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The Toff
In the series of adventure novels by John Creasey, the Toff is the nickname of the Honourable Richard Rollison, an upper-class crime sleuth. Creasey published almost 60 Toff adventures, beginning with ''Introducing the Toff'' in 1938 and continuing through ''The Toff and the Crooked Copper'', published in 1977, four years after the author's death. Rollison is in many ways similar to Simon Templar, although Creasey's other character The Baron bears an even closer resemblance. Unlike Templar, Rollison has no earlier life of crime, although he frequently breaks or bends the law in pursuing his investigations. Rollison's calling card includes a caricature of a toff—a line drawing with a top hat, monocle, bow-tie and cigarette with a holder. His flat includes a trophy wall, on which is a memento of every case Rollison helped to solve. In these stories Rollison is moderately well-known, as his exploits are frequently reported in the newspapers. He is as at home in upper-cru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Creasey
John Creasey (17 September 1908 – 9 June 1973) was an English crime writer, also writing science fiction, romance and western novels, who wrote more than six hundred novels using twenty-eight different pseudonyms. He created several characters who are now famous, such as The Toff (The Honourable Richard Rollison), Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, Inspector Roger West, The Baron (John Mannering), Doctor Emmanuel Cellini and Doctor Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey. The most popular of these was Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for the television series '' Gideon's Way'' and for the John Ford movie ''Gideon's Day'' (1958). The Baron character was also made into a 1960s TV series starring Steve Forrest as ''The Baron''. Life and career John Creasey was born in Southfields, London Borough of Wandsworth (formerly part of Surrey), to a working-class family. He was the seventh of nine children of Ruth and Joseph Creasey, a poor coach maker. Creasey was educated a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Toff Goes To Market
''The Toff Goes to Market'' is a 1942 crime thriller novel by the British writer John Creasey. It was the eighth in his long-running featuring the gentleman amateur detective The Toff In the series of adventure novels by John Creasey, the Toff is the nickname of the Honourable Richard Rollison, an upper-class crime sleuth. Creasey published almost 60 Toff adventures, beginning with ''Introducing the Toff'' in 1938 and conti .... It was one of a number of novels produced in the era that featured the booming wartime black market as a major plotline.Roodhouse p.230 It has been republished on a number of occasions. References Bibliography * Reilly, John M. ''Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers''. Springer, 2015. * Roodhouse, Mark. ''Black Market Britain: 1939-1955''. OUP Oxford, 2013. 1942 British novels Novels by John Creasey British crime novels British thriller novels Novels set in London John Long Ltd books {{1940s-thriller-novel-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Creasey Characters
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Amalgamated Press
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Salisbury Playhouse
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BBC Radio
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations covering the majority of musical genres, as well as local radio stations covering local news, affairs and interests. It also oversees online audio content. Of the national radio stations, BBC Radio 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Live are all available through analogue radio ( AM or FM (with BBC Radio 4 LW on longwave) as well as on DAB Digital Radio and BBC Sounds. The Asian Network broadcasts on DAB and selected AM frequencies in the English Midlands. BBC Radio 1Xtra, 4 Extra, 5 Sports Extra, 6 Music and the World Service broadcast only on DAB and BBC Sounds, while Radio 1 Dance and Relax streams are available only online. All of the BBC's national radio stations broadcast from bases in London and Manchester, usually in or near to Broadcasting H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), known as ScreenSound Australia from 1999 to 2004, is Australia's audiovisual archive, responsible for developing, preserving, maintaining, promoting and providing access to a national collection of film, television, sound, radio, video games, new media, and related documents and artefacts. The collection ranges from works created in the late nineteenth century when the recorded sound and film industries were in their infancy, to those made in the present day. The NFSA collection first started as the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (within the then Commonwealth National Library) in 1935, becoming an independent cultural organisation in 1984. On 3 October, Prime Minister Bob Hawke officially opened the NFSA's headquarters in Canberra. History of the organisation The work of the Archive can be officially dated to the establishment of the National Historical Film and Speaking Record Library (part of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crawford Productions
