Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

Father of actress Glynis Johns, who appeared with him in The Halfway House (1944) and The Sundowners (1960). Stocky, benevolent-looking Welsh character who became an unexpected star of British movies during WWII, then moved quickly into post-war supports, with one of his fondly-remembered parts being that of the cowering "Bob Cratchit" to Alastair Sim's cold-hearted "Ebenezer Scrooge" in the definitive film version of A Christmas Carol (1951).

  • Title: Mervyn Johns
  • Popularity: 3.258
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1899-02-17
  • Place of Birth: Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK
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  • Also Known As: David Mervyn Johns
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Mervyn Johns Movies

  • 1956
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    Moby Dick

    Moby Dick

    7 1956 HD

    In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a...

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  • 1942
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    Went the Day Well?

    Went the Day Well?

    7.2 1942 HD

    The quiet village of Bramley End is taken over by German troops posing as Royal Engineers. Their task is to disrupt England's radar network in...

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  • 1939
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    Jamaica Inn

    Jamaica Inn

    6 1939 HD

    In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an...

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  • 1951
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    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    7.4 1951 HD

    Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show...

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  • 1945
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    Dead of Night

    Dead of Night

    7.2 1945 HD

    Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare....

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  • 1963
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    The Old Dark House

    The Old Dark House

    5.8 1963 HD

    An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion.

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  • 1960
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    Never Let Go

    Never Let Go

    6.5 1960 HD

    John Cummings, an unsuccessful cosmetics salesman, has his unpaid-for car stolen by one of the hoods in the employ of Lionel Meadows, the sadistic...

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  • 1961
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    Echo of Barbara

    Echo of Barbara

    1 1961 HD

    Barbara is the long-lost sister of no-good Mike Roscoe (Ronald Hines). Paula Brown (Maureen Connell) is the stripper whom Mike hires to pose as...

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  • 1943
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    San Demetrio London

    San Demetrio London

    6.7 1943 HD

    British drama documentary from 1943, based on the true story of the 1940 rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had...

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  • 1946
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    The Captive Heart

    The Captive Heart

    6.2 1946 HD

    A series of stories about the lives and loves of nine men in a Prisoner of War Camp over five years. Location shooting in the British occupied part...

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  • 1949
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    Diamond City

    Diamond City

    5.2 1949 HD

    Set in the diamond fields of South Africa, Stafford Parker is a lawman trying to maintain a semblance of law and order in the "Wild South".

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  • 1954
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    Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

    5.1 1954 HD

    In Shakespeare's classic play, the Montagues and Capulets, two families of Renaissance Italy, have hated each other for years, but the son of one...

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  • 1956
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    Finger of Guilt

    Finger of Guilt

    5.8 1956 HD

    Film producer Reggie Wilson is worried he may have a dual personality. Fleeing Hollywood, he finds himself in England and married to the studio...

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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...

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  • 1949
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    Edward, My Son

    Edward, My Son

    6.4 1949 HD

    Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.

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  • 1957
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    The Counterfeit Plan

    The Counterfeit Plan

    5.2 1957 HD

    An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who...

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  • 1948
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    Easy Money

    Easy Money

    6 1948 HD

    A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the...

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  • 1961
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    Francis of Assisi

    Francis of Assisi

    7.6 1961 HD

    In 13th century Italy, Francis Bernardone, the son of an Assisi merchant, renounces a promising army career in favor of a monastic life and starts...

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  • 1944
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    The Halfway House

    The Halfway House

    6.5 1944 HD

    A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness...

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  • 1943
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    My Learned Friend

    My Learned Friend

    6 1943 HD

    An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him...

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  • 1957
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    Danger List

    Danger List

    1 1957 HD

    When a pharmacist accidentally prescribes poison instead of painkillers, the race is on to find the killer pills.

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  • 1948
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    Counterblast

    Counterblast

    6 1948 HD

    An escaped World War 2 Nazi doctor impersonates a murdered English doctor so he can work on a vaccination to protect the Germans in their planned...

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  • 1949
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    Helter Skelter

    Helter Skelter

    6.2 1949 HD

    A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.

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  • 1973
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    The National Health

    The National Health

    6.6 1973 HD

    Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever,...

