Alexander Archdale
Nacimiento : 1905-11-26, Jhansi, British India (now Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India)
Muerte : 1986-05-13
Historia
Alexander Archdale (26 November 1905 – 13 May 1986) was an Indian born British actor.
B.C. Simmonds
Jessica Simmonds returns from overseas to find her retired professor father in a bitter public fight to save the historic Sydney waterfront houses on Angel Street. After her father's mysterious death, she joins forces with local residents and a union leader against corrupt forces. Based on the real life mysterious disappearance of Juanita Nielsen.
Sir Charles
Surprisingly adventurous saga of an intrepid group of cinematographers and reporters who risk life and limb to capture footage of breaking news for the movie-going public.
Sir Roland Duddleston
Felicity Bannister is a young woman living in the shadow of her overpowering mother. Her oppression is her worst enemy until the day she is attacked by an intruder who breaks into her bedroom and forces Felicity into action. The tables are suddenly turned and Felicity transforms from the helpless victim into a ruthless renegade in search of trouble, driven by the anarchic thrill of malevolence.
Callant
Es la historia de un joven en Australia que ama el deporte de las carreras de caballos del arnés, que comparte con su abuelo. El abuelo tiene una granja, pero está perdiendo dinero en él cuando encuentra un caballo joven que podría ser un gran ganador. Ellos entrenan al caballo juntos y aprender algunas lecciones en el camino.
Commentator (voice)
The animated history of leisure: that concept most commonly known as free time.
Gideon Cobb
The road through the wood is said to be haunted; but are the ghosts from the past or the future?
Prison Governor
A young woman going to her wedding is waiting for her fiancée, a hood in custody, who is allowed by the police to go to his wedding.
Coroner
Inexplicablemente, los habitantes de un apacible pueblo pierden el conocimiento durante unas horas. Poco después se produce otro extraño e inquietante fenómeno que parece estar relacionado con aquel desmayo: muchas mujeres del pueblo descubren que están encintas. Agentes del gobierno supervisan estos embarazos para investigar si existe o no tal relación. Cuando las madres dan a luz, resulta que curiosamente todos los recién nacidos son albinos y tienen unos intensos ojos azules, además de una increíble inteligencia; pero a medida que crecen muestran una conducta tan sobrenatural como inhumana.
Local Doctor (uncredited)
After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
Gamekeeper
Un acaudalado conde francés engaña a un hombre que tiene un parecido físico increíble con él y lo fuerza a asumir su personalidad. (filmaffinit)
The Ghost of Sir Randolph
Three teenagers encounter a ghost who is in limbo until he retrieves his lost head. They do their parts to help him find it.
Firbank
This film contains three short stories about life in Australia in the 1950's.
Bob Harris
Un marinero aventurero es abandonado en un bote a la deriva a causa de un motín. En medio del mar, y a causa del sol, pierde el conocimiento, que recobra ya cuando está en una pequeña isla bajo los cuidados de un curandero indígena y de un comerciante alemán.
El aventurero pronto se hace con la confianza de los indígenas, a quienes enseña nuevas costumbres y a defenderse de los piratas. Así, consigue también el control sobre la producción de copra del que se extrae un rico aceite, que también una compañía alemana pretende monopolizar. Poco a poco se va convirtiendo en el rey de la isla.
John Merryman
In this psychological thriller, an avaricious man covets his stepbrother's home. The greedy fellow knows that his stepbrother has a heart condition and so sets off a fatal attack by smashing a beloved violin. However, his actions do not come without a terrible price.