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Frank Pettitt
Frank Pettitt (16 October 1899 – 27 March 1964) was an English stage, film and television actor. He played Albert Finney's father in the film ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' (1960). Filmography * '' Night and the City '' (1950) - Cabby (uncredited) * '' Face the Music'' (1954) - Constable (uncredited) * ''The Heart Within'' (1957) - 3rd Constable * ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' (1960) - Mr. Seaton * ''The Kitchen'' (1961) - Frank * ''Victim'' (1961) - Barman * ''The Pot Carriers'' (1962) - Van Driver * '' Serena'' (1962) - Fred * ''Impact'' (1963) - Sid the foreman * ''A Matter of Choice ''A Matter of Choice'' is a 1963 British drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Anthony Steel, Jeanne Moody and Ballard Berkeley. The screenplay concerns two youths who accidentally kill a man. It was one of a number of low budget Br ...'' (1963) - Police Sergeant References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Pettitt, F 1899 births 1964 deaths English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victim (1961 Film)
''Victim'' is a 1961 British neo noir suspense film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Dirk Bogarde and Sylvia Syms. It premiered in the UK on 31 August 1961 and in the US the following February. On its release in the United Kingdom, it proved highly controversial to the British Board of Film Censors, and in the U.S. it was refused a seal of approval from the American Motion Picture Production Code. Despite this the film received acclaim and is now regarded as a British classic, as well as having been credited for liberalizing attitudes towards homosexuality in Great Britain. Plot A successful barrister, Melville Farr, has a thriving London practice. He is on course to become a Queen's Counsel and people are already talking of him being appointed a judge. He is apparently happily married to his wife, Laura. Farr is approached by Jack "Boy" Barrett, a young working class gay man with whom Farr has a romantic friendship. Farr rebuffs the approach, thinking Barrett wants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Kitchen (1961 Film)
''The Kitchen'' is a 1961 British drama film directed by James Hill and starring Carl Möhner, Mary Yeomans, Brian Phelan, Tom Bell, Eric Pohlmann and James Bolam. The film follows the dozen staff in a restaurant's kitchen during the course of one busy morning. The script is based on the 1957 stage play of the same name by Arnold Wesker. The film was produced by Sidney Cole for Act Films Ltd.Action! Fifty Years in the Life of a Union. Published: 1983 (UK). Publisher: ACTT. . ACT Films Limited - Ralph Bond p81 (producer listed as Sidney Cole) It features a musical interlude when all the staff dance to a song: "What's Cookin'" by Adam Faith. There is no particular plot and it simply looks at the various relationships between different staff members. The kitchen staff is almost exclusively male and the waiting staff is exclusively female. The presence of one new member of staff allows each person to be introduced in turn. The owner wanders around checking things. The story loo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Male Stage Actors
English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national identity, an identity and common culture ** English language in England, a variant of the English language spoken in England * English languages (other) * English studies, the study of English language and literature * ''English'', an Amish term for non-Amish, regardless of ethnicity Individuals * English (surname), a list of notable people with the surname ''English'' * People with the given name ** English McConnell (1882–1928), Irish footballer ** English Fisher (1928–2011), American boxing coach ** English Gardner (b. 1992), American track and field sprinter Places United States * English, Indiana, a town * English, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * English, Brazoria County, Texas, an unincorporated community * En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Deaths
Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch Athenagoras I of Constantinople meet in Jerusalem. * January 6 – A British firm, the Leyland Motors, Leyland Motor Corp., announces the sale of 450 buses to the Cuban government, challenging the United States blockade of Cuba. * January 9 – ''Martyrs' Day (Panama), Martyrs' Day'': Armed clashes between United States troops and Panamanian civilians in the Panama Canal Zone precipitate a major international crisis, resulting in the deaths of 21 Panamanians and 4 U.S. soldiers. * January 11 – United States Surgeon General Luther Terry reports that smoking may be hazardous to one's health (the first such statement from the U.S. government). * January 12 ** Zanzibar Revolution: The predominantly Arab government of Zanzibar is overthrown b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1899 Births
Events January 1899 * January 1 ** Spanish rule ends in Cuba, concluding 400 years of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. ** Queens and Staten Island become administratively part of New York City. * January 2 – **Bolivia sets up a customs office in Puerto Alonso, leading to the Brazilian settlers there to declare the Republic of Acre in a revolt against Bolivian authorities. **The first part of the Jakarta Kota–Anyer Kidul railway on the island of Java is opened between Batavia Zuid ( Jakarta Kota) and Tangerang. * January 3 – Hungarian Prime Minister Dezső Bánffy fights an inconclusive duel with his bitter enemy in parliament, Horánszky Nándor. * January 4 – **U.S. President William McKinley's declaration of December 21, 1898, proclaiming a policy of benevolent assimilation of the Philippines as a United States territory, is announced in Manila by the U.S. commander, General Elwell Otis, and angers independence activists who had fought against ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Matter Of Choice
''A Matter of Choice'' is a 1963 British drama film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Anthony Steel, Jeanne Moody and Ballard Berkeley. The screenplay concerns two youths who accidentally kill a man. It was one of a number of low budget British films Steel made in the 1960s while based in Rome. Cast * Anthony Steel - John Crighton * Jeanne Moody - Lisa Grant * Ballard Berkeley - Charles Grant * Malcolm Gerard - Mike * Michael Davis - Tony * Penny Morrell - Jackie * Lisa Peake - Jane * James Bree - Alfred * George Moon - Spike * Richard Bebb as Waiter * Garard Green as Shop Keeper * Frank Pettitt Frank Pettitt (16 October 1899 – 27 March 1964) was an English stage, film and television actor. He played Albert Finney's father in the film ''Saturday Night and Sunday Morning'' (1960). Filmography * '' Night and the City '' (1950) - Cab ... as Police Sergeant * Frank Shelley as Police Doctor References External links * 1963 films 1963 drama films Films dir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impact (1963 Film)
''Impact'' is a 1963 British crime thriller directed by Peter Maxwell and starring Conrad Phillips with the pair writing the script. The pair formed a production company Arriba Productions, but Maxwell left for Australia to shoot the ''Whiplash'' TV series and never returned to the UK. Plot Seeking vengeance for newspaper articles written about him, crooked Soho nightclub owner 'The Duke' (George Pastell), kidnaps crime reporter Jack Moir (Conrad Phillips), and frames him for theft. While serving a two-year prison sentence Moir plots his revenge and, upon release, embarks on a scheme to clear his name. Cast * Conrad Phillips as Jack Moir * George Pastell as Sebastian 'The Duke' Dukelow * Ballard Berkeley as Bill MacKenzie * Linda Marlowe as Diana Travers * Richard Klee as Wally Wheeler * Anita West as Melanie Calf * John Rees as Charlie Wright * Frank Pettitt as Sid the Foreman * Edward Ogden as Maury Parfitt * Jean Trend as Hilda, the Secretary * Desmond Cullum-Jones as Prison ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serena (1962 Film)
''Serena'' is a 1962 black-and-white, British B film crime thriller directed by Peter Maxwell and stars Patrick Holt, Emrys Jones and Honor Blackman. The title of the film is the name of one of the characters, Serena Vaughan, who may have figured in a murder. ''Serena'' was part of a double bill and was later released to the home media market with ''Impact'' (1963), also directed by Peter Maxwell. Plot Detective Chief Inspector Gregory (Patrick Holt) from Scotland Yard, and his partner, Sergeant Conway (Bruce Beeby), are called in to investigate the shotgun murder of a woman at Rosehill Cottage, a remote Surrey cottage. The victim appears to be Ann Rogers (Honor Blackman), the wife of womanising artist Howard Rogers ( Emrys Jones). Her face, however, is so badly disfigured by the two shotgun blasts, it is hard to be sure of her identity. Rogers looks for a birthmark that would positively prove the body belongs to his wife, but it is not there. At first, Gregory had considered Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pot Carriers
