Jan Read — Playwright (8)
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Jason and the Argonauts (1963)
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Don Chaffey actor: Todd Armstrong / Nancy Kovack …
other title: Jason et les Argonautes / Jason und die Argonauten …
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
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The Flying Scot (1957)
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Compton Bennett actor: Lee Patterson / Kay Callard …
other title: 飞翔的苏格兰人 / Geldraub im Nachtexpress
A gang of four would-be robbers plans to steal a fortune in currency hidden aboard the "Flying Scotsman" in a railroad stateroom by cutting through the wall of the adjacent stateroom, but find themselves up against numerous unexpected drawbacks, including interference by their fellow passengers.
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That Kind of Girl (1963)
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格里·奥哈拉 actor: 玛格丽特·罗丝·凯尔 / Linda Marlowe …
other title: 那种女孩 / Adam und Eva
That Kind of Girl is a British cult film and the directorial debut of Gerry O'Hara. Produced by Robert Hartford-Davis with a script by Jan Read, it was released in 1963. The film's subject is premarital sexual relationships and sexually transmitted diseases in an English 1960s millieu.
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First Men in the Moon (1964)
First Men in the Moon
纳森·朱兰 actor: Peter Finch / 诺曼·伯德 …
other title: 最先登上月球的人 / Les Premiers Hommes Dans La Lune …
The world is delighted when a spacecraft containing a crew made up of the world's astronauts lands on the moon, but are shocked when the astronauts discover an old British flag and a document declaring that the moon is taken for Queen Victoria proving that the astronauts were not the first men on the moon.
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Grip of the Strangler (1958)
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罗伯特·戴 actor: 波利斯·卡洛夫 / 简·肯特 …
other title: 鬼杀手 / The Haunted Strangler …
A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.
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Jason and the Argonauts (1964)
Jason and the Argonauts
★ 6.8 12 ratings
唐·查菲 actor: 托德·阿姆斯特朗 / 南茜·科沃克 …
other title: 伊阿宋与阿尔戈英雄 / 伊阿宋与金羊毛 …
Jason, a fearless sailor and explorer, returns to his home land of Thessaly after a long voyage to claim his rightful throne. He learns, however, that he must first find the magical Golden Fleece. To do so, he must embark on an epic quest fraught with fantastic monsters and terrible perils.
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
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★ 6.9 9 ratings
何塞·昆特罗 actor: 费雯·丽 / 沃伦·比蒂
other title: 罗马之春
凯伦（费雯·丽 Vivien Leigh 饰）曾是一名百老汇的女明星，全靠年长她二十岁的丈夫汤姆（John Phillips 饰）的慷慨资助，才得以在百老汇中站稳脚跟。而如今，年老色衰的她早就在演艺界里失去了地位，可以这么说，如果没有了汤姆，凯伦就会沦为一个无人问津的无名小卒。 在前往罗马旅行的途中，凯伦一直担心的事情终于还是发生了，汤姆突然心脏病发作撒手人寰。于是，伤心欲绝的凯伦在罗马租了一间豪华的房间，决定在那里排遣自己内心的苦闷。一次偶然中，凯伦结识了名为沃伦（沃伦·比蒂 Warren Beatty 饰）的男妓，内心孤独空虚的凯伦很快就将全部的感情投入到了沃伦的身上。