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Hal Osmond
Hal Osmond (27 May 1903 – December 1959) was a British stage, film and television actor. He played Anselm in '' The Adventures of Robin Hood'' episode "Errand of Mercy" (1956). Selected filmography * '' Once Upon a Dream'' (1949) * '' Vote for Huggett'' (1949) * '' A Boy, a Girl and a Bike'' (1949) * '' Diamond City'' (1949) * '' The Spider and the Fly'' (1949) * ''Marry Me (1949 film)'' (1949) * '' Your Witness'' (1950) * ''Double Confession'' (1950) * '' No Trace'' (1950) * '' Last Holiday'' (1950) * '' There Is Another Sun'' (1951) * '' The Happy Family'' (1952) * '' The Brave Don't Cry'' (1952) * ''Death of an Angel'' (1952) * '' Love in Pawn'' (1953) * '' To Dorothy a Son'' (1954) * '' Tiger by the Tail'' (1955) * '' The Gilded Cage'' (1955) * '' Bond of Fear'' (1956) Hospital Orderly * '' It's A Wonderful World'' (1956) Removal Man * '' The Last Man to Hang'' (1956) Coates: Member of the Jury * '' Loser Takes All'' (1956) (Liftman) * ''Three Men in a Boat'' (1956) Cabbie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 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 Roman Empire, Romans as ''Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city#National capitals, Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national Government of the United Kingdom, government and Parliament of the United Kingdom, parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the Counties of England, counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Brave Don't Cry
''The Brave Don't Cry'' is a 1952 British drama film directed by Philip Leacock and starring John Gregson, Meg Buchanan and John Rae. The film depicts the events of September 1950 at the Knockshinnoch Castle colliery in Scotland, where 129 men were trapped by a landslide (see Knockshinnoch Disaster September 1950). It was shot at Southall Studios and was also known by the alternative title ''Knockshinnoch Story''. The filmmakers used actors from the Glasgow Citizens Theatre. It was screened at the Venice Film Festival in September 1952. Plot A group of coalminers are trapped underground after a fall. The story follows the trapped men, their rescuers, and their families as they struggle to dig them out before the oxygen is exhausted. A phone line exists to the trapped men. The efforts are hampered by firedamp. Cast * John Gregson as Dr John Cameron * Meg Buchanan as Margaret Wishart * John Rae as Donald Sloan * Fulton Mackay as Dan Wishart * Andrew Keir as Charlie Ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Passport To Treason
''Passport to Treason'' is a 1956 British mystery thriller. It stars Rod Cameron, Lois Maxwell, and Clifford Evans. It was directed by Robert S. Baker and written by Kenneth R. Hayles and Norman Hudis, based on the Manning O'Brine novel of the same name. Plot After the death of a friend of his, a private investigator investigates an organisation that claims to be working for world peace, but turns out to be a front for a crime syndicate. Cast * Rod Cameron as Mike O'Kelly * Lois Maxwell as Diane Boyd * Clifford Evans as Orlando Syms * Peter Illing as Giorgio Sacchi * Marianne Stone as Miss 'Jonesy' Jones * Douglas Wilmer as Dr. Randolph * John Colicos as Pietro *Ballard Berkeley as Inspector Thredgold * Andrew Faulds as Barrett *Barbara Burke as Katrina *Derek Sydney as Amedeo Sacchi *Trevor Reid Trevor Reid (25 January 190816 April 1965) was an English actor. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He acted in 47 films from 1938 to 1965. He died at age 57 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyewitness (1956 Film)
''Eyewitness'' is a 1956 British thriller film directed by Muriel Box and starring Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Nigel Stock and Richard Wattis. It was made by the Rank Organisation. Plot After an argument with her husband, Lucy Church storms out of her house and goes to see a film at the local cinema. While coming back from making a phone call, she stumbles across the office where she witnesses the murder of the cinema manager by two criminals Wade and Barney who are in the process of robbing the cinema's safe. When they pursue her, she is struck by a bus and is taken to hospital. Unable to leave the town until they know what has happened to her, the two robbers head to the hospital to observe her. Meanwhile, her husband Jay Church has grown concerned and scours the town searching for her. At the hospital the medical staff attend to Lucy and place her in a quiet ward although she has yet to regain consciousness. Wade, watching from the nearby shrub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Money (film)
