
Alistair Duncan
Actor · 1926 – 2005 · Ilford, Essex, England, UK
Alistair Duncan (1926 - August 3, 2005) was a British film and television actor who worked mainly in Australian television.
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Movie5.9AnimationAdventureThis is an Australian made-for-television animated film from Burbank Films Australia. The film is an adaptation on Jules Verne's classic French novel, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870).
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1985 · 10 votes
MovieAnimationAdventureA young knight returns to England to discover that King Richard the Lionheart has been replaced by the tyrannical Prince John, while Lady Rowena, his true love, is engaged to another man.
Ivanhoe
1975
Movie5.5DramaTV MovieDramatisation of the sinking of the Greenpeace ship 'The Rainbow Warrior' by French agents in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1985.
The Rainbow Warrior Conspiracy
1988 · 3 votes
MovieAnimationFamilyThe adventures of a teen-aged boy and his friend, a runaway slave, as they float down the Mississippi River on a raft.
Movie8.0TV MovieHorrorA German professor un-nerves the residents when he claims to have been in a small Yorkshire moors inn sometime previously.
I Have Been Here Before
1964 · 1 votes
Movie1972 animated adaptation of the classic Mark Twain tale
Movie9.0AnimationWhen Emperor Louis offers a reward to the tailor who designs the finest outfit for him to wear for his upcoming celebration, two swindlers convince the Emperor to wear a special design made of a fabric they claim is only visible to the wise.
The Emperor's New Clothes
1991 · 1 votes
Movie7.0AnimationAdventureFollowing the instructions on a mysterious parchment, Prof. Lindenbrock and his companion, Alex, discover and explore the center of the Earth, a mysterious place full of dangerous electrical storms, prehistoric reptiles and swamp monsters. Based on author Jules Verne's fantasy novel, this animated adventure follows the explorers' struggles to survive and prove their findings to the rest of the world.
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
1977 · 3 votes
Movie9.0AnimationTV MovieExplorer Marco Polo is assigned to accompany two priests on a mission to China, to try to convert the "pagan" Kublai Khan to Christianity. However, on a dangerous trek through the mountains, the priests decide they don't believe that China even exists, and when Marco tries to argue the point, they abandon him and turn back. He eventually makes it through the mountains and into the fabled land of China, where he is received at the court of Kublai Khan as an envoy. Accompanied by his faithful servant Pedro, Marco spends 20 years in that country, and when he eventually returns to Europe what he brings with him changes the course of history forever.
Travels of Marco Polo
1972 · 1 votes
Movie7.3AdventureDramaIn 1841 young Ishmael signs aboard the whaling ship Pequod, under the command of the strict, one-legged Capt. Ahab. Ishmael soon finds out that Ahab is searching for the legendary white whale, Moby Dick, who cost Ahab his leg, and he will let nothing stand in the way of getting his revenge on the beast.
Moby-Dick
1975 · 3 votes
Movie6.0AnimationAdventureFrom the Earth to the Moon
1979 · 1 votes
Movie6.0AnimationFamilyThe only survivor of a ship's crew, Robinson finds himself alone with his dog, his cat and his parrot on an almost deserted island...
Robinson Crusoe
1972 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryHistoryIn 1943, the Imperial Japanese Secret Service made a film called Calling Australia! to show the "exemplary conditions" under which prisoners of war were kept, and to "soften up" the Australian public for the anticipated occupation of their country by Japanese forces. Prisoners of Propaganda tells why the film was made, and how it came to be forgotten.
Prisoners of Propaganda
1987 · 2 votes
Movie6.6DramaA bright young teenager from a broken home uses his quick wits and glib tongue to get out of trouble - but they also get him into it.
Fast Talking
1984 · 8 votes
Movie8.0AdventureAnimationShipwrecked on a remote island, a family of castaways must overcome a host of challenges in their strange new environment. But with courage and ingenuity, the Robinsons build a happy home, even in the face of such dangers as wild animals and pirates. Based on the classic novel by Johann Wyss, this animated tale about love, cooperation and the joys of simple living offers wholesome entertainment for the entire family.
