James Mason
James Neville Mason, known as James Mason, was an accomplished English actor who made a significant impact on both British and American cinema. He was born on May 15, 1909, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and passed away on July 27, 1984, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Mason's acting career began in the 1930s, where he initially gained recognition for his stage performances in London's West End. He made his film debut in 1935 with the British film "Late Extra," marking the start of his illustrious on-screen journey. Throughout his career, Mason showcased his exceptional acting abilities, often portraying complex and morally ambiguous characters. His commanding presence, distinctive voice, and versatile range allowed him to effortlessly transition between genres, from dramas to thrillers and even period pieces. One of Mason's most acclaimed performances came in 1945 when he starred as the troubled and enigmatic Johnny McQueen in the film "Odd Man Out." His portrayal of the wounded Irish nationalist earned him widespread praise and established him as a respected leading man. Mason's notable filmography includes memorable roles in films such as "The Wicked Lady" (1945), "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951), "A Star Is Born" (1954), "North by Northwest" (1959), and "Lolita" (1962). His ability to bring depth, sophistication, and complexity to his characters captivated audiences and garnered critical acclaim. Beyond his film career, Mason also dabbled in producing and directing. He co-produced and starred in the acclaimed film "A Star Is Born," showcasing his multifaceted talent and creative vision. Throughout his life, Mason was recognized with numerous awards and nominations, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. He was highly regarded by his peers and critics alike for his impeccable craft and his ability to elevate any production he was a part of.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Captain NemoA ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the...
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Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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Evil Under the Sun
as Odell GardenerAn opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts...
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The Fall of the Roman Empire
as TimonidesIn the year 180 A.D. Germanic tribes are about to invade the Roman empire from the north. In the...
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Lolita
as Prof. Humbert HumbertHumbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the...
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An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct...
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Julius Caesar
as BrutusThe assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic...
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The Passage
as Professor BergsonDuring WW 2, a Basque shepherd is approached by the underground, who wants him to lead a...
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The Verdict
as Ed ConcannonFrank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a...
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Bigger Than Life
as Ed AveryA friendly, successful suburban teacher and father grows dangerously addicted to cortisone,...
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Cross of Iron
as Oberst BrandtIt is 1943, and the German army—ravaged and demoralised—is hastily retreating from the Russian...
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The Last of Sheila
as PhilipA year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of...
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The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Field Marshal Erwin RommelThe life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
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A Star Is Born
as Norman MaineA movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own...
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The MacKintosh Man
as Sir George WheelerA member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be...
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Mandingo
as Warren MaxwellWarren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and...
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The Boys from Brazil
as Eduard SeibertNazi hunter Ezra Lieberman discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.
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The Blue Max
as General Count von KlugermannA young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries...
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Yellowbeard
as Captain HughesFor years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their...
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Voyage of the Damned
as Dr. Juan RemosA luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.
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Murder by Decree
as Dr. John H. WatsonSherlock Holmes is drawn into the case of Jack the Ripper who is killing prostitutes in London's...
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The Man in Grey
as Lord RohanAfter marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a...
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Cold Sweat
as Captain RossDuring the Korean War, Joe Moran, is convicted for striking a colonel. Imprisoned in Germany he...
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Ivanhoe
as Isaac of YorkIvanhoe, a worthy and noble knight, the champion of justice returns to England after the holy...
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Botany Bay
as Capt. Paul GilbertBased on the story of the start of Australia's colonisation. An American medical student is...
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5 Fingers
as Ulysses DielloDuring WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans...
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
as Hendrik van der ZeePandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for....
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Odd Man Out
as Johnny McQueenBelfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman wounded in a daring robbery.
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Heaven Can Wait
as Mr. JordanJoe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost...
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Lord Jim
as Gentleman BrownAfter being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem...
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Prince Valiant
as Sir BrackA young Viking prince strives to become a knight in King Arthur's Court and restore his exiled...
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The Reckless Moment
as Martin DonnellyAfter discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate...
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Caught
as Larry QuinadaWide-eyed and poor young Leonora weds an obsessive millionaire named Ohlrig, but the marriage is...
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Age of Consent
as Bradley MorahanAn elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent)...
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Genghis Khan
as Kam LingThis is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the...
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North Sea Hijack
as Admiral BrindsenWhen terrorists take over two oil rigs, and threaten to blow them up if their demands are not...
