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Walk A Crooked Path
''Walk a Crooked Path '' is a 1969 British crime film directed by John Brason and starring Tenniel Evans, Faith Brook and Patricia Haines. The film is set at a boarding school where a man plans to murder his wealthy teacher wife. It is sometimes known as ''Twilight Man''. The film's sets were designed by the art director Wilfred Arnold. Cast * Tenniel Evans as John Hemming * Faith Brook as Elizabeth Hemming * Christopher Coll as Bill Coleman * Patricia Haines as Nancy Coleman * Clive Endersby as Philip Dreeper * Georgina Simpson as Elaine * Margery Mason as Aunt Mildred * Georgina Cookson as Imogen Dreeper * Peter Copley as Arnold Oberon * Paul Dawkins as Inspector * Barry Perowne as Unwins * Robert Powell Robert Powell (; born 1 June 1944) is an English actor who is known for the title roles in ''Mahler'' (1974) and '' Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in '' The Thirty Nine Steps'' (1978) and its ... as Mullvaney Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Brason
John Brason is a British script writer and script editor, best known for the series made in collaboration with television producer Gerard Glaister, ''Colditz'' and '' Secret Army'', both set during World War II. Brason was known for his anti-communism, among the reasons he believed for the non-broadcast of his final scripted episode of ''Secret Army'', "What Did You Do During the War, Daddy?" Credits As Writer * ''Colditz'' (1972) * ''Moonbase 3'' (1973) * ''Special Branch'' (1974) * ''Boy Dominic'' (1974) * '' Blood Relations'' (originally ''Bloedverwanten'', 1977) * '' Secret Army'' (1977–79) * '' The Fourth Arm'' (1979) * ''Buccaneer'' (1980) * '' Enemy at the Door'' (1980) * ''Diamonds'' (1981) * ''Kessler'' (1981) * ''Chessgame'' (1983) * '' Skorpion'' (1983) * ''Cold Warrior'' (1984) Script Editor * ''Secret Army'' (1977–79) * ''Buccaneer'' (1980) * ''Blood Money'' (1981) * ''Howards' Way'' (1985–86) Director * ''Walk a Crooked Path ''Walk a Crooked Path '' is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfred Arnold
Wilfred Arnold (1903–1970), also known as C. Wilfred Arnold, was a British art director.Ryall p.98 He was prolific contributor to British films, designing the sets for more than a hundred. His brother Norman Arnold was also an art director. Selected filmography * '' The Rat'' (1925) * '' The Sea Urchin'' (1926) * '' The Lodger'' (1927) * '' The Silver Lining'' (1927) * '' The Ring'' (1927) * ''The Farmer's Wife'' (1928) * ''Champagne'' (1928) * '' The First Born'' (1928) * '' The Manxman'' (1929) * ''Blackmail'' (1929) * ''Under the Greenwood Tree'' (1929) * ''Rich and Strange'' (1931) * '' The Outsider'' (1931) * ''Number Seventeen'' (1932) * ''Lord of the Manor'' (1933) * '' Sorrell and Son'' (1933) * ''One Precious Year'' (1933) * ''Dick Turpin'' (1934) * ''Girls Please!'' (1934) * ''I Spy'' (1934) * '' Brewster's Millions'' (1935) * '' Escape Me Never'' (1935) * ''The Mad Hatters'' (1935) * ''The Hope of His Side'' (1935) * ''Talk of the Devil'' (1936) * '' When Knights ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Crime Films
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butcher's Film Service Films
A butcher is a person who slaughters animals, dresses their flesh and sells their meat. Butcher, The Butcher, Butchers, or Butcher's may also refer to: People * Butcher (surname), a common surname Epithet In real life * Butcher of Amritsar: Reginald Dyer (1864–1927), British Indian Army officer responsible for the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in Amritsar * Butcher of Baghdad: Saddam Hussein (1937–2006), President of Iraq until deposed in 2003 * Butcher of the Balkans (other), several people * Butcher of Balochistan and Butcher of Bengal: Tikka Khan (1915–2002), Pakistan Army four-star general and first Chief of Staff * Butcher of Bega: Graeme Stephen Reeves (born 1949), Australian deregistered gynecologist and obstetrician * Butcher of Beijing: Li Peng (李鹏; 1928–2019) top level Chinese Communist Party official known for supporting the use of violence against the Tiananmen Square Protests * Butcher of Beirut: Ariel Sharon (1928–2014), Israeli Prime Mini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Crime Films
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is First inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev, An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1969 Films
The year 1969 in film involved some significant events, with '' Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' dominating the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of all time and ''Midnight Cowboy'', a film rated X, winning the Academy Award for Best Picture. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1969 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 14 - Louis F. Polk Jr. becomes president and CEO of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer * February 23 - Madhubala dies due to a congenital heart disease, at age 36. * June 22 - American singer and actress Judy Garland dies at age 47 of an accidental barbiturate overdose in London. * July 8 - Kinney National Services Inc. acquire substantially all of the assets of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts. * July 13 - Al Pacino's film debut (''Me, Natalie''). * Summer - Last year for prize giving at the Venice Film Festival until it is revived in 1980. From 1969 to 1979, the festival is non-competitive. * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Powell
