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Bruce Beeby
Bruce Edward Beeby (21 October 1921 – 20 October 2013) was an Australian actor who worked primarily in British films and television. He was probably best known for portraying Stephen "Mitch" Mitchell in the 1950s BBC radio serials '' Journey into Space''. He was married to Madi Hedd. They acted together in Britain for six years before returning to Australia in 1957. In the late-1950s, he appeared in several live plays for Australian television, including ''Ending It'', ''Rope'', ''In the Zone'', '' Shadow of Doubt'', '' Sixty Point Bold'', ''Citizen of Westminster'' and ''Black Limelight''. He also compered quiz shows. Selected filmography * ''Harvest Gold'' (1945) - Harry Johnson * ''Women of Twilight'' (1952) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Intruder'' (1953) - 2nd Detective * '' The Limping Man'' (1953) - Kendall Brown * ''Impulse'' (1954) - Harry Winters * ''Front Page Story'' (1954) - Counsel for the Defence * ''Johnny on the Spot'' (1954) - Terry Dunn * ''The Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey Into Space
''Journey Into Space'' is a BBC Radio science fiction programme written by British Broadcasting Corporation, BBC producer Charles Chilton. It was the last UK radio programme to attract a bigger evening audience than television. Originally, four series were produced (the fourth was a remake of the first), which was translated into 17 languages (including Hindi, Turkish and Dutch) and broadcast in countries worldwide (including Australia, the Netherlands, New Zealand and The United States). Chilton later wrote three best-selling novels and several comic strip stories based upon the radio series. The first series was created in 1953, soon after ''Riders of the Range'' (a popular Western (genre), Western, also written by Chilton) ended its six series on the BBC Light Programme. Michael Standing, then Head of the BBC Variety Department, asked Chilton if he could write a sci-fi programme, and ''Journey to the Moon'' (later known as ''Operation Luna'') was the result. Each half-hour e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time Is My Enemy
''Time Is My Enemy'' is a 1954 British crime film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Dennis Price, Renée Asherson and Patrick Barr. Plot Small-time crook Radley (Dennis Price) returns after a long absence to discover his wife Barbara (Renee Asherson) has remarried, believing him killed in the Blitz. Finding her happily married to wealthy publisher John Everton (Patrick Barr), Radley begins blackmailing Barbara for £500 to keep their previous marriage quiet. When Radley kills a jeweller in a robbery, he is blackmailed by his roommate, so in turn threatens to also blackmail John Everton for £500. When she arrives at Radley's flat to pay the final instalment, he provokes her into shooting him. After surrendering herself to the police, Barbara discovers that all is not as it seems, Radley is wanted for more than one murder; and the police begin to question whether Radley is really dead after all. Cast * Dennis Price as Martin Radley * Renée Asherson as Barbara Everton * Patri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Matter Of WHO
''A Matter of WHO'' is a 1961 British comedy thriller film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Terry-Thomas as a World Health Organization employee trying to trail the source of a deadly virus. It also featured Julie Alexander, Sonja Ziemann, Alex Nicol, Richard Briers, Honor Blackman and Carol White. It was made at MGM-British Elstree Studios with sets designed by Elliot Scott. MGM records say it lost $142,000.. Plot Aboard an airliner flying from Nice to London, an oil driller returning from the Middle East named Cooper becomes very ill. This attracts the notice of World Health Organization self-styled "germ detective" Archibald Bannister. It turns out that Cooper's new wife, Michèle, and his business associate, Kennedy, know each other. Bannister is reprimanded by his boss, Hatfield, for previously shutting down London Airport because of what turns out to be an ordinary rat. This time, however, Cooper is diagnosed with highly infectious smallpox. There are also outbreaks ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pit Of Darkness