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Sid & Judy
as Self (archive footage)Explore the dramatic career and personal struggles of the talented and tragically short-lived...
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The Wicked Lady
as Captain Jerry JacksonA married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.
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The Man Between
as Ivo KernA British woman on a visit to post-war Berlin is caught up in an espionage ring smuggling...
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The Desert Rats
as Field Marshal Erwin von RommelIn North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British...
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The Pumpkin Eater
as Bob ConwayJo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a...
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Frankenstein: The True Story
as Dr. John PolidoriVictor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his...
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Spring and Port Wine
as Rafe CromptonA stern father and lenient mother try to deal with the ups and downs of their four children's...
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Georgy Girl
as James LeamingtonA homely but vivacious young woman dodges the amorous attentions of her father's middle-aged...
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Bloodline
as Sir Alec NicholsA pampered heiress inherits her father's pharmaceutical empire when he dies in a suspicious...
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde
as Edward CarsonEngland, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest...
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Bad Man's River
as Francisco Paco MonteroRobber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they...
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11 Harrowhouse
as Charles D. WattsA small time diamond merchant jumps at the chance to supervise the purchase and cutting of a...
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The Prisoner of Zenda
as Rupert of HentzauAn Englishman vacationing in Ruritania is recruited to impersonate his cousin, the...
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The Deadly Affair
as Charles DobbsCharles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office...
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Inside Out
as Ernst FurbenAn American ex-WW II POW returns to Germany 30 years after the war. He teams up with the former...
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Mayerling
as Franz Joseph I of AustriaCrown Prince Rudolf of Austria clashes with his father, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, over...
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Escape from Zahrain
as JohnsonYul Brynner plays political leader Sharif who is sprung from a police van on his way to a firing...
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Madame Bovary
as Gustave FlaubertA frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction...
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The Marseille Contract
as Jacques BrizardAn important drug lord settled in Marseille is suspected of having ordered the killing of an...
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Fanny by Gaslight
as Lord ManderstokeReturning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her...
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Kidnap Syndicate
as FilippiniAfter his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist seeks revenge, in spite of the potential...
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The Tell-Tale Heart
as NarratorOne of the most discussed and imaginative cartoons of any era. It tells the famous Edgar Allan...
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Fire Over England
as Hillary VaneThe film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on...
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Fear in the City
as ProsecutorThe film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals...
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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun'
as Self / Odell GardenerDirector Guy Hamilton and several of the stars of Agatha Christie's "Evil Under The Sun" walk...
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The Decks Ran Red
as Capt. Edwin RummillA band of dishonest seamen plans a murderous mutiny aboard the S.S. Berwind.
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East Side, West Side
as Brandon BourneA vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing...
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Child's Play
as Jerome MalleyAt an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older...
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The Uninhibited
as Pascal RegnierVincent is recovering from a nervous breakdown in a seaside village on the Costa Brava. He...
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The Sea Gull
as TrigorinFilm adaptation of Anton Chekhov's story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the...
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The Story of Three Loves
as Charles CoutrayPassengers on an ocean liner recall their greatest loves.
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The Seventh Veil
as Nicholas CunninghamA concert pianist with amnesia fights to regain her memory.
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The Upturned Glass
as Michael JoyceA neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a...
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Island in the Sun
as Maxwell FleuryA scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a...
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Kill!
as Alan HamiltonInterpol investigates the freelance killings of drug and porn peddlers.
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Thunder Rock
as StreeterDavid Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock...
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Passion & Poetry: Sam Peckinpah's War
as Self (archive footage)A documentary about Sam Peckinpah's "Cross of Iron," shot in Yugoslavia in 1976.
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Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class
as Self (archive footage)The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews...
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They Were Sisters
as Geoffrey LeeThe story of three sisters and the men they marry: one is happily married but childless, the...
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories
as Self (archive footage)A film biography with a difference, Sir John Mills' Moving Memories charts the life of one of...
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Hero's Island
as Jacob WeberA family shipwrecked on an island must deal with escaped convicts and pirates.
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One Way Street
as Dr. Frank MatsonAfter stealing a gangster's money and his girlfriend, a doctor heads for a small village in...
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Night of 100 Stars
as SelfThe most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took...
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Cry Terror!
as Jim MolnerA mad bomber holds an innocent family hostage.
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Secret Mission
as Raoul de CarnotWorld War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake...
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The Assisi Underground
as Bishop NicoliniThis film sheds light on the role of the Catholic Church and the people of Assisi in rescuing...
