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Neil Hallett
Neil Hallett (born John W. Neil; 30 June 1924 – 5 December 2004) was a Belgian-born English actor. His stage name was taken from a combination of his proper surname, Neil, and his grandmother's maiden name, Hallet. He began his acting career in regional repertory in 1947, making his West End theatre, West End debut two years later in the army comedy ''Maiden's Prayer''. Also on stage, he spent over a year in the mid-1950s playing opposite David Tomlinson and Kathleen Harrison in the hit comedy ''All for Mary''. He played the same role, again opposite Tomlinson and Harrison, in Wendy Toye's 1955 film version. Starting in 1952, he appeared in many British television series, including ''The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series), The Adventures of Robin Hood'', ''No Hiding Place'', ''The Avengers (TV series), The Avengers'', ''Out of the Unknown'', ''Department S (TV series), Department S'', ''Z-Cars'', ''UFO (British TV series), UFO'', ''The New Avengers (TV series), The New Av ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Avengers (TV Series)
''The Avengers'' is a British Spy fiction, espionage television series that aired from 7 January 1961 to 21 April 1969. It initially focused on David Keel (Ian Hendry), aided by John Steed (Patrick Macnee). Ian Hendry left after the first series; Steed then became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants. His most famous assistants were intelligent, stylish, and assertive women: Cathy Gale (Honor Blackman), Emma Peel (Diana Rigg), and Tara King (Linda Thorson). Dresses and suits for the series were made by Pierre Cardin. The series screened as one-hour episodes for its entire run. The first episode, "Hot Snow (The Avengers), Hot Snow", aired on 7 January 1961. The final episode, "Bizarre", aired on 21 April 1969 in the United States, and on 17 May 1969 in the United Kingdom. ''The Avengers'' was produced by ABC Weekend TV, a contractor within the ITV (TV network), ITV network. After a merger with Rediffusion London in July 1968, ABC Weekend became Thames T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeeves And Wooster
''Jeeves and Wooster'' is a British comedy television series adapted by Clive Exton from P. G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. It aired on the ITV network from 22 April 1990 to 20 June 1993, with the last series nominated for a British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series. Set in the UK and the US in an unspecified period between the late 1920s and the 1930s, the series starred Hugh Laurie as Bertie Wooster, an affable young gentleman and member of the idle rich, and Stephen Fry as Jeeves, his highly intelligent and competent valet. Bertie and his friends, who are mainly members of the Drones Club, are extricated from all manner of societal misadventures by the indispensable Jeeves. When Fry and Laurie began the series, they were already a popular comedic double act for their regular appearances on Channel 4's '' Saturday Live'' and their own show ''A Bit of Fry & Laurie'' (BBC, 1987–95). In the television documentary ''Fry and Laurie Reunited'' (2010), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Can You Keep It Up For A Week?
''Can You Keep It Up For A Week?'' is a 1974 British sex comedy film directed by Jim Atkinson and starring Jeremy Bulloch, Sue Longhurst, Neil Hallett, Richard O'Sullivan and Valerie Leon. Plot Accident-prone Gil wants a steady job but is dismissed by every company that recruits him due to his unfortunate habit of ending up in sexually embarrassing situations. His girlfriend Annette says that she will marry him only if he can stay employed for at least a week. Hired by Mr Grimwood's cleaning company "Here To Service You", Gil is unwittingly drawn into a series of bawdy misadventures: sharing a bath with a married woman and getting caught by her husband; having a threesome with a hospital patient and a woman doctor, followed by a foursome with Annette, Grimwood and a woman psychologist; awkward encounters with a gay man and a lesbian; and getting caught by Annette playing strip poker with a group of women. Incredibly, Gil remains in his job, so Annette asks Grimwood to fire him ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virgin Witch
