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You Can't Escape
''You Can't Escape'' is a 1956 British second feature ('B') drama film directed by Wilfred Eades and starring Noelle Middleton, Guy Rolfe and Robert Urquhart. It was written by Robert Hall and Doreen Montgomery based on the 1938 novel ''She Died Young'' by Alan Kennington. Plot Rising novelist, Peter Darwin, has a row with former mistress Claire, and accidentally kills her. He somehow manages to persuades his reluctant fiancé Kay to help him bury Claire's body in a wood. But when the body is found, and a blackmailing journalist appears on the scene, Darwin resorts to desperate measures to cover his tracks, including framing an innocent person. Cast * Noelle Middleton as Kay March * Guy Rolfe as David Anstruther * Robert Urquhart as Peter Darwin * Peter Reynolds as Rodney Nixon * Elizabeth Kentish as Claire Segar * Barbara Cavan as Aunt Sue * Martin Boddey as Inspector Crane * Thorley Walters as Chadwick * Jacqueline Mackenzie as Mrs. Baggerley * Thorley Walters as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doreen Montgomery
Doreen Catherine Mary Montgomery (12 April 1913 in Glasgow – 24 February 1992 in London) was a British screenwriter. Biography Montgomery graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an arts degree. She submitted scripts to Associated British Picture Corporation where they attracted attention of Walter Mycroft who put her under contract.OBITUARIES Baker, Bob. Sight and Sound; London3.2 (Feb 1, 1993): 29. Working for Gainsborough Pictures, her early credits include '' Just William'' (1940), ''The Man in Grey'' (1943), '' Fanny by Gaslight'' (1944) and '' While I Live'' (1947). Television credits include ''Dr. Finlay's Casebook'' and '' The Avengers'' (for which she created the character of Cathy Gale). In 1954 she wrote the play ''A Summer House'' based on the Constance Kent murder cast. She also co wrote a book, ''Voices in the Dark'' (1971).Avenger with a typewriter Cotes, Peter. The Guardian (1959-2003); London (UK) ondon (UK)9 Mar 1992: 37 Personal life Doreen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wensley Pithey
Wensley Ivan William Frederick Pithey (21 June 1914 – 10 November 1993) was a South African character actor who had a long stage and film career in Britain. Biography Pithey was born in Cape Town, South Africa. A graduate of the University of Cape Town where he studied music and drama, he travelled to Britain in 1947. He appeared in various Shakespearean roles in his long career (memorably as Sir Toby Belch) and appeared in Eugene O'Neill's ''Anna Christie''. He also directed and produced plays in the West End and appeared in a range of roles on television including the 1976 drama ''Edward and Mrs Simpson'' (as Winston Churchill – a role he also played in the miniseries '' Ike'') and ''Special Branch'' and ''Poldark''. His British television appearances included ''Danger Man'' (1961) among others. He also played the title role of Detective Superintendent Charlesworth in a number of BBC series including '' Charlesworth at Large'' (1958) and its sequel '' Charlesworth'' the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B-movies
A B movie, or B film, is a type of cheap, low-budget commercial motion picture. Originally, during the Golden Age of Hollywood, this term specifically referred to films meant to be shown as the lesser-known second half of a double feature, somewhat similar to B-sides in recorded music. However, the production of such films as "second features" in the United States largely declined by the end of the 1950s. This shift was due to the rise of commercial television, which prompted film studio B movie production departments to transition into television film production divisions. These divisions continued to create content similar to B movies, albeit in the form of low-budget films and series. Today, the term "B movie" is used in a broader sense. In post-Golden Age usage, B movies can encompass a wide spectrum of films, ranging from sensationalistic exploitation films to independent arthouse productions. In either usage, most B movies represent a particular genre: the Western wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ITC Entertainment
The Incorporated Television Company (ITC), or ITC Entertainment as it was referred to in the United States, was a British company involved in the production and distribution of television programmes. History Incorporated Television Programme Company Television mogul Lew Grade set up the Incorporated Television Programme Company (ITP) with Prince Littler and Val Parnell in 1954. Originally designed to be a contractor for the UK's new ITV network, the company failed to win a contract when the Independent Television Authority felt that doing so would give too much control in the entertainment business to the Grade family's companies (which included large talent agencies and theatre interests) although the ITA said that ITP were free to make their own programmes which they could sell to the new network companies. ITP put most of the production budget into producing one show, '' The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (ITV, 1955–59). However, the winner of one of the contracts, the As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Batsford Books
Batsford Books is an independent British book publisher. Batsford was founded in 1843 by Bradley Thomas Batsford. For some time it was an imprint of Pavilion Books. Upon the purchase of Pavilion Books by HarperCollins, on 1 December 2021, B. T. Batsford Ltd once again became an independent publishing house, with Pitkin as an imprint. Polly Powell, former owner of Pavilion Books, became the owner of Batsford Books and John Stachiewicz was appointed chairman. Harry Batsford, nephew of the founder Bradley Thomas Batsford, was the chairman but also an author for the company writing at least 11 books on English architecture and countryside (some reprinted into the 21st century). Many were co-authored by Charles Fry, Chief Editor and a director of the company. During the Depression years after 1928 there was a period when the firm tried to rely just on their books, illustrated by Batsford's nephew Brian Cook. A prominent chairman of the firm from 1952 until 1974 was Brian Batsford, kno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Quinlan (film Critic)
