Compiled from interviews with the man himself and with his family and friends, it traces his career from humble beginnings to all-time great of British cinema. The many film clips reveal an electric screen presence and a willingness to undertake a range of difficult, challenging roles.
Beat the Devil
Act like Insp. Jack Clayton
event1953 star_border 6.2
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A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
Act like Hopkins (segment 2 "Creeping Vine")
event1965 star_border 6.4
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Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire; a huge plant takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
Whistle Down the Wind
Act like Mr. Bostock
event1961 star_border 7.1
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When an injured wife-murderer takes refuge on a remote Lancashire farm, the farmer’s three children mistakenly believe him to be the Second Coming of Christ.
Saturday Night Out
Act like George Hudson
event1964 star_border 5.7
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Five seamen and a passenger are intent on making the most of the 14 hours they will spend in London.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Act like Patmore
event1965 star_border 7.1
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British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to face another mission, which may prove to be his final one.
Kidnapped
Act like Captain Hoseason
event1960 star_border 6.4
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Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder, they must flee across the Highlands, evading the redcoats.
Sailor of the King
Act like Petty Officer 'Stokes' Wheatley
event1953 star_border 7
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A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a ship under his command when he is tracking a German Raider. When the boy is captured after his ship is sunk, he finds a way to slow the German's progress while a lethal hunt for him goes on.
Mr. Denning Drives North
Act like Inspector Dodds
event1951 star_border 6
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When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him and causing his death when he falls. Instead of calling the police he dumps the body in a lonely spot on the road to the North, making it look like a hit-and-run accident. Weeks later there is still no report of the body being found, and Denning starts to go to pieces. When he lets his wife into his secret the two start making enquiries, possibly making things worse.
A Christmas Carol
Act like Ghost of Christmas Present
event1977 star_border 6.6
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Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective
Act like Sgt. Ben
event1981 star_border 5.9
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When D. C. Dangerous Davies, not held in high regard by his superiors, is assigned to find a notorious criminal kingpin, he uncovers the details of 15-year-old cold case.
The Battle of the River Plate
Act like Captain Dove - M.S. Africa Shell
event1956 star_border 6.2
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In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British Isles, facing the great danger posed by the many German warships, such as the Admiral Graf Spee, which are scouring the ocean for cargo ships to sink.
Morning Departure
Act like Cmdr. Gates
event1950 star_border 6.6
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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?
Dunkirk
Act like Charles Foreman
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.
Partners in Crime
Act like Inspector Mann
event1961 star_border 5.7
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British crime film directed by Peter Duffell and starring Bernard Lee, Moira Redmond and John Van Eyssen, loosely based on the 1918 novel "The Man Who Knew" by Edgar Wallace.
Odette
Act like Jack
event1950 star_border 6.2
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The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)
Nowhere to Go
Act like Victor Sloane, alias Lee Henderson
event1958 star_border 6.7
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A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.
The Blue Lamp
Act like Divisional Detective Inspector Cherry
event1950 star_border 6.6
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P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.
Across the Bridge
Act like Chief Inspector Hadden
event1957 star_border 6.8
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In Mexico, a financier on the run poses as a man he just murdered, only to find out that the man was also a murderer.
The Man Who Died Twice
Act like Francis Cumberland
event1973
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A painter who surfaces after having disappeared for seven years finds himself contending with art forgeries and a crooked art dealer.
The Purple Plain
Act like Dr. Harris
event1954 star_border 6.5
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An RAF airfield in Burma in 1945, during World War II. Canadian bomber pilot Bill Forrester is a bitter man who lives haunted by a tragic past. He has became a reckless warrior, and is feared by his comrades, who consider him a madman. Dr. Harris, the squadron physician, is determined to help him heal his tormented soul.
The Angry Silence
Act like Bert Connolly
event1960 star_border 7.1
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When the union in his factory walks out on strike, a family man refuses to participate, risking the wrath — and retaliation — of his fellow workers.
The L-Shaped Room
Act like Charlie
event1962 star_border 6.7
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Jane is young, French, pregnant and unmarried. Bucking convention, she is uninterested in settling with her baby's father or getting an abortion. After renting a room in a dingy London boarding house, Jane befriends the odd group of inhabitants and starts an affair with one boarder, Toby. As Jane's pregnancy threatens her new relationship, and the reality of single motherhood approaches, she is forced to decide what to do about both her baby and her budding romance.
