John Laurie
John Laurie was a noted Scottish stage, screen, and television actor.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 20.92 |
Birthday | 1897-03-24 |
Place of Birth | Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK |
Also Known As | John Lawrie, John Paton Laurie, |
1935
The 39 Steps
7.345/949
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it a...
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The 39 Steps
1979
The Prisoner of Zenda
5.6/33
Anthony Hope's classic tale gets a decidedly 'un-classic' treatment at the hands of Peter Sellers. Following the story somewhat, friends of the new Ki...
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The Prisoner of Zenda
1939
The Four Feathers
6.978/93
A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.
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The Four Feathers
1971
Dad's Army
4.8/85
Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and fou...
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Dad's Army
1948
Hamlet
7.394/260
Winner of four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor, Sir Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet continues to be the most compelling version of Sha...
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Hamlet
1954
Devil Girl from Mars
5.3/46
Eight people at a remote Scottish inn find themselves confronted by a woman from Mars, who has landed her flying saucer for repairs but intends to soo...
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Devil Girl from Mars
1943
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
7.5/246
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered...
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The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1944
The Way Ahead
6.4/35
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to...
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The Way Ahead
1966
The Reptile
6.044/91
Harry and Valerie Spalding arrive in the remote Cornish village to an unwelcoming and suspicious population. Harry's brother dies suddenly, bitten by...
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The Reptile
1937
The Edge of the World
7.2/36
A way of life is dying on a remote Scottish island, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
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The Edge of the World
1936
As You Like It
5.2/10
Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.
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As You Like It
1951
Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
6.6/109
Pandora Reynolds is a woman who has never fallen in love – but one who men kill and die for. When she meets dashing and mysterious ship's captain Hend...
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Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
1947
The Brothers
5.2/8
An orphan wreaks havoc on a remote Scottish island when she causes an age-old feud to be reignited.
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The Brothers
1971
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
6.903/310
After a team of surgeons botches his beloved wife's operation, the distraught Dr. Phibes unleashes a score of Old-Testament atrocities on his enemies.
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The Abominable Dr. Phibes
1930
Juno and the Paycock
4.6/47
During the Irish revolution, a family earns a big inheritance. They start leading a rich life, forgetting what the most important values of life reall...
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Juno and the Paycock
1950
No Trace
6.5/4
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.
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No Trace
1947
Uncle Silas
5.8/16
Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance...
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Uncle Silas
1946
School for Secrets
6.5/2
Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of B...
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School for Secrets
1941
Dangerous Moonlight
6.4/8
Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his me...
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Dangerous Moonlight
1945
I Know Where I'm Going!
7.1/142
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclemen...
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I Know Where I'm Going!
1957
Campbell's Kingdom
5.5/14
Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In...
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Campbell's Kingdom
1953
The Fake
5.5/10
Someone is stealing priceless paintings from the great museums of the world and replacing them with nearly flawless forgeries. Leonardo da Vinci's "Ma...
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The Fake
1939
Bees on the Boat-Deck
0/0
Television broadcast of Bees on the Boat-Deck by J.B. Priestley.
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Bees on the Boat-Deck
1952
Rig 20
6/1
A BAFTA award nominated documentary looking at how Myron Kinley and his team extinguished an out of control oil installation fire at Naft Safidi in Ir...
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Rig 20
Painter and Poet No. 1
5/1
An illustrated version of Twa Corbies made as the BFI’s contribution to the Festival of Britain. Enlivened by the distinctive voice of John Laurie, an...
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Painter and Poet No. 1
1952
Tread Softly
5/5
Story of a chorus girl who is "discovered" and finds romance during the unraveling of a mystery in a once derelict theatre.
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Tread Softly
1944
Fanny by Gaslight
5.7/8
Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds...
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Fanny by Gaslight
1952
Saturday Island
4.8/6
When their hospital ship sinks in the South Pacific during WWII, military nurse Elizabeth Smythe and Marine Michael Dugan find themselves stranded — a...
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Saturday Island
1953
Strange Stories
0/0
'Strange Stories' consists of two stories, 'The Strange Mr Bartleby' and 'The Strange Journey'. The stories were sometimes shown individually on telev...
