Veronica Wells
Actor · 1929 – 2019 · Canterbury, Kent, England, UK
Movies10
Movie6.9HistoryDramaEpic account of the thief Barabbas, who was pardoned for his crimes and spared crucifixion when Pilate offered the Israelites a choice to pardon Barabbas or Jesus. Struggling with his spirituality, Barabbas goes through many ordeals leading him to the gladiatorial arena, where he tries to win his freedom and confront his inner demons, ultimately becoming a follower of the man who was crucified in his place.
Barabbas
1961 · 188 votes
Movie5.6ComedyA priest helps the small town he's stationed in to resolve conflicts by working together.
Don Camillo
1984 · 94 votes
Movie6.3DramaTV MovieA dramatization of the events from the Last Supper through the arrest and trial of Jesus to the Crucifixion.
The Day Christ Died
1980 · 6 votes
Movie5.9DramaThrillerSecluding herself in an island mansion in the Mediterranean with her servants and nurses, the wealthy Flora "Sissy" Goforth prepares for her impending death -- and she isn't the only one who's waiting. Known for his attraction to the dying rich, poet Chris Flanders ingratiates himself with the wilting Sissy. Although her friend explains Flanders' "Angel of Death" nature to her, Sissy embraces the vulture-like Flanders.
Boom!
1968 · 40 votes
Movie6.7DramaAn American journalist working for a French newspaper is writing an article on the public reaction to those with AIDS, unaware that he too is infected. Once he finds out, he decides to go into reclusion, leaving his wife and daughter.
On a Moonlit Night
1989 · 8 votes
Movie5.2HorrorThrillerA woman searches for her blind sister in this feature-length English-language cut of the TV miniseries Seagull Island (1981).
The Secret of Seagull Island
1982 · 6 votes
Movie5.5DramaTV MovieThis biopic about actress Sophia Loren covers her life from childhood through international stardom, her marriage to Carlo Ponti following a romantic fling with Cary Grant, and the birth of her first child, and is tied together with actual clips from some of her movies.
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 · 10 votes
Movie6.4ComedyThe young Vittorio Pieroni throws himself from a railway overpass when a train is passing by; escaped suicide and rescued by an ambulance, remembers the circumstances that led him to commit that gesture
Le braghe del padrone
1978 · 6 votes
Movie7.2ComedyIn the business end of a kitchen, a polyglot staff strives to cope with a superhuman task. A microcosm of the world, the kitchen looms around and encloses its workers; they include Peter, the German cook, who is in love with waitress Monica, and constantly asks her to leave her husband. The pressure of the day becomes unendurable, and when Peter realises that Monica does not mean to divorce her husband his grief and pain cause him to run berserk!
The Kitchen
1961 · 4 votes
Movie4.2DramaMysteryMedical-center doctors discover the shocking source of a deadly virus spreading through Los Angeles.
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TV7.1CrimeDramaBBC series based on the novels by Georges Simenon which starred Rupert Davies as Inspector Maigret, a French police detective who preferred to watch and listen in order to solve crimes. The series ran from 1960-63 on British television.
Maigret
1960 · 15 votes
TV4.5Action & AdventureDramaBarbara Carey arrives in Rome to visit her sister, blind pianist Marianne Saunders, only to discover that she has mysteriously vanished. To make matters worse, this is the third instance in recent months of a blind girl's abduction. With the help of British Consulate Martin Foster, Barbara searches for her sister – a search that leads her to the private island of millionaire David Malcom. Is Marianne still alive? Why are blind women being targeted? And what terrible secrets does David keep on his remote island?