Doris Yorke
Actor · 1897 – 1976 · Islington, London, England, UK
Movies14
Movie6.6CrimeThrillerP.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the easy-going night beat. Dixon is a classic ordinary hero but also anachronistic, unprepared and unable to answer the violence of the 1950s.
The Blue Lamp
1950 · 64 votes
Movie6.8DramaA drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.
I Believe in You
1952 · 10 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaA woman has been sentenced to death by hanging. Her cousin believes she is innocent and he works against time to prove it before she is executed.
Noose for a Lady
1953 · 9 votes
Movie6.3DramaComedyA train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Train of Events
1949 · 13 votes
Movie6.1CrimeMysteryPolice find that everyone had a motive for the murder of a wealthy woman.
Account Rendered
1957 · 11 votes
Movie5.8DramaComedyOne day in the lives and loves of the staff in a large department store.
The Crowded Day
1954 · 9 votes
Movie7.0ComedyCrimeUnknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.
The Green Man
1956 · 39 votes
Movie5.8MysteryCrimeDI Campbell looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls' school where there are a number of suspects, including her colleagues and the married man she had been seeing.
Death Goes to School
1953 · 6 votes
Movie5.5ComedyCrimeThis movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
Who Done It?
1956 · 14 votes
Movie6.5ThrillerDramaThe relationship between brothers Terry and Matt, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of violence.
The Gentle Gunman
1952 · 13 votes
Movie5.0CrimeDramaTwo reporters are held hostage in old castle, by thief, looking for jewels, that he had buried, after robbing a local house.
The Desperate Man
1959 · 1 votes
Movie4.2CrimeA clerk sees his big chance to escape a humdrum existence, but his resolve is tested as many unexpected obstacles arise.
The Big Chance
1957 · 4 votes
Movie7.2MysteryCrimeAn English country lawyer weighs the case of a schoolgirl who claims she was kidnapped by two women.
The Franchise Affair
1951 · 4 votes
Movie6.0CrimeThrillerA race car driver marries a woman for her money and plans to murder her. An old suitor steps in to help her but the driver takes steps to eliminate the rival. But there's a flaw in the driver's plans.
The Flaw
1955 · 6 votes
Series1
- TV8.0ComedyDrama
Jango is a crime-comedy series produced in 1961 by Associated Rediffusion for British television. It starred Robert Urquhart in the lead role of Jango Smith, with Moira Redmond as Dee Smith, his wife. The show also featured performances by Peter Sallis and Brian Wilde.
Jango
1961 · 1 votes