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Harry Booth

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Harry Booth is an English film director, film producer, screenwriter and editor. He began his film career in 1941. He debuted as a director with the war documentary Blitz on Britain. His subsequent films include A King's Story, which was nominated for an Academy Award.

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Going Dutch

Going Dutch

Scatterbrained but imaginative Robbie Henegouwen de Boer has only worked for a tour operator for two months, when a colleague is suddenly fired and he is tasked with showing an international coach party around. The newly-minted tour guide is faced with a plethora of problems...
6.0

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1973

Caring for History

Caring for History

A BAFTA award winning documentary investigating the work undertaken by the Ancient Monuments Division of the Department of the Environment in preserving the fabric of structures from Neolithic to Georgian.
0.0

Year:

1973

Go for a Take

Go for a Take

Two inept gamblers on the run from their debts and a gang of crooks find refuge in a film studio.
8.5

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1972

Go for a Take

Go for a Take

Two inept gamblers on the run from their debts and a gang of crooks find refuge in a film studio.
8.5

Year:

1972

Mutiny on the Buses

Mutiny on the Buses

Bus driver Stan Butler agrees to marry Suzy, much to the anguish of Mum, her son-in-law, Arthur, and daughter Olive. How, they wonder, will they ever manage without Stan's money coming in? Then Arthur is sacked, and Stan agrees to delay the wedding. Meanwhile, he hits on an idea: Arthur should learn to drive a bus. Somehow he does just that, and even gets a job. Stan then blackmails the Depot Manager into giving him the job of driver on the new money-making Special Tours Bus. A great idea ...if only the inspector hadn't taken Stan on his trial run to the Windsor Safari Park
7.4

Year:

1972

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

An artist from Continental Europe arrives in England and proceeds to cause havoc.
0.0

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1971

Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

An artist from Continental Europe arrives in England and proceeds to cause havoc.
0.0

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1971

On the Buses

On the Buses

Stan gets a little annoyed when his Mum and Sister keep buying expensive items on hire purchase, but the money he earns for overtime working as a bus driver means that he can afford it... just! His job is secure, as bus drivers are hard to come by, and his overtime prospects are good, until the bus company decide to revoke a long standing rule and employ women bus drivers. Aghast at the thought of
6.4

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1971

The Magnificent Six and ½: A Good Deed in Time

The Magnificent Six and ½: A Good Deed in Time

When the Gang decide to be helpful, something is bound to go wrong. They borrow a ladder unknowingly from a decorator, who attempts to climb out of the window, not realising that his ladder has gone!
0.0

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1969

The Magnificent Six and ½: The Astronoughts

The Magnificent Six and ½: The Astronoughts

Whizz converts an old boiler into a spaceship. However a scrap metal dealer has already bought it and hauls it away by crane with the Gang inside. Naturally enough they believe they are in outer space, and Dumbo takes a space walk.
0.0

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1969

The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket

The Magnificent Six and ½: It's Not Cricket

An errant cricket ball causes mayhem as the gang try to recover it.
0.0

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1969

The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee Had a Little Ape

The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee Had a Little Ape

Toby tries on a dummy ape skin which is intended for the local jumble sale, and is mistaken for a real ape which has escaped from a travelling circus. Peewee manages to befriend the real ape by giving him a bunch of bananas.
0.0

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1969

The Magician

The Magician

The Gang engage Marvo the Magician for Peewee's birthday party, but unfortunately all his magic misfires, and he loses Stodger in his special cabinet. Still searching for Stodger, Marvo makes himself disappear.
0.0

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1969

A Lad in the Lamp

A Lad in the Lamp

0.0

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1969

The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee's Pianola

The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee's Pianola

The kids find a pianola, and try to bring it to junkyard owner Old Tom. But when it runs away, with Peewee trapped inside of it, nothing but chaos ensues.
0.0

