George Merritt

George Merritt

Total Credits at Criticker: 32 (Actor), 1 (Writer)

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    Young and Innocent
    Man on the run from a murder charge enlists a beautiful stranger who must put herself at risk for his cause. (imdb)
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    A Canterbury Tale
    A 'Land Girl', an American GI, and a British soldier find themselves together in a small Kent town on the road to Canterbury... (imdb)
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    I, Monster
    Christopher Lee stars in this Amicus production of "Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde" where the names have been changed to Dr. Marlowe and Mr. Blake. Lee as Dr. Marlowe experiments with intavenious drugs that are suppose to release inner inhibitions. So comes forth Mr. Blake(also Lee)who gets more mostrous with each transformation(Physicaly as well as personality). Peter Cushing plays his friend and colleague, Dr. Utterson. (imdb)
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    The Gaunt Stranger
    A suspense thriller with virtually the entire cast under suspicion of murder. In this, the third of at least 4 film versions of the Edgar Wallace story, John Longden plays the police inspector for the second time. The inspector and a police surgeon team up to find the killer who has just announced his (or her) intention to kill a lawyer. (imdb)
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    Q Planes
    Lighthearted romp of a pre-war spy story: quirky British secret service man finds out who's using a secret weapon to steal experimental planes. (imdb)
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    Dr. Syn
    When customs and excise men arrive at the village of Dymchurch in Kent, they uncover an intricate smuggling network being coordinated by the local parson, Dr Syn. Unknown to all but a few locals Dr Syn also hides a secret past, that he was once the notorious pirate Captain Clegg. (imdb)
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    The Fire Raisers
    Jim Bronson is an insurance investigator, but he's unhappy with his work and gets involved with a gang of arsonists. His conscience is troubling him ... (imdb)
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    F.P.1
    Urged by famous airman Ellissen the Lennartz Company puts into reality the project proposed by his friend Droste: F.P.1, a huge floating platform in the Atlantic that makes long-distance flights viable. Ellissen is in love with company heiress Claire, but when he returns from his adventures to save the endangered F.P.1 he finds out that he has lost her to Droste. Three versions of this were filmed simultaneously. This is the English language version. (imdb)
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    The Ghost Camera
    When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a passing car belonging to chemist John Gray who becomes amateur sleuth after developing the film and goes in search of the woman captured by the photograph. When the camera is stolen from his laboratory, Gray's suspicions are further aroused. (imdb)
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    Hideout in the Alps
    A forger returns to his family when he leaves jail vowing to go straight. Although approached by an international counterfeiting gang he keeps his word only to find his nephew is in the Swiss Alps helping the crooks. He sets off to try and put a stop to things, but with Scotland Yard also hot-footing it to the resort his problems are just beginning. (imdb)
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    Emil and the Detectives
    Erich Kästner's beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version was the first in English. Believed lost for decades, it was recently rediscovered by the BFI and has now been restored. The film moves the action from Berlin to London, where Emil goes to stay with his grandmother and cousin. Thereafter, the tale of Emil's adventures with a gang of streetwise London children faithfully follows the original plot.
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    Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
    This is a story about Mr. Cohen, a father who owns a large department store in London and cares about being a good shopkeeper and good person. Mr. Cohen's elder son and a friend's son work there and have slowly taken on more and more responsibility with the inadvertent result that Mr Cohen has begun to feel unimportant. Mr. Cohen longs to start over with a small shop to regain what he feels he has lost. (imdb)
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    Crime on the Hill
    In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich man's niece, was innocent.
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    My Song for You
    Riccardo Gatti, an Italian opera singer and lover-divine with voice to match, is the idol of all the women in Vienna,and is the man every woman after. So, what's the deal with Mary Newberg, who keeps running away from him and Gatti has to run after her? (imdb)
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    The Man Behind the Mask
    A young couple attend a masked ball before their planned (but secret) elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is attacked and held hostage by a crazed attacker. (imdb)
