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David Healy (actor)
David Healy (May 15, 1929 – October 25, 1995) was an American actor and singer who appeared in British and American television shows. Healy was born in New York City. His television credits include voices for the Supermarionation series ''Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons'', ''Joe 90'' and '' The Secret Service'', as well as parts in '' UFO'', ''The Troubleshooters'', ''Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)'', ''Strange Report'', ''Dickens of London'', '' Space Precinct'', and ''Dallas''. He also starred as Dr. Watson opposite Ian Richardson's Sherlock Holmes in the 1983 TV film of ''The Sign of Four''. His big screen credits include '' The Double Man'' (1967), '' Only When I Larf'' (1968), ''Assignment K'' (1968), ''Isadora'' (1968), '' Patton'' (1970), ''Lust for a Vampire'' (1971), '' Madame Sin'' (1972), ''Embassy'' (1972), '' Endless Night'' (1972), ''Twilight's Last Gleaming'' (1977), '' Winterspelt'' (1979), ''Supergirl'' (1984), and '' Haunted Honeymoon'' (1986). He also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Richardson
Ian William Richardson (7 April 19349 February 2007) was a Scottish actor. He portrayed the Machiavellian Tory politician Francis Urquhart in the BBC's '' House of Cards'' (1990–1995) television trilogy. Richardson was also a leading Shakespearean stage actor. Richardson's other notable work included a portrayal of Sherlock Holmes in two films ( ''The Sign of Four'' and ''The Hound of the Baskervilles''), significant roles in '' Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'', ''Brazil'', '' M. Butterfly'', and '' Dark City'', and as the lead in the Broadway production of '' Marat/Sade''. Early life Richardson was born in Edinburgh, the only son and eldest of three children of Margaret (née Drummond; 1910–1988) and John Richardson (1909–1990). He was educated in the city, at Balgreen Primary School, Tynecastle High School and George Heriot's School. He first appeared on stage at the age of 14, in an amateur production of Charles Dickens' ''A Tale of Two Cities''. The director enc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winterspelt (film)
''Winterspelt'' is a 1978 West German war film directed by and starring , Hans Christian Blech, George Sewell, Garrick Hagon, David Healy, George Roubicek, Frederick Jaeger, Katharina Thalbach and . It is set during the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power .... It was also released as ''Winterspelt 1944''. Plot The film is set in September 1944, when a German Wehrmacht officer tries to surrender his unit, stationed in the West German village of Winterspelt, to nearby American forces. References External links * West German films 1978 films 1970s war films German war films 1970s German-language films German World War II films Western Front of World War II films 1970s German films {{WWII-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twilight's Last Gleaming
''Twilight's Last Gleaming'' is a 1977 thriller film directed by Robert Aldrich and starring Burt Lancaster and Richard Widmark. The film was a West German/American co-production, shot mainly at the Bavaria Studios. Loosely based on a 1971 novel, ''Viper Three'' by Walter Wager, it tells the story of Lawrence Dell, a renegade USAF general who escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo in Montana, threatening to launch the missiles and start World War III unless the President reveals a top secret document to the American people about the Vietnam War. A split screen technique is used at several points in the movie to give the audience insight into the simultaneously occurring strands of the storyline. The film's title, which functions on several levels, is taken from "The Star-Spangled Banner", the national anthem of the United States: :''O say can you see, by the dawn's early light, / What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming?'' Plot After escap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Endless Night (1972 Film)
''Endless Night'' is a 1972 British horror- mystery film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Hayley Mills, Britt Ekland, Per Oscarsson, Hywel Bennett, and George Sanders. Based on the 1967 novel '' Endless Night'' by Agatha Christie, the plot follows a newlywed couple who feel threatened after building their dream home on cursed land. This would be the last project Sidney Gilliat and Frank Launder worked together for British Lion, their home since 1950’s '' The Happiest Days of Your Life''. Plot Michael Rogers is a wistful and aimless young aspiring photographer working as a chauffeur and living with his mother in London. Though from a working class background, Michael aspires to a life of luxury and is obsessed with the fine arts. Through his travels as a chauffeur, he discovers a spot along the Devon coast known as Gypsy's Acre, where a dilapidated Victorian mansion sits. Michael fantasizes about one day building a new home on the plot of land and aims to one day have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embassy (film)
''Embassy'' is a 1972 British spy thriller film directed by Gordon Hessler, written by John Bird and William Fairchild, and with music scored by Biddu.McKay p.252 It is based on the 1969 novel of the same title by Stephen Coulter. It was shot on location in Beirut where the film is set, whereas the novel had been centred in Paris. The film starred Richard Roundtree as a CIA officer, Ray Milland as an Ambassador, Max von Sydow as a Russian defector taking refuge at the embassy, and Chuck Connors as a KGB assassin posing as a U.S. Air Force officer. Broderick Crawford played the embassy Regional Security Officer, Frank Dunniger, who had to capture and hide the KGB man while the CIA smuggled the defector out of town. Cast * Richard Roundtree as Richard 'Dick' Shannon * Chuck Connors as Kesten * Marie-José Nat as Laure * Ray Milland as Ambassador * Broderick Crawford as Frank Dunniger * Max von Sydow as Gorenko * David Bauer as Kadish * Larry Cross as Gamble * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madame Sin
