Charles Lamb
Nacimiento : 1900-11-20, London, England, UK
Muerte : 1989-03-19
Old Man in Wheelchair
Dexter, un actor que lleva varios años encasillado en papeles de "un tipo alto", se enamora de una enfermera que expresa siempre lo que siente. Cuando por fin Dexter consigue un papel en una musical importante "El hombre elefante", su novia le deja porque sospecha que tiene una aventura con una de las actrices de la obra teatral...
Elderly Man
Basada en la historia real del Teniente Robert Lawrence M.C., ex oficial del ejército británico, que peleó y fue gravemente herido en la guerra de Las Malvinas en la batalla de Tumbledown Hill en Junio de 1982. El relato de sus experiencias durante y después de la guerra fue luego adaptado para esta controversial película. También co-escribió con su padre John Lawrence el libro “Después de la batalla Tumbledown”.
Grandad
A middle-aged man is feeling the strain of looking after his elderly grandfather, who is demanding and needs a lot of medical treatment. Then a neighbour suggests a painless way to be rid of him. This black comedy is set in the future, where euthanasia is lawful and increasingly common, but it should still, ideally, be voluntary.
George
Actress Coral Browne travels to Moscow, and meets a mysterious Englishman. Turns out he's the notorious spy, Guy Burgess. Based on a true story, with Ms. Browne playing herself.
A young woman tormented by murderous dreams decides to call a psychiatrist for help but accidentally dials a desperate out -of-work actor.
Old Man
When Len Shelton retires from a life of work in the coal mines, he turns to his first love - pigeons, which become a symbol of hope for him.
Todd
En una colonia francesa del oeste de Africa, Kramer ha creado a su alrededor un importante imperio. En una fiesta organizada por él desaparece un fabuloso diamante conocido por todos como "La Estrella del Sur". Todas las sospechas recaen sobre Matakit, ayudante de Dan Rochland, un importante geólogo americano. Dan y Erica, hija de Kramer, tratarán de encontrar el diamante para así demostrar la inocencia de Matakit. Pero no resulta fácil.
Mr. Noseworthy
Charlie Bubbles, a writer, up from the working class of Manchester, England, who, in the course of becoming prematurely rich and famous, has mislaid a writer's basic tool – the capacity to feel and to respond. Now he must visit his estranged wife and son, whom he has set up on a farm outside his native city. His journey accidentally becomes an attempt to reestablish his connections with life, people, and his own history.
Newsvendor
Durante unas excavaciones en Londres, aparece un extraño objeto de gran tamaño. Al principio se cree que puede ser una bomba de la Segunda Guerra Mundial lanzada por los nazis. El ejército descubre que no es nada parecido y llama al profesor Quatermass, que junto con el doctor en antropología Roney y su ayudante Bárbara Judd intentaran explicar el enigma. El profesor Quatermass descubre en su interior unas criaturas alienígenas que intentaron conquistar la Tierra en tiempos prehistóricos y, a través de sus experimentos en los primeros hombres, alteraron la evolución humana hasta llegar a su estado actual. Aunque adormecidas por muchos siglos, ahora existe el peligro de que puedan despertar y tratar de dominar a la humanidad.
Wincastle
Joe Lampton pensó que había realmente hecho bien al casarse con la hija del jefe en la ciudad del molino del norte. Sin embargo, descubre que está siendo marginado en el trabajo y su vida privada manipulada por su padre. Aún así, hace caso omiso de una oferta de un puesto de trabajo en Londres y se mantiene lejos de una atractiva presentadora de televisión, Norah. Cuando se entera de que su esposa está teniendo una aventura, reconsidera ambos casos.
Dad
In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness rather than a lifetime's conventionality.
A woman is found murdered in a house along the coast from Brighton. Local detectives Fellows and Wilks lead an investigation methodically following up leads and clues mostly in Brighton and Hove but also further afield.
Chef
Tras ser violada, una joven sirvienta sordomuda da a luz a una criatura aparentemente normal. Pero a medida que el niño crece comienza a dar señales de un extraño comportamiento; sus incontrolables reacciones durante las noches de luna llena anuncian una terrorífica metamorfosis.
