Michael Goodliffe

Michael Goodliffe

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe (1 October 1914 – 20 March 1976) was an English actor best known for playing suave roles such as doctors, lawyers and army officers. He was also sometimes cast in working class parts. Goodliffe was born in Bebington, Cheshire (now Merseyside), the son of a vicar, and educated at St Edmund's School, Canterbury, and Keble College, Oxford. He started his career in repertory theatre in Liverpool before moving on to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford upon Avon. He joined the British Army at the beginning of World War II, and received a commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in February 1940. He was wounded in the leg and captured at the Battle of Dunkirk. Goodliffe was incorrectly listed as killed in action, and even had his obituary published in a newspaper. He was to spend the rest of the war a prisoner in Germany. Whilst in captivity he produced and acted in (and in some cases wrote) many plays and sketches to entertain fellow prisoners. These included two productions of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, one in Tittmoning and the other in Eichstätt, in which he played the title role. He also produced the first staging of Noel Coward's Post Mortem at Eichstätt. A full photographic record of these productions exists. After the war he resumed his professional acting career. As well as appearing in the theatre he worked in film and television. He appeared in The Wooden Horse in 1950 and in other POW films. His best known film was A Night to Remember (1958) in which he played Thomas Andrews, builder of the RMS Titanic. His best known television series was Sam (1973–75) in which he played an unemployed Yorkshire miner. He also appeared with John Thaw and James Bolam in the 1967 television series Inheritance. Suffering from depression, Goodliffe had a breakdown in 1976 during the period that he was rehearsing for a revival of Equus. He committed suicide a few days later by leaping from a hospital fire escape, whilst a patient at the Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon, London. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Goodliffe,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Michael Goodliffe
  • Popularity: 3.647
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1914-10-01
  • Place of Birth: Bebington, Cheshire, England
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  • Also Known As: Lawrence Michael Andrew Goodliffe
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Michael Goodliffe Movies

  • 1973
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    Hitler: The Last Ten Days

    Hitler: The Last Ten Days

    6.1 1973 HD

    Hitler: The Last Ten Days takes us into the depths of der Furher’s Berlin bunker during his final days. Based on the book by Gerhard Boldt, it...

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  • 1958
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    A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

    7.577 1958 HD

    The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the...

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  • 1960
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    Peeping Tom

    Peeping Tom

    7.4 1960 HD

    Loner Mark Lewis works at a film studio during the day and, at night, takes racy photographs of women. Also he's making a documentary on fear, which...

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  • 1965
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    Von Ryan's Express

    Von Ryan's Express

    7.091 1965 HD

    Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win...

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  • 1970
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    Cromwell

    Cromwell

    6.565 1970 HD

    Disgusted with the policies of King Charles I, Oliver Cromwell plans to take his family to the New World. But on the eve of their departure, Cromwell...

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  • 1976
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    To the Devil a Daughter

    To the Devil a Daughter

    5.5 1976 HD

    An American occult novelist battles to save the soul of a young girl from a group of Satanists, led by an excommunicated priest, who plan on using...

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  • 1964
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    The Gorgon

    The Gorgon

    6.3 1964 HD

    In the early 20th century a village experienced a series of inexplicable murders. All the victims were young men who had been turned to stone. The...

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  • 1961
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    The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    The Day the Earth Caught Fire

    6.8 1961 HD

    British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world...

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  • 1967
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    The Night of the Generals

    The Night of the Generals

    6.8 1967 HD

    A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects,...

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  • 1960
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    Testament of Orpheus

    Testament of Orpheus

    7.7 1960 HD

    Outside time and reality, the experiences of a poet. The judgement of the young poet by Heurtebise and the Princess, the Gypsies, the palace of...

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  • 1960
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    The Battle of the Sexes

    The Battle of the Sexes

    6.8 1960 HD

    Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she...

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  • 1955
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    Dial 999

    Dial 999

    4.6 1955 HD

    A man tells his wife that the police are after him for having killed a bookie during an alcoholic binge, but that he is innocent and is being framed...

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  • 1956
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    Wicked as They Come

    Wicked as They Come

    5.5 1956 HD

    A ruthless woman takes advantage of gullible men to climb up the social ladder.

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  • 1964
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    633 Squadron

    633 Squadron

    6.1 1964 HD

    When Norwegian resistance leader Lieutenant Erik Bergman reports the location of a German V-2 rocket fuel plant, the Royal Air Force's 633 Squadron...

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  • 1975
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    In Sickness and in Health

    In Sickness and in Health

    1 1975 HD

    A hard-working doctor must also carry the burden of a turbulent home life, due to the expectations of his demanding wife. Part of Thames Televison's...