''Pit of Darkness'' is a 1961 British thriller film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring William Franklyn and Moira Redmond. The film is an amnesia thriller dealing with a man's attempts to piece together a sequence of strange events in which he seems to have been involved during the time of which he has no memory, based on the novel ''To Dusty Death'' by Hugh McCutcheon. Plot Safe-designer Richard Logan (Franklyn) awakens late one evening on a patch of suburban waste ground. He has no idea how he got there. He returns home to wife Julie (Redmond) to apologise for being late from work. He is astonished to learn that he has been missing not for a few hours, but for three weeks. Furthermore, a troubling series of events has occurred during his absence. A supposedly foolproof safe which he installed in a customer's home has been cracked open with apparent ease. Items taken include cash and a world-famous diamond from East Africa. Alarmed by Richard's disappearance, Julie had hire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Payroll (film)
''Payroll'' is a 1961 British neo-noir crime thriller starring Michael Craig and Françoise Prévost. Directed by Sidney Hayers, it was based by screenwriter George Baxt on a novel by Derek Bickerton. The story is about a gang of villains who stage a wages robbery that goes disastrously wrong. Plot Four crooks (Johnny Mellors, Monty, Blackie and Bert) plan and execute a robbery on a payroll van, using the inside knowledge of Dennis Pearson, who works as an accountant at the firm concerned. Pearson is under pressure to support his wife Katie (Françoise Prévost), who demands a higher standard of living. However, the van driver, Harry Parker, is killed during the heist, while Bert is fatally wounded by Parker's colleague Frank Moore. Nevertheless, the gang manages to get away with £50,000. Having found out that Pearson was the 'inside man', Parker's widow Jackie (Billie Whitelaw) starts posting threatening letters to him. Katie in the meantime has become involved with Johnny, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escort For Hire
''Escort for Hire'' is a low budget 1960 British thriller film. It starred June Thorburn, Pete Murray, Noel Trevarthen, Jan Holden and Peter Butterworth. Plot Unemployed actor Steve gets a job with Miss Kennedy's agency as an escort-bodyguard, but ends up being framed for murder after a wealthy client, Miss Elizabeth Quinn, is killed. Cast *June Thorburn as Terry * Pete Murray as Buzz *Noel Trevarthen as Steve *Jan Holden as Elizabeth *Peter Butterworth as Inspector Bruce *Guy Middleton as Arthur Vickers *Mary Laura Wood as Barbara *Derek Blomfield as Jack *Jill Melford as Nadia *Patricia Plunkett as Eldon Baker *Catherine Ellison as Receptionist *Bruce Beeby as Detective Sergeant Moore *C. Denier Warren as Porter *Viola Keats as Marion *Totti Truman Taylor as Temperance Lady Critical reception TV Guide wrote, "this routine British crime melodrama is slightly enhanced by Technicolor Technicolor is a series of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes, the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smiley Gets A Gun
''Smiley Gets a Gun'' is a 1958 Australian comedy-drama film in CinemaScope directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Sybil Thorndike and Chips Rafferty. It is the sequel to the 1956 film ''Smiley''. Synopsis A young boy named Smiley desperately wants a gun. A deal is made between him and Sergeant Flaxman that if he gets 8 nicks (marks on a certain tree) for his good deeds he will get a .22 caliber £2 rifle. He has several adventures and is accused of stealing some gold. Smiley runs away but the real thief is caught and Smiley is rewarded with a gun. Cast * Keith Calvert as Smiley Greevins ** Alexander ( Bruce) Thomas as Smiley Greevins on horse * Bruce Archer as Joey * Sybil Thorndike as Granny McKinley * Chips Rafferty as Sergeant Flaxman * Margaret Christensen as Ma Greevins * Reg Lye as Pa Greevins * Grant Taylor as Stiffy * Guy Doleman as Mr Quirk * Leonard Thiele as Mr Scrivens *Verena Kimmins as Miss MacCowan *Bruce Beeby as Dr Gasper *Ruth Cracknell as Mrs Gaspen *John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranger In Town (1957 Film)
'' Stranger in Town'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by George Pollock and starring Alex Nicol and Anne Paige. Arthur Lowe makes a brief appearance in a minor role. It was made by Tempean Films at Alliance Film Studios. Plot An American composer, lodging in a quiet English village is found shot dead. A journalist, also from America probes the death on behalf of the pianist’s only relative in America. His trail leads to the local gossip who is later found gassed and debunks the official theory that it was suicide, finding that many people seem to have had reason to commit the crime, as he eventually discovers the truth. Cast * Alex Nicol as John Madison * Anne Paige as Vicky Leigh * Mary Laura Wood as Lorna Ryland * Mona Washbourne as Agnes Smith * Charles Lloyd-Pack as Captain Nash * Bruce Beeby as William Ryland * John Horsley as Inspector Powell * Colin Tapley as Henry Ryland * Betty Impey as Geraldine Nash * Peggy Ann Clifford as Mrs Woodham * Arthur Lowe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Child In The House
