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The Heroes (other)
The Heroes may refer to: Film * ''The Heroes'' (1916 film), a 1916 short comedy film starring Oliver Hardy * ''The Heroes'' (1973 film), a 1973 film starring Rod Steiger * ''The Heroes'' (1980 film), a 1980 Hong Kong film * ''The Heroes'' (1994 film), a 1994 Italian comedy film Literature * ''The Heroes'' (1856), a collection of stories based on Greek mythology by Charles Kingsley * "The Heroes" (1947), a Nelson Algren story in ''The Neon Wilderness'' * ''The Heroes'' (fantasy novel), a 2011 fantasy novel by Joe Abercrombie Television Episodes * "The Heroes", ''Best of British'' season 1, episode 1 (1987) * "The Heroes", ''Starsky & Hutch'' season 3, episode 8 (1977) * "The Heroes", ''The Outcasts'' episode 6 (1968) * "The Heroes", ''The Vital Spark'' series 2, episode 4 (1967) Shows * ''The Heroes'' (miniseries), a 1989 Australian-British television war film based on Operation Jaywick starring John Bach and Jason Donovan * ''The Heroes'' (2008 TV series), a 2008–2022 I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heroes (1916 Film)
''The Heroes'' is a 1916 American short comedy film starring Oliver Hardy. Cast * Oliver Hardy as Plump (as Babe Hardy) * Billy Ruge as Runt * Ray Godfrey as Plump's and Runt's sweetheart * Bert Tracy as Schoolmaster * Joe Cohen as Circus Agent See also * List of American films of 1916 * Oliver Hardy filmography __NOTOC__ These are the films of Oliver Hardy as an actor. For the filmography of Laurel and Hardy as a team, see: Laurel and Hardy films :''This list contains only the films that Laurel and Hardy made together. For their solo films see Stan Laur ... External links * 1916 films 1916 comedy films Silent American comedy films American black-and-white films 1916 short films American silent short films American comedy short films 1910s American films {{1910s-short-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heroes (1973 Film)
''The Heroes'' (also known as ''Gli eroi'', ''Les héros'' and ''Los héroes millonarios'') is a 1973 Italian war-comedy film directed by Duccio Tessari. Cast * Rod Steiger as Guenther von Lutz *Rosanna Schiaffino as Katrin * Rod Taylor as Bob Robson *Claude Brasseur as Raphael Tilbaudet *Terry-Thomas as John Cooper *Gianni Garko as Schreiber * Aldo Giuffrè as Spartaco Amore * Ángel Aranda as Cowlich * Nino Segurini as German soldier * Miguel Bosé as German soldier *Antonio Pica as Dietrich *Lucia Bosé ( cameo) Production Yul Brynner Yuliy Borisovich Briner (russian: link=no, Юлий Борисович Бринер; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner, was a Russian-born actor. He was best known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in th ... was announced to play the lead but pulled out. Part of the film production was done in the Egyptian Western Desert, several miles near the pyramid of Mydoom. A small Carson City, Nevada was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heroes (1980 Film)
''The Heroes'', also known as ''The Shaolin Heroes'', is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Wu Ma and Pao Hsueh-li and starring Ti Lung, Shih Szu and Danny Lee. Plot During the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court views the righteous Shaolin Temple as an eyesore and sends a group of soldiers to destroy the temple, led by chief Ko Fei (Ti Lung), a former Shaolin disciple. After Shaolin was destroyed, all of its disciples were captured and detained. Although Ko made them work as hard labors, he was actually helping them increase their physical strength to refine their martial arts. On the surface, Ko seems to be working for the imperial court, but he was assisting his fellow disciples to recover Shaolin. However, his fellow disciples did not accept the token of his appreciation. Afterwards, the disciples fled and revolted before killing the Emperor ( Michael Chan). At that time, Ko was also killed and his heroic deed was not known even after he died. Ko is considered a tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heroes (1994 Film)
