Joyce Carey

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Brève rencontre
7.7

Brève rencontre

Nov 24, 1945
Dans le café-buffet de la gare de Milford, un homme et une femme se disent adieu. Troublée par l’arrivée fortuite d’une amie encombrante, Laura, la femme, fait un malaise au moment où l’homme la quitte pour prendre son train. De retour à la maison, elle passe la soirée en compagnie de son mari et imagine secrètement qu’elle lui confesse sa liaison…
Drama
L'esprit s'amuse
6.9

L'esprit s'amuse

Apr 05, 1945
Écrivain à succès, Charles Condomine organise, avec sa nouvelle femme Ruth, un dîner en compagnie d’une voyante excentrique. À la fin du repas, les convives se rassemblent autour d’une séance de spiritisme que tous croient ratée. Mais ce soir là, Charles est hanté par le fantôme de sa première femme, Elvira, ce qui suscite la plus grande jalousie chez Ruth…
Comedy
La Lame nue
6.207

La Lame nue

Jun 28, 1961
Qui a tué Jason Roote, le patron d'une compagnie de transports aériens ? Est-ce celui qui fut condamné à la prison à perpétuité, Donald Heath, sur la foi du témoignage du Directeur Commercial, Georges Radcliffe ? Ou bien est-ce ce dernier qui s'établit peu de temps après à son compte ? Mme Radcliffe trouve une lettre qui l'inquiète.
Mystery
Father Dear Father
4.8

Father Dear Father

May 25, 1973
After divorcing his wife, Patrick Glover decides it is time to remarry, and chooses his literary agent, only to then mistakenly propose to the cleaning lady. Part of his reason for wanting to remarry is to regain some control over his wayward daughters, but they and their lovers continue to complicate his home and his life... A farcical comedy full of hilarious confusions, this feature-length version of the popular sitcom Father, Dear Father is a real gem of British humour at its best.
Comedy
The Astonished Heart
4.5

The Astonished Heart

Mar 17, 1950
Several years after graduation, best friends Barbara (Celia Johnson) and Leonora (Margaret Leighton) reconnect as if not a day has gone by. But Leonora could do without Barbara's husband, Christian (Noel Coward), whom she finds arrogant and off-putting ... at first. One evening alone together, romance is set ablaze, leaving Christian with a lot of explaining to do to Barbara.
Drama
Pleure, ô pays bien-aimé
6.063
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
Drama
Bobby des Greyfriars
6.9

Bobby des Greyfriars

Jul 17, 1961
Un petit Skye terrier nommé Bobby est l'animal de compagnie d'un fermier écossais et de sa femme. Mais le chien préfère la compagnie d'un homme embauché à la ferme appelée Auld Jock. Quand l'argent devient rare à la ferme, Auld Jock est renvoyé. Il voyage en Edimbourg et Bobby le suit. Auld Jock meurt dans la pauvreté et est enterré à Greyfriar's Kirkyard. Chaque nuit, Bobby retourne sur la tombe d'Auld Jock pour dormir. Contre l'avis de sa femme, le gardien du cimetière James Brown essaye de chasser Bobby, mais Bobby trouve toujours un chemin pour revenir sur la tombe de son ancien maître. Bobby se fait aimer à tous, particulièrement les enfants de voisinage. Brown et un propriétaire de restaurant, M. Traill, rivalisent pour l'affection du chien. Brown avertir Traill qu'il doit payer une licence pour détenir Bobby, ce qu'il refuse par principe, n'étant pas le maître de Bobby.
Drama
Alive and Kicking
6.9

Alive and Kicking

Jul 13, 1959
Three elderly residents of a nursing home, fed up with their monotonous existence, engineer an escape from their drab surroundings and head for an impromptu holiday on an Irish island.
Comedy
Contre une poignée de diamants
6.2
Tarrant, un agent du contre-espionnage britannique, est injustement accusé d'avoir orchestré l'enlèvement de son propre fils afin de s'approprier la rançon : un stock de diamants conservé par les services secrets anglais.
Thriller
Londres appartient à moi
6.7
Classique drame britannique sur les résidents d'une grande maison terrasse à Londres entre Noël 1938 et Septembre 1939. Parmi eux sont jeunes motoriste Boon Percy (Richard Attenborough) et sa mère (Gladys Henson); la maîtresse de maison, Mme Vizzard (Joyce Carey), qui est veuve et un croyant dans spiritisme; Mme Josser (Fay Compton), M. Josser (Wylie Watson) et leur fille adolescente (Susan Shaw); le moyen spiritualiste excentrique M. squales (Alastair Sim), et Connie Coke coloré (Ivy St Helier). Percy est en amour avec la fille du Josser, Doris (Susan Shaw), et se contrecœur vers le crime pour amasser des fonds pour l'impressionner avec. Mais les choses tournent mal. Boon Percy (Richard Attenborough) vit avec sa mère dans une maison louée partagée avec un assortiment de personnages dans le centre de Londres. Bien que bien intentionné, Percy se mélange avec des gangsters et assassiner. L'histoire se concentre sur les effets que cela a sur Percy et les autres résidents.
Drama
Ceux qui servent en mer
6.8
C'est l'histoire d'un bâtiment de guerre, le destroyer britannique HMS Torrin, depuis sa mise en chantier avant la déclaration de guerre conjointe de la Grande-Bretagne et de la France à l'Allemagne, jusqu'à sa destruction à la suite des attaques aériennes allemandes. Les survivants, accrochés à un bateau pneumatique de sauvetage, se souviennent de leur vie passée.
Drama
Loser Takes All
5.4

