Michael Truman

Michael Truman

Michael Truman (25 February 1916, in Bristol, England – 11 July 1972, in Newbury, Berkshire) was a British film producer, director and editor. Educated at London University, he worked for Ealing Studios editing such films as It Always Rains on Sunday (1947) and Passport to Pimlico (1949) and latterly as producer of films like The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953). As a director, he mainly worked in television on such series as Danger Man.

  • Title: Michael Truman
  • Popularity: 0.3872
  • Known For: Editing
  • Birthday: 1916-02-25
  • Place of Birth: Bristol, England, UK
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Michael Truman Movies

  • 1953
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    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    The Titfield Thunderbolt

    7 1953 HD

    When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. Unfortunately the local bus company starts to use methods that can hardly be seen as fair competition.

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  • 1947
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    It Always Rains on Sunday

    It Always Rains on Sunday

    6.581 1947 HD

    During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

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  • 1946
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    Bedelia

    Bedelia

    4.643 1946 HD

    Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney, begins probing into her past with curious concern. Chaney, who is really a detective, learns that Bedelia's obsession for money has led her, in the past, to husband-poisoning for the insurance money.

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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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  • 1962
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    Go to Blazes

    Go to Blazes

    6.3 1962 HD

    A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversion. But posing as firemen leads them to disaster.

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  • 1952
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    His Excellency

    His Excellency

    6 1952 HD

    A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony.

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  • 1949
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    A Run for Your Money

    A Run for Your Money

    6 1949 HD

    Two Welsh coal-mining brothers win a trip to London to claim a monetary prize. They are supposed to meet a newspaper reporter who will be their escort. Instead, the brothers are launched into an adventure with some London riff-raff. It is up to the reporter to look out for the brothers, and what a job it turns out to be!

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  • 1964
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    Daylight Robbery

    Daylight Robbery

    1 1964 HD

    Three children are locked in a store by accident. They help catch a gang who break into the store the same day in order to get to the bank next door.

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  • 1968
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    Cry WoIf

    Cry WoIf

    6 1968 HD

    A highly imaginative boy involves his friends in a series of false alarms, with the result that nobody will come to his aid when he is involved in a dangerous situation.

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  • 1968
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    Koroshi

    Koroshi

    1 1968 HD

    Secret agent John Drake (aka Danger Man) goes to Japan to infiltrate a secret society that specializes in murder. - This film was originally conceived as part of the fourth season of the "Secret Agent" TV series. However, this was the first episode of the season and Patrick McGoohan quit shortly after filming it. Thus it was decided to package a double-episode from a TV show as a full-length movie. Patrick McGoohan quit "Secret Agent" to create "The Prisoner" TV series. - The original individual episodes of "Danger Man" that made up this movie were released for the first time on video in the 1990s. - The original two one-hour episodes that made up this film were broadcast in limited fashion in the UK in 1968.

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  • 1947
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    The Loves of Joanna Godden

    The Loves of Joanna Godden

    7 1947 HD

    Joanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies.

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  • 1955
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    Touch and Go

    Touch and Go

    6.3 1955 HD

    When Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the firm's image he threatens to resign, and decides to uproot his family and emigrate to Australia - but his problems are only just beginning.

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  • 1951
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    The Lavender Hill Mob

    The Lavender Hill Mob

    7.2 1951 HD

    A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country.

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  • 1954
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    The 'Maggie'

    The 'Maggie'

    6.3 1954 HD

    The poor, elderly—and the wily, when it comes to parting those who can afford it from their money—Scottish skipper of a broken-down old 'puffer' boat tricks an American tycoon into paying him to transport his personal cargo. When the tycoon learns of the trick, he attempts to track down the boat and remove his possessions.

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  • 1954
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    The Divided Heart

    The Divided Heart

    6.7 1954 HD

    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.

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  • 1945
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    Johnny Frenchman

    Johnny Frenchman

    6 1945 HD

    The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.

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  • 1945
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    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    Pink String and Sealing Wax

    6 1945 HD

    Melodrama set in Victorian Brighton. Scheming pub landlady uses the timorous son of a domineering pharmacist to assist in the poisoning of her drunkard husband. (The title is from the way pharmacists used to wrap parcels containing poison).

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  • 1944
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    They Came to a City

    They Came to a City

    6 1944 HD

    People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city

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  • 1949
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    Passport to Pimlico

    Passport to Pimlico

    6.9 1949 HD

    When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.

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  • 1948
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    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    6.342 1948 HD

    Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.

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  • 1970
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    7.4 1970 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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  • 1970
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    7.31 1970 HD

    Danger Man is a British television series which was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again between 1964 and 1968. The series featured Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake. Ralph Smart created the programme and wrote many of the scripts. Danger Man was financed by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment.

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