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Jennifer Jayne
Jennifer Jayne (14 November 1931 – 23 April 2006) was an English film and television actress born in Yorkshire to theatrical parents. Born Jennifer Jayne Jones, she adopted her stage name of Jennifer Jayne to avoid confusion with the Hollywood actress Jennifer Jones. Career Her film debut was a minor walk-on in ''Once a Jolly Swagman'' (1948), followed by ''The Blue Lamp'' (1949). Both of these starred Dirk Bogarde and she also appeared in the mystery '' The Black Widow'', in 1951, with Anthony Forwood. After guest appearances in the television series ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1955), ''The Adventures of Sir Lancelot'' (1956), and ''Sword of Freedom'' (1957), she was cast as the hero's wife in the next historical adventure series from the film-making division of Lew Grade's ATV, ''The Adventures of William Tell'' (1958). She was a romantic lead in '' Raising the Wind'' (1961), set in a music academy and in ''Band of Thieves'' (1962), a musical comedy; she was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yorkshire
Yorkshire ( ; abbreviated Yorks), formally known as the County of York, is a Historic counties of England, historic county in northern England and by far the largest in the United Kingdom. Because of its large area in comparison with other English counties, functions have been undertaken over time by its subdivisions, which have also been subject to History of local government in Yorkshire, periodic reform. Throughout these changes, Yorkshire has continued to be recognised as a geographic territory and cultural region. The name is familiar and well understood across the United Kingdom and is in common use in the media and the Yorkshire Regiment, military, and also features in the titles of current areas of civil administration such as North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Within the borders of the historic county of Yorkshire are large stretches of countryside, including the Yorkshire Dales, North York Moors and Peak District nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Beat (1962 Film)
''On the Beat'' is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Robert Asher and starring Norman Wisdom, Jennifer Jayne and Raymond Huntley. Plot Norman Pitkin (Norman Wisdom) works at Scotland Yard as a car cleaner, but dreams of becoming a policeman as his late father was. The police reject his request to join the force, but later recruit him to work undercover in disguise. He has turned out to be the double twin of a suspected jewel thief, an Italian crime boss in London. In addition to his criminal activities, this man is a ladies' hairdresser. Norman disguises himself as the suspect and gains entry to his salon. Once inside, after some inevitable mishaps, he manages to find the stolen goods, knock out the suspect, wrap him up in a curtain/wall rug, and bring him to justice. As a reward, he is offered a permanent position in the police and marries his love, the ex-girlfriend of the man he brought to justice (whom he had rescued earlier in the film when she was attempting to comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Band Of Thieves (1962 Film)
''Band of Thieves'' is a 1962 British musical film directed by Peter Bezencenet and starring Acker Bilk, Geoffrey Sumner and Jennifer Jayne. It was produced as a second feature in an attempt to cash in on the Trad jazz craze.Chibnall & McFarlane p.59 It was shot at Pinewood Studios. Cast * Acker Bilk as Self * Colin Smith as Flash * Jonathan Mortimer as Fingers * Ronald McKay as Scouse * Roy James as Dippy * Stan Greig as Haggis * Ernest Price as The Mole * Geoffrey Sumner as The Governor * Jimmy Thompson as Dandy * Jennifer Jayne as Anne * Maudie Edwards as The Duchess * Charmian Innes as Mrs. Van Der Ness * Arthur Mullard as Getaway * Michael Peake as Chief Warder * Totti Truman Taylor as Woman * Marianne Stone as Cleaner * Eleanor McCready as Girl * Norrie Paramor as Self - Recording Engineer * Peter Haigh as Self - Newsreader * Acker Bilk's Paramount Jazz Band as Themselves * Carol Deene Carol Deene (born Carole Carver; 3 August 1944) is an English pop singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dial 999 (TV Series)
''Dial 999'' is a British television series that ran for one series of 38 episodes from 1958 to 1959. The series was a co-production between ITV (TV channel), ITV contractor ABC Weekend TV, and American television producer Ziv Television Programs. It stars Robert Beatty as Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Canadian Mountie Mike Maguire, and follows his work fighting crime alongside London's police. Named after the 999 (emergency telephone number), emergency telephone number for the United Kingdom, Beatty was essentially reprising his role in the 1946 film ''Appointment with Crime'', in which he played Detective Inspector Rogers, a Canadian police officer attached to Scotland Yard. The show contrasted Beatty's muscular brand of policing with that of his British colleagues, but failed to sell to North American markets. In 2021, Network DVD released the whole series on DVD in a five disc set. External links * 1958 British television series debuts 1959 British television serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Of The Phoenix
''Mark of the Phoenix'' is a 1958 British drama film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Julia Arnall, Sheldon Lawrence and Anton Diffring. The screenplay concerns an American jewel thief who comes into possession of a newly developed metal. Plot summary A newly developed and valuable metal is stolen and formed into a cigarette case for transportation to East Germany, but an American jewel thief comes into possession of it and finds himself a target. Cast * Julia Arnall ... Petra * Sheldon Lawrence ... Chuck Martin * Anton Diffring ... Inspector Schell * Eric Pohlmann ... Duser * George Margo ... Emilson * Michael Peake ... Koos * Martin Miller ... Brunet * Roger Delgado ... Devron * Bernard Rebel ... Vachek * Frederick Schrecker ... Van de Velde * Pierre Chaminade ... Hotel Receptionist * Corinne Grey ... Bride * Jennifer Jayne ... Airline Ticket Clerk * Edouard Assaly ... Cafe Waiter * Victor Beaumont ... Travel Clerk * Norma Parnell ... 2nd Airli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trollenberg Terror
