Phil Brown

Phil Brown

Philip Brown was an American actor. Brown was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After majoring in dramatics at Stanford University where he was a Brother of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Brown played some of his earliest stage roles as part of New York's Group Theater. When it folded, he and other Group Theatre veterans headed to Hollywood, where Brown worked in motion pictures and helped found the fabled Actors' Laboratory. In 1946, he played Ernest Hemingway's famous protagonist Nick Adams in Robert Siodmak's version of The Killers, alongside William Conrad and Charles McGraw as the titular "killers". His association with the Lab came back to haunt him later in the decade, when its members fell under the scrutiny of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Although he was not a communist, Brown was blacklisted in 1952, and was eventually compelled to relocate with his family to England between 1953 and 1993. Overseas he was able to resume acting on stage, TV and films; he also directed for the stage and TV. He was best known for his role as Luke Skywalker's uncle, Owen Lars, in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977). He returned to the United States in the 1990s and in later years made the rounds of autograph shows. Phil Brown died of pneumonia on February 9, 2006 at the age of 89.

  • Title: Phil Brown
  • Popularity: 0.686
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1916-04-30
  • Place of Birth: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Also Known As: Phillip Walp Brown
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Phil Brown Movies

  • 1977
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    Star Wars

    Star Wars

    8.201 1977 HD

    Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

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  • 1942
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    Calling Dr. Gillespie

    Calling Dr. Gillespie

    6.5 1942 HD

    Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from mental problems disappears on a killing spree.

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  • 1965
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    The Bedford Incident

    The Bedford Incident

    7 1965 HD

    During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.

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  • 1945
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    State Fair

    State Fair

    6.6 1945 HD

    During their annual visit to the Iowa State Fair, the Frake family enjoy many adventures. Proud patriarch Abel has high hopes for his champion swine Blueboy; and his wife Melissa enters the mincemeat and pickles contest...with hilarious results.

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  • 1949
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    Obsession

    Obsession

    6.8 1949 HD

    A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

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  • 1944
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    Weird Woman

    Weird Woman

    6 1944 HD

    After bringing his beautiful new wife Paula home to America from a remote island on which she was raised, Professor Norman Reed begins to feel the clash between his world of rational science and hers of bizarre dancing and freaky voodoo rituals. Norman's stuck-up friends also sense Paula's strangeness, and soon their meddling gossip and suspicious scheming push the poor woman to use her magic to defend herself and her husband – and maybe even to kill! Or is it just the power of suggestion...?

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  • 1947
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    Johnny O'Clock

    Johnny O'Clock

    6.3 1947 HD

    When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the situation and falls for Johnny O'Clock, a suave partner in the underground casino. Selfish and non-committal by nature, Johnny slowly begins to return Nancy's affection and decides to run away with her, but conflict within his business threatens their plans. As Johnny tries to distance himself from the casino, his shady past comes back to haunt him.

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  • 1972
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    Ooh...You Are Awful

    Ooh...You Are Awful

    4.5 1972 HD

    Charlie Tully and womanising Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000, but during their flight out, Charlie is arrested for scamming an American and a dog. Reggie stores the money in a Swiss bank and after Charlie is released, is about to tell him where...when he is suddenly killed by Sid Sabbath's gang, whose girlfriend was dating the (now) deceased! The only leads are four tattoos on the girls Reggie had affairs with while Charlie was in jail, but Sabbath is on Charlie's trail, and the tricked Italians have contracted the mob - to find the money, and then kill him...

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  • 1945
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    Over 21

    Over 21

    6 1945 HD

    A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.

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  • 1970
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    Togetherness

    Togetherness

    2.3 1970 HD

    Nina, a gorgeous blonde communist, attracts the attention of two wealthy bon vivants. Prince Solomon and Jack attempt to impress the young woman and win out over their rival, surrounded by the stunning scenery of Greece.

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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 the Japanese metered out subjugation and punishment to a disgraced and defeated enemy. This harrowing drama concentrates on the deviations of legal and moral definitions when two opposing cultures clash. Although fictional, this was one of the earliest films to deal realistically with life and death in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp during the Second War.

