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Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim was a Scottish actor best known for his role as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1951 film adaptation of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." He also appeared in numerous other films and plays throughout his career. Sim passed away in 1976 at the age of 75.

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Scrooge

Scrooge

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 8.1

Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior h...

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An Inspector Calls

An Inspector Calls

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1954 IMDB Rating: 7.5

An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could hav...

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Green for Danger

Green for Danger

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1946 IMDB Rating: 7.4

In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural hospital. But was the death accidental?

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School for Scoundrels

School for Scoundrels

Film Age rating: 1 Year: 1960 IMDB Rating: 7.3

Hapless Henry Palfrey is patronised by his self-important chief clerk at work, ignored by restaurant waiters, conned by shady second-hand car salesmen, and, worst of all, endlessly wrong-footed by uns...

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The Ruling Class

The Ruling Class

Film Age rating: 12 Year: 1972 IMDB Rating: 7.3

When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks h...

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The Happiest Days of Your Life

The Happiest Days of Your Life

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1950 IMDB Rating: 7.2

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it's an all-girls school that has bee...

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Laughter in Paradise

Laughter in Paradise

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1951 IMDB Rating: 7.1

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This...

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The Green Man

The Green Man

Film Age rating: 6 Year: 1956 IMDB Rating: 7.1

Unknown 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 dicta...

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Stage Fright

Stage Fright

Film Age rating: 10 Year: 1950 IMDB Rating: 7

A struggling actress tries to help a friend prove his innocence when he's accused of murdering the husband of a high-society entertainer.

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The Littlest Horse Thieves

The Littlest Horse Thieves

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1976 IMDB Rating: 6.9

When the owner of a Yorkshire coal-mine decides to mechanize to increase profits, the mine's pit ponies are scheduled to be destroyed. So, three children plan to steal them to keep them safe. But when...

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