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Ted Willis is a Scriptwriter British born on 13 january 1918 at Tottenham (United-kingdom)
Ted Willis est un scénariste et producteur britannique né le 13 janvier 1914 à Tottenham (Royaume-Uni) et mort le 22 décembre 1992.
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Ted Willis
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 13 january 1918 at Tottenham (United-kingdom)
Death 22 december 1992 (at 74 years) at London Borough of Bromley (United-kingdom)
Birth 13 january 1918 at Tottenham (United-kingdom)
Death 22 december 1992 (at 74 years) at London Borough of Bromley (United-kingdom)
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Filmography of Ted Willis (17 films)
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Our Miss Fred (1972)
, 1h36Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Transgender in film, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France, LGBT-related film
Actors Alfred Marks, Lance Percival, Lally Bowers, Frances de la Tour, Walter Gotell, Noel Coleman
Roles Story
Rating54%
Shakespearean actor Fred Wimbush is called up during WWII, and is performing in drag, entertaining the troops in France, when the Nazis advance. Unless he continues his disguise in women's clothes, Fred fears he will be shot as a spy. The double entendres and bullets fly as he attempts his escape in the company of the pupils from an English girls' finishing school.
Bitter Harvest (1963)
, 1h36Directed by Peter Graham Scott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Janet Munro, John Stride, Alan Badel, Dame Thora Hird, Vanda Godsell, Richard Thorpe
Rating60%
Jennie Jones hails from the countryside when she decides to the travel to the big city. There, she is continually befriended by the wrong crowd and finds herself down on her luck and ultimately contemplating her own demise.
Flame in the Streets (1961)
, 1h33Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about immigration, Théâtre, La précarité, Films based on plays
Actors John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda De Banzie, Earl Cameron, Wilfrid Brambell, Ann Lynn
Roles Story
Rating65%
Racial tensions manifest themselves at home, work and on the streets during Bonfire Night in the burgeoning West Indian community of post-war Britain. Trades Union leader Jacko Palmer fights for the rights of a black worker but struggles with the news that his own daughter, Kathie, is planning to marry a West Indian, much against his own logic and the hysterical prejudice of his wife Nell.
The Horsemasters (1961)
, 2hDirected by William Fairchild
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film
Actors Tommy Kirk, Annette Funicello, Janet Munro, Donald Pleasence, John Fraser, Tony Britton
Roles Writer
Rating69%
Deux jeunes adolescents tentent d'obtenir un diplôme dans une prestigieuse école d'équitation britannique.
No Trees in the Street (1959)
, 1h36Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Sylvia Syms, Herbert Lom, Stanley Holloway, Melvyn Hayes, Ronald Howard, Liam Redmond
Roles Writer
Rating59%
In the slums of London before World War II, Tommy is an aimless teenager who tries to escape his squalid surroundings by entering a life of crime. He falls in with local racketeer Herbert Lom, who holds the rest of the slum citizens in a grip of fear - including Tommy's own family. The film chronicles Tommy's sordid progression from minor thefts to murder.
The Young and the Guilty (1958)
, 1h7Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Andrew Ray, Edward Chapman, Janet Munro, Campbell Singer, Hilda Fenemore
Rating59%
Woman in a Dressing Gown (1957)
, 1h33Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Yvonne Mitchell, Anthony Quayle, Sylvia Syms, Andrew Ray, Carole Lesley, Michael Ripper
Rating72%
The Prestons are an apparently happy London household, made up of wife Amy (Yvonne Mitchell), husband Jim (Anthony Quayle) and teenage son Brian (Andrew Ray). Although the family appears happy, there is considerable tension, as Amy never gets organised enough to get dressed each day. Instead, she does the housework, cooks the meals, etc., in her dressing gown. Jim is having an affair with a co-worker, Georgie (Sylvia Syms), who threatens to break it off unless Jim divorces his wife and leaves his family. He promises that he will do so, and demands a divorce from Amy. Amy is shocked and distraught, while Brian becomes angry with his father.
