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Frederick Jaeger
Manfred Frederick Jaeger (9 May 1928 – 18 June 2004) was a German-born British film, television, theatre and radio character actor. Biography Jaeger was born in Berlin, Germany, but moved to England following Adolf Hitler's rise to power. He was educated at Lord Weymouth's Grammar School, Warminster, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, from which he graduated in 1948, becoming a British subject two years later. He made his first theatre appearance in 1949, and his film debut, ''The Black Tent'', in 1956. He went on to make further film, television and radio appearances until retiring in 1996. He died in June 2004 aged 76. He is well remembered by fans of the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' for his roles in three serials. He appeared as Jano in '' The Savages'' in 1966, and as Professor Sorenson in ''Planet of Evil'' in 1975. In 1977's '' The Invisible Enemy'', he appeared as Professor Marius, creator of the robot dog K-9; his performance was described by revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constituent states, Berlin is surrounded by the State of Brandenburg and contiguous with Potsdam, Brandenburg's capital. Berlin's urban area, which has a population of around 4.5 million, is the second most populous urban area in Germany after the Ruhr. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's third-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr and Rhine-Main regions. Berlin straddles the banks of the Spree, which flows into the Havel (a tributary of the Elbe) in the western borough of Spandau. Among the city's main topographical features are the many lakes in the western and southeastern boroughs formed by the Spree, Havel and Dahme, the largest of which is Lake Müggelsee. Due to its l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private's Progress
''Private's Progress'' is a 1956 British comedy film based on the novel by Alan Hackney. It was directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting, from a script by John Boulting and Frank Harvey. Plot During the Second World War, young undergraduate Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael), is conscripted into the British Army. Unlike his friend, Egan ( Peter Jones), Windrush is a most reluctant soldier and struggles through basic training at Gravestone Barracks under Sgt. Sutton (William Hartnell) (Author Hackney spent the first year of his National Service at Maidstone Barracks). Failing his officer selection board, he is posted to a holding unit, under the command of Major Hitchcock (Terry-Thomas). Most of the soldiers there are malingerers and drop-outs, with one of them Private Cox (Richard Attenborough) becoming his mentor in escaping work details and riding on the railway without a ticket. Windrush is finally posted to train as a Japanese interpreter, where he becomes the prize p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scorpio (film)
''Scorpio'' is a 1973 American spy film directed by Michael Winner and written by David W. Rintels and Gerald Wilson. It stars Burt Lancaster, Alain Delon, and Paul Scofield. Delon plays the title character, a hitman hired by the CIA to assassinate his mentor (Lancaster), a former agent suspected of treason. The film's score was composed by Jerry Fielding. Plot Cross is an experienced, but retiring Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent and assassin who is training freelance hitman Jean Laurier, alias Scorpio, to replace him. Cross is teaching him as much about protecting himself from his patrons and never trusting anyone as how to get away clean. The CIA tells Scorpio to kill Cross for suspected treason and collaboration with the Soviets, but Cross gets to him first and pays him a large sum of money. Scorpio travels back to the US with Cross, where Cross visits his wife and Laurier visits his sister and girlfriend, who are roommates. The CIA continue to pressure Scorpio into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Of Those Things (film)
''One of Those Things'' is a 1971 Danish film. The movie was shot in Denmark in 1969, using British actors and English dialogue in order to make it more appearing to the international market. Its Danish title was Hændeligt uheld. Plot An automobile plant manufacturer, Henrik Vinther, is part of a big business deal with a Japanese company. He is invited to a party by a younger woman, Susanne. Driving home, Henrik hits an elderly man, but drives on. The next day he hears a report that the man has died. Henrik's employers force him to appear on television to discuss a new deal with a Japanese company. He is spotted by Susanne, who blackmails him into giving her a job. Henrik's wife has a drinking problem. In Japan, Henrik and Susanne sleep together. Henrik's wife tells him she is pregnant. Cast *Roy Dotrice as Henrik Vinther *Judy Geeson as Susanne Strauss *Zena Walker as Mrs. Vinther *Frederick Jaeger as Melchoir *Geoffrey Chater as Falck Production The film was shot in Copenhag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Song Of Norway (film)
''Song of Norway'' is a 1970 American biographical drama musical film adaptation of the successful operetta of the same name, directed by Andrew L. Stone. Like the play from which it derived, the film tells of the early struggles of composer Edvard Grieg and his attempts to develop an authentic Norwegian national music. It stars Toralv Maurstad as Grieg and features an international cast including Florence Henderson, Christina Schollin, Robert Morley, Harry Secombe, Oskar Homolka, Edward G. Robinson, and Frank Porretta (as Rikard Nordraak). Filmed in Super Panavision 70 by Davis Boulton and presented in single-camera Cinerama in some countries, it was an attempt to capitalize on the success of ''The Sound of Music,'' and was the first musical in Cinerama. Plot Song of Norway begins with the young composer Edvard Grieg struggling to get his music noticed by other musicians or music producers in either Norway or Denmark. Grieg wants to write great lyrical music that represents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Looking Glass War (film)
''The Looking Glass War'' is a 1970 British neo-noir action-thriller film directed by Frank Pierson based on the 1965 novel by John le Carré '' The Looking Glass War''. Plot After an MI6 agent carrying a roll of film containing flyover photographs of the East German town of Kalkstadt is found dead and the film goes missing, MI6 concludes he was killed by the Stasi to cover up the presence of a new rocket system based on the V-2. The rocket was previously spotted in vague, on-the-ground photos, and if real, its existence would be a violation of international agreements. A source entices MI6 with another set of photos that conclusively confirms the rocket's existence, and only after receiving payment does he reveal that the photos are being held in Kalkstadt itself by his father. MI6 members John Avery, Haldane, and their superior LeClerc hatch a plan to retrieve the photos and verify the rocket by sending a lone operative over the East German border to Kalkstadt. Polish defe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Limbo Line
