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Elwyn Brook-Jones is a Actor British born on 11 december 1911 at Sarawak (Malaisie)
Elwyn Brook-Jones (11 December 1911 – 4 September 1962) was a British film and television actor.
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 11 december 1911 at Sarawak (Malaisie)
Death 4 september 1962 (at 50 years) at Reading (United-kingdom)
Birth 11 december 1911 at Sarawak (Malaisie)
Death 4 september 1962 (at 50 years) at Reading (United-kingdom)
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, 1h34Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education
Actors Cecil Parker, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Eric Barker, Thorley Walters, Irene Handl
Roles Emir
Rating60%
The girls burn their school to the ground, and subsequently are found guilty at the Old Bailey. The judge, however, is keen on leggy blonde Rosalie (Julie Alexander), and under her influence the girls are freed when Professor Canford of the University of Bagdad (Cecil Parker) claims he can rehabilitate the girls with the tutelage of teacher Miss Harker-Packer (Irene Handl), and requests they be placed in his custody for a 12-month probationary period. Canford’s real scheme is not so benevolent, and he has ulterior motives for sending the St. Trinian’s Sixth Form girls, along with Flash Harry (George Cole) and police Sgt. Ruby Gates (Joyce Grenfell), on a bogus cultural tour of the Greek Islands aboard a luxury yacht.
The Ugly Duckling (1959)
, 1h24Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Bernard Bresslaw, Jon Pertwee, Reginald Beckwith, Jean Muir, Maudie Edwards, Richard Wattis
Roles Dandy
Rating55%
Henry Jekyll (Bernard Bresslaw) is a bungling, awkward and socially inept buffoon working in his uncle's pharmacy. One day he discovers an old formula created by his uncle which claims to turn 'a man of timid disposition into a bold, fearless dragon'. He eagerly mixes the formula, takes one drink, and is transformed into the suave, dashing and self-confident Teddy Hyde. Teddy immediately becomes a darling of society and a big hit with the ladies. However he also craves the thrill of becoming a master criminal, and recruits a gang of expert crooks to join him in carrying out a series of daring and ambitious jewel robberies.
The Duke Wore Jeans (1958)
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Tommy Steele, Michael Medwin, June Laverick, Eric Pohlmann, Alan Wheatley, Noel Hood
Roles Bartolomeo
Rating52%
Passport to Shame (1958)
, 1h26Directed by Alvin Rakoff
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about prostitution
Actors Diana Dors, Herbert Lom, Eddie Constantine, Odile Versois, Brenda De Banzie, Robert Brown
Roles Solicitor Heath
Rating64%
A French girl gets mixed up in a life of prostitution.
Assignment Redhead (1956)
, 1h19Directed by Maclean Rogers
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Denning, Ronald Adam, Carole Mathews, Danny Green, Brian Worth, Jan Holden
Roles Digby Mitchel
Rating48%
A murderous international master criminal (played by Ronald Adam), who specialises in providing false travel documents, seeks to get his hands on a hoard of counterfeit cash.
The Gilded Cage (1955)
, 1h17Directed by John Gilling
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Alex Nicol, Veronica Hurst, Clifford Evans, Ursula Howells, Elwyn Brook-Jones, John Stuart
Roles Bruno Lucas
Rating52%
Two brothers become involved with criminals planning a major art heist only to be framed by them for the theft.
Beau Brummell (1954)
, 1h53Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Stewart Granger, Peter Ustinov, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Morley, James Donald, James Hayter
Roles Mr. Tupp
Rating63%
Au début du XIX siècle, à Londres, George, alias « Beau » Brummell, un jeune roturier devenu militaire, consacre toute son énergie à l'emporter sur ses rivaux mondains par l'élégance et par l'esprit. Il parvient ainsi à gagner l'amitié éblouie du régent, le prince de Galles, rejeton obèse, futile et despotique du roi fou George III. Désormais favori à la cour, il se demande aussi, entre deux choix cornéliens de cravate, s'il convient d'épouser sa maîtresse, l'ensorcelante Lady Patricia...