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  • 1973
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    Scalawag

    Scalawag

    5.5 1973 HD

    A crew of land locked pirates, led by the aptly named Peg, go in search of buried treasure hidden by the treacherous Mudhook and his twin brother. They meet up with good natured landowner, Don Aragon, who goes along for the ride with his sister and a young boy, Jamie. Along the way, Peg and Jamie form a father son relationship that is put to the test due to Peg's naturally dishonest ways.

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  • 1944
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    The Impatient Years

    The Impatient Years

    6.6 1944 HD

    Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie's father, William Smith, objects and the judge allows him to give his version of their story. They had met in San Francisco fifteen months earlier and, after knowing each other only three days, had gotten married. Andy was sent overseas the day after the wedding and when he returns and despite the fact that Janie had borne him a son, they find they are almost strangers. Mr. Smith suggests, and the judge orders, that if they retrace their actions over the four days they knew each other they would regain their love.

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  • 1948
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    The Luck of the Irish

    The Luck of the Irish

    6 1948 HD

    Following American reporter Stephen Fitzgerald from Ireland to New York, a grateful leprechaun acts as the newsman's servant and conscience.

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  • 1941
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    H.M. Pulham, Esq.

    H.M. Pulham, Esq.

    7.1 1941 HD

    A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society, still remembers the beautiful young woman who once brought him out of his shell.

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  • 1945
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    The Jungle Captive

    The Jungle Captive

    5.5 1945 HD

    Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured assistant, who also kidnaps a nurse in order to have a female blood donor.

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  • 1969
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    Land Raiders

    Land Raiders

    5.4 1969 HD

    An outlaw committing a string of robberies and murders manages to blame the crimes on Apaches, bringing about an Indian war.

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  • 1957
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    A King in New York

    A King in New York

    6.7 1957 HD

    A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.

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  • 1989
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    Bomber Harris

    Bomber Harris

    6.8 1989 HD

    Biography of Arthur Harris (aka "Bomber Harris") of RAF Bomber Command, during WW2 - in particular his strategy of heavy bomber "Millenium Raids" on German cities.

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  • 1977
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    Twilight's Last Gleaming

    Twilight's Last Gleaming

    6.4 1977 HD

    A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals details of a secret meeting held just after the start of the Vietnam War between Dell and the then President's most trusted advisors.

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  • 1969
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    The Adding Machine

    The Adding Machine

    5.5 1969 HD

    An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.

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  • 1992
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    Chaplin

    Chaplin

    7.42 1992 HD

    An aged Charlie Chaplin narrates his life to his autobiography's editor, including his rise to wealth and comedic fame from poverty, his turbulent personal life and his run-ins with the FBI.

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  • 1978
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    Maneaters Are Loose!

    Maneaters Are Loose!

    1 1978 HD

    Terror stalks a small California community when a broke and depressed animal owner and trainer is forced to abandon his tigers and let them fend for themselves in the nearby wilderness.

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  • 1972
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    The Curse of a Faithful Wife

    The Curse of a Faithful Wife

    1 1972 HD

    Comedy movie.

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  • 1948
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    Moonrise

    Moonrise

    6.2 1948 HD

    Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persistent tormentor. As the police close in around him, he makes a desperate bid for the love of the dead man’s fiancée, a schoolteacher who sees the wounded soul behind his aggression.

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  • 1946
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    The Killers

    The Killers

    7.3 1946 HD

    Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.

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  • 1942
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    Pierre of the Plains

    Pierre of the Plains

    4 1942 HD

    A French-Canadian trapper's adventures jeopardize his romance with an innkeeper.

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  • 1972
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    The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

    The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

    1 1972 HD

    The rise to underworld eminence of the notorious Chicago gangster Artuto Ui - who bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler.

