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William Mervyn

William Mervyn

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William Mervyn (3 January 1912 – 6 August 1976) was an English actor best known for his portrayal of the Bishop in the clerical comedy All Gas and Gaiters.

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The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976)

Another stab at Henry Fielding's hilarious novel about the amorous misadventures of a dashing young man in 18th century England. The brilliant 1963 version, starring Albert Finney as the lusty hero, won four Oscars. Joan Collins does a great job as a Wicke ...

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The Christmas Messenger (1975)

An angel, present at the birth of Jesus, returns to Earth each year to listen to the Christmas carols and these carols are illustrated in short animated vignettes. ...

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Up the Front (1972)

In Frankie Howerd's third Up... film it's World War I and he plays Lurk, an absolute cowerd, er coward. He's evading the call-up for all he's worth. But one evening he's hypnotised by a drunken hypnotist (Stanley Holloway) into being brave, but he fails to ...

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The Ruling Class (1972)

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally ...

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Carry On Henry (1971)

Henry VIII has just married Marie of Normandy, and is eager to consummate their marriage. Unfortunately for Henry, she is always eating garlic, and refuses to stop. Deciding to get rid of her in his usual manner, Henry has to find some way of doing it with ...

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Blood Suckers (1971)

A group of friends search for a young English Oxford student who has disappeared whilst researching in Greece. They are shocked to find that, wherever he has been, certain unsolved murders have taken place. Not believing that their friend could be the perp ...

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The Railway Children (1970)

At the dawn of the 20th century, following their father's arrest on suspicion of betraying state secrets, the three Waterbury children—Bobbie, Phyllis and Peter—move with their mother to Yorkshire, where they find themselves involved in unexpected dram ...

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Atlantic Wall (1970)

1944. Léon Duchemin owns a restaurant with his sister. His clients are Germans, Résistance et black marketeers. Léon unwillingly joins the Résistance when a British pilot is shot down and hides in his attic and, through a series of mishaps, he accident ...

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Carry On Again Doctor (1969)

Dr. Nookey is disgraced and sent to a remote island hospital. He is given a secret slimming potion by a member of staff, Gladstone Screwer, and he flies back to England to fame and fortune. But others want to cash in on his good fortunes, and some just wan ...

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The Best House in London (1969)

In Victorian London, the British Government attempts a solution to the problem of street prostitution by establishing the world's most fabulous brothel. ...

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Hammerhead (1968)

An American agent has tracked down the stronghold of an evil criminal mastermind, determined to take over the world (what, another one ?). ...

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Salt & Pepper (1968)

After discovering the body of a murdered female agent in their trendy Soho, London nightclub, groovy owners Charles Salt and Christopher Pepper partake in a fumbling investigation and uncover an evil plot to overthrow the government. Can our cool, yet inep ...

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Follow That Camel (1967)

Bertram Oliphant 'Bo' West wants to clear his unjustly smeared reputation, so he joins the Foreign Legion—with Simpson his manservant in tow. But the fort they get posted to is full of eccentric legionnaires, and there's trouble brewing with the locals t ...

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The Jokers (1967)

Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves famous. ...

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Deadlier Than the Male (1967)

British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings. ...

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Doctor Who: The War Machines (1966)

The TARDIS arrives in London in 1966 and the First Doctor and Dodo visit the Post Office Tower. There they meet Professor Brett, whose revolutionary new computer WOTAN (Will Operating Thought ANalogue) can actually think for itself and is shortly to be lin ...

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Operation Crossbow (1965)

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and d ...

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The Legend of Young Dick Turpin (1965)

When a rapacious new landlord threatens to evict him, seize his horse, and leave him penniless, the young farmer Dick Turpin flees to London and reluctantly establishes himself in the underworld with the help of a street-smart boy. ...

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Old Man's Fancy (1965)

An aging businessman's squabbling children object to his proposed marriage to his much younger assistant, and each for his or her own selfish reasons manoeuvres against it. ...

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Murder Ahoy (1964)

During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he's been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple ...

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Hot Enough for June (1964)

A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier. ...

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Watch It, Sailor! (1961)

Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must be another woman involved. ...

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No Love for Johnnie (1961)

Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional problems tower up over him. His desires to win the next election are endangered by his constant looking for love ...

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Circus of Horrors (1960)

A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he befriends deformed women and transforms them for his "Temple of Beauty". However, when they threaten to leave, they meet with mysterious accidents. ...

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The Battle of the Sexes (1960)

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The st ...

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A Touch of Larceny (1960)

After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to ...

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Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)

On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by. Run-ins follow with dipsomaniacs, bank robbers, a Welsh lass who takes one look at London and runs, and an Ita ...

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Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)

London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses the German enemy lines as a secret agent to aid a French Resistance group. ...

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Barnacle Bill (1957)

A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. ...

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Now Let Him Go (1957)

A world-class painter is taken ill and lies in the bedroom of an inn, while people down below squabble over his paintings and inheritance. The wily old man is unperturbed, even regarding the infernal trumpet sound which plays throughout. ...

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The Long Arm (1956)

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. ...

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Tons of Trouble (1956)

An apartment handyman is unusually attached to a pair of boilers he names "Mavis" and "Ethel. ...

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Conflict of Wings (1954)

In rural Norfolk, villagers are spurred to action when it is announced that the nearby RAF station is taking over the Island of Children, a much-loved and untouched bird sanctuary, for rocket practice. ...

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Four Men in Prison (1950)

Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves. ...

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The Blue Lamp (1950)

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to a ...

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Stop Press Girl (1949)

A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange ability; if she's in the vicinity of a machine for more than fifteen minutes, it stops working. ...

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The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)

Joanna Godden falls heir to a farm when her father dies. ...

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