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Mystery Submarine (1963 Film)
''Mystery Submarine'' is a 1963 British war film directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards and starring Edward Judd, James Robertson Justice and Laurence Payne. The screenplay was by Hugh Woodhouse and Bertram Ostrer based on the play of the same name by Jon Manchip White. A captured German submarine is used by the Royal Navy to trick a German force aiming to intercept a supply convoy. Plot ''U-153'' is damaged during air attack in the Atlantic, and its crew abandon ship to escape chlorine gas now leaking from its battery cells. Her commanding officer is overcome by fumes before he can jettison the ship's papers. Due to the intelligence windfall that this represents, the submarine is taken by a British prize crew to be examined and inspected (in much the same manner that befell the real German U-boat later renamed HMS Graph). It is not long before British intelligence suggest a new use for the submarine as a Trojan Horse. A picked crew of volunteers led by Commander Tarlton t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugh Woodhouse
Colin Hugh Kiaran Woodhouse (12 February 1934 – 29 August 2011) was a screenwriter and the younger brother of Martin Woodhouse, also a screenwriter. Together, they wrote some episodes of ''Supercar (TV series), Supercar''. Woodhouse enrolled at St John's College, Cambridge, St John's College, Cambridge, England, Cambridge, in 1954. In 2002, he became associated with Cubeword Games Limited, a Shaftesbury-based manufacturer of games and toys. He became a company director on 17 April, and on 7 May, Woodhouse became a secretary. By a tragic coincidence, he died on his brother's birthday, 29 August 2011 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Flemyng
Benjamin Arthur Flemyng (3 January 1912 – 22 May 1995), known professionally as Robert Flemyng, was a British actor. The son of a doctor, and originally intended for a medical career, Flemyng learned his stagecraft in provincial repertory theatre. In 1935 he appeared in a leading role in the West End, and the following year had his first major success, in Terence Rattigan's comedy ''French Without Tears''. Between then and the Second World War he appeared in London and New York in a succession of comedies. On the outbreak of war in 1939 Flemyng volunteered for the Royal Army Service Corps, and served with distinction, winning the Military Cross. After the war he continued to appear in light comedies, but also took on more serious roles in plays by T. S. Eliot, Graham Greene, John Whiting and others. He toured Australia, Britain, Canada, India, South Africa and the US in a wide range of parts, from comedy to classic drama. Flemyng's broadcasting was principally in two tele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II Submarine Films
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British War Drama Films
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1963 Films
The year 1963 in film involved some significant events, including the big-budget epic ''Cleopatra (1963 film), Cleopatra'' and two films with all-star casts, ''How the West Was Won (film), How the West Was Won'' and ''It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World''. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1963 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 9 – Joseph Vogel (executive), Joseph Vogel resigns as president of MGM and is replaced by Robert O'Brien (executive), Robert O'Brien. * February 20 – The classic epic western ''How the West Was Won (film), How the West Was Won'' premieres in the United States. It is an instant success with both audiences and critics and becomes the biggest moneymaker for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, MGM since ''Ben-Hur (1959 film), Ben-Hur''. * June 12 – ''Cleopatra (1963 film), Cleopatra'', starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rex Harrison and Richard Burton, premieres at the Rivoli Theatre in New York City. Its staggering produ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Monthly Film Bulletin
The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with '' Sight & Sound''. It reviewed all films on release in the United Kingdom, including those with a narrow arthouse release. History The ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was edited in the mid-1950s by David Robinson, in the late 1950s and early 1960s by Peter John Dyer, and then by Tom Milne. By the end of the 1960s, when the character and tone of its reviews changed considerably with the arrival of a new generation of critics influenced by the student culture and intellectual tumult of the time (not least the overthrow of old ideas of "taste" and quality), David Wilson was the editor. It was then edited by Jan Dawson (1938 – 1980), for two years from 1971, and from 1973 until its demise by the New Zealand-born critic Richard Combs. In 1991, the ''Monthly Film Bulletin'' was merged with '' Sight & Sound'', which had until then be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nigel Green
Nigel McGown Green (15 October 192415 May 1972) was an English actor. Because of his strapping build, commanding height () and regimental demeanour he would often be found playing military types and men of action in such classic 1960s films as '' Jason and the Argonauts'', '' Zulu'', ''Tobruk'' and '' The Ipcress File''. Early life and education Nigel Green was born in Pretoria, South Africa, son of pioneering animal health biochemist Henry Hamilton Green, DSc, and Katherine Laura, née McGown, daughter of printer John McGown. In Pretoria, his father was employed as professor of biochemistry and sub-director of the Veterinary Research Laboratories at Onderstepoort (he was later a researcher at New Haw in Surrey, having been director of the Scottish Dairy Research Institute). Green's elder brother, Kenneth Gillies Green (1918–1990), was a medical doctor, an adviser to companies including Imperial Chemical Industries, and in 1959 a founder of the Association of Medical Advisers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewen Solon
