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John Baines is a Scriptwriter born on 1 january 1909
John Baines est un scénariste britannique né en 1909 et mort en avril 1962.
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Birth 1 january 1909
Death 1 january 1962 (at 53 years)
Death 1 january 1962 (at 53 years)
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The Hands of Orlac (1960)
, 1h35Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Mel Ferrer, Dany Carrel, Christopher Lee, Felix Aylmer, Lucile Saint-Simon, Donald Wolfit
Roles Writer
Rating56%
Pianiste célèbre, Stephen Orlac subit une opération chirurgicale des mains après avoir été victime d'un accident d'avion. Quelques mois plus tard, il se rend compte qu'il n'est plus en mesure de jouer comme auparavant et il finit par se convaincre que les mains d'un autre ont été greffées à la place des siennes. Désemparé, il s'enfuit alors qu'il séjourne sur la Côte d'Azur en compagnie de sa fiancée, Louise. Installé dans un hôtel marseillais, il devient la proie d'un couple, Li-Lang, chanteuse, et Néron, son amant.
The Hands of Orlac (1960)
, 1h45Directed by Edmond T. Gréville
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Mel Ferrer, Christopher Lee, Lucile Saint-Simon, Dany Carrel, Felix Aylmer, Basil Sydney
Roles Writer
Rating56%
Pianiste célèbre, Stephen Orlac subit une opération chirurgicale des mains après avoir été victime d'un accident d'avion. Quelques mois plus tard, il se rend compte qu'il n'est plus en mesure de jouer comme auparavant et il finit par se convaincre que les mains d'un autre ont été greffées à la place des siennes. Désemparé, il s'enfuit alors qu'il séjourne sur la Côte d'Azur en compagnie de sa fiancée, Louise. Installé dans un hôtel marseillais, il devient la proie d'un couple, Li-Lang, chanteuse, et Néron, son amant.
The Big Money (1958)
, 1h26Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee, Kathleen Harrison, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Phillips, James Hayter
Roles Writer
Rating55%
Ian Carmichael as Willie is the bad seed of a family of thieves (father James Hayter, mother Kathleen Harrison, and sister, Jill Ireland). One day he heists a briefcase from a dodgy clergyman (Robert Helpmann) which is full of pound notes. Unfortunately, the notes all have the same serial number!
Seven Thunders (1957)
, 1h40Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Prison films, La provence, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Stephen Boyd, James Robertson Justice, Anna Gaylor, Kathleen Harrison, Tony Wright, Rosalie Crutchley
Rating62%
In 1943, Dave (Stephen Boyd), an officer, and Jim (Tony Wright), escape from separate prison camps and are paired together by the underground. They are taken to Marseille by a fishing boat captain to wait for the right opportunity to try for England. While they wait, local woman Lise (Anna Gaylor) falls in love with Dave. He is attracted to her, but is engaged.
Simba (1955)
, 1h39Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Virginia McKenna, Donald Sinden, Basil Sydney, Marie Ney, Joseph Tomelty
Rating61%
Alan Howard (Dirk Bogarde) visits Kenya to see his brother, who he discovers has been murdered by Mau Mau.
A Yank in Ermine (1955)
Directed by Gordon Parry
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jon Pertwee, Harold Lloyd Jr., Reginald Beckwith, Edward Chapman, Richard Wattis, Guy Middleton
Rating50%
Eight O'Clock Walk (1954)
, 1h27Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Richard Attenborough, Cathy O'Donnell, Derek Farr, Ian Hunter, Maurice Denham, Bruce Seton
Rating66%
Just-married taxi driver Thomas Lesley ‘Tom’ Manning is led to an abandoned bomb-site by an eight-year-old girl who says that she has lost her dog. The kind-hearted Manning gives her his handkerchief to dry her tears. She then runs off taunting Manning as an April-fool prank. He stumbles and raises a fist at her – and this is witnessed by Mrs Zunz.