''Child in the House'' is a 1956 British drama film directed by Cy Endfield about a girl who struggles to cope with her uncaring relatives. The film stars Phyllis Calvert, Eric Portman and Stanley Baker, and was based on the novel ''A Child in the House'' by Janet McNeill. Cast * Phyllis Calvert as Evelyn Acheson * Eric Portman as Henry Acheson * Stanley Baker as Stephen Lorimer * Mandy Miller as Elizabeth Lorimer * Dora Bryan as Cassie * Joan Hickson as Cook * Victor Maddern as Bert * Percy Herbert as Detective Sergeant Taylor * Joan Benham as Vera McNally * Martin Miller as Professor Topolski * Christopher Toyne as Peter McNally * Molly Urquhart as Mrs Parsons * Bruce Beeby as Constable Jennings * Peter Burton as Howard Forbes * Maggie Smith as Party guest (screen debut - uncredited) * Alfie Bass as Ticket collector Critical reception TV Guide called the film a "calculated tearjerker"; while the Radio Times ''Radio Times'' (currently styled as ''RadioTime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man In The Road
''The Man in the Road'' is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Derek Farr, Ella Raines, Donald Wolfit and Cyril Cusack. The film was shot at Beaconsfield Studios. It was based on a popular contemporary novel ''He Was Found in the Road'' by Anthony Armstrong. Plot A brilliant scientist suffering from amnesia is hunted by Communist agents in search of a secret formula. Cast * Derek Farr as Ivan Mason/Doctor James Paxton * Ella Raines as Rhona Ellison * Donald Wolfit as Professor Cattrell * Lisa Daniely as Nurse Mitzi * Bruce Beeby as Doctor Manning * Russell Napier as Superintendent Davidson of Scotland Yard * Cyril Cusack as Doctor Kelly * Frederick Piper as Inspector Hayman * Karel Stepanek as Dmitri Balinkev * Olive Sloane as Mrs Lemming, the landlady * Alfred Maron as Ambulance driver * John Welsh as Employer * Robert Bruce as Scotland Yard Detective Critical reception * ''Britmovie'' called the film a "fast-paced, implausible, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Kid For Two Farthings (film)
''A Kid For Two Farthings'' is a 1955 film, directed by Carol Reed. The screenplay was adapted by Wolf Mankowitz from his 1953 novel of the same name. The title is a reference to the traditional Passover song, Chad Gadya, which begins "One little goat which my father bought for two zuzim". At the end of the film, Mr. Kandinsky softly sings fragments of an English translation of the song. It was one of the last films produced by Alexander Korda before his death. Plot In the busy wholesale-retail world of London's East End everyone, it seems, has unattainable dreams. Then a small boy – Joe – buys a unicorn, in fact a sickly little goat, with just one twisted horn in the middle of its forehead. This, he has been led to believe by a local tailor, Kandinsky, will bring everyone good fortune. The film has a haunting last image, of Kandinsky carrying the tiny body of the "unicorn" to the graveyard, whilst passing in the opposite direction is a Torah-reading Rabbi pushing a horn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Glass Cage (1955 Film)
''The Glass Cage'' (American title: ''The Glass Tomb'') is a 1955 British mystery film, directed by Montgomery Tully and starring John Ireland, Honor Blackman and Sid James. It was made by Hammer Film Productions. Plot A showman Pel (John Ireland) is contacted by an old friend Tony (Sid James) who has received a blackmail letter signed “Delores”. Pel agrees to check her out as she lives near a friend of his. Reaching her apartment he discovers she is an old pal, Rena, who has fallen on hard times and got mixed up with someone she regrets. She agrees to withdraw her blackmail attempt as it wasn’t her idea. In the apartment downstairs Pel offers to set up his Russian friend, Sapolio, in a “starvation act” to break the world record. A party is hastily arranged there for that night for their carnival pals. In the evening while popping out to buy olives Sapolio sees a man going up to Rena’s room. During the party Rena is found murdered. The chief suspect is Tony as the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |