George Spence

George Spence

Birthday: 1928-01-01

Place of Birth: Elizabeth City, North Carolina, USA

Biography: George Spence is known for Hide and Seek (1964), Give Me the Stars (1945) and The Whisperers (1967).

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The Wrong Box
The Wrong Box

In Victorian England, a fortune now depends on which of two brothers outlives the other—or can be ma...

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I'm All Right Jack
I'm All Right Jack

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at...

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Pool of London
Pool of London

Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London....

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Lawrence of Arabia
Lawrence of Arabia

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the div...

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Jackpot
Jackpot

Back in London after serving time, an ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to hi...

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The Whisperers
The Whisperers

Margaret Ross is an impoverished old woman who lives alone in a seedy apartment and enjoys a rich fa...

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Time, Gentlemen, Please!
Time, Gentlemen, Please!

Because of its high productivity and "almost" 100 per cent employment, the town of Hayhoe, England i...

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The Good Die Young
The Good Die Young

An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbe...

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I Live in Grosvenor Square
I Live in Grosvenor Square

The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neag...

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Johnny Frenchman
Johnny Frenchman

The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable ...

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Billy Liar
Billy Liar

A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertake...

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Old Bill and Son
Old Bill and Son

Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and,...

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The Gay Dog
The Gay Dog

Jim Gay loves his racing greyhound but, out of town, he finds a dog with a better chance to win. His...

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Interpol
Interpol

Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin Frank...

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Eye of the Devil
Eye of the Devil

A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret....

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Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather

Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. ...

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The Cracksman
The Cracksman

Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, wh...

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Juno and the Paycock
Juno and the Paycock

In the slums of Dublin during the Irish Civil War, the Boyle family’s fragile stability collapses af...

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Birds of Prey
Birds of Prey

At a reception given by Arthur Hilton at his Sussex home the conversation turns to the subject of da...

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Hotel Splendide
Hotel Splendide

Jerry Mason inherits the Hotel Splendide at Speymouth but is disappointed when he sees it is a quiet...

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The Last Coupon
The Last Coupon

A frugal coal miner turns into a spendthrift when he wins £20,000 on the football pools!...

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Looking on the Bright Side
Looking on the Bright Side

Gracie Fields' second film Looking on the Bright Side was a smash hit film of 1932. It contains a lo...

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Money Talks
Money Talks

This exuberant comedy about Jewish domestic life tells the story of an old man who is to inherit a l...

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The Lucky Number
The Lucky Number

A professional footballer attempts to recover a winning pools ticket....

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The Outcast
The Outcast

A music-hall star and his best mate are conned out of their earnings (twice!) and left with nothing ...

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Princess Charming
Princess Charming

Revolution breaks out in a small European kingdom, and a young princess is forced to flee for her li...

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My Old Dutch
My Old Dutch

Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the fam...

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Lady in Danger
Lady in Danger

Dexter becomes involved in a revolution and is asked to hide the Queen. This leads to misunderstandi...

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Once in a New Moon
Once in a New Moon

When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the...

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The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an A...

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The Clairvoyant
The Clairvoyant

A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)...

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Stormy Weather
Stormy Weather

Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. ...

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Captain Bill
Captain Bill

A barge operator helps a schoolteacher tackle a gang of criminals....

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Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn

In 1820s rural England, a young girl is tricked by tales of marriage from a villainous Squire. When ...

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Things to Come
Things to Come

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational s...

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Shipmates o' Mine
Shipmates o' Mine

A through-the-years story with songs and sentiments. A sailor rises from first officer to captain, g...

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Radio Lover
Radio Lover

A penniless young charmer hits upon an ingenious route to fame and fortune....

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Sabotage
Sabotage

The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is to ...

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Dark Journey
Dark Journey

Madeline Goddard, is a British double agent who meets and falls in love with a German spy Baron Karl...

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Young and Innocent
Young and Innocent

When a young writer is falsely accused of murdering a famous actress, he escapes custody and joins f...

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Non-Stop New York
Non-Stop New York

A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from L...

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South Riding
South Riding

Winifred Holtby realised that Local Government is not a dry affair of meetings and memoranda:- but '...