Old Bowyer
Robin de Loxley y sus hombres descubren un complot para derrocar a Hubert Walter, Canciller del rey y Arzobispo de Canterbury. Los conspiradores son el Sheriff de Nottingham y el Conde de Newark.
Mr Able
Johnny Bannion se ha pasado los tres últimos años en prisión tramando el robo más importante de su carrera. Cuando sale de la cárcel, lleva a cabo su plan. Entierra el botín en el campo, pero es arrestado antes de poder revelarle el escondrijo a su banda.
Carpenter
Henry Palfrey se esfuerza mucho para impresionar a las chicas, pero siempre sale perdiendo. Entonces descubre un colegio especial dirigido por el profesor Potter que imparte cursos sobre los secretos del éxito.
Pascin (uncredited)
Una joven belga (Audrey Hepburn), que pertenece a una familia burguesa, ingresa como novicia en un convento. Tras profesar como monja, es enviada al Congo para trabajar como enfermera en una misión, como era su deseo desde niña. Sin embargo, su sorpresa será mayúscula cuando compruebe que no será destinada a atender a los nativos, sino a los europeos que viven allí.
Lock-Keeper
An American officer scours Britain in search of his dead brother's girlfriend and becomes involved in a jewel heist.
Henry
The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family or strike out on his own ? The last comedy to be produced at Ealing Studios.
Contractor
Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get entangled with unexciting but neurotic Margaret Peel, a friend of the Professor's. All-in-all, the pub is the only friendly place to be. His misery is completed at a dreadful weekend gathering of the Welch clan by the arrival of son Bertrand. Not so much that Betrand is loud-mouthed and boorish - which he is - but that he has as companion Christine Callaghan, the sort of marvellous and unattainable woman Jim can only dream about.
This is the story of the early life and rise to fame of Tommy Steele. His manager wanted him to be a tough rock'n'roller and so challenge Elvis Presley but Tommy is too nice.
Jenkins
Following a group of five very different student nurses during their first year of training at an NHS hospital in London called St. Augustine’s Hospital (filmed at Guy's Hospital), where they live in a dormitory. Susan (Belinda Lee) is reliable and sensible; Pat (Delphi Lawrence) is flighty and open; Maureen (Adrienne Corri) is Irish and loud; Ann (Henryetta Edwards) is a typical public school girl; and Liz (Barbara Archer) comes from a typical working class background. As they get to know each other, they bond in spite of their differences.
Mr. Lamb
Paul Banner, a "noozeman" of the Daily Comet in England, is an American working in England. He happens on a murder that leads him on a complicated trail.
Bank clerk
Robert Ayres plays a moody author with a suicide complex. Ayres' melancholia plays right into the hands of a gang of thieves. For a lofty fee, they convince the author to confess to their crimes and then kill himself. Yes, you're way ahead of us: Ayres has a change of heart and decides that he loves life. Delayed Action was produced by Robert Baker and Monty Berman, the men behind the popular 1960s TV adventure series The Saint.
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An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he gives a ride to a woman he sees stranded on the road. One thing leads to another, and he soon finds himself enmeshed in a plot involving a diamond robbery, gangsters and murder.
Publican (Uncredited)
Alan McKim, un joven abogado, decide participar en el Rally Anual de coches antiguos de Londres a Brighton con su Darraq de 1904 llamado Genoveva. Wendy, su esposa, opina que la carrera es una tontería y un símbolo de inmadurez. Ambrose Claverhouse, amigo del joven matrimonio, decide competir con Alan en el Rally: Rosalind Peters, antigua novia de Ambrose, será su acompañante. Una carrera llena de tropiezos y sorpresas está a punto de empezar...
Mr. Hapgood
There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.
George
In a small town in the 1950's a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Jean - The Cowman
El 10 de Julio de 1940 los nazis invaden Amorel, una estrátegica isla británica. La ocupación causa gran consternación al ministro de agricultura, ya que en la pequeña isla se encuentra ”Venus”, una vaca de extraordinario pedigree y de gran valor energético. El ministro presiona a la oficina de guerra para que intervenga en la recuperación del preciado animal.