Basil Dignam

Basil Dignam

Basil Dignam (24 October 1905 - 31 January 1979) was an English character actor.

  • Title: Basil Dignam
  • Popularity: 4.432
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1905-10-24
  • Place of Birth: Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Basil Martin Dignam
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Basil Dignam Movies

  • 1958
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    Corridors of Blood

    Corridors of Blood

    6.1 1958 HD

    Dr. Thomas Bolton fights for the use of anesthetic in surgery and uses himself as a guinea pig, but soon finds himself addicted.

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  • 1959
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    Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

    Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

    5.9 1959 HD

    Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king...

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  • 1966
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    Naked Evil

    Naked Evil

    5 1966 HD

    Jamaican obi-man hexes student hostel manager, eventually causing the manager's death, before being killed himself by the manager's vengeful spirit.

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  • 1961
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    The Court Martial of Major Keller

    The Court Martial of Major Keller

    1 1961 HD

    Lawrence Payne stars as Major Kellor, a well respected and decorated officer who is being court-martialled for the murder of his commanding officer...

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  • 1958
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    Son of a Stranger

    Son of a Stranger

    1 1958 HD

    A young man searches for the father he never knew, who he believes to be a millionaire.

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  • 1957
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    The Depraved

    The Depraved

    4.2 1957 HD

    Fed up with her wealthy but abusive husband, Tom (Basil Dignam), young English homemaker Laura Wilton (Anne Heywood) conspires with her lover,...

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  • 1957
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    Three Sundays to Live

    Three Sundays to Live

    5 1957 HD

    Band leader Frank Martin is convicted and sentenced to death for murdering the owner of a club in which he had performed. Frank's innocent of the...

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  • 1961
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    The Secret Partner

    The Secret Partner

    5.8 1961 HD

    A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.

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  • 1967
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    The Jokers

    The Jokers

    6 1967 HD

    Brothers Michael and David Tremayne decide to steal the Crown Jewels from the Tower of London, not for criminal purposes, but to make themselves...

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  • 1958
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    The Nice Americans

    The Nice Americans

    1 1958 HD

    American airman loves English girl whose father refuses permission for their marriage out of hatred for all Yankees.

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  • 1963
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    80,000 Suspects

    80,000 Suspects

    6.5 1963 HD

    A doctor's already-shaky marriage is tested to an even greater extent when he has to contend with a smallpox epidemic.

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  • 1958
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    Up the Creek

    Up the Creek

    5.8 1958 HD

    Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him...

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  • 1967
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    I'll Never Forget What's'isname

    I'll Never Forget What's'isname

    5.5 1967 HD

    Advertising golden boy Andrew Quint is fed up with his fabulously successful life. In very dramatic fashion, he quits his job to return to writing...

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  • 1962
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    Seven Seas to Calais

    Seven Seas to Calais

    5.25 1962 HD

    Sir Francis Drake fights to take over Spain's treasure routes for Queen Elizabeth I.

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  • 1964
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    Ring of Spies

    Ring of Spies

    6.9 1964 HD

    The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research...

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  • 1956
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    The Weapon

    The Weapon

    5.9 1956 HD

    A boy accidentally shoots a friend with a gun he found in the rubble of a destroyed building. The gun turns out to be a clue in a ten-year-old murder...

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  • 1960
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    Suspect

    Suspect

    6.5 1960 HD

    A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that...

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  • 1958
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    Innocent Sinners

    Innocent Sinners

    7 1958 HD

    A neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.

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  • 1967
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    The Cuckoo Patrol

    The Cuckoo Patrol

    3.5 1967 HD

    Freddie and the Dreamers play part of a Scout troupe that get caught up in a series of misadventures on their way to camp.

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  • 1961
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    Victim

    Victim

    7.4 1961 HD

    A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of...

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  • 1959
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    I'm All Right Jack

    I'm All Right Jack

    6.7 1959 HD

    Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start...

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  • 1955
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    Touch and Go

    Touch and Go

    6.3 1955 HD

    When Jim Fletcher is told by his firm that his new furniture designs are not in keeping with the firm's image he threatens to resign, and decides to...

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  • 1957
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    You Pay Your Money

    You Pay Your Money

    4.9 1957 HD

    Crime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.

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  • 1958
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    Further Up the Creek

    Further Up the Creek

    6 1958 HD

    The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship...

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  • 1961
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    Gorgo

    Gorgo

    5.4 1961 HD

    Greedy sailors capture a giant lizard off the coast of Ireland and sell it to a London circus. Then its mother shows up.

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  • 1968
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    Assignment K

    Assignment K

    6 1968 HD

    Philip Scott, the boss of a toy company, is secretly also the chief of a British spy organization. Scott's cover is destroyed when enemy agents...

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  • 1958
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    Room at the Top

    Room at the Top

    6.813 1958 HD

    An ambitious young accountant schemes to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.