Robert Powell (; born 1 June 1944) is an English actor who is known for the title roles in ''Mahler'' (1974) and '' Jesus of Nazareth'' (1977), and for his portrayal of secret agent Richard Hannay in '' The Thirty Nine Steps'' (1978) and its subsequent spinoff television series. Other major screen roles have included Tobias "Toby" Wren in the BBC science-fiction programme ''Doomwatch'' (1970), David Briggs in the sitcom '' The Detectives'' (1993–1997) alongside Jasper Carrott, and Mark Williams in the medical drama ''Holby City'' (2005–2011). His distinctive voice has become well known as a narrator of documentaries, especially in World War II documentaries including ''World War II in HD Colour'', '' Hitler's Bodyguard'', ''The Story of the Third Reich'' and ''Secrets of World War II''. Powell has been nominated for a BAFTA Award and won a Best Actor Award from the Venice Film Festival. Early life Powell was born in Salford, Lancashire, the son of Kathleen (née Davis) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Copley
Peter Copley (20 May 1915 – 7 October 2008) was an English television, film and stage actor. Biography Copley was born in Bushey, Hertfordshire, son of the printmakers, John Copley and Ethel Gabain. After changing his mind about joining the Royal Navy, he studied at the Old Vic School and in 1932 started out as a stage actor. He made his first film appearance in 1934, going on to play a wide variety of characters from the villainous to the meek and mild. In 1946 he appeared on stage in "Cyrano de Bergerac" at the New Theatre in London. TV credits include: '' Thorndyke'', ''Danger Man'', ''The Saint'', '' The Avengers'', ''The Forsyte Saga'', ''The Troubleshooters'', ''The Champions'', '' Department S'', ''Doomwatch'', ''Z-Cars'', ''Fall of Eagles'', '' Survivors'', ''Bless Me, Father'' (episode "A Legend Comes to Stay"), ''Father Brown'' (episode "The Curse of the Golden Cross"), ''Doctor Who'' (in the serial "Pyramids of Mars"), '' Sutherland's Law'', '' Tales of the U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgina Cookson
Antoinette Georgina Cookson (19 December 1918 – 1 October 2011) was a British film, stage and television actress. She died in Sydney, aged 92, on 1 October 2011. Family Cookson was the daughter of racing driver Roger Cookson and Sybil Taylor. Her mother, using the pseudonym Sydney Tremayne, was a novelist and contributed to ''The Tatler''. Cookson left Benenden School at the age of 15 to train at RADA. She was the great-granddaughter of the psychiatrist Sir James Crichton-Browne. She was married four times; she was twice divorced and twice widowed. She had two children, a son and a daughter. Theatre After graduating from RADA, she found constant work in both the regions and the West End theatre, appearing alongside Hermione Gingold in the wartime revue ''Rise Above It'' at the ‘Q’ (1940) and at the Comedy Theatre (1941). In the same decade, she was in ''Love Goes to Press'', with Irene Worth, at the Embassy Theatre (in Swiss Cottage) and Duchess Theatre (1946) and br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margery Mason
Margery Mason (27 September 1913 – 26 January 2014) was an English actress and director. She was the artistic director of the Repertory Theatre in Bangor, County Down, Northern Ireland in the 1960s. Career Mason played Sarah Stevens, the mother in John Hopkins' four-play cycle '' Talking to a Stranger'' (1966). A family drama with four characters, the viewpoint of Sarah Stevens was depicted in the fourth play, ''The Innocent Must Suffer''. Her film roles included ''Charlie Bubbles'' (1968), '' Clegg'' (1970), ''The Raging Moon'' (1971), ''Made'' (1972), ''Hennessy'' (1975), the bullying teacher's wife in ''Pink Floyd – The Wall'' (1982), '' Terry on the Fence'' (1986), a game show contestant in '' Victoria Wood Presents'' (1989), '' 101 Dalmatians'' (1996), ''Love Actually'' (2003), and the lady who works the sweets trolley in '' Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' (2005). She played "The Ancient Booer" in the 1987 film ''The Princess Bride''. Her television roles inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Art Director
Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and unify the vision of an artistic production. In particular, they are in charge of its overall visual appearance and how it visual communication, communicates visually, stimulates moods, contrasts features, and psychologically appeals to a target audience. The art director makes decisions about visual elements, what artistic style (visual arts), style(s) to use, and when to use motion graphic design, motion. One of the biggest challenges art directors face is translating desired moods, messages, concepts, and underdeveloped ideas into imagery. In the brainstorming process, art directors, colleagues and clients explore ways the finished piece or scene could look. At times, the art director is responsible for solidifying the vision of the col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek Horne
Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of ''Diederik'', the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "people-ruler". Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik, Dirck, and Dirk. History The English form of the name arises in the 15th century, via import from the Low Countries. The native English (Anglo-Saxon) form of the name was ''Deoric'' or ''Deodric'', from Old English ''Þēodrīc'', but this name had fallen out of use in the medieval period. During the Late Middle Ages, there was intense contact between the territories adjacent to the North Sea, in particular due to the activities of the Hanseatic League. As a result, there was a lot of cross-pollination between Low German, Dutch, English, Danish and Norwegian. The given name ''Derk'' is found in records of the Low Countries from the early 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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