Elizabeth Allan
Nascimento : 1910-04-09, Skegness, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Morte : 1990-07-27
História
Elizabeth Allan (9 April 1910 – 27 July 1990) was an English stage, screen, and television actress, who worked in both England and Hollywood.
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Barbara Rankin
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
Dr. Phillipa Roberts
A British psychiatrist reads an amnesiac's (Maxwell Reed) brain waves and sees the mind of a killer.
Susan Grant
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....
Louise Scobie
Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.
Carol-Anne Bailey
A pair of twin girls are separated when their parents divorce. They meet again by accident when they are both sent to the same Summer camp and they start to hatch a plot to get back together. - Steve Crook
Angela Prout
A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from a question on the rights and wrongs of marriage that there is more going on between three of the panelists than he wants to know about - though the audience obviously thinks differently.
Shirley Scott
Um engenheiro aeronáutico prevê que um novo modelo de avião falhará catastroficamente e de uma maneira inédita após um número específico de horas de voo.
James Stewart interpreta o engenheiro aeronáutico Theodore Honey, o protótipo de um professor: distraído, excêntrico, esquecido, mas brilhante. Seus estudos mostram que a aeronave que está sendo fabricada por seu empregador tem uma falha de design sutil, mas mortal, que se manifesta apenas após a aeronave ter voado um determinado número de horas. A caminho de um local de acidente para provar sua teoria, Honey descobre que está a bordo de um avião que se aproxima rapidamente do prazo mortal previsto.
Lady Sybil
The lonely wife of a workaholic husband on the magical Isle of Capri meets a charming and attractive young man. An exciting affair must end when word gets back to the husband and he becomes ill. In hopes of avoiding a scene, she passes her beau along to her stepdaughter, Monica.
Jane Strawbridge
George Gribble is tea-boy at Tangleton town council, he gets ravelled up in the councillors money-grubbing machinations concerning compiling and then cooking the results of a government sponsored housing survey.
Peggy
The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in preparation for a full scale German invasion. Once the villagers discover the true identity of the troops, they do whatever they can to thwart the Nazis plans.
Mrs. Cibber
A lavish period drama produced in 1942 by Lord Rank's G.H.W. Productions Ltd.
Queenie
A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
Leonora Barradine
A young women under a lot of pressure in her life decides to take a train trip to mellow out, but is suddenly stricken with a case of amnesia. A con artist takes advantage...
Margaret Hamilton
A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to the assistance of a quick-witted lawyer she is eventually found innocent.
Nancy Marlowe
Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo.
Nadia
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir. On the train journey, Michael befriends a traveler and comes into contact with a mysterious spy, who both unexpectedly aid him in his quest. Once behind enemy lines, Michael is near his hometown and his mother, whom he must avoid in order to fulfill his mission.
Nichette
Marguerite Gautier (Greta Garbo), uma cortesã, conhece o amor, mas é humilhada pelo antigo amante e o pai de seu novo amor, Armand Duval (Robert Taylor), que lhe diz que ela destruirá o futuro do seu filho. Diante deste quadro, apesar de amá-lo loucamente, ela não só o abandona como o faz acreditar que voltará para o seu antigo amante e protetor.
Flora Anne Thistlewaite
A Victorian-era woman struggles to break free of the moral codes established by society and enforced by her father.
Lucie Manette
The exciting story of Dr. Manette, who escapes the horrors of the infamous Bastille prison in Paris. The action switches between London and Paris on the eve of the revolution where we witness 'the best of times and the worst of times' - love, hope, the uncaring French Aristocrats and the terror of a revolutionary citizen's army intent on exacting revenge.
Irena Borotyn
Sir Borotyn, a prominent Prague resident, is discovered murdered in his home, with all indications pointing to a vampire assault. The victim's friend, Baron Otto, and the physician who analyzes the body are certain that the vampire is the mysterious Count Mora, or perhaps his daughter, but receive little help from the law. Professor Zelen, an expert in the occult, is called in to assist with the investigation.
Clara Copperfield
Charles Dickens' classic tale of an orphaned boy's fight for happiness and the colorful characters who help and hinder him.
Venice
A woman's dubious past proves to be a stumbling block when she becomes engaged to marry.
Nettie Vollar
The port city of Bristol, England, in the 1800s is home to Java Head, a sailing ship line company. The owner has two sons. One, a handsome seafarer, is in love with a local girl, but cannot marry her due to a long-running feud between their fathers. After a lengthy voyage, he returns with a very exotic, noble Chinese wife, which scandalizes the conservative town. His other son, a "landlubber", seeks to convert to steamships, to the disgust of his father. Even worse, he is secretly dealing in contraband.
Barbara
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he considers an appointment in the operating room more important than attending a cocktail party. He soon drifts into an affair with a pretty nurse who shares his passion for healing.
Jane
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
Nancy Adams
A sculptor who doesn't want to have any part of World War I is shamed by his girlfriend into joining the army. He becomes a fighter pilot, and undergoes a complete personality change.
Helen Hemming
An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are shattered when Bascom, a gang member, arrives with a stolen necklace, putting their whole gang at risk.
Peggy Wilson
An unemployed reporter, fired because of his drinking, takes a job at an advertising agency. Drama.
Caroline Service
Depression Era story set in London about a wealthy shop owner who goes bankrupt and is forced to fire his faithful staff.
Joan Elton
'Musician kills count in duel for wife, and later falls in love with daughter.' (British Film Catalogue)
Sonia Bryant
A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.
Daisy Bunting
An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.
Naomi Melsham
A Mandarin takes the blame when the wife of his friend's son steals secret papers.
Gracie Abbott
Two women of different social backgrounds work together in a dressmakers.
Sylvia Robertson
Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. When Sylvia discovers Max's deception, she is appalled, but the situation is resolved when her father tells her that he was once a hotel dishwasher.
Freda Barcaldine
An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
Romo
A young bride is deserted by her husband but finds happiness with another man. They contract a bigamous marriage for the sake of their child....
Countess Olga Dureska
A crime film directed by Guy Newall.
Barbara Amory
Black Coffee is a 1931 British detective film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott. Based on the 1930 play Black Coffee by Agatha Christie featuring her famous private detective Hercule Poirot, it stars Austin Trevor as Poirot with Richard Cooper playing his companion Captain Hastings. A famous but hated scientist, Sir Amory, is killed during a house party, and some of his valuable papers are missing. Poirot rapidly determines the cause of death and the motive, then narrows down the suspects to the most likely culprit.
Vera Mannering
A woman takes the blame for a murder accidentally committed by her half-sister
Masked Lady
A carefree aristocrat becomes involved with a woman suspected of murder, and assists her in proving her innocence.
Ursula Browne
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.