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Who Goes Next?
Who Goes Next?

During the First World War, a number of captured British officers attempt to escape a prisoner-of-wa...

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Luck of the Navy
Luck of the Navy

With Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on ...

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Dead Men Are Dangerous
Dead Men Are Dangerous

Unsuccessful writer Aylmer Franklyn takes the chance to change identities after he discovers a corps...

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Murder in Soho
Murder in Soho

A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband....

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Poison Pen
Poison Pen

The inhabitants of a peaceful village begin receiving mysterious hate mail penned by someone with ma...

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The Frozen Limits
The Frozen Limits

The Crazy Gang join the 1898 gold rush. Unfortunately it's now 1939 and they're a bit late....

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The Proud Valley
The Proud Valley

In a Welsh coal mining valley, a young man with a beautiful singing voice is called upon to make the...

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You Will Remember
You Will Remember

Biography of popular English composer Leslie Stuart (Robert Morley), who rose to fame through perfor...

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Old Bill and Son
Old Bill and Son

Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and,...

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He Found a Star
He Found a Star

A talent agent makes the mistake of becoming too involved with one of his clients....

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Ships with Wings
Ships with Wings

Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for...

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Somewhere in Camp
Somewhere in Camp

Army buddies help Private Trevor court the daughter of their commanding officer. All efforts fail - ...

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The Day Will Dawn
The Day Will Dawn

When Hitler invades Poland, sports journalist Colin Metcalfe (Hugh Williams) is unexpectedly reassig...

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The Lady from Lisbon
The Lady from Lisbon

When she learns that the Nazis have confiscated Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa, art-lovin...

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Thunder Rock
Thunder Rock

David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lig...

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King Arthur Was a Gentleman
King Arthur Was a Gentleman

Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasizing about King Arthur and his knights....

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The Demi-Paradise
The Demi-Paradise

Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the ...

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Bell-Bottom George
Bell-Bottom George

George is an unwilling civilian during the war. When an enlisted friend switches clothes with him in...

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Love Story
Love Story

After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Corn...

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Waterloo Road
Waterloo Road

During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft...

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Give Me the Stars
Give Me the Stars

An American girl takes charge of her scottish grandfather....

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I Live in Grosvenor Square
I Live in Grosvenor Square

The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neag...

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Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vici...

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No Room at the Inn
No Room at the Inn

A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman....

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It's Hard to be Good
It's Hard to be Good

A do-gooder ex-army officer finds his attempts to improve the world leads invariably to disasters....

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Once a Jolly Swagman
Once a Jolly Swagman

A factory worker quits his job to become a motorcycle racer....

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Madness of the Heart
Madness of the Heart

A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly rea...

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Last Holiday
Last Holiday

George Bird is a salesman of agricultural machinery who finds out that he hasn't long to live. On hi...

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Seven Days to Noon
Seven Days to Noon

When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhe...

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The Galloping Major
The Galloping Major

A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortuna...

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There Is Another Sun
There Is Another Sun

Story of romance between a young boxer in fairground boxing booth and a chorus girl, and how 'Racer'...

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The Lavender Hill Mob
The Lavender Hill Mob

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal go...

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Gift Horse
Gift Horse

Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae a...

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The Great Game
The Great Game

The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach ...

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Time Bomb
Time Bomb

When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bo...

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Up in the World
Up in the World

Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted...

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Just My Luck
Just My Luck

Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dre...

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One Good Turn
One Good Turn

Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the or...

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The Square Peg
The Square Peg

Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they c...

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A Stitch in Time
A Stitch in Time

An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after c...

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Don't Lose Your Head
Don't Lose Your Head

Amidst the French revolution, Citizen Robespierre is beheading the aristocracy! When word gets to En...

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Carry On Doctor
Carry On Doctor

Francis Bigger, a notorious charlatan who tours the country lecturing on the subject of mind over ma...

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Doctor at Sea
Doctor at Sea

The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 a...

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Doctor in Love
Doctor in Love

Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping...

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Doctor in Distress
Doctor in Distress

"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lanc...

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The Curse of the Werewolf
The Curse of the Werewolf

A child conceived by a mute servant girl transforms from an innocent youth to a killer beast at nigh...

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