''Virgin Witch'' is a British horror sexploitation film directed by Ray Austin and starring Ann and Vicki Michelle, Patricia Haines and Neil Hallett. A prospective model and her sister join a coven of white wizards. The film was shot in 1970 and is copyrighted as a 1971 production. However, censorship problems would mean it was not widely seen until 1972. Plot Sisters Christine and Betty run away from home to find work as models. They are given a lift to London by Johnny, a businessman who is instantly attracted to Betty. Christine successfully auditions for unscrupulous modelling agent Sybil Waite and is offered a weekend's work shooting an advert at a house in the country. Betty goes with her. The modelling job is actually a ploy to initiate Christine into a coven of white wizards led by Sybil and the owner of the house, Gerald Amberley. Christine, who is shown to have psychic ability, willingly undergoes the initiation ritual, during which her virginity is taken by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1000 Convicts And A Woman
''Fun and Games'' (US title: ''1000 Convicts and a Woman'') is a 1971 British comedy-drama and sexploitation film directed by Ray Austin and starring Alexandra Hay, Sandor Elès, Harry Baird and Neil Hallett. The original screenplay was written by Academy Award nominee Oscar Brodney. Plot Seventeen year-old Angela Thorne returns from an American boarding school to live with her father, who has turned his country estate into an experimental open prison, of which he is the Governor. She seeks sexual attention from various prison inmates, leading to blackmail and death. Cast *Alexandra Hay as Angela Thorne *Sandor Elès as Paul Floret * Harry Baird as Carl *Neil Hallett as Warden Thorne *Robert Brown as Ralph * Fredric Abbott as Forbus * David Bauer as Gribney * Peter J. Elliott as Matthews * Tracy Reed as Linda * Stella Tanner as Mrs. Jackson Critical reception The Los Angeles Times film critic Kevin Thomas penned a positive review, writing, "...slickly made... it is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Groupie Girl
''Groupie Girl'' is a 1970 British drama film, directed by Derek Ford and starring Esme Johns, Donald Sumpter and the band Opal Butterfly. The film was written by Ford and former groupie Suzanne Mercer. The film was released in America in December 1970 by American International Pictures as ''I am a Groupie'' and in France in 1973, with additional sex scenes, as ''Les demi-sels de la perversion'' (''The Pimps of Perversion''). It was re-released in France in 1974 as ''Les affamées du mâle'' (''Man-Hungry Women''), this time with hardcore inserts credited to 'Derek Fred'. Seventeen minutes of hardcore footage, shot for the film, were discovered in 2024. Plot Sally runs away from her strict upbringing, straight to London, where she sleeps with men from pop groups. Cast * Billy Boyle as Wesley * Donald Sumpter as Steve * Richard Shaw as Morrie * Esme Johns as Sally * James Beck as Brian * Paul Bacon as Alfred * Neil Hallett as Detective Sergeant * Flanagan as Thief * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sexploitation
A sexploitation film (or sex-exploitation film) is a class of independently produced, Low-budget film, low-budget feature film that is generally associated with the 1960s and early 1970s, and that serves largely as a vehicle for the exhibition of non-explicit sexual situations and Nudity in film, gratuitous nudity. The genre is a subgenre of exploitation films. The term "sexploitation" has been used since the 1940s. In the United States, exploitation films were generally exhibited in urban grindhouse, grindhouse theatres, which were the precursors to the Adult theater, adult movie theaters of the 1970s and 1980s that featured hardcore pornography content. In Latin American cinema, Latin America (most notably in Argentina), exploitation and sexploitation films had meandering and complex relations with both moviegoers and government institutions: they were sometimes censored by democratic (but socially conservative) administrations and/or authoritarian dictatorships (Operation Cond ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Game For Vultures
''Game for Vultures'' is a 1979 British thriller film starring Richard Harris, Joan Collins, and Richard Roundtree. It was directed by James Fargo and based on the 1975 novel with the same name by Michael Hartmann set during the Rhodesian Bush War. Plot During the late 1970s, as the Rhodesian Bush War reached its height, arms dealer David Swansey (Richard Harris) is a "sanctions-busting" specialist, one of many who keeps the Rhodesian Security Forces supplied through black-market purchases despite an extensive international arms embargo. Swansey's latest assignment is to arrange the illicit purchase of military helicopters, which he acquires in the form of surplus Bell UH-1s being auctioned from a United States Air Force base in West Germany. However, word of this transaction is soon leaked to a foreign office of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), which applies strong political pressure in an attempt to kill the deal in its cradle. Due to this, the helicopters are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Model For Murder
