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Eyewitness (1956 Film)
''Eyewitness'' (also known as ''Point of Crisis'') is a 1956 British thriller film Thriller film, also known as suspense film or suspense thriller, is a broad film genre that evokes excitement and suspense in the audience. The suspense element found in most films' plots is particularly exploited by the filmmaker in this genre. ... directed by Muriel Box and starring Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow, Belinda Lee, Michael Craig (actor), Michael Craig, Nigel Stock (actor), Nigel Stock and Richard Wattis. It was Produced by Sydney Box for the Rank Organisation. Plot After an argument with her husband, Lucy Church storms out of her house and goes to see a film at the local Movie theater, cinema. While coming back from making a phone call, she stumbles across the office where she witnesses the murder of the cinema manager by two criminals Wade and Barney who are in the process of robbing the cinema's safe. When they pursue her, she is struck by a bus and is taken to hospital. Unab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muriel Box
Violette Muriel Box, Baroness Gardiner, (22 September 1905 – 18 May 1991) was an English screenwriter and director, Britain's most prolific female director, having directed 12 feature films and one featurette. Her screenplay for '' The Seventh Veil'' (co-written with husband Sydney Box) won an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Early life Violette Muriel Baker was born in Simla, Poplar Grove, New Malden, Surrey, on 22 September 1905. She was the third child of Caroline Beatrice (''née'' Doney) (1872–1961) and Charles Stephen Baker (''d''. 1945). Her mother had been a pupil teacher, a maid, and an assistant in a magic lantern shop. Her father worked as a clerk for the South Western Railway at Waterloo. Her family called young Muriel "Tiggy". She attended St Matthew's School, Tolworth, for her primary school years moving up to Holy Cross Convent in Wimbledon in 1915, but was expelled, mostly as she had not been baptised. She then transferred to Surbiton High Sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Knight (actor)
David Stephen Knight (January 16, 1928 – December 20, 2020) was an American film and television actor who worked for many years in Britain. He began his screen career as a contract player for the Rank Organisation who used him as the male lead in several of its productions. He was married in 1963 to the Scottish actress Wendy McClure (1930–2022) and they had two children. Selected filmography Film * '' The Young Lovers'' (1954) * ''Out of the Clouds'' (1955) * ''Eyewitness'' (1956) * '' Lost (film)'' (1956) * '' Across the Bridge'' (1957) * ''Battle of the V-1'' (1958) * ''Clue of the Twisted Candle'' (1960) * ''A Story of David'' (1961) * ''The Devil's Agent'' (1962) * ''Nightmare'' (1964) Television * ''A Mask for Alexis'' (1959) * ''Interpol Calling'' (1960) * ''Sergeant Cork'' (1966) * ''Mrs Thursday ''Mrs Thursday'' is a British television comedy-drama produced by Associated Television. The series was devised by Ted Willis and featured scripts by Jack Rosenthal. ... [...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] |
Variety (magazine)
''Variety'' is an American trade magazine owned by Penske Media Corporation. It was founded by Sime Silverman in New York City in 1905 as a weekly newspaper reporting on theater and vaudeville. In 1933, ''Daily Variety'' was launched, based in Los Angeles, to cover the film industry, motion-picture industry. ''Variety'' website features entertainment news, reviews, box office results, plus a credits database, production charts and film calendar. History Founding ''Variety'' has been published since December 16, 1905, when it was launched by Sime Silverman as a weekly periodical covering theater and vaudeville, with its headquarters in New York City. Silverman had been fired by ''The Morning Telegraph'' in 1905 for panning an act which had taken out an advert for $50. He subsequently decided to start his own publication that, he said, would "not be influenced by advertising." With a loan of $1,500 from his father-in-law, he launched ''Variety'' as publisher and editor. In additi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Women's Weekly
