Ed Devereaux

Ed Devereaux

Ed Devereaux (27 August 1925 – 17 December 2003) was an Australian actor, who lived in the UK for many years. He was best known for playing the part of "Matt Hammond" in the Australian children's television series Skippy. He was also involved in the series behind the scenes; Devereaux both wrote the script and directed The Veteran (1969), for which he received much critical acclaim. Devereaux based the story of Double Trouble on an idea conceived by his children, wrote the screenplay of Summer Storm and wrote the script of The Mine. Devereaux appeared as Mr. Gubbins in the 1963 British comedy movie Ladies Who Do and in several Carry On films including Carry On Sergeant, Carry On Nurse, Carry On Regardless, Carry On Cruising and Carry On Jack. He also appeared as Thomas Macaulay in series 5 of The Onedin Line and as Mac in the British comedy series Absolutely Fabulous and in The Professionals (episode "Runner") and The Sweeney ("Jackpot"). In 1964 he appeared in The Saint episode "The Loving Brothers".

  • Title: Ed Devereaux
  • Popularity: 4.243
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1925-08-27
  • Place of Birth: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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  • Also Known As: Edward Sidney Devereaux
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Ed Devereaux Movies

  • 1966
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    They're a Weird Mob

    They're a Weird Mob

    5.881 1966 HD

    Nino Culotta is an Italian immigrant, newly arrived in Australia, and attempts to understand the aspirational values and social rituals of everyday...

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  • 1964
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    Carry On Jack

    Carry On Jack

    5.9 1964 HD

    Tenth entry in the Carry On series. Able seaman Poop-Decker signs up for adventure on the high seas with the wicked Captain Fearless. Those swabbing...

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  • 1962
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    Carry On Cruising

    Carry On Cruising

    6 1962 HD

    Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to...

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  • 1978
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    Money Movers

    Money Movers

    6.2 1978 HD

    A group of crooks plan a heist to steal twenty million dollars from a Security Firm counting house.

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  • 1963
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    The Wrong Arm of the Law

    The Wrong Arm of the Law

    6.4 1963 HD

    The crooks in London know how it works. No one carries guns and no one resists the police. Then a new gang appears that go one better. They dress as...

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  • 1978
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    Edward & Mrs. Simpson

    Edward & Mrs. Simpson

    10 1978 HD

    While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the...

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  • 1977
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    That's Carry On!

    That's Carry On!

    5.762 1977 HD

    Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood...

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  • 1962
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    The Password Is Courage

    The Password Is Courage

    6.4 1962 HD

    Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war...

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  • 1960
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    Man in the Moon

    Man in the Moon

    6.4 1960 HD

    William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby...

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  • 1960
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    Watch Your Stern

    Watch Your Stern

    5.7 1960 HD

    When the details of a secret torpedo are destroyed by an incompetent seaman, the crew of the ship rally round, when the Admiral needs the plans to...

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  • 1960
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    There Was a Crooked Man

    There Was a Crooked Man

    6.1 1960 HD

    When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight...

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  • 1989
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    Goldeneye

    Goldeneye

    6 1989 HD

    British writer Ian Fleming's life and loves suggest that of his spy-novel hero, secret agent James Bond.

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  • 1985
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    Claudia

    Claudia

    1 1985 HD

    Eager to escape her high-society life among the English Elite, a woman falls in love with a young musician. Her husband, however has other plans for...

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  • 1969
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    Skippy and the Intruders

    Skippy and the Intruders

    5 1969 HD

    Skippy and the Intruders (also known as The Intruders) is a 1969 Australian film directed by Lee Robinson, and is a spin-off of the popular Skippy...

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  • 1988
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    The Clean Machine

    The Clean Machine

    5 1988 HD

    A new Premier is elected promising to clean up corruption. He sets up a taskforce headed by a traffic cop thinking he won’t get far. But...

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  • 1996
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    Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

    Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout

    7.3 1996 HD

    Eddy and Patsy prepare to go on a skiing holiday to hopefully indulge in the jet-setting lifestyle of the international celebrity elite when Saffy is...

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  • 1986
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    Daylight Robbery

    Daylight Robbery

    1 1986 HD

    Neglected by her family, kept apart from her grandchildren, desperately short of money, Bea begins to gamble - at first for small stakes, but...

