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Group W Films
Group W Films is a film production company which was an offshoot of Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation. Richard Pack was president from 1968 to 1972. In December 1968 the company signed a contract with Australia's NLT Films to make two movies a year for five years, starting with ''Squeeze a Flower'' and ''Wake in Fright''. They only made those two films with NLT. Select filmography *''The Violent Enemy'' (1967) *'' The Man Outside'' (1967) *''Amsterdam Affair'' (1968) *''The Limbo Line'' (1967) *'' Madigan's Millions'' (1968) *''The Ravine'' (1969) *''Taste of Excitement'' (1969) *''Squeeze a Flower'' (1970) *'' One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'' (1970) *''Wake in Fright'' (1971) *''Eagle in a Cage'' (1972) *''Baxter!'' (1973) References External links *Group W Filmsat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – inclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westinghouse Broadcasting Corporation
Westinghouse may refer to: Businesses Current companies *Westinghouse Electric Corporation, the company that manages the Westinghouse brand, with licensees: ** Westinghouse Electric Company, providing nuclear power-related services **Westinghouse Electronics, which sells LED and LCD televisions **Russell Hobbs, Inc., licensed to make small appliances such as vacuum cleaners under the Westinghouse name, from 2002 to 2008 *Siemens Energy Sector, the acquired non-nuclear energy divisions of Westinghouse Electric Former companies and divisions *Westinghouse Electric Corporation, renamed CBS Corporation in 1997 **Westinghouse Broadcasting (Group W), now integrated into CBS Broadcasting, Inc. **White-Westinghouse, acquired by Electrolux in 1986 **Westinghouse Electronic Systems Group, sold to Northrop Grumman in 1996 **British Westinghouse, later subsumed into the General Electric Company * Westinghouse Air Brake Company, founding name of WABCO * Westinghouse Brake & Signal Compan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NLT Productions
NLT Productions was an Australian production company formed in 1961 which made a number of films and TV series. It was founded in 1961 by entertainer Bobby Limb, talent manager Jack Neary (OAM, OBE) (born; John Edwin Neary; 19 January 1916 – 6 April 2000) and Les Tinker. Select credits *''Bobby Limb's Sound of Music'' (1963) - TV series *''Divorce Court'' (1967) - TV series *'' The Rovers'' (1969–70) - TV series *'' Squeeze a Flower'' (1970) - film *''Wake in Fright'' (1971) - film See also *List of companies of Australia *List of film production companies *List of television production companies References External linksNLT Productionsat IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, ...NLT Productionsat National Film and Sound ArchiveRecord of papers held at State Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Violent Enemy
''The Violent Enemy'' is a 1968 film directed by Don Sharp and starring Tom Bell, Susan Hampshire, Ed Begley, and Noel Purcell. The plot concerns an IRA plot to blow up a British power station. Premise IRA bomb expert Sean Rogan escapes from prison, and is reluctantly recruited into a scheme by IRA leader Colum O'More to blow up a British electronics factory back in Ireland. Rogan wants a peaceful life but O'More insists. Rogan is given Hannah Costello to assist him. Inspector Sullivan is suspicious of Rogan. Cast * Tom Bell – Sean Rogan *Susan Hampshire – Hannah Costello *Ed Begley – Colum O'More * Noel Purcell – John Michael Leary *Jon Laurimore – Austin * Michael Standing – Fletcher *Philip O'Flynn – Inspector Sullivan Original Novel The film was based on the 1966 novel ''A Candle for the Dead'' by Hugh Marlow (better known as Jack Higgins). The ''Observer'' called it "fast and exciting". The sale of the movie rights enabled Higgins to quit teaching and writ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Outside (1967 Film)
''The Man Outside'' is a 1967 British spy thriller film directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Van Heflin, Heidelinde Weis and Pinkas Braun. It was first exhibited in Austria and West Germany in 1967, and then in Britain the following year. The story is based on the 1959 novel ''Double Agent'' by Gene Stackelberg.''Monthly Film Bulletin'' review; 1968, page 92 The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Mullins. Synopsis A disgraced former CIA agent attempts to bring a Russian defector safely to his former bosses. Cast * Van Heflin as Bill MacLean * Heidelinde Weis as Kay Sebastian * Pinkas Braun as Rafe Machek * Peter Vaughan as Nikolai Volkov * Charles Gray as Charles Griddon * Paul Maxwell as Judson Murphy * Ronnie Barker as George Venaxas * Linda Marlowe as Dorothy * Gary Cockrell as Brune Parry * Larry Cross as Austen * Bill Nagy as Morehouse * Carole Ann Ford Carole Ann Lillian Ford ( Higgins; born 16 June 1940) is a British actress b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amsterdam Affair
''Amsterdam Affair'' is a 1968 British crime film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Wolfgang Kieling, William Marlowe, Catherine Schell and Pamela Ann Davy. The plot is about Dutch policeman Van Der Valk, who investigates a novelist who is accused of murdering his mistress. It was based on the novel ''Love in Amsterdam'' by Nicolas Freeling. Cast * Wolfgang Kieling as Van Der Valk * William Marlowe as Martin Ray * Catherine Schell as Sophie Ray * Pamela Ann Davy as Elsa de Charmoy * J.A.B. Dubin-Behrmann as Eric * Guy Deghy Guy Deghy (born Gedeon Aladar Istvan Deghy; 11 October 1912 – 25 February 1992), was a Hungarian-born actor who appeared largely in British films and television, as in the 5th episode of the first season of '' The Saint'' depicting Inspector O ... as Will Munch * Lo van Hensbergen as Magistrate References External links * 1968 films 1960s English-language films Films directed by Gerry O'Hara Films scored by John Scott (composer) British c ... [...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] |
Madigan's Millions
