Carmen Dillon
Nascimento : 1908-10-25, Cricklewood, London, England, UK
Morte : 2000-04-12
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A strong-willed teacher, determined to educate the poor and illiterate youth of an impoverished Welsh village, discovers one student whom she believes to have the seeds of genius in him.
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Na década de 30, a escritora americana Lillian Hellman tenta reencontrar Julia, amiga de infância que se juntou ao movimento de resistência contra os nazistas. Ela acaba contrabandeando dinheiro para ajudar na fuga das vítimas do nazismo.
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O embaixador americano e a esposa querem muito ter filhos. Quando ela dá à luz um bebê morto e um padre sugere que adotem um recém-nascido saudável e órfão, ele aceita sem contar à mulher. O que ele não sabe é que o bebê é o anticristo.
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An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.
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Butley is set in Queen Mary’s College, London and focuses on two English instructors, Ben Butley, a middle-aged former T. S. Eliot expert whose life is now in a shambles, and his protégé, Joey, a homosexual. With both Joey and his wife leaving, Butley faces a life alone, fighting back with wit, obscenity and booze.
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Set before the Battle of Trafalgar, this is the story of relationship between Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Hamilton during the Napoleonic Wars.
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Leo Colston relembra um fato ocorrido quando ele era garoto, quando serviu de intermediário entre Marian, uma mulher aristocrática, e Ted Burgess, um rude fazendeiro, entregando-lhes cartas de amor. Vencedor da Palma de Ouro em 1971 no “Festival de Cannes” e baseado em romance homônimo de L.P. Hartley.
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A petty crook finds himself mistaken for a murderer and a secret agent.
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Davey Haggart is quite certain of his paternity (even if nobody else is) and determined to emulate his father, a notorious rogue and highwayman. This includes breaking a man out of Stirling jail, holding up the stagecoach, and robbing the Duke of Argyll, among other feats. Unfortunately, he is handicapped by the fact that his childhood playmate Annie is equally determined to track him down and save his soul...
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O agente Alexander Eberlin é designado pelos britânicos para caçar um espião russo, conhecido por eles como Krasnevin. Apenas Eberlin sabe que Krasnevin não é outro senão ele mesmo! Ele é o agente duplo. Quem o acompanhando em sua missão é um parceiro implacável, que gradualmente vai descobrindo seu segredo, percebendo como Eberlin tenta se livrar de uma situação desesperadora. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
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A vida vã e insegura do professor de Oxford Stephen vira de pernas para o ar quando se apaixona por uma de suas alunas, Anna. Ela também atraiu a atenção de um aluno rico chamado William e de Charley, um colega cujo sucesso profissional e autoconfiança despertam inveja em Stephen.
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Two British children travel to Italy in an attempt to break up their runaway mother's affair with an Italian concert pianist.
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'Carry On' director Gerald Thomas helms this comedy caper featuring early appearances by James Robertson Justice, Sid James, Leslie Phillips, Kenneth Williams, Liz Fraser and Eric Barker. The film follows the hi-jinks of a group of music students who move into a shared flat in order to cut costs and have somewhere to practice their instruments. Things get tricky when Mervyn Hughes (Phillips) accidentally sells one of his compositions to an advertising agency and risks losing his scholarship. Can he and his friends find a way to raise the money to buy back the song rights?
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Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.
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A young couple, David and Catherine Robinson, has to turn their large country house into a money-making proposition. Their solution is to invite the kids of the rich and famous to spend a summer enjoying all the loving care and attention they miss at home. After the youngsters arrive, David quickly realizes what the offensive little punks need is some real discipline, and so the summer begins.
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Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the investigators wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.
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Em 1912, o príncipe Charles (Laurence Olivier), regente de um reino na Europa, faz uma visita a Londres para participar da coroação do novo rei britânico. Ele passa a noite em um clube, onde conhece Elsie (Marilyn Monroe), uma corista americana. O regente fica encantado pela jovem e resolve chamá-la para um jantar na embaixada. A convite da rainha, Elsie fica mais tempo e começa a trazer Charles de volta à vida.
