Alan Gifford — Actor (13)
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Time Lock (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Time Lock
director: Gerald Thomas actor: Robert Beatty / Lee Patterson …
other title: La grande porta grigia / Om kap med døden …
A boy is accidentally locked in a bank vault. With less than 10 hours of oxygen left in the vault, it becomes a race to save the boy.
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The Iron Petticoat (1956) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Iron Petticoat
director: Ralph Thomas actor: Bob Hope / Katharine Hepburn …
other title: La sottana di ferro / Um Americano em Moscovo …
Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain Chuck Lockwood gets the order to show her the bright side of capitalism, while she tries to convince him of the superiority of communism. Naturally, they fall in love, but there's still the KGB, which doesn't like the idea of having a defected Russian officer running around in London.
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The Mouse That Roared (1959) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Mouse That Roared
director: Jack Arnold actor: Peter Sellers / Jean Seberg …
other title: Il ruggito del topo / Musen der brølede …
The Duchy of Grand Fenwick decides that the only way to get out of their economic woes is to declare war on the United States, lose and accept foreign aid. They send an invasion force (in chain mail, armed with bows and arrows) to New York and they arrive during a nuclear drill that has cleared the streets.
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Who Dares Wins (1982) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Who Dares Wins
director: Ian Sharp actor: Lewis Collins / Judy Davis …
other title: Chi osa vince / Den sidste udvej …
When SAS Captain Peter Skellen is thrown out of the service for gross misconduct due to unnecessary violence and bullying, he is soon recruited by The People's Lobby, a fanatical group aiming to hold several US dignitaries hostage. But Skellen's dismissal is a front to enable him to get close to the terrorist group. Can he get close enough to stop the Lobby from creating an international incident?
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No Highway in the Sky (1951) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
No Highway in the Sky
director: Henry Koster actor: James Stewart / Glynis Johns …
other title: Il viaggio indimenticabile / Die Reise ins Ungewisse …
James Stewart plays aeronautical engineer Theodore Honey, the quintessential absent-minded professor: eccentric, forgetful, but brilliant. His studies show that the aircraft being manufactured by his employer has a subtle but deadly design flaw that manifests itself only after the aircraft has flown a certain number of hours. En route to a crash site to prove his theory, Honey discovers that he is aboard a plane rapidly approaching his predicted deadline.
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South (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
South
director: Mario Prizek actor: Peter Wyngarde / Graydon Gould …
A made-for-television play about an exiled Polish Army lieutenant faced with his darkest secret.
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A King in New York (1957) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
A King in New York
director: 查理·卓别林 actor: 查理·卓别林 / 玛克辛·奥德丽 …
other title: 纽约之王 / 一个国王在纽约 …
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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Devil Doll (1964) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Devil Doll
director: Lindsay Shonteff actor: Bryant Haliday / William Sylvester …
other title: Il mostro e le vergini / La Poupée diabolique …
An evil hyponotist/ventriloquist plots to gain an heiress' millions.
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Dark of the Sun (1968) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban
Dark of the Sun
director: Jack Cardiff actor: Rod Taylor / Yvette Mimieux …
other title: Il buio oltre il sole / Sidste tog fra Katanga …
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.
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The Road to Hong Kong (1962) [Movie] TMDB
The Road to Hong Kong
director: Norman Panama actor: Bing Crosby / Bob Hope …
other title: Astronauti per forza / Der Weg nach Hong Kong …
When Chester accidentally memorises and destroys the only copy of a secret Russian formula for a new and improved rocket fuel, he and Harry are thrust into international intrigue, trying to stay alive while keeping the formula out of enemy hands.