
Basil Dignam
Oyuncu · 1905 – 1979 · Sheffield, Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, UK
Basil Dignam (24 October 1905 - 31 January 1979) was an English character actor.
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Film8.0MaceraTarihT.E. Lawrence, Kuzey Afrika’da konuşlanmış İngiliz ordusunda görevli genç bir teğmendir. İstihbarat bölümünün harita kısmındaki pozisyonundan mutsuz olan Lawrence, bugün Suudi Arabistan olan bölgede araştırma görevi teklif edilince heyecanla kabul eder. Bölgede savaşmakta olan Arap ordusunun komutanı olan Prens Feisal’ı gözlemlemekte olan Lawrence, bir süre sonra bölgede kalarak Prens’e yardım etmeye karar verir. Tarihin en ünlü casuslarından biri olan Lawrence, Araplar’ı Osmanlılar’a karşı kışkırtıp, Arap topraklarına batılı medeniyetlerin girmesine ön ayak olmuştu.
Film6.8SavaşTarihİkinci dünya savaşında 10 Temmuz - 31 Ekim 1940 arasında gerçekleşen bu kahramanca dönemde almanlar İngiltere'yi işgal planlarını uygulamaya koyarlar. Bu işgal planının ilk aşaması da ingiliz hava savunmasının ve radarlarının yok edilmesidir. 1 aylık bir süre zarfinda ingiliz hava sahasında cok çetin savaşlar olur. Sayılar cok daha az olmasına rağmen ingiliz pilotları gecit vermez ve almanlar işgalden vazgecerler.
Film5.4KomediA local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is complicated by a sexy female double agent.
Where the Spies Are
1966 · 11 votes
Film6.9DramRomantikİngiltere'de sıkıcı bir fabrika şehrinde yaşayan Joe Lampton'ın kendisini idare ettiği bir işi vardır. Bir tiyatro ekibine katılarak boş geçen akşamlarını değerlendirmek ister. Patronunun kızı Susan ise hem gerçek hayatta hem sahnede rol kesmektedir. Susan, Joe'ya ilgi gösterince Joe bir anda patronun damadı olmanın hayalini kurar. Öte yandan tiaytro grubundaki orta yaşlı başka bir kadınla da yakınlaşmaktadır. Joe, mutsuz bir evlilik yürüten bu Fransız kadın ile patronun kızı Susan'ı beraber idare etmeye başlar...
Film6.6KomediNaive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
I'm All Right Jack
1959 · 85 votes
Film6.5KomediThe fourth form monsters' latest trick is their best yet – they have burned down the school! As the girls stand trial, police breathe a sigh of relief, but miraculously the judge's infatuation with a student means the school is freed. For the authorities, it means a new reign of terror as the girls of St Trinian’s regroup with gleeful anticipation.
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
1960 · 20 votes
Film6.5Bilim KurguKorkuProfesör Bernard Quatermass yanlış giden bir roket görevinden sorumludur. Uzay gemisiyle iletişim kesilir ve uzayda ne kadar gitmiş olduğun hakkında bir fikirleri yoktur.
Film6.5KorkuGerilimCarol Hammond, daughter of a politician, has vivid nightmares involving sex orgies and LSD. In a dream, she murders a neighbor she envies and wakes up to a real investigation into her neighbor's murder.
Film6.9SavaşDramThe true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
Reach for the Sky
1956 · 41 votes
Film7.3SuçGerilimİngiliz seri katil John Christie'nin (Attenborough) vakasını ele alan film, aynı zamanda zihinsel engelli komşusu Timothy Evans'ın (Hurt) maruz kaldığı adaletsizliği de gözler önüne seriyor.
Film7.0GizemSuçTwo Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.
Sapphire
1959 · 53 votes
Film5.3Bilim KurguAksiyonWhen an underwater volcanic eruption tears up the sea bed off the coast of Ireland, two treasure hunters make the discovery of a lifetime when they encounter a gigantic prehistoric monster that’s been unleashed from the earth’s crust. After capturing the beast, the pair transport the creature down to London where it’s given the name of “Gorgo” and put on display to an avid public. Little do they realize that Gorgo is just an infant, and that his exponentially larger mother is about to emerge from the depths to avenge the capture of her offspring.
Gorgo
1961 · 114 votes
Film6.1KomediGreat Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne to re-establish friendly relations.
Carlton-Browne of the F.O.
1959 · 9 votes
Film4.6KomediParis'in Alman işgali altındaki günlerinde, lüks bir genelev işleten Madam Grenier'in evinde ilginç bir direniş hikâyesi yaşanır. İngiliz gizli servisinin bir üyesi ve evin eski müşterilerinden olan "Robinson" takma adlı ajan, Alman karargâh subaylarını tek tek avlamaya başlar. Subaylar, geneleve geldiklerinde tuzağa düşürülüp öldürülürler. Bu sıra dışı direniş yöntemi, Grenier ve çalışan kadınların da mücadeleye katılmasına yol açar.