Loser Takes All

Sep 09, 1956
Bertrand, an accountant employed by a large London firm, is called to the office of the Managing Director, Dreuther, to explain a mistake in the accounts. Dreuther is highly impressed by the young accountant's skilful explanation of the error and, hearing that Bertrand is soon to marry his spirited young fiancée, tells him to spend the honeymoon not in Bournemouth, but Monte Carlo at the company s expense! However, events in the fabulous Mediterranean paradise do not work out quite as Bertrand had envisaged...
Comedy
The Chiltern Hundreds
5

The Chiltern Hundreds

Sep 27, 1949
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn – who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again – as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...
Comedy
Stolen Assignment
5.375

Stolen Assignment

Aug 01, 1955
Henry Crossley is an artist whose wife is spending a week's holiday with her aunt. But when her aunt comes to see him, worried because her niece has not arrived, a police investigation into her disappearance begins. It seems that Henry was fully occupied at the time his wife went missing; but is his alibi completely truthful?
Comedy
The October Man
6.2

The October Man

Aug 28, 1947
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.
Mystery
Le Chemin des étoiles
5.917
En Grande-Bretagne, en 1942, le quotidien d'une escadrille anglo-américaine cantonnée à l'arrière, à travers les destins de quelques pilotes et de leurs compagnes.
Drama
Street Corner
5.818

Street Corner

Mar 17, 1953
A pseudo-documentary focusing on the daily work and routine of women police officers built around three different storylines.
Thriller
Only a Scream Away
7

Only a Scream Away

Jan 26, 1974
Newlyweds Samantha and Robert Miller emerge from the church to the sound of cheers. However, the happy scene is disturbed by a cruel practical joke, someone throws a paint-bomb at the bride. Later, upon returning from their honeymoon the couple discover the smashed remnants of their wedding cake and a mysterious gift -- one soiled glove. Could it be a warning? Does someone hold a grudge against the couple?
Thriller
We Serve
1

We Serve

Jun 29, 1942
Training film for officers of the ATS, encouraging compassion and understanding for the young woman in their charge.
War
Vivre un grand amour
5.7

Vivre un grand amour

Feb 24, 1955
Durant les dramatiques bombardements de la Seconde Guerre Mondiale à Londres, Sarah Miles, l'épouse d'un haut fonctionnaire britannique, s'éprend de Maurice Bendrix, un écrivain. Leur secrète liaison se déroule plus ou moins harmonieusement, à l'insu de tous, jusqu'à un dramatique week-end durant lequel Bendrix faillit perdre la vie. Depuis ce soir, Sarah a rompu toute relation avec son amant sans lui fournir d'explication.
Drama
Libel
6.955

Libel

Oct 23, 1959
Un pilote commercial de Californie voit une émission de télévision à Londres d'interviews avec monsieur Mark Lodden à sa maison. Le Canadien est convaincu que le baronnet est une fraude, qu'il est vraiment un acteur ressemblant appelé Franc Welney
Drama
A Nice Girl Like Me
1

A Nice Girl Like Me

Nov 23, 1969
Candy is a fetching unwed young lady with a penchant for pregnancy. Her adventures begin when she leaves her sheltered boarding school background for Paris. The result is the birth of Valentine nine months later.
Comedy
Chapeau melon et Bottes de cuir
7.721
John Steed, un agent des services secrets britanniques, flanqué d'accortes acolytes nommées Cathy Gale, Emma Peel ou Tara King, combat le crime et résout des mystères souvent mâtinés d'énigmes surnaturelles. Sans se départir de son flegme et ponctuant ses actions de citations tirées de Shakespeare ou Wilde, il affronte des criminels plus flamboyants et mégalomaniaques les uns que les autres...
Action & Adventure
Father, Dear Father
5

Father, Dear Father

Feb 06, 1973
Patrick Glover is a divorced thriller novelist attempting to raise and keep the peace between his two teenage daughters.
Comedy
The Millionaire
5

The Millionaire

Jun 07, 1960
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
Drama
No Hiding Place
3.7

No Hiding Place

Jun 22, 1967
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
Crime
1990
6

1990

Apr 10, 1978
The series is set in a dystopian future in which Britain is under the grip of the Home Office's Department of Public Control (PCD), a tyrannically oppressive bureaucracy riding roughshod over the population's civil liberties. Edward Woodward plays Jim Kyle, a journalist on the last independent newspaper called The Star, who turns renegade and begins to fight the PCD covertly. The officials of the PCD, in turn, try to provide proof of Kyle's subversive activities.
Drama
International Detective
7
The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur---later Art---Fleming, who hosted the original `Jeopardy!'
Crime
Maigret
6.9

Maigret

Dec 24, 1963
Maigret (titre original) est une série télévisée policière britannique, en quatre saisons et cinquante-deux épisodes (+ un épisode pilote), diffusée originellement de 1960 à 1963. Les enquêtes du commissaire Jules Maigret, basées sur les romans de Georges Simenon.
Crime
International Detective
7
The global adventures of Ken Franklin, ace operative of the William J. Burns Detective Agency, qualify as a pop-culture curio if only for star Arthur---later Art---Fleming, who hosted the original `Jeopardy!'
Crime
Two's Company
7

Two's Company

Mar 04, 1979
Two's Company is a British television situation comedy series that ran from 1975-79. Produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV Network, the programme starred Elaine Stritch and Donald Sinden.
Comedy
Gideon's Way
6.8

Gideon's Way

Jul 09, 1967
Les enquêtes du commandant George Gideon de Scotland Yard d'après les romans de John Creasey.
Drama
Father, Dear Father
5

Father, Dear Father

Jun 28, 1980
The hugely successful British television series Father Dear Father is transplanted to Australia when novelist Patrick Glover and his assistant Nanny trek down under to write the great Australian crime novel, and end up supervising Patricks boisterous young nieces while their own father is abroad.
Comedy