Russell Waters — Actor (19)
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Miss Robin Hood (1952) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Miss Robin Hood
director: John Guillermin actor: Margaret Rutherford / Richard Hearne …
In this delightful fantasy adventure, a mild-mannered writer of adventure stories for girls finds himself presented with an intriguing proposition from an elderly fan. She suggests that they conspire to steal a secret whiskey formula from ruthless distillers, who themselves stole it from her family in years gone by. With the recipe back in hand however, it's not long before they attract attention from the Inspectors of Scotland Yard.
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I Could Go on Singing (1963) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
I Could Go on Singing
director: Ronald Neame actor: Judy Garland / Dirk Bogarde …
other title: Ombre sul palcoscenico / Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten …
Jenny Bowman is a successful singer who, while on an engagement at the London Palladium, visits David Donne to see her son Matt again, spending a few glorious days with him while his father is away in Rome in an attempt to attain the family that she never had. When David returns, Matt is torn between his loyalty to his father and his affection for Jenny.
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The Blue Lagoon (1949) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Blue Lagoon
director: Frank Launder actor: Jean Simmons / Donald Houston …
other title: Incantesimo dei mari del Sud / Die blaue Lagune …
In the Victorian period, two British children survive a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor. Together they survive solely on their resourcefulness and the bounty of their remote paradise.
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Death of an Angel (1952) [Movie] Skybridge IMDb TMDB
Death of an Angel
director: Charles Saunders actor: Patrick Barr / Jane Baxter …
The angel of the title is Jane Baxter, the wife of country physician Patrick Barr. Everybody in the small British village where she lives thinks the world of Baxter; thus, when she is murdered, the authorities are out for blood. Dr. Barr seems above suspicion, at least until he begins behaving eccentrically. As time passes, most everyone learns that Baxter wasn't quite as angelic as she seemed-and that quite a few people might have wanted her dead.
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London Belongs to Me (1948) [Movie] WikiData TMDB IMDb
London Belongs to Me
director: Sidney Gilliat actor: Richard Attenborough / Alastair Sim …
other title: Londres appartient à moi / Londres me pertenece …
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
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Reach for Glory (1962) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Reach for Glory
director: Philip Leacock actor: Harry Andrews / Kay Walsh …
During World War II, teenage boys in a small English town are consumed with jingoism and brutal war games, hoping dearly that the war won't end before they can fight in it.
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Green Grow the Rushes (1951) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Green Grow the Rushes
director: Derek N. Twist actor: Roger Livesey / Honor Blackman …
other title: Whisky, cognac e libertà / Donde los juncos son verdes
Efforts to move Britain into the modern age don't sit well with the people of the small village of Anderia Marsh, who have claimed a right (going back to Henry III) to evade government-imposed import duties and taxes. And when the government decides to curb this right, the whole village quietly rises up in a comical rebellion. After their vessel runs aground during a storm and is impounded by the British authorities, local smugglers must find a way of disposing of their contraband brandy cargo before it's discovered by the Customs Officers.
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Black Jack (1979) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Black Jack
director: Ken Loach actor: Jean Franval / Stephen Hirst …
other title: Black Jack, der Galgenvogel
When honest young Tolly is forced on the run with ‘Black Jack’, a villainous ruffian, adventure and mishap are never far away. As the two enter a world of body-snatchers, private lunatic asylums, and traveling fairs they find friendship in the most unlikely places.
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The People at No. 19 (1949) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The People at No. 19
director: J.B. Holmes actor: Desmond Carrington / Margery Fleeson …
Reported cases of sexually transmitted disease took a sharp rise during and after World War II, but as this film testifies, sexual license amongst soldiers on the frontline wasn't the sole cause. Back on the home front, for many women, like Joan from No. 19, loneliness or newfound independence acted as an incentive to extramarital promiscuity.
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Endless Night (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Endless Night
director: Sidney Gilliat actor: Hayley Mills / Hywel Bennett …
other title: Champagne per due dopo il funerale / Noite Sem Fim …
Shiftless dreamer Michael Rogers fantasizes about a lifestyle above his means and marries a wealthy, young girl who just came of age. They hire a famous architect to build their dream home amidst a series of suspicious incidents. The spouse has dark intentions toward his naive, inexperienced bride. Secrets from his past and sinister ties to their house guest Greta lead to a terrible turn of unexpected events.
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Bomb in the High Street (1961) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bomb in the High Street
director: Peter Bezencenet / Terry Bishop actor: Ronald Howard / Terry Palmer …
Thieves disguised as soldiers plan to use a bomb scare as part of their plan to rob a bank.
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What a Life! (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
What a Life!
director: Michael Law actor: Richard Massingham / Russell Waters
Two men, worn down by their dismal daily existence, decide to take action.
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The Sleeping Tiger (1954) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Sleeping Tiger
director: Joseph Losey actor: Dirk Bogarde / Alexis Smith …
other title: La tigre nell'ombra / A Fera Adormecida …
A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who wishes to experiment on him and a doctor's wife who wishes to seduce him.
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The Man in the White Suit (1951) [Movie] ReviewDB TMDB IMDb Douban Skybridge WikiData
The Man in the White Suit
director: Alexander Mackendrick actor: Alec Guinness / Joan Greenwood …
other title: Lo scandalo del vestito bianco / O Homem do Fato Claro …
The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...
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The Devil Rides Out (1968) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban Skybridge
The Devil Rides Out
director: Terence Fisher actor: Christopher Lee / Charles Gray …
other title: Die Braut des Teufels / Les Vierges de Satan …
The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the forces of darkness and, as the Duc de Richelieu and his friends remain within the protected pentacle, they are subjected to ever-increasing horror until thundering hooves herald the arrival of the Angel of Death.