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Guy Elmes
Guy Elmes (22 July 1920- December 1998) was a British screenwriter. Select Filmography *''Behold the Man'' (1949) - TV movie *'' The Planter's Wife'' (1952) *'' Counterspy'' (1953) *''The Flanagan Boy'' (1953) *'' Wheel of Fate'' (1953) *'' The Stranger's Hand'' (1954) *'' Bang! You're Dead'' (1954) *'' Across the Bridge'' (1957) *'' Nor the Moon by Night'' (1958) *'' Serious Charge'' (1959) *'' Mission in Morocco'' (1959) *''London Calling'' (1960) (documentary) *''Pontius Pilate'' (1962) *'' The Captive City'' (1962) * '' Stranglehold'' (1963) *'' Submarine X-1'' (1968) *''The Invincible Six'' (1970) *''The Night Visitor'' (1971) *''White Fang ''White Fang'' is a novel by American author Jack London (1876–1916) — and the name of the book's eponymous character, a wild wolfdog. First serialized in ''Outing'' magazine between May and October 1906, it was published in book form in Oc ...'' (1973) *'' The Red Hand Gang'' (1977) - TV series *'' A Nightingale Sang in Berkley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mission In Morocco
Mission (from Latin ''missio'' "the act of sending out") may refer to: Organised activities Religion * Christian mission, an organized effort to spread Christianity *Mission (LDS Church), an administrative area of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints *The Christian Mission, the former name of the Salvation Army Government and military * Bolivarian missions, a series of social programs created during Hugo Chávez's rule of Venezuela *Diplomatic mission, a diplomatic outpost in a foreign territory *Military operation *Mission statement, a formal, short, written articulation of an organization's purpose *Sortie or combat mission, a deployment or dispatch of a military unit * Space mission, a journey of craft into outer space Geography Australia * Mission River, Queensland, a locality in the Shire of Cook and the Aboriginal Shire of Napranum *Mission River (Queensland), a river in Australia Canada *Mission, British Columbia, a district municipality * Mission, Calgar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square (film)
''A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square'' is a 1979 British heist film directed by Ralph Thomas, written by Guy Elmes and starring Richard Jordan, Oliver Tobias and David Niven. It is subtitled "based on one of the biggest robberies in London". The film takes its name from the 1940 published song "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square". Ralph Thomas later said the film "had quite a superb cast" and "he was really quite fond" of the movie "but I didn't do it as well as I should have done because by the time we started it David was already sick, and so we had to do the best we could as quickly as we could and it didn't come off as I'd hoped. But it was still a fun film and we enjoyed making it." It was shot at Twickenham Studios and on location around London. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lionel Couch. Plot summary Pinky (Jordan) is released from prison and has decided to go straight from now on, but takes a job as a maintenance man at a large bank, which gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Red Hand Gang
''The Red Hand Gang'' is an American live-action Saturday morning television series that aired on NBC from September 10 to November 26, 1977. The show featured five crime-solving pre-teens and their dog Boomer, who lived in the inner city. The group was so named because its members left red hand prints on fences to mark where they had been. Main characters Members of the Red Hand Gang include: *Frankie played by Matthew Laborteaux *Doc played by James Bond III *Joanne played by Jolie Newman *Lil' Bill played by Johnny Brogna *J.R. played by J.R. Miller * Boomer, their dog The episodes of ''The Red Hand Gang'', unlike those of other Saturday morning shows, were grouped into multiple shows: one of five parts, one of four, and one of three. Each episode ended in a cliffhanger. Synopsis and supporting cast The first adventure is split across the first 5 episodes. A young boy called Johnny, played by Robert Ahlers, is kidnapped and held for ransom in an old house. The Red Hand Gang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Fang (1973 Film)
''White Fang'' (Italian: ''Zanna Bianca'') is a 1973 Italian Northern adventure film directed by Lucio Fulci. It was produced by Harry Alan Towers and co-written by Roberto Gianviti, based on Jack London's 1906 novel ''White Fang''. It starred Franco Nero, Fernando Rey and Virna Lisi. The film gained a great commercial success and generated an official and several non-official sequels. Plot Set in the year 1896 in the Yukon Wilderness, the film opens when Charlie (Daniel Martin) an Aboriginal Canadian fur trader, discovers his young son Mitsah (Missaele) attempting to befriend a wolf, he scares the beast away, believing it to be too wild and dangerous. Unknown to him, his son persists. Mitsah names the animal White Fang because of the ivory-white teeth the beast sprouts. That night, Charlie changes his mind about the animal when it arrives at his hut barking furiously. Mitsah, while strolling through the woods at night to meet his friend, falls through the thin ice of a frozen l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night Visitor