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  • 1948
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    If You Knew Susie

    If You Knew Susie

    7.5 1948 HD

    In the small town of Brookford, everybody can trace their ancestors back to the Revolutionary War, except Sam and Susie Parker. One day, however, they find a letter written by George Washington that mentions the bravery of a Revolutionary War hero named Parker.

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  • 1978
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    Superman

    Superman

    7.16 1978 HD

    Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.

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  • 1942
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    Hello, Annapolis

    Hello, Annapolis

    10 1942 HD

    Rivals Bill Arden and Paul Herbert enter the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in order to impress a girl.

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  • 1968
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    Operation Cross Eagles

    Operation Cross Eagles

    5.2 1968 HD

    In Yugoslavia during WWII, a small band of courageous commandoes are sent to kidnap an important German commander in exchange for an American general being held in a German fortress.

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  • 1975
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    The Romantic Englishwoman

    The Romantic Englishwoman

    5.4 1975 HD

    A marriage crisis between a writer and his wife leads her to flee to Germany and eventually return with another man, through whom the writer is going to overcome his writer's block.

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  • 1967
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    Bomb at 10:10

    Bomb at 10:10

    4.8 1967 HD

    An American pilot escapes from a POW camp and links up with Yugoslav partisans. He’s about to head back to Allied lines when he learns that the Partisans are plotting to assassinate the camp commander. He joins in the plot, aiming for revenge.

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  • 1976
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    The Pink Panther Strikes Again

    The Pink Panther Strikes Again

    6.9 1976 HD

    Charles Dreyfus, who has finally cracked over inspector Clouseau's antics, escapes from a mental institution and launches an elaborate plan to get rid of Clouseau once and for all.

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  • 1970
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    Tropic of Cancer

    Tropic of Cancer

    4.5 1970 HD

    Expat American writer Henry Miller hustles his way through Paris in a series of amorous encounters while trying to find his literary voice.

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  • 2001
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    Starwoids

    Starwoids

    5.5 2001 HD

    Noah might have traveled for 40 days and nights in search of land, but did he ever wait 42 straight days and nights for a movie? Starwoids tells the stranger than fiction details of Star Wars fans (A.K.A. Starwoids) and their six week-line-waiting quest to see Episode I - The Phantom Menace on opening day.

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  • 1971
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    Valdez Is Coming

    Valdez Is Coming

    6.233 1971 HD

    Old Mexican-American sheriff Bob Valdez has always been a haven of sanity in a land of madmen when it came to defending law and order. But the weapon smuggler Frank Tanner is greedy and impulsive. When Tanner provokes a shooting that causes the death of an innocent man and Valdez asks him to financially compensate the widow, Tanner refuses to do so and severely humiliates Valdez, who will do justice and avenge his honor, no matter what it takes.

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  • 1959
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    John Paul Jones

    John Paul Jones

    5.9 1959 HD

    The career of Revolutionary War naval hero John Paul Jones, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.

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  • 1962
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    The Counterfeit Traitor

    The Counterfeit Traitor

    6.5 1962 HD

    Blacklisted in modern day WW2, a Swedish oil trader opts to assist British Allies, by means of infiltrating and surveying Nazi Germany.

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  • 1941
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    I Wanted Wings

    I Wanted Wings

    5.4 1941 HD

    Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army Air Corps: a wealthy playboy, a college jock, and an auto mechanic. Love interest is supplied by a female photographer and a sultry blonde.

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  • 1980
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    The Martian Chronicles

    The Martian Chronicles

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1945
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    The Jungle Captive

    The Jungle Captive

    5.5 1945 HD

    Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured assistant, who also kidnaps a nurse in order to have a female blood donor.

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  • 1949
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    Obsession

    Obsession

    6.8 1949 HD

    A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

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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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  • 1980
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    The Martian Chronicles

    The Martian Chronicles

    6.9 1980 HD

    The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

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  • 1972
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    The Protectors

    The Protectors

    5.8 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 opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.

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  • 1980
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    Oppenheimer

    Oppenheimer

    6.5 1980 HD

    This seven-part series highlights scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer from 1938 to 1953 as he develops the Atomic bomb.

