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Maurice Kaufmann
Maurice Harington Kaufmann (29 June 1927 – 21 September 1997) was a British actor of stage, film and television, who specialised in whodunits and horror films, from 1954 to 1981, when he retired. Personal life He was married to Honor Blackman from 1961 to 1975; they appeared together in the film, '' Fright'' (1971). They adopted two children, daughter Lottie and son Barnaby, before divorcing in 1975. Death Maurice Kaufmann died in 1997 in London from cancer, aged 70. He was nursed, on his deathbed, by his ex-wife, Honor Blackman. Selected filmography * ''Appointment in London'' (1953) as Raf Officer (uncredited) * ''The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp'' (1954) as Reg * ''Beau Brummell'' (1954) as Lord Alvanley (uncredited) * ''To Dorothy a Son'' (1954) as Elmer the Pianist * ''Companions in Crime'' (1954) as Arnold Kendall * ''Three Cases of Murder'' (1955) as Pemberton (segment "You Killed Elizabeth") * ''The Love Match'' (1955) as Harry Longworth * ''The Quatermass Xperiment'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorleston
Gorleston-on-Sea (), known colloquially as Gorleston, is a town in the Borough of Great Yarmouth, in Norfolk, England, to the south of Great Yarmouth. Situated at the mouth of the River Yare it was a port town at the time of the Domesday Book. The port then became a centre of fishing for herring along with salt pans used for the production of salt to preserve the fish. In Edwardian times the fishing industry rapidly declined and the town's role changed to that of a seaside resort. History The place-name 'Gorleston' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as ''Gorlestuna''. It appears as ''Gurlestona'' in the Pipe Rolls of 1130. The first element may be related to the word 'girl', and is probably a personal name. The name could mean "girls' town or settlement", or a variant thereof, similar to Girlington in West Yorkshire. Historically the town was in the county of Suffolk. In the Middle Ages it had two manors, and a small manor called Bacons. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Find The Lady (1956 Film)
''Find the Lady'' is a 1956 British second feature comedy thriller film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Donald Houston, Beverley Brooks and Mervyn Johns. Plot During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her godmother, who has suspiciously gone missing. Cast * Donald Houston - Bill * Beverley Brooks Patricia Evelyn Beverley Matthews Harmsworth, Viscountess Rothermere (5 May 1929 – 12 August 1992) was an English socialite and actress. As Beverly Brooks, she appeared in several films, such as '' Reach for the Sky'' (1956). Early life Patri ... - June Weston * Mervyn Johns - Hurst * Kay Callard - Rita * Maurice Kaufmann - Nicky * Edwin Richfield - Max * Moray Watson - Jimmy * Ferdy Mayne - Tony Del Roma * Anne Heywood - Receptionist * Nigel Green - Photographer References External links * 1956 films Films directed by Charles Saunders 1956 comedy films British comedy films 1950s English-language films 1950s British film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarnished Heroes
''Tarnished Heroes'' is a 1961 British war film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Dermot Walsh and Anton Rodgers. It was produced by Danziger Productions. The film is set in France during World War II, and concerns a British major who destroys a Nazi convoy. The plot of the film bears similarities to '' The Dirty Dozen'', although it was made five years before Robert Aldrich's film, and three years before the novel on which it is based. However, it is possible that ''Tarnished Heroes'' was inspired by the success of '' The Magnificent Seven'', released in 1960, as the concept seems close: the recruitment of a band of renegades to fight a difficult fight for the common good. Plot When Major Roy Bell (Walsh) and his company are trapped by the advancing German army, Bell decides to embark on a suicide mission to blow up a bridge which is of strategic importance to the enemy. However, the only resource available to him is a group of rag-tag army failures, made up of drunks, thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
House Of Mystery (1961 Film)
''House of Mystery'' is a 1961 British supernatural mystery film. It was based on a play director Vernon Sewell had filmed three times before.John Hamilton, ''The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70'' Hemlock Books 2013 p 96-98 It was known in Germany as Das Landhaus des Dr. Lemming ("The Country House of Dr. Lemming"), and because of its compact running time, aired in the U.S. as an episode of the TV series "Kraft Mystery Theatre". Plot A pair of newlyweds visit an old cottage for sale in the country, and hear the housekeeper's account of its macabre history. The previous owners had been disturbed by paranormal activity, and on calling in a medium, the ghost was identified as an eccentric and vengeful scientist, once resident in the cottage. The scientist was obsessed with electricity, and when his unfaithful wife and her lover attempted to murder him, he responded by electrifying the living room floor and fixtures, and challenging the couple to escape. Cast *Stella Lemming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gorgo (film)
''Gorgo'' is a 1961 science fiction giant monster film directed by Eugène Lourié, an international co-production of the United Kingdom, the United States, and Ireland. The story is about a ship’s captain and his pearl diving crew who, with other fishermen on an island and an orphaned boy, discover and capture a gigantic amphibious sea creature and take it to London for public exhibition. This results in the creature's much larger mother invading London in search of her offspring, causing catastrophic destruction across the city. Plot Captain Joe Ryan is salvaging for treasure off the coast of Ireland when a volcano erupts, nearly sinking his ship. Ryan and his First Officer and friend, Sam Slade, take the ship to Nara Island for repairs. Before the Harbour Master, Mr McCartin, arrives to assist them, the crew meet Sean, an orphan, who assists McCartin: he invites them to see his collection of ancient Viking relics. Ryan finds himself intrigued by a relic bearing the image o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crowning Touch
