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Alfred Shaughnessy
Born May 19, 1916 · Westminster, London, England, UK
Died November 2, 2005 · aged 89
Alfred James Shaughnessy (19 May 1916 – 2 November 2005) was an English scriptwriter, film director and producer best known for being the script editor of Upstairs, Downstairs. Alfred Shaughnessy was born in London, his father, the Hon Alfred Thomas Shaughnessy, having died while serving with the Canadian army in France two months before. His grandfather Thomas Shaughnessy was an American-born Ca…
Known For
Cat Girl · 1957Cat Girl
★ 4.91957
MovieHorror
A psychiatrist treats a woman who is convinced that she turns into a killer leopard because of a family curse.
Tiffany Jones · 1973Tiffany Jones
★ 4.41973
MovieComedy
Light-hearted and occasionally unclothed adaptation of a British comic strip in the over-the-top, on-beyond-Bond spy fantasy vein. Based on the Daily Mail comic strip.
The Flesh and Blood Show · 1972The Flesh and Blood Show
★ 5.71972
MovieHorrorThriller
Actors rehearsing a show at a mysterious seaside theater are being killed off by an unknown maniac.
Just My Luck · 1957Just My Luck
★ 6.11957
MovieComedy
Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants to buy her a diamond pendant but calculates it will take him over 100 years to save up for it. He is talked into betting a pound on a six horse accumulator at the Goodwood races with a slightly shady bookmaker. When he has won on the first five races, the bookie owes him over 16,000 pounds and everyone begins to worry. Everyone's future depends on a single race ... what can be done ?
6.5 Special · 19586.5 Special
★ 10.01958
MovieMusic
A spin-off from the BBC television show. At the suggestion of her girlfriend, a young singer decides to try and make her name in London. Catching the overnight '6.5 Special' the two find the train full of 1950's British pop stars only too ready to burst into song. As the presenters of the show are also on board, our heroine is assured of a spot on the following Saturday's 'Six Five Special'.
Lunch Hour · 1962Lunch Hour
★ 6.81962
MovieComedy
A young female designer is on the brink of an affair with a married male executive at the company where she works. The film tells the story of their illicit lunch hour rendezvous.
A Touch of the Sun · 1956A Touch of the Sun
★ 6.01956
MovieComedy
A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.
Crescendo · 1970Crescendo
★ 5.21970
MovieHorrorThriller
An innocent project transforms into a perilous nightmare when researcher Susan Roberts arrives in France in search of information on a deceased composer.
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