''Model for Murder'' is a 1959 British second feature ('B') crime film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Keith Andes, Hazel Court and Jean Aubrey. It was written by Bishop and Robert Dunbar from a story by Peter Fraser. Plot American sailor David Martens, on shore leave in England, visits his brother Jack's grave. He meets fashion designer Sally Meadows, who by coincidence works with Jack's ex-fiancée, Diana, a model. Successful stylist Kingsley Beauchamp and financial backer and designer Madame Dupont own the company where Sally and Diana are employed. Expensive borrowed diamonds are to be worn by Diana when she models a new dress, but Beauchamp hires two men, Costard and Podd, to break into the safe after hours and steal the gems. Diana stumbles on the robbery, and Costard kills her with a knife. David is passing the studio and sees Diane collapse into the window with a knife in her back. He breaks in to help her, but Costard knocks him unconscious and is about to k ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
X The Unknown
''X the Unknown'' is a 1956 British science fiction horror film directed by Leslie Norman and starring Dean Jagger, Leo McKern and Edward Chapman. It was made by the Hammer Film Productions company and written by Jimmy Sangster, at the suggestion of Anthony Hinds. This was the first film Jimmy Sangster ever scripted, and its success started his entire screenwriting career. The film is significant in that "it firmly established Hammer's transition from B-movie thrillers to out-and-out horror/science fiction" and, with '' The Quatermass Xperiment'' (1955) and '' Quatermass 2'' (1957), completes "an important trilogy containing relevant allegorical threads revealing Cold War anxieties and a diminishing national identity resulting from Britain's decrease in status as a world power". The film's special effects were handled by Les Bowie and Jack Curtis, Bernard Robinson and Jimmy Sangster were Production Designers, Chris Sutton was Assistant Director and Phil Leakey did Makeup. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Informer (TV Series)
''The Informer'' is a British drama series that starred Ian Hendry, it was broadcast in two series in 1966 and 1967. Most episodes are considered lost, but several have survived. Plot A former barrister Alex Lambert (played by Ian Hendry) who had been disgraced and disbarred has to rebuild his life. He uses his former contacts on both sides of the law to become a paid informer for the Police. Living well from the rewards paid by insurance companies, Lambert still has to hide his activities from both his wife and others behind a new persona in the guise as a business consultant. Other regulars in the series included Jean Marsh, Neil Hallett and Heather Sears. Guest actors included Peter Bowles, Peter Vaughan, Trevor Bannister, George Cole, Nerys Hughes, David Kelly, Murray Melvin, Eric Pohlmann Eric Pohlmann (; born Erich Pollak; 18 July 1913 – 25 July 1979) was an Austrian theatre, film and television character actor who worked mostly in the United Kingdom. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Marsh
Jean Lyndsey Torren Marsh (1 July 1934 – 13 April 2025) was an English actress and writer. She co-created and starred in the ITV series '' Upstairs, Downstairs'' (1971–1975), for which she won the 1975 Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her performance as Rose Buck. She reprised the role in the BBC's revival of the series (2010–2012). Marsh co-created the television series ''The House of Eliott'' in 1991. Her film appearances include ''Cleopatra'' (1963), '' Frenzy'' (1972), '' The Eagle Has Landed'' (1976), '' The Changeling'' (1980), '' Return to Oz'' (1985), ''Willow'' (1988), ''Fatherland'' (1994) and ''Monarch'' (2000). She is also known for three roles in ''Doctor Who'': as Joan of England in '' The Crusade''; Sara Kingdom, a companion of the First Doctor; and a villain opposite the Seventh Doctor. She was briefly married to Jon Pertwee, who played the Third Doctor in the series, from 1955 to 1960. Early life Marsh was born on 1 Ju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