''The Big Money'' is a 1958 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee and Kathleen Harrison. Plot Willie is the bad seed of a family of thieves. One day, he steals a briefcase from a dodgy clergyman, which is full of pound notes. Unfortunately, the notes all have the same serial number. The clergyman is actually the leader of a separate criminal gang. Willie is seduced by "the big money" and starts passing the counterfeits, one note at a time. Much of his need for money is to impress Gloria, the pretty barmaid at his local pub. She dreams of the millionaire who will come and give her the good life. Unfortunately, he cannot pass the fake money fast enough to keep up with her wants. When she helps herself to some of the counterfeit money, it gets the attention of the police and the mobsters. It all ends in a free-for-all, between the police, Arabs, and mobsters, in disguise. Finally, she has to decide whether she loves him or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Men In A Boat (1956 Film)
''Three Men in a Boat'' is a 1956 British CinemaScope colour comedy film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, Shirley Eaton and David Tomlinson. It is based on the 1889 novel ''Three Men in a Boat'' by Jerome K. Jerome. The film received mixed reviews, but was a commercial success. Plot The film is set in the Edwardian era. Harris, J, and George want to get away from it all. They decide to go on holiday boating up the River Thames to Oxford, taking with them their dog Montmorency. George is happy to get away from his job at the bank. Harris is glad to get away from Mrs. Willis, who is pressing him to marry her daughter Clara. And 'J' is more than anxious to take a holiday from his wife, Ethelbertha. George meets three girls, Sophie Clutterbuck and sisters Bluebell and Primrose Porterhouse, who are also taking a ride up the river, and he hopes to see them again. The travellers get into various complications with the weather, the river, the boat, f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loser Takes All (film)
''Loser Takes All'' is a 1956 British comedy film directed by Ken Annakin, starring Glynis Johns, Rossano Brazzi, and Robert Morley, with a screenplay by Graham Greene based on his Loser Takes All, 1955 novella of the same name. Synopsis Tony Bertrand, an assistant accountant in a London firm, discovers a flaw in the accounting system. His boss, Dreuther, the powerful director and major shareholder of his company, arranges for Bertrand and his wife-to-be, Cary, to marry and honeymoon in Monte Carlo. Dreuther will meet the couple in Monte Carlo and be their witness, on board his private yacht. Dreuther does not show up, and the couple marry anyway; after two days at an expensive hotel, they are broke. With his last remaining cash, Bertand buys a 'system' from a tout that will guarantee winning at the casino. He starts to win large sums, and, fascinated by the mathematics of gambling, spends all his time in the casino. Out of pique, Cary takes up with Tony, a fellow guest. Dreuthe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Man To Hang
''The Last Man to Hang?'' is a 1956 crime film directed by Terence Fisher. It stars Tom Conway and Elizabeth Sellars. The film was produced by John Gossage for Act Films Ltd. Plot Music critic Sir Roderick Strood is having an affair with a beautiful singer, Elizabeth Anders. In a storyline which appears partly in flashback and partly in real time, his wife Daphne refuses to give him a divorce and subsequently tries to shoot herself, but after apparently becoming reconciled to the situation tells Roderick to leave the country with the singer and that she shall see him on the other side. Sir Roderick gives his wife a strong sedative, given him by his mistress, not knowing that his wife's housekeeper, Mrs Tucker, has already given her a sedative. Daphne apparently dies of an overdose, though an early scene of her arrival at hospital has in fact made it clear that she is still alive, and that Mrs Tucker has deliberately mis-identified the body of another woman, brought to hospital a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Wonderful World (1956 Film)
