Charles Crichton

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The Ealing Comedies
1

The Ealing Comedies

Sep 08, 1970
The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map.
Documentary
Into Infinity
3.7

Into Infinity

Dec 09, 1975
The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journey at light speed with time-dilation to Alpha Centauri, where they launch several satellites to transmit information on the Centauri star system back to Earth and guide future manned vessels in exploring. The Day after Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity in the United Kingdom) is a 1975 British science-fiction television special produced by Gerry Anderson between the two seasons of Space: 1999. It stars Brian Blessed, Nick Tate, Joanna Dunham, Katherine Levy and Martin Lev. It aired in the United States on NBC as part of the network's Special Treat childrens series in December 1975, and in the UK on BBC1 in December 1976.
Science Fiction
Les Guerriers dans l'ombre
6.077
The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journey at light speed with time-dilation to Alpha Centauri, where they launch several satellites to transmit information on the Centauri star system back to Earth and guide future manned vessels in exploring. The Day after Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity in the United Kingdom) is a 1975 British science-fiction television special produced by Gerry Anderson between the two seasons of Space: 1999. It stars Brian Blessed, Nick Tate, Joanna Dunham, Katherine Levy and Martin Lev. It aired in the United States on NBC as part of the network's Special Treat childrens series in December 1975, and in the UK on BBC1 in December 1976.
War
De l'or en barres
7.183

De l'or en barres

Jun 28, 1951
The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journey at light speed with time-dilation to Alpha Centauri, where they launch several satellites to transmit information on the Centauri star system back to Earth and guide future manned vessels in exploring. The Day after Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity in the United Kingdom) is a 1975 British science-fiction television special produced by Gerry Anderson between the two seasons of Space: 1999. It stars Brian Blessed, Nick Tate, Joanna Dunham, Katherine Levy and Martin Lev. It aired in the United States on NBC as part of the network's Special Treat childrens series in December 1975, and in the UK on BBC1 in December 1976.
Comedy
Le Voleur de Bagdad
7.121

Le Voleur de Bagdad

Feb 19, 1940
The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journey at light speed with time-dilation to Alpha Centauri, where they launch several satellites to transmit information on the Centauri star system back to Earth and guide future manned vessels in exploring. The Day after Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity in the United Kingdom) is a 1975 British science-fiction television special produced by Gerry Anderson between the two seasons of Space: 1999. It stars Brian Blessed, Nick Tate, Joanna Dunham, Katherine Levy and Martin Lev. It aired in the United States on NBC as part of the network's Special Treat childrens series in December 1975, and in the UK on BBC1 in December 1976.
Adventure
Au cœur de la nuit
7.2

Au cœur de la nuit

Sep 09, 1945
The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journey at light speed with time-dilation to Alpha Centauri, where they launch several satellites to transmit information on the Centauri star system back to Earth and guide future manned vessels in exploring. The Day after Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity in the United Kingdom) is a 1975 British science-fiction television special produced by Gerry Anderson between the two seasons of Space: 1999. It stars Brian Blessed, Nick Tate, Joanna Dunham, Katherine Levy and Martin Lev. It aired in the United States on NBC as part of the network's Special Treat childrens series in December 1975, and in the UK on BBC1 in December 1976.
Horror
La guerre des sexes
6.661

La guerre des sexes

Feb 25, 1960
The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journey at light speed with time-dilation to Alpha Centauri, where they launch several satellites to transmit information on the Centauri star system back to Earth and guide future manned vessels in exploring. The Day after Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity in the United Kingdom) is a 1975 British science-fiction television special produced by Gerry Anderson between the two seasons of Space: 1999. It stars Brian Blessed, Nick Tate, Joanna Dunham, Katherine Levy and Martin Lev. It aired in the United States on NBC as part of the network's Special Treat childrens series in December 1975, and in the UK on BBC1 in December 1976.
Comedy
À cor et à cri
6.3