The Wedding of Lilli Marlene (1953)
Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Actors Lisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott, Sid James, Robert Ayres, Dandy Nichols, Wally Patch
Rating49%
Derby Day (1952)
, 1h24Directed by Herbert Wilcox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Anna Neagle, Michael Wilding, Googie Withers, Toni Edgar-Bruce, Samuel John Kydd, John McCallum
Rating63%
On the morning of the Epsom Derby, a disparate group of people prepare to go to the races. Lady Helen Forbes, a recently widowed aristocrat is planning to make the journey in spite of the disapproval of her social set who consider it unseemly to go while still in mourning. David Scott, a newspaper cartoonist is ordered to go by his editor against his wishes. Meanwhile, as part of a charity raffle, a dissolute film star, Gerald Berkeley, is to escort a wealthy grand dame to Epsom for the day something he is equally reluctant about. Happily she falls and injures her leg, and her crafty housekeeper arranges for one of the young maids to go in her place. Meanwhile, in Battersea, a lodger kills a man whose wife he is having an affair with. They plan to flee the country, and also head to Epsom where he knows a tipster who can smuggle them out.
Hindle Wakes (1952)
, 1h22Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lisa Daniely, Brian Worth, Leslie Dwyer, Joan Hickson, Ronald Adam, Mary Clare
Rating60%
Lancashire mill-girls Jenny Hawthorne (Daniely) and Mary Hollins (Sandra Dome) go on holiday to Blackpool during the annual wakes week in their hometown of Hindle. They run into Alan Jeffcote (Worth), the son of the owner of the mill in which they work, who has also traveled to Blackpool with a group of friends while his fiancée is detained on business in London. Jenny and Alan hit it off immediately, and he persuades her to leave Blackpool to spend the week with him at Llandudno in North Wales. To cover her tracks, Jenny leaves a postcard with Mary, asking her to send it to her parents (Leslie Dwyer and Joan Hickson) later in the week. She and Alan leave their friends and set off for Wales.
Escape Route (1952)
, 1h17Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors George Raft, Sally Gray, Clifford Evans, Frederick Piper, Reginald Tate, Patricia Laffan
Rating55%
An American, Steve Rossi, enters Britain by slipping past immigration at Heathrow Airport, leading to a national manhunt by the police. He is finally intercepted by Joan Miller, an MI5 agent, who takes him to her superiors. Rossi reveals himself to be an FBI agent posing as a nuclear scientist in an attempt to infiltrate a gang kidnapping western scientists and taking them across the Iron Curtain. His contact in London is a man named Michael Grand who has recently arranged the kidnap of an American. With MI5's assistance, Rossi monitors Grand and arranges a meeting with him. Growing increasingly suspicious of Rossi, Grand and his organisation make several attempts to kill him.
The Blue Lagoon (1949)
, 1h41Directed by Frank Launder
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Jean Simmons, Donald Houston, Noel Purcell, James Hayter, Cyril Cusack, Maurice Denham
Rating63%
In the Victorian period, Emmeline Foster and Michael Reynolds, two British children, are the survivors of a shipwreck in the South Pacific. After days afloat, they are marooned on a lush tropical island in the company of kindly old sailor Paddy Button. Eventually, Paddy dies in a drunken binge, leaving Emmeline and Michael all alone with each other. Together, they survive solely on their resourcefulness, and the bounty of their remote paradise.
Dead of Night (1945)
, 1h42Directed by Basil Dearden, Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantastic, Comedy, Anthology film, Horror
Themes Ghost films
Actors Michael Redgrave, Mervyn Johns, Renee Gadd, Frederick Valk, Roland Culver, Sally Ann Howes
Roles Original Story
Rating74%
Architect Walter Craig (Mervyn Johns) arrives at a country house party where he reveals to the assembled guests that he has seen them all in a dream. He appears to have no prior personal knowledge of them but he is able to predict spontaneous events in the house before they unfold. The other guests attempt to test Craig's foresight, while entertaining each other with various tales of uncanny or supernatural events that they experienced or were told about. These include a racing car driver's premonition of a fatal bus crash; a light-hearted tale of two obsessed golfers, one of whom becomes haunted by the other's ghost (cut from the initial USA release); a ghostly encounter during a children's Christmas party (another tale cut from the initial USA release); a haunted antique mirror; and the story of an unbalanced ventriloquist (Michael Redgrave) who believes his amoral dummy is truly alive. The framing story is then capped by a twist ending.