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  • '''''Tamahine''''' is a 1963 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Philip Leacock]] and starring [[Nancy Kwan]], [[Dennis For comparison, [[A French Mistress]], three years earlier, (1960), used the same theme of a visiting foreign teacher at a British school cau
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  • ...ring [[Hayley Mills]], [[Oliver Reed]] and [[Noel Harrison]]. Based on the 1960 novel ''[[Take a Girl Like You]]'' by [[Kingsley Amis]], it was adapted by Amis' novel was published in 1960. In April 1961, [[Roy Ward Baker]] announced he would make a film of the no
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  • | released = 18 October 1960 ...chapter=Chapter 12: Laughing at Racism or Laughing at Racists? The 'Indian Comedy' of ''Goodness Gracious Me'' |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id
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  • | caption = Original British 1960 [[Film poster#Film poster sizes|quad film poster]] | distributor = [[Rank Film Distributors]] (UK)<br/>Governor Films (US)
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  • ...'''Sex and Violence'''") is an episode of the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[comedy]] television series ''[[The Goodies (TV series)|The Goodies]]''. Written by ...se the request, but Bill decides to do so and releases a string of violent films, including a very violent version of ''[[Cinderella]]'', called ''Sinderell
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  • | known_for = [[Carry On (film series)|''Carry On'' films]]<br/>''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' ...prominence with his appearances in the [[Carry On (franchise)|''Carry On'' films]].
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  • ...e of 10.4 million, had the highest cinema viewing of any of the "Carry On" films.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/17/g Bell's operation is delayed, which upsets him greatly as he is planning a romantic weekend. He offers the men in the ward the champagne he was going to drink
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  • ...r occasional characters) on ''[[The Navy Lark]]'', a popular [[w:BBC|BBC]] comedy radio series (1959 - 1977), which starred [[Jon Pertwee]], with [[Ronnie Ba ...use'' in 1960; shortly after this he played Jonathan Kail in ''Tess'', the 1960 [[w:ITV (TV network)|ITV]] adaptation of Thomas Hardy's ''[[w:Tess of the D
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  • | format = [[Comedy]] | last_aired = {{End date|1960|03|03|df=yes}}
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  • '''''Value for Money''''' is a 1955 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ken Annakin]], based on the novel of the same name by ...{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article47400782 |title=ROMANTIC COMEDY |newspaper=[[The Australian Women's Weekly]] |volume=24 |issue=5 |date=4 J
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  • ...ntham]]; and [[Roy Castle]] makes his only ''Carry On'' appearance, in the romantic male lead part usually played by [[Jim Dale]].<ref name="screen">{{cite web ...''Carry On'' staff writer; Rothwell wrote a further nineteen ''Carry On'' films.<ref name="Stevens">{{cite book |last= Stevens |first= Christopher|title= B
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  • ...P.s''''' (also known as '''''Hotel International''''') is a 1963 British [[comedy-drama]] film in [[Metrocolor]] and [[Panavision]]. It was directed by [[Ant ...r's role, remembering the box-office success of ''[[The Millionairess]]'' (1960) he did with Loren in the main role. However, Taylor, scared by the appeal
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  • ...edy]], Murdoch quickly moved on to increasingly prominent roles in musical comedy and [[revue]] in the [[West End theatre|West End]] and on tour. He made his ...singly prominent roles in musicals and [[revue]]s, including the secondary romantic lead to [[Jack Buchanan]]'s star, in ''Stand up and Sing'' (1932),<ref>[htt
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  • ...ctor. He performed on stage, in film, in television dramas and [[Situation comedy|sitcoms]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Anton Rodgers |work=telegraph.co.uk |url=h ...the comically corrupt French policeman who aided [[Michael Caine]] in his romantic/financial schemes in ''[[Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (film)|Dirty Rotten Scound
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  • '''''Yellowbeard''''' is a 1983 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Mel Damski]] and written by [[Graham Chapman]], [[Pete The actor set to play the romantic lead changed from [[Adam Ant]] to [[Sting (musician)|Sting]] to [[Martin He
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  • ...f>{{cite book |last=Fellner |first=Chris |title=The Encyclopedia of Hammer Films |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IVGfDwAAQBAJ&q=Adrienne+Riccoboni+bo ...hakespearean roles and in Hammer horror movies, as well as such well-known films as Dr Zhivago |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/28/adrienne-co
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  • ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]] ...rector of comedies, he also directed several drama, musical, and detective films. Late in his career, he took up writing, producing and directing for theate
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  • .../archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/comedians/the-25-best-comedy-duos/peter-cook-and-dudley-moore/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access His career as a comedy film actor was marked by hit films, particularly ''[[Bedazzled (1967 film)|Bedazzled]]'' (1967), set in [[Swin
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  • ...in 1969, until the demise of ATV in 1981. By 1953, Morley was also scoring films for the [[w:Associated British Picture Corporation|Associated British Pictu ...bourg|Luxembourg]]. She was also credited with a rhythmic drum solo in the 1960 horror film ''[[w:Peeping Tom|Peeping Tom]]'', which a dancer plays on a ta
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  • ...Douglas Fairbanks Presents]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8784435e|title=The Heel (1953)|website=BFI}}</ref> ...le went to [[Dirk Bogarde]]. Travers briefly returned to Britain to make a comedy, ''[[The Smallest Show on Earth]]'' (1957), with his second wife [[Virginia
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