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Night Without Pity
''Night Without Pity'' is a 1961 British crime film directed by Theodore Zichy and starring Sarah Lawson, Neil McCallum, Alan Edwards and Michael Browning. Plot summary Two thieves take a woman and her injured son hostage while they attempt to rob a factory. Cast * Sarah Lawson ... Diana Martin * Neil McCallum ... O'Brien * Alan Edwards ... Randall *Dorinda Stevens ... Girl Friend *Michael Browning ... Philip *Patrick Newell ... Doctor *Beatrice Varley ... Mother *John Moulder-Brown ... Geoffrey Martin *Brian Weske ... Arthur *Vanda Godsell Vanda Godsell (17 November 1922 – 2 April 1990) was an English actress. Hal Erickson writes in Allmovie, "Vanda Godsell specialised in playing disheveled housewives, busybody landladies and blowsy domestics." She appeared as Mrs Weaver in ... ... Tart References External links * 1961 films 1961 crime films British crime films 1960s English-language films 1960s British films {{1960s-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crime Film
Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as drama or gangster film, but also include comedy, and, in turn, is divided into many sub-genres, such as mystery, suspense or noir. Screenwriter and scholar Eric R. Williams identified crime film as one of eleven super-genres in his Screenwriters Taxonomy, claiming that all feature-length narrative films can be classified by these super-genres. The other ten super-genres are action, fantasy, horror, romance, science fiction, slice of life, sports, thriller, war and western. Williams identifies drama in a broader category called "film type", mystery and suspense as "macro-genres", and film noir as a "screenwriter's pathway" explaining that these categories are additive rather than exclusionary. '' C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Zichy
Count Theodore Béla Rudolf Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő ( hu, Zichi és Vásonkeői gróf Zichy Tivadar Béla Rudolf; 13 June 1908 – 30 December 1987) was a British actor, photographer, film director, producer and playboy of Hungarian descent. Early life Born in Eastbourne in Sussex in 1908, the son of Count Béla Mária Rudolf Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1868–1944), a Hungarian aristocrat, and an American mother, Mabel Elizabeth Wright (1865–1926), his brother was Edward George Béla Mária Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (1898–1958). A great-nephew of Mihály Zichy, Theodore Zichy held British and Hungarian citizenship. Career In 1928, he started racing Bugattis, which he continued on and off until 1932. He learned to fly at Brooklands in the late 1930s, owned a de Havilland Puss Moth registered G-AAXY and kept this at Brooklands from 1938 to 1939 and served in the Air Transport Auxiliary as a First Officer from 1940 to 1941. Some forty years later, he recalled his experi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Lawson (actress)
Sarah Elizabeth Lawson (born 6 August 1928) is an English actress best known for her film and television roles. Early life Lawson is the youngest of three children born to Edith (née Monteith) and Noel John Charles Lawson (1887–1964), a naval officer of Irish heritage. She trained at Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art, then worked in Perth, Ipswich, Felixstowe and London's West End. Film Lawson's films have included '' The Browning Version'' (1951), ''The World Ten Times Over'' and ''The Devil Rides Out''. Her radio work included ''The Hostage'', ''Inspector West'' and ''Kind Sir''. Among her most memorable film appearances was as Marie Eaton in Hammer's ''The Devil Rides Out'' (1968), in which her husband Patrick Allen provided the dubbing for actor Leon Greene. She and Allen also starred together in the science fiction thriller ''Night of the Big Heat'' (1967). Both films were directed by Terence Fisher. Television Lawson's work on television included ''Time and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neil McCallum (actor)