Film6.2AksiyonMaceraThis historical drama is an account of the early life of British politician Winston Churchill, including his childhood years, his time as a war correspondent in Africa, and culminating with his first election to Parliament.
Young Winston
1972 · 54 votes
Film6.8GerilimKorkuMartin Durnley; onu çocuklaştıran bir anneye, kendisine tepkili bir üvey babaya ve Down sendromlu olduğu için bakımevinde yatan bir erkek kardeşe sahip genç bir adamdır. Bu durumla başa çıkabilmek için "Georgie" adını verdiği çocuksu bir alternatif kişilik yaratıp ona sığınır. Bir mağazadaki hırsızlık girişimi sırasında yakalandıktan sonra, kendisine anlayış gösteren kadın bir müşteriyle arkadaş olur; ancak bu arkadaşlık kısa süre içinde bir saplantıya dönüşür.
Twisted Nerve
1968 · 60 votes
Film5.4KomediDramLondra'da yaşayan Andrew Qunt, bir reklam şirketinde çalışmaktadır. Eski yaşamını bırakmak isteyen Quint, hayatında bir takım arayış içindedir.
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Peg Woffington and David Garrick have an affair while appearing in stage in Drury Lane.
Film7.5DramA neglected girl in post-World War II London befriends street urchins who help her build a tiny garden in a bombed-out church.
Innocent Sinners
1958 · 4 votes
Film6.6KomediThe sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship Aristotle and, together with his second-in-command, Fairweather wreaks havoc when he is ordered to deliver the Aristotle to its new owners in a mythical Middle-Eastern country.
Further Up the Creek
1958 · 7 votes
Film6.0KomediSuçAfter falling in love with an American woman, Virginia Killain, who is engaged to another man, British Naval Commander Max Easton, hatches a plan that will get him enough money to support Virginia in the lifestyle she is accustomed to. Easton's plan is to disappear for a time making it seem that he has defected to the Soviets taking important Naval secrets from his job at the Admiralty and to return and sue the newspapers for slander. Not everything goes as planned for Commander Easton.
A Touch of Larceny
1960 · 17 votes
Film7.3SavaşWhile sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore batteries that unexpectedly opened fire. In charge, Lietenant Commander Kerans was not however prepared for his crew and his ship to remain as a hostage for the Chinese to use as an international pawn.
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957 · 11 votes
Film7.5DramSuçA web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
Victim
1961 · 164 votes
Film6.6GizemKomediMystery film based on an Agatha Christie play. An ambassador's wife must hide the corpse of her stepdaughter's unlikeable stepfather from her husband, who is bringing important visitors to their country home.
The Spider's Web
1960 · 16 votes
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Dizi7.8Aksiyon ve MaceraSuçA quirky spy show of the adventures of eccentrically suave British Agent John Steed and his predominantly female partners. Jonathan Steed - an urbane, proper gentleman spy - teams with various assistants throughout the series' run, including Dr. David Keel, Cathy Gale, Emma Peel and Tara King, to repeatedly save the world from diabolical schemes plotted by equally diabolical evil-doers (among them robots and man-eating monsters).
The Avengers
1961 · 157 votes
Dizi5.7DramCrown Court is an afternoon television courtroom drama produced by Granada Television for the ITV network that ran from 1972, when the Crown Court system replaced Assize courts and Quarter sessions in the legal system of England and Wales, to 1984.
Crown Court
1972 · 6 votes
Dizi7.4Aksiyon ve MaceraSuçSimon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those in need.
The Saint
1962 · 136 votes
Dizi7.2DramTheatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.
Theatre 625
1964 · 5 votes
Dizi7.0DramITV Playhouse is a British comedy-drama TV series that ran from 1967 to 1983, which featured contributions from playwrights such as Dennis Potter, Rhys Adrian and Alan Sharp. The series began in black and white, but was later shot in colour and was produced by various companies for the ITV network, a format that would inspire Dramarama. Actors appearing in the series included Leslie Anderson, Gwen Nelson, Ricky Alleyne, Pat Heywood, Michael Elphick, Ian Hendry, Edward Woodward, Margaret Lockwood, Jessie Matthews and Lloyd Peters.
ITV Playhouse
1967 · 3 votes
Dizi4.8SuçDramNo Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16 September 1959 and 22 June 1967. It was the sequel to the series Murder Bag and Crime Sheet, all starring Raymond Francis as Detective Superintendent, later Detective Chief Superintendent Tom Lockhart.
No Hiding Place
1959 · 4 votes
Dizi6.4Aksiyon ve MaceraAileThe legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1955 · 19 votes
Dizi8.1Aksiyon ve MaceraDramJack Regan, an unethical officer of the Flying Squad, uses unorthodox methods to pursue criminals with the help of his partner, George Carter.
The Sweeney
1975 · 28 votes
Dizi6.5Bilim Kurgu ve FantastikAksiyon ve MaceraAfter a plane carrying three Agents crashes in the Himalayas, they are rescued by an advanced civilisation secretly living in Tibet who grant them enhanced versions of the ordinary five senses, and intellectual and physical abilities.
