Laurence Naismith — Actor (16)
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The Black Knight (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Black Knight
director: Tay Garnett actor: Alan Ladd / Patricia Medina …
other title: Il cavaliere del mistero / Unter schwarzem Visier …
John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeoniland, so he creates a secret alternate identity as the Black Knight. In this new role, he is now able to help King Arthur when Saracens and Cornish men—disguised as Vikings -- plot to take over the country.
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Camelot (1967) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Camelot
director: Joshua Logan actor: Richard Harris / Vanessa Redgrave …
other title: Camelot - Am Hofe König Arthurs / Camelot – Am Hofe König Arthurs
The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threatens to topple King Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.
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The Two-Headed Spy (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Two-Headed Spy
director: André de Toth actor: Jack Hawkins / Gia Scala …
other title: I due volti del Generale Ombra / Chef de réseau …
Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.
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Eye of the Cat (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Eye of the Cat
director: David Lowell Rich actor: Michael Sarrazin / Gayle Hunnicutt …
other title: Il terrore negli occhi del gatto / Grüne Augen in der Nacht …
A man and his girlfriend plan to rob the mansion of the man's eccentric but wealthy aunt. However, the aunt keeps dozens of cats in her home, and the man is deathly afraid of cats.
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Robbery Under Arms (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Robbery Under Arms
director: Jack Lee actor: Peter Finch / Ronald Lewis …
other title: La grande rapina / Die Farm der Verfluchten
During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convict father Ben and his friend, infamous cattlethief Captain Starlight. Making their way to Melbourne with the proceeds of a recent raid, the brothers meet and romance the Morrison sisters, Kate and Jean, whom they eventually marry; but just as they are poised to start a new life in America, Captain Starlight and his gang arrive in town, planning a raid at the local bank.
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Tiger in the Smoke (1956) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Tiger in the Smoke
director: Roy Ward Baker actor: Donald Sinden / Muriel Pavlow …
other title: Tigre en la niebla / Tiger im Nebel
In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he talks about a treasure that was hidden there. Several years later, the members of that group are still together as a street band living in a cellar. The last of the gang, who was chosen for his skills as a ruthless killer, escapes from prison in a rampage of killing and, obsessed with the treasure, takes the gang to France to recover it.
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The Weapon (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Weapon
director: Val Guest actor: Steve Cochran / Lizabeth Scott …
other title: L'arma del delitto
A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case.
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The 300 Spartans (1962) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The 300 Spartans
director: Rudolph Maté actor: Richard Egan / Ralph Richardson …
other title: L'eroe di Sparta / Os 300 Espartanos …
The 300 Spartans is an account of the 480 B.C. Battle of Thermopylae, in which the Greek Spartan King Leonidis, played by Richard Egan, led a remarkably small number of Greek Sparta to victory over an invading Persian army led by evil King Xerxes that was thought to number over 25,000. This spectacular conflict gave the Grecians enough time to organize a force to ultimately repel the Persians, and thus change the course of Western civilization.
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The Prince and the Pauper (1962) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Prince and the Pauper
director: Don Chaffey actor: Guy Williams / Laurence Naismith …
other title: Il principe e il povero / Der Prinz und der Bettelknabe …
In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles" for a short while. After many adventures, the prince regains his rightful identity and graciously makes his "twin" a ward of the court.
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Sink the Bismarck! (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sink the Bismarck!
director: Lewis Gilbert actor: Kenneth More / Dana Wynter …
other title: Affondate la Bismarck! / Sænk Bismarck! …
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. The British Navy must find and destroy Bismarck before it can escape into the convoy lanes to inflict severe damage on the cargo shipping which was the lifeblood of the British Isles. With eight 15 inch guns, it was capable of destroying every ship in a convoy while remaining beyond the range of all Royal Navy warships.
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The Man Who Never Was (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData Skybridge
The Man Who Never Was
director: Ronald Neame actor: Clifton Webb / Gloria Grahame …
other title: L'uomo che non è mai esistito / O Homem Que Nunca Existiu …
The true story of a British effort to trick the Germans into weakening Sicily's defenses before the 1943 attack. A dead soldier is dressed as a British officer and outfitted with faked papers showing that the Allies were intending to invade occupied Greece. His body is put into the sea where it will ultimately drift ashore and the papers be passed along to German Intelligence.