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A Touch of Larceny
as Cmdr. Max EastonAfter falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man,...
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Duffy
as Charles CalvertHalf-brothers Stefane and Antony despise their biological father, callous millionaire Charles...
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Autobiography of a Princess
as Cyril SahibOn the birthday of her late father, a deposed Maharaja, a displaced Indian princess living in...
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Forever, Darling
as The Guardian AngelSusan and Lorenzo have been married for over five years and they are starting to drift apart. So...
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Hatter's Castle
as Dr. RenwickThe year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there...
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The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go
as Y.Y. GoAn American draft dodger and aspiring writer named Nero Finnigan becomes involved with the...
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The Water Babies
as Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer SharkGrimes, an amoral chimney sweep, occasionally likes to steal valuables from his clients. One...
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James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate
as SelfRetrospective of the life and movie work of British actor James Mason. The documentary presents...
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Great Expectations
as MagwitchA humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
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Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1950s: The Golden Era of the Musical
as Self (archive)During the 1950s, musical masterpieces that have yet to be equaled were produced in Cinemascope...
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Uncertain Verification
as (archive footage)A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.
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Ellis in Freedomland
as The Refrigerator (voice)Westinghouse claims its electric appliances "freed women from the drudgery of housework." The...
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The Marriage-Go-Round
as Paul DelvilleAn anthropology professor and his professor wife have the perfect marriage--until a Swedish...
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John Keats: His Life and Death
as NarratorDramatization short on British romantic poet John Keats.
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Hotel Reserve
as Peter VadassyA hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.
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Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
as Jean TallienSir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of...
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The Flower in His Mouth
as Avv. Antonio BellocampoA female school teacher is implicated in a murder in a Sicilian town only hours after her...
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The Miser
as Valere - In love with EliseTelevision broadcast of L'avare by Molière.
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The Left Hand of the Law
as Senatore LeandriAfter a couple of 'special squad' cops are gunned down while chasing some kidnappers, the head...
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Candlelight in Algeria
as Alan ThurstonCandlelight in Algeria is a 1944 British war film directed by George King and starring James...
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The London Nobody Knows
as Himself - NarratorBased on Geoffrey Fletcher’s book, this captivating documentary exposes the real London of the...
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John Brown's Raid
as John BrownWhite abolitionist John Brown and twenty of his men attempt to start an armed slave revolt in...
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Cop-Out
as John SawyerJohn Sawyer, once an eminent barrister, has slid into a life of cynicism and drunkenness since...
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They Met in the Dark
as Richard Francis HeritageA Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him...
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Tiara Tahiti
as Captain Brett AimsleyJames Mason and John Mills star in this comedy-drama about a tough colonel and a refined captain...
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Jesus Of Nazareth
as Joseph of ArimatheaRobert Powell stars in the epic 1977 drama chronicling the birth, life, crucifixion and...
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The Night Has Eyes
as Stephen DeremidTwo teachers, man-hungry Doris and restrained Marian, visit the Yorkshire moors a year after...
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I Met a Murderer
as Mark WarrowAn Englishwoman who writes novels meets a farmer who has just killed his nagging wife.
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A Place of One's Own
as Henry SmedhurstAn elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to...
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Secret of Stamboul
as LarryA man travels to Istanbul to try and prevent a revolution.
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The High Command
as Capt. HeverellA general must come to terms with a crime he commited years earlier.
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Face to Face
as The CaptainTwo short films released together under a collective title. The first, "Secret Sharer", directed...
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Prison Breaker
as 'Bunny' BarnesA British secret service agent falls in love with the daughter of a leading London criminal, and...
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Torpedo Bay
as Captain BlayneAn Italian submarine captain tries to navigate his sub through enemy waters while being stalked...
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The Shooting Party
as Sir Randolph Nettleby1913, shortly before the outbreak of WWI. A group of aristocrats gathers at the estate of Sir...
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Dr. Fischer of Geneva
as Dr. FischerDr. Fischer has an unusual hobby — to expose human greed. How much humiliation will his fellow...
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Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
as DemonAs the Metropolitan Museum of Art closes, Big Bird decides to leave his Sesame Street friends...
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Group Madness
as SelfA behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard
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The Search for Alexander the Great
as NarratorFriends, contemporaries and even enemies of Alexander the Great gather in a tent to tell his...
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The Star of Bethlehem
as HimselfJames Mason and his wife Pamela read sections from the bible that lead up to the birth of Jesus....
