Ernest Thesiger — Actor (22)
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Sons and Lovers (1960) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Sons and Lovers
director: Jack Cardiff actor: Mary Ure / Trevor Howard …
other title: Figli e amanti / Filhos e Amantes …
The son of a working-class British mining family has dreams of pursuing an art career, but when he strikes up an affair with an older, married woman from the town it enrages his kind but possessive mother.
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
director: José Quintero actor: Vivien Leigh / Warren Beatty …
other title: La primavera romana della signora Stone / Em Roma na Primavera …
Critics and the public say Karen Stone is too old -- as she approaches 50 -- for her role in a play she is about to take to Broadway. Her businessman husband, 20 years her senior, has been the angel for the play and gives her a way out: They are off to a holiday in Rome for his health. He suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome. She leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Then the contessa comes calling to introduce a young man named Paolo to her. The contessa knows many presentable young men and lonely American widows.
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Jassy (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Jassy
director: Bernard Knowles actor: Margaret Lockwood / Patricia Roc …
other title: Jassy la zingara / Zigeunerblut …
In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.
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A Place of One's Own (1945) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
A Place of One's Own
director: Bernard Knowles actor: Margaret Lockwood / James Mason …
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.
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Who Done It? (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Who Done It?
director: Basil Dearden actor: Benny Hill / Belinda Lee …
other title: Un détective très privé
This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
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Value for Money (1955) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Value for Money
director: Ken Annakin actor: John Gregson / Diana Dors …
other title: Febbre bionda / Lieber reich - aber glücklich
A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decides to let her.
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
director: Lothar Mendes actor: Roland Young / Ralph Richardson …
other title: L'uomo dei miracoli / Der Mann, der die Welt verändern wollte …
An ordinary man, while vigorously asserting the impossibility of miracles, suddenly discovers that he can perform them.
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The Ghoul (1933) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Ghoul
director: T. Hayes Hunter actor: Boris Karloff / Cedric Hardwicke …
other title: Der Ghul / El resucitado …
British Egyptologist, Professor Morlant, seeks immortality through the power of a jewel buried in the tomb of an Oriental idol. Upon his death, Morlant returns to earth to seek vengeance upon those who removed the jewel from his grave.
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The Horse's Mouth (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Horse's Mouth
director: Ronald Neame actor: Alec Guinness / Kay Walsh …
other title: La bocca della verità / Des Pudels Kern …
Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse of would-be patrons the Beeders while they go on an extended vacation; he paints a mural on their wall, pawns their valuables and, along with the sculptor Abel, inadvertently smashes a large hole in their floor. Jimson's next project is an even larger wall in an abandoned church.
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Henry V (1944) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France
director: Laurence Olivier actor: Laurence Olivier / Renée Asherson …
other title: Enrico V / Henrique V …
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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The Winslow Boy (1948) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Winslow Boy
director: Anthony Asquith actor: Robert Donat / Cedric Hardwicke …
other title: Tutto mi accusa / Der Fall Winslow …
In pre-WW1 England, a youngster is expelled from a naval academy over a petty theft, but his parents raise a political furor by demanding a trial.
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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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Report (1967) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData TMDB IMDb
Report
director: Bruce Conner actor: John F. Kennedy / Jacqueline Kennedy …
Bruce Conner’s most celebrated film for a reason: it takes historical moments that were replayed over and over on television—chilling repetition of Kennedy assassination coverage—and repurposes them into a meditation on how the media tries to exert authority and apply a sense of order to the anarchic. And though it may sound perverse to say so, the film is also—not incidentally—a thrill to watch.
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Bride of Frankenstein (1935) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban Skybridge WikiData
Bride of Frankenstein
8.0 (6 ratings) director: James Whale actor: Boris Karloff / Colin Clive …
other title: La moglie di Frankenstein / Frankensteins Brud …
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.