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Strange Stories
1941
Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
5/1
Old Mother Riley gets involved in a plot to steal an invention
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Old Mother Riley's Ghosts
1949
Floodtide
6/2
David Shields refuses to go into agriculture and opts instead for ship building
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Floodtide
1943
The Demi-Paradise
6.5/6
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking sh...
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The Demi-Paradise
1938
The Face of Scotland
7/1
The history of Scotland and the factors that have shaped the character of its people.
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The Face of Scotland
1947
Jassy
5.4/10
In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the...
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Jassy
1948
Bonnie Prince Charlie
4.4/4
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the...
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Bonnie Prince Charlie
1960
Kidnapped
6.4/26
Kidnapped and cheated out of his inheritance, young David Balfour falls in with a Jacobite adventurer, Alan Breck Stewart. Falsely accused of murder,...
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Kidnapped
1943
The Lamp Still Burns
5.4/7
A tribute to the important work of female nurses during World War II.
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The Lamp Still Burns
1941
The Ghost of St. Michael's
6.6/10
Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary g...
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The Ghost of St. Michael's
1951
Laughter in Paradise
6.5/30
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 whic...
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Laughter in Paradise
1955
Richard III
7.1/89
Having helped his brother King Edward IV take the throne of England, the jealous hunchback Richard, Duke of Gloucester, plots to seize power for himse...
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Richard III
1953
The Great Game
6/1
The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing...
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The Great Game
1937
Jericho
5.8/5
An unjustly condemned corporal flees to Africa, chased by the captain blamed for his escape.
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Jericho
1938
The Ware Case
6.3/3
An aristocrat won't economize, then his rich brother in law is found murdered in the grounds of the aristocrat's house
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The Ware Case
1957
Murder Reported
0/0
Ace reporter Jeff Holly is assigned to investigate the murder of a politician whose body was found stashed in a trunk. Holly's enthusiasm soon wanes w...
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Murder Reported
1963
Siege of the Saxons
4.8/10
King Arthur learns one of his knights is plotting to take over and marry his daughter. After the King's death, the Knight wishing to marry the princes...
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Siege of the Saxons
1936
Tudor Rose
8.1/7
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
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Tudor Rose
1939
Q Planes
5.8/38
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraf...
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Q Planes
1947
Mine Own Executioner
7/15
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
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Mine Own Executioner
1945
Steel
0/0
A colorful British documentary about the manufacturing of steel.
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Steel
1969
Justice Is a Woman
0/0
Julia Stafford is asked to defend a posh youth, an outsider in a conservative Scottish town, who is accused of murdering a girl.
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Justice Is a Woman
1940
Convoy
5.4/14
A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.
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Convoy
1958
Next to No Time
8/2
Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack...
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Next to No Time
1978
Return to the Edge of the World
6.5/8
Essentially a re-release of Michael Powell's 'The Edge of the World (1937)' , but with colour 'bookends' in which director and actors revisit the isla...
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Return to the Edge of the World
1940
Laugh It Off
5.3/3
As WWII begins, vaudeville entertainer Tommy Towers is called up to serve. He arranges a job for his girlfriend at the local pub. To keep moral up, hi...
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Laugh It Off
1954
Hobson's Choice
7.356/132
Henry Hobson owns and tyrannically runs a successful Victorian boot maker’s shop in Salford, England. A stingy widower with a weakness for overindulgi...
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Hobson's Choice
1944
Medal for the General
6.5/2
A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.
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Medal for the General
1964
Eagle Rock
6/1
A young lad attempts to climb Eagle Rock by himself and learns the hard way that sometimes teamwork is the best way to do things.
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Eagle Rock
1966
The Open Door
0/0
Colonel Mortimer returns to his family after a long spell in India to find his young son in bed ill, and tormented by a wailing voice... but is it in...
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The Open Door
1945
The Agitator
6/2
The Agitator is a 1945 British drama film directed by John Harlow and starring William Hartnell, Mary Morris and John Laurie. Its plot follows a young...
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The Agitator
1940
Sailors Three
7.2/4
Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship...
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Sailors Three
1954
The Black Knight
6.2/10
John, a blacksmith and swordsmith, is tutored at Camelot. As a commoner, he can't hope to win the hand of Lady Linet, daughter of the Earl of Yeonilan...