''The Night Visitor'' (Swedish title: ''Papegojan'') is a 1971 Swedish psychological thriller film in English, starring Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Trevor Howard, Per Oscarsson, Rupert Davies and Andrew Keir, and directed by Laslo Benedek. Plot Salem is an insane asylum inmate after being forced to take an insanity plea when wrongly convicted of murdering his farmhand. Salem escapes confinement from the fortress-like asylum in the dead of winter. Driven insane from being institutionalized for the last two years, he reaches his family farm, now run by his younger sisters Emma and Ester and the latter's husband Dr. Anton Jenks, who accused Salem of the murder. As revenge, Salem kills the people he believes responsible for his unfair conviction and subsequent confinement. He starts with Emma, arranging the murder to appear that Anton is the killer. A local police inspector begins to see foul play and resolves to uncover the truth of the murders and Salem's conviction. Salem has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Invincible Six
''The Invincible Six'' is a 1970 US, American-Iranian adventure film directed by Jean Negulesco and starring Stuart Whitman, Elke Sommer, Curd Jürgens, and Ian Ogilvy. Six international criminals attempt to steal the Iranian Crown Jewels, crown jewels of Iran, but in the tradition of 1954 film ''Seven Samurai'' and the 1960 film ''The Magnificent Seven'', end up defending a village from bandits. In Britain and several other countries it was picked up for distribution by Paramount Pictures. Plot An adventurous American whom everybody calls Tex, and his partners, the mechanically savvy Mike and an Englishman named Ronald, are foiled in their bid to steal Tehran, Tehran's precious jewels. In the desert, they join up with three other criminals, an Iranian, an Italian, and a German, to plot another heist. They have the good fortune of meeting Zari, the beautiful mistress of the infamous bandit Malik, who is after a valuable amulet. So is the man who wants to claim Malik's place in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Submarine X-1
''Submarine X-1'' is a 1968 British war film loosely based on the Operation ''Source'' attack on the German battleship ''Tirpitz'' in 1943. In the film, James Caan stars as Lt. Commander Richard Bolton, a Canadian, who must lead a group of midget submarines in an attack on a German battleship. Plot In 1943, a Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve officer from Canada, Commander Bolton (James Caan) and a few surviving crew members of his 50-man submarine ''Gauntlet'' swim ashore after unsuccessfully attacking German battleship ''Lindendorf''. After a review, Captain Bolton is cleared of any wrongdoing and placed in charge of a small group of experimental X-class submarines. Bolton is assigned by Vice-Admiral Redmayne (Rupert Davies) to quickly train crews to man the submarines and sink the ''Lindendorf'' while it is hidden away in a Norwegian fjord. Commander Bolton is to train three 4-man crews along the northern coast of Scotland for a trio of midget submarines equipped with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stranglehold (1963 Film)
''Stranglehold'' is a 1963 British drama film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Macdonald Carey, Barbara Shelley and Philip Friend.Chibnall & MacFarlane p.182-83 The film was made as a second feature for distribution by the Rank Organisation. It was shot at Pinewood Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Duncan Sutherland. Synopsis An American actor known for his gangster roles is in London to shoot a new film, but begins to fear that he had murdered his wife in a fit of rage. Cast * Macdonald Carey as Bill Morrison * Barbara Shelley as Chris Morrison * Philip Friend as Steffan * Nadja Regin as Lilli * Leonard Sachs as The Dutchman * Mark Loerering as Jimmy Morrison * Susan Shaw as Actress * Josephine Brown Elizabeth Josephine Brown (June 12, 1839 – January 16, 1874) was the daughter and biographer of escaped African-American slave William Wells Brown and his first wife Elizabeth Schooner. Josephine's account, ''Biography of an American Bond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captive City (1962 Film)
''The Captive City'' (Italian: ''La città prigioniera'') is a 1962 Italian English-language war film directed by Joseph Anthony and starring David Niven, Lea Massari and Ben Gazzara. It is based on the 1955 novel ''The Captive City'' by John Appleby. The film was released in the US as ''Conquered City'' by American International Pictures as a double feature with '' The Day the Earth Froze''. Plot At the end of the Second World War, Athens is liberated by the Allies. Greek soldiers and partisans, fresh from waging guerilla warfare on the Germans join with local insurgents in an attempt to seize power and the British are finally compelled to vacate the city to encamp around its perimeter.Gibraltar Chronicle newspaper; dated 15th October 1966; Page 5 Meanwhile, a small group of men and women in a hotel find themselves besieged by a rebel army that wants the Nazi armaments in the basement. Cast * David Niven as Major Peter Whitfield * Lea Massari as Lelia Mendores * Ben Gazzara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pontius Pilate (film)
''Pontius Pilate'' ( it, Ponzio Pilato, french: Ponce Pilate) is an Italian drama film from 1962, directed by Gian Paolo Callegari and Irving Rapper, written by Oreste Biancoli, starring Jean Marais and Jeanne Crain. The film is known under the titles: ''Ponce Pilate'' (France), ''Poncio Pilatos'' (Spain), ''Pontius Pilate'' (UK / US), ''Pontius Pilatus – Statthalter des Grauens'' (Germany). John Drew Barrymore plays the characters of both Judas Iscariot and Jesus of Nazareth. The scenario is based mainly on the Gospel of John. The following biblical passages are quoted in the film: Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2; Luke 23:1; John 18:33; 18:37; John 18:38; 19:9-11; Matthew 27:24; Deuteronomy 21:6-7; John 19:19-21; 19:22. - pejino.com This film takes a perspective on events surrounding the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
