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Jack Lee

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Wilfred John Raymond Lee (27 January 1913 – 15 October 2002) was a British film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer, who directed a number of postwar films on location in Asia and Australia for The Rank Organisation. Lee was born in the village of Slad near Stroud, Gloucestershire, the eldest brother of Laurie Lee, author of Cider with Rosie. In childhood, the two boys were close but fell out in later life. Natural rivals, Jack gained a place at the grammar school (Marling School in Stroud); Laurie failed to do so, attending Stroud Central School for Boys. He directed and co-wrote the screenplay of the pioneering motorcycle speedway film Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) which starred Dirk Bogarde. Among Jack Lee's other films are The Wooden Horse (1950), a popular Second World War POW escape film; Turn the Key Softly (1953), a realistic drama; A Town Like Alice (1956), starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch, based on Nevil Shute's novel; and Robbery Under Arms (1957), a Western-style adventure set in Australia, based on the 1888 bushranger novel by "Rolf Boldrewood". During the Australian feature film renaissance ushered in with Picnic at Hanging Rock, he served as chairman (from 1976 to 1981) of the South Australian Film Corporation, which started the careers of Bruce Beresford and Peter Weir.

27-01-1913

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Circle of Deception

Circle of Deception

Unbeknownst to him, a soldier is sent on a doomed mission because of the high likelihood of him divulging secrets if captured and tortured.
5.6

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1960

The Captain's Table

The Captain's Table

A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take charge of such a ship, he is less prepared for the social duties his new position involves, not least the way he in which becomes the target for all the unattached women on board.
5.8

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1959

Robbery Under Arms

Robbery Under Arms

During the mid 1860s, brothers Dick and Jim Marston are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convict father Ben and his friend, infamous cattlethief Captain Starlight. Making their way to Melbourne with the proceeds of a recent raid, the brothers meet and romance the Morrison sisters, Kate and Jean, whom they eventually marry; but just as they are poised to start a new life in America, Captain Starlight and his gang arrive in town, planning a raid at the local bank.
5.4

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1957

A Town Like Alice

A Town Like Alice

In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no plan on what to do with the women and children of the British.
6.3

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1956

Turn the Key Softly

Turn the Key Softly

A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
6.2

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1953

Turn the Key Softly

Turn the Key Softly

A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
6.2

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1953

South of Algiers

South of Algiers

Archaeologists Van Heflin and Eric Portman undertake an expedition in Tunisia in search of an ancient mask.
6.0

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1953

The Wooden Horse

The Wooden Horse

True story of three British POWs and their attempt to escape from Nazi Germany
6.8

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1950

Once a Jolly Swagman

Once a Jolly Swagman

A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.
5.4

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1949

Children on Trial

Children on Trial

Documentary dealing with the work of Approved Schools for child delinquents.
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1947

Children on Trial

Children on Trial

Documentary dealing with the work of Approved Schools for child delinquents.
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1947

The Woman in the Hall

The Woman in the Hall

Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.
5.8

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1947

The Woman in the Hall

The Woman in the Hall

Lorna Blake, (Ursula Jeans) is a widow with two daughters. She augments her slender income by using her children to extort money - visiting the houses of the rich to tell a pathetic story and beg for help. And Lorna makes a rich capture when Sir Halmar Bernard, (Cecil Parker), proposes to her. She tells him that she has only one daughter, Molly (Jill Freud, credited as Jill Raymond). When her other daughter, Jay (Jean Simmons), is arrested for forging a cheque, she refuses to help her.
5.8

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1947

The Pilot Is Safe

The Pilot Is Safe

When a RAF plane is downed, the combined forces of the air and sea arms spring into action to rescue him, which mostly seems to consist of men in offices speaking into telephones.
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1941

Ordinary People

Ordinary People

Documentary about an average day during the Blitz.
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1941