''It's a Wonderful World'' is a 1956 British musical film directed by Val Guest and starring Terence Morgan, George Cole, Mylène Demongeot (in her first English-language film and listed in the credits as Mylène Nicole) and Kathleen Harrison. It also features Dennis Lotis, a popular singer at the time. It was made at Shepperton Studios. Songs include: ''Rosanne'', ''When You Came Along'', ''Girls! Girls! Girls!'' (Ted Heath, Moira Heath), ''A Few Kisses Ago'' (Robert Farnon, Val Guest), and '' The Hawaiian War Chant'' (Ted Heath). Synopsis In London, Ray and Ken (Morgan and Cole) are two struggling composers of popular songs, and they make friends with a young French singer, Georgie (Demongeot), newly arrived from Paris. She likes one of the songs Ray and Ken have written, and chooses to sing it when she gets an audition with bandleader Ted Heath (playing himself), and she is hired as their singer. Unaware of this, Ken stumbles across another route to success when his broken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bond Of Fear
''Bond of Fear'' is a 1956 British crime drama film directed by Henry Cass and starring Dermot Walsh, Jane Barrett, and John Colicos. Premise John Sewell and his family are taken hostage by a desperate fugitive called Dewar who is a stowaway in their caravan. Cast * Dermot Walsh as John Sewell * Jane Barrett as Mary Sewell * John Colicos as Dewar * Marilyn Baker as Ann Sewell * Anthony Pavey as Michael Sewell * Alan MacNaughtan as Detective Sergeant Daley * Jameson Clark as Scotty * John Horsley as Motor Cycle Policeman * Marianne Stone as Mrs. Simon * Arnold Bell as Police Sergeant at Road Block * Avril Angers as Girl Hiker * Bill Shine as Man Hiker * Peter Swanwick as Travelling Salesman * Hal Osmond as Hospital Orderly * Trevor Reid Trevor Reid (25 January 190816 April 1965) was an English actor. Born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He acted in 47 films from 1938 to 1965. He died at age 57 in London. Selected filmography * ''Dangerous Cargo'' (1954) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gilded Cage (1955 Film)
''The Gilded Cage'' is a 1955 British crime film directed by John Gilling and starring Alex Nicol, Veronica Hurst and Clifford Evans. The film's title refers to a painting which features prominently in the story. Plot Two brothers become involved with criminals planning a major art heist, only to be framed by them for the theft. The film is now available on DVD, having been released by Renown Pictures in 2013. Cast * Alex Nicol as Steve Anderson * Michael Alexander as Harry Anderson * Veronica Hurst as Marcia Farrell * Clifford Evans as Ken Aimes * Ursula Howells as Brenda Lucas * Trevor Reid as Inspector Brace * Elwyn Brook-Jones - Bruno * John Stuart as Harding * Kenneth Cope as Hotel Receptionist * Ronan O'Casey as Trickson * Hal Osmond Critical reception The Radio Times wrote, "director John Gilling tries to push this tale of art theft and murder along at a decent pace, but spotting who framed Nichol's brother is hardly taxing."; while Sky Movies Sk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger By The Tail (1955 Film)
''Tiger by the Tail'' is a 1955 British crime thriller film directed by John Gilling and starring Larry Parks, Constance Smith, Lisa Daniely and Donald Stewart. It is an adaptation of the novel ''Never Come Back'' by John Mair. Larry Parks, a memorable Al Jolson in ''The Jolson Story'', had fallen foul of America's House Un-American Activities Committee, and had his first film role for four years starring in this British low budgeter. It was shot at Walton Studios and on location around London. In 1958 it was distributed in the United States by United Artists under the title ''Cross-Up''. Premise An American journalist works to expose a criminal gang in London. However, his investigation of their counterfeiting activities leads to his kidnapping by the gang. Main cast * Larry Parks as John Desmond * Constance Smith as Jane Claymore * Lisa Daniely as Anna Ray * Cyril Chamberlain as Foster * Donald Stewart as Macauly * Ronan O'Casey as Nick * Alexander Gauge as Fitzgerald * Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
