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Dorothy Alison
Dorothy Alison (4 April 1925 – 17 January 1992) was an Australian stage, film and television actress. Biography Dorothy Alison was born in the New South Wales mining city of Broken Hill and educated at Sydney Girls High School. She moved to London in 1949 to further her career. Aside from her numerous, mostly supporting film roles, she appeared in several television programmes and mini-series, including a prominent role in ''A Town Like Alice'', ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' as the Duchess Constance and other TV shows. She was nominated for two BAFTA awards: Most Promising Newcomer for ''Mandy'' (1952) and Best British Actress for ''Reach for the Sky'' (1956). For her performance in ''A Town Like Alice'', she won the 1982 Logie Award (Australian television) for Best Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Telemovie. She died at the age of 66 in London in 1992. Partial filmography *''Eureka Stockade'' (1949) - Mrs. Bentley *''Sons of Matthew'' (1949) - Rose O'Riordan *' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Hill
Broken Hill is a city in the Far West (New South Wales), far west region of outback New South Wales, Australia. An inland mining city, it is near the border with South Australia on the crossing of the Barrier Highway (A32) and the Silver City Highway (B79), in the Barrier Range. It is above sea level, with a cold semi-arid climate, and an average rainfall of . The closest major city is Mildura, to the south and the nearest State Capital City is Adelaide, the Capital (political), capital of South Australia, which is more than to the southwest and linked via route A32, the Barrier Highway. The town is prominent in Australia's mining, industrial relations and economic history after the discovery of silver-lead-zinc ore led to the opening of various mining, mines, thus establishing Broken Hill's recognition as a prosperous mining town well into the 1990s. Despite experiencing a slowing economic situation into the late 1990s and 2000s, Broken Hill itself was listed on the National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Long Arm (film)
''The Long Arm'' (USA title: ''The Third Key'') is a 1956 British film noir police procedural crime film directed by Charles Frend and starring Jack Hawkins. It was based on a screenplay by Robert Barr and Janet Green, and produced by Michael Balcon. It was shot on location in London and Snowdonia in North Wales. Hawkins played a similar role in John Ford's '' Gideon's Day (''1958), based on books by John Creasey. Plot When police respond to a burglar alarm at premises in Long Acre, Central London, they find nothing amiss after meeting the nightwatchman, who allows them to search the premises. However, the next day the safe, which had been opened with a key, is found empty. Superintendent Tom Halliday and his new Detective Sergeant Ward, begin searching for the fraudulent nightwatchman. Halliday eventually concludes that the false nightwatchman has committed 14 safe-breaking jobs across the country, all on the same type of safe, and all completed with genuine keys. Visiting t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Amazing Mr Blunden
''The Amazing Mr. Blunden'' is a 1972 British family mystery film involving ghosts directed by Lionel Jeffries. It was written by Jeffries and Antonia Barber based on Barber's 1969 novel '' The Ghosts''. It stars Laurence Naismith, Lynne Frederick, Garry Miller, Rosalyn Landor, Marc Granger, Diana Dors, Madeline Smith, and James Villiers. Plot In 1918, war widow, Mrs. Allen and her children, Lucy, Jamie and baby Benjamin are reduced to living in a squalid Camden Town flat. Just before Christmas, a mysterious old man, Mr Frederick Percival Blunden visits the family, introducing himself as a representative of a firm of solicitors. The family are told there is an opportunity to become the caretakers of a derelict country mansion in the Home Counties named Langley Park, which was gutted by fire years before, and is now in the charge of the solicitors. Mrs. Allen takes the post despite rumours that the house is haunted, her instructions to care for the property until such ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
See No Evil (1971 Film)