À cor et à cri

Feb 01, 1947
The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journey at light speed with time-dilation to Alpha Centauri, where they launch several satellites to transmit information on the Centauri star system back to Earth and guide future manned vessels in exploring. The Day after Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity in the United Kingdom) is a 1975 British science-fiction television special produced by Gerry Anderson between the two seasons of Space: 1999. It stars Brian Blessed, Nick Tate, Joanna Dunham, Katherine Levy and Martin Lev. It aired in the United States on NBC as part of the network's Special Treat childrens series in December 1975, and in the UK on BBC1 in December 1976.
Comedy
La Loterie de l'amour
4.8

La Loterie de l'amour

Jan 30, 1954
The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journey at light speed with time-dilation to Alpha Centauri, where they launch several satellites to transmit information on the Centauri star system back to Earth and guide future manned vessels in exploring. The Day after Tomorrow (also known as Into Infinity in the United Kingdom) is a 1975 British science-fiction television special produced by Gerry Anderson between the two seasons of Space: 1999. It stars Brian Blessed, Nick Tate, Joanna Dunham, Katherine Levy and Martin Lev. It aired in the United States on NBC as part of the network's Special Treat childrens series in December 1975, and in the UK on BBC1 in December 1976.
Comedy
The Man in the Sky
7.1

The Man in the Sky

Jan 24, 1957
The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.
Drama
Sanders of the River
5.7

Sanders of the River

May 10, 1935
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
Adventure
Alien Attack
6.2

Alien Attack

Sep 04, 1980
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
Science Fiction
The Third Secret
6.1

The Third Secret

Feb 02, 1964
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
Mystery
Cosmic Princess
4.1

Cosmic Princess

Dec 01, 1982
A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.
Science Fiction
Floods of Fear
6.667

Floods of Fear

Nov 18, 1958
A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.
Adventure
Floods of Fear
6.667

Floods of Fear

Nov 18, 1958
A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress.
Adventure
For Those in Peril
5.167

For Those in Peril

Jun 01, 1944
A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety.
War
Painted Boats
6.9

Painted Boats

Sep 01, 1945
In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy.
Drama
Dance Hall
4.6

Dance Hall

Jun 08, 1950
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.
Drama
Rapt
6.7

Rapt

Mar 17, 1952
Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.
Crime
Train of Events
6.2

Train of Events

Jan 18, 1949
A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Drama
Another Shore
5.1

Another Shore

Nov 24, 1948
A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies.
Comedy
The Divided Heart
6.7

The Divided Heart

Nov 09, 1954
During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by a childless couple. The adoptive parents' happiness is shattered when Inga reappears and insists on custody of her son.
Drama
L'habit fait le moine
6.2

L'habit fait le moine

Jun 09, 1958
During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by a childless couple. The adoptive parents' happiness is shattered when Inga reappears and insists on custody of her son.
Comedy
Toomaï le grand cornac
6.6
During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by a childless couple. The adoptive parents' happiness is shattered when Inga reappears and insists on custody of her son.
Adventure
He Who Rides a Tiger
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He Who Rides a Tiger

Oct 01, 1965
Peter Rayston, has been in and out of prison most of his life. At 30, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. Immediately, he goes back to his old life, providing for his expensive tastes by executing a series of daring burglaries
Drama
The Big Blockade
6.5

The Big Blockade

Jan 19, 1942
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
Drama
Young Veteran
1

Young Veteran

Dec 01, 1940
The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.
Documentary
Old Bill and Son
6.5

Old Bill and Son

Mar 01, 1941
Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during a raid, Old Bill shows that there's still life in the old dog yet!
Comedy
21 Days Together
6.1

21 Days Together

Jan 07, 1940
After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows.
Drama
7.1

Nov 12, 1977

En 1999, la Terre entrepose ses déchets nucléaires sur la Lune où est déjà installée la base lunaire "Alpha". Le 13 septembre, une explosion de ces stocks provoque une telle réaction en chaîne que la Lune quitte l’orbite terrestre puis le système solaire. Dans l’incapacité de regagner la Terre, les 311 survivants commandés par le charismatique commandant Koenig, errent sur l’astre dans le cosmos et affrontent toutes sortes de dangers.
Sci-Fi & Fantasy
6.6