Percy's Progress
Act like Barraclough
event1974 star_border 3.9
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Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.
The Secret Partner
Act like D.S. Frank Hanbury
event1961 star_border 5.8
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A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.
Operation Kid Brother
Act like Commander Cunningham
event1967 star_border 4.4
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The evil crime syndicate Thanatos is bent on taking over the world, using a magnetic wave generator that will cause all metal-based machinery to grind to a halt. However, the well-known British secret agent normally assigned to such tasks isn't available, so they engage his civilian brother, Neil, to help. Neil, played by Neil Connery, is a world-class plastic surgeon, hypnotist, and lip-reader, which turn out to be precisely the skills required for thwarting Thanatos.
The Key
Act like Cmdr. Wadlow
event1958 star_border 6
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In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.
Father Brown
Act like Inspector Valentine
event1954 star_border 6.3
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Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.
The Man Upstairs
Act like Inspector Thompson
event1958 star_border 6.1
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The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.
Appointment with Venus
Act like Brigadier
event1951 star_border 5.1
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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.
The Spanish Gardener
Act like Leighton Bailey
event1956 star_border 6.2
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Harrington Brande, a British diplomat who recently broke up with his wife, is stationed in a small coastal town in Spain with his son, Nicholas. Harrington is unreasonably possessive of Nicholas and becomes jealous when he begins to form a close friendship with Jose, their gentle gardener.
Crossplot
Act like Chilmore
event1969 star_border 5.5
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A successful London ad-exec hires a beautiful Hungarian girl to pose for some modeling shots, little realising that she has overheard an assassination plot and is now being hunted by some dangerous killers.
Elizabeth of Ladymead
Act like John Beresford in 1903
event1948 star_border 6
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Four generations of a British family live through their experiences in the Crimean War, Boer War, WWI and WWII.
Web of Evidence
Act like Patrick Mathry
event1959 star_border 4.8
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A World War II evacuee returns years later to England and finds his father in prison framed for murder.
Cage of Gold
Act like Inspector Grey
event1950 star_border 6.6
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The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.
White Corridors
Act like Burgess
event1951 star_border 6.6
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White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a busy hospital, where research pathologist Neil Marriner (James Donald) conducts experiments in the hopes of curing diseases impervious to penicillin. Marriner is aided in this endeavor by lady surgeon Dr. Sophie Dean (Googie Withers), who happens to be in love with him. After a tragedy occurs for which Marriner holds himself responsible, the film builds steadily to an exciting climax involving a untested -- and potentially dangerous -- serum. The top-rank British supporting cast includes Barry Jones, Moira Lister, Petula Clark, Basil Radford, Dagmar (later Dana) Wynter, Bernard Lee, and, in a minor role, future "Dr. Who" Patrick Troughton.
Murder in Soho
Act like Roy Barnes
event1939 star_border 5
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A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband.
Once a Crook
Act like Duke
event1941
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Once a Crook is a 1941 British crime film directed by Herbert Mason and featuring Gordon Harker, Sydney Howard, Bernard Lee, Kathleen Harrison, and Raymond Huntley.
Calling Bulldog Drummond
Act like Colonel Webson
event1951 star_border 5.8
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Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.
Let George Do It!
Act like Oscar
event1940 star_border 5.8
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Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
Seagulls Over Sorrento
Act like Lofty Turner
event1954 star_border 5.3
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A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.
The Raging Moon
Act like Uncle Bob
event1971 star_border 6.5
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Bruce Pritchard is paralysed in a soccer game and is confined to a wheelchair in a convalescence home. But this doesn't slow his lust for life. Then he meets Jill and has to think about the effects of disability.
The Terror
Act like Ferry Fane
event1938 star_border 6.3
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For ten years, The Terror has laughed at both police and public. And for ten years, two of his erstwhile associates, Joe Conner and 'Soapy' Marks, have plotted revenge on the mastermind whose double-crossing sent them to Dartmoor prison without their share of the bullion stolen in a daring raid.
