• Two Thousand Women
  | distributor = [[Gainsborough Studios]]<br />Ellis Films (US) '''''Two Thousand Women''''' is a 1944 British comedy-drama [[war film]] about a German [[internment camp]] in [[Occupied France]] which hold
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• A Day to Remember (1953 film)
  ...to Remember''''' is a 1953 British [[w:comedy film|comedy]] [[w:drama film|drama film]] directed by [[Ralph Thomas]] and starring an [[w:ensemble cast|ensem ...e their service in [[w:World War I|World War I]] or [[w:World War II|World War II]]. Charley is looking forward to meeting some French ''mademoiselles'',
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• Hannibal Brooks
  '''''Hannibal Brooks''''' is a 1969 British [[War film|war]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Michael Winner]] and written by [[Ian La Fr ...hage|Carthaginian]] military commander [[Hannibal]] who led an army with [[war elephant]]s over the [[Alps]].
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• The Americanization of Emily
  ...r during the [[Normandy Invasion]]. The film is set in London during World War II in the weeks leading up to [[D-Day]] in 1944.<ref>[https://books.google. ...War]], the film has since been praised as a "[[Avant-garde|vanguard]] anti-war film."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/1184%7C0/Th
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• Hotel Sahara
  | studio = Tower Films '''''Hotel Sahara''''' is a 1951 British [[war film|war]] [[comedy film]] directed by [[Ken Annakin]] and starring [[Yvonne De Carl
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• Percy Herbert (actor)
  ...recognisable faces in [[Cinema of the United Kingdom#Post-war cinema|post-war British cinema]]. ...the [[Japan]]ese [[Changi Prison|prisoner of war camp Changi]]. After the war, he was helped by Dame [[Sybil Thorndike]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wc03.
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• The Assassination Bureau
  ...gs, emperors, and prime ministers of Europe are trying to avoid a possible war over the assassination of a [[Balkan]] prince who had accidentally been kil ...t with exhibitors and eventually television networks buying batches of our films, by virtue of stars or production value". He added that in the case of ''As
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• Elspet Gray
  ...IxEC&dq=elspet+gray+stage+career&pg=PA81|title=Some Joe You Don't Know: An American Biographical Guide to 100 British Television Personalities|first=Anthony|la ...o]]'' story ''[[Arc of Infinity]]'' and the [[World War II|World War Two]] drama ''[[Tenko (TV series)|Tenko]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aveleyman.c
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• Blake Edwards
  {{short description|American filmmaker (1922–2010)}} ...ck comedy]], [[Comedy drama]], [[Musicals]], [[Adventure films]], [[Action films]], [[Sex comedies]], [[Western (genre)|Western]]
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• A Yank at Oxford
  | starring = [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]]<br />[[Lionel Barrymore]]<br />[[Maureen O'Sullivan] ...by [[Jack Conway (film-maker)|Jack Conway]] and starring [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]], [[Lionel Barrymore]], [[Maureen O'Sullivan]], [[Viv
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• Richard Wattis
  ...-society-1-2634458|title=Secret war role of popular and talented member of drama society|newspaper=Harrogate Advertiser|date= 9 July 2007|access-date=26 Feb ...e and the Showgirl]]'' (1957). He broke from this typecasting in his later films, such as his starring role in ''[[Games That Lovers Play (film)|Games That
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• Ian Carmichael
  ...r, he starred in the [[w:ITV (TV network)|ITV]] [[w:medical drama|medical drama]] ''[[w:The Royal|The Royal]]'' as TJ Middleditch, a role he originally pla With the outbreak of the [[w:World War II|Second World War]], his acting career was interrupted by service with the [[w:Royal Armoured
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• Alan Melville (writer)
  ...ning course, he was sent to the [[Aberdeen]] radio station as features and drama producer. ...ached the rank of [[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]]. He worked as a war correspondent sending regular dispatches to the BBC. His experience enabled
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• Ballard Berkeley
  ...During the 1930s he performed regularly in the so-called "[[Cinematograph Films Act 1927|quota quickies]]". One of his earliest roles was as the heroic lea ...]] with the [[Metropolitan Police]] during the [[World War II|Second World War]], witnessing [[the Blitz]] at first hand,<ref>[https://www.timeout.com/lon
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• Michael Balcon
  ...a production company known as Ealing Films, and later headed British Lion Films. He served as chairman of the [[British Film Institute]] production board t ...as described in his obituary in ''[[The Times]]'' as a "pioneer of British films" who "had courage, energy and flair for showmanship".<ref name=":1">{{Cite
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• Sid James
  ...co.uk/films/2016/04/26/beyond-carry-on-sid-jamess-20-best---and-weirdest---films/ |archive-date=11 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |a ...ive country, found his greatest success in England, starting with roles in films from 1947, he was cast in numerous small and supporting roles into the 1950
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• The Magic Christian (film)
  | studio = Grand Films ...comic novel ''[[The Magic Christian (novel)|The Magic Christian]]'' by the American author [[Terry Southern]], who co-wrote the screenplay adaptation with McGr
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• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
  ...lms]] <br /> [[Company Pictures]] <br /> HD Vision Studios <br /> Labrador Films <br /> De Mann Entertainment ...r utilizes his talent for impersonation to disguise himself as the elderly war veteran character he was auditioning for. Once the casting agent ([[Alison
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• The Ghost Train (play)
  ...a railway scenario in constrained circumstances" thrillers, leading to the films such as ''[[The Lady Vanishes (1938 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'' (1938), ''[ The story then resolves from a socio-suspense drama into a spy adventure, when it is revealed that the "ghost train" is quite r
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• Beryl Vertue
  ...and chairman of the independent television production company [[Hartswood Films]]. ...2013 |title=Beryl Vertue OBE – Producer and Chairman |publisher=Hartswood Films |date=2012 |accessdate=9 January 2012 }}</ref>
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