Derek Francis
Рождение : 1923-11-07, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK
Смерть : 1984-03-27
История
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Derek Francis (born 7 November 1923 in Brighton - died 27 March 1984 in Wimbledon, London) was an English comedy and character actor.
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Compilation of classic clips, featuring the best performances from across the much-loved comedian's long BBC career, including examples of Emery's best-known slapstick routines and catchphrases. All the greatest clips from Dick Emery's long-running BBC career - a chance for fans both old and new to see what a huge contribution Emery made to contemporary slapstick comedy. All the classic characters appear: the father and son skinheads (with Roy Kinnear), "Oooh! You Are Awful", and a plethora of slapstick Lords, little old ladies, vicars and schoolmasters.
Lord Kingsclere
Англия, XVII век. Барбара крадёт у своей лучшей подруги титулованного жениха накануне их свадьбы. Вскоре ей надоедает жизнь хозяйки поместья, и она начинает заниматься грабежом на большой дороге. Затем предает своего любовника, сотоварища по ночному разбою, и совершает множество других пакостей...
His Grace
The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durham.
A young Eskimo boy accidentally gets hit by a mysterious ray during a secret British experiment and finds that he is now electrified.
Benson
Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with three segments. Each story features a woman who willingly or unwillingly spreads evil.
Bishop
Ах, эти блестящие, мрачные Средние века… Прекрасные принцессы, сладкоголосые трубадуры, невменяемые рыцари и порожденные сном разума легендарные чудовища. Кстати, о чудовищах, в одном королевстве завелся монстр по имени Джабервоки. И вот, нанося огромный урон народному хозяйству, он безнаказанно терроризирует округу — никто не может его победить. К счастью, храбрость в те годы встречалась чаще, чем мозги. И вот, в поисках богатства и почета, на монстра выезжает отважный рыц… простите, бондарь Деннис! То и дело попадая в нелепые положения и анекдотические ситуации деревенский простак торит свой загогулистый путь к Славе. Охота на Джабервока началась!
Bishop
Американский писатель-оккультист пытается спасти душу молодой женщины, которую терроризирует группа сатанистов, возглавляемых отлученным от церкви священником. Девушку планируют использовать в качестве посланницы Дьявола на Земле.
A young woman looking into the disappearance of her fiance discovers that the last place he was seen was at a very strange motel.
Benson
A vampire terrorizes a quiet English town.
Shelby Grafton
A husband and wife team are hired to protect an eccentric millionaire from an assassin but a series of murders follows.
Octavius Lamb
A popular member of the Oxford community is killed and nobody figure out why. A police inspector is called in from Scotland Yard and discovers there may be more to the victim than anyone knows.
Prof. Morell
The final days in the Bunker, with Hitler becoming more and more paranoid, plumbing the depths of his madness and reaching his well deserved fate.
Brother Martin
A group of holidaymakers head for the Spanish resort of Elsbels for a 4-day visit. When they get there, they find the Hotel still hasn't been finished being built, and the weather is awful. And there is something strange about the staff—they all look very similar. To top it all off, the weather seems to be having an adverse affect on the Hotel's foundations.
Arthur
A gang of thieves plan to make their fortune by stealing a shipment of contraceptive pills from Finisham maternity hospital. They assume disguises and infiltrate the hospital, but everything doesn't go according to plan. The hypochondriac consultant Sir Bernard Cutting, Matron and the doctors and nurses at Finisham have a habit of getting in the way.
Sanders
Bolt, a British linguist, develops a universal language, so he's a sudden sensation and receives a Nobel prize. An ambitious diplomat, capitalizing on Bolt's celebrity, arranges for the U.S. to commission a statue for a London square to honor Bolt's achievement. Bolt's Italian wife, a renowned artist, sculpts an 18-foot nude of Bolt. In a pique, because he's neglected her for years to do his work, she gives the statue a spectacular phallus, telling Bolt that he wasn't its model. Thinking he's a cuckold, Bolt goes on a jealous search for a man matching the statue. The diplomat, too, wants changes in the statue to protect his conservative image. Can art and love reconcile?
Park Keeper
Approaching middle-age and stuck in an unfulfilled marriage, a suburban British housewife allows herself a sexual fling with a brash young hunk she meets on a commuter train.
1st Gentleman of Charity
1860 год. Скупой и капризный Эбенезер Скрудж влюблён лишь в своё богатство. Он не разделяет общей радости от приближающегося Рождества. В вечер сочельника Скруджу предстаёт дух его покойного компаньона Джейкоба Марли. Дух Марли сожалеет, что после смерти был наказан за чёрствость и корысть. Он не хочет такой же участи для Скруджа. По его просьбе Скруджа посетят три духа, которые помогут ему измениться. Они будут являться один за другим в течение трёх ночей…
Bishop
The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough complications in his own love life, but still produces a pamphlet called "The Wit to Woo". The strange collection of hopefuls lead to some outlandish matches, and jealousies are bound to lead to trouble
Sam Bryant
Moon (Michael Latimer) is a mercenary who joins forces with two crooked cops in an attempt to steal 90 million dollars in gold from an Arab country decimated by political chaos. Sex, violence and mayhem accompany the group of double-crossing heavies who covet the purloined loot. A bevy of females willingly submit to seduction, and a sadistic homosexual murderer trails Moon and his malevolent gang for the gold in this compelling crime drama.
