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Maurice Rootes
Maurice Clifford Rootes (12 April 1917 – 17 June 1997) was a British film editor. Filmography * ''Escape from Broadmoor'' (1948) * ''The Last Days of Dolwyn'' (1949) * ''Maria Chapdelaine (1950 film), Maria Chapdelaine'' (1950) * ''A Tale of Five Cities'' (1951) * ''The Last Page'' (1952) * ''The Gambler and the Lady'' (1952) * ''Four Sided Triangle'' (1953) * ''Spaceways'' (1953) * ''Blood Orange (1953 film), Blood Orange'' (1953) * ''Face the Music (film), Face the Music'' (1954) * ''Murder by Proxy'' (1954) * ''Windfall (1955 film), Windfall'' (1955) * ''Abdulla the Great'' (1955) * ''Reluctant Bride'' (1955) * ''One Way Out (film), One Way Out'' (1955) * ''Three Crooked Men'' (1958) * ''A Woman of Mystery'' (1958) * ''On the Run (1958 film), On the Run'' (1958) * ''Woman Possessed, A Woman Possessed'' (1958) * ''She Knows Y'Know'' (1962) * ''Jason and the Argonauts (1963 film), Jason and the Argonauts'' (1963) * ''Siege of the Saxons'' (1963) * ''Clash by Night (1963 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Escape From Broadmoor
''Escape from Broadmoor'' is a 1948 British short film featuring John Le Mesurier, in one of his earliest screen appearances. He plays Pendicost, a man escaped from an asylum, whom police are hunting down. The title is a reference to Broadmoor high-security psychiatric hospital in Crowthorne, Berkshire. It was the last film appearance of Victoria Hopper who had been a prominent leading lady in the 1930s. Plot An insane killer escapes from Broadmoor Hospital, and returns to the scene of a decade old crime, where the ghost of a servant girl he killed is bent on revenge. Cast * John Stuart as Inspector Thornton * Victoria Hopper as Susan * John Le Mesurier John Le Mesurier (, born John Elton Le Mesurier Halliley; 5 April 191215 November 1983) was an English actor. He is perhaps best remembered for his comedic role as Sergeant Arthur Wilson in the BBC television situation co ... as Pendicost * Frank Hawkins as Roger Trent * Tony Doonan as Jenkins * Gilli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Crooked Men
''Three Crooked Men'' is a 1958 British crime film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Gordon Jackson. Plot Three crooks break into a store hoping to gain access to the bank next door. The store keeper has remained in the rear of the store after a drunken fight with his wife, the men take him hostage. A passerby, a bank employee, hears him shout knocks on the front door, tries to help, but he too is captured. The two kidnapped men are dumped in the country eventually getting free and are recognized/arrested as the "wanted men" in news reports. Under questioning the police don't want to believe them as the missing shop owner and missing bank employee seem to have committed the crime. While awaiting court the two men return to the store come across a photo which had been dropped during the break-in and decide their best chance is to track down the thieves themselves. Cast * Gordon Jackson as Don Wescot * Sarah Lawson as May Wescot * Eric Pohlmann as Masters * Philip S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1917 Births
Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force's Desert Column. * January 10 – Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition: Seven survivors of the Ross Sea party were rescued after being stranded for several months. * January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey), one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. * January 16 – The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for $25 million. * January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. * January 25 ** WWI: British armed merchantman is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland), with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. ** An anti- prostitution drive in San Francisco occurs, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Of Java
''East of Java'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by George Melford and starring Charles Bickford, Elizabeth Young and Frank Albertson.Goble p.746 Cast * Charles Bickford as Red McGovern aka Harvey Bowers * Elizabeth Young as Ann Martin * Frank Albertson as Larry Page * Leslie Fenton as Captain Wong Bo * Sig Ruman as Hans Muller * Clarence Muse as First Mate Johnson * Jay Gilbuena as Lee * Frazer Acosta as Lute * Charles McNaughton as 'Sloppy Alf' * Edgar Norton Edgar Norton (born Harry Edgar Mills; August 11, 1868 – February 6, 1953) was an English-born American character actor. Early years Norton was born in Islington in London, England, on August 11, 1868, as Harry Edgar Mills, one of eight child ... as Resident References Bibliography * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. External links * 1935 films American drama films 1935 drama films 1930s English-language films Films directed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Custer Of The West
''Custer of the West'' is a 1967 American Western film directed by Robert Siodmak that presents a highly fictionalised version of the life and death of George Armstrong Custer, starring Robert Shaw as Custer, Robert Ryan, Ty Hardin, Jeffrey Hunter, and Mary Ure. The film was shot entirely in Spain. Plot With no better offers to be had, famous American Civil War upstart officer George Armstrong Custer takes over the Western Cavalry maintaining the peace in the Dakotas. He soon learns that the U.S. treaties are a sham, that Indian lands are being stolen and every excuse for driving them off their hunting grounds is being encouraged. With his wife Elizabeth Custer goes in and out of favor in Washington, while failing to keep wildcatting miners like his own deserting Sergeant Mulligan from running off to prospect for gold in Indian country. After trying to humble the prideful Indian warrior Dull Knife (Kieron Moore), Custer leads the 7th Cavalry into defeat. Cast * Robert Shaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Men In The Moon (1964 Film)