Spare a Copper
Act like Jake
event1940 star_border 7
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George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned destruction of the British battleship HMS Hercules. Framed by the villains and forced to go on the run, George sets out to clear his name with the aid of new girlfriend, Jane.
A Place to Go
Act like Matt Flint
event1963 star_border 6.2
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Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British working-class at the time.
High Flight
Act like Flight Sergeant Harris
event1957 star_border 5.8
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The Commanding Officer of an RAF Training School must deal with a difficult cadet, but the cadet reminds the C.O. of himself when young.
Fury at Smugglers' Bay
Act like Black John
event1961 star_border 4.6
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It is the end of the 18th century and smuggling is considered to be a legitimate spare-time occupation for most fishermen around the British shores. But when a gang of cut-throats, led by the infamous Black John (Bernard Lee) begins to lure ships onto the rocks of Smugglers Bay, and murdering their crews for the sake of loot, the fishermen begin to fear for their livelihoods. In desperation, they appeal to the local magistrate Squire Trevenyan (Peter Cushing).
The Adventures of Dusty Bates
Act like Captain Ford
event1947 star_border 4
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Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-lifes when the crate is put ashore.
The Incredible World of James Bond
Act like Bernard Lee: M (Vice Admiral Sir Miles Messervy KCMG)
event1965 star_border 6
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This promotional film was aired on American television on 26 November 1965, one month before the release of Thunderball (1965). Narrated by Alexander Scourby, the 48 minute documentary aired as a one hour special. It included footage of the filming at Silverstone Racetrack, Northamptonshire and of the fight aboard the Disco Volante at Pinewood Studios; media coverage of Martine Beswick, Luciana Paluzzi and Claudine Auger; and archive footage of Ian Fleming at 'Goldeneye', Jamaica.
Cone of Silence
Act like Capt. George Gort
event1960 star_border 6.7
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A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.
Danger Within
Act like Lieutenant Colonel Huxley
event1959 star_border 6.2
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Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysterious traitor in their midst.
The Brain
Act like Dr. Frank Shears
event1962 star_border 5.5
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A millionaire businessman's brain is kept alive after a fatal accident, and communicates clues to a doctor on the trail of the killer
Beauty and the Beast
Act like Edward Beaumont
event1976 star_border 6
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A beautiful girl agrees to marry a hideous, deformed beast and live in his castle in order to save her father's life.
Out of the Clouds
Act like Customs Officer
event1955 star_border 6
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A day following workers at an airport
The Man in a Looking Glass
Act like Morgan Travis
event1972 star_border 7
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A robbery is prevented by an undercover art dealer pretending to be a criminal. Edited from TV series, The Baron.
Ring of Spies
Act like Henry Houghton
event1964 star_border 6.9
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The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
Fire Down Below
Act like Doctor Sam
event1957 star_border 5.7
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Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another island. They both fall for her, leading to betrayal and a break-up of their partnership. Tony takes a job on a cargo ship. After a collision he finds himself trapped below deck with time running out (the ship is aflame), and only Felix, whom he hates and has sworn to kill, left to save him.
Clue of the Silver Key
Act like Superintendent Meredith
event1961 star_border 7
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The police investigate the murder of a wealthy old man.
Who Was Maddox?
event1964 star_border 8.5
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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.
Clue of the Twisted Candle
event1960 star_border 6
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A man is murdered in a room with no windows and a steel lined door which locks only from the inside.
The Share Out
event1962 star_border 4
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A gang of high class corporate thieves use blackmail to induce their victims to sell property at knock-down prices.
The Yellow Balloon
Act like Constable Chapman
event1953 star_border 5.6
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A young boy is blackmailed by a crook who saw him unwittingly cause his friend's death.
Fortune in Diamonds
Act like O'Connell
event1951 star_border 7.5
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As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists the help of a fellow soldier as well as the Englishman and a local hotel keeper. This ill-assorted bunch set off into the bush intent on finding their fortune.
The Frozen Limits
Act like Bill McGrew
event1939 star_border 7.5
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The Crazy Gang join the 1898 gold rush. Unfortunately it's now 1939 and they're a bit late.
Best Ever Bond
Act like M (archive footage) (uncredited)
event2002 star_border 5
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Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
This Man Is Mine
Act like James Nicholls
event1946
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One wartime Christmas the well-to-do Ferguson family extends a festive welcome to various strays, with comic results.