''See No Evil'' (released in the United Kingdom as ''Blind Terror'') is a 1971 psychological horror thriller film directed by Richard Fleischer, written by Brian Clemens, and starring Mia Farrow, Dorothy Alison, and Robin Bailey. It follows a recently blinded woman who is stalked by a psychopath while staying at her aunt and uncle's house in the English countryside. An international co-production between the United States and United Kingdom, ''See No Evil'' marked Fleischer's second film produced under Filmways for Columbia Pictures, after '' 10 Rillington Place'' (1971). Fleischer described the film "sheer entertainment" made "to scare the hell out of audiences". The film was shot on location in Berkshire, England. It premiered in the United States on 2 September 1971, and was released in England two weeks later. Though a box-office disappointment in the United States, the film received some praise from film critics, particularly for Farrow's lead performance. Clemens receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey Into Darkness (film)
''Journey into Darkness'' is a 1968 British made-for-television horror film featuring two episodes derived from the 1968–1969 anthology television series ''Journey to the Unknown'' starring Robert Reed and Jennifer Hilary, directed by Peter Sasdy and James Hill. The film contains the following episodes: *"Paper Dolls" (original broadcast: November 7, 1968 on ABC) *"The New People" (original broadcast: November 14, 1968 on ABC) Patrick McGoohan is featured as host in a dark room setting who introduces the two episodes. Plot "The New People" A young American couple moves to New England and learns that everyone in their new neighborhood belongs to a cult which has chosen them as sacrifices. Based upon a story by Charles Beaumont. *Director: Peter Sasdy *Written by: Oscar Millard *Cast: Robert Reed (Hank Prentiss), Jennifer Hilary (Anne Prentiss), Patrick Allen (Luther Ames) "Paper Dolls" A set of quadruplets are telepathically connected as they feel one another's pain and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pretty Polly (film)
''Pretty Polly'' (also known as ''A Matter of Innocence'') is a 1967 British comedy film directed by Guy Green and based on the short story ''Pretty Polly Barlow'' by Noël Coward. It stars Hayley Mills, Shashi Kapoor, Trevor Howard and Brenda De Banzie. The film is largely set in Singapore. Plot Miss Polly Barlow decides to leave England and spend a few months with her wealthy spinster aunt as a traveling companion. While in Singapore, the sudden demise of her aunt leaves her alone to pursue her freedom and explore an arms'-length romance with a local Indian Singaporean tour guide, Amaz. Cast *Hayley Mills as Polly Barlow *Trevor Howard as Robert Hook *Shashi Kapoor as Amaz * Brenda de Banzie as Mrs. Innes-Hook *Dick Patterson as Rick Preston *Kalen Liu as Lorelei *Peter Bayliss as Critch *Patricia Routledge as Miss Gudgeon *Dorothy Alison as Mrs. Barlow *David Prosser as Ambrose *Toni Murphy as Lady Tourist *Ric Young as Lim Kee (as Eric Young) *Sarah Abdullah *Anthony C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgy Girl
''Georgy Girl'' is a 1966 British romantic comedy film directed by Silvio Narizzano and starring Lynn Redgrave, Alan Bates, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason, and Rachel Kempson (Redgrave's mother). The screenplay was written by Margaret Forster and Peter Nichols, based on the Forster's 1965 novel of the same name. The film tells the story of a virginal young woman (Redgrave) in 1960s Swinging London, who is faced with a dilemma when she is pursued by her father's older employer (Mason) and the young lover of her promiscuous, pregnant flatmate (Rampling) The film premiered at the 16th Berlin International Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Bear. It was released in the UK by Columbia Pictures on October 21, 1966. Grossing $16.8 million, ''Georgy Girl'' was a box-office success, and it also spawned a hit theme song. It was nominated for four Oscars at the 29th Academy Awards, including Best Actress for Redgrave and Best Supporting Actor for Mason. It was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Two Living, One Dead
''Two Living, One Dead'' (also known as ''Två Levande Och En Död'') is a 1961 British-Swedish existentialist thriller film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Patrick McGoohan, Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers. It was written by Asquith and Lindsay Galloway. The film is a remake of the 1937 Norwegian film '' To levende og en død'', which in turn was adapted from the novel of the same name by author Sigurd Christiansen. The Scandinavian small-town setting of the earlier film was kept but the action was moved to Sweden. Plot Erik Berger is a reticent, socially withdrawn man who has been working for 20 years in the same Post Office in a Swedish town, not socializing with colleagues and interested only in his wife Helen and son. In contrast his workmate Andersson is loud and gregarious, seeing himself as the office joker although his treatment of more junior staff sometimes verges on the malicious. A violent hold-up – heard, but not shown on screen – takes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nun's Story (film)
