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Maureen Connell is a Actor Kényane born on 2 august 1931 at Nairobi (Kenya)
Maureen Connell (born 2 August 1931) is a Kenyan-born British actress.
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Skyjacked (1972)
, 1h41Directed by John Guillermin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Disaster, Action, Adventure
Themes La fin du monde, Films about terrorism, Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, Films about hijackings
Actors Charlton Heston, Yvette Mimieux, James Brolin, Claude Akins, Jeanne Crain, Walter Pidgeon
Roles Mrs. O'Hara
Rating57%
During a routine flight to Minneapolis, a passenger (Susan Dey) aboard Global Airways Flight 502, a Boeing 707, discovers a bomb threat written on the mirror of one of the first-class bathrooms. A second threat is soon found left on a napkin in a galley. Captain Hank O'Hara (Charlton Heston) takes the cryptic threats seriously and follows the instructions -- "Bomb on plane divert to Anchorage Alaska. No Joke, No Tricks. Death"—by changing course for Alaska. To avoid an explosive decompression if a bomb goes off, he flies at lower altitude, increasing fuel consumption.
Danger by My Side (1962)
, 1h3Directed by Charles Saunders
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Anthony Oliver, Maureen Connell, Alan Tilvern, Eric Dodson, Wally Patch, Ivor Dean
Roles Lynne Marsden / 'Austin'
Rating51%
Never Let Go (1960)
, 1h30Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Peter Sellers, Richard Todd, Elizabeth Sellars, Adam Faith, Carol White (actrice anglaise), Mervyn Johns
Roles Stores Girl
Rating70%
Lionel Meadows (Peter Sellers) a London garage owner who makes extra cash dealing stolen cars, asks young petty thief Tommy Towers (Adam Faith) to steal a 1959 Ford Anglia. The car Tommy steals belongs to struggling cosmetics salesman John Cummings (Richard Todd).
The Crowning Touch (1959)
, 1h15Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ted Ray, Greta Gynt, Griffith Jones, Sydney Tafler, Dermot Walsh, Maureen Connell
Roles Julia
The "Crowning Touch" of the title is a fancy ladies hat. It has been ordered and specially set aside at a posh British hat shop, but no one has come to collect it. Three of the shop's staff offer different reasons as to why the pretty young girl who'd ordered the hat never showed up.
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
, 1h36Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors John Mills, Cecil Parker, Patrick Allen, Bryan Forbes, Patrick Holt, Leslie Phillips
Roles Peggy
Rating68%
A few months before the D-Day landings during the Second World War, the British government decides to launch a campaign of disinformation; spreading a rumour that the landings just might take place at a location other than Normandy. The details of the operation (actually, there were several such operations) are handed to two intelligence officers, Colonel Logan (Cecil Parker) and Major Harvey (John Mills). They are initially unable to devise such a plan – but one night, Harvey sees an actor at a London theatre, putting on a convincing impression of General Bernard Montgomery.
The Man Upstairs (1958)
, 1h28Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Donald Houston, Dorothy Alison, Patricia Jessel, Virginia Maskell
Roles Eunice Blair
Rating64%
Peter Watson is troubled with pain and an inability to sleep. He tries to light the gas-fire and seeks help from another lodger, artist Nicholas, who is spending the night with his model, and is reluctant to be disturbed. Another neighbour, Pollen calls for police help. The others in the boarding house are awaken by this time, and Mrs. Harris tries to help the mentally confused Watson but he also refuses her help. The police clash with Dr. Sanderson, a welfare worker, who thinks he can take the gun-toting Watson without complications, but when a police sergeant is injured, Police Inspector Thompson is determined to take Watson by force if necessary.
Next to No Time (1958)
, 1h33Directed by Henry Cornelius
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Kenneth More, Betsy Drake, Roland Culver, Patrick Barr, Maureen Connell, Reginald Beckwith
Roles Mary
Rating57%
A mild-mannered British planning engineer is sent across the Atlantic by his firm to negotiate a deal for which he feels hugely out of his depth. He finds however, that his personality changes in synchronization with a clock.