''Madigan's Millions'' (Italian language, It: ''Un dollaro per 7 vigliacchi'', Spanish language, Sp: ''El Millón de Madigan'') is a 1968 Italian-Spanish comedy film, comedy crime film directed by Stanley Prager and produced by Sidney W. Pink. The movie was shot in 1966 but was not released for two years. It stars Dustin Hoffman, in his first movie role, as Jason Fister, a young United States Department of the Treasury, U.S. Treasury Dept. official sent to Rome to recover a large sum of money owed to the United States government by a deceased mobster. The film is in the lowbrow comedy genre, with comic stop-action chase scenes, as well as many scenes involving Spaghetti Western-style gunplay on the streets of Rome. Hoffman's Fister is a seemingly naive and mild-mannered bureaucrat with a sense for sniffing out phonies. The interiors of the film were shot largely in Spain, with exteriors in Rome. Plot Cast * Dustin Hoffman – Jason Fister * Elsa Martinelli – Vic Shaw * Ces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ravine
''The Ravine'' ( it, La cattura) is a 1969 Italian-Yugoslav-American war drama film written and directed by Paolo Cavara and starring David McCallum, Nicoletta Machiavelli and John Crawford. Plot The story takes place in winter, during World War II, at an isolated, snowed-in area. This area is occupied by Germany but contested by partisans who have Russian backing. One of the local partisans is Anja Kovach (Nicoletta Machiavelli). Her entire family was executed in retaliation for the death of a single German. She survived and, eventually, joined the partisans. She has become renowned as a sniper. She has killed almost half the local German garrison. The German troops live in fear of her. Sergeant Stephen Holmann (David McCallum) is an expert sniper in the German army. Before the war, he worked as a teacher. He attended the 1936 Olympics, an expert in marksmanship and a hunter. He gets reassigned from North Africa, and parachuted into the area, for a special assignment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taste Of Excitement
''Taste of Excitement'' is a 1970 British mystery thriller film directed by Don Sharp and starring Eva Renzi, David Buck and Peter Vaughan. It was shot during 1968 on location around Nice on the French Riviera, but not given a general release until 1970. It had an X certificate for violence and brief nudity. In the United States it was released under the alternative title ''Why Would Anyone Want to Kill a Nice Girl Like You?''. Premise A series of attempts are made on the life of a young woman. Cast *Jane Kerrell - Eva Renzi *Paul Hedley - David Buck *Inspector Malling - Peter Vaughan *Hans Beiber - Paul Hubschmid *Michela - Sophie Hardy *Miss Barrow - Kay Walsh *Mr Breese - Francis Matthews *Dr Forla - George Pravda *Alfredo Guardi - Peter Bowles *Police Inspector - Alan Rowe *Mr Camot, French Detective - Alan Barry *French Police Officer - Tom Kempinski *Hotel Proprietor - Yves Brainville *Receptionist - Catherine Berg Production ''Taste of Excitement'' was based on Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Squeeze A Flower
''Squeeze a Flower'' is a 1970 Australian comedy film directed by Marc Daniels and starring Walter Chiari. Plot Brother George is the only monk at the Italian Monastery who knows the secret recipe of the popular liqueur that is the sole source of income for the monastery. When he feels their sole distributor, a local wine merchant, is not giving the monastery a fair price, he leaves and moves to Australia. There he works at a vineyard picking grapes and starts making the liqueur in his spare time. George then comes to the attention of the winery owner Alfredo Brazzi and the two agree to a partnership to make the liqueur. Alfredo is unaware George is a monk and that he sends 50 percent of the money back to his Italian monastery. Alfredo and his son-in-law Tim constantly try to steal the secret recipe. They recruit June for their skulduggery, but she falls in love with George, also unaware of his religious calling. Finally, the Italian wine merchant travels to Sydney, willing to ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich (film)
''One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich'' ( no, En dag i Ivan Denisovitsj' liv) is a 1970 biographical film, biographical drama film based on the novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn with the One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, same name. Plot The film stars Tom Courtenay as the title character, a prisoner in the Soviet gulag system in the 1950s who endures a long prison sentence. It tells of a routine day in his life. Cast *Tom Courtenay as Ivan Denisovich Shukhov *Espen Skjønberg as Tiurin *Alf Malland as Fetiukov * as Senka *Jo Skønberg as Gopchik * as Eino *Torstein Rustdal as Vaino *James Maxwell (actor), James Maxwell as Captain *Alfred Burke as Alyosha *Eric Thompson as Tsetzar *John Cording as Pavlo *Matthew Guinness as Kilgas *Roy Bjørnstad *Paul Connell *Sverre Hansen (actor), Sverre Hansen *Wolfe Morris *Kjell Stormoen *Caspar Wrede Reception Roger Greenspun, in a respectful but unenthusiastic review for ''The New York Times'', spoke highly of the cinematography, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wake In Fright
''Wake in Fright'' (initially released as ''Outback'' outside Australia) is a 1971 psychological thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff, written by Evan Jones, and starring Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence, Chips Rafferty, Sylvia Kay and Jack Thompson (actor), Jack Thompson. Based on Kenneth Cook's Wake in Fright (novel), 1961 novel of the same name, it follows a young schoolteacher who descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia. Filmed on-location in Broken Hill and Sydney, ''Wake in Fright'' was an international co-production between Australia, Britain, and the United States. Alongside ''Walkabout (film), Walkabout'', it was one of two Australian films to be nominated for the Palme d'Or, Grand Prix du Festival at the 1971 Cannes Film Festival, 24th Cannes Film Festival. Despite attracting positive reviews at the time, the film was a Box office bomb, commercial failure in Australia, in part due to scant mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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