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- '''''Sands of the Desert''''' is a 1960 British [[adventure comedy film]] directed by [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Charlie Drake]] ''[[TV Guide]]'' described it as "a mildly amusing comedy that never really delivers its laugh quota, due primarily to its uneven scr3 KB (404 words) - 17:11, 20 February 2023
- '''''Invasion Quartet''''' is a 1961 British World War II [[comedy-drama film]] that was publicised as a parody of ''[[The Guns of Navarone (f [[Category:1961 films]]3 KB (393 words) - 22:02, 5 September 2024
- '''''Masquerade''''' is a 1965 British [[comedy film|comedy]] [[thriller film]] directed by [[Basil Dearden]] based on the 1954 novel ' *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180409104625/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6be88ecd ''Masquerade''] at the [[British Film Institute]]3 KB (455 words) - 18:35, 10 September 2024
- '''''Where the Spies Are''''' is a 1966 British comedy adventure film directed by [[Val Guest]] and starring [[David Niven]], [[Françoise D ...rights to the novel in 1964, inspired by the success of the [[James Bond]] films. [[David Niven]] was cast in the lead role. He was also making ''[[Lady L]]7 KB (1,072 words) - 13:04, 31 January 2023
- ...in the United States) is a 1969 British [[Technicolor]] [[black comedy]] [[adventure film]], produced by [[Michael Relph]], directed by [[Basil Dearden]], and s ...t with exhibitors and eventually television networks buying batches of our films, by virtue of stars or production value". He added that in the case of ''As10 KB (1,543 words) - 13:52, 18 March 2023
- | genre = [[Sitcom]]<br>[[Sketch comedy|Sketch]]<br>[[Stand-up comedy|Stand-up]] '''''The Charlie Drake Show''''' is the name of four British comedy programmes that aired from 1958 to 1968. Starring comedian Charlie Drake, t7 KB (1,060 words) - 15:04, 27 March 2023
- ...ast]] comedies, [[Adventure films|Adventure films]], [[Action films|Action films]] ...60s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'', ''[[Battle of21 KB (3,142 words) - 14:00, 11 March 2023
- | studio = Jules Verne Films ...dget = $3 million<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tide Running Out for Beach Films, In for Protest Movies|author=Thomas, Bob|work=Los Angeles Times|date=Feb 114 KB (2,084 words) - 11:27, 20 February 2023
- ...remembered for directing the ''[[Doctor (film series)|Doctor]]'' series of films. He cast the actor [[James Robertson Justice]] in many of his films. Thomas often worked with the producer [[Betty Box|Betty E. Box]], who was17 KB (2,694 words) - 12:37, 18 February 2023
- ...stribution.pdf|last=Petrie|first= Duncan James |year=2017|title= Bryanston Films : An Experiment in Cooperative Independent Production and Distribution|jour '''''Tom Jones''''' is a 1963 British [[comedy film]], an adaptation of [[Henry Fielding]]'s classic 1749 novel ''[[The Hi23 KB (3,403 words) - 22:32, 18 March 2023
- ...011}}</ref> Peter Craven. He continued the role into the 1971 feature film comedy version, also called ''[[Please Sir! (film)|Please Sir!]]''. McFee had made The ''Please Sir!'' TV series spawned a comedy sequel called ''[[The Fenn Street Gang]]'', which ran from 1971 to 1973. Mc15 KB (2,211 words) - 10:55, 14 December 2022
- ....uk |access-date=2014-04-14}}</ref> He is probably best remembered for his comedy film roles such as in ''[[Two-Way Stretch]]'' and ''[[Carlton-Browne of the ===Films===11 KB (1,583 words) - 22:11, 9 September 2024
- ...November 1980) was an English actress who appeared in 33 films during the 1960s and 1970s. ...hess Theatre]] in 1964, she appeared in British TV adventure series of the 1960s such as ''[[w:The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', ''[[w:The Avengers (TV s10 KB (1,550 words) - 14:03, 19 December 2022
- ...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 theate30 KB (4,205 words) - 17:53, 21 December 2022
- ...7b3 |title=John Gregson }}</ref> He was best known for his crime drama and comedy roles. ...officer, or in comedy roles in [[Ealing Studios|Ealing]] and other British films.18 KB (2,700 words) - 17:00, 18 February 2023
- * Walter Shenson Films ...rchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120915050205/http://beatles.com/#/films/Help|url-status=live}}</ref> The soundtrack was released as the band's [[He33 KB (4,906 words) - 17:32, 7 February 2023
- | studio = [[Romulus Films]] ...hive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806100326/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b208402 |url-status=live }}</ref>28 KB (4,176 words) - 23:49, 2 February 2023
- | genre = {{hlist|Comedy|drama|adventure}} ...ly teacher and waiter,<ref name="auto"/> Antrobus pursued a future writing comedy, and went to [[Associated London Scripts]] (ALS), the writers' co-operative15 KB (2,014 words) - 11:53, 24 August 2024
- | genre = {{hlist|[[Science fiction]]|[[comedy]]|[[Horror fiction|horror]]}} ...riter for drama, working on many of the most popular British series of the 1960s and 1970s such as ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', ''[[The Ba20 KB (2,802 words) - 13:56, 11 March 2023
- O'Shea began acting on the stage, then moved into film in the 1960s. He became popular in the United Kingdom, as a result of starring in the [[ ...band's name. He played Inspector Boot in the 1973 [[Vincent Price]] horror/comedy film ''[[Theatre of Blood]]''.17 KB (2,423 words) - 15:09, 18 January 2023