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The Bells Go Down
as Ted RobbinsComedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire...
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Alibi
as Andre LaurentIn 1930s France a bar hostess helps a man prove himself innocent of murder.
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The Wind in the Wires
as NarratorThis documentary recounts the history of modern aviation (primarily in Britain) from roughly...
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The Popes and Their Art
as PresentorA visit of the art collections of the Vatican Museums with British actor James Mason.
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A Dangerous Summer
as George EngelsBuilding is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in...
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Lasseter's Bones
as Archival FootageAustralia’s El Dorado was found by Lewis Harold Bell Lasseter – if we believe his claims in the...
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The Mill on the Floss
as Tom TulliverRomeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over...
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People of the Wind
as Jafar Qoli (voice)The Bakhtiari migration is one of the most hazardous tests of human endurance known to mankind....
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Theatre 62: Rebecca
as Maxim de WinterA self-conscious bride is tormented by the memory of her husband's dead first wife.
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Catch as Catch Can
as Robert LeylandUndercover agent Robert Leyland entraps crooks trying to sneak expensive goods past customs on...
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Charade
as The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah WatsonThis is an anthology film with three stories. In "Portrait of a Murderer", a female artist draws...
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Lady Possessed
as Jimmy Del PalmaA pianist takes his ailing wife out of a London hospital at the same time that another female...
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The Reformation: Age of Revolt
as NarratorThis educational documentary describes the political, social, and religious conditions of...
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Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love
as Narrator - English versionFor over three-quarters of a century, Russian-born Marc Chagall set new standards for modern art...
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Alexandre
as The FatherThree years ago Ariane left Antoine, sending him a postcard announcing her departure for the...
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Home, James
as SelfActor James Mason returns to his Huddersfield roots. Harking back to his childhood memories, he...
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Late Extra
as Jim MartinA newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman.
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The Glory of the Garden
as NarratorThis documentary is a cinematic celebration of how Lionel de Rothschild spent a fortune in...
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The Patient Vanishes
as Mick CardbyAction and excitement beckon as popular sleuth Mick Cardby goes on the trail of a missing girl,...
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Twice Branded
as Henry HamiltonA young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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The Mike Douglas Show
as SelfThe Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...
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What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery GuestFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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What's My Line?
as Self - PanelistFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...
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The Merv Griffin Show
as SelfThe Merv Griffin Show is an American television talk show, starring Merv Griffin. The series ran...
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Dr. Kildare
as Dr. Maxwell BeckerThe story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Warren BarrowA continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - GuestThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self (archive footage)The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...
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Jesus of Nazareth
as Joseph of ArimatheaDramatizes the Birth, Life, Ministry, Crucifixion, and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, largely...
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Omnibus
as NapoleonOmnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
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Salem's Lot
as Richard K. StrakerBen Mears has returned to his hometown to write a book about the supposedly haunted Marsten...
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The Bob Hope Show
as SelfThe Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...
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The DuPont Show with June Allyson
as Henry ChambersThe DuPont Show with June Allyson is an American anthology drama series which aired on CBS from...
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Stoney Burke
as The DerelictStoney Burke is an American western television series broadcast on ABC from October 1, 1962...
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Hollywood
as Self - NarratorA 1980 documentary series exploring the establishment and development of the Hollywood studios...
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A.D.
as TiberiusA 12 hours miniseries adapted from Anthony Burgess's novel The Kingdom of the Wicked.
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ABC Stage 67
as Otto HoffmanABC Stage 67 is the umbrella title for a series of 26 weekly shows that included dramas, variety...
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The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
as SelfThe Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour is an American comedy and variety show hosted by the Smothers...
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Talking Pictures
as Self (archive footage)A look back at television appearances by legends of the silver screen, using archive footage to...
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Frankenstein: The True Story
as Dr. John PolidoriVictor Frankenstein witnesses his creation turn uncontrollable after he's duped by his...
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Origins of the Mafia
as VianisiMini series about the origins of the Italian mafia
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George Washington
as Gen. Edward BraddockThis 1984 miniseries chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United...
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Unknown Chaplin
as Narrator (voice)A documentary series examining the film making methods and techniques of Charles Chaplin....
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General Electric Theater
as Wayne SebastianGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Captain VialezSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as Self - HostSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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The Search for the Nile
as NarratorThe Nile's source was the last great mystery for European explorers in the 19th century. The...
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