Laurence Payne

Laurence Payne

  • Title: Laurence Payne
  • Popularity: 0.8236
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1919-06-05
  • Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Laurence Stanley Payne, Laurie Payne
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Laurence Payne Movies

  • 1972
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    Vampire Circus

    Vampire Circus

    5.879 1972 HD

    After a spate of murders, the villagers of Schtettel kill the depraved perpetrator, Count Mitterhouse. Fifteen years later the Circus of Nights appeared in the plague-ridden village and its performers include Mitterhouse's mistress, children and cousins. They have come to Schtettel to fulfil the Count's last words, an evil, vicious curse of death and destruction on those who participated in his impaling. The children of Schtettel become the targets for a brutal and devastating revenge as the Vampire Circus rehearses for its most deadly performance.

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  • 1958
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    The Crawling Eye

    The Crawling Eye

    4.729 1958 HD

    A United Nations investigator crosses paths with a pair of psychic sisters on his way to Trollenberg observatory in the Swiss Alps, which has been plagued by a series of mountaineer disappearances that may be related to a radioactive cloud at the mountain's south face.

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  • 1976
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    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    5 1976 HD

    Adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

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  • 1961
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    The Court Martial of Major Keller

    The Court Martial of Major Keller

    1 1961 HD

    Lawrence Payne stars as Major Kellor, a well respected and decorated officer who is being court-martialled for the murder of his commanding officer Colonel Winch. The facts of the case are shrouded by the mayhem of war and the effects that fear, pressure and duty have upon a soldier. Did the Major covet the Colonel's wife? Was the Major ambitious and kill Winch to secure a promotion? Or had the Colonel cracked under the pressure of an illustrious battle career? To prove his innocence Major Keller must rely on the evidence and testimonies given in court, however when he himself is the only witness, his word may not be good enough to win his freedom.

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  • 1957
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    Ill Met by Moonlight

    Ill Met by Moonlight

    6.202 1957 HD

    Led by British officers, partisans on Crete plan to kidnap the island's German commander and smuggle him to Cairo to embarrass the occupiers.

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  • 1961
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    The Singer Not the Song

    The Singer Not the Song

    6.3 1961 HD

    A Roman Catholic priest defies a Mexican bandit whose gang kills villagers in alphabetical order.

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  • 1957
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    Dangerous Exile

    Dangerous Exile

    6.2 1957 HD

    Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Richard O'Sullivan. It concerns the fate of Louis XVII, who died in 1795 as a boy, yet was popularly believed to have escaped from his French revolutionary captors.

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  • 1960
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    The Tell-Tale Heart

    The Tell-Tale Heart

    5.9 1960 HD

    Themes of voyeurism and unrequited love compliment Poe's classic of murder and insanity in this superbly suspenseful loose interpretation. Anxiety-stricken librarian Edgar Marsh becomes infatuated with his next-door neighbor, but when he can't have her, he resorts to murder.

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  • 1962
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    Crosstrap

    Crosstrap

    4.4 1962 HD

    In this thriller, two gangs of jewel thieves battle it out in a deserted cottage. Murder ensues when the owners of the cabin show up. Listed as lost by the BFI.

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  • 1963
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    Mystery Submarine

    Mystery Submarine

    1 1963 HD

    A British convoy is trying to elude a group of German U-Boats.

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  • 1946
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death

    7.8 1946 HD

    A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.

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  • 1961
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    The Queen's Guards

    The Queen's Guards

    4.8 1961 HD

    Captains John Fellows and Henry Wynne-Walton finish their Army training at Sandhurst Military Academy and are sent to the Middle-East. John is to lead a parachute battalion while Henry is put in charge of a platoon of armoured cars of the Household Cavalry. John is constantly being told by his father, an ex-Guards officer that he is not as good as his brother who was killed during the war.

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  • 1959
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    Ben-Hur

    Ben-Hur

    7.89 1959 HD

    In 26 AD, Judah Ben-Hur, a Jew in ancient Judea, opposes the occupying Roman empire. Falsely accused by a Roman childhood friend-turned-overlord of trying to kill the Roman governor, he is put into slavery and his mother and sister are taken away as prisoners.

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  • 1961
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    The Third Alibi

    The Third Alibi

    6.5 1961 HD

    A composer (Laurence Payne) is stuck in a middle-class marriage and finds that his affair with his wife's half-sister (Jane Griffiths) has resulted in a pregnancy. When his wife refuses to give him a divorce he hatches a murder scheme that is too clever by half.

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  • 1980
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    Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive

    Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive

    7 1980 HD

    Romana fancies a proper holiday and convinces the Doctor to visit the leisure planet Argolis, where a takeover by the Argolins' historic enemy is underway.

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  • 1961
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    Barabbas

    Barabbas

    6.857 1961 HD

    Epic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.

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  • 1981
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    Psy-Warriors

    Psy-Warriors

    1 1981 HD

    Soldiers are captured and interrogated by terrorists: but is it real or only a sadistic form of psychological training exercise?

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  • 1949
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    Train of Events

    Train of Events

    6.2 1949 HD

    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.

