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The Capone Investment
''The Capone Investment'' is a 1974 British drama series directed by Alan Gibson and starring Glyn Owen, Peter Sallis, Isobel Black and John Thaw. It was written by Ian Kennedy Martin and produced by Southern Television. The plot concerns the whereabouts of Al Capone's illegal gains, garnered during the Prohibition era. The series comprised six 30-minute episodes. It was shown by the UK free-to-air vintage film and nostalgia television channel Talking Pictures TV in June 2024. Synopsis Chief Inspector Reaygo is assigned to investigate the murder of an American man named Milland, who was shot by a sniper. He is paired with Wheatfield, an agent of shadowy government agency DI6. They soon discover a second body, that of Milland's associate, who has been shot in identical circumstances. These two deaths are followed shortly by that of George Hunter, a local businessman. Hunter's son Tom decides to investigate his father's murder. Tom discovers his father was spending beyond his me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Kennedy Martin
Ian Kennedy Martin (born 23 May 1936) is a British television scriptwriter who created the action drama series ''The Sweeney'' (1975–78). Career He began his television career in the 1960s, first as a script editor on the military police drama series ''Redcap'' (1964)''Troy Kennedy Martin'', Lez Cooke, Manchester University Press, 2007, p.12 and then later as a writer on series such as ''The Troubleshooters'' (1965). In 1971 he worked on the popular BBC drama series ''The Onedin Line'', which ran for nine years until 1980. He also wrote the 1974 drama series '' The Capone Investment''. He is best known for creating the popular police action drama series ''The Sweeney'',''Best of British: Cinema and Society from 1930 to Present'', by Anthony Aldgate, IB Tauris, 1999, p. 143 produced by Euston Films for Thames Television, which ran on the ITV network from 1975 to 1978. It also spawned two feature film spin-offs. He is also known for writing the 1975 action film '' Mitchell''. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 British Television Series Endings
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Greek junta's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a parliamentary republic and Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the FIFA World Cup in West Germany, in which the hosts won the championship title, as well as ''The Rumble in the Jungle'', a boxing match between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Zaire. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1974 British Television Series Debuts
Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of President of the United States, United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; following List of Prime Ministers of Israel, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir's resignation in response to high Israeli casualties, she was succeeded by Yitzhak Rabin. In Europe, the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, invasion and occupation of northern Cyprus by Turkey, Turkish troops initiated the Cyprus dispute, the Carnation Revolution took place in Portugal, the Greek junta's collapse paves the way for the establishment of a Metapolitefsi, parliamentary republic and Chancellor of Germany, Chancellor of West Germany Willy Brandt resigned following an Guillaume affair, espionage scandal surrounding his secretary Günter Guillaume. In sports, the year was primarily dominated by the 1974 FIFA World Cup, FIFA World ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1970s British Drama Television Series
Year 197 ( CXCVII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Magius and Rufinus (or, less frequently, year 950 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 197 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * February 19 – Battle of Lugdunum: Emperor Septimius Severus defeats the self-proclaimed emperor Clodius Albinus at Lugdunum (modern Lyon). Albinus commits suicide; legionaries sack the town. * Septimius Severus returns to Rome and has about 30 of Albinus's supporters in the Senate executed. After his victory he declares himself the adopted son of the late Marcus Aurelius. * Septimius Severus forms new naval units, manning all the triremes in Italy with heavily armed troops for war in the East. His soldiers embark on an artificial canal between the Tigris a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Shaw (actor)
Richard Shaw (19 November 1920 – 11 April 2010) was an English actor remembered for appearing in the science fiction franchises '' Quatermass'' and ''Doctor Who'', as well as having a regular role as henchman Ryan in the children's series '' Freewheelers''. He was a regular face on British TV networks BBC and ITV. Shaw played many supporting roles, mostly British crime films, through the 50s, 60s and 70s. He locked the bunker, full of Nazis and their families, before it was filled with gasoline and grenades were dropped in during the last scenes of the Second World War movie '' The Dirty Dozen''. He also performed stunt roles. During the latter part of his career, in 1980, he played the love interest of both '' Bet Lynch'' and '' Elsie Tanner'', Dan Johnson, in the UK soap opera ''Coronation Street''. Shaw appeared in the 1959 BBC TV serial of '' Quatermass and the Pit'' playing drill operator Sladden. The series was remastered and rereleased by the BBC in 2018. He was asked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Bown