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  • 1966
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    The Connoisseur

    The Connoisseur

    1 1966 HD

    George Stoupe, successful housemaster at the public school, has an eye to the main chance against his retirement. He chooses the boys for his house...

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  • 1949
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    The Small Back Room

    The Small Back Room

    6.6 1949 HD

    At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal...

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  • 1957
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    The One That Got Away

    The One That Got Away

    7 1957 HD

    Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the...

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  • 1956
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    The Battle of the River Plate

    The Battle of the River Plate

    6.1 1956 HD

    In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British...

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  • 1958
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    Three Crooked Men

    Three Crooked Men

    5 1958 HD

    Three men arrive in a small town to pull the local bank heist.

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  • 1960
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    Sink the Bismarck!

    Sink the Bismarck!

    6.8 1960 HD

    The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World...

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  • 1970
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    The 5th Day of Peace

    The 5th Day of Peace

    5.4 1970 HD

    Based on a true story. Near the end of World War II, two German deserters are put in an Allied POW camp. When a rigid and militaristic German colonel...

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  • 1962
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    Jigsaw

    Jigsaw

    7.2 1962 HD

    A woman is found murdered in a seaside house along the coast from Brighton in the county of East Sussex, England. Local D.I. Fred Fellows and D.S....

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  • 1955
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    Quentin Durward

    Quentin Durward

    6 1955 HD

    During the 15th century reign of France's King Louis XI, a young Scottish man is sent by his English Lord to woo a French lady on his behalf. The...

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  • 1964
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    The 7th Dawn

    The 7th Dawn

    6.4 1964 HD

    Political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in Malaya, after the close of the Second World War.

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  • 1955
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    The End of the Affair

    The End of the Affair

    5.7 1955 HD

    During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a...

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  • 1968
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    The Fixer

    The Fixer

    5.8 1968 HD

    Set in tsarist Russia around the turn of the century and based on a true story of a Russian Jewish peasant Yakov Bog who was wrongly imprisoned for a...

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  • 1967
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    The Jokers

    The Jokers

    6 1967 HD

    Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves...

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  • 1958
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    The Camp on Blood Island

    The Camp on Blood Island

    6.6 1958 HD

    Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as...

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  • 1958
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    Up the Creek

    Up the Creek

    5.8 1958 HD

    Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him...

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  • 1953
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    Sea Devils

    Sea Devils

    5.8 1953 HD

    Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells...

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  • 1957
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    Fortune Is a Woman

    Fortune Is a Woman

    6.7 1957 HD

    An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

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  • 1964
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    Troubled Waters

    Troubled Waters

    1 1964 HD

    Tab Hunter as a scary-eyed Aryan-blonde psychopath living in London, who emerges from prison and immediately proceeds to psychologically - and...

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  • 1953
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    Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

    Rob Roy, The Highland Rogue

    5.1 1953 HD

    After the 1715 defeat of the clans, one of the highland leaders, Rob Roy MacGregor escapes, has lots of adventures, gets married, and eventually...

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  • 1949
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    Stop Press Girl

    Stop Press Girl

    5.7 1949 HD

    A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange...

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  • 1960
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    Conspiracy of Hearts

    Conspiracy of Hearts

    6.9 1960 HD

    In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects...

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  • 1963
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    80,000 Suspects

    80,000 Suspects

    6.5 1963 HD

    A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.

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  • 1950
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    The Wooden Horse

    The Wooden Horse

    6.7 1950 HD

    True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany

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  • 1952
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    The Hour of 13

    The Hour of 13

    5.7 1952 HD

    1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief...

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  • 1950
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    Family Portrait

    Family Portrait

    5.8 1950 HD

    In preparation for the celebration of the 1951 Festival of Britain, this short film was released to assure British citizens of their nation's place...

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  • 1959
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    The White Trap

    The White Trap

    5.8 1959 HD

    Serving a jail sentence for a crime he didn't commit, Paul Langley makes several attempts to escape from prison, in order to clear his name. He also...

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  • 1973
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    Don't Be Like Brenda

    Don't Be Like Brenda

    3.2 1973 HD

    The brutally entitled Don't Be Like Brenda (1973) is an eight-minute lecture to young women, telling them not to be sexually promiscuous like the...

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  • 1951
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    Captain Horatio Hornblower

    Captain Horatio Hornblower

    6.8 1951 HD

    Captain Horatio Hornblower leads his ship HMS Lydia on a perilous transatlantic voyage, during which his faithful crew battle both a Spanish warship...

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  • 1964
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    Woman of Straw

    Woman of Straw

    6.1 1964 HD

    Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he...