''The Limbo Line'' is a 1968 British spy thriller film directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Craig Stevens, Kate O'Mara and Eugene Deckers. It is based on the 1963 novel of the same title by Victor Canning. It was made as part of a 1960s boom in spy films in the wake of the success of the James Bond series. It was shot at Pinewood Studios with sets designed by the art director Scott MacGregor. Synopsis Through a network known as the "Limbo Line", the KGB is kidnapping figures who have recently defected to the West and returning them to the Soviet Union for punishment. A British intelligence agent identifies the ballerina Irina Tovskia as the next victim, and sets out to rescue her in a mission that takes him from London, to Amsterdam and finally to Lübeck on the East German border. He is able to destroy the Limbo Line, but not prevent Irina being taken to Moscow. Reception The film received generally bad reviews, with ''The Times'' critic feeling it was old-fashioned. The Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farewell Performance
''Farewell Performance'' is a 1963 British crime film directed by Robert Tronson and starring David Kernan, Frederick Jaeger and Delphi Lawrence. It is considered a lost film and is on the BFI National Archive's 75 Most Wanted List of missing films. It features musical interludes from Joe Meek acts like The Tornados and Heinz. Plot After a pop singer is murdered, the police have to figure out which of his many enemies is responsible. Cast * David Kernan – Ray Baron * Delphi Lawrence – Janice Marlon * Frederick Jaeger – Paul Warner * Derek Francis – Superintendent Raven * Alfred Burke – Marlon * John Kelland – Mitch * Toni Gilpin – Carol * James Copeland – Andrews * Ron Perry – Dennis * Denise Coffey – Dickie * Artro Morris – George * Sean Lynch – Harry * Hugh Futcher – Max * Donald Tandy – Woods * Middleton Woods – Pop * Fred Hugh – Manager See also *List of lost films For this list of lost films, a lost film is defined as one of which n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystery Submarine (1963 Film)
''Mystery Submarine'' is a 1963 British war film directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards and starring Edward Judd, James Robertson Justice and Laurence Payne. A captured German submarine is used by the Royal Navy to trick a German force aiming to intercept a supply convoy. The film is based on a play by Jon Manchip White. Plot ''U-153'' is damaged during air attack in the Atlantic, and its crew abandon ship to escape chlorine gas now leaking from its battery cells. Her commanding officer is overcome by fumes before he can jettison the ship's papers. Due to the intelligence windfall that this represents, the submarine is taken by a British prize crew to be examined and inspected (in much the same manner that befell the real German U-boat later renamed HMS Graph ). It is not long before British intelligence suggest a new use for the submarine as a Trojan Horse. A picked crew of volunteers led by Commander Tarlton ( Edward Judd) take the ''U-153'' back to war, to intercept and d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The War Lover
''The War Lover'' is a 1962 British war film directed by Philip Leacock and written by Howard Koch (screenwriter), Howard Koch loosely based on the 1959 novel by John Hersey, altering the names of characters and events but retaining its basic framework. It stars Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner and Shirley Anne Field. The war itself is not the most important element of the film. Instead it focuses on the character of Captain Buzz Rickson played by McQueen and his determination to serve himself and get what he wants – in the process antagonising everyone. Plot In 1943, Captain Buzz Rickson (Steve McQueen) is an arrogant pilot in command of a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress bomber nicknamed ''The Body''. While stationed in UK, Britain during the Second World War, one of the bombing missions is aborted because clouds obscure all potential targets, but Rickson ignores the order to turn around and dives under the clouds. He completes the mission, at the cost of one of the bombers in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Play It Cool (film)
''Play It Cool'' is a 1962 British musical film directed by Michael Winner and starring Billy Fury, Michael Anderson Jr., Helen Shapiro, Bobby Vee, Shane Fenton, Danny Williams, Dennis Price, Richard Wattis, Maurice Kaufmann and Anna Palk. It was one of several pop musicals released around this time. Plot Struggling singer Billy Universe (Billy Fury) and his band befriend an heiress who, against the wishes of her father (Dennis Price), is searching for her lover whom she has been forbidden to see and with whom she is hoping to elope. The main characters visit a succession of nightclubs where other stars are performing. There are guest appearances by Lionel Blair and Bernie Winters, as well as by record producer Norrie Paramor. The only hit from the songs featured in the film was Fury's rendition of " Once Upon a Dream". Cast *Billy Fury - Billy Universe *Michael Anderson, Jr. - Alvin * Helen Shapiro - Herself *Bobby Vee - Himself *Dennis Price - Sir Charles Bryant *Rich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Was Monty's Double (film)
''I Was Monty's Double'' (aka ''Hell, Heaven or Hoboken'') is a 1958 film made by Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC). It was directed by John Guillermin. The screenplay was adapted by Bryan Forbes from the autobiography of M. E. Clifton James, an actor who pretended to be General Montgomery as a decoy during the Second World War. Plot A few months before the D-Day landings during the Second World War, the British government decides to launch a campaign of disinformation; spreading a rumour that the landings just might take place at a location other than Normandy. The details of the operation (actually, there were several such operations) are handed to two intelligence officers, Colonel Logan ( Cecil Parker) and Major Harvey (John Mills). They are initially unable to devise such a plan – but one night, Harvey sees an actor at a London theatre, putting on a convincing impression of General Bernard Montgomery. Logan and Harvey discover that the actor is M. E. Clifton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
