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Brian Worth (actor)
Brian Worth (30 July 1914 – 25 August 1978) was an English actor, known for '' Scrooge'' (1951), ''The Man in the White Suit'' (1951) and ''An Inspector Calls'' (1954). He died on 25 August 1978 aged 64. Educated in Britain and America, he learnt the technical side of commercial advertising films before deciding to turn to acting. During the Second World War he served in the armed forces (1941–1946) and between 1946 and 1947 he acted on stage. During the first half of the 1950s, Worth had prominent supporting roles in over a dozen films, including playing the progressive teacher Mr Judd in ''Tom Brown's Schooldays'' (1951). From 1956, his roles grew smaller, although his later film appearances did include four for noted director Michael Powell as well as a small role in a Bond movie, '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' (1969). Filmography Television He played the part of Peter Corrio in The Saint in the 4th Episode of the 4th Season (1965) The Smart Detective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scrooge (1951 Film)
''Scrooge'' (released as ''A Christmas Carol'' in the United States) is a 1951 British Christmas fantasy drama film and an adaptation of Charles Dickens's ''A Christmas Carol'' (1843). It stars Alastair Sim as Ebenezer Scrooge, and was produced and directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, with a screenplay by Noel Langley. The film also features Kathleen Harrison as Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge's charwoman. George Cole stars as the younger Scrooge, Hermione Baddeley as Mrs. Cratchit, Mervyn Johns as Bob Cratchit, Clifford Mollison as Samuel Wilkins, a debtor; Jack Warner as Mr. Jorkin, a role created for the film; Ernest Thesiger as Jacob Marley's undertaker; and Patrick Macnee as the younger Jacob Marley. Michael Hordern plays Jacob Marley's ghost, as well as the older Jacob Marley. Peter Bull serves as narrator, by reading portions of Charles Dickens' words at the beginning and end of the film; he also appears on-screen as one of the businessmen talking with Scrooge (at the beginning of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Treasure Hunt (1952 Film)
''Treasure Hunt'' is a 1952 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Martita Hunt, Jimmy Edwards, Naunton Wayne and Athene Seyler. It is based on the 1949 play ''Treasure Hunt'' by M.J. Farrell and John Perry. It was shot at Teddington Studios in London, which had been for many years the base of the British subsidiary of Warner Brothers. It was the last film to be shot there, before it was later taken over as a television production facility. The film's sets were designed by the art director John Howell. Plot On his death, the eccentric family of rakish Sir Roderick Lyall (Jimmy Edwards) gathers at his ancestral Irish mansion, Ballyroden Hall, for the reading of the will. Everyone is shocked to hear that, once debts are paid, the only asset remaining will be the mansion. The family doctor, Mr. Walsh (Miles Malleson), suggests the mansion be turned into a guest house to bring in funds. Half the family supports the idea, but Uncle Hercules (Jimmy Edward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moment Of Danger
''Moment of Danger'' (also known as ''Malaga'') is a 1960 British crime drama film starring Trevor Howard, Dorothy Dandridge and Edmund Purdom. It was filmed in Europe in the late months of 1959. The film is based on the novel by , and it was brought to the screen by David D. Osborn. The film proved to be the final completed film for Dorothy Dandridge. Plot Starting with a wordless jewel heist pulled-off by thief Peter Curran and locksmith John Bain, Curran then double-crosses his accomplice, dumps his lover Gianna and escapes with his ill-gotten gains. In the aftermath Gianna teams up with Bain and the two of them decide to even the score with Curran, developing feelings for each other along the way. Cast * Trevor Howard as John Bain * Dorothy Dandridge as Gianna * Edmund Purdom as Peter Carran * Michael Hordern as Inspector Farrell * Paul Stassino as Juan Montoya * John Bailey as Cecil * Alfred Burke as Shapley * Peter Illing as Pawnbroker * Martin Boddey as Sir John Middl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Room At The Top (1959 Film)
''Room at the Top'' is a 1959 British film based on the 1957 novel of the same name by John Braine. It was adapted by Neil Paterson (with uncredited work by Mordecai Richler), directed by Jack Clayton (his feature-length debut), and produced by John and James Woolf. The film stars Laurence Harvey, Simone Signoret, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Donald Houston, and Hermione Baddeley. The film was widely lauded, and it was nominated for six Academy Awards, winning two: Best Actress (Signoret) and Best Adapted Screenplay (Paterson). Its other nominations at the 32nd Academy Awards were for Best Picture, Best Director (Clayton), Best Actor (Harvey), and Best Supporting Actress (Baddeley). Baddeley's performance, consisting of 2 minutes and 19 seconds of screen time, is the shortest ever to be nominated for an acting Oscar. Plot In 1947, in West Riding of Yorkshire, England, Joseph (Joe) Lampton, an ambitious young man, moves from his hometown, the dreary factory town of Dufto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Square Peg
''The Square Peg'' is a 1959 British war comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom. Norman Wisdom plays two different characters: a man who digs and repairs roads, and a Nazi general. Plot During the Second World War, Norman Pitkin, a roadmender with the St Godric's Borough Council, enjoys annoying the soldiers of the nearby British Army camp, even a general. Despite the efforts of his boss, Borough Engineer Mr Grimsdale, Colonel Layton (the camp commander) has both of them called up for service in the Pioneer Corps to exact retribution. They begin training at the same camp under the supervision of one of Pitkin's former victims, Sergeant Loder. The only bright spot for Pitkin is falling in love at first sight with the beautiful ATS officer Lesley Cartland, who is preparing to go behind enemy lines in Nazi-occupied France. Pitkin and Grimsdale board the wrong lorry and end up parachuting into France, where they are put to work on road repairs. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ill Met By Moonlight (film)
''Ill Met by Moonlight'' (1957), released in the USA as ''Night Ambush'' (which is eleven minutes shorter than the British release), is a film by the British writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, and the last movie they made together through their production company "The Archers". The film, which stars Dirk Bogarde and features Marius Goring, David Oxley, and Cyril Cusack, is based on the 1950 book ''Ill Met by Moonlight: The Abduction of General Kreipe'' by W. Stanley Moss, which is an account of events during the author's service on Crete during World War II as an agent of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The title is a quotation from Shakespeare's ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', and the book features the young agents' capture and evacuation of the German general Heinrich Kreipe. Plot During World War II, the Greek island of Crete is occupied by the Nazis. British officers Major Patrick Leigh Fermor DSO (Dirk Bogarde) and Captain Bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battle Of The River Plate (film)
''The Battle of the River Plate'' (a.k.a. ''Pursuit of the Graf Spee'' in the United States) is a 1956 British war film in Technicolor and VistaVision by the writer-director-producer team of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The film stars John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Bernard Lee and Peter Finch. It was distributed worldwide by Rank Film Distributors Ltd. The film's storyline concerns the Battle of the River Plate, an early World War II naval engagement in 1939 between a Royal Navy force of three cruisers and the German pocket battleship . Plot In the early months of the Second World War, Nazi Germany's ''Kriegsmarine'' sends out merchant raiders to attack Allied shipping. The heavily armed German pocket battleship the ''Admiral Graf Spee'' sinks a British merchant vessel, the '' Africa Shell''. The ''Africa Shell's'' crew is brought aboard the ''Admiral Graf Spee''. The ''Admiral Graf Spee'' docks with its supply ship and more captured British seamen are brought aboard. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assignment Redhead
''Assignment Redhead'' (released in the US as ''Million Dollar Manhunt'') is a 1956 British crime thriller film written and directed by Maclean Rogers. It is based on the novel ''Requiem for a Redhead'' by Lindsay Hardy. The UK title of this film refers to the accordion-playing character central to the plot, Hedy Bergner, but as the movie is shot in black and white that is the only clue to the fact that she is supposed to be a redhead! Premise A murderous international master criminal (played by Ronald Adam), who specialises in providing false travel documents, seeks to get his hands on a hoard of counterfeit cash. Cast * Richard Denning as Major Gregory Keen * Carole Mathews as Hedy Bergner * Ronald Adam as Major Scammel / Dumetrius * Danny Green as Yotti Blum * Brian Worth as Captain Peter Ridgeway * Jan Holden as Sally Jennings * Hugh Moxey as Sergeant Tom Coutts * Peter Swanwick as Monsieur Paul Bonnet * Elwyn Brook-Jones as Digby Mitchel * Ronald Leigh-Hunt as Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breakaway (1955 Film)
''Breakaway'' is a 1955 British thriller film directed by Henry Cass from a script by Norman Hudis. It stars Tom Conway, Michael Balfour (actor), Michael Balfour and Honor Blackman. A private investigator, private eye is hot on the tail of a stolen secret formula and a kidnapped young woman. It is a sequel to ''Barbados Quest''. Cast * Tom Conway as Tom 'Duke' Martin * Michael Balfour (actor), Michael Balfour as Barney * Honor Blackman as Paula Grant / Paula Jackson * Brian Worth (actor), Brian Worth as Johnny Matlock * Bruce Seton as Webb * Freddie Mills as Pat * Alexander Gauge as MacAllister * John Horsley (actor), John Horsley as Michael Matlock * Paddy Webster as Diane Grant * John Colicos as First Kidnapper * Larry Taylor (actor), Larry Taylor as Second Kidnapper * Arthur Lowe as Mitchell * Frederick Schrecker as Professor Dohlmann Critical reception In a contemporary review, ''Today's Cinema'' called the film "slickly manufactured crime entertainment"; while more recently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Windfall (1955 Film)
''Windfall'', also released as ''Dangerous Money'', is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring Lionel Jeffries, Jack Watling and Gordon Jackson. It was written by John Gilling. It is a remake of the 1935 film of the same title. Premise The lives of shop assistant Arthur Lee and his family are transformed when he finds £2,000 on top of a bus. Arthur's daughter's dodgy boy friend steals the money, but lands in trouble when it's discovered to be counterfeit. Things turn out well for Arthur when the resulting publicity gives a boost to his business. Cast * Lionel Jeffries as Arthur Lee * Jack Watling as John Lee * Gordon Jackson as Leonard * Avice Landone as Mary Lee * Brian Worth as Michael Collins * Patricia Owens as Connie Lee * Cyril Chamberlain Cyril Chamberlain (8 March 1909 – 5 December 1974) was an English film and television actor. He appeared in a number of the early ''Carry On'', ''Doctor'' and ''St. Trinian's'' films. Chamberlain wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barbados Quest
''Barbados Quest'', released in the United States as ''Murder On Approval'' is a 1955 British crime drama film directed by Bernard Knowles. Plot An American philatelist pays £10,000 for what he thinks is a rare postage stamp. After he becomes concerned of its authenticity he employs detective "Duke" Tom Martin (Tom Conway) to investigate. Cast *Tom Conway as Tom Martin *Delphi Lawrence as Jean Larson * Brian Worth as Geoffrey Blake * Michael Balfour as Barney Wilson *Campbell Cotts as Robert Coburn * John Horsley as Det. Insp. Taylor *Ronan O'Casey as Stefan Gordoni *Launce Maraschal as J.D. Everleigh *Colin Tapley as Lord Valchrist *Alan Gifford as Henry Warburg *Grace Arnold as Lady Hawksley *John Colicos as Mustachioed Henchman (as John Collicos) *Mayura as Yasmina *John Watson as Detective Sgt. Grant *Reggie Morris as Cleanshaven Henchman (as Reg Morris) *Marianne Stone as Mrs. Wilson - Woman Cleaner *Derrick Whittingham as Print Shop Manager Critical reception ''TV Guide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Operation Diplomat (film)
''Operation Diplomat'' is a 1953 British drama film directed by John Guillermin and produced by Ernest G. Roy. It was one of Guillermin's earliest movies. A profile on the director called it "perhaps the first example of prime Guillermin... a 70-minute programmer so tautly directed that every image counts, every detail matters, every actor's movement feels perfectly timed – a true gem." Plot summary A surgeon operating on an unknown patient discovers he is involved in the kidnapping of a British diplomat. When his personal secretary is murdered for revealing the patient's identity, the police are called in. Cast Critical reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' called it an "energetic yet improbable figure with too many points left unexplained." ''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. The company sold its print magazine division, TV Guide Mag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