Jan 02, 1971

Cette série raconte les aventures extravagantes d'une bande d'enfants dont le quartier général est un bus anglais à impériale, abandonné sur un terrain vague.
Family
5

Jan 05, 1972

Shirley's World is a television series aired first by American Broadcasting Company during the U.S. 1971-72 television season. The sitcom was co-produced by the British ITC Entertainment and American producer Sheldon Leonard; it starred Shirley MacLaine as a photojournalist and John Gregson as her editor. Immediately after the ABC broadcasts ended, the seventeen-episode series was aired in its entirety on ITV in the United Kingdom.
Drama
7.3

Mar 06, 1982

Les aventures inspirées de la vie brève et aventureuse du célèbre routier huguenot Dick Turpin et de son compagnon Feu Follet, tous deux bandits de grand chemin dans l'Angleterre du XVIIIe siècle.
Drama
7

Jun 22, 1963

Man of the World was an ATV drama series, distributed by ITC Entertainment. The show ran in the United Kingdom in 1962 and 1963 for 20 one-hour episodes in monochrome. The series stars Craig Stevens as Michael Strait, a world-renowned photographer whose assignments lead him into investigating mysterious goings-on amongst the rich and glamorous and intrigue from far-flung place as Iraq, Indo-China, and Algiers. Tracy Reed co-stars in the first season.
Drama
5.6

Mar 15, 1974

Cette série met en scène les aventures de trois détectives internationaux (un Anglais, une Italienne et un Français) appartenant à une organisation appelée The Protectors. Leur mission : traquer le crime aux quatre coins du monde...
Action & Adventure
7.2

Jan 12, 1968

John Drake (Patrick McGoohan), solitaire et non violent, jamais armé, préférant utiliser son intelligence. Néanmoins, tout comme James Bond, il est équipé de gadgets mis au point par le service pour lequel il travaille. Très apprécié par ses supérieurs pour son efficacité, il lui arrive cependant de s'opposer à eux et d'aller à l'encontre de leurs ordres, quand il estime qu'ils ont tort.
Action & Adventure
7.7

May 21, 1969

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
7

Mar 11, 1979

L'acteur Ian Ogilvy reprend le rôle de Simon Templar tenu naguère par Roger Moore dans ses nouvelles aventures du Saint, un véritable justicier des temps modernes.
Action & Adventure
7

Apr 17, 1968

Richard Bradford est McGill, un ancien agent de la CIA qui est "désavoué" après avoir été nommé bouc émissaire d'une mission ratée. Il voyage en Europe et travaille comme enquêteur pour compte d'autrui. McGill entre souvent en conflit avec les personnes qui l'engagent en raison de son sens de l'honneur et de son intégrité sans compromis.
Action & Adventure
5

Jun 28, 1981

Set during the Napoleonic wars of the early 1800s, Oliver Tobias stars as Jack Vincent, a swashbuckling ex-British naval captain turned smuggler. A strong-willed, independent man who lives by both his wits and the sword, Vincent is ably assisted by Sarah and petty thief Honesty Evans in his struggle to stay one step ahead of the Excise Men...
Action & Adventure
7.4

Feb 06, 1983

Cette série met en scène les aventures de William Bodie et Raymond Doyle deux des meilleurs agents du CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), une organisation secrète chargée de maintenir la sécurité en Angleterre dont le patron est l'irascible George Cowley.
Action & Adventure
6

Jan 11, 1970

Adam Strange est un criminologue en retraite qui travaille sur des affaires non résolues impliquant l'étrange ou le bizarre mais dont les dossiers ne sont pas clos. Il offre ses services au gouvernement anglais et travaille en collaboration avec Hamlyn Gint et Evelyn McClean ainsi que le professeur Marks. Il a un laboratoire qui lui sert à l'occasion pour ses enquêtes dans son appartement à Warwick Crescent dans le quartier de Paddington.
Crime
8.2

Dec 21, 1964

The Human Jungle is a British TV series about a psychiatrist, made for ABC Television by the small production company Independent Artists for transmission on ITV. Starring Herbert Lom, it ran for two series which were first transmitted during 1963 and 1965.