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Wilkie Cooper

Wilkie Cooper, B.S.C. (b. 19 October 1911 in London, England, d. December 2001 in England) was a British cinematographer. He had a number of prestigious film credits until his retirement in 1972. His early career included Green for Danger (1946) and London Belongs to Me (1948) for producer-director...
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The Hasty Heart

The Hasty Heart (1949) is a melodramatic film which tells the story of a group of wounded Allied soldiers during World War II who rally around a surly, unappreciative Scotsman when they find out he is dying. The film stars Ronald Reagan as the...

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  • Dec 1949

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  • 102 min (61.2 hs )

Jason and the Argonauts

Jason and the Argonauts (1963) is a Columbia Pictures fantasy feature film starring Todd Armstrong as the titular mythical Greek hero in a story about his quest for the Golden Fleece. Directed by Don Chaffey in collaboration with stop motion...

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  • Jun 19, 1963

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  • 104 min (62.4 hs )

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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is a 1958 Technicolor fantasy film released by Columbia Pictures, directed by Nathan H. Juran, and was the first of three Sinbad films made by Columbia which were conceptualized and animated by Ray Harryhausen (the others...

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  • Dec 23, 1958

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  • 88 min (53 hs )

One Million Years BC

One Million Years B.C. is a 1966 (released in the United States in 1967) adventure film/fantasy film starring Raquel Welch set - loosely - in the time of cavemen. The film was made by UK's Hammer Film Productions, and was a remake of the 1940...

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  • Dec 30, 1966

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  • 105 min (63 hs )

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First Men in the Moon

First Men in the Moon is a 1964 science fiction film directed by Nathan H. Juran. The film is an adaptation of the H. G. Wells novel The First Men in the Moon and is also known as H.G. Wells' First Men in the Moon. (The title of the novel includes...

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  • Nov 20, 1964

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  • 103 min (61.8 hs )

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Champagne Charlie

Champagne Charlie was a 1944 musical film directed by Alberto Cavalcanti based on an 1860s play that, in turn, was based on the real life rivalry between George Leybourne, who first performed the song of that name, and Alfred Vance. The film cast is...

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  • 105 min (63 hs )

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Green for Danger

Green for Danger is a 1946 thriller film, based on the popular 1944 detective novel by Christianna Brand. The book Green for Danger was praised for its clever plot, interesting characters, and wartime hospital setting. The film version, starring...

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  • 1946

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  • 91 min (55 hs )

Lady Godiva Rides Again

Lady Godiva Rides Again is a 1951 film starring Diana Dors, about a small-town English girl who wins a beauty contest and heads for greater fame. It features Joan Collins in her movie debut as an uncredited beauty contestant. It also featured Sid...

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  • Oct 25, 1951

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  • 90 min (54 hs )

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The Three Worlds of Gulliver

The 3 Worlds of Gulliver (1960) is a Columbia Pictures fantasy feature film loosely based upon the 18th-century English novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. The film stars Kerwin Mathews as the titular character, June Thorburn as his fiancée...

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  • 1960

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  • 100 min (60 hs )

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Mysterious Island

Mysterious Island (UK: Jules Verne's Mysterious Island) is a film released in 1961 by Morningside Productions. Based very loosely upon the novel The Mysterious Island (L'Île mystérieuse) by Jules Verne, it was produced by Charles H. Schneer and Ray...

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  • Dec 20, 1961

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  • 96 min (58 hs )

Geordie

Geordie (released in the U.S. as Wee Geordie) is a 1955 British comedy film based on David Walker's novel of the same title, with Bill Travers in the title role as a Scotsman who becomes an athlete at the Olympic Games. The cast includes Alistair...

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  • 1955

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  • 93 min (56 hs )

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The Rake's Progress

The Rake's Progress is a film made in 1945. In the United States, the title was changed to Notorious Gentleman. The plot follows the career of upper-class cad Vivian Kenway (Rex Harrison). He is sent down from Oxford University for placing a chamber...

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  • Dec 29, 1945

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  • 110 min (66 hs )

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The Admirable Crichton

The Admirable Crichton is a 1957 motion picture directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Kenneth More, Sally Ann Howes and Cecil Parker. The film was based on the 1902 comedy by J. M. Barrie, The Admirable Crichton. Kenneth More stars as Crichton, the...

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  • 1957

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  • 94 min (56 hs )

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London Belongs to Me

London Belongs to Me (also known as Dulcimer Street) is a 1948 British film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Richard Attenborough and Alastair Sim. It was based on the novel of the same name by Norman Collins. The same story was made into a...

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  • 1948

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The End of the Affair

The End of the Affair is a 1955 film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Deborah Kerr, Van Johnson, Peter Cushing and John Mills. It is based on the novel The End of the Affair by Graham Greene. It was filmed largely on location in London,...

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  • 1955

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  • 105 min (63 hs )

The Big Blockade

The Big Blockade is a 1940 British wartime propaganda film from Ealing Studios, made in a mock documentary style, in which the success of the economic blockade of Nazi Germany is highlighted in a humorous manner via a series of sketches. The film...

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  • 73 min (44 hs )

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Web of Evidence

Web of Evidence is a 1959 British film based on the novel, Beyond This Place, by A. J. Cronin. It was directed by Jack Cardiff and stars Van Johnson and Vera Miles. The original title was kept for the film's European release, though it was given an...

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  • Oct 18, 1959

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  • 90 min (54 hs )

I See a Dark Stranger

I See a Dark Stranger (released as The Adventuress in the United States) is a British 1946 World War II spy film with touches of light comedy, by the team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat, and starring Deborah Kerr and Trevor Howard. During World...

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  • Jul 4, 1946

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I Aim at the Stars

I Aim at the Stars is a 1960 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Wernher von Braun. The film covers his life from his early days in Germany, through Peenemünde, up until his work with the U.S. Army, NASA, and the American space...

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  • 1946

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  • 107 min (64.2 hs )

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The Pickwick Papers

The Pickwick Papers is a 1952 UK production from George Minter of the Charles Dickens classic. Both screenplay and direction were by Noel Langley.

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  • 1952

Time Gentlemen, Please!

Time Gentlemen, Please! is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Eddie Byrne, Hermione Baddeley, Raymond Lovell and Sid James.

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Time Gentlemen Please!

Time Gentlemen Please! is a 1952 comedy film directed by Lewis Gilbert.

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  • 79 min (47 hs )

There Is Another Sun

There Is Another Sun is a 1951 drama film directed by Lewis Gilbert.

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  • 89 min (53 hs )

SOS Pacific

SOS Pacific is a 1959 drama film directed by Guy Green and starring Richard Attenborough and Pier Angeli. The pilot of a flying boat, along with five passengers, has to ditch his plane in a thunder storm. The plane ditches in the Pacific near an...

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  • Dec 1959

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  • 90 min (54 hs )

Sea Devils

Sea Devils is a 1953 historical adventure film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Rock Hudson and Yvonne De Carlo. The story was adapted from the novel Les Travailleurs de la mer by Victor Hugo. The scenes at sea were shot in the Channel Islands....

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  • May 23, 1953

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  • 91 min (55 hs )

They Who Dare

They Who Dare is a 1954 World War II war film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Dirk Bogarde, Harold Siddons, Akim Tamiroff and Eric Pohlmann. The story is based on events that took place during World War II in the Dodecanese islands where...

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  • Feb 2, 1954

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  • 107 min (64.2 hs )
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