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  • 1966
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    Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

    Doctor Who: The Gunfighters

    6 1966 HD

    Arriving in the town of Tombstone, the First Doctor finds himself involved with gunmen out to kill Doc Holliday...

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  • 1985
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    Doctor Who: The Two Doctors

    Doctor Who: The Two Doctors

    7.4 1985 HD

    Suddenly gripped by a memory of being executed in his second incarnation, the Sixth Doctor travels to Seville to save his past self and ensure his own existence in his present.

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  • 1974
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    One Deadly Owner

    One Deadly Owner

    8 1974 HD

    A fashion model buys a Rolls-Royce. What she doesn't know is that it's haunted.

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  • 1992
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    Macbeth

    Macbeth

    1 1992 HD

    Encouraged by a prophecy and his scheming wife, Macbeth sets out to be King of Scotland, but soon realizes the lengths he must go to keep his power in this gruesome tale of pure horror.

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  • 1977
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    Plain Jane

    Plain Jane

    1 1977 HD

    A well-to-do family moves from the city to a country farmhouse, determined to make a go of things on their own, but the existence of an already present third generation housekeeper rather changes things somewhat. Set in 1973-76.

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  • 1967
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    The Investigation

    The Investigation

    1 1967 HD

    Television adaptation of Peter Weiss's play about the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials.

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  • 1955
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    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    1 1955 HD

    Premiering on BBC as a part of their Sunday-Night Theatre program, this 1955 adaptation of Shakespeare's classic play closely follows the original text. The Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one family and the daughter of the other fall desperately in love and secretly marry.

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  • 1963
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    Girl in the Headlines

    Girl in the Headlines

    5.8 1963 HD

    Called in to investigate the murder of a model, Chief Inspector Birkett and Sergeant Saunders soon discover that the victim had been leading somewhat of an immoral life.

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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.9 1963 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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  • 1979
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    Tales of the Unexpected

    Tales of the Unexpected

    6.7 1979 HD

    A British television anthology of stories, often with sinister and wryly comedic undertones, and a twist at the end. With early episodes written and presented by Roald Dahl, the series featured a plethora of big name guest stars.

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.4 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 in need.

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  • 1975
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    The Hanged Man

    The Hanged Man

    5.5 1975 HD

    After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to remain "dead" after the most recent one so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.

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  • 1970
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    Play for Today

    Play for Today

    6.3 1970 HD

    Play for Today is a British television anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC1 from 1970 to 1984. During the run, more than three hundred programmes, featuring original television plays, and adaptations of stage plays and novels, were transmitted. The individual episodes were between fifty and a hundred minutes in duration.

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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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  • 1980
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    Lady Killers

    Lady Killers

    5 1980 HD

    Compelling crime anthology looks at some of Britain's most notorious murder trials, in which both male and female defendants stood accused of the murder of women. Introduced by Robert Morley, seven hour-long dramas reconstruct sensational trials which shocked Britain, offering in-depth analyses of individuals' motives and methods.

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  • 1956
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    Colonel March of Scotland Yard

    Colonel March of Scotland Yard

    7.3 1956 HD

    Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room murders, and mysteries concerning the supernatural.

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  • 1960
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    Maigret

    Maigret

    7.154 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 and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.

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  • 1962
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    Studio Four

    Studio Four

    6 1962 HD

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  • 1973
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    Thriller

    Thriller

    6.6 1973 HD

    Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.9 1963 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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  • 1963
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    Doctor Who

    Doctor Who

    7.9 1963 HD

    The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.

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  • 1969
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    The Main Chance

    The Main Chance

    7.7 1969 HD

    The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.

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  • 1967
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    Sexton Blake

    Sexton Blake

    1 1967 HD

    ITV aired Thames Television's Sexton Blake starring Laurence Payne as Blake and Roger Foss as Tinker from Monday 25 September 1967 to Wednesday 13 January 1971. In keeping with Sexton Blake's classic print adventures, Payne's Blake drove a white Rolls-Royce named "The Grey Panther" and owned a bloodhound named Pedro. The show was originally produced by Ronald Marriott for Associated Rediffusion, with Thames Television taking over production in 1968.

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  • 1975
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    The Hanged Man

    The Hanged Man

    5.5 1975 HD

    After surviving a series of attempts on his life, successful businessman Lew Burnett decides to remain "dead" after the most recent one so he can go undercover and find out which of his close friends and business associates want him dead.

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  • 1971
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    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

    7.4 1971 HD

    An anthology series produced by Thames Television, comprised of short mystery, suspense or crime adaptations featuring, as the title suggests, detectives who were literary contemporaries of Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes.

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  • 1992
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    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    6.3 1992 HD

    An animated adaptation of twelve of Shakespeare's best-known plays. The series was produced by S4C for the BBC, but animated by some of the foremost artists of Soyuzmultfilm, the former Soviet Union's main animation studio. Each 26-minute play is directed by a different animator, in a wide variety of styles: cel animation for Macbeth, stop-motion puppets in Twelfth Night, and paint on glass for Hamlet.

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  • 1970
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    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    Shakespeare: The Animated Tales

    4.3 1970 HD

    A very relatable soap opera wherein a love triangle leads to the ultimate discovery of self.

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