Alec Clunes

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Tiger in the Smoke
7.1

Tiger in the Smoke

Nov 27, 1956

Tiger in the Smoke
1956 94 min 5 vues
In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure, takes the gang to France to recover it.
Thriller
Living Image
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Living Image

Aug 18, 1963

Living Image
1963 56 min 1 vues
A renowned artist of the old school has his whole world turned upside down when his son, a young radical, and his associates bring modern interpretations of art into his life.
TV Movie
Les Aventures de Quentin Durward
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Les Aventures de Quentin Durward

Sep 09, 1955

Les Aventures de Quentin Durward
1955 103 min 12 vues
Quentin Durward est envoyé en France pour voir si la jeune fille qu'il doit épouser lui convient. Celle-ci, Isabelle, ne veut pas d'un mariage fondé sur des raisons politiques. Elle se réfugie chez le roi Louis XI, qui tente de se l'approprier en feignant de la confier à Quentin tout en organisant son enlèvement...
Adventure
Tomorrow at Ten
6.1

Tomorrow at Ten

Jun 23, 1963

Tomorrow at Ten
1963 80 min 11 vues
A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows.
Thriller
Now Barabbas
6.5

Now Barabbas

May 24, 1949

Now Barabbas
1949 87 min 2 vues
A prison governor deals with a variety of different prisoners, including a charming murderer.
Drama
Hamlet at Elsinore
7.8

Hamlet at Elsinore

Apr 15, 1964

Hamlet at Elsinore
1964 170 min 4 vues
The ghost of the King of Denmark tells his son Hamlet to avenge his murder by killing the new king, Hamlet's uncle. Hamlet feigns madness, contemplates life and death, and seeks revenge. His uncle, fearing for his life, also devises plots to kill Hamlet. An historic BBC production taped on location in and around Kronborg castle in Elsinore (Denmark), in which the play is set.
Drama
Brighton Story
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Brighton Story

Nov 01, 1955

Brighton Story
1955 22 min 1 vues
A ghost of Brighton's Regency past returns to explore his old haunts in a colourful yarn set in 1950s Sussex-by-the-Sea.
Documentary
Saloon Bar
6.5

Saloon Bar

Nov 02, 1940

Saloon Bar
1940 76 min 4 vues
A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.
Thriller
Loch Lomond
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Loch Lomond

Jan 01, 1967

Loch Lomond
1967 30 min 1 vues
The scenery and wildlife around Loch Lomond, Scotland, and the people who live and work there.
Documentary
Let George Do It!
5.792

Let George Do It!

Jul 12, 1940

Let George Do It!
1940 82 min 12 vues
Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.
Comedy
Convoi
5.4

Convoi

Sep 28, 1940

Convoi
1940 90 min 14 vues
Un récit de la vie à bord d'un croiseur de la Royal Navy affectés à la protection des convois vitaux entre l'Amérique et l'Angleterre pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Drama
What's For Dinner
5

What's For Dinner

Mar 28, 1940

What's For Dinner
1940 9 min 1 vues
The challenge of what to feed her family weighs on the mind of hard-pressed Mrs Bond in this surreal wartime film made for the Ministry of Food.
Documentary
Sailors Three
7.2

Sailors Three

Dec 14, 1940

Sailors Three
1940 86 min 4 vues
Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.
Comedy
Dangerous Comment
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Dangerous Comment

May 18, 1940

Dangerous Comment
1940 12 min 1 vues
A young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to his fiancée, who in turn chatters to a friend at a cocktail bar.
Now You're Talking
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Now You're Talking

Mar 01, 1940

Now You're Talking
1940 12 min 1 vues
Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant worker, who lets slip vital information about some overnight research on a captured enemy aircraft. This inevitably leads to this most important of secrets falling into the lap of the enemy.
Comedy
The Forth Road Bridge
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The Forth Road Bridge

Jan 01, 1965

The Forth Road Bridge
1965 55 min 1 vues
The Forth Road Bridge is a 1965 British documentary film directed by Gordon Lang about the construction of the Forth Road Bridge, from the initial survey to the official opening. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Documentary
Festival
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Festival

Jun 10, 1964

Festival
1964 min 1 vues
An anthology of single plays offering up adaptations of either of prominent stage plays or novels.
Drama