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- ...n]] princess is betrothed to the king of a neighbouring country, but falls in love with the army officer sent to escort her there. Meanwhile, a revolutio ...ok | ref = {{sfnref|Wood}} | last = Wood | first = Linda | title = British Films, 1927–1939 | publisher = British Film Institute | year = 1986 | location3 KB (357 words) - 19:25, 6 August 2024
- ...e does not want to work for a living, and idles his time away while living in his father's hotel (named "[[Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower]] Hotel"). So ...[[S. J. Simon]], but the story was moved from Paris in the 1930s to London in the late 1940s. Brahms and Simon provided additional dialogue to director [5 KB (761 words) - 23:25, 6 January 2023
- '''''Don't Bother to Knock''''' (released as '''''Why Bother to Knock''''' in the United States) is a 1961 British [[comedy film]] directed by [[Cyril Fr ...iced by Bill, Maggie, an American business associate of his, finds his key in his trouser cuff where he had dropped it, but, before returning it, she mak4 KB (501 words) - 19:05, 12 March 2023
- ...3. Unlike the novel, which is set in the United States, the film is set in Europe. ...er Sonia Winter ([[Diana Rigg]]) uncovers an organisation that specialises in killing for money, the Assassination Bureau Limited. To bring about its des10 KB (1,543 words) - 13:52, 18 March 2023
- | studio = Walter Shenson Films ...it, the people of the [[Duchy]] of [[Grand Fenwick]], a [[microstate]] in Europe, attempt space flight using wine as a propellant. It satirises the [[space7 KB (1,057 words) - 22:46, 16 February 2023
- ...ions. It was released by [[General Film Distributors]]. It was distributed in America the following year by [[Universal Pictures]]. ...filmed in Spain.<ref>p.90 Mitchell, John ''Flickering Shadows: A Lifetime in Film'' 1997 Harold Martin & Redman</ref> The film's sets were designed by t6 KB (799 words) - 15:13, 20 February 2023
- ...itle is a parody of the film title ''[[One of Our Aircraft Is Missing]]'', in which both [[Peter Ustinov]] and [[Hugh Burden]] also appeared. The film wa ...large dinosaur skeletons. He is relieved to meet his former nanny, Hettie, in the museum, and asks her to retrieve the microfilm. Southmere then faints a9 KB (1,395 words) - 23:26, 8 February 2023
- | studio = [[Mirisch Company]]<br>[[Mirisch Films]] ...[[Mirisch Films]] at the [[MGM-British Studios]], [[Borehamwood]] and in Europe.14 KB (2,146 words) - 08:07, 6 September 2024
- The film is set in London on the third or fourth anniversary of a [[w:Nuclear warfare|nuclear ...ée Alan, who then joins their party. It is said that Penelope is pregnant. In search of a nurse, they leave the train taking a trunk so as to not look li12 KB (1,791 words) - 23:42, 6 January 2023
- | studio = [[London Films]] | distributor = [[British Lion Films]]9 KB (1,251 words) - 17:07, 23 January 2023
- ...(then £5), a variety of English men and women are trapped in [[Stockholm]] in the very expensive country of [[Sweden]]. These include Bumble and her estr ...problem is ultimately resolved by a Swedish citizen offering accommodation in return for a reciprocal arrangement when he visits Britain. Meanwhile the v8 KB (1,164 words) - 20:32, 8 February 2023
- ...iously imitating Danvers-Walker's "perky tone" in a cod "newsreel" segment in his 2000 film ''[[w:Love's Labour's Lost (film)|Love's Labour's Lost]]''.<r ...e]], in 1925, moving on briefly to [[w:ABC Radio National|2FC]] in Sydney, in 1932, before returning to the United Kingdom the same year.<ref name="ODNB"8 KB (1,130 words) - 13:41, 7 January 2023
- | studio = Marianne Productions<br>Basil Keys Productions<br>Les Films Concordia<br>Dino De Laurentiis Cinematografica | gross = $1,125,000 (US/ Canada rentals)<ref>"Big Rental Films of 1969". ''Variety'', 7 January 1970, p. 15.</ref>15 KB (2,192 words) - 16:37, 27 December 2022
- ...he Mouse That Roared (1959)|publisher=}}</ref> It stars [[Peter Sellers]] in three roles: Duchess Gloriana XII; Count Rupert Mountjoy, the Prime Ministe ...ail]] books passage across the Atlantic on a small merchant ship, arriving in [[New York Harbor|New York Harbour]] during an air-raid drill that leaves t12 KB (1,800 words) - 10:47, 25 August 2024
- * [[HandMade Films]] | distributor = [[Columbia Pictures]] (United States)<br />HandMade Films (United Kingdom)<ref name=bbfc />16 KB (2,306 words) - 12:48, 24 January 2023
- ...in ''Man About the House'' and moving to a modern, upmarket housing estate in [[Hampton Wick|Hampton Wick]]. Their arrival horrifies their snobbish neigh ...m]]. The movie was dedicated to actress [[Yootha Joyce]] who died suddenly in August 1980, just as the cast were about to film a sixth and final series.15 KB (2,166 words) - 08:09, 16 March 2023
- ...1969 British comedy musical war film directed by [[Richard Attenborough]] (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including [[Maggie Smith]], ...ffles in partnership with [[Joan Littlewood]] and her [[Theatre Workshop]] in 1963.<ref>Banham (1998, 645), Brockett and Hildy (2003, 493), and Eyre and26 KB (4,014 words) - 13:31, 25 August 2024
- ...ast]] comedies, [[Adventure films|Adventure films]], [[Action films|Action films]] ...ge-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like ''[[Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines]]'', ''[[Battle of the Bulge (1965 film)|Battle of th21 KB (3,142 words) - 14:00, 11 March 2023
- ...bruary 1921 – 2 June 2017) was an English actor, mainly known for his work in television. ...''[[First of the Summer Wine]]''. Although Sallis was born and brought up in London, the characters of Wallace and Clegg were both [[Northern England|No32 KB (4,780 words) - 13:34, 25 August 2024
- ...h_place = [[Ozeriany, Borshchiv Hromada|Jezierzany]], [[Galicia (eastern Europe)|Galicia]], [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]] ...''[[The Vicar of Dibley]]''. At 85 he played Professor [[Herbert Marcuse]] in the Coen Brothers' film ''[[Hail, Caesar!]]'' (2016).23 KB (3,360 words) - 23:20, 17 January 2023