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Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However, when opening a safe containing the plans, he triggers an alarm leading to a gun battle where he kills a number of people. James Robertson Justice, alarmed by the scandal surrounding the killings, orders his agent be killed surreptitiously to hide his involvement with the plot. The film uses original footage from the Mille Miglia , an Italian open-road endurance race, featuring classic period racing cars.
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A Capitã Vinka Kovelenko deserta da Rússia, mas não por razões políticas. Ela deserta porque ela se sente discriminada como mulher. O Capitão Chuck Lockwood recebe a missão de mostrar a ela o lado bom do capitalismo, enquanto ela tenta convencê-lo da superioridade do comunismo. Naturalmente eles se apaixonam, mas ainda há a KGB que não gosta da ideia de ter um oficial russo desertor passeando em Londres.
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Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of York, plots to seize power for himself. Masterfully deceiving and plotting against nearly everyone in the royal court, including his eventual wife, Lady Anne, and his brother George, Duke of Clarence, Richard orchestrates a bloody rise to power before finding all his gains jeopardized by those he betrayed.
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Bickering married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show. Director Muriel Box's 1956 British comedy also stars Muriel Pavlow, Ian Carmichael, Maurice Denham and Richard Wattis.
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Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer (boo hiss) who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do
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Algernon Moncrieff fica surpreso ao descobrir que seu afluente amigo - que ele conhece como "Ernest" - na verdade se chama Jack Worthing. Jack criou seu alter ego para escapar de suas obrigações em sua propriedade rural, onde tem sob seus cuidados Cecily Cardew. Cecily acredita que o desconhecido Ernest é um irmão caprichoso de Jack e está interessada em seu estilo de vida libertino. Algernon, vendo uma oportunidade, assume a identidade de Ernest e sorrateiramente começa a cortejar Cecily. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
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Versão da Disney do clássico onde o jovem Robin Hood, apaixonado por Marian, entra em um concurso de tiro de arco e flechas com seu pai no palácio do rei. No caminho para casa, seu pai é assassinado por capangas do príncipe John. Robin leva uma vida foragida da lei, juntando seu bando de homens alegres e liderando-os à Floresta de Sherwood, para vingar a morte de seu pai e ajudar as pessoas da região que o príncipe explora através de altos impostos.
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No último dia de aulas numa escola privada de rapazes, um novo diretor chega, para se familiarizar. O seu antecessor, Crocker-Harris, é muito odiado na escola, mas a sua jovem esposa parece ser mais popular e não só com os alunos. As tensões emergem, fazendo deste um dia que ninguém na escola jamais esquecerá. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
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Agnes "Astra" Huston, a fortune teller at a run-down fair, is found strangled in her bedroom. As the police question five suspects, their interactions with her are shown in flashbacks from their point of view.
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A young governess becomes embroiled in French spy intrigue, in this adaptation of a Georgette Heyer novel.
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A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts.
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Cardboard Cavalier is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood and Jerry Desmonde.The film depicts a historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwyne.
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O príncipe dinamarquês Hamlet (Laurence Olivier) procura vingar a morte do pai o Rei. O fantasma do seu pai conta que foi assassinado pelo seu tio (Basil Sydney), irmão do rei, que assumiu o trono e casou-se com a rainha, a mãe de Hamlet (Eileen Herlie).
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Businessman Paul Bultitude is sending his son Dick to a boarding school. While holding a magic stone from India, he wishes that he could be young again. His wish is immediately fulfilled and the two change bodies with each other. Mr Bultitude becomes a school boy who smokes cigars and has a very conservative view on child upbringing, while his son Dick becomes a gentleman who spends his time drinking lemonade and arranging children's parties.
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This drama is set in Switzerland and chronicles a fight between an innkeeper and her husband, a chronic adulterer. The trouble begins when she wants to adopt a French orphan and he doesn't.
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Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.
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Story of a ballet dancer of the Edwardian era. From the novel by Compton Mackenzie.
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During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, driving lorries, and manning ack-ack batteries.
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World War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake a hazardous mission to infiltrate a German HQ in search of vital information that could lead to the overthrow of the Nazis.
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Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.