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William Templeton is a Scriptwriter born on 7 june 1913
William Pettigrew Templeton (7 June 1913 – 23 October 1973) was a Scottish playwright and screenwriter who made a major contribution to the Golden Age of Television writing a string of episodic dramas for American prime time television during the 1950s and 1960s, a time when many hour-long anthology drama series received wide critical acclaim. As Gore Vidal pointed out with uncharacteristically glowing enthusiasm in 1956, it was also the “Golden Age for the Dramatist”. William had a long film career both in the UK and the US. His adaptation of The Fallen Idol (also known as The Lost Illusion) a 1948 film with Ralph Richardson directed by Carol Reed and based on the short story The Basement Room by Graham Greene was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Direction and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won the BAFTA Award for Best British Film.
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Birth 7 june 1913
Death 23 october 1973 (at 60 years)
Death 23 october 1973 (at 60 years)
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1984 (1956)
, 1h30Directed by Michael Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Themes Politique, Films about the labor movement, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films
Actors Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling, Donald Pleasence, John Vernon, David Kossoff
Rating68%
Dans le monde futur de 1984, (le film sort en 1956), le monde est sous la coupe d'un dictateur omniprésent, représentée par la figure de Big Brother. Winston Smith, un simple fonctionnaire du Ministère de la Vérité, se rebelle, entraîné par Julia. Il sera finalement arrêté et sous la torture, livrera son amante.
Double Confession (1950)
, 1h20Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Derek Farr, Peter Lorre, William Hartnell, Naunton Wayne, Ronald Howard, Kathleen Harrison
Rating63%
Jim Medway découvre sa femme étranglée et cherche à faire incriminer un homme d'affaires peu scrupuleux, Charlie Durham. Paynter, l'homme de main de Durham, tente de faire le ménage.
Midnight Episode (1950)
, 1h18Directed by Gordon Parry
Genres Crime
Actors Stanley Holloway, Leslie Dwyer, Reginald Tate, Meredith Edwards, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Sebastian Cabot
Rating65%
This script must be run from the command line
The Fallen Idol (1949)
, 1h35Directed by Carol Reed, Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy-drama
Actors Ralph Richardson, Bobby Henrey, Jack Hawkins, Michèle Morgan, Denis O'Dea, Sonia Dresdel
Rating75%
The film is told through the naive eyes of a diplomat's young son, Phillipe, who idolises his father's butler, Baines. Baines has invented a heroic persona to keep the boy entertained, and often tells him stories of his exotic and daring adventures in Africa and elsewhere, stories such as putting down a native uprising single-handed, killing a man in self-defense, and so on.