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Robert Raglan
Robert Raglan (7 April 1909 – 18 July 1985) was a British actor best known for his semi-regular role in ''Dad's Army'' as Colonel Pritchard. He also starred in a number of other television series and films such as ''Fabian of the Yard'' (1954–56) and ''The Haunted House of Horror'' (1969). He also appeared in ''Danger Man'' with Patrick McGoohan and Scotland Yard (TV series). Partial filmography * ''The Courtneys of Curzon Street'' (1947) - (uncredited) * ''Circus Boy'' (1947) - Trevor * '' Night Beat'' (1947) - Det. Sgt (uncredited) * '' The Ringer'' (1952) - (uncredited) * '' The Broken Horseshoe'' (1953) - (uncredited) * ''Recoil'' (1953) - Sgt Perkins * ''The Good Beginning'' (1953) - Shelley (uncredited) * ''Gilbert Harding Speaking of Murder'' (1953) - Inspector McKay (uncredited) * '' Child's Play'' (1954) - Police Superintendent * ''Confession'' (1955) - Superintendent Beckman * ''Portrait of Alison'' (1955) - (uncredited) * ''Handcuffs, London'' (1955) - Det. Sgt W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reigate
Reigate ( ) is a town status in the United Kingdom, town in Surrey, England, around south of central London. The settlement is recorded in Domesday Book in 1086 as ''Cherchefelle'' and first appears with its modern name in the 1190s. The earliest archaeological evidence for human activity is from the Paleolithic and Neolithic, and during the Roman Britain, Roman period, tile making took place to the north east of the modern centre. A motte-and-bailey castle was erected in Reigate in the late 11th or early 12th century. It was originally constructed of lumber, timber, but the curtain walls were rebuilt in stone about a century later. In the first half of the 13th century, an Augustinians, Augustinian priory was founded to the south of the modern town centre. The priory was dissolution of the monasteries, closed during the English Reformation, Reformation and was rebuilt as a private residence for William Howard, 1st Baron Howard of Effingham, William Howard, the 1st Baron Howard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Good Beginning
''The Good Beginning'' is a 1953 British drama film directed by Gilbert Gunn and written by Janet Green and starring John Fraser, Eileen Moore and Peter Reynolds. Cast * John Fraser - Johnny Lipson * Eileen Moore - Kit Lipson * Peter Reynolds - Brian Watson * Lana Morris - Evie Watson * Humphrey Lestocq - Thorogood * Hugh Pryse - Braithwaite * Ann Stephens - Polly * Peter Jones - Furrier * David Kossoff David Kossoff (24 November 1919 – 23 March 2005) was a British actor. In 1954 he won the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles for his appearance as Geza Szobek in '' The Young Lovers''. He played Alf Larkin in TV sit ... - Dealer References Bibliography * Harper, Sue & Porter, Vincent. ''British Cinema of the 1950s: The Decline of Deference''. Oxford University Press, 2007. External links * 1953 films 1953 drama films Films shot at Associated British Studios Films directed by Gilbert Gunn British drama films British black-and-wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Man From Tangier
''Man from Tangier'' (released in the United States as ''Thunder over Tangier'') is a 1957 British crime film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Robert Hutton, Lisa Gastoni and Martin Benson. Plot summary A criminal flees from Tangier to London with forged money plates, leading to the gang he works for sending a dangerous woman to pursue him. Main cast * Robert Hutton as Chuck Collins * Lisa Gastoni as Michele * Martin Benson as Voss * Derek Sydney as Darracq * Leonard Sachs as Heinrich * Emerton Court as Armstrong * Richard Shaw as Johnny * Robert Raglan as Inspector Meredith * Harold Berens as Sammy * Jack Allen as Rex * Michael Balfour as Spade Murphy * Frank Forsyth as Sergeant Irons * Reginald Hearne as Walters * Fred Lake as Hotel Porter * Alex Gallier as Max * Marianne Stone as Woman in Hotel * Ronnie Clark as Coster Release ''Man in Tangier'' was cut by the British Board of Film Classification to 67 minutes running time, in order to achieve a "U" classificat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The One That Got Away (1957 Film)