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  • 1973
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    The Death of Adolf Hitler

    The Death of Adolf Hitler

    6.3 1973 HD

    The final days in the Bunker, with Hitler becoming more and more paranoid, plumbing the depths of his madness and reaching his well deserved fate.

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  • 1961
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    Carry On Regardless

    Carry On Regardless

    6.4 1961 HD

    After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying...

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  • 1976
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    Old Man March Is Dead

    Old Man March Is Dead

    1 1976 HD

    In rural New Zealand an alcoholic ex-soldier is desperate to obtain more liquor. His family try to keep liquor away from him.

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  • 1967
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    Journey Out Of Darkness

    Journey Out Of Darkness

    1 1967 HD

    Set in 1901, the film follows the progress of Constable Peterson (Matthaei) on his quest to bring an Aboriginal man (Kamahl) to justice under the...

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  • 1985
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    Bon Voyage

    Bon Voyage

    1 1985 HD

    Roddy and Lola strike up a romance on the cruise liner SS Mara as it heads to Hong Kong from San Francisco.

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  • 1992
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    Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay

    Gone Too Far: The Mystery of Mrs. Muriel McKay

    1 1992 HD

    Muriel McKay was kidnapped from her home in Wimbledon on 29th December 1969 and her body was never found. The media was enlisted to try and help the...

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  • 1971
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    Nickel Queen

    Nickel Queen

    1 1971 HD

    Nickel Queen was an Australian comedy film released in 1971 starring Googie Withers and directed by her husband John McCallum. The story was loosely...

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  • 1964
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    Never Put It in Writing

    Never Put It in Writing

    1 1964 HD

    An executive, passed over for a promotion, sends an angry letter to his bosses while in Ireland. Learning he's up for a better job, he rushes to...

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  • 1976
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    Pressure

    Pressure

    5.7 1976 HD

    A British-born younger son of an immigrant family from Trinidad finds himself adrift between two cultures.

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  • 1996
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    The Preventers

    The Preventers

    1 1996 HD

    Parody of 1960's spy capers.

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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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  • 1985
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    Reunion at Fairborough

    Reunion at Fairborough

    4.75 1985 HD

    World War II vets travel to England for a reunion at their old base. Stars Judi Trott, Barry Morse, Red Buttons, Deborah Kerr, Shane Rimmer, Robert...

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  • 1981
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    The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

    The Life and Times of David Lloyd George

    1 1981 HD

    The Life and Times of David Lloyd George charts the life of the controversial Liberal politician with Philip Madoc in the titular role. The title...

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  • 1991
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    Buddy's Song

    Buddy's Song

    5.8 1991 HD

    Buddy is an aspiring teenager who is a very good musician and has pressure to go further than his Dad's teddy boy rocker days...

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  • 1974
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    Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

    Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

    5.4 1974 HD

    Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the...

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  • 1990
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    I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

    I Bought a Vampire Motorcycle

    5.6 1990 HD

    When a motorbike gang kills an occultist, the evil spirit he was summoning inhabits a damaged bike. The bike is then bought and restored, but reveals...

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  • 1960
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    The Savage Innocents

    The Savage Innocents

    6.7 1960 HD

    An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post where he accidentally kills a missionary and finds himself being pursued...

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  • 1963
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    Ladies Who Do

    Ladies Who Do

    7 1963 HD

    The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save...

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  • 1972
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    Bless This House

    Bless This House

    6.3 1972 HD

    The legendary Sid James stars as the head of a chaotic household in this movie spin-off from the hit ITV sitcom. Sid Abbott and his best mate Trevor...

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  • 1983
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    The Dismissal

    The Dismissal

    1 1983 HD

    The drama surrounding the dismissal of Mr. Gough Whitlam as the Labor Prime Minister of Australia - on 11 November, 1975 - by the then...

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  • 1989
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    The Saint: Fear in Fun Park

    The Saint: Fear in Fun Park

    1 1989 HD

    Simon Templar thwarts a Hong Kong syndicate's takeover of a businessman's Australian fun park.

