Edward Underdown

Edward Underdown

Nascimento : 1908-12-03, London, England, UK

Morte : 1989-12-15

Perfil

Edward Underdown

Filmes

Doctor Who: Meglos
Zastor
On the lush planet Tigella, two opposing factions are divided over the usage of the Dodecahedron, an ancient and powerful artefact which provides the entire planet's energy. The Doctor is summoned to arbitrate the conflict, but the power-crazed Meglos intercepts the call and impersonates him in order to steal the Dodecahedron.
Tarka the Otter
Hibbert
Set in the English countryside of the 1920s - when otter hunting was still legal - this film follows the life of Tarka the Otter from his birth into adulthood. We witness his close shaves, and his struggle with a man who tries to keep our furry hero as a pet.
The Price of Coal, Part 1: Meet the People
Sir Gordon Horrocks
The workers of Milton Colliery prepare for a royal visit from Prince Charles.
A Abdicação de uma Rainha
Christina's Father
A Rainha Cristina da Suécia abdica e viaja para Roma para abraçar a Igreja Católica.
Running Scared
Mr. Betancourt
When an undergraduate commits suicide, his best friend is sent down from university because he did nothing to prevent the death, which he felt was a choice his friend had a right to make.
The Hand of Night
Gunther
A tourist travelling through Morocco discovers an ancient curse and must choose between light and dark.
The Great Pony Raid
Wild pony rustling on Dartmoor.
Espionagem Internacional
Air Marshall
O arrombador de crofres britânico Eddie Chapman está preso na ilha de Jersey quando os alemães a invadem duante a Segunda Guerra. Ele se oferece para trabalhar para o Eixo em troca de sua liberdade, assim, o regime de Hitler o envia como espião para a Inglaterra. Uma vez lá, no entanto, ele oferece seus serviços aos Aliados, e assim torna-se um agente duplo.
Khartoum
Colonel William Hicks
Depois que o exército egípcio, comandada por oficiais britânicos, é destruído em uma batalha no Sudão em 1880, o governo britânico está em um dilema. Ele não querem enviar uma força militar britânica para uma guerra estrangeira, mas eles têm o compromisso de proteger os egípcios em Cartum. Eles decidem pedir o general Charles "Chinês" Gordon, que era uma espécie de herói popular no Sudão por ter acabado com o comércio de escravos na área, para providenciar a evacuação. Gordon concorda, mas também decide defender a cidade contra as forças do Mahdi - O Esperado - e tenta forçar os britânicos a enviar tropas.
007: Contra a Chantagem Atômica
Air Vice Marshall (uncredited)
James Bond (Sean Connery) tenta evitar a destruição de Miami por meio de uma super bomba, roubada pela SPECTRE. A organização está exigindo um pagamento de 100 milhões de dólares em diamantes para não cumprir a ameaça de explodir a cidade. Para isso, ele vai correr contra o tempo para encontrar as armas roubadas e impedir a morte de milhões de inocentes.
As Profecias do Dr. Terror
Tod (segment 1 "Werewolf")
Five strangers board a train and are joined by a mysterious fortune teller who offers to read their Tarot cards. Five separate stories unfold: An architect returns to his ancestoral home to find a werewolf out for revenge; a doctor discovers his new wife is a vampire; a huge plant takes over a house; a musician gets involved with voodoo; an art critic is pursued by a disembodied hand.
Traitor's Gate
Inspector Adams
A businessman organises a caper to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
Dr. Crippen
The Governor
A British physician stands trial for murdering his wife after he and his mistress are captured while fleeing to Canada.
O Dia Em Que A Terra Incendiou
Dick Sanderson (uncredited)
Repórteres britânicos suspeitam que um encobrimento internacional de um desastre global está em andamento. E eles estão certos. Um pânico histérico tomou o mundo depois que os Estados Unidos e a União Soviética simultaneamente detonaram dispositivos nucleares e fizeram com que a órbita da Terra se alterasse, enviando-a para mais perto do sol.
Information Received
Drake
Drama of an underworld double-cross as a man and woman set a death trap from which only one could possibly escape.
The Third Alibi
Dr. Peter Murdoch
A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.
O Espia de Duas Caras
Kaltenbrunner