''The Heroes'' ( it, I mitici – Colpo gobbo a Milano, lit, The mythical guys: big heist in Milan) is a 1994 Italian heist comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. Cast *Claudio Amendola as Fabio *Monica Bellucci as Deborah *Ricky Memphis as Enzo *Tony Sperandeo as Tonino *Pier Maria Cecchini as Giulio *Ugo Conti as Igor *Mirella Falco as Signora Motta *Paolo Lombardi as the Commissioner *Umberto Smaila as the jewellery owner *Toni Ucci as Sor Peppe *Pietro Ghislandi as Colnaghi *Riccardo Calvani as Squillace *Ugo Bologna Ugo Bologna (11 September 1917 – 29 January 1998) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Milan, the son of a municipal employee and a housewife, in 1936 Bologna started working as a primary school teacher, and in 1939 he atte ... as Calabrò References External links * 1994 films Films directed by Carlo Vanzina 1990s Italian-language films 1994 comedy films Italian comedy films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Kingsley
Charles Kingsley (12 June 1819 – 23 January 1875) was a broad church priest of the Church of England, a university professor, social reformer, historian, novelist and poet. He is particularly associated with Christian socialism, the working men's college, and forming labour cooperatives, which failed, but encouraged later working reforms. He was a friend and correspondent of Charles Darwin. Life and character Kingsley was born in Holne, Devon, the elder son of the Reverend Charles Kingsley and his wife, Mary Lucas Kingsley. His brother Henry Kingsley (1830–1876) and sister Charlotte Chanter (1828–1882) also became writers. He was the father of the novelist Lucas Malet (Mary St. Leger Kingsley, 1852–1931) and the uncle of the traveller and scientist Mary Kingsley (1862–1900). Charles Kingsley's childhood was spent in Clovelly, Devon, where his father was Curate in 1826–1832 and Rector in 1832–1836, and at Barnack, Northamptonshire. He was educated at Bristol G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Neon Wilderness
''The Neon Wilderness'' (1947) is the first short-story collection by American writer Nelson Algren. Two of its stories had received an O. Henry Award. Algren received an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters the same year. Overview The book collects 24 stories: 8 previously published (from 1933 to 1947) and 16 new. Most of them are set in then-contemporary Chicago (1930s and 1940s), in the so-called "Polish-American ghetto". They revolve around the lower classes: workers and unemployed, drunkards and gamblers, prostitutes and hustlers, small-businessmen and policemen. Unlike Dickens or Zola, their general tone is tragi-comedy or sympathetic satire. Two stories had received an O. Henry Award (and been reprinted in the related annual volume): Algren's second-published story "The Brothers' House" (1935 award) and "A Bottle of Milk for Mother (Biceps)" (1941 award). Two had been selected for '' The Best American Short Stories'': "A Bottle of Milk for Mother" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heroes (fantasy Novel)
''The First Law'' is a fantasy series written by British author Joe Abercrombie. ''The First Law'' is the title of the original trilogy in the series, but is also used to refer to the series as a whole. The full series consists of a trilogy, three stand-alone novels, short stories, and a second trilogy, titled ''The Age of Madness,'' of which the third book was published in September 2021. The original trilogy is published by Gollancz in the UK and Pyr in the United States. The stand-alone novels remain with Gollancz in the UK but will be published by Orbit Books in the United States. Published works ;Short stories Chronology of events All fictional dates are in relation to the founding of The Union; Before the Union (BU) or After the Union (AU). The Original Trilogy story arc (with characters Logen Ninefingers, Jezal dan Luthar, Sand dan Glokta, Dogman, Collem West and Ferro Maljinn): * 566 AU (spring): "A Beautiful Bastard" (short story) * 570 AU (summer): "Made a M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Best Of British (TV Series)
''Best of British'' is a British television documentary series, created by Robert Sidaway, Ashley Sidaway, Maurice Sellar and Lou Jones and produced by Robert Sidaway. Narrated by John Mills and Anthony Quayle, the series comprised five seasons and sixty seven episodes all originally broadcast on BBC1. Designed as entertainment for a broad audience, the complete series encompasses a comprehensive view of British cinema from the 1930s to the 1980s by examining a different theme and or genre in each episode through the extensive use of film clips. The series debuted on 22 April 1987. The final episode was broadcast on 31 March 1994. The UK company Best Of British Films & Television was established due to the success of the series. Production Season 1 The creators had worked together in 1985 on the one hour documentary special '' Around The World In Seven Minutes and Four Times On Saturday'', about the Pathé News and Movietone News cinema newsreels and their lead commentators Bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Starsky & Hutch Episodes
