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  • '''''Lightning Conductor''''' is a 1938 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Maurice Elvey]] and starring [[Gordon Harker]], [[John * [[Charles Eaton (British actor)|Charles Eaton]] as Royle
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  • | studio = [[Associated British Picture Corporation]] | distributor = Associated British Film Distributors
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  • ...host of St. Michael's''''' is a 1941 British [[comedy]]-[[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] film, produced by [[Ealing Studios]]. ...Nazi]] [[spy]] ring proves to be behind the killings, and is defeated by a British agent hidden amongst the staff.
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  • ...onald Adam (actor)|Ronald Adam]]. The film is an adaptation of the 1934 [[Spy fiction|espionage novel]] ''[[The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent]]'' b ...l's Film & Video Guide'' described the film as "[quite an] engaging comedy-thriller in the Hitchcock mould, with entertaining performances and incidents."<ref>
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  • | caption = British theatrical poster | studio = Highroad Productions<br>Bruce Cohn Curtis Films, Ltd.
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  • | studio =Excelsior Films ...d a young woman who join forces to solve a murder and hunt down a German [[spy ring]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/53922|archive
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  • | awards = '''[[w:BAFTA Award for Best British Screenplay|Best British Screenplay]]'''<br>1961 ''[[w:The Day the Earth Caught Fire|The Day the Ear ...Biography|publisher=BFI Screenonline}} Reprinted from ''Reference Guide to British and Irish Film Directors''</ref>
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  • | setting = A deserted British railway station | genre = Comedy-Thriller
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  • {{short description|British actor (1916-1979)}} ...date=13 July 2012 |title=Sydney Tafler |website=[[w:British Film Institute|British Film Institute]] |quote=Born: 31 July 1916, London. Died: 7 November 1979,
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  • ..., Jean Kent remains the most provocative woman on the screen. MOST POPULAR BRITISH STAR A WICKED LADY |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)|The Argus]] |issue=32 ...John Mills and Granger.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4a7a3c|title=Jean Kent|website=BFI}}</ref>
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  • ...arry On]]'', ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' and ''[[St. Trinian's]]'' films.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.carryon.org.uk/irregularly_c.htm|title=Carry ...ttps://books.google.com/books?id=qEW5BAAAQBAJ&q=cyril+chamberlain+carry+on+films&pg=PT242|title=Carry-On Actors|isbn=9781908382085|last1=Ross|first1=Andrew|
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  • ...tor remembered for his lead role in the [[Television in the United Kingdom|British television]] sitcom ''[[Father, Dear Father]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http:// ...dhurst. Cargill became a commissioned officer in the [[British Indian Army|British Indian Army]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/alt
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  • ...ré]]'s ''[[Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries)|Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy]]'' (1979). In later years, he was often cast in villainous roles including ...hriller ''[[Twisted Nerve]]'' (1968), playing Martin Durnley in what the [[British Film Institute]] has described as "one of cinema's most striking depictions
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  • | birth_place = [[British Singapore]] | television = {{hlist|''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' | ''[[Marked Personal]]'' | ''[[EastEnders]]''}}
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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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  • ...heir father was a labourer in a [[cotton mill|cotton mill]] and a former [[British Army|army]] [[sergeant|sergeant]]. When Sykes was two, his father remarried ...rts including one of the first film appearances by [[Ronnie Barker]]. Both films were made by the same writer-director team behind the popular [[Margaret Ru
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  • ...her film roles included parts in two ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' films: ''[[Carry On Camping]]'' (1969) and ''[[Carry On Loving]]'' (1970). ...edy.co.uk/tv/wild_wild_women/|title=Wild, Wild Women - BBC1 Sitcom|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>
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  • {{Use British English|date=June 2014}} ...film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' and six ''[[Carry On (franchise)|Carry On]]'' films, and also regularly appeared on screen from the 1960s to the 1980s.
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  • ...tEnders'' in 1994 and won the 1999 [[w:British Soap Award for Best Actress|British Soap Award for Best Actress]], before ultimately leaving the show in 2016 w Between 1964 and 1974, she appeared in nine ''Carry On'' films, including ''[[Carry On Spying]]'' (1964), ''[[Carry On Doctor]]'' (1967),
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  • ...]); Bond's daughter with [[Mata Hari]], Mata Bond ([[Joanna Pettet]]); and British agents Coop ([[Terence Cooper]]) and The Detainer ([[Daliah Lavi]]). ...ve been held by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures]], distributors of the Bond films by Eon Productions.
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