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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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  • 1958
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    The Gypsy and the Gentleman

    The Gypsy and the Gentleman

    5.5 1958 HD

    A lusty Gypsy gold digger marries a Regency aristocrat, then learns he has no money.

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  • 1960
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    Once More, with Feeling!

    Once More, with Feeling!

    6 1960 HD

    The wife of brilliant, but boisterous and ill-tempered conductor of the London Symphony puts up with his childishness, but the last straw is drawn...

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  • 1940
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    Saloon Bar

    Saloon Bar

    6.5 1940 HD

    A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.

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  • 1943
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    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

    6.8 1943 HD

    Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London...

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  • 1946
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    They Knew Mr. Knight

    They Knew Mr. Knight

    5.7 1946 HD

    After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing...

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  • 1947
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    Captain Boycott

    Captain Boycott

    6.5 1947 HD

    Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt....

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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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  • 1963
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    55 Days at Peking

    55 Days at Peking

    7 1963 HD

    Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer...

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  • 1953
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    Valley of Song

    Valley of Song

    1 1953 HD

    A little Welsh village is sundered by rival factions when a coveted contralto role in the "Messiah" is given to Mrs. Davies instead of Mrs. Lloyd....

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  • 1936
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    In the Soup

    In the Soup

    3.5 1936 HD

    A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.

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  • 1950
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    Tony Draws a Horse

    Tony Draws a Horse

    1 1950 HD

    The free-spirited wife of a proper British doctor leaves him after an arguement over the anatomically correct drawing of a horse on the wall drawn by...

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  • 1937
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    Storm in a Teacup

    Storm in a Teacup

    7.5 1937 HD

    A local politician in Scotland tries to break the reporter who wrote a negative story about him, and who is also in love with his daughter.

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  • 1937
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    Night Ride

    Night Ride

    6 1937 HD

    Two truck drivers fired by the crooked trucking firm they worked for start their own company. Their former boss, worried about the competition, tries...

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  • 1960
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    The Sundowners

    The Sundowners

    6.6 1960 HD

    In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to...

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  • 1952
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    Tall Headlines

    Tall Headlines

    5.8 1952 HD

    A family is torn apart when their eldest son is hanged for the murder of a young girl.

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  • 1955
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    The Blue Peter

    The Blue Peter

    6 1955 HD

    A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and...

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  • 1963
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    The Day of the Triffids

    The Day of the Triffids

    6.11 1963 HD

    After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants...

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  • 1936
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    Dishonour Bright

    Dishonour Bright

    1 1936 HD

    A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears in court.

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  • 1934
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    Lady in Danger

    Lady in Danger

    5.7 1934 HD

    Dexter becomes involved in a revolution and is asked to hide the Queen. This leads to misunderstanding with his firm and his fiancee.

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  • 1976
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    House of Mortal Sin

    House of Mortal Sin

    6.6 1976 HD

    Also known as 'The Confessional', another of Pete Walkers's critiques of institutional hypocrisy, in which a troubled young girl goes to confession...

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  • 1964
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    A Jolly Bad Fellow

    A Jolly Bad Fellow

    5.5 1964 HD

    An English professor decides that there are too many useless people in the world and invents a gas that will kill them off. But first they'll at...

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  • 1940
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    Convoy

    Convoy

    5.4 1940 HD

    A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.

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  • 1940
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    Girl in the News

    Girl in the News

    6.5 1940 HD

    An elderly lady manages to sneak some pills away from her nurse and dies of an overdose. The nurse is tried for murder and acquitted. Some time later...

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  • 1973
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    The National Health

    The National Health

    6.6 1973 HD

    Peter Nichols adapted his own hit play to the screen, based on his experiences in hospitals. A riotous black comedy that's as timely today as ever,...

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  • 1957
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    Doctor at Large

    Doctor at Large

    5.6 1957 HD

    Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk...

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  • 1953
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    The Master of Ballantrae

    The Master of Ballantrae

    5.7 1953 HD

    Scottish highlander Jamie Durie falls into a life of piracy after joining the failed rebellion of Bonnie Prince Charlie against the British crown.

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  • 1935
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    Foreign Affaires

    Foreign Affaires

    1 1935 HD

    An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!

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  • 1942
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    The Next of Kin

    The Next of Kin

    5 1942 HD

    Lots of slogans such as "Be like Dad, Keep Mum" and "Keep it under your Hat" are visible on the walls in various scenes to reinforce the plot of...

