Maurice Rootes

Nascimento : 1917-04-12, Kent, England, UK

Morte : 1997-06-17

Filmes

Eram 13...Mas Faltava Uma
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Mario, a young philanderer, receives 13 antique chairs in a bad state by inheritance and decides to sell off them to get some money. Afterwards he gets to know that one of them contains documents worth a lot of money. So he begins an adventurous trip to regain possession of the chair. On the way he meets many strange people who would like to help or to swindle him.
Krakatoa, O Inferno de Java
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No fim do século 19, no Pacífico, na região conhecida com Índias Ocidentais Holandesas, o navio Batavia Queen, comandado pelo capitão Hanson, está saindo para procurar uma fortuna que está num navio afundado. Mas tem problemas ao levar condenados e depois com a explosão do vulcão Krakatoa, que provoca um Tsunami, uma onda gigantesca e mortal. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Os Bravos Não se Rendem
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Uma espetacular produção baseada na tumultuada história do herói que se tornou uma lenda: O general George Armstrong Custer (Robert Shaw). Servindo em uma guerra civil, general Custer é enviado para o oeste para assumir o comando da 7° Cavalaria e destruir uma tribo indígena de sua reserva devido a descoberta de ouro nessas terras. Seguindo o ataque, Custer é chamado de volta para Washington, para testemunhar no congresso onde revela subornos e corrupções que envolvem o president Grant. Este filme investiga a fundo os pensamentos do general Custer e revela as motivações que levaram ao caminho da glória e fracasso.
Os Primeiros Homens na Lua
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A fantástica fábula sobre a vida na Lua está vividamente ilustrada na tela pelo mestre de efeitos especiais Ray Harryhausen neste surpreendente épico de ficção científica com representação de criaturas extraterrestres. O filme começa quando um grupo de astronautas das Nações Unidas está planejando uma nova missão à Lua. Os astronautas estão um tanto confusos e, sobretudo, intrigados com a experiência de um homem (Edward Judd). Este homem diz que quando sua noiva, um cientista e ele fizeram esta viagem à Lua há 65 anos, foram atacados pelos 'Selenitas', grotescas formigas com forma humana que vivem em imensas cavernas de cristal. Agora, cabe a essa equipe das Nações Unidas tentar esta alunissagem, uma missão que poderia ser mais aterrorizante do que se havia pensado.
Jasão e o Velo de Ouro
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Baseado em um mito da Mitologia Grega, o filme conta a história de Jasão, que após retornar para sua casa de uma viagem de 20 anos, deve encontrar um mágico velo de ouro para reconquistar seu trono. Assim, ele lidera uma equipe, que inclui o heroico Hércules, para ir atrás do artefato, enfrentando perigos enormes como um gigante feito de bronze.
The Child and the Killer
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Joe Marsh (Robert Arden) is a U.S. Army captain who goes on the run in Britain after committing murder. He breaks into a family's home and forces 7-year-old Tommy Martin (Richard Williams) to guide his escape through the surrounding rural territory. A bond begins to form between the child and the desperate fugitive, but Marsh's criminal nature cannot help but show itself again before the chase comes to an end.
One Way Out
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A tragedy played in standard cops and robbers costume. A policeman faced with deep moral choices finds that once he's set foot on the path of corruption he is trapped by an ever more complex web of lies and intrigue. A lifetime of personal honour is at stake and we wonder if redemption is possible.
The Reluctant Bride
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A money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman, and a sensitive, dignified entomologist find themselves in charge of a brood of wild kids whose parents, both famous explorers, are reported lost while on an African safari.
Abdullah's Harem
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Abdullah, absolute monarch of a wealthy Middle Eastern country, has everything a man could want. Everything, that is, until he falls for a beautiful model. She rejects his advances, however, along with his offers of riches and luxury, chosing instead an officer in the king's army as her lover. As all of this is going on, the ruler is oblivious to the growing discontent among his subjects, and the threat of revolt that is increasing with each passing day.
Blackout
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When a beautiful girl offers Casey Morrow a lot of money for a mystery job, Morrow doesn't ask too many questions. But when the girl's father is found murdered the following day and Morrow's coat is soaked with blood perhaps a little more caution should have been exercised. An intriguing story of deception, greed and immorality.
Face the Music
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A famed trumpet player is suspected of murdering a blues singer. Using only two minor clues, he narrows the suspects to four people, but only after surviving poison placed on the mouthpiece of his trumpet!
Spaceways
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The test launch for the first inter-planetary research station goes wrong when the satellite station is inadvertently set up instead of returning to earth. Two people attached to the secret project are missing, presumed murdered, and all suspicions fall on the cuckold husband, the scientist responsible for the lack of fuel aboard the rocket. The theory is he murdered his wife and her lover, depositing the bodies on the errant rocket. Desperate to prove his innocence he volunteers for the next mission to link up with the satellite and clear his name.
Four Sided Triangle
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A young man, in love with a woman who can never be his, discovers a way to fulfil his dreams. In their childhood the three were the best of friends, the perfect triangle. But years later when Lena returns to her sleepy home the tone of the relationship changes and it is Robin she loves. Bill has discovered a method of duplication and decides to make an exact replica of the woman he cannot have... .with disastrous consequences for them all.
Blood Orange
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Discharged by his employer, a private eye stays on a jewel theft case after a model with information for him is murdered.
Jogo Perigoso
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A greedy but successful professional gambler wants to join the British Establishment when he falls in love with a blue-blooded lady. But first he must mend his ways and then dump his nightclub singer girl friend. She's not so easy to get rid of, neither is his past.
The Last Page
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A married bookstore owner is blackmailed after he makes a pass at his new sexy blonde clerk.
The Last Days of Dolwyn
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An old woman fights a group of industrialists who are planning to build a dam and flood the valley where she grew up.