Sir Charles Moberley
Гарри Фенн - начальник рекламного отдела косметической фирмы. Для рекламной кампании нового продукта он нашел подходящую девушку-модель и на последнем совещании показал президенту фирмы ее фотографию. Президенту девушка понравилась, но......
Farmer
Sid and Bernie keep having their amorous intentions snubbed by their girlfriends Joan and Anthea, so when they decide to take them on a holiday to Paradise Camp, they think they're off to a nudist colony—but they couldn't be more wrong, and meet up with the weirdest bunch of campers you can imagine.
Sir Edmund Burke
Популярный Доктор Килмор уволен, после того как был обнаружен в компрометирующем положении на крыше дома медсестёр. Пациенты не хотят потерять его, но доктор Тинкл и главная медсестра непреклонны.
Puddleby
Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little above them. They attempt to blast their rocket into orbit from a massive gun barrel built into the side of a Welsh mountain, but money troubles, spies and saboteurs ensure that the plan is doomed before it starts...
Innkeeper
Нетрадиционное прочтение истории «злого гения» последних Романовых интересно стремлением режиссера перенести на экран миф об экстрасенсорных способностях Распутина.
Ernest Corcoran
Норман - вполне счастливый продавец газет, но его дедушка (премьер-министр) хочет поручить ему "более ответственную работу". Несколько звонков, и Норман становится начинающим репортером в приморском городе Tinmouth... Фарс о коррупции в верхних и нижних эшелонах власти.
Paddy
The story of Ted and Jackie, two London kids who decide to run away to Liverpool and, from there, stow away on a ship bound for Jamaica - the home of Jackie's estranged father.
Nero
The TARDIS crew take up residence near Rome in 64AD, where Ian and Barbara are kidnapped by slave traders, and the Doctor's imitation of Maximus Pettulian sees him taken to the court of Emperor Nero where he inadvertently plays a part in deciding the course of history...
Lord Trevanion
Верден Фелл, ученый — египтолог, женится вторично после смерти своей горячо любимой жены Лигейи, увлекавшейся оккультизмом. Последними словами Лигейи были «Смерти себя не предаю». И вот, по прошествии некоторого времени, Фелл начинает замечать что у его новой жены начинают проявляться черты Лигейи…
Merryweather
Чарльз Берд по прозвищу Чик уволен с работы провинциального актера. Он ездил с командой по всей Великобритании, но сделать карьеру так и не смог. Все его хорошо знают, Берд уже не молод, поэтому предполагает, что ничего путного ему уже не светит. В последней попытке получить славу, он отправляется в Лондон вместе с коллегой Джулианом. Карьера последнего идет в гору, а Чик снова проваливается. Он понимает, что пора возвращаться домой.
Chief Supt. Croft
The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.
Fingus
A bored housewife has an affair with her mother's lodger.
Dexter's Doctor (Uncredited)
A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud.
Jack Carter
A self-employed lorry driver is determined to find the criminals responsible for hijacking him.
John Goggin
When developer John Goggin plans to build a civic center, only Emma Mannering's corset shop stands in the way, and she refuses to sell, so he sends his unscrupulous assistant Ed Crayshaw to "fix" things, but instead, he's double-crossed.
Mr. Jones
A pretty young woman will do anything to escape her deadly dull existence in the backlots of Wales. But when she reaches the bright lights of London is the price too high?
Sir John Dawson-Brown
A television interviewer is determined to get a coup on a dodgy cabinet minister.
Squire Anthony Cobtree
XVIII век. В прибрежный английский городок прибывает отряд капитана Колье, намеревающегося пресечь деятельность местных контрабандистов. Вскоре до солдат доходят истории о бесчинствующих на здешних болотах всадниках-призраках. Всадников считают проклятьем, наложенным на здешние места легендарным пиратом Клеггом, но Колье не склонен верить в подобные сказки.
Detective Inspector
At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.
Arthur Tilsley
Arson is the way out for a failing cosmetics company.
R. R. Harris
Two rival gangs are trying to fix horse races and a jockey is attacked and left for dead in a stage-managed car crash. An insurance investigator makes routine enquiries into the "accident" and one of the gang leaders feels threatened by this and takes counter measures.
Frank
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love and he is faced with the choice of giving up a career in politics or giving up the woman he loves.
Priest
When a robbery at a racetrack goes wrong ex-con Johnny Bannion is caught and sent back to prison. He won't tell the rest of the gang where he has stashed the loot leading to violent consequences.