The Night Before The Morning After
Act like Daniel Whittaker
event1966
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Susan and Neville begin to have doubts the evening before their wedding.
I Have Been Here Before
Act like Walter Ormund
event1949
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Guests at an hotel become irrationally convinced that they have been there before - perhaps in a different life?
Seawrack
Act like Man
event1978
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On the shoreline of Lancashire's Lune Estuary, an old tramp is befriended by a young lad who volunteers with the St John's Ambulance.
The Outsider
Act like Cameraman
event1939 star_border 5
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A controversial osteopath sets out to cure the daughter of a famous surgeon - and falls in love with her in the process.
Last Holiday
Act like Inspector Wilton
event1950 star_border 7.2
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George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On his doctor's advice, he goes to an exclusive seaside resort to spend his savings on one last holiday.
Danger Point
event1971 star_border 6
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Three irresponsible teenagers borrow a yacht belonging to the local Sea Scouts and run out of fuel. They hoist the sail in an endeavour to stop the boat drifting on to the notoriously dangerous Bradda Head, but find themselves in even greater trouble in the shape of a sea-mine.
Rhodes of Africa
Act like Cartwright
event1936 star_border 6
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Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney and Bernard Lee.
Gift Horse
Act like A.S. 'Stripey' Wood
event1952 star_border 6.6
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Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.
Murrain
Act like Beeley
event1975 star_border 6.7
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When a mystery illness infects the pigs of a village farmer and a local boy is also taken ill, the villagers try to convince a veterinarian that it is caused by a curse from a woman they believe to be a witch.
Quartet
Act like Ned Preston, a Prison Visitor
event1948 star_border 6
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Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."
Dulcima
Act like Mr Gaskain
event1971 star_border 7.3
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Dulcima, treated as a drudge by her family, becomes a housekeeper to Parker, a curmudgeonly widower living in drunken disarray on a neighbouring farm. When she sees the amount of money he has stashed around the place, Dulcima is happy enough to indulge his growing desire for her, and a strange, yet mutually beneficial, relationship develops. But a handsome young gamekeeper, newly arrived on a nearby estate, also catches Dulcima's eye...
Sink the Bismarck!
Act like Firing Officer (uncredited)
event1960 star_border 6.8
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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.
The Courtneys of Curzon Street
Act like Colonel Gascoyne
event1947 star_border 4.9
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On New Years Eve, 1899, baronet's son Edward Courtney becomes engaged to Kate, his mother's maid, much to the scandal of London society. The film then follows their family through four generations, with separations, joys, tragedies, and service in the Boer War, WWI, and WWII.
The New Lot
Act like Interviewing Officer
event1943
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A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell
Act like Tarmut
event1974 star_border 6.2
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Dr Simon Helder, sentenced to an insane asylum for crimes against humanity, recognises its director as the brilliant Baron Frankenstein, the man whose work he had been trying to emulate before his imprisonment. Frankenstein utilises Helder's medical knowledge for a project he has been working on for some time. He is assembling a man from vital organs extracted from various inmates in the asylum. And the Baron will resort to murder to acquire the perfect specimens for his most ambitious project ever.
From Hong Kong with Love
Act like M
event1975 star_border 4.7
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Bons baisers de Hong Kong (From Hong Kong with Love) is a 1975 French film directed by Yvan Chiffre. It is a parody of James Bond movies featuring Les Charlots with scenes shot in Hong Kong. Mickey Rooney featured in the film as well as Bernard Lee and Lois Maxwell, stars of the James Bond films who appeared as M and Moneypenny respectively.
Two Left Feet
Act like Mr Crabbe
event1963 star_border 5
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Based on David Stuart Leslie's novel Two Left Feet is a story about Alan Crabbe (Michael Crawford a callow youth desperate for a date with any girl who can offer him the experience he lacks. Every time Alan tries a manful stride into the jungle of sex, his two left feet turn the attempt into a trip-and-stumble. Then he meets Eileen (Nyree Dawn Porter), the new waitress at the corner cafe, who signal unmistakable messages with her large inviting eyes.
The Ship That Died of Shame
Act like Customs Officer Brewster
event1955 star_border 6.9
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After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme, but the business they choose to go into is smuggling.