''Madame Sin'' is a 1972 British thriller film directed by David Greene and starring Bette Davis, Robert Wagner, Denholm Elliott and Gordon Jackson. The screenplay was written by Greene and Barry Oringer. Plot summary The title character is a vicious villainess who commands a Thought Factory in the Scottish Highlands. Intent on achieving world domination, she kidnaps ex-CIA agent Anthony Lawrence and forces him to help her hijack a secret nuclear weapon: the Polaris submarine. Cast * Bette Davis as Madame Sin * Robert Wagner as Anthony Lawrence * Denholm Elliott as Malcolm De Vere * Gordon Jackson as Commander Cavendish * Dudley Sutton as Monk * Catherine Schell as Barbara * Pik-Sen Lim as Nikko * Paul Maxwell as Connors * David Healy as Braden * Alan Dobie as White Production The film was originally a pilot for a weekly TV series that failed to make the network's schedule. It was broadcast as an ''ABC Movie of the Week'' in the United States on 15 January 1972 and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lust For A Vampire
''Lust for a Vampire'', also known as ''Love for a Vampire'' or ''To Love a Vampire'' (the latter title was the one used on American television), is a 1971 British Hammer Horror film directed by Jimmy Sangster, starring Ralph Bates, Barbara Jefford, Suzanna Leigh, Michael Johnson, and Yutte Stensgaard. It was given an ''R'' rating in the United States for some violence, gore, strong adult content and nudity. It is the second film in the Karnstein Trilogy, loosely based on the 1872 Sheridan Le Fanu novella '' Carmilla''. It was preceded by '' The Vampire Lovers'' (1970) and followed by '' Twins of Evil'' (1971). The three films do not form a chronological development, but use the Karnstein family as the source of the vampiric threat and were somewhat daring for the time in explicitly depicting lesbian themes. Production of ''Lust for a Vampire'' began not long after the release of ''The Vampire Lovers''. The film has a cult following, although some Hammer Horror fans have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patton (film)
''Patton'' is a 1970 American epic biographical war film about U.S. General George S. Patton during World War II. It stars George C. Scott as Patton and Karl Malden as General Omar Bradley, and was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner from a script by Francis Ford Coppola and Edmund H. North, who based their screenplay on ''Patton: Ordeal and Triumph'' by Ladislas Farago and Bradley's memoir, ''A Soldier's Story''. ''Patton'' won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay. Scott also won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of General Patton, but declined to accept the award. The opening monologue, delivered by Scott as General Patton with an enormous American flag behind him, remains an iconic and often quoted image in film. In 2003, ''Patton'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant". The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isadora (film)
''Isadora'' (also known as ''The Loves of Isadora'') is a 1968 biographical drama film directed by Karel Reisz from a screenplay written by Melvyn Bragg, Margaret Drabble, and Clive Exton adapted from the books ''My Life'' by Isadora Duncan and ''Isadora, an Intimate Portrait'' by Sewell Stokes. The film follows the life of American pioneering modern contemporary dance artist and choreographer Isodora Duncan, who performed to great acclaim throughout the US and Europe during the 19th century. A co-production between the United Kingdom and France, it stars Vanessa Redgrave as Duncan and also features James Fox, Jason Robards, and John Fraser in supporting roles. ''Isadora'' premiered at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival where it competed for the Palme d'Or with Redgrave winning the Best Actress Prize. The film was theatrically released on 18 December 1968 by Universal Pictures to generally positive reviews with major acclaim drawn towards Redgrave's performance, however the film u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assignment K
''Assignment K'' is a 1968 British neo noir thriller film directed by Val Guest in Techniscope and starring Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave, Leo McKern, Robert Hoffmann and Jeremy Kemp. The film was based on the 1964 novel ''Department K'' by Hartley Howard. Plot A British spy has his cover blown, leading to the East German Stasi kidnapping his girlfriend to try to extract information about his double agents' activities. Cast * Stephen Boyd as Philip Scott * Camilla Sparv as Toni Peters * Michael Redgrave as Harris * Leo McKern as Smith * Robert Hoffmann as Paul Spiegler * Jeremy Kemp as Hal * Jane Merrow as Martine * Carl Möhner as Inspector (as Carl Moehner) * Vivi Bach as Erika Herschel * Werner Peters as Kramer * Dieter Geissler as Kurt * John Alderton as George * Jan Werich as Dr. Spiegler * David Healy as David * Ursula Howells as Estelle * Basil Dignam as Howlett * Geoffrey Bayldon as The Boffin * Joachim Hansen as Heinrich Hers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Only When I Larf (film)
''Only When I Larf'' is a 1968 British light-hearted comedy crime drama, directed by Basil Dearden, and starring Richard Attenborough, David Hemmings, and Alexandra Stewart. It is adapted from the 1968 novel '' Only When I Larf'' by Len Deighton, and features Attenborough as an ex-brigadier con man in a variety of guises. Plot summary In New York City, a trio of confidence tricksters enter a tall office block and go to an empty unit on the 39th floor. They quickly change the identity of the office. Two Americans arrive. Lowther (Attenborough) assumes the role of Mr Stevens, the boss. Bob is ushered in by the secretary and introduced as Mr Glover. They discuss high finance in front of the Americans. They persuade the Americans to write a cheque for $250,000. He writes a cheque for $2 million to them. The cheques are placed in a faux wall safe. Bob goes to other side and takes the smaller cheque out. He re-disguises himself as a security guard. He goes to the bank with Liz and she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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