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  • [[Category:1941 films]] [[Category:1940s comedy thriller films]]
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  • ...s Switzerland with Lucy. Unfortunately, along the way Willy is shot by the Nazis while helping Brooks to escape. Michael Winner had meant to make a film about [[William the Conqueror]] but been unable to raise finance. When that film
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  • ...roduction began; his performance consists entirely of scenes from previous films (many of them deleted scenes). The newly shot material in the film stars [[ ...iel Peacock]]) involving him failing to detonate a bridge full of crossing Nazis. Jouvet also questions Mafia don Bruno Langlois ([[Robert Loggia]]), a mafi
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  • ...Blofeld]], the primary antagonist of the ''[[James Bond]]'' series, in the films ''[[From Russia with Love (film)|From Russia with Love]]'' and ''[[Thunderb .... After their release, Eric took part in propaganda broadcasts against the Nazis on the BBC World Service. In order to earn a living, the Pohlmanns temporar
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  • ...of satirical comedies in the 1950s and 1960s. They produced many of their films through their own production company, '''Charter Film Productions''', which ...69d70b54 |website=British Film Institute |access-date=8 April 2022}}</ref> about the village of [[Thaxted]], [[Essex]], narrated by [[Leo Genn]].<ref name=f
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  • ...urning to the rescue scene several times to bring soldiers home before the Nazis reached them at the seaport. ...of the decline of repertory theatre: "He was very astute and unsentimental about it. He realized the era was over and that he must diversify". According to
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  • ...rtraying pompous authority figures in comedies including each of the seven films in the ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' series. He also co-starred with ...bertson out of his habit of wearing Robertson [[tartan]]. Feeling strongly about his Scottish ancestry, he once claimed to have been born in 1905 under a di
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  • ...er lightweight musicals, comedies and historical dramas. Almost all of her films were produced and directed by [[Herbert Wilcox]], whom she married in 1943. ...understudied [[Jessie Matthews]].<ref>Vermilye, Jerry. ''The Great British Films''. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1978. p. 21.</ref>
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  • ...nd radio. He was successful well into his eighties, with roles in numerous films such as ''[[Quartet (2012 film)|Quartet]]'', and as [[Ramsay Clegg]] in ''[ ...er 2016}}</ref> The family moved to Britain in 1938 to escape the [[Nazism|Nazis]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/student/career-plannin
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  • [[Dad's Army]]'' is a [w:[British sitcoms|British sitcom]] about the [[w:Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]] during the [[w:Second Worl | ShortSummary = Mainwaring, worried that the [[Nazism|Nazis]] could attack at any time, attempts to requisition much-needed weapons fro
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  • ...oped the Tramp persona and attracted a large fan base. He directed his own films and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the [[Essanay Studios|Essana ...ve the U.S. and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include ''[[Monsieur Verdoux]]'' (1947), ''[[Limelight (1952 film)|L
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