Cast: Sydney Tafler
Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Sydney Tafler. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.
Titles found: 48
Passport to Pimlico
1949 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Henry Cornelius
Cast Stanley Holloway · Betty Warren · Barbara Murray · Paul Dupuis
Synopsis When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, an area of London, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is, in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British Government attempt...
6.8
719 votes
6.8
719 votes
It Always Rains on Sunday
1947 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Robert Hamer
Cast Googie Withers · Edward Chapman · Jack Warner · Susan Shaw
Synopsis The events of a wet Sabbath unfold in the pubs, homes, and markets of the East End. While petty criminals and the police play cat-and-mouse, and various love affairs start and stop, housewife Rose Sandigate finds she has a difficult...
6.6
123 votes
6.6
123 votes
Reach for the Sky
1956 · Movie · 135 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lewis Gilbert
Cast Kenneth More · Muriel Pavlow · Lyndon Brook · Lee Patterson
Synopsis The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
6.5
58 votes
6.5
58 votes
Sink the Bismarck!
1960 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lewis Gilbert
Cast Kenneth More · Dana Wynter · Carl Möhner · Laurence Naismith
Synopsis Chronicles the breakout of the Bismark during the early days of World War Two. Seen both from the point of view of the many naval vessels on both sides and from the central headquarters of the British where the search...
6.3
526 votes
6.3
526 votes
The Birthday Party
1968 · Movie · 123 min. · United Kingdom
Direction William Friedkin
Cast Robert Shaw · Patrick Magee · Dandy Nichols · Sydney Tafler
Synopsis Stanley is a british lodger who is visited by two unexpected guests, menacing and mysterious strangers, Goldberg and McCann. They offer to host Stanley's birthday party after Stanley's landlady tells them that it is Stanley's birthday, although it is really...
6.3
38 votes
6.3
38 votes
Carve Her Name with Pride
1958 · Movie · 119 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lewis Gilbert
Cast Virginia McKenna · Paul Scofield · Jack Warner · Denise Grey
Synopsis Violette Bushell is the daughter of an English father and a French mother, living in London in the early years of World War 2. She meets a handsome young French soldier in the park and takes him back for the...
6.1
57 votes
6.1
57 votes
Secret People
1952 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Thorold Dickinson
Cast Valentina Cortese · Serge Reggiani · Charles Goldner · Audrey Hepburn
Synopsis In 1930, Maria Brentano and her younger sister Nora flee to London after their father is murdered by a European dictator. Seven years later, during a weekend trip to Paris, Maria unexpectedly meets Louis, her former lover who is now...
5.9
51 votes
5.9
51 votes
The 7th Dawn
1964 · Movie · 123 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lewis Gilbert
Cast William Holden · Capucine · Tetsurô Tanba · Susannah York
Synopsis Three friends who fought the Japanese in Malaya during World War II end up on opposing sides in the Communist insurgency following the war. Major Ferris (William Holden) becomes a prosperous rubber plantation owner, with beautiful Dhana (Capucine) as his...
5.8
208 votes
5.8
208 votes
The Cockleshell Heroes
1955 · Movie · 97 min. · United States
Direction José Ferrer
Cast José Ferrer · Trevor Howard · Dora Bryan · Victor Maddern
Synopsis A British Army Reserve Major must work with a veteran Captain and a group of incorrigible recruits to attempt what is generally regarded as a suicide mission: the covert destruction of an entire German shipyard in occupied France.
5.4
120 votes
5.4
120 votes
Berserk
1968 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Jim O'Connolly
Cast Joan Crawford · Ty Hardin · Diana Dors · Michael Gough
Synopsis Effectively staged thriller stars Joan Crawford as the owner of a once-great circus now on its last legs-until a number of accidental deaths of the performers stars packin 'em in.
5.3
118 votes
5.3
118 votes
Interpol
1957 · Movie · 92 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Gilling
Cast Victor Mature · Anita Ekberg · Trevor Howard · Bonar Colleano
Synopsis U.S. narcotics agent Charles Sturgis trails international dope smuggler Frank McNally by following his reluctant accomplice, Gina Broger, through the "pickup alleys" of New York, London, Lisbon, Rome, Naples and Athens. When Gina is finally arrested by Interpol, she helps...
5.2
62 votes
5.2
62 votes
Wide Boy
1952 · Movie · 67 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Ken Hughes
Cast Sydney Tafler · Susan Shaw · Ronald Howard · Melissa Stribling
Synopsis Benny makes a precarious living selling black market nylons. His girl friend, Molly, hankers after luxury and makes him take her to the Flamingo, an exclusive bar. Benny blackmails distinguished surgeon they meet there.
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Wodehouse Playhouse (TV Series)
1974 · Series · 30 min. · United Kingdom
Direction David Askey · Gareth Gwenlan · Michael Mills
Cast John Alderton · P.G. Wodehouse · Pauline Collins · William Mervyn
Synopsis (1974-1978). 21 episodes. A series of dramatisations of some of P.G. Wodehouse's comic short stories - in which P.G. Wodehouse, himself, introduced some of the early episodes.
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The Long Arm (The Third Key)
1956 · Movie · 96 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Charles Frend
Cast Jack Hawkins · John Stratton · Dorothy Alison · Michael Brooke
Synopsis A well-made police thriller which follows a Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent as he finds links between a recent robbery from a safe in a London office building and other similar crimes over the past two years. In every instance the...
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Do You Remember? (TV Series)
1978 · Series · 60 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Kaye Cooper · John Frankau · Simon Langton · Marc Miller
Cast Brenda Bruce · Ian Holm · Jean Kent · Mel Martin
Synopsis TV Series (1978). 7 episodes.
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A Weekend with Lulu
1961 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Paddy Carstairs
Cast Bob Monkhouse · Leslie Phillips · Alfred Marks · Shirley Eaton
Synopsis Fred, Tim and Deirdre plan a fun weekend break on the coast. What they didn't make allowances for was the company of Deirdre's mother who insists on coming along as her daughter's chaperone.
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Operation Diplomat
1953 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Guillermin
Cast Guy Rolfe · Lisa Daniely · Patricia Dainton · Sydney Tafler
Synopsis Doctor Fenton is abducted and forced to operate on a mysterious figure. Meanwhile, Inspector Austin investigates the murder of Fenton's assistant. All this has something to do with a missing diplomat.
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Scarlet Thread
1951 · Movie · 85 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Lewis Gilbert
Cast Kathleen Byron · Laurence Harvey · Sydney Tafler · Dora Bryan
Synopsis Two villains team up to steal some jewelry. The robbery goes wrong and an innocent man is shot.
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The Galloping Major
1951 · Movie · 82 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Henry Cornelius
Cast Basil Radford · Jimmy Hanley · Janette Scott · A.E. Matthews
Synopsis A syndicate is set up by a horse lover to buy a particular racehorse, but they accidentally buy the wrong horse. The horse is useless on the flat, so they decide to enter him as a jumper.
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Fire Maidens of Outer Space
1956 · Movie · 73 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Cy Roth
Cast Anthony Dexter · Paul Carpenter · Susan Shaw · Harry Fowler
Synopsis After landing on the 13th moon of Jupiter, the men from Earth debark from their ship to find a forested area containing the last remnant of lost Atlantis: an old man named Prossus, a bevy of nubile young women eager...
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