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Patricia Roc

Patricia Roc

Patricia Roc (born Felicia Miriam Ursula Herold; 7 June 1915 – 30 December 2003) was an English film actress, popular in the Gainsborough melodramas such as Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) and The Wicked Lady (1945), though she only made one film in Hollywood, Canyon Passage (1946). She also appeared in Millions Like Us (1943), Jassy (1945), The Brothers (1947) and When the Bough Breaks (1947).

She was employed by the studio of J. Arthur Rank, who called her "the archetypal British beauty" She achieved her greatest level of popularity in British films during the Second World War in escapist melodramas for Gainsborough Studios.

Roc began as a stage actress, debuting in the 1938 London production of Nuts in May, in which she was seen by Alexander Korda who gave her an uncredited bit in The Divorce of Lady X (1938) and her in a leading role as a Polish princess in The Rebel Son.

She had roles in The Gaunt Stranger (1939), The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939), and The Missing People (1940). She had a bigger part in A Window in London (1940), the comedy Pack Up Your Troubles (1940), Dr. O'Dowd (1940), Three Silent Men (1940), It Happened to One Man (1940), and The Farmer's Wife (1941).

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Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons (1960)

A murderer enriches his finances by marrying and then killing off a series of wealthy women. ...

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The House in the Woods (1957)

A novelist and his wife go to stay at a cottage owned by a painter whose wife has just died. ...

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The Hypnotist (1957)

Culver is a psychiatrist who uses hypnotism to treat his patients. When Carpenter, a test pilot, comes to see him complaining of blackouts that make his job difficult, Culver tries to mesmerise him into killing his wife. ...

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The Widow (1955)

A woman falls in love with a race-car driver who two-times her for another girl. ...

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Cartouche (1955)

The son of an ailing nobleman returns to France to clear his name and prove where the true guilt lies. ...

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Something Money Can't Buy (1952)

A British Army Officer returning to civilian life after WWII, starts a catering company with some of his ex-army pals. ...

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Circle of Danger (1951)

An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid. ...

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Black Jack (1950)

A man who lost everything in the war now smuggles contraband into and out of Spain, but the law's closing in. ...

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Fugitive from Montreal (1950)

Pierre Chambrac, a French industrialist, and Canadian Paul Laforêt, two former brothers in arms, meet again by chance in Paris five years after the end of World War II. Pierre is engaged to a beautiful foreign young lady by the name of Helen Bering. He in ...

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The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949)

A down-and-out student is hired to kill a wealthy woman. When someone else is suspected of the crime, the student taunts police until they realize that they may have to wrong man. ...

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Return to Life (1949)

In France in 1946, the difficult return to civilian life of five deportees and prisoners of war after having lived through the hell of the Second World War. ...

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The Perfect Woman (1949)

In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. She is in fact the robotic creation of Professor Belman, but it turns out rather to be the Professor's niece Penelope doing a pretty good imitati ...

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One Night with You (1948)

Two strangers meet when they both miss their trains, and end up spending a penniless day and night together. An English version of 'It Happened One Night'. ...

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When The Bough Breaks (1947)

The bewildered wife of a bigamist allows her child to be adopted and then regrets it. ...

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Jassy (1947)

In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling thr ...

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Holiday Camp (1947)

The Huggett family go to a holiday camp, and get involved in crooked card players, a murderer on the run, and a pregnant young girl and her boyfriend missing from home. ...

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So Well Remembered (1947)

A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career. ...

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The Brothers (1947)

An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited. ...

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Canyon Passage (1946)

In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line. ...

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The Wicked Lady (1945)

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways. ...

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Johnny Frenchman (1945)

The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences. ...

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Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945)

In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. The attack leaves her mentally scarred and our story flashes forward to the 1940s where Maddelena is still troubled. She disappears one day and he ...

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Love Story (1944)

After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While there, she falls in love with young mineral prospector Kit, a man whose dark secret prevents him from fighting i ...

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Two Thousand Women (1944)

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France. ...

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Millions Like Us (1943)

When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a rela ...

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We'll Meet Again (1943)

A young dancer trying to make it in London during World War II discovers that people like her singing voice, too. Although she's at first reluctant to sing, she finally does and becomes a star. She hooks up with a young musician who composes classical musi ...

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Let the People Sing (1942)

An out-of-work comedian persuades a drunken nobleman to join a protest against the closing of a village hall. ...

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Suspected Person (1942)

After a $50,000 heist in New York, two of the suspected robbers walk free from the courtroom and they waste no time in heading to London in search of the missing loot. This means bad news for their former accomplice Jim Raynor, who has the money hidden awa ...

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The Farmer's Wife (1941)

Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version was directed by Leslie Arliss, son of stage star George Arliss. The story remained the same: A middle-aged w ...

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Three Silent Men (1940)

An inventor of a deadly weapon to be used against the allies is injured in a crash. Surgeon, Sir James (Sebastian Shaw) saves his life but learns of the inventors plot. ...

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Dr. O'Dowd (1940)

Marius O'Dowd is an Irish doctor who is often drunk. His daughter-in-law Moira dies during a serious operation which O'Dowd is performing. Although O'Dowd is not to blame, his son Stephen suspects that Moira died due to O'Dowd operating while under the inf ...

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A Window in London (1940)

A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion. The insanely jealous magician husband eventually kills his wife, making for complications in life of unhappily married man who is no ...

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Bits of Our Aircraft are Missing (1940)

British Air Ministry short film highlighting the need for the public to stay clear of aircraft wreckage during World War II. ...

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The Missing People (1939)

27 well-to-do people have all vanished under similar circumstances. J.G. Reeder, an elderly gentleman who fancies himself a detective, decides to investigate the matter. ...

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The Mind of Mr. Reeder (1939)

Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets it into his head to break up a counterfeiting ring. ...

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The Gaunt Stranger (1938)

A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The Ringer'. ...

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The Rebel Son (1938)

During the 16th century the Cossacks and their Ukraine homeland is ruled by Poland. This is the story of the leader of the Cossacks and how his son was sent to study under the Poles to learn how to defeat them in battle. However, the son falls in love with ...

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The Divorce of Lady X (1938)

A London barrister believes the woman who spent the night in his hotel suite is the erring wife of his newest client. ...

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