John Rae

Nacimiento : 1895-06-21, Perth, Scotland, UK

Muerte : 1977-06-04

Películas

Achilles Heel
Mr Bennett
A professional footballer suffers an injury which could jeopardise his career.
John Keats: His Life and Death
First Critic
Dramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.
El amuleto del diablo
Theatre Doorman
Un corredor de automóviles ha tenido visiones extrasensoriales. Una investigadora se interesa por el caso y, tras estudiarlo, llega a la conclusión de que el hombre puede predecir los desastres antes que se cumplan.
¡Oh, qué guerra tan bonita!
Grandpa Smith
Musical basado en una obra del mismo título que retrata a la famlia Smith durante la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). (FILMAFFINITY)
Fahrenheit 451
Book Person: 'Weir of Hermiston' (uncredited)
En el futuro, el gobierno mantiene el control de la opinión pública proscribiendo la literatura y manteniendo un grupo de ejecutores, conocidos como «bomberos», para realizar las necesarias quemas de libros. El bombero Montag comienza a cuestionar la moralidad de su vocación…
Morgan, un caso clínico
Judge
Morgan es un artista que, influido por las ideas marxistas de su madre, siente la necesidad de rebelarse contra el orden social establecido y contra toda clase de convencionalismos. Pero esta actitud lo alejará cada vez más de la realidad y, poco a poco, contraerá una grave patología psicológica que lo lleva a identificarse con un gorila, animal al que se siente muy unido. Llegado a este punto, su mujer Leonie le pide el divorcio y, aunque Morgan intenta recuperarla, ella ha empezado a sentirse atraída por otro hombre. (FILMAFFINITY)
Reach for Glory
Screenplay
During World War II, teenage boys in a small English town are consumed with jingoism and brutal war games, hoping dearly that the war won't end before they can fight in it.
They Take the High Road
Narrator (voice)
The work of a team of men who tackle a special British Road Services job in the treacherous terrain of the Scottish Highlands.
The Bridal Path
Angus
Based on a novel by Nigel Tranter, The Bridal Path is a light-hearted look at the somewhat unfortunate results that can come of the continued marrying of fairly close cousins in a restricted and remote community. Set in the Hebrides off Scotland, the story tells how Ewan MacEwan leaves the isle of Eorsa in search of the perfect wife, but finally returns to marry Katie.
The Big Chance
Mr. Jarvis
A clerk sees his big chance to escape a humdrum existence, but his resolve is tested as many unexpected obstacles arise.
Manuela
Ferguson
James Prothero, forty-three years old and up to his ears in alcohol, is the skipper of a tramp ship due to leave South America for Britain – and he’s sick to death of carting goods back and forth across the world. Then he meets Manuela, a beautiful native girl smuggled on board by one of his crew, and comes to realise that she, too, is a lost soul. Gradually a love affair develops between them, and Prothero becomes dangerously blind to the responsibilities of his position.
Quatermass 2
E. J. Macleod
El profesor Quatermass descubre por casualidad, investigando un área de mucha actividad de meteoritos, una instalación gubernamental secreta rodeada de fuertes medidas de seguridad. Aparentemente el misterioso complejo se dedica a la fabricación de comida sintética, pero Quatermass llega a la terrible conclusión de que los extraterrestres están invadiendo la Tierra usando esta instalación como tapadera. Para salvar al país y al mundo entero de los invasores, Quatermass deberá enfrentarse a peligros terribles con un final incierto.
La bella Maggie
The Constable
Maggie es un carguero cuyo viejo capitán se empeña en mantener a flote, a pesar de que se encuentra en un estado ruinoso. (FILMAFFINITY)
The Kidnappers
Andrew McCleod
After losing their father in the Boer War, orphaned brothers Harry and Davy must leave their home in Scotland to live with their grandmother and cantankerous grandfather in Nova Scotia. The boys want nothing more than a pet dog, but their grandfather refuses to get them one. Then, when the brothers find an abandoned baby, they decide to keep it – but the foundling may not have been abandoned after all.
The Brave Don't Cry
Donald Sloan
The Brave Don't Cry aspires to the "feel" of a documentary, right down to the deliberate absence of background music. A mine in Scotland falls victim to a cave-in, trapping some one hundred workers. Rescue parties are formed as the tremulous families of the miners wait in agony. As in the actual incident upon which this film is based, the rescue is nip and tuck and times, but eventually successful. The faces of real-life Scottish mining folk are melded with the professional actors in The Brave Don't Cry, adding poignancy to this otherwise cut-and-dried film.
Verde es el peligro
Porter
El inspector Cockrill nos cuenta esta historia: mientras Londres está en alerta máxima por la caída de las bombas volantes alemanas, debe resolver el caso de las muertes acaecidas en un hospital de emergencia rural. Basado en "Green for Danger" de Christianna Brand.
Sé a dónde voy
Old Shepherd
Joan siempre supo lo que quería desde que era una niña. Ahora está a punto de casarse con un millonario, pero las fuerzas de la naturaleza parecerán conspirar para que cambie de idea. (FILMAFFINITY)
A City Reborn
Scripted by poet Dylan Thomas, this affecting docu-drama recalls the incendiary bombing of Coventry on 14 November 1940. The film focusses on reconstruction and morale: we see the city's rebirth through the eyes of a young local couple planning for their future, and an engineer interested in the new housing drive. This is one of several 1940s films introducing cinemagoers to the good old 'prefab'.
Tawny Pipit
McDougall
Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.
Neutral Port
A British merchant ship is torpedoed by a German U-Boat and takes shelter in a neutral port. The Captain then strikes back at the German enemy.
Poison Pen
Dr. Sloane
The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with malicious thoughts.
Brief Ecstasy
Director of Steel Company (uncredited)
A remarkable story of love lost and found, as a young couple are separated by circumstance, and plunged into emotional turmoil by a reunion...
39 escalones
Audience Member at Political Meeting (uncredited)
Richard Hannay está en un music-hall londinense. De repente, suena un disparo y comienza una pelea. En medio del tumulto, una chica asustada le pregunta si puede ir con él. Richard accede y la lleva a su apartamento...