• Just My Luck (1957 film)
  ...y [[John Paddy Carstairs]] and starring [[Norman Wisdom]] as a worker in a jewellery shop.<ref name="Innes">{{cite web|last=Innes|first=John|url=http://www.scre ...My Luck'' is not a piece of comedic genius, nor even the best of Wisdom's films, but it's an amiable, well-constructed piece that recalls a gentler age".<r
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• There Was a Young Lady
  | studio = [[Nettlefold Films]] ...] as dim-witted secretary Irene.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9efea842|title=Geraldine McEwan|website=BFI}}</ref>
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• Please Turn Over
  ...fries]] and [[Victor Maddern]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b32b25a|title=Please Turn Over (1960)|website=BFI}}</ref> T ...[[bestseller]]. It tells the story of a young girl who discovers the truth about her family and neighbours, and flees to [[London]] to become a prostitute.
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• Jazz Boat
  | studio = [[Warwick Films]] ...or a big jewellery heist. However, Bert was only making a "song and dance" about being a cat burglar. He discovers that it is too late to back out.
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• Too Many Crooks
  ...[[Terry-Thomas]] as her husband.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6b8a5c63|title=Too Many Crooks (1959)|publisher=}}</ref> ...ads the gangsters in stealing the cash and, for good measure, the furs and jewellery Gordon had lavished on his mistress, taking half of the proceeds for her sh
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• Boys Will Be Boys (1935 film)
  ...ds to. Afterwards he writes his real recommendation which is very negative about Smart's talents. ...to give it back Smart takes it and hides it in a [[Casket (decorative box)|Jewellery Box]] due to be presented to Lady Dorking at the dinner..
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• Charles Penrose (entertainer)
  He initially followed his father into the jewellery trade, but enjoyed such success with his innovative [[w:laughter|laughing]] ...ries ''The Pig and Whistle''. He was also a character actor in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s.
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• Make Mine Mink
  ...rs. Spanager rejects her husband's gift of a [[mink coat]] due to his lies about his business trip, he pretends to throw the coat off their balcony, but act ...he four [[Yeoman Warders|Beefeaters]] heading into the chamber holding the jewellery look familiar, then dismisses the fantastic idea. However, her instincts ar
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• Twelve Angry Men (Hancock's Half Hour)
  ...st broadcast on 16 October 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b72315a9f|title=Twelve Angry Men (1959)|publisher=}}</ref> W ...y in the trial of a man - John Harrison Peabody - accused of stealing some jewellery. Hancock has been elected jury foreman and continually interrupts the proc
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• Blue Murder at St Trinian's
  | distributor = [[British Lion Films]] {{small|(UK)}} ...effries]] and [[Richard Wattis]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a5e2838|title=Blue Murder at St. Trinian&#039;s (1958)}}</r
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• Michael Ward (actor)
  ...was an [[w:England|English]] character actor who appeared in nearly eighty films between 1947 and 1978. In between the years 1947 and 1960, Ward appeared in no fewer than 30 films, making him one of the UK's busiest and most recognisable character actors.
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• The Pink Panther (1963 film)
  {{About|the 1963 film|the entire film series|The Pink Panther|other uses|The Pink P ...playboy drowning in gambling debts, but poses as a recent college graduate about to enter the [[Peace Corps]] so his uncle continues to support his lavish l
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• Curse of the Pink Panther
  ...3 [[comedy film]] and a continuation of ''[[The Pink Panther]]'' series of films created by [[Blake Edwards]] in the early 1960s. The film was one of two pr ...ough only Clouseau was convinced of this. The Phantom would steal items of jewellery and leave behind a monogrammed white glove.
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• Jack Howarth (actor)
  ...n, John Jr., in 1930. It was reported that Howarth bought his wife so much jewellery, she had to keep it in the bank.<ref name=":0"/> ...[[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] in July 1929. He also appeared in a number of films including ''[[The Man in the White Suit]]'' (1951) and ''[[Hobson's Choice
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• Passport to Pimlico
  ...o]]. The explosion reveals a long-buried cellar containing artwork, coins, jewellery and an ancient manuscript. The document is authenticated by the historian P ...minister. The council begin discussions with the government, particularly about the Burgundian treasure.
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• List of Only Fools and Horses characters
  ...el's sake. Joan is a huge fan of [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] films and actresses, given her job in the Ritz cinema, to the point that she chan ...though the trip is merely a ruse so that Robdal and Kelly can rob a nearby jewellery store. It is revealed in the second episode, ''[[Five Gold Rings]]'', that
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• Love Actually
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• Benny Hill
  Outside television, Hill starred in films including the [[Ealing comedy]] ''[[Who Done It? (1956 film)|Who Done It?]] ...rchive.org/web/20120420060429/http://www.sabotagetimes.com/funny/the-truth-about-benny-hill/ | archive-date=20 April 2012 | url-status=dead }}</ref> and as
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• Norman Wisdom
  ...ish actor, comedian, musician and singer best known for a series of comedy films produced between 1953 and 1966 featuring his hapless onscreen character tha ...and many [[Eastern Bloc]] countries, particularly in [[Albania]] where his films were the only ones by Western actors permitted by dictator [[Enver Hoxha]]
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• Angela Morley
  ...-462e-86a9-b4227fdd25de|title=Writing '1977' for BBC Radio 4, and why it's about so much more than "a transgender woman in the 1970s"|date=2015-11-30|websit ...ed the [[w:ukulele-banjo|ukulele-banjo]], and the family lived above their jewellery shop.<ref name=":5" /> Her mother also sang.<ref name=":5" /> Morley was a
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