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  • 1956
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    1984

    1984

    6.5 1956 HD

    In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.

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  • 1965
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    The Heroes of Telemark

    The Heroes of Telemark

    6.9 1965 HD

    Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy...

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  • 1935
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    The Guv'nor

    The Guv'nor

    7.3 1935 HD

    The Guv'nor (released in the U.S. as Mr. Hobo) is a 1935 British comedy film starring George Arliss as a tramp who rides a series of...

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  • 1956
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    Find the Lady

    Find the Lady

    3.5 1956 HD

    During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.

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  • 1952
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    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

    6.3 1952 HD

    Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to...

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  • 1959
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    The Devil's Disciple

    The Devil's Disciple

    6.5 1959 HD

    In a small New England town during the American War of Independence, Dick Dudgeon, a revolutionary American Puritan, is mistaken for local minister...

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  • 1948
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    Quartet

    Quartet

    6 1948 HD

    Somerset Maugham introduces four of his tales in this anthology film: "The Facts of Life," "The Alien Corn," "The Kite," and "The Colonel's Lady."

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  • 1957
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    The Vicious Circle

    The Vicious Circle

    6.4 1957 HD

    When Dr. Howard Latimer finds the German actress whom he had just met at the London Airport murdered in his flat, he is led into a world of murder,...

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  • 1953
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    The Oracle

    The Oracle

    5 1953 HD

    An Irish "oracle" foretells the next day's track results to a newspaperman, resulting in a national uproar.

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  • 1957
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    The Surgeon's Knife

    The Surgeon's Knife

    1 1957 HD

    A doctor becomes the victim of extortionists when one of his patients dies under questionable circumstances.

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  • 1942
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    The Foreman Went to France

    The Foreman Went to France

    6.2 1942 HD

    Based on the true story of Melbourne Johns, an aircraft factory foreman sent to France to prevent the Nazis getting hold of some vital equipment.

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  • 1961
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    The Rebel

    The Rebel

    7.8 1961 HD

    Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work....

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  • 1966
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    Who Killed the Cat?

    Who Killed the Cat?

    7 1966 HD

    A scheming widow tries to persecute three old ladies, but fate takes its revenge on her.

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  • 1938
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    Pride and Prejudice

    Pride and Prejudice

    10 1938 HD

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  • 1979
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    Shoestring

    Shoestring

    6.8 1979 HD

    Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station. The...

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  • 1955
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    Dixon of Dock Green

    Dixon of Dock Green

    5.3 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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  • 1972
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    The Adventures of Black Beauty

    The Adventures of Black Beauty

    6.222 1972 HD

    Black Beauty is a pure black, thoroughbred horse in late 19th Century rural England who is adopted into the household of James Gordon, a local doctor...

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  • 1976
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    The New Avengers

    The New Avengers

    6.9 1976 HD

    The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The...

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  • 1959
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    No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1959 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

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  • 1960
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    Sunday-Night Play

    Sunday-Night Play

    1 1960 HD

    BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series.

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  • 1964
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    Detective

    Detective

    1 1964 HD

    A BBC anthology series featuring adaptations of detective stories over 45 episodes in three seasons that ran from 1964 to 1969. As with many BBC...

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  • 1972
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    The Adventurer

    The Adventurer

    5.5 1972 HD

    The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the...

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  • 1960
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    Maigret

    Maigret

    6.9 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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  • 1972
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    Crown Court

    Crown Court

    5 1972 HD

    Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court...

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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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  • 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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  • 1960
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    Danger Man

    Danger Man

    7.4 1960 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...

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  • 1965
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    Pardon the Expression

    Pardon the Expression

    6 1965 HD

    Pardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The...

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  • 1965
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    Pardon the Expression

    Pardon the Expression

    6 1965 HD

    Pardon The Expression! is an ITV sitcom made by Granada Television, that was first broadcast from Wednesday 2 June 1965 to Monday 27 June 1966. The...

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  • 1959
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    The Third Man

    The Third Man

    6.4 1959 HD

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  • 1956
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    Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

    5.8 1956 HD

    Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally...

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  • 1956
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    Armchair Theatre

    Armchair Theatre

    5.8 1956 HD

    Armchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally...

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