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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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  • 1968
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    Journey to the Unknown

    Journey to the Unknown

    6.3 1968 HD

    A British television anthology series with a fantasy, science fiction and supernatural theme, similar to the American television series The Twilight Zone, and deals with normal people whose everyday situations somehow become extraordinary.

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  • 1957
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    White Hunter

    White Hunter

    1 1957 HD

    British expatriate John A. Hunter leads safari tours in Africa.

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  • 1981
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    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years

    5 1981 HD

    Winston Churchill: The Wilderness Years is an 8-part 1981 drama serial based on the life of Winston Churchill, and particularly his years in enforced exile from political position during the 1920s and 30s. It was written and directed by Ferdinand Fairfax and Churchill was played by Robert Hardy. Hardy's brilliant performance as Churchill won critical acclaim and a BAFTA award in 1982. He reprised the role in The Sittaford Mystery, Bomber Harris and War and Remembrance and at the 50th anniversary celebrations of the end of World War II in 1995 when he quoted a number of Churchill's wartime speeches in character.

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  • 1955
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    The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

    7.6 1955 HD

    The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.

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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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  • 1958
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    Dial 999

    Dial 999

    1 1958 HD

    Robert Beatty stars as Detective Inspector Mike Maguire, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman posted to New Scotland Yard, in this 1950s series depicting London's fight against crime.

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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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  • 1977
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    The Professionals

    The Professionals

    7.5 1977 HD

    The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was to fight terrorism and similar high-profile crimes. Cowley, a hard ex-MI5 operative, hand-picked each of his men. Bodie is a cynical ex-SAS paratrooper and mercenary whose nature ran to controlled violence, while his partner, Doyle, comes to CI5 from the regular police force, and is more of an open minded liberal. Their relationship is often contentious, but they are the top men in their field, and the ones to whom Cowley always assigned to the toughest cases.

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  • 1988
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    The Fortunate Pilgrim

    The Fortunate Pilgrim

    5 1988 HD

    The saga of an Italian immigrant family in search of the American dream.

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  • 1957
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    Theatre Night

    Theatre Night

    1 1957 HD

    A BBC television series of forty-five-minute excerpts from stage plays running in London.

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  • 1970
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    Theatre Night

    Theatre Night

    5 1970 HD

    Ghost Squad, known as G.S.5 for its third series, was a crime drama series about an elite division of Scotland Yard that ran between 1961 and 1964. Each episode the Ghost Squad would investigate cases that fell outside the scope of normal police work. Despite the show and characters being fictional, an actual division did exist within the Metropolitan Police Service at the time. Inspiration for the series was taken from a book of the same name, written by John Gosling — a retired police officer and former member of the team. Although the real-life squad only operated in London, the fictionalised team travelled internationally; however — as was typical of the time — most foreign locations were actually a combination of stock footage and sets at Independent Artists Studio at Beaconsfield and Elstree Studios. Music was by Philip Green. The show was produced by ITC Entertainment, along with Rank Organisation TV and ATV. It was the first ITC show filmed to fit the one hour time-slot — setting the trend for the majority of ITC's future output. Another common ITC trait was to feature an American, in this case Michael Quinn, in a leading role so as to increase the chances of international sales. At 6' 3", Quinn often towered over his co-workers. This was especially noticeable in the first series title sequence showing him walking through a crowd walking in the opposite direction. He frequently smoked in the show as did many others. The second series had a different title sequence and Neil Hallett sometimes replaced Quinn. Hallett looked more like a spy while Quinn looked a bit like a playboy. Quinn was replaced by Australian actor, Ray Barrett in the third series. Ray Austin played Billy Clay in and was also Stunt Director on all series bringing the action to life. Austin went on to become a renowned TV director in Hollywood and the UK.

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  • 1970
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    Theatre Night

    Theatre Night

    7.2 1970 HD

    Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.

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  • 1970
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    Theatre Night

    Theatre Night

    7.3 1970 HD

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

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