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.
The Camp on Blood Island
Major Dawes
Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.
The Rainbow Jacket
Geoffrey Tyler
A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.
O Diabo Riu Por Último
Harry Chelm
A caminho da África estão um grupo de patifes, que esperam ficar ricos lá, e um aparentemente inocente casal britânico. Eles se encontram e as coisas acontecem .... Um quarteto de bandidos internacionais - Peterson, O'Hara, Ross e Ravello - está encalhado na Itália enquanto seu navio está sendo reparado. Com eles também estão os Dannreuthers. Os seis estão indo para a África, presumivelmente para vender aspiradores de pó, mas na verdade vão para comprar terra supostamente rica com urânio. Eles são acompanhados por outros que aparentemente têm objetivos semelhantes.
Street of Shadows
Det. Insp. Johnstone
A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in his apartment.
Recoil
Michael Conway
A jeweller is killed in a gang robbery leaving the daughter as the only witness. When the police can't build a case against him she decides to go undercover to infiltrate the home of the killer's brother. Slowly she is drawn into the world of the rival gangs.
The Promise
Stephen Harker
50s quota thriller.
The Voice of Merrill
Hugh Allen
A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to wish her dead
The Woman's Angle
Robert Mansell
The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer in seach of one thing personal happiness. This search, however, has landed him in the divorce courts and the judge's summary does not paint him in a favourable light.
The Dark Man
Detective Inspector Viner
A killer called 'The Dark Man' commits double murder. This is witnessed by the young aspiring actress Molly Lester. The Dark Man tries everything to put Molly out of the way. Detective Inspector Viner of Scotland Yard investigates the murders.
They Were Not Divided
Philip
The film begins in a WW II training depot of a British Guards armoured regiment where recruits from many walks of life learn to survive the strict discipline and training together before going into battle in tanks. There is a cameo appearance by the real Sgt. Major Brittain who was famous in the British guards regiments.
O Desertor
Slim Elfey
An Army deserter, still a fugitive in Post-War Britain, wanders into a pawn-shop robbery and finds himself wanted for murder. He meets a war widow who helps him elude the police while he looks for the real criminals.
Brass Monkey
Max Taylor
Carroll Levis, a radio variety host, gets involved in murder and theft.
The Woman in the Hall
Neil Inglefield
Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.
O Homem de Outubro
Passport Official
Jim Ackland, who suffers from a head injury sustained in a bus crash , is the chief suspect in a murder hunt, when a girl that he has just met is found dead on the local common, and he has no alibi for the time she was killed.
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.
Lucky to Me
Malden's friend
Lucky to Me is a 1939 British musical comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Stanley Lupino, Phyllis Brooks and Barbara Blair. It was based on Lupino's own 1928 stage show So This is Love which he had co-written with Arthur Rigby. The film was made by ABPC at its Elstree Studios. It was the last film of Lupino who had made a string of successful musical comedies during the Thirties.
Inspector Hornleigh
Peter Dench
When a landlady finds one of her tenants murdered, Inspector Hornleigh is sent to investigate. Inspector Hornleigh's assistant, Sergeant Bingham, soon finds an attaché case that had been stolen from the murdered man. When Hornleigh examines the case, inside it he finds a bag that was used to carry important government documents. The documents have been taken, and to make things even more confusing, a duplicate of the stolen bag soon turns up.
Wings of the Morning
Don Diego
A beautiful Gypsy girl falls in love with a horse trainer.
Annie, Leave the Room!
John Brandon
British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
The Warren Case
Hugh Waddon
Chided by his boss for a conspicuous lack of sensational stories, Lewis Bevan takes matters into his own hands to revive his flagging career.