
Max Wall
Actor · 1908 – 1990 · Brixton, London, England
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Max Wall (12 March 1908 – 21 May 1990), was an English comedian and actor, whose performing career covered music hall, theatre, films and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Wall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies16
Movie6.8FamilyAdventureA hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968 · 769 votes
Movie6.0FantasyComedyAfter the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?
Jabberwocky
1977 · 333 votes
Movie5.6DramaRomanceMargaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.
Hanover Street
1979 · 113 votes
Movie5.8ActionAdventureEscaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1975 · 53 votes
Movie6.4DramaAmy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
Little Dorrit
1987 · 14 votes
Movie6.4DramaAn aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of prison, he has to face difficulties at home. Added to this, is the fact that he may have to give up Evie to Frank.
We Think the World of You
1988 · 18 votes
Movie4.4ComedyCrimeWhen a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
1978 · 30 votes
Movie8.0HorrorTV MovieA criminal psychologist invites three psychology students to his English countryside home to view some of his research on the criminal mind. Unbeknownst to the students, they are actually guinea pigs in a mind-control experiment he is conducting and the servants of the house are not what they appear to be.
A Killer in Every Corner
1974 · 2 votes
Movie3.8ComedyScience FictionA man attempts to deal with the bevy of naked beauties who have been bothering his family for generations.
The Nine Ages of Nakedness
1969 · 5 votes
Movie6.5ComedyA London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.
Strike It Rich
1990 · 2 votes
Movie4.0ComedyDramaSweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and friends.
Mrs Capper's Birthday
1985 · 2 votes
- Movie7.0ComedyMusic
Musical featuring radio and variety stars on holiday, who help a village vicar stage a local concert.
On the Air
1934 · 1 votes
Movie7.0Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles.
Save a Little Sunshine
1938 · 1 votes
- Movie
A grandson's attempt to help his grandma produces problems for the family.
Franklin's Farm
1972
Movie6.5ComedyHorrorFrom the study of his rundown English manor, an old British Professor instructs the audience as to the dangers associated with vampires, and exactly how to kill them. Scenes from Roman Polanski's horror/comedy classic, The Fearless Vampire Killers, are interspersed throughout.
The Fearless Vampire Killers: Vampires 101
1966 · 14 votes
Movie8.0A man attempts to remain hidden from view from the camera and other eyes.
Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)
1979 · 2 votes
Series6
TV7.0DramaCrimeThriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is an anthology series: each episode has a self-contained story and its own cast. As the title suggests, each story is a thriller of some variety, from tales of the supernatural to down-to-earth whodunits.
Thriller
1973 · 12 votes
TV7.0DramaCrimeA crime drama set in Southampton following a team of detectives and the cases they solve.
Target
1977 · 4 votes
- TV5.0Drama
Anthology of self-contained dramas that aired from 1977 to 1978.
The Sunday Drama
1977 · 1 votes
TV6.0DramaArmchair Theatre is a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and later by Thames Television from mid-1968.
Armchair Theatre
1956 · 6 votes
TV7.0Jane is an early 1980s British animated military comedy television series. It was produced for two series, in 1982 and 1984. Set during World War II, it was created by Norman Pett as a comic strip in the Daily Mail in 1932. The animated series was produced in 10 minute episodes. The cast providing the voices including the likes of Glynis Barber, Bob Danvers Walker, Max Wall, Dean Allen, Robin Bailey, and Clive Mantle. Graham McCallum won BAFA Awards for Best Graphics in 1983 and 1985 for his work on the two series.
Jane
1982 · 3 votes
TV10.0DramaIn a heady tale of revenge and obsession, the outlaw Zastrozzi, assisted by courtesan, Matilda, abducts his half-brother, Verezzi, and torments him into believing his lover, Julia, has been murdered. His campaign of vicious psychological abuse signals a grisly bloodbath of greed, envy, betrayal, retribution, and eternal damnation.
Zastrozzi: A Romance
1986 · 1 votes