''The Pot Carriers'' is a 1962 British comedy-drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and produced by Gordon Scott for ABPC. It stars Ronald Fraser, Paul Massie, Carole Lesley and Dennis Price. The film is largely set in Wandsworth prison and is a remake of the ''ITV Play of the Week: The Pot Carriers'' (1960), which writer Mike Watts based on his own prison experiences. The film centres around a young prisoner called Rainbow as he struggles to adjust to his first stretch behind bars. Cast * Ronald Fraser as Red Band * Paul Massie as Rainbow * Carole Lesley as Wendy * Dennis Price as Smooth Tongue * Paul Rogers as Governor * Davy Kaye as Mouse * Eddie Byrne as Chief Officer Bailey * Campbell Singer as Prison Officer Mott * Alfred Burke as Lang * Patrick McAlinney as Dillon * Neil McCarthy as Bracket * Vanda Godsell as Mrs. Red Band * David Davies as Prison Officer Tom * David Ensor as Judge * Keith Faulkner as Young Prisoner * Norman Chappell as Prisoner Robert * Alist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heart Within
''The Heart Within'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by David Eady and starring James Hayter, Clifford Evans and David Hemmings. Its plot involves a Jamaican dockside worker who goes on the run in London suspected of the murder of another Jamaican. Cast * James Hayter - Grandfather Willard * Clifford Evans - Matthew Johnson * David Hemmings - Danny Willard * Earl Cameron - Victor Conway * Dan Jackson - Joe Martell * Jack Stewart - Inspector Matheson * Betty Cooper - Miss Trevor * Gloria Ann Simpson - Violet * Frank Singuineau - Bobo * Pauline Henriques - Ella * Janice Hughes - Dilli * Denton De Gray - Gow * Wally Thomas - Sergeant * Glynn Edwards - 1st Constable * Ivor Salter - 2nd Constable * Frank Pettitt - 3rd Constable * 'The Kings of the Caribbean' steel band - Musicians Critical reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote "With some good camerawork, a London docks setting, and cautious but not unenterprising use of its West Indian characters, this film has a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bucklow Rural District
Bucklow Rural District was, from 1894 to 1974, a local government district in the north of the administrative county of Cheshire, England. Following the Local Government Act 1972, this rural district was split between the new Greater Manchester boroughs of Trafford and Manchester, and Macclesfield, which was retained in Cheshire. Knutsford was an enclave and independent urban district surrounded by Bucklow RD, as was Altrincham until it expanded enough to link up with other districts in the north. The district was formed in 1894 based on Altrincham rural sanitary district by the Local Government Act 1894. It was known as the Altrincham Rural District until 1895. The three civil parishes of Northenden, Northen Etchells and Baguley were also part of the Bucklow Rural District until 1931, when Manchester Corporation, which had been given the Wythenshawe estate for municipal housing development, successfully petitioned Parliament to enable their transfer into Manchester.Wikipedia en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Face The Music (film)
''Face the Music'' is a 1954 British crime drama film directed by Terence Fisher, starring Alex Nicol, Eleanor Summerfield and Paul Carpenter. It was produced by Hammer Films and shot at Bray Studios outside London with sets designed by the art director J. Elder Wills. It was released in the United States by Lippert Pictures under the title ''The Black Glove''. Synopsis An American trumpet player in Britain is accused of murdering a beautiful blues singer. Cast * Alex Nicol as James Bradley * Eleanor Summerfield as Barbara Quigley * John Salew as Maxie Maguilies * Paul Carpenter as Johnny Sutherland * Geoffrey Keen as Maurie Green * Ann Hanslip as Maxine Halbard * Fred Johnson as Detective Sergeant MacKenzie * Martin Boddey as Inspector Mulrooney * Arthur Lane as Jeff Colt * Paula Byrne as Gloria Lewis Colt * Leo Phillips as Dresser * Freddie Tripp as Stage manager * Ben Williams as Gatekeeper * Frank Birch as Trumpet Salesman * Jeremy Hawk as Recording ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