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  • 1968
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    Number Ten

    Number Ten

    1 1968 HD

    The Prime Minister heads a cabinet divided on the question of either using force against an African state, or referring the matter to the United...

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  • 1960
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    Sentenced for Life

    Sentenced for Life

    1 1960 HD

    An engineer is wrongly convicted of selling secrets to enemy agents and is sentenced to life in prison. Convinced it was his former partner who...

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  • 1972
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    I Spy a Stranger

    I Spy a Stranger

    1 1972 HD

    Play set in the Home Counties during the Second World War. A Czech refugee arrives at her cousin's Mrs Hudson's, which create xenophobic problems in...

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  • 1955
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    The Quatermass Xperiment

    The Quatermass Xperiment

    6.5 1955 HD

    The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and...

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  • 1962
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    Lawrence of Arabia

    Lawrence of Arabia

    8 1962 HD

    The story of British officer T.E. Lawrence's mission to aid the Arab tribes in their revolt against the Ottoman Empire during the First World War....

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  • 1957
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    The Counterfeit Plan

    The Counterfeit Plan

    5.2 1957 HD

    An escaped murderer flees France to England, where he forces an ex-forger, now established as a reputable estate owner, and the forger's daughter who...

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  • 1963
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    Heavens Above!

    Heavens Above!

    6.2 1963 HD

    A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and...

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  • 1971
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    10 Rillington Place

    10 Rillington Place

    7.273 1971 HD

    The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of...

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  • 1974
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    Soft Beds, Hard Battles

    Soft Beds, Hard Battles

    4.1 1974 HD

    In this comedy, set during the Nazi occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male parts, so he stars in nearly every scene, always...

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  • 1956
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    The Narrowing Circle

    The Narrowing Circle

    5.5 1956 HD

    A journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.

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  • 1968
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    Twisted Nerve

    Twisted Nerve

    6.8 1968 HD

    Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he...

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  • 1957
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    Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

    Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst

    7.2 1957 HD

    While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore...

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  • 1951
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    Smart Alec

    Smart Alec

    8.5 1951 HD

    A young artist plots "the perfect murder" in order to inherit his wealthy uncle's fortune.

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  • 1960
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    The Spider's Web

    The Spider's Web

    6.2 1960 HD

    Mystery film based on an Agatha Christie story.

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  • 1951
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    Two on the Tiles

    Two on the Tiles

    5.5 1951 HD

    A married couple both face temptations while separated for a few days. The husband meets an attractive female fellow traveler in Paris while the wife...

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  • 1959
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    Sapphire

    Sapphire

    7 1959 HD

    Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of...

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  • 1971
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    A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

    A Lizard in a Woman's Skin

    6.5 1971 HD

    Carol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes...

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  • 1966
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    Where the Spies Are

    Where the Spies Are

    5.2 1966 HD

    A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is...

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  • 1956
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    Reach for the Sky

    Reach for the Sky

    6.7 1956 HD

    The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing...

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  • 1970
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    The Games

    The Games

    7.2 1970 HD

    From Great Britain, the United States, France, Italy, Australia and behind the Iron Curtain. They are the most superbly conditioned animals in the...

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  • 1962
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    Life for Ruth

    Life for Ruth

    6.2 1962 HD

    John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for...

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  • 1957
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    Brothers in Law

    Brothers in Law

    7.1 1957 HD

    Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end,...

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  • 1960
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    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

    The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

    6.1 1960 HD

    The fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best ever – they have burned down St Trinian’s school! As the girls stand trial, the...

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  • 1961
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    Fate Takes a Hand

    Fate Takes a Hand

    5.5 1961 HD

    When a mail bag full of post that was taken in a robbery is discovered fifteen years later, a Post Office employee and local reporter decide to...

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  • 1949
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    Maytime in Mayfair

    Maytime in Mayfair

    6 1949 HD

    Penniless man-about-town Michael Gore-Brown is delighted to hear he has been left a high-class Mayfair fashion salon. His intention is to sell it as...

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  • 1952
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    Hammer the Toff

    Hammer the Toff

    6 1952 HD

    A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.

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  • 1951
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    The Lady with a Lamp

    The Lady with a Lamp

    5.917 1951 HD

    Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young...

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  • 1965
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    Rotten to the Core

    Rotten to the Core

    6.2 1965 HD

    Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's...

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  • 1955
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    They Can't Hang Me

    They Can't Hang Me

    6 1955 HD

    A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.

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  • 1960
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    A Touch of Larceny

    A Touch of Larceny

    5.8 1960 HD

    After falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan...

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  • 1956
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    Port of Escape

    Port of Escape

    5.4 1956 HD

    Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene,...

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  • 1951
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    Appointment with Venus

    Appointment with Venus

    5.1 1951 HD

    At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on...