The Legend of Young Dick Turpin
Act like Jeremiah
event1965
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When a rapacious new landlord threatens to evict him, seize his horse, and leave him penniless, the young farmer Dick Turpin flees to London and reluctantly establishes himself in the underworld with the help of a street-smart boy.
Death Becomes Me
Act like Sam Milford
event1979
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Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis), investigate crimes.
The Persuaders!
Act like Sam Milford (1 ep.)
event1971 star_border 7.6
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An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Act like Beaumont (1 ep.)
event1951 star_border 8.7
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Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones.
The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
The Champions
Act like Squires (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 6.1
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The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network ITV during 1968–1969, produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. The series was broadcast in the US on NBC, starting in summer 1968.
King of the River
(17 ep.)
event1966
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King of the River is a British television series transmitted by the BBC between 1966 and 1967. The series centred around the King family and their efforts to maintain their sail-driven barge transport business.
Warship
(1 ep.)
event1973 star_border 5.5
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Warship was a popular British television drama series produced by the BBC between 1973 and 1977. The series dealt with life on board a Royal Navy warship, the fictional HMS Hero.
Man in a Suitcase
(1 ep.)
event1967 star_border 7
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Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches for answers.
The Expert
Act like Harry Kirby (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 9.5
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The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976.
The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a pathologist working for the Home Office and was essentially a police procedural drama, with Hardy bringing his forensic knowledge to solve various cases.
The Expert was created and produced by Gerard Glaister. The series was also one of the first BBC dramas to be made in colour, and throughout its four series had numerous high quality guest appearances by actors such as John Carson, Peter Copley, Rachel Kempson, Peter Vaughan, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Palmer, Peter Barkworth, Jean Marsh, Ray Brooks, George Sewell, Anthony Valentine, Bernard Lee, Lee Montague, Geoffrey Bayldon, Mike Pratt, Edward Fox, André Morell, Brian Blessed, Nigel Stock, Philip Madoc and Warren Clarke.
BBC Play of the Month
Act like Sir Peter Teazle (1 ep.)
event1965 star_border 5
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Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays which were usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983; the producer most associated with the Play of the Month was Cedric Messina.
Some of the 121 episodes are missing from the archives, having been junked in the 1960s and 1970s. Unless stated otherwise, the indication that the play is "lost" is taken from the lostshows.com website page as of 25 May 2013.
Father Brown
(1 ep.)
event1974 star_border 6.6
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Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.
Edgar Wallace Mysteries
(48 ep.)
event1959 star_border 7
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The Edgar Wallace Mysteries was a British second-feature film series, produced at Merton Park Studios for Anglo-Amalgamated. There were 46 films in the series, made between 1960 and 1965.
The films were loose adaptations of Edgar Wallace's books and stories. Very few used his original titles, and there was no attempt to set them in the period in which Wallace wrote, probably to obviate the need for elaborate costumes and sets. A 1962 article in Scene magazine quotes £22,000 as the budget for an episode then in production.
Danger Man
Act like Lord Ammanford (1 ep.)
event1960 star_border 7.2
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Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.
The Human Jungle
Act like Jim Garner (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.
Journey to the Unknown
Act like Ben Loker (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 6.3
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A British television anthology series.
The series has a fantasy, science fiction and supernatural theme, very similar to the American television series The Twilight Zone, and deals with normal people whose everyday situations somehow become extraordinary. It featured both British and American actors.
Strange Report
Act like Arthur Pater (1 ep.)
event1969 star_border 6
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Strange Report is a British television Adam Strange, a retired Home Office criminologist, solves bizarre cases – which had been marked "Open File" by various government departments – with the help of Hamlyn Gynt, Evelyn and Professor Marks. He employed the latest techniques in forensic investigation, which he undertook in his own laboratory in his flat in Warwick Crescent in the Maida Vale/Little Venice area of Paddington.
The Wonderful World of Disney
Act like Jeremiah (2 ep.)
event1954 star_border 7.6
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Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The show, which was hosted by Walt Disney until his death and then from 1996 to 2002 by then-CEO Michael Eisner (with one-off hosts or no hosts during other periods) has since aired continually as either a weekly program or an irregular series of specials on several networks and streaming services, most recently on ABC and Disney+. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
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