Acting
Simone Silva
Born August 15, 1928 · Cairo, Egypt
Died November 30, 1957 · aged 29
Simone Silva was born to French-Italian parents in Cairo as Martha Simone de Bouillard. She was known mainly in England, where the great majority of her films were produced, as an actress of B-movies, who usually played supporting roles and bit parts.This mostly forgotten actress in some ways was more bright in life than in her very short career. Her tragic death was not entirely the result of na…
Known For
Escape by Night · 1953Escape by Night
★ 6.71953
MovieThrillerCrime
An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story.
Duel in the Jungle · 1954Duel in the Jungle
★ 6.41954
MovieAdventure
An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast. The broker was insured for $1 million so the insurers are suspicious.
Lady Godiva Rides Again · 1951Lady Godiva Rides Again
★ 5.91951
MovieComedy
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft · 2021Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
★ 8.02021
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Turn the Key Softly · 1953Turn the Key Softly
★ 6.31953
MovieCrimeDrama
A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
Secret People · 1952Secret People
★ 6.41952
MovieCrimeDrama
This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
The Weak and the Wicked · 1954The Weak and the Wicked
★ 6.51954
MovieDrama
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
Third Party Risk · 1954Third Party Risk
★ 4.71954
MovieCrimeDrama
Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling. But, the police are after him!
Movies
Escape by Night · 1953Escape by Night
★ 6.71953
MovieThrillerCrime
An Italian racketeer on the run in London holes up in a disused theatre with a hard-drinking journalist out to get the full story.
Duel in the Jungle · 1954Duel in the Jungle
★ 6.41954
MovieAdventure
An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast. The broker was insured for $1 million so the insurers are suspicious.
Lady Godiva Rides Again · 1951Lady Godiva Rides Again
★ 5.91951
MovieComedy
Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva - though not in the buff. This leads by way of a suspect beauty competition to the show-business world of London. But it could be a slippery slope for simple home-town Marge.
Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft · 2021Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
★ 8.02021
MovieDocumentaryHistory
Turn the Key Softly · 1953Turn the Key Softly
★ 6.31953
MovieCrimeDrama
A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
Secret People · 1952Secret People
★ 6.41952
MovieCrimeDrama
This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.
The Weak and the Wicked · 1954The Weak and the Wicked
★ 6.51954
MovieDrama
Jean Raymond an upper class woman with a gambling addiction, is given a twelve-month prison sentence resulting from her inability to pay her debts. At first she is overwhelmingly depressed by life in the women's prison; gradually, however, her misery is relieved by the many close friends she makes there. This sympathetic drama traces the contrasting lives and often faltering progress of the inmates of a women's prison.
Third Party Risk · 1954Third Party Risk
★ 4.71954
MovieCrimeDrama
Vacationing at a resort hotel in Spain, a man discovers he is the only one not mixed up one way or another in murder, drugs and microfilm smuggling. But, the police are after him!
The Sleepwalker · 1951The Sleepwalker
★ 6.01951
MovieComedy
Victor Boniface's life is not exactly a rest cure. Just imagine: Victor is both a store detective and a ... shoplifter (only when he walks in his sleep, mind you)! And falling in love while sleepwalking is no bed of roses either, as the good-natured man simply forgets everything after waking up. Fortunately love wins the game in the end. Does that mean that life will become as easy as pie ? Certainly not: the little Bonifaces will be sleepwalkers just like their daddy!
South of Algiers · 1953South of Algiers
★ 6.61953
MovieDramaAdventure
Archaeologists Van Heflin and Eric Portman undertake an expedition in Tunisia in search of an ancient mask.
Desperate Moment · 1953Desperate Moment
★ 6.51953
MovieThriller
Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website)
Bachelor in Paris · 1952Bachelor in Paris
★ 7.81952
MovieComedy
An archetypal Englishman returns from a jaunt abroad to face a dastardly foreign count in a screwball duel for the hand of a beautiful mademoiselle.
Street of Shadows · 1953Street of Shadows
★ 5.61953
MovieDramaCrime
A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in his apartment.
The Gelignite Gang · 1956The Gelignite Gang
★ 6.61956
MovieThrillerCrime
A tense thriller that tears the lid off Soho's underworld and reveals the cunning organization behind a gang of safe-breakers who will stop at nothing, not even murder, to achieve their goals.
Le Tampon du capiston · 1950Le Tampon du capiston
★ 5.51950
MovieComedy
Cochu, a peasant, is the whipping boy of his regimental comrades. He is called "buffer of the capiston", that is to say the captain's order. But he finds himself in the service of Hortense, the captain's sister.