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The Black Knight
2001
The Best of Morecambe and Wise
0/0
Compilation of sketches featuring the much-loved funnymen Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise. Includes 'Anthony and Cleopatra' with Glenda Jackson, 'Monty...
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The Best of Morecambe and Wise
1944
Henry V
6.592/114
In the midst of the Hundred Years' War, the young King Henry V of England embarks on the conquest of France in 1415.
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Henry V
1937
Farewell Again
5/1
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty...
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Farewell Again
1943
The New Lot
0/0
A new batch of Army recruits, from diverse backgrounds and with varying degrees of commitment, is shaped into an efficient fighting unit.
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The New Lot
1937
The Windmill
0/0
The German adopted-daughter of a Belgian innkeeper is threatened with internment by him if she reveals to the British billetees that he is a spy. Howe...
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The Windmill
1938
The Claydon Treasure Mystery
0/0
"The Claydon Treasure Mystery" stars reliable John Stuart as an engineer (Peter Kerrigan) interested in solving mysteries, who becomes involved in inv...
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The Claydon Treasure Mystery
1941
Ships with Wings
4/2
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Gre...
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Ships with Wings
1950
Treasure Island
6.537/204
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a Caribb...
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Treasure Island
1936
East Meets West
0/0
The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with...
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East Meets West
1953
Love in Pawn
6.5/4
A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him part...
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Love in Pawn
1936
Born That Way
0/0
A Scottish woman tries to take her brother-in-law's wild living children in hand.
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Born That Way
1951
Encore
6.2/11
Encore is a 1951 anthology film composed of adaptations of three short stories by W. Somerset Maugham: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", directed by Pat...
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Encore
1950
Trio
6.3/12
W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.
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Trio
1945
Read All About It
4.6/9
An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of news...
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Read All About It
1935
Her Last Affaire
0/0
Desperate to prove his father innocent of treason, a secretary arranges a clandestine assignation with his employer's wife in order to get the proof h...
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Her Last Affaire
1946
Gaiety George
5.5/2
The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and...
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Gaiety George
1943
The Gentle Sex
7/11
During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling, dri...
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The Gentle Sex
1963
Ladies Who Do
7/12
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save thei...
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Ladies Who Do
1934
Red Ensign
5.7/6
David Barr is the manager and chief designer of a British shipyard in decline. The shipyard is in financial trouble but Barr has a design for a new sh...
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Red Ensign
1967
Mister Ten Per Cent
4.2/3
Percy Pointer's passion in life is the theatre, and all his spare time is devoted to the play he is writing. When it's finished it arrives on the desk...
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Mister Ten Per Cent
1975
One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
5.8/44
Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese...
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One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing
1950
Madeleine
6.7/32
The middle-class family of a young woman cannot understand why she delays in marrying a respectable young man. They know nothing about her long-standi...
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Madeleine
1958
Rockets Galore
6/6
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world...
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Rockets Galore
1945
Caesar and Cleopatra
6.1/56
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.
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Caesar and Cleopatra
1961
Don't Bother to Knock
5.1/5
An Edinburgh travel agent loses his keys and his fiancé in one night. A friend finds the keys and makes loads of copies with his address attached as a...
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Don't Bother to Knock
1953
Johnny on the Run
7.5/2
A Polish boy runs away from his unkind foster mother in Edinburgh and finds a new home in a lakeside village for orphans of all nations, after encount...
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Johnny on the Run
1945
Great Day
7.3/5
An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.
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Great Day
1938
A Royal Divorce
0/0
The love affair between the French Emperor Napoleon and the lady Josephine leads through Napoleon's rise to power and their eventual divorce.
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A Royal Divorce
1942
Teeth of Steel
0/0
Short part of BFI collection "This Working Life: Steel".
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Teeth of Steel
1962
Hobson's Choice
0/0
Maggie Hobson (Patricia Routledge) decides to marry Willie Mossop (Michael Caine), the gifted but underpaid bootmaker in her father's shop. Despite Wi...
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Hobson's Choice
1967
Queen of Scots
0/0
A dramatised account of the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, performed and broadcast live on Scottish Television on 29th November 1967 to mark STV's tent...
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Queen of Scots
1946
Kelvin: Master of Measurement
0/0
Dramatised account of the achievements of Glasgow's William Thomson, Lord Kelvin.
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