This is a list of episodes from the 1970s US series ''Starsky & Hutch ''Starsky & Hutch'' is an American action television series, which consisted of a 72-minute pilot movie (originally aired as a ''Movie of the Week'' entry) and 92 episodes of 50 minutes each. The show was created by William Blinn (inspired by th ...''. Series overview Episodes Pilot movie Season 1 (1975–76) Season 2 (1976–77) Season 3 (1977–78) Season 4 (1978–79) References External links * *Encyclopedia of Television {{DEFAULTSORT:Starsky And Hutch Episodes, List Of Lists of American crime drama television series episodes Lists of American action television series episodes Episodes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Outcasts (American TV Series)
''The Outcasts'' is an American Western genre television series, appearing on ABC in the 1968-69 season. The series stars Don Murray and Otis Young. It is most notable for being the first television Western with an African American co-star. Synopsis "Jemal David and Earl Corey. One black, one white; one ex-Union soldier, one ex-Confederate officer; one ex-slave, one ex-slave owner. Together, they are the Outcasts." Those words opened a series telling the story of bounty hunter Jemal David (Young) and ex-Confederate cavalry officer Earl Corey (Murray) who teams up with David in the early 1870s. Several dynamics ran through the show. For one, the two heroes were not friends - Corey would frequently to call David "Boy" and David would call him "Boss". They were reluctant partners, both very fast and deadly with a gun, who were thrown together by circumstance when Corey walked into town carrying his saddle and needing a job, and David badly needing another gun to watch his b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Vital Spark
''The Vital Spark'' is a BBC Scotland television series set in the western isles of Scotland in the 1930s, based on the Para Handy books by Neil Munro. It starred Roddy McMillan as Peter "Para Handy" MacFarlane, captain of the puffer ''Vital Spark''. The series followed the ''Vital Spark's'' adventures around the coastal waters of west Scotland and the various schemes that Para Handy would get himself and his crew involved in. The comedy was first broadcast in August 1965 as an episode of the BBC’s ''Comedy Playhouse'' series. Following this two series, of six and seven episodes respectively, were commissioned by BBC Scotland and transmitted in early 1966, and autumn 1967. Both series were made in black-and-white. Of these only "A Drop O’ The Real Stuff" survives. In March 1973 an hour-long TV Special was made, in colour, featuring the same cast. After the success of this, a further six episodes (essentially remakes of previous scripts but in a more contemporary setting) w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Heroes (miniseries)
''The Heroes'' is a 1989 British/Australian mini-series on Operation Jaywick, a World War II special forces raid on Japanese shipping in Singapore harbour by the Australian Z Special Unit, based on Ronald McKie's 1960 book ''The Heroes''. Plot A British Army officer, Ivan Lyon, who is promoted to major and decorated for his bravery has the eccentric idea of commandeering a dilapidated old fishing boat and with a hand-picked team of commandos, sail it into Singapore and destroy the Japanese warships in the harbour. When Lyon receives the awful news that his wife and young son have been killed on board a ship bombed by the Japanese, his superiors feel that he is unhinged and refuse to consider his foolhardy plan. He eventually wins them over and the dangerous mission is put into action. "The Heroes" tells the absorbing true story of Operation Jaywick. Part One When the Japanese invade Singapore, Captain Ivan Lyon formerly of the Gordon Highlanders and currently working for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