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    Drake of England
    Imposing Canadian-born stage actor and playwright Matherson Lang in Drake of England, one of his final films, he takes the title role in Arthur Woods' portrayal of the life and times of the flamboyant piratical adventurer who founded Britain's sea fortunes. From clandestine romance at the court of Elizabeth I to conquests in the newly discovered lands of South America and spectacular victory over the Armada, Drake of England offers a panoramic overview of Drake's life.
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    Dreyfus
    In 1894 France, a Jewish officer is accused of spying. (Halliwell's Film Guide)
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    They Came by Night
    Jeweler James Fothergill helps Scotland Yard recover a valuable ruby by worming his way into the gang which stole it and setting them up for the police. (imdb)
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    Breach of Promise
    Peter Conway (Clive Brook) is a playwright and his new play is having its first night. At the party afterwards Peter is kissed by a woman he claims not to know. The woman is Pamela ('Judy Campbell'). At first she persues him but then produces some letters where he declared his undying love for her and she sues him for Breach of Promise. But Peter has a nice scheme to defeat her plan - he marries her. She then does her best to bankrupt him. But why does she want to destroy him? (imdb)
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    He Found a Star
    Lucky Lyndon and his devoted secretary Ruth use their talent agency to find and help unknowns who need an opportunity. (imdb)
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    Variety Jubilee
    This domestic melodrama chronicles three generations of a family of music-hall owners. In the early 1900s, two variety stars, Kit Burns and Joe Swann, are staunch friends even when Kit marries Joe's dancing partner Evelyn. Joe fights in the Boer War where a bullet puts an end to his dancing days. He goes to work on the staff at Burns' Music Hall where Kit Jr. soon finds a place in his affections. Kit and Joe purchase the music hall and soon become a success.
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    Undercover
    A 1943 British war movie that portrays the Yugoslav guerrilla resistance movement in Nazi-occupied Yugoslavia.
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    Demobbed
    Demobbed from the army Nat, Norman and Dan get new jobs, solve a crime and stage a concert party.
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    Small Town Story
    A Canadian ex-serviceman has to resist criminals and the temptation of signing for Arsenal in order to help non-league Oldchester United. (imdb)
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    I\
    In turn-of-the-century London a young music publisher convinces both songwriters and a music hall singer with his new ideas to make business, while fighting both competitors and piracy in a time where author's royalties were still unprotected. A well crafted British musical with plenty of popular songs.
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    When a soldier returns from the Far East after the war, he and his wife have to adjust to life at home.
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    Ten Minute Alibi
    Derwent dreams up an unbreakable alibi for a murder. Once the crime is attempted, it then falls to Pember and Brace of Scotland Yard to sort things out
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    Quiet Weekend
    The ordinary and extraordinary adventures of a British family and their various guests during a weekend in their country cottage : the son and his socialite flirt hated by his adoring cousin, the local magistrate having a salmon poaching night, and so on.
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    Love in Waiting
    Set in England, post-World War II; three young women attempt to balance their waitress jobs and their respective love-lives whilst their employer's restaurant - and all the waitresses - is investigated for potential black-market food trading. This lighthearted, romantic comedy is refreshingly heart-warming despite its subject matter. This is helped by tongue-in-cheek performances from the main actresses and a snappy script.
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    Rhythm Racketeer
    Gangster Nap Connors tries to break into the London underworld and finds he has a double in Harry Grant. Forced to return to America by a feared hit-man, Nap uses his double to give him the perfect alibi for a jewel heist on board ship.
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    Now You\
    When a crashed Nazi aeroplane is recovered, British scientists have high hopes of learning valuable secrets. But a disgruntled factory worker inadvertently alerts enemy agents to the discovery, with disastrous consequences.
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    Something in the City
    Mr Ningle has been living a lie for seven years by pretending to still be commuting to his financial services job in the City of London from which he had been sacked. Every day, he journeys in and changes into the disguise of his alter ego: an artist who sells paintings on the sidewalk in Trafalgar Square.
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