Writing

Ben Travers

Born November 12, 1886

Died December 18, 1980 · aged 94

No biography available.

Known For

Whatever It TakesWhatever It Takes · 2024
Whatever It Takes
★ 7.62024
MovieCrimeDocumentary
In the summer of 2019, a middle-aged couple are subjected to cyberstalking threats and bizarre deliveries including a bloody pig mask and funeral wreath. As the harassment intensifies, the police and FBI close in on a Silicon Valley giant and some very unlikely suspects. "Whatever It Takes" tells the extraordinary story of eBay, a Fortune 500 company founded on the principle that "people are basically good”, and how members of their security team ended up in federal prison after trying to protect the CEO from a corporate raider.
Uncle SilasUncle Silas · 1947
Uncle Silas
★ 5.91947
MovieDramaHorror
Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.
Mikä yö!Mikä yö! · 1945
Mikä yö!
★ 8.01945
MovieComedy
Colonel Barring has purchased the Maanala estate, where strange things are happening. She wants to cancel the sale and writes to Major Hector, who is acting as the owner's representative. The major sets off for the estate with the colonel, his wife, his nephew George, and George's fiancée Vappu. The colonel's son Leo also arrives, accompanied by his new love interest, Sirka. The group spends an unforgettable night in the haunted house.
A Cup of KindnessA Cup of Kindness · 1934
A Cup of Kindness
★ 10.01934
MovieComedy
A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
A Night Like ThisA Night Like This · 1932
A Night Like This
★ 7.01932
MovieComedy
Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.
Dirty WorkDirty Work · 1934
Dirty Work
★ 7.01934
MovieComedy
Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.
So This Is LondonSo This Is London · 1939
So This Is London
★ 9.01939
MovieComedy
American (Churchill) in London dislikes England until his daughter (Lehmann) falls for the son (Granger) of the Lord (Drayton) with whom he wants to conclude a business deal.
Fast and LooseFast and Loose · 1954
Fast and Loose
★ 6.61954
MovieComedy
An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.

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