Harry H. Corbett
Рождение : 1925-02-28, Rangoon, Burma, Indian Empire
Смерть : 1982-03-21
История
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Harry H. Corbett OBE (28 February 1925 – 21 March 1982) was an English actor.
Corbett was best known for his starring role in the popular and long-running BBC Television sitcom Steptoe and Son in the 1960s and 70s. Early in his career he was dubbed "the English Marlon Brando" by some sections of the British press.
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Wiggins
Молодой горячий гонщик Ник получает в наследство от брата модель нового суперскоростного мотоцикла, сконструированного самим братом. Ему не везло в гонках, так как не было денег на хороший мотоцикл. Теперь же у него появляется реальный шанс выиграть чемпионат мира, прочное лидерство в котором давно держат американцы.
Amourous Van Driver
Classic short British comedy, full of stars, about two workmen delivering planks to a building site. This is done with music and a sort of "wordless dialogue" which consists of a few mumbled sounds to convey the appropriate emotion. TV remake of the 1967 short.
Goodwin
A doctor fathers 837 brilliant sons through an artificial insemination program, and every woman wants a donation.
Squire
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!
Art
Aka Hardcore, aka Frankly Fiona. The heavily fictionalised fantastical autobiography of the fantastic 70s sex superstar Fiona Richmond, played by Fiona herself!
Sydney Burke
While a private detective is away on vacation, his not particularly bright assistant takes it upon himself to "solve" a case that comes in. Complications ensue.
Hungry Herbert
The Chiffy Kids go camping on a farm. Magpie causes a tent to collapse and as a punishment is tied to a large cooking pot. Freeing herself, she prepares a stew which is eaten by Herbert. The kids find only bones in the pot, and the repentant Herbert returns with sausages.
Prime Minister
Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.
Son / Harold
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.
Harold Kitchener Steptoe
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk yard. Harold, who likes the bright lights in the West End of London, meets a stripper, marries her and takes her home. Albert is furious and tries every trick he knows to drive the new bride from his household.
Ambrose (segment "Lust")
Наверняка нет на свете человека, который не разу не согрешил. Эта британская комедия дает возможность зрителю посмеяться над собой, предлагая взглянуть на себя со стороны. Возможно кто-то узнает себя в одном из семи эпизодов, отражающих "семь смертных грехов" - алчность, зависть, чревоугодие, похоть, гордость, лень и ... ну а седьмой смертный грех, как и бессмертный музыкальный хит тех лет под завязочные титры, вы узнаете, досмотрев эту изумительную комедию до конца. Лучшие комедийные актеры Великобритании 70-х объединились в этой ужасно смешной истории о семи смертных грехах.
Frank Finley
Two crooks are hired to rob an eccentric old lady's estate, but once they get to know her, they can't bring themselves to do it.
Stage Door Keeper
A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
Sidney Bung
Эта пародия, на жанр ужасов вообще и фильмы студии Хаммер в частности, считается одним из самых удачных фильмов серии.
Joey Boy Thompson
While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline. But the dolce vita crumbles when police arrive in a lightning raid, and offer Joey and his fellow reprobates a stark choice: sign up for active service, or face another stint inside. Thus the lads find themselves heading off to Italy, determined to make the best of it...
Percy Winthram
Percy Winthram is a naive young man who still lives at home with his mum. In London for the Cup Final with his friends, he finds himself in a Soho strip club, where he meets blonde hostess Cyrenne. Accepting a bet from friend Ginger, he accompanies Cyrenne back to her flat, and a boast-worthy night of lust seems to be on the cards; however, drained of beer and bravado, Percy's innocence and vulnerability become all too evident…
Harry Fender
Tycoon husband Harry Fender, who has built up the supermarket business from the time he was a delivery boy in his teens - is now over forty and obsessed with developing the exotic plants in his hothouse.
Hemel Pike
After a lock-keeper entrusts his daughter to a canal Casanova, he is shocked to learn that she is pregnant. He then refuses to open his locks - causing barges to pile up in every direction until the guilty party confesses.
James Ryder
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
Sam
Unemployed East End lad Alf Hitchens has an on-off relationship with his girlfriend Marilyn and a dream of hitting the big time in the music business. Cheerful pop musical with a working-class background which uses a number of genuine London locations.
Greengrocer
Charlie returns to the East End after two years at sea to find his house demolished and wife Maggie gone. Everyone else knows she is now shacked up with married bus driver Bert and a toddler, and they all watch with more than a little interest at the trail of mayhem Charlie leaves as he goes about sorting things out.
Lem
Десятилетний Сэмми живет с родителями в Порт-Саиде (Египет). Во время Суэцкого кризиса в результате взрыва бомбы родители мальчика погибают и Сэмми решает идти к своей тете которая живет в 5000 миль на юге в Дурбане (Южная Африка) в другом полушарии и на другой стороне континента.
A gang of jewel thieves rob a house which has just become empty following the recent death of it's rich lady owner. The robbery is not a complete success and one of the gang hides the jewels in the house as he's about to be captured. Later the house is put up for sale and events lead the estate agent to conclude that the jewels may still be there.
Johnnie's Father
Four teen-aged Teds are persuaded to form a rock group and undertake the Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme to keep them out of trouble.
Feist
Mitchell is a rich American businessman whose son is kidnapped in England. Naturally, there's a huge ransom demand, but Scotland Yard tells Mitchell to butt out.
Inspector Bruce
A young woman going to her wedding is waiting for her fiancée, a hood in custody, who is allowed by the police to go to his wedding.
Harry Jackson
A drama unfolding in the business world where shrewd methods are adopted by a boss to select a suitable yes-man for the Board.
Gollar
Augie comes out of prison and finds his old vice racket has been taken over by the sinister Gollar, so he dreams up a new scam.
The Man
A madman is on the loose... killing fashion models that appear on the cover of magazines. The police start a manhunt in an attempt to capture the killer.
McCabe
An unfortunate sailor gets implicated in a murder he never committed. After a bookie is murdered, the sailor is caught in an ever-tightening vice that would trap him as the killer unless he can clear himself. Along the way to struggling free and tracking down the real culprits, several unsavory characters cross his path as well as a rather interesting woman who sets romantic sparks flying.
Sullivan
A professional thief is sprung from prison with the assistance of a new partner who wants to know where he's hid his loot.
Sharkey
A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.