Peter Ewen Solon (7 September 1917 – 7 July 1985) was a New Zealand-born actor, who worked extensively in both the United Kingdom and Australia. At the outbreak of World War II, Solon became a member of the First Echelon, 2nd NZEF that saw service in the Middle East. Later appointed as a commissioned officer, he married Frances Gwendolyne Hughes, a New Zealander; also serving in Egypt during the War. After training as a primary school teacher he travelled overseas to pursue an acting career. Film credits include: ''Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue'', ''The Dam Busters (film), The Dam Busters'', ''Murder Anonymous'' 1955 (part of the Scotland Yard (film series), Scotland Yard film series), ''The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film), The Hound of the Baskervilles'', ''The Terror of the Tongs'', ''The Curse of the Werewolf'', ''Mohammad, Messenger of God, The Message'', ''Unidentified Flying Oddball'' and ''The Wicked Lady (1983 film), The Wicked Lady''. On television, he was a serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Randall (actor)
Leslie Randall (19 October 1924 – 2 August 2020) was an English film and television actor, from South Shields, County Durham, who worked in the United Kingdom, the United States and Australia. Randall had a lengthy career, but possibly his most important role was with his wife in '' Joan and Leslie'', ITV's first home-grown situation comedy. He also appeared in the 1963 film version of ''Billy Liar'' where he played Danny Boon, and as Reggie Wilkie in episodes of ''Emmerdale'' from 1999–2000, as well as episodes of ''The Monkees'' and ''I Dream of Jeannie''. During World War II, he served with the Royal Air Force as a pilot officer bomb aimer with 358 Squadron, in the Far East. His wife was Joan Reynolds, whom he met when they were both in repertory theatre in Darlington Darlington is a market town in the Borough of Darlington, County Durham, England. It lies on the River Skerne, west of Middlesbrough and south of Durham. Darlington had a population of 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Mikell
George Mikell (born Jurgis Mikelaitis; 4 April 1929 – 12 May 2020) was a Lithuanian-Australian actor and writer best known for his performances as Schutzstaffel (SS) officers in '' The Guns of Navarone'' (1961) and '' The Great Escape'' (1963). Mikell appeared in over 30 British and American feature films and had numerous leading roles in theatre. After retiring from acting, Mikell wrote two film scripts, numerous short stories and in 2002 published an essay of his 2001 trip to the North-West Frontier Province of Pakistan.''Kulturos Barai'', 2002 (monthly culture and arts journal in Vilnius, Lithuania). Selected filmography * '' The One That Got Away'' (1957) – German Prisoner * '' Kill Her Gently'' (1957) – Lars Svenson * '' Sea of Sand'' (1958) – German Officer * '' Operation Bullshine''(1959) – German Airman * ''Carve Her Name with Pride'' (1959) - German Officer (uncredited) * ''Whirlpool'' (1959) – German Policeman * '' The Treasure of San Teresa'' (1959) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Jaeger
Manfred Frederick Jaeger (29 May 1928 – 18 June 2004) was a German-born British film, television, theatre and radio character actor. Biography Jaeger was born in Berlin, Germany; his family moved to England following Adolf Hitler's rise to power. He was educated at Lord Weymouth's Grammar School, Warminster, and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, from which he graduated in 1948, becoming a British subject two years later. He made his first theatre appearance in 1949, and his film debut, '' The Black Tent'', in 1956. He went on to make further film, television and radio appearances until retiring in 1996. He died in June 2004 aged 76. He is well remembered by fans of the science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' for his roles in three serials. He appeared as Jano in '' The Savages'' in 1966, and as Sorenson in '' Planet of Evil'' in 1975. In 1977's '' The Invisible Enemy'', he appeared as Professor Marius, creator of the robot dog K-9; his performance was described by revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Brown (British Actor)
Robert James Brown (23 July 192111 November 2003) was an English actor, best known for his portrayal of M in the James Bond films from 1983 to 1989, succeeding Bernard Lee, who died in 1981. Brown made his first appearance as M in ''Octopussy'' in 1983. Brown was born in Swanage, Dorset, and later died there on November 11, 2003, aged 82. Before appearing in the Bond films, he had a long career as a bit-part actor in films and television. He had a starring role in the 1950s television series ''Ivanhoe'', where he played Gurth, the faithful companion of Ivanhoe, played by Roger Moore. He had previously made an uncredited appearance as a castle guard in the unrelated 1952 film ''Ivanhoe''. He had an uncredited appearance as the galley-master in ''Ben-Hur'' (1959) and as factory worker Bert Harker in the BBC's 1960s soap opera '' The Newcomers''. In ''One Million Years B.C.'' (1966), he played grunting caveman Akhoba, brutal head of the barbaric "Rock tribe". Brown first start ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