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  • 1962
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    Number Six

    Number Six

    1 1962 HD

    An international criminal arrives in London, and a detective is anxious to pin something on him for some unprovable murders of former lovers. The...

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  • 1962
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    The £20,000 Kiss

    The £20,000 Kiss

    1 1962 HD

    An up and coming politician is caught in a compromising photograph taken by a maid, who turns out to be part of a sophisticated blackmail ring. When...

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  • 1970
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    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    1 1970 HD

    The Thane of Cawdor plots to become King of Scotland.

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  • 1960
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    The Trials of Oscar Wilde

    The Trials of Oscar Wilde

    6.4 1960 HD

    England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with...

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  • 1952
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    Plan for Coal

    Plan for Coal

    1 1952 HD

    Part of BFI's "National Coal Board Collection".

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  • 1970
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    The Company Man

    The Company Man

    1 1970 HD

    Agnes realizes 'the other woman' in her and Bob's family life is the company he works for. 'The Company' demands total priority and loyalty in Bob's...

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  • 1971
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    Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

    Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

    7.5 1971 HD

    When eccentric candy man Willy Wonka promises a lifetime supply of sweets and a tour of his chocolate factory to five lucky kids, penniless Charlie...

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  • 1958
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    Chaucer's England

    Chaucer's England

    1 1958 HD

    Follows Chaucer's pilgrims on their way to Canterbury, telling stories as they ride. Chaucer's England (1958) Shows some background scenery taken in...

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  • 1972
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    Henry VIII and His Six Wives

    Henry VIII and His Six Wives

    5.8 1972 HD

    Adapted from the BBC2 serial The Six Wives of Henry VIII. 1547, King Henry VIII's life has taken a turn for the worse and he is forced to look back...

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  • 1958
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    Further Up the Creek

    Further Up the Creek

    6 1958 HD

    The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship...

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  • 1951
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    Cry, the Beloved Country

    Cry, the Beloved Country

    5.9 1951 HD

    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...

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  • 1954
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    Front Page Story

    Front Page Story

    1 1954 HD

    A workaholic newspaper editor lets his wife leave on the holiday without him just at that time some important news stories break, including a plane...

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  • 1961
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    No Love for Johnnie

    No Love for Johnnie

    5.5 1961 HD

    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...

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  • 1970
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    Still Life

    Still Life

    1 1970 HD

    A forgotten and aging actress tries to recapture her youth through her actress daughter's life. Her husband understands what is going on but...

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  • 1964
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    Man in the Middle

    Man in the Middle

    6.4 1964 HD

    In a remote jungle outpost in the Far Eastern theater of World War II, a hotheaded American soldier murders an allied British sergeant in cold blood....

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  • 1952
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    Ocean Terminal

    Ocean Terminal

    6 1952 HD

    Southampton, a deep-water port with four tides a day, is an ocean terminal for the world's largest liners. Their coming and going, and the people who...

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  • 1956
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    Link Span

    Link Span

    8.5 1956 HD

    Twenty-four hours in the story of the British Railways Channel ferryboats, the 'link spans' directly joining the roads and railways of Britain with...

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  • 1958
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    Carve Her Name with Pride

    Carve Her Name with Pride

    5.7 1958 HD

    London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses...

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  • 1972
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    The Protectors

    The Protectors

    5.636 1972 HD

    The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1967
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    Callan

    Callan

    7 1967 HD

    Callan is the title of a British television series set in the murky world of espionage. Originally produced by ABC Weekend Television and later...

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  • 1955
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    Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

    5.333 1955 HD

    Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities of police officers at a fictional Metropolitan Police...

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  • 1959
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    Interpol Calling

    Interpol Calling

    6.7 1959 HD

    The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.

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  • 1967
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    Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

    7 1967 HD

    Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches...

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  • 1962
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    Zero One

    Zero One

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1960
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    Maigret

    Maigret

    6.909 1960 HD

    BBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch...

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  • 1971
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    Hine

    Hine

    1 1971 HD

    Barrie Ingham (The Caesars) stars as Joe Hine, an international arms dealer battling to stay one step ahead of the competition in this rapidly paced...

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  • 1969
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    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)

    6.8 1969 HD

    Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) is a British private detective television series. In the initial episode Hopkirk is murdered during an investigation,...

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  • 1973
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    Sam

    Sam

    5 1973 HD

    Sam is a drama set in the coalfields of Yorkshire in the inter-war period.

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  • 1965
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    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    3.8 1965 HD

    Thirty-Minute Theatre is an anthology drama series of short plays shown on BBC Television between 1965 and 1973, which was used in part at least as a...

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