Ralph Thomas
Nacimiento : 1915-08-10, Hull, Yorkshire, England, UK
Muerte : 2001-03-17
Historia
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Ralph Thomas (born Ralph Philip Thomas 10 August 1915 — 17 March 2001) was an English film director, born in Hull. He is perhaps best known for directing the Doctor series of films.
His brother, Gerald Thomas, was also a film director. His son, Jeremy Thomas, is a film producer.
He cast the actor James Robertson Justice in many of his films. He often worked with the producer Betty E. Box who was married to Carry On producer, Peter Rogers. He was a nephew of producer Victor Saville.
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A story of adventure in the pop music world. A schoolboy pop group who call themselves The Pirates find themselves involved with a different sort of piracy when they discover a secret video tape-copying factory
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Pinky sale de la cárcel con la intención de reformarse pero el trabajo que encuentra de empleado de mantenimiento en un importante banco, llama la atención de Iván el Terrible, el gángster local. éste confía en atracar el banco con la colaboración de Pinky, a quien empieza a hacerle gracia la idea... La película está basada en un robo real y uno de los más importantes, que ocurrió en la ciudad de Londres.
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Percy, el primer hombre de la historia con un pene trasplantado, descubre que un producto químico en el agua de la ciudad produce impotencia.
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The story of a Catholic family's dilemma about the pill.
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The story of a Catholic family's dilemma about the pill.
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After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has some striking differences. In this other reality the Second World War had never occurred, mankind had not yet traveled into Space and Mt. Everest had not yet been conquered, just to name a few things. Also in this other reality he is no longer a scientist but rather a well known author. After a personal tragedy in this alternate world, he finds himself back in his own world and desperately trying to locate the woman he fell in love with in the other world. Little does she know, however, that her life depends on him finding her.
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Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the dead man, but refuse to tell him the full story of the organ's origin. So Edwin begins a search which takes him to the philanderer's wife - and also to his many, many girlfriends...
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Dr. Burke is in love with Ophelia but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a cruise to the Mediterranean. Also on board the cruise ship is an old school chum of Burke's who plays 'Dr.Dare' in a very popular TV series and who women flock to. Burke decides to join the cruise, but is first apprehended as a stowaway, and then becomes the captain's steward. For Burke, trying to talk to Ophelia is a hard enough task, but he meets some funny characters on board, such as a pools winner and a very stubborn captain.
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Una serie de accidentes inexplicables ocurren a las personas y empresas responsables del desarrollo del SST1. Hugh Drummond es enviado a investigar y, con la ayuda de otro agente, descubre un complot planeado por Carl Petersen, quien va a ganar ocho millones libras si el avión no está listo en una fecha determinada. El malvado Petersen ha desarrollado una serie de androides (hermosas chicas con "cerebros electrónicos") para ayudarle a sabotear el proyecto SST1, por medio de "infrasonido" (extrema frecuencia de las ondas de sonido de baja) que se pueden dirigir a las personas u objetos con resultados devastadores.
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Scobie Malone (Rod Taylor), un detective australiano, debe viajar a Londres para detener al Alto Comisario Sir James Quentin (Christopher Plummer), acusado de haber matado a su primera esposa. Sir Quentin admite el crimen, pero Malone sospecha que con esa confesión el caso no queda resuelto. Además, Malone, sin pretenderlo, se convierte en el guardaespaldas del diplomático, salvándolo de dos atentados. Entre los sospechosos se encuentran Sheila (lilli Palmer), la actual esposa del funcionario, su secretaria Lisa (Camilla Sparv), la fascinante señora Cholon (Daliah Lavi) e, incluso, el embajador norteamericano Townsend (Franchot Tone)
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Varios ejecutivos de empresas petroleras han sido asesinados. El investigador de seguros Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond es enviado a examinar los casos. Todas las víctimas han sido liquidadas por unas implacables asesinas, las cuales desaparecen sin dejar rastro. Pero Drummond descubre que estas mujeres operan bajo las órdenes de un siniestro genio criminal, decidido a apoderarse de concesiones petroleras en territorios árabes que han quedado vacantes ya que sus titulares han sido eliminados. Ahora deberá correr contra el tiempo para salvar la vida del Rey Fedra, quien se encuentra en la mira de los asesinos.
