Bill Lewthwaite
Nacimiento : 1924-08-02, Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK
Muerte : 2011-06-16
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Un granjero con fama de beberse la mayor parte de su dinero, vive en una finca en un lamentable estado de conservación. Una chica joven se compadece del hombre y decide ayudarlo.
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Seis náufragos son rescatados durante una tempestad por el capitán Nemo que les conduce en una fantástica nave submarina, la "Ciudad de Oro", bajo las aguas del océano Atlántico. Allí conocen a extraños personajes con los que viven emocionantes aventuras.
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Un agente secreto norteamericano llega a Londres con objeto de investigar la posibilidad de que exista un traidor en el Servicio Secreto británico.
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Arthur Kipps (Tommy Steele) es un simpático niño que se queda huérfano. Por una serie de circunstancias fortuitas, se convierte en millonario de la noche a la mañana. Pero ahora que la vida le sonríe es cuando tiene más presente el juramento que hizo con un antiguo amor, que se ha convertido en una bonita jovencita. Como prueba de su amor, cada uno conserva la mitad de una moneda de seis peniques.
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BBC television program exploring Visconti’s mastery of cinema, theater, and opera direction.
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Comic survey of methods of undressing through the ages, from Victorian modesty to modern strip clubs.
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A British convoy is trying to elude a group of German U-Boats.
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In this crime melodrama, a Swiss woman finds herself unwittingly involved in a plot to steal from her employer, a London diamond merchant. Her boyfriend is behind the scheme. First he sends two accomplices disguised as German jewelers to see the boss. He is not fooled by their ruse and is killed while the woman is knocked unconscious. She awakens with amnesia and begins aimlessly wandering the London streets. Thinking that his girl has squealed to the police, her boy friend begins scouring the town to find her. Meanwhile, she is taken in by a boxer who returns to the ring to win the money needed to get her out of the country. Trouble ensues when her lover finally finds her after the match and begins beating on the exhausted fighter.
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Un amable ladrón consuela a viudas afligidas y se esfuerza por mejorar en su profesión, hasta que conoce y se enamora de una adorable baronesa, que conoce todos los trucos para hacerse rico deprisa...
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Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie story.
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Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the boys off. So they decide to kidnap his daughter, only to end up with his wife Lucy. Gordon makes out he couldn't be more pleased, spuring Lucy to take charge of the hopeless bunch of villains.
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In a French coastal town, Det. Dermot Kinross is inspecting the murder of antiques dealer Maurice Lawes, and the evidence points to Lawes's son, Toby -- and especially to Toby's bride-to-be, Eve Atwood. Eve's ex-husband, Ned, had his eyes set on something Lawes possessed.
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En 1984, Londres está gobernada por el partido totalitario del Gran Hermano. La intimidad y la libertad de pensamiento no existen. Las relaciones sexuales constituyen un delito. Winston Smith trabaja en los archivos del Ministerio de la Verdad reescribiendo y modificando la Historia. Su vida se verá seriamente amenazada cuando empiece a darse cuenta de que sus pensamientos no son tan ortodoxos como el Partido exige; además tiene una relación amorosa clandestina con Julia, una joven del departamento de novelas afiliada a la Liga Antisexo. Ambos saben que tendrán que pagar un precio muy alto por el crimen que están cometiendo y que no hay escapatoria posible.
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Adaptación de una novela de Max Cotto. Terminada la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Joe Lawrence (Richard Widmark), un oficial americano, se instala en Berlín y se enamora de Maria, una refugiada (Mai Zetterling). El objetivo de ella es ahorrar suficiente dinero para llevar a Sudámerica a un grupo de huérfanos alemanes y proporcionarles una vida mejor. Joe, movido por la compasión y por el amor que siente hacia ella, tratará de ayudarla. Para ello, él y dos amigos planean el robo de una gran fortuna en oro que el ejército va a trasladar en avión desde Inglaterra a Alemania.
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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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A workaholic newspaper editor lets his wife leave on the holiday without him just at that time some important news stories break, including a plane crash, the one which his wife took....
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Duncan Lamont plays Jane Hylton's jealous husband. In a confrontation, Lamont accidentally shoots Hylton's lover. Convinced that he's a murderer, he heads for the hills as a police hunt begins... Classic British thriller from the creator of Dixon Of Dock Green.
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La vida de la cantante de ópera Nellie Melba, una soprano nacida en Australia.
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Una mujer de la alta sociedad es acusada de asesinar a su marido, un hombre de negocios. Investiga las pistas del caso Philip Trent, un caballeroso sabueso a punto de retirarse.
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Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
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Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale (Anna Neagle), the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
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Enjoying a holiday in the sun, Mr and Mrs Fergusson are relaxing on board a chartered yacht off the coast of France - their only crew, the skipper-owner and his adopted daughter. On taking a turn around the deck, Mr Fergusson is rather put-out to discover a stowaway helping himself to the comforts of their dinghy. Though very charming, the stranger refuses to give any explanation for his presence - and the Fergussons soon find themselves involved in a rather more eventful sailing trip than they had expected!
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The film is based on the true story of Special Operations Executive French-born agent Odette Sansom, who was captured by the Germans in 1943, condemned to death and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp to be executed. However, against all odds she survived the war and testified against the prison guards at the Hamburg Ravensbrück Trials. She was awarded the George Cross in 1946; the first woman ever to receive the award, and the only woman who has been awarded it while still alive. (From Wikipedia, licensed under CC-BY-SA)