John Bown (1 July 1934 – 5 November 2017) was a British actor, film director, and screenwriter. He is best known for his role as Commander Neil Stafford in the final season of the television series '' Doomwatch''. Life and career John Bown was born on 1 July 1934 in Corfe Mullen, Dorset and educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Wimborne Minster. He trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) and some time after went into repertory in Salisbury and Birmingham. He played Jack Hunter in the British premiere of '' The Rose Tattoo'', performed by the New Shakespeare Theatre Company under the direction of Sam Wanamaker in November 1958, and continued in the role when the company transferred the production to the New Theatre, London in 1959. His performance was described as "impressive" by one critic, with another saying "the love-scene between Miss Feller and Mr Bown, for all its wild abandon on her part and desperate abstentions on his, has a rare and te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Coleman
Richard Coleman (20 January 1930 – 16 December 2008) was a British film, television and stage actor. Early life Richard Coleman was born Ronald Coleman in Peckham, London in 1930. He was educated at Wilson's Grammar School, Peckham. After three years' National Service in the R.A.F., he worked as a salesman in a West End gentleman's outfitters. While there he became interested in amateur dramatics, joining "The Taverners", a group which visited local inns and public houses, giving performances of Shakespeare. Bob and Frances Fish, who ran The Taverners, recognised Coleman's potential and entered him in 1951 for the Leverhulme Scholarship to RADA, which he won. To make ends meet during the Academy's vacations, he was forced to do a variety of jobs, including working on the Thames River Bus and selling razors. He graduated from RADA in 1953 with the Principal’s Medal. He adopted the stage name Richard Coleman, to avoid confusion with the film star Ronald Colman. He then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jill Dixon
Jill Dixon (born 1935) is an English actress. Personal life and career Jill Dixon was born in England in 1935. She made her debut as an actress at the age of three, appearing as a water nymph at the London Hippodrome. Although she appeared in several films, the majority of Dixon's career were parts in television series and television films. Her last film was the 1964 horror film ''Witchcraft'' co-starring Lon Chaney, Diane Clare and Jack Hedley. Dixon also acted in various Shakespeare stage productions including ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''King Lear'' and ''Love's Labour's Lost''. Filmography * ''The Crowded Day'' (1954) as Jenny the maid * ''Up in the World'' (1956) as Sylvia * '' Checkpoint'' (1956) as Stewardess * '' The Secret Place'' (1957) as Joan (uncredited) * '' High Tide at Noon'' (1957) as Matille Trudeau * '' Just My Luck'' (1957) as Anne * '' A Night to Remember'' (1958) as Mrs Clarke * ''Witchcraft'' (1964) as Tracy Lanier TV * ''The Queen Came By'' – TV film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Curram
Roland Kingsford Bernard Curram (6 June 1932 – 1 June 2025) was an English actor and author. Career Curram was educated at Brighton College and has had a long film, television and theatre career. His appearances include Julie Christie's travelling companion in three-time Academy Awards, Oscar-winning film ''Darling (1965 film), Darling'' and expatriate Freddie in the BBC soap opera ''Eldorado (TV series), Eldorado''. In 1979, he played Brian Pilbeam in the first series of ''Terry and June''. The Pilbeams were Terry and June's annoying neighbours until the Sprys moved in. He also starred as Harold Perkins in the acclaimed BBC TV series ''Big Jim and the Figaro Club'' which was broadcast in July and August 1981. He was married from 1964 until 1985 to the actress Sheila Gish, with whom he had two daughters, the actors Lou Gish (1967–2006) and Kay Curram (b. 1974). Curram came out as gay in the early 1990s and left acting to carve out a second career as a novelist. He was survi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prohibition Era
Prohibition is the act or practice of forbidding something by law; more particularly the term refers to the banning of the manufacturing, manufacture, storage (whether in barrels or in bottles), transportation, sale, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages. The word is also used to refer to a period of time during which such bans are enforced. History Some kind of limitation on the trade in alcohol can be seen in the Code of Hammurabi () specifically banning the selling of beer for money. It could only be bartered for barley: "If a beer seller do not receive barley as the price for beer, but if she receive money or make the beer a measure smaller than the barley measure received, they shall throw her into the water." A Greek city-state of Eleutherna passed a law against drunkenness in the 6th century BCE, although exceptions were made for religious rituals. In the early twentieth century, much of the impetus for the prohibition movement in the Nordic countries and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Gibson (director)
Alan Gibson (April 28, 1938 – July 5, 1987) was a Canadian director active in British film and television. Gibson was born in London, Ontario in 1938. He was particularly notable in his early years for his work in horror. The films he directed include '' Journey to Midnight'' (1968), ''Crescendo'' (1970), '' Dracula A.D. 1972'', ''The Satanic Rites of Dracula'' (1973), '' Checkered Flag or Crash'' (1977), '' Witness for the Prosecution'' (1982) and ''A Woman Called Golda'' (1982) starring Ingrid Bergman. His television work includes '' Eh Joe'' (1965), '' The Capone Investment'' (1974), '' Churchill and the Generals'' (1979) and '' The Charmer'' (1987). Alan Gibson came up with the idea for '' The Flipside of Dominick Hide'' (1980), a ''Play for Today'' he co-wrote with Jeremy Paul and directed. As a child he had overheard his family discussing a recent UFO report and thought to himself: "Since there had been sightings of flying saucers recorded throughout history, it occurred t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
