Ian Colin

Birth : 1912-05-16, Livingstone, Zambia

Death : 1987-02-20

Movies

Strongroom
Creighton
During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom, while the crooks escape. Later, when the gang realise that their plan to release the pair has gone wrong, they return to the bank to try and release them before the police turn up.
Dangerous Afternoon
Reverend Everard Porson
The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.
Witness in the Dark
Superintendent Thompson
A killer breaks into an apartment to steal a valuable brooch. He kills an old woman, but in fleeing he encounters a young woman on the stairs who will become his target.
The Two-Headed Spy
Col. Heitz
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.
Balance of Terror
The Big Chance
Adam Maxwell
A clerk sees his big chance to escape a humdrum existence, but his resolve is tested as many unexpected obstacles arise.
Many Mansions
Colonel Smith-Brown
The 30 minute play, specially written for television by Scottish writer, Duncan Ross, takes place in a pub in Yorkshire. Marius plays Lester Hockley, a man blind from birth. Lester has been secretary to a deceased artist, Paul Stanton, whose character and work are being discussed by the regulars in the pub that night.
Soho Conspiracy
Archibald Maclean
The plans of a publicity agent to put on a charity concert are nearly wrecked by a lawyer who wants to take over a restaurant, but the situation is saved by local co-operation.
A Dream of Love
Franz Liszt (uncredited)
Aging composer Franz Liszt lives in an abbey. On his birthday, a priest brings him a box that was just delivered; there is no return address. In the box he finds a single flower. The flower brings back memories of his lost love of long ago, who inspired him to compose his unforgettable melodies.
Darts Are Trumps
Harry
Steven Sims is a diamond merchant who bullies his kindly hard-working clerk and disappoints his expectations when he takes into partnership an aristocratic ne'er-do-well.
It's Never Too Late to Mend
George Fielding
An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.
Wings over Africa
Tony Cooper
Two prospectors in Africa, Tony Cooper and Dalton come across a skeleton that has nearly been picked clean by vultures. They find a letter on the body addressed to a clerk in London named Wilkins . Cooper goes to Wilkins in London and tells him that his brother, whose body they had found, has left a map and a deed to a large diamond mine. Wilkins decides to go to Africa with Cooper to find the mine and, in order to speed up and finance their venture, they give a third interest to Carol Reade and her partner John Trevor), who operate a barnstorming airplane service. In Africa, close to the mine location, they are greeted by some tough gentlemen named Collins and Quincy who have terrorized the natives and lorded over the region, who quickly discover the reason for the party's mission. They join, unasked, in the race for the diamonds. The race is interrupted by the death of Trevor who is found knifed in his bunk.
Born That Way
Hugh
A Scottish woman tries to take her brother-in-law's wild living children in hand.
Men of Yesterday
A retired major and ex-enemies pledge peace at reunion.
Blue Smoke
Chris Steele
British sports film directed by Ralph Ince.
Late Extra
Ronnie Carson
A newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman.
Cross Currents
Tony Brocklehurst
A Devon Vicar mistakenly comes under suspicion of murdering a rival in love.