Search results for "Brian Desmond Hurst"

The Playboy of the Western World (1962)

The Playboy of the Western World (1962)

The Playboy of the Western World (1962)
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100

A quiet little village, and especially a pretty young woman, falls under the spell of a charming, somewhat roguish stranger who suddenly appears one day.

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Genre: Comedy
His and Hers (1961)

His and Hers (1961)

His and Hers (1961)
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Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding inspiration in the adventures suggested by his agent Charles Lunton; it matters little that most of his experiences…

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Genre: Comedy
Behind the Mask (1958)

Behind the Mask (1958)

Behind the Mask (1958)
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99

A newly qualified surgeon takes the blame for his drug addict colleague after the death their patient through neglect.

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Genre: Drama
The Black Tent (1956)

The Black Tent (1956)

The Black Tent (1956)
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During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab Bedouin. He marries the chief’s daughter. Sometime later, his younger brother, who had believed…

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Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Simba (1955)

Simba (1955)

Simba (1955)
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99

A European family in East Africa finds itself caught up in an uprising by local black Africans against their white colonial masters. Based on the Mau-Mau rebellion in Kenya in…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
Malta Story (1953)

Malta Story (1953)

Malta Story (1953)
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99

Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese girl.

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Genre: Drama, History, War
Scrooge (1951)

Scrooge (1951)

Scrooge (1951)
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Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult…

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Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Trottie True (1949)

Trottie True (1949)

Trottie True (1949)
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96

Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner,…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
The Mark of Cain (1947)

The Mark of Cain (1947)

The Mark of Cain (1947)
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An attractive young French girl instigates rivalry between two brothers when she becomes the bride of the younger one. As the situation festers it leads to murder…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Hungry Hill (1947)

Hungry Hill (1947)

Hungry Hill (1947)
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Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.

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Genre: Drama
Sensation (1936)

Sensation (1936)

Sensation (1936)
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66

Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job…

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Genre: Crime, Drama
Ourselves Alone (1936)

Ourselves Alone (1936)

Ourselves Alone (1936)
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68

One of the most significant films ever made about the Troubles in Ireland, a powerful story of love and conflicting loyalties set against the battle for Ireland’s independence.

Genre: Drama