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Películas

Un sueño para ella
Writer
Daphne Reynolds es una adolescente que viaja de Nueva York a Londres para ver a su padre, un político que pertenece a la aristocracia y que proyecta casarse con una mujer detestable. Lo que Daphne se propone es conseguir que sus padres vuelvan a estar juntos de nuevo.
Un sueño para ella
Theatre Play
Daphne Reynolds es una adolescente que viaja de Nueva York a Londres para ver a su padre, un político que pertenece a la aristocracia y que proyecta casarse con una mujer detestable. Lo que Daphne se propone es conseguir que sus padres vuelvan a estar juntos de nuevo.
Ne coupez pas mes arbres
Author
Le canard à l'orange
Author
Liz and Hugh have been boasting of living in perfect harmony for fifteen years. But beneath the varnish of the ideal couple loom a weariness engendered by the routine and habits born of everyday life. A travel plan will soon strike the hour for settling scores ...
The Kingfisher
Writer
An elderly couple are reunited after fifty years.
Der Eisvogel
Writer
Emmenez-moi au théâtre: Le canard à l'orange
Writer
The Dame of Sark
Author
1976 play. During the Nazi occupation of the Channel Islands, Dame Sybil Hathaway comes up against her invading masters.
Pato a la naranja
Theatre Play
Un alto ejecutivo de publicidad, empeñado en lanzar en Italia el vino californiano "Mamma mia", se encuentra ante una estrafalaria situación conyugal. Su esposa le engaña con un famoso play-boy, pero él, en lugar de mostrarse celoso, decide insinuar que está enamorado de una atractiva secretaria. Todo vale con tal de evitar que el matrimonio se disuelva.
Lloyd George Knew My Father
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When Lady Sheila Boothroyd hears that the planning authorities are determined to drive a road through her grounds, she announces her intention to kill herself at the precise moment that the bulldozers start on their shameful work. As the hour strikes and the bulldozers' roar is heard, her husband General Sir William Boothroyd enters in full regimental regalia, while his old ex-army servant sounds the Last Post. Then, as the whole family stands stricken, the door opens...
Mamá Nos Complica la Vida
Screenplay
Jimmy Broadbent (Rex Harrison) quiere introducir a su joven hija (Sandra Dee) en los salones de la alta sociedad londinense para que pueda conocer jóvenes solteros y ricos. Pero a la chica ese ambiente le resulta demasiado aburrido. Sus padres se quedan horrorizados cuando se enteran de que está saliendo con el batería de un grupo de rock.
Mamá Nos Complica la Vida
Theatre Play
Jimmy Broadbent (Rex Harrison) quiere introducir a su joven hija (Sandra Dee) en los salones de la alta sociedad londinense para que pueda conocer jóvenes solteros y ricos. Pero a la chica ese ambiente le resulta demasiado aburrido. Sus padres se quedan horrorizados cuando se enteran de que está saliendo con el batería de un grupo de rock.
La fuga de Colditz
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Obra inspirada en los libros de Pat Reid. La película retrata la vida en un campo de prisioneros y los intentos de huida. Tiene como protagonistas a John Mills como Pat Reid, Bryan Forbes como Jimmy Winslow e Ian Carmichael como Robin Cartwright. Estuvo nominada al BAFTA de 1956.
Your Witness
Additional Dialogue
Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking the advice of his secretary to go to England rather than wire money, Adam arrives in his friend's village to find him about to stand trial for the murder of the hired stable-hand, Lawrence.
The Chiltern Hundreds
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Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn – who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again – as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...
Now Barabbas
Writer
A humane prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
For Them That Trespass
Screenplay
In this drama, a frustrated upper-class writer decides that he will find real inspiration by examining his subjects first-hand. This leads him to begin wandering about the seamiest side of town where he witnesses a murder. When an innocent man is arrested, the writer refuses to assist him as the knowledge that he has been "slumming" could destroy his career. The young man is sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Coche cama a Trieste
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Un lujoso tren que viaja hacia Trieste es el escenario de este entretenido film de espionaje, en el que se tratará de dar con aquellos que robaron unos importantes documentos a un político durante una recepción de una embajada francesa.