Acting
Liam Gaffney
Born June 22, 1911 · Dublin, Ireland
Died July 1, 1994 · aged 83
No biography available.
Known For
The Trials of Oscar Wilde · 1960The Trials of Oscar Wilde
★ 6.41960
MovieDramaHistory
England, 1890s. The brutal and embittered Marquis of Queensberry, who believes that his youngest son, Bosie, has an inappropriate relationship with the famous Irish writer Oscar Wilde, maintains an ongoing feud with the latter in order to ruin his reputation and cause his fall from grace.
Curtain Up · 1952Curtain Up
★ 7.21952
MovieComedy
In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing written by the aunt of one of the theatre's directors. The producer doesn't try to hide his annoyance about it, and is further exercised when the authoress herself arrives to help. The cast have to try and sort out real-life problems that keep intruding as they wrestle with the play's dire dialogue.
Island of Terror · 1966Island of Terror
★ 5.91966
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
When a small island community becomes overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters that liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures, the community struggles to fight back.
The Four Just Men · 1939The Four Just Men
★ 6.71939
MovieThrillerMystery
The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
The Lady with a Lamp · 1951The Lady with a Lamp
★ 6.61951
MovieDrama
Based on the Reginald Berkeley stage play, this compelling historical drama offers a depiction of the life story of Florence Nightingale, the young 19th-century Englishwoman famously drawn to a career in nursing. Traveling to Turkey during the Crimean War, Florence gains a reputation for being devoted to the care of wounded soldiers and for pioneering higher standards for sanitary hospital conditions.
Captain Boycott · 1947Captain Boycott
★ 7.21947
MovieDramaHistory
In 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Captain Charles Boycott band together to assert their rights, patriotic farmer Hugh Davin leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracise their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
Women of Twilight · 1953Women of Twilight
★ 6.01953
MovieDramaCrime
When a nightclub singer is arrested for murder, his pregnant girlfriend moves into a boarding house for women, but the mother-to-be soon discovers that her new lodgings harbors a horrific secret.
My Death Is a Mockery · 1952My Death Is a Mockery
★ 6.71952
MovieCrimeDrama
A fisherman cannot make a decent living from his trawler so he decides to turn his hand to smuggling.
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