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  • 1975
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    Sporting Chance

    Sporting Chance

    6 1975 HD

    Life in the fast lane becomes deadly for Wilde and Sinclair when the mob tries to "fix" the sport of high-speed racing. Wilde then finds himself...

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  • 1975
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    Child of Hope

    Child of Hope

    1 1975 HD

    Thirty-seven men from the disputed territory of South West Africa are on trial for their lives in Pretoria, 1,000 miles from their home. They are to...

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  • 1977
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    Come Back, Little Sheba

    Come Back, Little Sheba

    1 1977 HD

    An emotionally remote recovering alcoholic and his dowdy, unambitious wife face a personal crisis when they take in an attractive lodger.

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  • 1957
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    The Shiralee

    The Shiralee

    5.1 1957 HD

    An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town...

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  • 1985
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    Robbery Under Arms

    Robbery Under Arms

    6.4 1985 HD

    Fourth adaptation and first made for television of the classic Australian bushranger novel "Robbery Under Arms" by Rolf Boldrewood. Made by the South...

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  • 1977
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    Three Dangerous Ladies

    Three Dangerous Ladies

    5 1977 HD

    Three unrelated horror shorts from 1975 UK horror anthology series "Classics Dark and Dangerous" edited together into one horror film anthology with...

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  • 1976
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    The Ghosts of Motley Hall

    The Ghosts of Motley Hall

    6.8 1976 HD

    The Ghosts of Motley Hall is a British children's television series written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence...

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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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  • 1988
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    The True Believers

    The True Believers

    1 1988 HD

    The True Believers is a 1988 Australian mini series which looks at the history of the Australian Labor Party from the end of World War Two up to the...

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  • 1980
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    The Enigma Files

    The Enigma Files

    5.5 1980 HD

    The Enigma Files is a British television detective drama that ran for a single series of fifteen episodes in 1980. Detective Chief Inspector Nick...

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  • 1978
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    Edward and Mrs Simpson

    Edward and Mrs Simpson

    6.2 1978 HD

    While still the Prince of Wales, the future Edward VIII meets the married American socialite, Wallis Simpson. Their relationship causes furor in the...

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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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  • 1968
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    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

    5.5 1968 HD

    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various...

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  • 1974
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    Fall of Eagles

    Fall of Eagles

    6.8 1974 HD

    "Fall of Eagles" is a 13-part British television drama aired by the BBC in 1974. The series portrays historical events from 1848 to 1918, dealing...

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  • 1982
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    We'll Meet Again

    We'll Meet Again

    5.5 1982 HD

    It's 1943 and the American Air Force has come to Market Weatherby, a small East Anglian town. The war weary British and the brash American GIs...

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  • 1976
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    Laurence Olivier Presents

    Laurence Olivier Presents

    7 1976 HD

    Laurence Olivier Presents is a British television series made by Granada Television which ran from 1976 to 1978. The plays, with the exception of...

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  • 1989
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    Snakes and Ladders

    Snakes and Ladders

    5.5 1989 HD

    In the future (1999), the UK is subdivided into two regions by barbed wire and border patrols. Northern Britain is cold, bleak and impoverished,...

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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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  • 1965
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    My Brother Jack

    My Brother Jack

    1 1965 HD

    Ed Devereaux stars as Jack in the 1965 television serial adaption of George Johnston's 1964 book My Brother Jack, adapted for ABC television by...

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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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  • 1987
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    Rafferty's Rules

    Rafferty's Rules

    6 1987 HD

    Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first...

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  • 1968
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    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

    5.5 1968 HD

    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various...

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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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  • 1983
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    The Dismissal

    The Dismissal

    6 1983 HD

    The sensational dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam's Labor Government by the Queens representative in Australia, the Governor General, Sir...

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  • 1977
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    The Professionals

    The Professionals

    7.4 1977 HD

    The lives of Bodie and Doyle, top agents for Britain's CI5 (Criminal Intelligence 5), and their controller, George Cowley. The mandate of CI5 was...

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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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  • 1970
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    5.5 1970 HD

    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various...

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  • 1970
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    The Sweeney

    The Sweeney

    5.5 1970 HD

    Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is an Australian television series telling the adventures of a young boy and his intelligent pet kangaroo, and the various...

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