''First Men in the Moon'' is a 1964 British science fiction film, produced by Charles H. Schneer, directed by Nathan Juran, and starring Edward Judd, Martha Hyer and Lionel Jeffries. The film, distributed by Columbia Pictures, is an adaptation by screenwriter Nigel Kneale of H. G. Wells' 1901 novel ''The First Men in the Moon''. Ray Harryhausen provided the stop-motion animation effects, which include the Selenites, giant caterpillar-like "Moon Cows" and the large-brained Grand Lunar. The film was made five years prior to man first landing on the Moon. Plot In 1964, the United Nations has launched a rocket flight to the Moon. A multi-national group of astronauts in the UN spacecraft land, believing themselves to be the first lunar explorers. However, they discover a Union Jack flag on the surface and a note mentioning Katherine Callender, which claims the Moon for Queen Victoria. Attempting to trace Callender in the records office in Dymchurch in Kent, south-east England, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clash By Night (1963 Film)
''Clash by Night'' (released in the US as ''Escape by Night'') is a 1963 British crime thriller directed by Montgomery Tully and starring Terence Longdon and Jennifer Jayne. Plot A bus transporting criminals from court to prison is held up by crooks who rescue one of their gang. The bus is driven to a deserted farm and all the other occupants of the bus are locked in a barn. To give the gang leader plenty of time to escape, he tells the people - two prison officers, the driver and five prisoners - that the barn has been doused in petrol, and that two gang members will stay behind to guard it; they will set fire to the straw filled building if anyone attempts to escape. The prisoners and officers start to interact, but soon find they may be in danger from yet another source. Cast * Terence Longdon as Martin Lord * Jennifer Jayne as Nita Lord * Harry Fowler as Doug Roberts * Alan Wheatley as Ronald Grey-Simmons * Peter Sallis as Victor Lush * John Arnatt as Inspector Croft * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siege Of The Saxons
''Siege of the Saxons'' is a 1963 British adventure film directed by Nathan H. Juran and released by Columbia Pictures. Starring Janette Scott and Ronald Lewis, the film is set in the time of King Arthur, but, as with many Arthurian themed films, the sets and style are from medieval England. The plot is also heavily influenced by Robin Hood. Plot King Arthur learns that one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. Soon the soldiers of double-dealing Edmund of Cornwall slay the king. However his daughter Katherine escapes with the help of outlaw Robert Marshall. Claiming that Katherine is dead, Edmund prepares to usurp the throne in league with Saxon invaders. After coming close to death more than once at the hands of the sinister limping man, Katherine and Robert and other loyal countrymen rescue the great wizard Merlin from the hands of Edmund's men to help them save Camelot and England. They arrive at Camelot just as Edmund is about to be crowned. On Mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason And The Argonauts (1963 Film)
''Jason and the Argonauts'' (working title: ''Jason and the Golden Fleece'') is a 1963 Anglo-American independent mythological fantasy adventure film distributed by Columbia Pictures. It was produced by Charles H. Schneer, directed by Don Chaffey, and stars Todd Armstrong, while co-starring Nancy Kovack, Honor Blackman, and Gary Raymond. Shot in Eastman Color, the film was made in collaboration with stop-motion animation master Ray Harryhausen and is known for its various legendary creatures, notably the iconic fight scene featuring seven skeleton warriors. Although it was a box-office disappointment during its initial release, the film was critically acclaimed and later became a cult classic. The film score was composed by Bernard Herrmann, who had partnered with Harryhausen on ''The 7th Voyage of Sinbad'' (1958), '' The 3 Worlds of Gulliver'' (1960) and '' Mysterious Island'' (1961). Plot Pelias usurps the throne of Thessaly, killing King Aristo. A prophecy states that ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
She Knows Y'Know
''She Knows Y'Know'' is a 1962 black and white British comedy film directed by Montgomery Tully and starring comedienne Hylda Baker. The film takes its title from Hylda Baker's best known catch-phrase. The British Film Institute, BFI describes the film, which was made on a low-budget, as a "low life comedy, unfolded against an industrial town backdrop". Plot In the Northern England, North of England in the 1950s, the lives of two very different families become entwined. The Worswicks are a working class family led by domineering mother Hylda (Hylda Baker) with husband Joe (Cyril Smith) and academically bright son Leslie (Peter Myers). Neighbours the Smallhopes are aspiring middle class, led by mother Euphemia (Joan Sanderson), husband Clarence (Neil Wilson), with attractive daughter Marilyn (Linda Castle), whose sudden pregnancy is the catalyst for unfolding dramas involving both families. Cast * Hylda Baker as Hylda Worswick * Cyril Smith (actor), Cyril Smith as Joe Worswick * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woman Possessed
''A Woman Possessed'' is a low budget 1958 British drama film directed by Max Varnel and starring Margaretta Scott, Francis Matthews, and Kay Callard. Plot John Winthrop, an English doctor, returns from a trip to America with his new fiancee, Ann. He is met with disapproval from his wealthy, domineering mother, Katherine, who is vocal in her dislike of Ann. On discovering Ann has a heart condition, Katherine insists the couple move in with her. One day the mother accidentally gives her daughter-in-law the wrong medication and Ann nearly dies. The doctor saves his wife; but then accuses his mother of attempted murder. In the end, it turns out Emma the maid was responsible for accidentally switching the pills, and with the crisis over, mother, son and daughter-in-law realise they must settle the differences between them. Cast *Margaretta Scott - Katherine Winthrop * Francis Matthews - John Winthrop *Kay Callard - Ann *Alison Leggatt - Emma *Ian Fleming - Walter *Jan Holden - Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Run (1958 Film)
''On the Run'' is a 1958 British drama film directed by Ernest Morris and starring Neil McCallum, Susan Beaumont and William Hartnell. The screenplay concerns a boxer who becomes romantically involved with a woman. Cast * Neil McCallum ... Wesley * Susan Beaumont ... Kitty Casey * William Hartnell ... Tom Casey * Gordon Tanner ... Bart Taylor * Philip Saville ... Driscoll * Gil Winfield ... Joe * 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 ... ... Sam Bassett References External links * 1958 films 1958 drama films Films directed by Ernest Morris British drama films 1950s English-language films 1950s British films {{1950s-UK-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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