''The Nun's Story'' is a 1959 American drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann and starring Audrey Hepburn, Peter Finch, Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, and Dean Jagger. The screenplay was written by Robert Anderson (playwright), Robert Anderson, based on the 1956 The Nun's Story, novel of the same name by Kathryn Hulme. The film tells the life of Gabrielle Van Der Mal (Hepburn), a young woman who decides to enter a convent and make the many sacrifices required by her choice. The film is a relatively faithful adaptation of the novel, which was based on the life of Belgian nun Marie Louise Habets. Latter portions of the film were shot on location in the Belgian Congo and feature Finch as a cynical but caring surgeon. The film was a financial success and was nominated for eight 32nd Academy Awards, Academy Awards, including Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Picture and Academy Award for Best Actress, Best Actress for Hepburn. Plot Gabrielle "Gaby" Van Der Mal, whose widowed father, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Life In Emergency Ward 10
''Life in Emergency Ward 10'' (also known as ''Emergency Ward 10'') is a 1959 British film directed by Robert Day and starring Michael Craig and Wilfrid Hyde-White. It was written by Hazel Adair and Tessa Diamon, based on the television series '' Emergency Ward 10''. Cast * Michael Craig as Dr. Stephen Russell * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Professor Bourne-Evans * Dorothy Alison as Sister Jane Fraser * Glyn Owen as Dr. Paddy O'Meara * Rosemary Miller as Nurse Pat Roberts * Bud Tingwell as Dr. Alan Dawson * Frederick Bartman as Dr. Simon Forrester * Joan Sims as Mrs. Pryor * Rupert Davies as Dr. Tom Hunter * Sheila Sweet as Anne Hunter * David Lodge as Mr. Phillips * Dorothy Gordon as Mrs. Phillips * Christopher Witty as David Phillips * Tony Quinn as Joe Cooney * Douglas Ives as Potter * George Tovey as Mr. Pryor * Pauline Stroud as Nurse Vincent * Christina Gregg as Nurse April Andrews * Kenneth J. Warren as Porter Critical reception ''The Monthly Film Bulletin'' wrote: "A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man Upstairs (1958 Film)
''The Man Upstairs'' is a 1958 British psychological drama film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Richard Attenborough and Bernard Lee. The film was produced by Robert Dunbar for Act Films Ltd. Plot Peter Watson, a tenant of a boarding house, is troubled with pain and an inability to sleep. He repeatedly tries unsuccessfully to light the gas-fire that requires coins and seeks help from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model, and is reluctant to be disturbed. Another neighbour, Pollen, calls for police help. The other occupants in the property are awake by this time, and one of them, Mrs Barnes, tries to help the mentally confused Watson (known to them as John Wilson) but he also refuses her help. The police clash with Mr Sanderson, a mental health worker, who thinks he can take Watson, who is armed, without complications, but when a police sergeant is injured Inspector Thompson is determined to remove him by force if necessary. Eventually M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Scamp
''The Scamp'' is a 1957 British drama film directed by Wolf Rilla and starring Richard Attenborough, Terence Morgan, Colin Petersen and Dorothy Alison. It was based on the play ''Uncertain Joy'' by Charlotte Hastings. It was released in the U.S. as ''Strange Affection''. Synopsis A schoolteacher and his wife take in the tempestuous child of an abusive drifter. When the father returns, their lives become complicated by issues of corporal punishment, physical abuse, strained relations and various crimes. Cast * Richard Attenborough as Stephen Leigh * Dorothy Alison as Barbara Leigh * Colin Petersen as Tod Dawson * Terence Morgan as Mike Dawson * Jill Adams as Julie Dawson * Maureen Delany as Mrs. Perryman * Margaretta Scott as Mrs. Blundell * David Franks as Eddie * Geoffrey Keen as headmaster * Charles Lloyd-Pack as Beamish * June Cunningham as Annette * Sam Kydd as shopkeeper * Victor Brooks (actor), Victor Brooks as Inspector Birch Production The film wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