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Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the hospital nurses, much to the annoyance of the main Administrator (James Robertson Justice) who wants his doctors to be 100% focussed on the job. Numerous antics follow, with Phillips getting Justice fixed up with the new prim-and-proper Matron (Joan Sims) and his attempted failures to lure the hospital's beauty, the physiotherapist.
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A mediados de la década de los 1950, Chipre inicia una guerra de guerrillas para hacer frente a la dominación británica y lograr la independencia. En pleno conflicto, un agente inglés y una joven americana de visita en el país se enamoran. Juntos, deberán enfrentarse a las hostilidades del entorno en el que viven.
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Comedia de espías, en la que un modesto empleado es enviado por su empresa a Checoslovaquia, donde, sin saberlo, se convierte en un agente secreto. (FILMAFINITY)
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"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and sometimes nemesis. When the eternal bachelor Sir Lancelot injures his back and falls in love with his physiotherapist Iris Marchant, he becomes very distressed and turns to Simon for help. Simon, who now is a senior doctor at fictional Hampden Cross Hospital and hopelessly in love with aspiring actress Delia, sends him to a nature cure clinic in a vain attempt to help him lose weight, but Sir Lancelot can't get Iris off his mind and has her followed, first by a private investigator and eventually by himself. When he finally proposes, she rejects him and marries an old army major, which distresses Sir Lancelot even more.
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Harry Brown is a somewhat rough and wild university student, who has the ability to win friends, especially the underdogs like Phil who doesn't play 'rugger' and can't sink a whole pint of beer, and African student Reggie. He also has a way with the girls....
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Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent shipmates ever to sail the seven seas, but the passengers turn out to be a rather strange bunch too. The SS Happy Wanderer will never be the same.
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She's new in chambers, and he's a troublemaker. But what 'is' the true status of the old lady's wartime marriage, and can the two young legal minds find the answer?
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A British business tycoon is surprised to discover his teenage daughter is being courted by a mysterious young man.
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It's non stop romps as the Carry On team deliver the goods in one of the rudest and funniest of the Carry On films. The cast are all on top form as a bunch of no-hopers who join an agency in the search for a job. The anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimps tea party, trying to stay sober at a wine tasting and demolishing a house.
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Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of giving up a career in politics or giving up the woman he loves.
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Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior in a well-healed G.P.'s surgery while Burke continues to sow his doctorial wild oats.
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Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Italia, 1943. Unas monjas ayudan a escapar a los niños judíos que se encuentran internados en un campo de concentración próximo a su convento. Los militares italianos responsables del campo no sospechan nada, pero cuando asumen el control los alemanes, la liberación de los niños resultará más difícil y peligrosa.
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Comedia picarona sobre las peripecias de Michael Craig y la hija de su jefe.
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In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.
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Birmania 1942; Segunda Guerra Mundial. Michael Quinn (Dirk Bogarde) es un valiente piloto de la RAF. Después de una fallida ofensiva en Birmania, al teniente Quinn le encargan una nueva misión. Esta consiste en viajar a Delhi con el fin de recibir un curso de japonés. Sus superiores confían en que Quinn se convierta en poco tiempo en un eficaz traductor, para interrogar a los prisioneros de guerra japoneses. La escuela a la que está destinado Quinn se encuentra en Red Fort, en Vieja Delhi. El primer escollo con el que se encuentra Quinn es un alumno receloso llamado Fenwick, que pronto le hará la vida imposible.
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Revolución Francesa (1789-1799). Adaptación de la novela histórica del mismo título del escritor inglés Charles Dickens (1812-1870). El abogado inglés Sydney Carton, que lleva una vida insustancial e infeliz, se queda prendado de los encantos de la joven Lucie Manette, pero ella se casa con Charles Darnay. Cuando, en plena revolución, Darnay va a París para liberar a un criado suyo injustamente encarcelado, también él es conducido a prisión y condenado a morir en la guillotina. Entonces Carton, a pesar de su amor por Lucie, elabora un atrevido plan para salvar a su rival.