Neil John McCallum (20 May 192926 April 1976) was a British-Canadian actor. After attending the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, McCallum's first major appearance on stage was alongside Sam Wanamaker in '' The Rainmaker'' in the mid-1950s. He appeared in British TV series in the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, including ''The Saint'', '' Department S'' and ''UFO'', and in films such as ''The Siege of Pinchgut'' (1959) and ''Dr. Terror's House of Horrors'' (1965). He provided the voices of Dr Ray Pierce in the film '' Thunderbirds Are Go'' (1966) and an airport controller in the TV series ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'' (1967). He played lead character Angelo James in the BBC TV series ''Vendetta'' (1966–68). He dated the British film and stage actress Julie Andrews early in her career, as mentioned in Andrews' autobiography ''Home''. He was also a scriptwriter (scripting two 1964 thrillers, ''Do You Know this Voice?'' and ''Walk a Tightrope ''Walk a Tightro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Edwards (actor)
Alan Edmund William Edwards AM MBE (17 January 1925 – 14 January 2003) was a British actor and founding Artistic Director of the Queensland Theatre Company in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. He was considered a major contributor to the artistic life of Queensland and was appointed MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) and Member of the Order of Australia for his services to theatre. He was also made an honorary Doctor of Letters by the University of Southern Queensland. Edwards won a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He also obtained the same for the Old Vic School. After completing his training, he worked in various repertory theatres in England and Scotland before joining the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. From 1956, he worked mainly in London in film, theatre and radio. He also directed many plays, especially when Artistic Director of the Queensland Theatre Company. Career In 1960, he appeared in the British film, ''The Unstoppable Man'', as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorinda Stevens
Dorinda Stevens (16 August 1932 – 25 October 2012) was a British television and film actress of the 1950s and 1960s. Biography Stevens was born Doreen May Stevens in Southampton in the UK, the daughter of and Winifred (née Lucas). During World War II aged ten she was evacuated to Houghton in Hampshire where she appeared in amateur dramatics to entertain the troops. She studied elocution and was teaching it by age 13. She joined the Southampton Repertory Company where she was spotted for her good looks and was booked to appear in London aged 17. Stevens was briefly married to the actor Peter Wyngarde in the early 1950s [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick Newell
Patrick David Newell (27 March 1932 – 22 July 1988) was a British actor, known for his large size. Early life and education The second son of Eric Llewellyn Newell, of High Lodge, Hadleigh, Suffolk, an Oxford-educated physician who served as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, Newell was educated at Taunton School and completed his National Service, where a fellow recruit was Michael Caine, before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, alongside Albert Finney and Peter O'Toole. Career Newell began to be seen frequently on TV, usually cast as a fat villain or in comic roles. Given his rotund appearance and ability for playing slightly stuffy types, he was a natural stooge in several comedy shows, first for Arthur Askey, in ''Arthur's Treasured Volumes'' (ATV, 1960), then for Jimmy Edwards in ''Faces of Jim'' (BBC, 1962), with Ronnie Barker also supporting. He was originally cast as one of the inept recruits in the first of the ''Carry On'' films, 1958's ''Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Varley
Beatrice Evelyn Varley (11 July 1896 – 4 July 1964) was an English actress who appeared in television and film roles between 1936 and 1964. She made her screen debut in the 1936 film ''Tomorrow We Live'' and began to portray a variety of character roles in films such as ''Oh, Mr Porter!'', ''Holiday Camp'' and ''The Wicked Lady'' before moving predominantly into television until she died in 1964. Selected filmography * '' Tomorrow We Live'' (1936) - Patricia's Mother (uncredited) * ''Spring Handicap'' (1937) - Mrs. Tulip * ''Oh, Mr Porter!'' (1937) - Barney's Bar Landlady (uncredited) * ''Young and Innocent'' (1937) - Accused Man's Wife in First Court Case (uncredited) * '' Crackerjack'' (1938) - Bit Role (uncredited) * ''Poison Pen'' (1939) - Mrs. Jenkins * '' Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday'' (1939) - Mrs. Mooney (uncredited) * ''Kipps'' (1941) - Mrs. Kipps * '' Rush Hour'' (1941, Short) - Shopper (uncredited) * ''South American George'' (1941) - Mrs. Butters * '' Hatter's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Moulder-Brown