The Harassed Hero (1954)
, 1h1Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Guy Middleton, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Mary Mackenzie, Harold Goodwin, Harold Goodwin
Roles Logan
Rating56%
Wealthy hypochondriac bachelor Murray Selwyn (Guy Middleton) has been ordered by his doctors to avoid stress, but unfortunately finds himself face to face with a gang of counterfeiters. Murray has unwittingly come into possession of the printing plates the gang is after. His stress levels escalate further when Murray's nurse (Joan Winmill Brown) is kidnapped by the gang.
Three Steps In The Dark (1953)
, 1h1Directed by Daniel Birt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Greta Gynt, Hugh Sinclair, Sarah Lawson, Elwyn Brook-Jones, John Van Eyssen, Katie Johnson
Roles Wilbrahim
Rating56%
A rich but disliked elderly man invites his relatives to a family reunion at his home. Once the gathering is complete, he announces enigmatically that he intends to change his will before he dies. Before he can do this, he is murdered. His niece (Gynt), a detective story writer, has to put her theories into practice by solving a real-life murder mystery.
Judgment Deferred (1952)
, 1h28Directed by John Baxter
Genres Crime
Actors Hugh Sinclair, Abraham Sofaer, Joan Collins, Leslie Dwyer, Harry Locke, Elwyn Brook-Jones
Roles Coxon
Rating57%
With the assistance of a journalist a group of refugees and down and outs try and unmask the criminal who has framed one of their number as a drug dealer.
I'll Get You for This (1951)
, 1h27Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Raft, Coleen Gray, Enzo Staiola, Charles Goldner, Walter Rilla, Martin Benson
Roles The Fence
Rating59%
American gambler Nick Cain (Raft) arrives at the town of San Paola, and befriends shoe-shine boy Toni (Staiola). He discovers he has been framed for the murder of a U.S. Treasury Agent. He escapes with Kay Wonderly (Gray) to a village, leaving her to hide out. Cain gets help from Massine (Goldner), whom he does not trust. He uncovers an international counterfeiting ring, members of which are responsible for the murder.
The Wonder Kid (1951)
Directed by Karl Hartl
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Films about music and musicians
Actors Bobby Henrey, Elwyn Brook-Jones, Muriel Aked, Oskar Werner, Sebastian Cabot
Roles Mr. Gorik
Rating62%
Sebastian Giro is a ten-year-old French boy and child musical prodigy found in an orphanage by Mr Gorik (Elwyn Brook-Jones) who exploits the youngster’s talent as a classical pianist and turns him into an international celebrity. He even tells everyone that the boy is only seven years old to make the boy wonder’s talent seem all the more remarkable.
The Small Back Room (1949)
, 1h46Directed by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors David Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack Hawkins, Leslie Banks, Michael Gough, Cyril Cusack
Roles Gladwin
Rating70%
Sammy Rice (David Farrar) is a British scientist working with a specialist "back room" team in London during World War II. Rice is embittered because he feels military scientific research is being incompetently managed. He is also enduring unremitting pain from his artificial foot. The painkillers he has been prescribed are ineffective, and his use of alcohol as an analgesic has led to his alcoholism. His girlfriend Susan (Kathleen Byron) puts up with his self-pitying, self-destructive behaviour as long as she can, but finally breaks up with him, telling him that he lacks the ambition to better himself.
Dear Mr. Prohack (1949)
, 1h31Directed by Thornton Freeland
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Cecil Parker, Dirk Bogarde, Hermione Baddeley, Sheila Sim, Glynis Johns, Denholm Elliott
Roles Benny Erivangian
Rating60%
A civil servant who is extremely frugal with the government's money, suddenly inherits a large fortune and becomes a spendthrift.
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
, 2h16Directed by Robert Stevenson, Leslie Arliss, Anthony Kimmins, Alexander Korda
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Judy Campbell, Jack Hawkins, Morland Graham, John Laurie
Roles The Duke of Cumberland
Rating52%
In 1745, Flora MacDonald plays a Jacobite song on the piano and is scolded by her stepfather for its seditious nature. In Italy, James, the Old Pretender, wants to make another attempt at regaining the English throne but is worried that he is too old. It is decided to send his son, Charles.