The Swiss Family Robinson
1973 · 1 votes
Movie6.5AnimationMusicIn a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to Ko-Ko.
The Gentlemen of Titipu
1973 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DramaThe story of a university student who leads a protest against an Asian security conference in Canberra which has been organised by his father the Australian Defence Minister. His life and his demonstration become disrupted.
Demonstrator
1971 · 1 votes
Movie6.5AnimationAdventureMarch 23rd, 1885. Fighting rages in the city and the southerners gain ground. Meanwhile, five northern prisoners, accompanied by their dog Tob, manage to escape. In their escape from the enemy, they had no choice but to board a hot air balloon to survive the chaos of the terrain. It is then that the flying machine will take them to a mysterious place, perhaps even more dangerous than the war itself...
The Mysterious Island
1975 · 2 votes
MovieAdventureAnimationAnimated version of Robert Louis Stevenson's adventure in which a young Scottish boy is enslaved by his wicked uncle.
Kidnapped
1973
MovieAnimationFamilyA wonderful animated version of the First Christmas. Filled with prophets, wise men, warriors, kings and messengers.
Movie7.0AnimationAdventureAnimated adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson classic.
The Black Arrow
1973 · 2 votes
Movie8.0AnimationWhen King Gerlach dies, he asks Merlin the Magician to care for Baby Arthur and do his best to see that when Arthur is grown, he takes his rightful place as King. Despite Arthur's entreaties to Merlin to let him become his apprentice, Merlin insists that there are more important things in store for him. When Merlin nominates Cynthia as his new apprentice, Arthur leaves in search of his destiny. Soon after, he is captured by the evil Sir Baldrick and left in a dungeon to be devoured by a dragon. Fortunately, Cynthia, using her magic powers and guile, frees Arthur in time for him to go to Stonehenge and compete with the Knights of the Realm who try to pull the sword from the stone to become King. Of course, Arthur easily removes the sword and is crowned the new King.
Camelot
1998 · 1 votes
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TV8.0DramaCrimeRafferty'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 programs undertaken by the Seven Network's then new in-house drama unit, going into production in May 1985 as "a 15-part courtroom drama". The program had started out as a pilot episode, recorded in early 1984 with the actor Chris Haywood in the lead role. When the pilot episode was remounted later in 1984, Chris Haywood wasn't available and the lead role was re-cast to John Wood. This second recording was eventually broadcast as the program's first episode.
Rafferty's Rules
1987 · 2 votes
TV6.0DramaThe Evil Touch is an Australian-produced television series, originally broadcast in Australia in 1973. It was an anthology series where each episode had a self-contained story and a new set of characters. Each episode feature a new cast of guest actors, although several guest stars appeared in more than one episode, playing different characters. Each story is a thriller or horror story of some variety, ranging from tales of the occult and the supernatural, science fiction horror stories, to more standard murder schemes and whodunits. Most stories feature a twist ending.
The Evil Touch
1973 · 4 votes
TV7.4ComedyAnimationAround the World in 80 Days is an animated television series that lasted one season of sixteen episodes, broadcast during the 1972-1973 season by NBC. It was the first Australian-produced cartoon to be shown on American network television. Leif Gram directed all sixteen episodes, and the stories were loosely adapted by Chester "Chet" Stover from the novel by Jules Verne.
Around the World in Eighty Days
1972 · 17 votes
TV6.3CrimeDramaThree women plot revenge against a drug dealer who scammed them into working in his operations.
Ring of Scorpio
1991 · 3 votes
- TV10.0Comedy
Birds in the Bush is an Australian/United Kingdom situation comedy series produced in 1972. The series was set on a remote Australian property run by seven beautiful but naive young women. When the property is inherited by an English water diviner he and his Australian half-brother and an assistant begin living on the property and attempt to teach the nubile young women the ways of the world. The series focused on the physical attractiveness of the young women, who all wore skimpy blue smocks and had names like "Abigail", "Lolita", "Tuesday", "Wednesday" and "Buster", along with Carry On-style innuendo.
Birds in the Bush
1972 · 1 votes