John Moulder-Brown (born 3 June 1953) is an English actor of television and film, known for his appearances in the films '' Deep End'', ''First Love'', '' Ludwig'' and '' The House That Screamed''. Biography Moulder-Brown was born in London and began his acting career as a child. In 1982, he acted in George Bernard Shaw's play, ''Man and Superman'', at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, alongside Peter O'Toole, Lisa Harrow, James Grout, Michael Byrne, Robert Beatty and Joyce Carey. His next stage appearance was in the play ''The Table of the Two Horsemen'' at the Greenwich Theatre, seven years later. Moulder-Brown founded The Academy of Creative Training, a drama school in Brighton, Sussex Sussex (), from the Old English (), is a historic county in South East England that was formerly an independent medieval Anglo-Saxon kingdom. It is bounded to the west by Hampshire, north by Surrey, northeast by Kent, south by the English ..., in 1997.Xenia GregoriadisThe Ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Weske
Brian Weske (23 December 1932 – 15 October 2001) was a British film and television actor. He was born in Stockwell, London, England and died in London, England aged 68. He married Italian actress and Italian translator speech artist for BBC Records, (1969-'72), Yole Marinelli, (who played in ''Drop Dead Darling'', in 1966), at Wandsworth Registry Office, on the 8th. of October, 1964, according to Shutterstock. Jess Conrad was the Best Man. Selected filmography * ''Medal for the General'' (1944) * ''Quiet Weekend'' (1946) * '' Fame Is the Spur'' (1947) * '' Just William's Luck'' (1947) * ''William Comes to Town'' (1948) * Pen Pictures from Rhodesia: Letter One (as Narrator) * ''Brandy for the Parson'' (1952) * ''No Safety Ahead'' (1959) * ''Jungle Street'' (1960) * ''Jazz Boat'' (1960) * ''On the Fiddle'' (1961) * ''Panic'' (1963) * ''The Big Switch ''The Big Switch'' is a 1968 British crime film directed, written and produced by Pete Walker and starring Sebastian Breaks, V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanda Godsell
Vanda Godsell (17 November 1922 – 2 April 1990) was an English actress. Hal Erickson writes in Allmovie, "Vanda Godsell specialised in playing disheveled housewives, busybody landladies and blowsy domestics." She appeared as Mrs Weaver in ''This Sporting Life'' (1963), Mrs Pitt in '' Bitter Harvest'' (1965), Mrs Goodge in ''The Wrong Box'' (1967) Early life She was born in Bognor Regis into the Godsell family, best known for its brewery based in Stroud. Her father was an officer in the Navy and served in the Battle of Jutland whilst her mother, Muriel, was the sister of novelist and actress Naomi Jacob. Godsell's sister Felicia was also an actress, and her other sister was an editor in the publishing world. Career Godsell began acting when she joined the Bristol Repertoire aged 14 making her film debut in 1953 in ''Flannelfoot'' starring Ronald Howard. She also appeared in ''Hell Is a City'', '' A Shot in the Dark'', ''The Earth Dies Screaming'', ''The Wrong Box'', '' B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Films
The year 1961 in film involved some significant events, with ''West Side Story'' winning 10 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1961 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Top-grossing films by country The highest-grossing 1961 films from countries outside of North America. Events * May 13 – Legendary actor Gary Cooper dies at the age of 60 in Los Angeles from colon and prostate cancer. Best known for his appearances in classic films such as ''Wings'', ''Meet John Doe'', '' Sergeant York'', ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' and '' High Noon'', Cooper was one of the biggest stars of Hollywood's Golden Age and won two Academy Awards for Best Actor. * June 28 – Cubby Broccoli and Harry Saltzman sign a multi-picture deal with United Artists to produce a series of films based on the novels of Ian Fleming starting with either '' Dr. No'' or '' Diamonds Are Forever''. The series goes on to become the highest-grossing film series of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