''The Crowning Touch'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by David Eady and starring Ted Ray, Irene Handl and Greta Gynt. Plot The "Crowning Touch" of the title is a fancy ladies hat. It has been ordered and specially set aside at a posh British hat shop, but no one has come to collect it. Three of the shop's staff offer different reasons as to why the pretty young girl who'd ordered the hat never showed up. Cast * Ted Ray as Bert * Greta Gynt as Rosie * Griffith Jones as Mark * Sydney Tafler as Joe * Dermot Walsh as Aubrey Drake * Maureen Connell as Julia * Colin Gordon as Stacey * Irene Handl as Bebe * Allan Cuthbertson as Philip * Diane Hart as Tess * Joan Benham as Daphne * Maurice Kaufmann as David Critical reception *''Allmovie'' called the film "a serviceable British shaggy-dog story, graced by the presence of such top talents as Greta Gynt, Griffith Jones, Sydney Tafler, Dermot Walsh and Irene Handl." *''TV Guide TV Guide is an American digital media company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Top Floor Girl
''Top Floor Girl'' is a 1959 British drama film directed by Max Varnel and starring Kay Callard, Neil Hallett and Robert Raikes. The screenplay was co-written by Brian Clemens. Premise A ruthlessly ambitious woman becomes involved with the son of a wealthy man, but begins to have regrets about abandoning her previous lover. Cast * Kay Callard ... Connie * Neil Hallett ... Dave * Robert Raikes ... Bob * Maurice Kaufmann ... Peter Farnite * Brian Nissen ... Stevens Jr. * Diana Chesney ... Miss Prentice * Liz Fraser ... Mabel * Arnold Bell ... Stevens Sr. * William Hodge ... Farnite Sr. * 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 H ... (uncredited) References External links * 1959 films 1959 drama films British drama films Films directed by Max Varnel 1950s E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life In Emergency Ward 10
''Life in Emergency Ward 10'' is a 1959 film directed by Robert Day. It stars Michael Craig and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was based on the television series '' Emergency – Ward 10''. Cast * Michael Craig as Dr. Stephen Russell * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Professor Bourne-Evans * Dorothy Alison as Sister Jane Fraser * Glyn Owen as Dr. Paddy O'Meara *Rosemary Miller as Nurse Pat Roberts * Bud Tingwell as Dr. Alan Dawson *Frederick Bartman as Dr. Simon Forrester * Joan Sims as Mrs. Pryor * Rupert Davies as Dr. Tom Hunter *Sheila Sweet as Anne Hunter * David Lodge as Mr. Phillips *Dorothy Gordon as Mrs. Phillips *Christopher Witty as David Phillips *Tony Quinn as Joe Cooney *Douglas Ives as Potter *George Tovey as Mr. Pryor *Pauline Stroud as Nurse Vincent *Christina Gregg as Nurse April Andrews *Kenneth J. Warren Kenneth John Warren (25 September 1929 – 27 August 1973) was an Australian actor. Bald and heavily built, Warren went to North Sydney Boys High School. He st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Behemoth, The Sea Monster
''The Giant Behemoth'' is a 1959 British-American science fiction giant monster film directed by Eugène Lourié, with special effects by Willis H. O'Brien, Pete Peterson, Irving Block, Jack Rabin, and Louis de Witt. The film stars Gene Evans and André Morell. The screenplay was written by blacklisted author Daniel Lewis James (under the name "Daniel Hyatt") with director Lourié. Originally a story about an amorphous blob of radiation, the script was changed at the distributor's insistence to a style similar to ''The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms'' (1953), though elements of the original concept remain in the early parts of the film and in the "nuclear-breathing" power of the titular monster. Plot Scientist Steve Karnes delivers a speech to a British scientific society, led by Professor James Bickford, about the dangers to marine life posed by nuclear testing. Before Karnes can return to the United States, a real-life example of his concern materialises when a fisherman in Looe ... [...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] |
Campbell's Kingdom
''Campbell's Kingdom'' is a 1957 British adventure film directed by Ralph Thomas, based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Hammond Innes. The film stars Dirk Bogarde and Stanley Baker, with Michael Craig, Barbara Murray, James Robertson Justice and Sid James in support. The story is set in Alberta, Canada, and largely follows the principles of the Northwestern genre of film-making. Plot Recently diagnosed with a terminal disease, Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) unexpectedly finds himself the owner of a small valley in the Canadian Rocky Mountains as the result of a bequest from his grandfather. After travelling from England, Bruce arrives at "Campbell's Kingdom" (as the locals disparagingly call it) to find its existence under threat from the construction of a new hydroelectricity dam. Convinced that his grandfather was right and that the Kingdom might yield oil, the race is on to prove that there is oil under Campbell's Kingdom before the mining company building the dam can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Date With Disaster
''Date with Disaster'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Tom Drake, William Hartnell and Shirley Eaton. It was made at Southall Studios in London. Location shooting took place around Southall and Chiswick. The film's sets were designed by the art director Herbert Smith Herbert Smith LLP was a multinational law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The firm was founded in the City of London in 1882 by Norman Herbert Smith and merged with the Australian law firm Freehills on 1 October 2012, forming Herber .... Cast * Tom Drake as Miles * William Hartnell as Tracey * Shirley Eaton as Sue * Maurice Kaufmann as Don * Michael Golden as Inspector Matthews * Richard Shaw as Ken * Charles Brodie as Charlie * Deidre Mayne as Judy * Peter Fontaine as Sergeant Brace * Robert Robinson as Young Man * John Drake as Constable Wilson * Robert J. Mooney as Sergeant * Van Boolen as Night Watchman References External links * 1957 fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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