''The Trollenberg Terror'' (released in the U.S. as ''The Crawling Eye'') is a 1958 British science fiction drama film, produced by Robert S. Baker and Monty Berman and directed by Quentin Lawrence. The film stars Forrest Tucker, Laurence Payne, Jennifer Jayne, and Janet Munro. The special effects are by Les Bowie. The story is based on a 1956 British ITV "Saturday Serial" television programme written by George F. Kerr, Jack Cross and Giles Cooper under the collective pseudonym of "Peter Key". The film was distributed in the UK by Eros Films Ltd. in October 1958 as ''The Trollenberg Terror''. The film was released in the U.S. by Distributors Corporation of America as ''The Crawling Eye'' on 7 July 1958. It played on a double bill with the British science fiction film ''The Strange World of Planet X'', renamed ''Cosmic Monsters'' for American audiences. ''The Trollenberg Terror''s storyline concerns United Nations troubleshooter Alan Brooks, later joined by journalist Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman Of Mystery
''A Woman of Mystery'' is a 1958 British crime film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Dermot Walsh, Hazel Court, and Ferdy Mayne. The film features an early performance from Michael Caine in an uncredited role. Plot Ray Savage, reporter for a sensational magazine in London is assigned over his objections to investigate a pretty blonde hat-check attendant's suicide. Inquiring at Jane Hale's place of work he learns that someone from her past had recognized her, and she was afraid. Finding a luggage label on her suitcase, he follows the lead to a dubious hotel where the manager tells him someone had taken a shot at her while she was staying there. From there he goes to her former place of work, then to the home of her friend at work who tells him that Miss Hale regularly called her mother, long distance. Following the number to a sanatorium where questioning Mrs. Hale yields nothing, but the cooperative administrator tells him the upscale neighborhood Jane was living before she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The End Of The Line (1957 Film)
''The End of the Line'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Alan Baxter, Barbara Shelley, Ferdy Mayne and Jennifer Jayne. The film was released in the United States in 1959. It was made at Southall Studios in West London. Plot Mike ( Alan Baxter), an American author living in England gets involved with the wife of a jewel fence. The wife, Lilianne (Barbara Shelley), then persuades Mike to rob her husband, whilst at the same time giving him a fake alibi. But soon after the robbery when the jewel fence winds up dead, Mike begins to get blackmailed. Cast * Alan Baxter as Mike Selby * Barbara Shelley as Liliane Crawford * Ferdy Mayne as Edwards * Jennifer Jayne as Anne Bruce * Arthur Gomez as John Crawford * Geoffrey Hibbert as Max Perrin * Jack Melford as Inspector Gates * Charles Clay as Henry Bruce * Marianne Brauns as Sally * Sheldon Allan as Barman * Harry Towb as Vince * Barbara Cochran as Cynthia * Colin Rix as Detective P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Yank In Ermine
''A Yank in Ermine'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Peter Thompson, Noelle Middleton, Harold Lloyd Jr. and Diana Decker, and featuring Jon Pertwee and Sid James. It was adapted by John Paddy Carstairs from his own novel '' Solid! Said the Earl''. It was shot at Beaconsfield Studios and on location around Turville in Buckinghamshire. The film's sets were designed by the art director Ray Simm. The film includes the song "Honey, You Can't Love Two", sung by Decker and written by Eddie Pola and George Wyle. Plot An American airman (Thompson) inherits from a distant cousin the title of Earl and a house and estate in an English village. Although he is initially reluctant, his fiancé (Decker) encourages him to accept it, after she hears how much the estate is worth. When he arrives in England with his two buddies (Pertwee and Lloyd Jr.), he falls for the daughter (Middleton) of the owner of the neighbouring estate - but she is also engaged to be m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It's A Grand Life
''It's a Grand Life'' is a 1953 British comedy film starring Frank Randle and Diana Dors. Music hall comedian Frank Randle who had previously starred in a film series of World War II army comedies (''Somewhere in England'' (1940), ''Somewhere in Camp'' (1942), ''Somewhere on Leave'' (1942), ''Somewhere in Civvies'' (1943), '' Somewhere in Politics'' (1949)) stars as an accident-prone Private in his final film appearance. The film also features the professional wrestler Jack Pye and the popular pianist Winifred Atwell. The role of Pte Pendergast was played by Arthur White, who is the elder brother of the actor Sir David Jason. Plot The film is described in its opening titles as a comedy burlesque and is not meant to be derogatory to the army. Rather than having a tight plot, the film is a series of sketches set against army life in the Essex Regiment in the post World War II era mostly involving an old private (Frank Randle). One of the sub plots involves a glamorous Women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There Is Another Sun
''There Is Another Sun'', released in the United States as ''Wall of Death'', is a 1951 British drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Maxwell Reed, Laurence Harvey and Susan Shaw. It was produced by Ernest G. Roy. The film was shot at Walton Studios, with sets designed by the art director George Provis George Provis (1901–1989) was a British art director who worked on over a hundred films during a lengthy career. He began his career working on quota quickies during the 1930s. After the Second World War, Provis was appointed by Sydney Box to h .... Cast External links * * * * 1951 drama films 1951 films Films directed by Lewis Gilbert British drama films Circus films Films produced by Ernest G. Roy British black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