''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known simply as ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Are Media in Sydney and founded in 1933. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by the Australian edition of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' in 2014. , ''The Weekly'' has overtaken '' Better Homes and Gardens'' again, coming out on top as Australia's most read magazine. The magazine invested in the 2020 film ''I Am Woman'' about Helen Reddy, singer and feminist icon. History and profile The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer and Ted Theodore as a weekly publication. The first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out by William Edwin Pidgeon who went on to do many famous covers over the next 25 years. It was to have two distinctive features; firstly, the newspaper's features would have an element of topicality, and secondly the magazine would appeal to all Australian women, reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neville Heath
Neville George Clevely Heath (6 June 1917 – 16 October 1946) was an English murderer who killed two young women in the summer of 1946. He was Capital punishment, executed in Pentonville Prison, London, in October 1946. Early life and career Neville Heath was born in Ilford, Essex. Although he came from a lower middle class background, his father, who was a barber, made considerable financial sacrifices so that his son could attend Rutlish School, a prestigious grammar school in Merton Park, London. Heath joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1937, but was dishonorable discharge, dismissed for going absent without leave. He was later caught obtaining pecuniary advantage by deception, obtaining credit by fraud, and six months later was sent to a borstal for burglary, housebreaking and forgery. Heath used a number of Pseudonym, aliases, including Lord Dudley and Lieutenant-Colonel Armstrong. At the beginning of the World War II, Second World War, Heath joined the Royal Army Service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hal Osmond
Hal Osmond (27 May 1903 – December 1959) was a British stage, film and television actor. He played Anselm in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' episode "Errand of Mercy" (1956). Selected filmography * '' Non-Stop New York'' (1937) - Ship Steward (uncredited) * '' Old Mother Riley in Paris'' (1938) - Orderly (uncredited) * '' The Rake's Progress'' (1945) - Corporal in Scout Car (uncredited) * '' The Courtneys of Curzon Street'' (1947) - Fireman (uncredited) * '' The Greed of William Hart'' (1948) - Hospital Porter (uncredited) * '' Miranda'' (1948) - Railway Carman * '' My Brother's Keeper'' (1948) - Ticket Clerk at Shorebury (uncredited) * '' Quartet'' (1948) - Bookshop Assistant (segment "The Colonel's Lady") * '' Here Come the Huggetts'' (1948) - 2nd. Engineer * '' Once Upon a Dream'' (1949) - Bailiff * '' Vote for Huggett'' (1949) - Fishmonger * '' It's Not Cricket'' (1949) - Stage Manager * '' A Boy, a Girl and a Bike'' (1949) - Mr. Bates * '' Marry Me'' (1949) - Man in Restau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Oliver
Anthony Oliver (4 July 1922 – November 1995) was a Welsh film, television and stage actor. Selected filmography * ''Once a Jolly Swagman'' (1949) – Derek * ''All Over the Town'' (1949) – P.C. Butt * '' A Run for Your Money'' (1949) – Miner (uncredited) * '' Waterfront'' (1950) – Prison Warder (uncredited) * ''The Magnet'' (1950) – Policeman * '' The Clouded Yellow'' (1950) – Detective (uncredited) * '' The Happy Family'' (1952) – Fireman * ''Emergency Call'' (1952) – Police Constable * '' Gift Horse'' (1952) – Ship's Officer, Guns * '' Penny Princess'' (1952) – Selby's Valet (uncredited) * '' Cosh Boy'' (1953) – Doctor (uncredited) * '' Street Corner'' (1953) – Stanley Foster * ''The Runaway Bus'' (1954) – Duty Officer * ''Shetlandsgjengen'' (1954) – Narrator (voice) * ''To Dorothy a Son'' (1954) – Express Reporter * '' Mad About Men'' (1954) – Pawnbroker * ''To Dorothy a Son'' (1954) – Pawnbroker * '' They Can't Hang Me'' (1955) – Inspect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Heathcote