The Champions
1968 · 24 votes
Dizi7.3DramJustice is a British drama television series which originally aired on ITV in 39 hour-long episodes between 8 August 1971 and 16 October 1974. Margaret Lockwood stars as Harriet Peterson a female barrister in the North of England. It was made by Yorkshire Television and was based loosely on Justice Is a Woman, an episode of ITV Playhouse broadcast in 1969 in which Lockwood had previously also played a barrister. The theme music was Crown Imperial by William Walton.
Justice
1971 · 3 votes
Dizi7.7KomediAksiyon ve MaceraAn English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.
The Persuaders!
1971 · 135 votes
Dizi7.2DramAksiyon ve MaceraThe New Avengers is a British secret agent fantasy adventure television series broadcast during 1976 and 1977. It is a sequel to the 1960s series The Avengers and was developed by Albert Fennell and Brian Clemens. A joint United Kingdom-France-Canada production, the show picks up the adventures of John Steed and his team of Avengers fighting evil plots and world domination. Whereas in the original series Steed had almost always been partnered with a woman, in the new series he had two partners: Mike Gambit, a top agent, crack marksman and trained martial artist, and Purdey, a former trainee with The Royal Ballet who was an amalgam of many of the best talents from Steed's previous female partners.
The New Avengers
1976 · 52 votes
Dizi5.0DramSavaş ve PolitikaChurchill's People is a British anthology series based on A History of the English-Speaking Peoples, Winston Churchill's four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies. 26 episodes were produced by the BBC and initially broadcast from 30 December 1974 to 23 June 1975.
Churchill's People
1974 · 2 votes
Dizi6.1Aksiyon ve MaceraSuçThe Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.
The Protectors
1972 · 14 votes
Dizi10.0Aksiyon ve MaceraDramPulled from actual case histories and utilizing newsreel and documented narratives, the activities of spies from various countries are depicted as far back as the American Revolution and as recent as the Cold War.
Espionage
1963 · 1 votes
Dizi8.2DramThe Main Chance was a British television series which first aired on ITV between 1969,1970,1972 and 1975. A drama, it depicts the sudden transformation in the life of solicitor David Main who relocates from London to Leeds.
The Main Chance
1969 · 4 votes
Dizi7.7Bilim Kurgu ve FantastikDramA secret, high-technology international agency called SHADO defends Earth from alien invaders.
UFO
1970 · 62 votes
Dizi7.7DramBilim Kurgu ve FantastikAfter resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.
The Prisoner
1967 · 221 votes
Dizi7.0DramGideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey. The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series. It starred Liverpudlian John Gregson in the title role as Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, with Alexander Davion as his assistant, Detective Chief Inspector David Keen, Reginald Jessup as Det. Superintendent LeMaitre, Ian Rossiter as Detective Chief Superintendent Joe Bell and Basil Dignam as Commissioner Scott-Marle. The show did not acknowledge any help from Scotland Yard, any other police force or advisor. Daphne Anderson starred as his wife, Kate with Giles Watling as young son, Malcolm, Richard James as older son, Matthew who seemed to have a lot of new girlfriends and Andrea Allan as daughter, Pru. Unusually for police stories, Gideon was shown as a family man at home though urgent phone calls from his bosses tend to disrupt family plans too often. However, he did admit in "State Visit" that his wife had walked out on him for a while years ago when he put the job first and her second. They live in an expensive detached house in Chelsea.
Gideon's Way
1965 · 5 votes
Dizi7.2SuçDramThe adventures of Interpol policemen Duval and Mornay as they fought against international drug-running, homicide, robbery and forgery.
Interpol Calling
1959 · 4 votes
Dizi7.2Aksiyon ve MaceraDramAccused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches for answers.
Man in a Suitcase
1967 · 10 votes
Dizi5.5Aksiyon ve MaceraDramDepartment S is a United Kingdom spy-fi adventure series produced by ITC Entertainment. The series consists of 28 episodes which originally aired in 1969–1970. It starred Peter Wyngarde as author Jason King, Joel Fabiani as Stewart Sullivan, and Rosemary Nicols as computer expert Annabelle Hurst. The trio were agents for a fictional special department of Interpol. The head of Department S was Sir Curtis Seretse.
Department S
1969 · 17 votes
Dizi6.4DramThis sprawling BBC saga follows an aristocratic family through three generations of power, wealth, intrigue, and scandal in Victorian England. Based on Anthony Trollope’s “political” novels .
The Pallisers
1974 · 5 votes
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United! was a British television series which was produced by the BBC between 1965 and 1967, and was broadcast twice-weekly on BBC1. The series followed the fortunes of a fictional second division football team, Brentwich United. The football scenes were filmed on the grounds of Stoke City with Jimmy Hill acting as a technical advisor, and the efforts to achieve authenticity saw the show being criticised by the then management of Wolverhampton Wanderers, who complained that the series was based on their team.
United!
1965 · 1 votes