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1968

The Magnificent Six and ½: Ghosts and Ghoulies

The Magnificent Six and ½: Ghosts and Ghoulies

Whizz and Pee Wee would like to join the club, but first they must spend an hour in a haunted house.
5.0

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1968

The Magnificent Six and ½: Ghosts and Ghoulies

The Magnificent Six and ½: Ghosts and Ghoulies

Whizz and Pee Wee would like to join the club, but first they must spend an hour in a haunted house.
5.0

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1968

The Magnificent Six and ½: Bob-a-Job

The Magnificent Six and ½: Bob-a-Job

The gang help in the collections for a youth club, by doing odd jobs around the neighborhood and getting into trouble at the same time.
0.0

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1968

The Magnificent Six and ½: Bob-a-Job

The Magnificent Six and ½: Bob-a-Job

The gang help in the collections for a youth club, by doing odd jobs around the neighborhood and getting into trouble at the same time.
0.0

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1968

The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids

The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids

The gang build a raft to ferry them across a canal, with just one problem; getting the raft to the canal.
0.0

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1968

The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids

The Magnificent Six and ½: Kontiki Kids

The gang build a raft to ferry them across a canal, with just one problem; getting the raft to the canal.
0.0

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1968

Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid

0.0

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1968

Kontiki Kids

Kontiki Kids

Magnificent Six-and-a-Half gang series, in which they build a raft.
0.0

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1968

Bob a Job

Bob a Job

The Magnificent Six-and-a-Half gang help in the collections for a youth club.
0.0

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1968

The Night Raiders

The Night Raiders

0.0

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1967

The Golden Dragon

The Golden Dragon

0.0

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1967

Shipwreck

Shipwreck

0.0

Year:

1967

Operation Airlift

Operation Airlift

0.0

Year:

1967

River Rivals

River Rivals

Two families and their children are rivals in a forthcoming race for do-it-yourself boat builders. (7 episodes, each 14-21 minutes.)
0.0

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1967

A King's Story

A King's Story

A King's Story is a 1965 British documentary film directed by Harry Booth about the life of King Edward VIII, from his birth until abdication in 1936. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
5.7

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1965

Crosstrap

Crosstrap

In this thriller, two gangs of jewel thieves battle it out in a deserted cottage. Murder ensues when the owners of the cabin show up. Listed as lost by the BFI.
4.4

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1962

Blitz on Britain

Blitz on Britain

Featuring archival footage from both German and UK sources, this documentary examines the defense of Britain during the early years of World War II.
7.8

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1960

Blitz on Britain

Blitz on Britain

Featuring archival footage from both German and UK sources, this documentary examines the defense of Britain during the early years of World War II.
7.8

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1960

Mark of the Phoenix

Mark of the Phoenix

A jewel thief finds himself a target when a smuggled cigarette case made from a stolen new metal falls into his hands.
4.8

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1958

At the Stroke of Nine

At the Stroke of Nine

A prominent journalist is kidnapped by a lunatic who threatens to kill her unless she writes flattering articles about him.
0.0

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1957

The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn

The Case of the Mukkinese Battle-Horn

Supposedly filmed in 'Schizophrenoscope', it concerns Inspector Quilt of Scotland Yard's attempts to retrieve a 'Mukkinese Battlehorn' stolen from a London museum. Along the way he meets characters not dissimilar to Eccles, Henry Crun and Minnie Bannister from The Goon Show. This attempt to adapt Goon humour to the big screen was written by Harry Booth, Jon Penington and regular Goon show co-writer Larry Stephens. It was then heavily rewritten on the filmset by Sellers and Milligan.
7.2

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1956

Confession

Confession

A confession to a priest from a thief leads to the priest's life being threatened by his gang.
6.2

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1955

Penny Points to Paradise

Penny Points to Paradise

When Harry and Spike visit Bristol to spend the winnings from Harry's latest Pools win, the boys are soon targeted by a gang of local counterfeiters.
4.1

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1951