David Quinlan is an English film critic, journalist, film historian and author. Quinlan was the film critic for the '' TVTimes'' from 1972 to 2006. Other contributions to film periodicals include ''Films Illustrated'', ''Photoplay'', '' Films and Filming'' and ''Film Review Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: Academic criticism by film scholars, who study the composition of film theory and publish their findin ...''. He co-edits the film review website PicturesThatTalk.com with Alan Frank.Pictures That Talk - About us Retrieved on 2008-03-20. Books Publications include: * ''Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Stars'' (five editions from 1981) * ''Quinlan's Illustrated Directory of Film Di ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TV Guide
TV Guide is an American digital media In mass communication, digital media is any media (communication), communication media that operates in conjunction with various encoded machine-readable data formats. Digital content can be created, viewed, distributed, modified, listened to, an ... company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news. In 2008, the company sold its founding product, the '' TV Guide'' magazine and the entire print magazine division, to a private buyout firm operated by Andrew Nikou, who then set up the print operation as TV Guide Magazine LLC. Corporate history Prototype The prototype of what would become '' TV Guide'' magazine was developed by Lee Wagner (1910–1993), who was the circulation director of Macfadden Communications Group#Macfadden Publications, MacFadden Publications in New York City in the 1930s – and later, by the time of the predecessor publication's creation, for Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monthly Film Bulletin
The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those with a narrow arthouse release. History The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was edited in the mid-1950s by David Robinson, in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Peter John Dyer, and then by Tom Milne. By the end of the 1960s, when the character and tone of its reviews changed considerably with the arrival of a new generation of critics influenced by the student culture and intellectual tumult of the time (not least the overthrow of old ideas of "taste" and quality), David Wilson was the editor. It was then edited by Jan Dawson (1938 – 1980), for two years from 1971, and from 1973 until its demise by the New Zealand-born critic Richard Combs. In 1991, the ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was merged with '' Sight & Sound'', which had until then be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Board Of Film Classification
The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) is a non-governmental organization, non-governmental organisation founded by the British film industry in 1912 and responsible for the national classification and censorship of films exhibited at cinemas and video works (such as television programmes, Trailer (promotion), trailers, adverts, public information/campaigning films, menus, bonus content, etc.) released on physical media within the United Kingdom. It has a statutory requirement to classify all video works released on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray Disc, Blu-ray (including Blu-ray 3D, 3D and Ultra HD Blu-ray, 4K UHD formats), and, to a lesser extent, some video games under the Video Recordings Act 1984. The BBFC was also the designated regulator for the UK age-verification, UK age-verification scheme, which was abandoned before being implemented. History and overview The BBFC was established in 1912 as the British Board of Film Censors, under the aegis of the Incorporated Associa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Bazely
Sally Bazely (born 1933) is a British television actress. Her main roles were in '' Father, Dear Father'' (1968–1970) and ''Harriet's Back in Town'' (1972). She also played the '2nd Peasant Blouse', in '' You Can't Escape'' (1957); Jenny in a 1962 episode of The Saint (series 1 episode 3); Norman Wisdom Sir Norman Joseph Wisdom, (4 February 1915 – 4 October 2010), was an English actor, comedian, musician, and singer, best known for his series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966, in which he portrayed the endearingly inept charact ...'s wife in the comedy film '' What's Good for the Goose'' (1969); and portrayed Poppaea in the 1976 BBC TV series '' I, Claudius''. References External links * British television actresses 1933 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-tv-actor-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen Connell
Maureen Connell (born 2 August 1931) is a British actress. Personal life On 20 July 1956, Connell married British film director, writer and producer John Guillermin. They resided in the Los Angeles area beginning 1968. They had two children, Michelle and Michael-John, the latter of whom died in 1984 in a car accident in Truckee, California. Selected filmography * ''Golden Ivory'' (1954) * '' Port Afrique'' (1956) * ''You Can't Escape'' (1957) * ''The Rising of the Moon'' (1957) * ''Lucky Jim'' (1957) * '' Town on Trial'' (1957) * '' Kill Her Gently'' (1957) * '' The Abominable Snowman'' (1957) * '' Stormy Crossing'' (1958) * '' The Man Upstairs'' (1958) * '' Next to No Time'' (1958) * '' The Crowning Touch'' (1959) * '' Never Let Go'' (1960) * '' Danger by My Side'' (1962) * '' Skyjacked'' (1972) Television * ITV Television Playhouse (1955) * The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1956) (Episode 4: 'A Tale of Two Pigtails') * '' Espionage (TV series)'' ('Snow on Mount Kama' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Cawdron
Robert Chattey Cawdron (29 December 1921 – 14 September 1997) was a French-born British film and television actor. Often cast as police officers, he had a long-running role on ''Dixon of Dock Green'' as Detective Inspector Cherry.The Guinness Book of Classic British TV p.217 Selected filmography Film * '' Night Beat'' (1947) - Police Recruit (uncredited) * '' The Fallen Idol'' (1948) - Policeman (uncredited) * '' The Chiltern Hundreds'' (1949) - Sergeant * ''Stage Fright'' (1950) - Policeman (uncredited) * '' State Secret'' (1950) - State Policeman (uncredited) * '' The Elusive Pimpernel'' (1950) - Doorman at the French Embassy (uncredited) * '' Highly Dangerous'' (1950) - Soldier at Barrier During Fire (uncredited) * ''Captain Horatio Hornblower'' (1951) - French Mate on 'Witch of Endor' (uncredited) * '' Trent's Last Case'' (1952) - Police Constable (uncredited) * '' Down Among the Z Men'' (1952) - Sergeant Bullshine * '' Street of Shadows'' (1953) - Det. Sgt. Hadley * '' Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
