Ruth Dunning

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Ruth Dunning

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JudeJude · 1980
Jude
1980
MovieDramaTV Movie
Twelve-year-old Jude has never met Dick, his father. One Sunday afternoon Dick impulsively engineers a meeting, which has distressing consequences.
The Three Lives of ThomasinaThe Three Lives of Thomasina · 1963
The Three Lives of Thomasina
6.81963
MovieFantasyDrama
Thomasina the cat brings a family together through her mysterious death and reappearance.
The Black PantherThe Black Panther · 1977
The Black Panther
5.91977
MovieCrimeDrama
A gung-ho ex-military man pursues a secret life of crime, culminating in the kidnapping of a teenage heiress.
Hot Summer NightHot Summer Night · 1959
Hot Summer Night
9.01959
MovieDramaRomance
Jacko, a respected union man, is fighting for the promotion of a Jamaican colleague to chargehand, but when his daughter brings home her black boyfriend, he realises that racial prejudice is rife within his own home. This powerful drama exposes the deep-seated racial tensions hidden in British family life during the late 1950s. Written for the stage by Unity Theatre's Ted Willis, this television recording was filmed a few weeks after the play's successful West End run, and most of the stage cast repeat their roles here, including the terrific John Slater, Andree Melly and Lloyd Reckord. The drama's interracial kiss is probably the first to be shown on British TV.
The Skin of Our TeethThe Skin of Our Teeth · 1959
The Skin of Our Teeth
1959
MovieTV MovieComedy
Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play about mankind's triumph over chaos, which wildly altered dramatic conventions in freely shifting between modern-day New Jersey and the ice age. Meet George and Maggie Antrobus (married only 5,000 years); their two children, Gladys and Henry (perfect in every way!); and their maid, Sabina (the ageless vamp) as they overcome ice, flood, and war — by the skin of their teeth.
HoffmanHoffman · 1970
Hoffman
7.11970
MovieDrama
A businessman blackmails his young secretary into spending a weekend with him.
The Weak and the WickedThe Weak and the Wicked · 1954
The 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.
The House in Nightmare ParkThe House in Nightmare Park · 1973
The House in Nightmare Park
6.81973
MovieComedyHorror
Comedy legend Frankie Howerd stars as the victim of sinister shenanigans in this hilarious spoof of British horror films of the early ‘70s. Starring Hugh Burden and Oscar winner Ray Milland, and written by Terry Nation. Foster Twelvetrees, a struggling tragedian who scrapes a living by giving hammy performances from the classics, can hardly believe his luck when he’s invited to give a dramatic reading at the country home of a well-off family. Joy soon turns to outraged horror when he discovers dead bodies, foul intentions, lots of snakes and a madwoman in the attic. Can he uncover the hidden family secret before he comes to a sticky end..?

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