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Bruce Campbell decide trasladarse a Canadá cuando se entera de que a su abuelo le queda poco tiempo de vida. Llega allí con la clara idea de hacerse cargo de la herencia que recibirá cuando él falte. Pero los lugareños no tienen ninguna prisa por conocerlo, pues no sienten simpatía por el abuelo ya que creen que en su tierras había petróleo. (FILMAFFINITY)
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The third of the "Doctor" films. Newly qualified doctor Simon Sparrow goes in search of a job. He applies for a surgery position at the hospital where he studied, but manages to insult the senior surgeon and one of the hospital's governors. So, instead he ends up as assistant to with a niggardly and rather scary GP with an amerous wife, followed by cushy but rather unmedical job with a Harley Street doctor, and then a job with a very nice GP whp is the opposite to the first one. But after getting the chance to rescue the hospital governor from a group of angry ladies at a resort in France, he finally lands a job at his beloved hosdpital.
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Drama de aventuras en el mundo de las carreras de autos. Un espía que debe robar documentos relacionados con un nuevo motor para un equipo contrincante desata una ola de violencia. (FILMAFFINITY)
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Desde el cuartel general de los Estados Unidos en la Alemania Occidental se detecta el acercamiento de un avión ruso. La nave está tripulada por Vinka Kowallenka, capitán del Ejército Soviético y tercera mujer piloto de su país.
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El joven médico Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) ejerce su profesión en “El Loto”, un buque de carga dirigido por el autoritario y borrachín Capitán Hogg. Allí conoce a los personajes más excéntricos y se ve involucrado en situaciones bastante embarazosas. Cuando en Río ve a Hélène Colbert (Brigitte Bardot), una joven y atractiva cantante francesa, cae rendido a sus pies.
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II Guerra Mundial. La marina de guerra británica se encuentra amenazada por el acorazado alemán Tirpitz. Con una gran potencia de fuego, sobretodo sus ochos cañones de 381 milímetros con alcance de hasta 34 kilómetros, este acorazado podría acabar fácilmente con sus líneas de suministros marítimos, siendo este un riesgo que Inglaterra no puede consentir. Resguardado en el fiordo de Trondheim, Noruega, es imposible atacarlo con una oportunidad de éxito. Pero el Comandante Fraser (John Mills) propone un ingenioso y arriesgado plan. Su idea consiste en llegar a Trondheim camuflados con un pesquero noruego y una vez próximos al objetivo usar tres submarinos de bolsillo experimentales que deberán depositar bajo su casco varias cargas explosivas subacuáticas.
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Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
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Simon Sparrow es un joven estudiante de medicina que llega al hospital de St Swithin's de Londres. Animado por sus amigos, empieza a salir con una enfermera de la que acaba enamorándose.
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Based on The Hand and the Flower, a novel by Jerrard Tickell, A Day to Remember stars Stanley Holloway as Charley Porter, captain of London darts team. When the team travels to the French town of Boulogne for the annual darts tournament, a good time is had by all--and more besides. Jim Carver one of the team's members, is reunited with a little French girl he'd befriended during the war, who has now developed into a beautiful young woman. And Fred Collins makes a poignant journey to the hotel where he'd honeymooned with his late wife. The film works best as a low-key comedy-drama; it is least successful when it ventures into O. Henry territory and strains for "surprise" story twists. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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A group of children establish their own zoo in the garden of a disused house, which proves to be the headquarters of a gang of crooks.
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Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his local contact. In his quest to clear his name, Mercer uncovers a conspiracy. Even the local magistrate seems to be working against him, and Mercer begins to suspect the man he came to find is behind it all.
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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.
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A divorced couple, living hand-to-mouth in Stockholm, must first pay their hotel bill before returning to England. To raise the necessary funds, they must pretend that they're still married.
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Cuando David Somers, agente del Servicio Secreto, es despedido, obtiene un trabajo tranquilo con los Fenton, en su condado, catalogando mariposas. David queda fascinado con Sophie, la sobrina de Jess Fenton, una frágil joven. Pronto Sophie se verá involucrada en el asesinato de Hick, empleado de los Fenton. David ayuda a Sophie a escapar de Londres con la ayuda de sus antiguos compañeros y una red de viejos amigos.
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An officer's wife has a romantic dream about her husband's man (servant) and comes to believe it is true. Meanwhile the husband has asked his servant to help him, after the war, to suggest ways to ignite the romance he and his wife had before the war, as well as find a way to make money in a post-war economy.
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A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
