Robert Westerby
Nacimiento : 1909-07-03, Hackney, London, England, UK
Muerte : 1968-11-16
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Irlanda 1587. Hugh O'Donnell hereda el título de O'Donnell, el príncipe de Donegal, e intenta unir a Irlanda para hacer la guerra a Inglaterra. Pero luego Hugh es secuestrado y encarcelado por el virrey de Irlanda y encerrado por el buen comportamiento de los Clanes. Hugh debe escapar de la prisión y del villano secuaz del virrey, el capitán Leeds, antes de poder luchar.
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Story of a young ballet student in Denmark who succeeds despite her mother’s objections.
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Tomasina, la gata de una niña escocesa, muere aparentemente a manos de su padre veterinario. La tensa relación entre la niña y su padre finalmente se repara con el regreso de Tomasina y la ayuda de una bruja hermosa y misteriosa que parece tener poderes para revivir y curar a los animales.
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Emitida originalmente como una serie de tres capítulos para TV. Narra la historia de la doble vida de un vicario. Aparentemente, es un ciudadano ejemplar y leal al opresivo gobierno británico, pero en realidad es un notorio bandolero que utiliza sus botines para beneficiar a los pobres de su aldea.
Novel
Secuela de "Kali Yug, El misterio del templo indio"
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German actor Peter van Eyck stars as Droste, a mild-mannered businessman who was an intelligence expert during World War II. When Droste runs into his old friend Baron Von Straub (Christopher Lee), the two rekindle a friendship that was interrupted by the war. However, when Von Straub asks Droste to deliver a small package to a friend in West Germany, the befuddled Droste is set up for a series of complicated spy games.
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In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopted by anyone, and takes to sleeping on his master's grave in the Greyfriars kirkyard, despite a caretaker with a "no dogs" rule. And when Bobby is taken up for being unlicensed, it's up to the children of Edinburgh and the Lord Provost to decide what's to be done.
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A seasoned pilot is condemned for an error which causes a crash. The pilot later dies in a crash with similar circumstances and an examiner looks for scientific reasons for the crashes.
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A flying boat has to ditch off an island in the Pacific. Along with the injured owner-pilot the passengers include a policeman and his smuggler prisoner, a slimey limey witness against him, a physicist, and a globe-hopping good-time girl. On the island they find a fleet of derelict ships, farm animals tethered, and cameras in a lead-lined bunker and a stark realisation soon dawns.
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Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Un grupo de soldados ingleses, que son enviados al Norte de África, deben realizar una misión previa a una acción de mayor envergadura. Una vez en el desierto, descubren que los alemanes están preparando un ataque por sorpresa.
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A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circumstances.
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When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the local church spire, arrest the culprit. Another fascinating look at what life was like in Britain during the 50's.
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Adaptación de la novela homónima de Leon Tolstoi. En el año 1805 Napoleón amenaza con invadir Rusia. Pierre Bezukhov es un intelectual pacifista y ocioso, hijo natural de un noble. Cuando estalla la guerra, se mantiene al margen de la contienda y frecuenta la casa de sus amigos los Rostov, una acogedora familia aristocrática, en la que brilla por su encanto y generosidad Natasha.
Novel
A boxer is lured into a murder plot by a scheming woman.
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A woman travels to England to attend her parents' funeral. She is told by officials that they died of natural causes together, but she doesn't buy it. She comes to suspect that the nurse who took care of her parents was involved in their deaths, but since the nurse is well thought of in the town, no one believes her. What she doesn't know is that her parents' killer has selected her as the next victim
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Johanny Victor se enamora de Louis Galt, un importante hombre de negocios involucrado en asuntos turbios, pero acaba averiguando que está casado y no tiene intención de divorciarse de su esposa. Después conoce al alfarero Pierre Clemont y se enamora de él. Emil Landosh, un amigo en el que confía, le roba un brazalete (regalo de Louis) para pagar una deuda. Por puro azar, el brazalete termina en manos de Louis, quien da por supuesto que Emil es amante de Johanny...
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Joanna Dane es enviada a Tánger por las autoridades norteamericanas con el fin de averiguar quién está detrás de una red de contrabandistas que actúa en España e Italia, y que contribuye a su vez a la elevada tasa de mortalidad de la policía tangerina.
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Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial un comando aliado de diez hombres tiene la difícil misión de destruir un estrategico aeropuerto enemigo en una isla griega ocupada por alemanes e italianos.
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La película sigue las vidas de cinco boxeadores diferentes y sus motivos para dedicarse a esa actividad.
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Archaeologists Van Heflin and Eric Portman undertake an expedition in Tunisia in search of an ancient mask.
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Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will shortly be retiring from flying, but the strain is showing. He tries to make sure his men concentrate only on their job and so keeps women away from the base, but then he himself meets naval officer Eve Canyon.
Story
As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists the help of a fellow soldier as well as the Englishman and a local hotel keeper. This ill-assorted bunch set off into the bush intent on finding their fortune.
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As the Boer War ends a South African soldier hides a cache of diamonds he finds on a body. He returns to the town he left three years earlier where his girl has married a disgraced English officer. Needing funds to get back to pick up the diamonds the Boer enlists the help of a fellow soldier as well as the Englishman and a local hotel keeper. This ill-assorted bunch set off into the bush intent on finding their fortune.
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A police chief stationed in Egypt sets out to crack down on drug traffickers along the frontiers. With his assistant, he attempts to block the smugglers' passage along the notorious Cairo Road route into the country.
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Prelude to Fame is a 1950 British drama film directed by Fergus McDonell from a story by Aldous Huxley. While vacationing in Italy, Nick Morell (Robin Dowell), son of John Morell (Guy Rolfe), a famous English philosopher and amateur musician and his wife Catherine (Kathleen Ryan), becomes friendly with young Guido (Jeremy Spenser), and Morell discovers the boy has an extraordinary instinct for orchestration and a phenomenal music memory. A neighboring couple, Signor and Signora Boudini (Henry Oscar and Kathleen Byron) become aware of the boy's talents, and she appeals to his parents to let her educate him musically. Torn by their love for their son and, they feel,the duty to let the world hear his talent, they consent.
Screenstory
"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous actor. When Harry loses his nerve, Sheila won't let him give up.
Novel
A man and his wife take to their house some men they rescue from a road crash and then find they have picked up some dangerous criminals.
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Ligera comedia amorosa en la que un playboy que vive en una zona vacacional presume de que no hay mujer que se le pueda resistir. Sin embargo, su ego cae por los suelos cuando conoce a una actriz que está por la zona de incógnito, y que no parece hacerle demasiado caso. Ante tamaña afrenta, el hombre decide seducirla a cualquier precio... incluido el matrimonio.
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A family is in need of a new house help so they employ a mysterious young woman. They soon realise all is not as it seems as the past comes back to haunt the woman of the house.
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Passengers and crew struggle to survive after their plane crashes in the Alps.
Screenstory
In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.