Stormy Crossing (1958)
Directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards
Actors John Ireland, Derek Bond, Leslie Dwyer, Maureen Connell, Cameron Hall, John Horsley
Roles Shelley Baxter
Rating55%
The Man Upstairs (1958)
, 1h28Directed by Don Chaffey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Richard Attenborough, Bernard Lee, Donald Houston, Dorothy Alison, Patricia Jessel, Virginia Maskell
Roles Eunice Blair
Rating64%
Peter Watson est un ancien scientifique qui vit à l'étage du dessus (upstairs) d'une pension de famille à Londres. Il est en pleine dépression, persuadé d'être responsable de la mort d'un collègue lors d'une expérience. Une nuit, il est à l'origine d'un problème avec les autres habitants, l'un d'eux va appeler la police, et les choses vont s'envenimer.
The Abominable Snowman (1957)
, 1h31Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Sports films
Actors Forrest Tucker, Peter Cushing, Maureen Connell, Richard Wattis, Robert Brown, Wolfe Morris
Roles Helen Rollason
Rating63%
Dr. John Rollason (Peter Cushing), his wife, Helen (Maureen Connell), and assistant, Peter Fox (Richard Wattis), are guests of the Lama (Arnold Marlé) of the monastery of Rong-buk while on a botanical expedition to the Himalayas. A second expedition, led by Dr. Tom Friend (Forrest Tucker) accompanied by trapper Ed Shelley (Robert Brown), photographer Andrew McNee (Michael Brill) and Sherpa guide Kusang (Wolfe Morris), arrives at the monastery in search of the legendary Yeti or Abominable Snowman. Rollason, despite the objections of his wife and the Lama, decides to join Friend's expedition. Whereas Rollason is motivated by scientific curiosity to learn more about the creature, Friend seeks fame and fortune and wants to capture a live Yeti and present it to the world's press.
Lucky Jim (1957)
, 1h35Directed by John Boulting
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Terry-Thomas, Ian Carmichael, Hugh Griffith, Sharon Acker, Jean Anderson, Maureen Connell
Roles Margaret Peel
Rating59%
Jim Dixon is a young lecturer in history at a redbrick university, who manages to offend his head of department and create various disastrous incidents. When he eventually delivers a lecture drunk, he feels forced to resign. But just as his career seems over, he is offered a job in London, and when he learns that the girl of his dreams is on her way to the railway station, he chases after her in the professor's old car. The professor's whole family chases after, and arrives at the station just in time to see Jim and the girl disappear on the train to London.
Kill Her Gently (1957)
, 1h15Directed by Charles Saunders
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Griffith Jones, Maureen Connell, Marc Lawrence, George Mikell, Roger Avon, Peter Stephens
Roles Kay Martin
Rating60%
The Rising of the Moon (1957)
, 1h21Directed by John Ford
Origin Irlande
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Cyril Cusack, Noel Purcell, Denis O'Dea, Tyrone Power, John Cowley, Jack MacGowran
Roles May Ann McMahon (segment 'A Minute's Wait')
Rating65%
Police Inspector Dillon (Cyril Cusack) reluctantly sets out to see an old friend, Dan O'Flaherty (Noel Purcell). Along the way, he encounters Mickey J. (Jack MacGowran), a poitín maker who, fortunately for him, is not Dillon's target today. The inspector has the unfortunate duty of serving a warrant on O'Flaherty for striking Phelim O'Feeney (John Cowley) on the head. O'Flaherty refuses to pay the fine, as he feels he has done nothing wrong, nor will he allow O'Feeney to pay it for him. Instead, he heads off to prison.
Town on Trial (1957)
, 1h35Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates, Derek Farr, Alec McCowen, Fay Compton
Roles Mary Roper
Rating64%
While playing tennis at a posh club in a town near London called Oakley Park, young and flirty Molly Stevens attracts considerable interest. The men ogle her and the women detest her. She is later found dead, strangled with a stocking. The local police chief requests the help of Scotland Yard, so Detective Superintendent Mike Halloran is sent to investigate. The locals, however, resent having an outsider poking into their affairs.
Golden Ivory (1954)
, 1h29Directed by George Breakston
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Robert Urquhart, John Bentley, Susan Stephen, Maureen Connell
Roles Liz Johnson
Rating46%