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Roddy McMillan
Roddy McMillan OBE (23 March 1923 – 9 July 1979) was a Scottish actor and playwright, possibly most famous for his comedy role as Para Handy for BBC Scotland's television series, ''The Vital Spark''. He also played the lead role in Edward Boyd's private eye series, ''The View from Daniel Pike''. Biography The Glasgow-born McMillan worked for a time in a glassworks. His theatre work began in the mid-1940s with the Glasgow Unity Theatre. Later that decade, he began acting with the Glasgow Citizen's Company before moving on to Edinburgh's Gateway Theatre in the mid-1950s. His first play, ''All in Good Faith'', about a Glasgow family which unexpectedly comes into possession of £15,000, was first staged in 1954. He performed in his second play, ''The Bevellers'', which premiered at the Lyceum Theatre in Edinburgh and achieved success at the Citizens Theatre in Glasgow during 1973 and then as a televised ''Play for Today'' for the BBC. McMillan also played Detective Inspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and east, and the Irish Sea to the south. It also contains more than 790 islands, principally in the archipelagos of the Hebrides and the Northern Isles. Most of the population, including the capital Edinburgh, is concentrated in the Central Belt—the plain between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands—in the Scottish Lowlands. Scotland is divided into 32 administrative subdivisions or local authorities, known as council areas. Glasgow City is the largest council area in terms of population, with Highland being the largest in terms of area. Limited self-governing power, covering matters such as education, social services and roads and transportation, is devolved from the Scott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morning Departure
''Morning Departure'' (released as ''Operation Disaster'' in the United StatesIMDb: Operation Disaster – release dates Retrieved 24 November 2012) is a 1950 British naval drama film about life aboard a sunken submarine, directed by , and starring and . It is based on a stage play of the same name by Kenneth Woollard, which had also been shown as a live TV play by the BBC both in 1946< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chato's Land
''Chato's Land'' is a 1972 Western Technicolor film directed by Michael Winner, starring Charles Bronson and Jack Palance. In Apache country, the half-native Chato shoots the local sheriff in self-defense, and finds himself hunted by a posse of ex-Confederates, who rape his wife and leave her hogtied in the open as a bait to trap him. After freeing her, Chato uses his superior fieldcraft skills to lure each of the posse to their deaths. The film can be classified in the revisionist Western genre, which was at its height at the time, with a dramatizing of racism and oblique referencing of the Vietnam War. The original screenplay was written by Gerry Wilson. Plot The half-Apache Chato is racially abused in a bar by the sheriff. He shoots the sheriff dead in self-defense and rides out of town on his Paso Fino. Former Confederate Captain Quincey Whitmore dons his uniform and gathers a posse of former Confederate soldiers and sympathizers. Chato, staying one step ahead, fires on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Of Bright Water (film)
''Ring of Bright Water'' is a 1969 British comedy-drama film starring Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna. It is a story about a Londoner and his pet otter living on the Scottish coast. The story is fictional, but is adapted from the 1960 autobiographical book of the same name by Gavin Maxwell. It featured the stars of ''Born Free'', another film about a close relationship between humans and a wild animal. Plot Graham Merrill (Bill Travers) passes a pet shop on his daily walks about London, and takes an interest in an otter (specifically, a male river otter) he sees in its window; eventually, he buys the animal and names him Mijbil or "Mij" for short. The otter wreaks havoc in his small apartment, and together they leave London for a rustic cottage overlooking the sea on the west coast of Scotland. There they live as beachcombers, and make the acquaintance of Dr. Mary (Virginia McKenna) from the nearby village, and her dog Johnny. Mij and Johnny play in the water and bound acros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Mouse On The Moon
''The Mouse on the Moon'' is a 1963 British comedy film, the sequel to ''The Mouse That Roared''. It is an adaptation of the 1962 novel ''The Mouse on the Moon'' by Irish author Leonard Wibberley, and was directed by Richard Lester. In it, the people of the Duchy of Grand Fenwick, a microstate in Europe, attempt space flight using wine as a propellant. It satirises the space race, Cold War and politics. Peter Sellers, who had played three roles in the first film, did not return for this sequel and was replaced by Margaret Rutherford and Ron Moody for two of Sellers' characters. The third character, Tully Bascombe, was not present in the sequel. Likewise Leo McKern did not reprise his role of Benter; this part was played by Roddy McMillan. The film also featured June Ritchie, Bernard Cribbins and Terry-Thomas, with David Kossoff reprising his role as Professor Kokintz. Plot Financial disaster looms for Grand Fenwick when the current vintage of its only export, wine, starts explod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amorous Prawn
''The Amorous Prawn'' or ''The Amorous Mr. Prawn'' is a 1962 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring Ian Carmichael, Joan Greenwood and Cecil Parker. The film was based on a 1959 farcical play by Kimmins. In the United States the film was retitled ''The Playgirl and the War Minister'' to exploit the Profumo affair. Premise General Fitzadam receives his final posting in the remote Scottish Highlands. When the General and his wife discover that they cannot afford the country cottage where they plan to retire, his wife decides to run their residence as a hotel for wealthy Americans using the services of soldiers and an expert poacher. Cast Production The original play had run for over 900 performances in the West End. Critical reception ''Variety Variety may refer to: Arts and entertainment Entertainment formats * Variety (radio) * Variety show, in theater and television Films * ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Prize Of Arms