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  • 1969
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    Laughter in the Dark

    Laughter in the Dark

    4 1969 HD

    Swinging London in the 1960's. Deals with the affection of a middle-aged man for a very young woman, resulting in a mutually parasitic relationship.

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  • 1958
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    Rockets Galore

    Rockets Galore

    6 1958 HD

    The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world...

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  • 1952
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    His Excellency

    His Excellency

    6 1952 HD

    A trade union official becomes governor of a British island colony

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  • 1958
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    Carry On Sergeant

    Carry On Sergeant

    6.4 1958 HD

    Fall in for the first ever film in the highly successful Carry On comedy series—now an acclaimed British institution. Kenneth Connor and...

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  • 1964
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    Master Spy

    Master Spy

    6 1964 HD

    Boris Turganev (Murray) is a Russian scientist who has absconded from a Communist prison in an attempt to achieve a better life working for the...

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  • 1967
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    The Prisoner

    The Prisoner

    7.8 1967 HD

    After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders...

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  • 1969
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    Department S

    Department S

    4.9 1969 HD

    Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in...

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  • 1971
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    Elizabeth R

    Elizabeth R

    7.4 1971 HD

    This historical mini-series documents the reign of Elizabeth I with each episode focusing on one dramatic period in the lengthy reign of the Virgin...

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  • 1965
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    Gideon's Way

    Gideon's Way

    6.8 1965 HD

    Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at...

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  • 1961
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    The Avengers

    The Avengers

    7.7 1961 HD

    The Avengers is a British television series created in the 1960s. It initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed. Hendry left...

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  • 1972
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    War & Peace

    War & Peace

    7.3 1972 HD

    The classic BBC dramatisation of Tolstoy's epic story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars. Anthony Hopkins heads the...

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  • 1975
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    7.7 1975 HD

    Jack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.

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  • 1971
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    The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

    7.633 1971 HD

    An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.

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  • 1970
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    UFO

    UFO

    7.6 1970 HD

    A secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.

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  • 1971
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    Jason King

    Jason King

    7.3 1971 HD

    Jason King - a suavely sophisticated former secret agent turned novelist - travels the world searching for material to fill his books, encountering...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1968
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    The Champions

    The Champions

    6 1968 HD

    The Champions is a British espionage/science fiction/occult detective fiction adventure series consisting of 30 episodes broadcast on the UK network...

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  • 1954
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    Sherlock Holmes

    Sherlock Holmes

    7.1 1954 HD

    The first American television series of Sherlock Holmes adventures aired in syndication in the fall of 1954. The 39 half-hour mostly original stories...

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  • 1976
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    The New Avengers

    The New Avengers

    6.9 1976 HD

    The New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The...

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  • 1959
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    Interpol Calling

    Interpol Calling

    6.7 1959 HD

    The adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.

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  • 1955
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    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    The Adventures of Robin Hood

    6.4 1955 HD

    The legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the...

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  • 1959
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    No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1959 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

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  • 1970
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    The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    8.1 1970 HD

    Series of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and...

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  • 1967
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    Man in a Suitcase

    Man in a Suitcase

    7 1967 HD

    Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches...

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  • 1961
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    Sir Francis Drake

    Sir Francis Drake

    4 1961 HD

    Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden...

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  • 1969
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    Judge Dee

    Judge Dee

    5 1969 HD

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  • 1965
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    United!

    United!

    1 1965 HD

    United! was a British television series which was produced by the BBC between 1965 and 1967, and was broadcast twice-weekly on BBC1. The series...

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  • 1978
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    Life of Shakespeare

    Life of Shakespeare

    1 1978 HD

    Biography of William Shakespeare.

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  • 1971
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    Fathers and Sons

    Fathers and Sons

    1 1971 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Adventurer

    The Adventurer

    5.5 1972 HD

    The Adventurer is an ITC Entertainment TV adventure series created by Dennis Spooner that ran for one season from 1972 to 1973. It premiered in the...

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  • 1969
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    The Main Chance

    The Main Chance

    8 1969 HD

    The Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden...

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  • 1971
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    Justice

    Justice

    6 1971 HD

    Justice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974....

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  • 1975
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    The Stars Look Down

    The Stars Look Down

    1 1975 HD

    Mini series about a Northumberland mining village - the daily lives of the inhabitants and the tragedies and disasters that befell them.

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  • 1971
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    Persuasion

    Persuasion

    6.8 1971 HD

    British television adaptation of the Jane Austen novel of the same name.

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  • 1969
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    Department S

    Department S

    4.9 1969 HD

    Department S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in...

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  • 1972
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    Crown Court

    Crown Court

    5 1972 HD

    Crown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court...

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  • 1972
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    The Protectors

    The Protectors

    5.6 1972 HD

    The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as...

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