Crawford Productions is an Australian media production company, focused on radio and television production. Founded in Melbourne by Hector Crawford and his sister, actress and voice artist Dorothy Crawford, the company, also known as Crawfords Australia, is now a subsidiary of the WIN Corporation. Founding and early years Founded exclusively as a radio production company in 1945, Crawford Productions then specialized in drama, light entertainment, and educational programs. When broadcast television was introduced to Australia in 1956, Crawford Productions was one of the few Australian radio production houses to successfully transition to the new medium. Early Crawford TV productions included '' Wedding Day'' (HSV-7, 1956), the first Australian-produced sitcom '' Take That!'' (HSV-7, 1957–59), ''The Peters Club'' (GTV-9, 1958), '' Raising a Husband'' (GTV-9, 1958) and the drama play '' Seagulls Over Sorrento'' (HSV-7, 1960). They also produced segments of the ''Export Acti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hammer The Toff
''Hammer the Toff'' is a 1952 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley and Patricia Dainton. The film was based on the 1947 novel of the same name by John Creasey, the 17th in the series featuring upper-class sleuth Richard Rollinson, also known as " The Toff". This film and another Toff adaptation ''Salute the Toff'' were shot back-to-back at Nettlefold Studios in the summer of 1951 with identical production credits and many of the same actors. ''Hammer the Toff'' was issued to cinemas in March 1952 as the sequel to ''Salute the Toff''. There would be no further entries in the series of films. Although it was once considered lost, appearing on the British Film Institute's " 75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films, it was released on DVD in March 2016. It was produced by Ernest G. Roy. Plot On the train to the seaside resort of Brighthaven, Richard Rollinson (Bentley) is sharing a carriage with an attractive young lady called Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salute The Toff
''Salute the Toff'' is a 1952 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring John Bentley and Carol Marsh. The film was based on the 1941 novel of the same name by John Creasey, the sixth in the series featuring upper-class sleuth Richard Rollinson, also known as "The Toff". This film and another Toff adaptation, ''Hammer the Toff'', were shot back-to-back at Nettlefold Studios in the summer of 1951. They were released to cinemas in January and May 1952 respectively. Neither film was thought to have survived and both were classed as "missing, believed lost", although there was a degree of hope that they might be lurking as yet uncatalogued in British TV archives. Both films are included on the British Film Institute's " 75 Most Wanted" list of missing British feature films. This changed in 2013 when ''Salute The Toff'' was finally released on DVD from Renown Pictures Limited. Plot The Honourable Richard Rollinson (Bentley) is a well-known private detective who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maclean Rogers
Maclean Rogers (13 July 1899 – 4 January 1962) was a British film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography Director * '' The Third Eye'' (1929) * '' The Mayor's Nest'' (1932) * '' Up for the Derby'' (1933) * ''The Crime at Blossoms'' (1933) * '' Trouble'' (1933) * ''Summer Lightning'' (1933) * ''It's a Cop'' (1934) * '' Virginia's Husband'' (1934) * '' The Scoop'' (1934) * '' The Feathered Serpent'' (1934) * '' The Right Age to Marry'' (1935) * ''Old Faithful'' (1935) * '' Marry the Girl'' (1935) * '' A Little Bit of Bluff'' (1935) * '' All That Glitters'' (1936) * '' Twice Branded'' (1936) * '' A Wife or Two'' (1936) * '' Nothing Like Publicity'' (1936) * '' Not So Dusty'' (1936) * ''Busman's Holiday'' (1936) * '' Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith'' (1937) * '' The Heirloom Mystery'' (1937) * '' Why Pick on Me?'' (1937) * '' Farewell to Cinderella'' (1937) * '' Racing Romance'' (1937) * '' Father Steps Out'' (1937) * ''His Lordship Regrets'' (1938) * '' Easy Riches'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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