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Hal E. Chester

Hal E. Chester

Hal Chester started his career as a child actor in the United States, but in the mid-1950s moved to Britain, where he is remembered as the producer of films including the classic horror Night of the Demon (1957), as well as School for Scoundrels (1960).

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Movies Made By Hal E. Chester (21)

School for Scoundrels (2006)

In the hope of winning the woman of his dreams, Amanda, lovelorn meter-reader Roger Wadell enrolls in a secret confidence-building class. The course's title takes on much more meaning when he discovers that his egomaniacal professor Dr. P also wants the sa ...

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Take a Girl Like You (2000)

Set in the 1950s, it follows the progress of twenty year old Jenny Bunn, as she moves from her family home in the North of England to a London suburb to teach primary school children. Jenny is a traditional Northern working-class girl whose striking good l ...

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Take a Girl Like You (1970)

Young Jenny heads to the South of England to start a new career as a school teacher. Even before she has had a chance to settle in she meets Patrick, one of the local "lads". Within a short time she has her hands full when a number of the local boys take a ...

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The Double Man (1967)

In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking officer in the CIA and replace him with a one of its own. ...

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His and Hers (1961)

Author-explorer Reggie Blake takes an unorthodox approach to his craft, apparently finding inspiration in the adventures suggested by his agent Charles Lunton; it matters little that most of his experiences are wildly embellished or even entirely fictitiou ...

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School for Scoundrels (1960)

Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by unspeakably rotten cad Raymond Delauney who has set his cap ...

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Night of the Demon (1957)

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was killed in a freak accident the day before. It turns out that the deceased had been investigating a cult lead ...

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The Weapon (1956)

A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder case. ...

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The Bold and the Brave (1956)

An assortment of American types come together in the Italian campaign of 1944. ...

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Crashout (1955)

Convict Van Duff engineers a large-scale prison break; the six survivors hide out in a forgotten mine working near the prison, then set out on a long, dangerous journey by foot, car, train and truck to retrieve Duff's bank loot. En route, as they touch the ...

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The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

The controlled explosion of an atomic bomb in the Arctic Circle awakens a frozen dinosaur that will wreak havoc in New York City. ...

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Triple Cross (1951)

Joe Palooka and two friends are taking hostage by three criminals. ...

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Joe Palooka in the Squared Circle (1950)

Joe Palooka encounters gangsters and tries to alert the law. ...

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The Underworld Story (1950)

A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily. ...

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Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)

A crooked boxing promoter tries to shake down Joe's manager by setting up a rigged fight in Humphrey Pennyworth's hometown. ...

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Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)

Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey Pennyworth and by considerably-less-helpful manager, Knobby Walsh. ...

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Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949)

Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with love interest Anne Howe. ...

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Joe Palooka in Winner Take All (1948)

Joe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot. ...

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Smart Woman (1948)

A crusading DA falls for a defense attorney with a criminal past. ...

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Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)

Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby' ...

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Joe Palooka, Champ (1946)

After losing heavyweight contender Al Costa to mob boss Florini fight promoter Knobby Walsh recruits small town boy Joe Palooka to take his place. First in the series. ...

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Movies Starring Hal E. Chester (14)

Sea Raiders (1941)

A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs. ...

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Hit the Road (1941)

Kids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war. ...

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Junior G-Men (1940)

A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor of a super-explosive and its remote detonator, from the clutches of a band of foreign subversives ...

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You're Not So Tough (1940)

The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick buck. The idea of working never enters their minds until Halop is egged on by Grey to show his capabilities. ...

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Boys of the City (1940)

Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house. ...

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East Side Kids (1940)

After living all his childhood in the street, a young boy rapidly notices that crime doesn't pay, leading him to become a policeman. One day, one of his best friends goes to prison for a murder he didn't commit. The policeman tries his best to release th ...

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The Witness Vanishes (1939)

In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an insane asylum. The hapless publisher manages to escape. Soon after, the four collaborators begin dying one-by-o ...

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Code of the Streets (1939)

Frankie Thomas plays Bob Lewis, leader of a gang consisting of Sailor, Murph, Monk, Trouble and Yap. The son of disgraced police officer Lt. Lewis, Bob vows to clear his dad's name, and also to prove that accused murderer Tommy Shay is innocent. ...

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Off the Record (1939)

After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison. ...

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Newsboys' Home (1938)

A beautiful girl inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys. ...

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Little Tough Guys in Society (1938)

A society matron invites the gang to her estate as playmates for her spoiled brat son. ...

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Juvenile Court (1938)

Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appea ...

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Little Tough Guy (1938)

The son of a man sentenced to death for a murder he didn't commit vows to become a criminal himself. He starts his own street gang, and their crime spree is financed by a mysterious young man--who turns out to be the son of the District Attorney who sent t ...

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Crime School (1938)

In the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a fight. In court, the boys refuse to reveal who struck the knockout blow, and all are subsequently sentenced to a reformatory, cruelly run by two corrupt guards ...

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