Thomas Heathcote (9 September 1917 – 5 January 1986) was a British character actor, a former protégé of Laurence Olivier. He was educated at Bradfield College in Bradfield, near Reading in Berkshire, England. His films included '' A Night to Remember'' (1958), '' Village of the Damned'' (1960), ''Billy Budd'' (1962), '' A Man for All Seasons'' (1966), '' Night of the Big Heat'' (1967) and '' Quatermass and the Pit'' (1967). On television he had notable guest roles in ''Dixon of Dock Green'', ''The Prisoner'', ''Z-Cars'' and ''The Onedin Line'', and several years as farmer Ed Lawton in the teatime soap '' Crossroads''. Heathcote was also a regular actor in BBC radio drama, notably in several series of Paul Temple. Selected filmography * ''Dance Hall'' (1950) - Fred * '' Cloudburst'' (1951) - Jackie * '' Malta Story'' (1953) - Soldier (uncredited) * ''The Sword and the Rose'' (1953) - Wrestling Second * '' The Red Beret'' (1953) - Alf * ''Blood Orange'' (1953) - Detective ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Cuthbertson
Allan Darling Cuthbertson (7 April 1920 – 8 February 1988) was an Australian actor. He was best known for playing stern-faced military officers in British films of the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Cuthbertson was born in Perth, Western Australia, son of Ernest and Isobel Ferguson (Darling) Cuthbertson. He performed on stage and radio from an early age. During the Second World War, he served as a flight lieutenant with the Royal Australian Air Force from 6 December 1941 to 1 July 1947, including service with 111 Air Sea Rescue Flight. Career Cuthbertson arrived in Britain in 1947, and appeared shortly thereafter as Romeo in ''Romeo and Juliet'' at the Boltons. In London's West End, he appeared as Laertes in ''Hamlet'', Aimwell in '' The Beaux Stratagem'', and Octavius Robinson in '' Man and Superman'', among many other roles. He was often cast in military roles, which was quite common in actors of his generation, especially those with a military air about them. He made a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leslie Dwyer
Leslie Gilbert Dwyer (28 August 1906 – 26 December 1986) was an English film and television actor. Career He was born in Catford, the son of the popular music hall comedian Johnny Dwyer, and acted from the age of ten and appeared in his first film in 1921. He is perhaps best known to television audiences for his role as the Punch and Judy man Mr Partridge in BBC sitcom '' Hi-de-Hi!''. Film roles included ''In Which We Serve'' (1942), ''The Way Ahead'' (1944), the 1952 remake of '' Hindle Wakes'', '' Act of Love'' (1953) in which he played a two hander scene opposite the young Brigitte Bardot, '' Room in the House'' (1955), the 1959 remake of Hitchcock's '' The 39 Steps'', and '' Die, Monster, Die!'' (1966). He played Sergeant Dusty Miller in the original 1942 production of Terence Rattigan's play ''Flare Path''. He played Drinkwater in the 1953 television production of George Bernard Shaw's ''Captain Brassbound's Conversion''. His most notable television role was as Mr. Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicholas Parsons
Christopher Nicholas Parsons (10 October 1923 – 28 January 2020) was an English actor, straight man and radio and television presenter. He was the long-running presenter of the comedy radio show ''Just a Minute'' and hosted the game show '' Sale of the Century'' during the 1970s and early 1980s. Parsons was born and grew up in Grantham, Lincolnshire, and was educated at St Paul's School, London. He became a full-time actor following the Second World War and began appearing in various theatre, film and television roles, including support to Arthur Haynes as his straight man. He began presenting ''Just a Minute'' in 1967 and never missed a show until 2018. In addition to his well-known roles on this and ''Sale of the Century'', he appeared as a guest on other television shows, including ''Doctor Who'' and '' Have I Got News for You''. Early life Christopher Nicholas Parsons was born on 10 October 1923 at 1 Castlegate, Grantham, Lincolnshire; he was the middle child of the fami ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