''The One That Got Away'' is a 1957 Second World War film starring Hardy Krüger and featuring Michael Goodliffe, Jack Gwillim and Alec McCowen. The film was directed by Roy Ward Baker with a screenplay written by Howard Clewes, based on the 1956 book of the same name by Kendal Burt and James Leasor. The film chronicles the true exploits of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, a Luftwaffe pilot shot down over Britain in 1940. He initially tried to escape while captive in England, but was later successful during transfer to a Canadian POW camp. Von Werra was the only Axis POW to succeed in escaping and make it home during the war. Plot Luftwaffe fighter pilot Franz von Werra is shot down during the Battle of Britain and captured. At the 'London Cage', the military intelligence POW reception centre, he wagers with his RAF interrogator that he will escape within six months. At Trent Park House outside London von Werra is placed with other officers and their conversations are bugged, but vo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Chance (1957 British Film)
''The Big Chance '' is a 1957 black and white British drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott. It stars Adrienne Corri, William Russell, and Ian Colin. Plot Bill Anderson is disillusioned with his job as a travel agent and married life with a wife who is content with a quiet life. When a customer calls to postpone his flight, Anderson decides to escape it all by using the customer's ticket as booked and assuming the identity of the man, who left his passport because it required renewing. This has conveniently coincided with him taking over control of his employer's safe in which is stored all the foreign currency, which they supply to customers leaving the country. He makes two falsely initialled briefcases to use in a scheme to get the currency illegally past airport customs. He stays late on a Friday night after everybody else has left and, after emptying the safe of the currency, he heads to the airport for his flight to Panama. However, the airport being closed down becaus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Clues To Fortune
''Five Clues to Fortune'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Joe Mendoza and starring David Hemmings, John Rogers and Roberta Paterson. Its plot involves two children who try to prevent an aristocrat's secretary from secretly selling the aristocrat's country house. It was sometimes shown as an 8-part serial. The film score was composed by Max Saunders and Jack Beaver. Cast * John Rogers - Michael * Roberta Paterson - Jill * Peter Godsell - Mark * David Hemmings - Ken * Dafydd Havard - Jonas * Norman Mitchell - Bert * David Cameron - Mr. King * Peter Welch Peter Francis Welch (born May 2, 1947) is an American lawyer and politician who is a United States senator-elect from Vermont, and the current U.S. representative for since 2007. A member of the Democratic Party, he has been a major figure i ... - Mr. Strong * Philippa Hiatt - Mrs. Strong References External links * 1957 films 1957 crime drama films British crime drama films Films scored by Ja ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crooked Sky
''The Crooked Sky'' is a low budget 1957 black and white British melodrama/crime film, directed by Henry Cass from a story by Maclean Rogers and Charles F. Vetter.Weaver 2011, p. 18. The film stars Wayne Morris (American actor), Wayne Morris, Anton Diffring and Karin Booth. Plot American detective Mike Conlin (Wayne Morris), teams up with Scotland Yard to catch the villains behind a big counterfeiting ring. After the mysterious death of an American airline radio operator, the Yard suspect the operation may originate in the United States, and Conlin is brought over to help. In London, £500,000 in counterfeit one-pound notes has been smuggled in by Tom Alanson (Guy Kingsley-Poynter), an American radio engineer for a freight line flying between England and the United States. He is in a gang of smugglers but goes to Scotland Yard but two gang members stab him to death. Yard Inspector "Mac" MacAuley (Bruce Seton) believes the forged notes come from the United States. Mac contacts the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
There's Always A Thursday
''There's Always a Thursday'' is a 1957 British crime film directed by Charles Saunders and starring Charles Victor, Jill Ireland, Lloyd Lamble and Robert Raglan. Much of the film was shot at Southall Studios. Premise Comedy about a down-trodden clerk's newfound fame as the director of a racy lingerie firm, after an innocent encounter with a fast woman is misreported and earns him the reputation of a suburban Romeo. Cast * Charles Victor as George Potter * Frances Day as Vera Clandon * Marjorie Rhodes as Marjorie Potter * Bruce Seton as James Pelly * Robert Raglan as Crosby * Jill Ireland as Jennifer Potter * Richard Thorp as Dennis Potter * Lloyd Lamble as Detective Sergeant Bolton * Patrick Holt as Middleton * Ewen Solon as Inspector Bradley * Alex Macintosh as TV Interviewer * Reginald Hearne as Bannister * Deidre Mayne as Miss Morton * Glen Alyn as Mrs. Middleton * Alexander Field as Tramp * Martin Boddey as Sergeant Critical reception ''TV Guide TV Guide is an America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brothers In Law (film)