''A Prize of Arms'' is a 1962 British crime film directed by Cliff Owen and starring Stanley Baker, Helmut Schmid, Patrick Magee and Tom Bell with early appearances by several actors including Fulton Mackay, Michael Ripper, Stephen Lewis, Geoffrey Palmer, Tom Adams and Rodney Bewes. Set in 1956, the film follows a criminal gang as it tries to rob an army pay convoy during the Suez Crisis. Plot Three criminals have hatched a plan to rob an army barracks. The troops are about to be dispatched to take part in a war in the Middle East and there is believed to be a large amount of pay on the premises, to be shipped out with them. The gang enters an army barracks, disguised as soldiers and proceeds to the pay corps headquarters where, under the guise of maintenance work, they make sure that the alarms are disabled — which will give them time to make their escape once the robbery takes place. For the rest of the day they try to integrate themselves into the workings of the base ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snowball (1960 Film)
''Snowball'' is a 1960 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring Gordon Jackson, Kenneth Griffith and Zena Walker. It was made at Beaconsfield Studios. The film's sets were designed by the art director Harry Pottle. Plot 10-year-old Mickey (Dennis Waterman) is late home from school. He tells his parents he was thrown off the school bus by the conductor for not having a ticket, obliging him to walk four miles. The local press makes an issue of the incident and the story snowballs out of control. The conductor, Phil Hart, a former POW with memory problems, is harassed until he collapses on railway tracks and is killed by a train. Mickey finally owns up to lying. Cast * Gordon Jackson as Bill Donovan * Kenneth Griffith as Phil Hart * Zena Walker as Mary Donovan * Daphne Anderson as Nora Hart * Dennis Waterman as Mickey Donovan * John Welsh as Ted Wylie * Myrtle Reed as Betty Martin * Wensley Pithey as Jim Adams * Eric Pohlmann as Editor * Ronald Ada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Day (1960 Film)
''The Big Day'' is a 1960 black and white British drama film directed by Peter Graham Scott and starring Donald Pleasence, Andrée Melly and Colin Gordon. The big day approaches when a business boss must choose between three prospective candidates for a job. Plot Married 42 year old Victor Partridge is having an assignation with Nina, his 19 year old secretary. He discusses his desire for promotion. In the pub Harry Jackson discusses his wife's relationship to his boss, and also seeks promotion. At interview, Partridge, Jackson and Selkirk all vie for the sole position. The boss Mr Baker has to choose. Partridge, despite looking very mild-mannered, has a wife as well as a girlfriend! He is the company accountant, but the affair is leaked to the boss to ruin his chances of promotion. Jackson (who is Transport Manager) has been filing fake driver records and this is exposed to also ruin his hopes. Selkirk, the Sales Manager, seems the likely choice for the directorship in thes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Battle Of The Sexes (1959 Film)
''The Battle of the Sexes'' is a 1959 British black and white comedy film starring Peter Sellers, Robert Morley, and Constance Cummings, and directed by Charles Crichton. Based on the short story " The Catbird Seat" by James Thurber, it was adapted by Monja Danischewsky. A timid accountant in a Scottish Tweed weaving company cleverly bests a brash modern American efficiency expert whose ideas threaten his way of life. Plot Martin, the accountant for a Scottish Tweed weaving company, is in Edinburgh buying whisky and cigarettes on the Royal Mile. Martin is called to the death-bed of the owner, old MacPherson, at Moray Place. MacPherson offers him a whisky but Martin declines, so MacPherson drinks the two and promptly dies. The new owner of the Tweed company, the young MacPherson, is enamoured of a zealous American woman who is an efficiency expert and who wants to turn her hand to revolutionise the very traditional company. She insists on visiting "the factory" on the Hebrides i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Bridal Path (film)
''The Bridal Path'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Frank Launder and starring Bill Travers, George Cole and Bernadette O'Farrell. It is based on the 1952 novel of the same name by Nigel Tranter. The film was an unsuccessful attempt to repeat the success of Launder and Gilliat's earlier ''Geordie'' (1955). Cast * Bill Travers as Ewan McEwan * George Cole as Police Sergeant Bruce * Bernadette O'Farrell as Siona Campbell * Duncan Macrae as Headquarters Police Sergeant * Alex Mackenzie as Finlay * Patricia Bredin as Margaret * Fiona Clyne as Katie * Dilys Laye as Isobel * Eddie Byrne as Mike Flanagan * Terry Scott as Police Constable Donald * Gordon Jackson as Police Constable Alec * Roddy McMillan as Murdo * Joan Benham as Barmaid * Pekoe Ainley as Craigie * Joan Fitzpatrick as Sarah * Nell Ballantyne as Jessie * Jameson Clark as Police Constable at Crossroads * Jack Lambert as Hector * Annette Crosbie as 1st Waitress * Molly Weir as 2nd waitress * Graham Crowden ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cat & Mouse (1958 Film)
''Cat & Mouse'' is a 1958 British crime drama film directed by Paul Rotha. It was released in the United States with the alternative title ''The Desperate Men''. Synopsis A deserter from the American army holds a young British woman hostage, believing she knows the location of a fortune in diamonds. Cast * Lee Patterson as Rod Fenner * Ann Sears as Ann Coltby * Victor Maddern as Superintendent Harding * Hilton Edwards as Mr. Scruby * Diana Fawcett as Mrs. Pomeroy * Roddy McMillan as Mr. Pomeroy * Stuart Saunders as Plainclothes Sergeant * George Rose as Second-hand Clothes Dealer * Llewellyn Rees Walter Llewellyn Rees (18 June 1901 – 7 January 1994) was an English actor. Career His television roles included appearances on ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial '' The Deadly Assassin'' (1976) playing the assassinated Time Lord President), '' T ... as Bank Manager References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cat and Mouse 1958 films British crime drama films Films direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