It's Great to be Young! (1956)
Directed by Cyril Frankel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors John Mills, Cecil Parker, Mona Washbourne, Mary Merrall, Derek Blomfield, Jeremy Spenser
Roles Créateur d'histoire originale
Rating63%
One Good Turn (1955)
, 1h30Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ruth Etting, Norman Wisdom, Joan Rice, William Russell, Dame Thora Hird, Richard Caldicot
Rating64%
Norman vit toujours dans l'orphelinat Greenwood où il a grandi et où il est devenu un employé. Un matin, alors qu'il emmène les orphelins à l'école, ils s'arrêtent devant un magasin de jouets où une voiture à moteur impressionne les enfants, et plus particulièrement le petit Jimmy. Arrivé à l'école, Norman laisse les enfants aux bons soins d'Iris Gibson, leur professeur, mais aussi l'objet de l'affection de Norman. Mais elle s'intéresse plutôt à Alec Bigley , le fils du propriétaire du terrain sur lequel l'orphelinat est construit. En fait, c'est Mary, une autre employée, qui se languit de Norman, alors qu'il ne la remarque pas.
Burnt Evidence (1954)
Directed by Daniel Birt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jane Hylton, Duncan Lamont, Donald Gray, Meredith Edwards, Cyril Smith, Irene Handl
Rating57%
Trouble in Store (1953)
, 1h25Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Moira Lister, Norman Wisdom, Margaret Rutherford, Lana Morris, Jerry Desmonde, Derek Bond
Rating65%
Norman (Norman Wisdom), a lowly stock clerk at Burridge's department store, is in love with another employee, Sally Wilson (Lana Morris), though he has been unable to muster the courage to let her know how he feels. After he antagonizes the new head of the store, Augustus Freeman (Jerry Desmonde), he is promptly fired. On his way out, Norman helps Miss Bacon (Margaret Rutherford) carry her bulging suitcases, unaware that she is an audacious shoplifter. Freeman sees Norman assisting a "customer" and rehires him.
The Large Rope (1953)
Directed by Wolf Rilla
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Donald Houston, Susan Shaw, Robert Brown, Vanda Godsell, Peter Byrne, Richard Warner
Roles Writer
Rating60%
After his release from prison, a man returns to the village where he is accused of murdering a girl.
The Wallet (1952)
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors John Longden, Chili Bouchier, Leslie French
Roles Writer
The Blue Lamp (1950)
, 1h24Directed by Basil Dearden, Alexander Mackendrick
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Jack Warner, Jimmy Hanley, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemyng, Jack Warner, Bernard Lee
Roles Writer
Rating67%
The action mostly takes place in the Paddington area of London, and is set in July 1949, a few years after the end of the Second World War. PC George Dixon (Warner) a long-serving traditional "copper" who is due to retire shortly, takes a new recruit, Andy Mitchell (Hanley), under his aegis, introducing him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic Ealing "ordinary" hero, but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of Tom Riley (Bogarde). Called to the scene of a robbery at a local cinema, Dixon finds himself face-to-face with Riley, a desperate youth armed with a revolver. Dixon initially tries to talk Riley into surrendering the weapon, but Riley panics and fires. Dixon is taken to hospital, but dies some hours later. The ending is another Ealing quirk, with ordinary, decent society banding together with professional criminals and dog-track identities to track down and catch the murderer, who tries to hide in the crowd at White City greyhound track in West London. To Andy Mitchell falls the honour of arresting Riley.
The Huggetts Abroad (1949)
, 1h29Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Susan Shaw, Petula Clark, David Tomlinson, Dinah Sheridan
Rating57%
After Joe Huggett loses his job, the family decide to emigrate to South Africa, travelling via a land route that takes them across Africa. On their journey they become entangled with a diamond smuggler.