''Brothers in Law'' is a 1957 British comedy film directed by Roy Boulting and starring Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas and Jill Adams. The film is one of the Boulting brothers successful series of institutional satires that begun with ''Private's Progress'' in 1956. It is an adaptation of the 1955 novel '' Brothers in Law'' by Henry Cecil, a comedy set in the legal profession. Plot summary Roger Thursby has just completed his barrister's examinations and has been called to the bar. He commences his pupillage in the London chambers of Kendall Grimes, but finds he learns more from Henry, his fellow pupil, and Alec, the chambers clerk. Although only supposed to 'shadow' Grimes, he finds himself on his feet before unsympathetic judges almost immediately. Roger and Henry vie for the affections of Sally, a fellow lodger. She obtains his first brief for him from her father, a solicitor. It is an undefended divorce case, which Roger manages to lose, to the lady's fury ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morning Call (film)
''Morning Call'' (U.S. title: ''The Strange Case of Dr. Manning'') is a 1957 British thriller film, directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Greta Gynt and Ron Randell. Under its American title, it was distributed in the U.S. by Republic Pictures. Plot The rich and successful Dr. Manning is called out in the middle of the night to visit a private patient. He never returns and the next morning his wife Annette (Gynt) finds him missing. Soon after, she receives a ransom note demanding £5,000 for his release. The police are alerted and soon Annette is trying to deliver the money to various drop-off points specified by the kidnapper in telephone calls to her. The police keep watch, hoping to catch the kidnapper in the act of retrieving the money, but every attempts ends in failure as he fails to show up, realising the locations are being watched. Annette hires a private detective Nick Logan (Randell) to make his own investigations. Manning is found dead, and the police decide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
23 Paces To Baker Street
''23 Paces to Baker Street'' is a 1956 American DeLuxe Color mystery thriller film directed by Henry Hathaway. It was released by 20th Century Fox and filmed in Cinemascope on location in London. The screenplay by Nigel Balchin was based on the 1938 novel ''Warrant for X'', original UK title ''The Nursemaid Who Disappeared'' by Philip MacDonald. The film focuses on Philip Hannon (Van Johnson), a blind playwright who overhears a partial conversation he believes is related to the planning of a kidnapping. When the authorities fail to take action because they believe his story is the product of a writer's fertile imagination, Hannon searches for the child with the help of his butler and ex-fiancée, using his acute sense of hearing to gather evidence and serve as guidance. The plot of the film bears some resemblance to Alfred Hitchcock's ''Rear Window'' of 1954, which also features a disabled protagonist witnessing a crime, which the police refuse to take seriously, therefore placing h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Private's Progress
''Private's Progress'' is a 1956 British comedy film based on the novel by Alan Hackney. It was directed and produced by John and Roy Boulting, from a script by John Boulting and Frank Harvey. Plot During the Second World War, young undergraduate Stanley Windrush (Ian Carmichael), is conscripted into the British Army. Unlike his friend, Egan ( Peter Jones), Windrush is a most reluctant soldier and struggles through basic training at Gravestone Barracks under Sgt. Sutton (William Hartnell) (Author Hackney spent the first year of his National Service at Maidstone Barracks). Failing his officer selection board, he is posted to a holding unit, under the command of Major Hitchcock (Terry-Thomas). Most of the soldiers there are malingerers and drop-outs, with one of them Private Cox (Richard Attenborough) becoming his mentor in escaping work details and riding on the railway without a ticket. Windrush is finally posted to train as a Japanese interpreter, where he becomes the prize p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
