John Slater — Actor (12)

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The Devil's Pass (1957)
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other title: 怒海孤舟
Bill Buckle has had a dream--he wants to buy back the family fishing boat, the Cascade, which the family had to sell years ago to pay for his father's funeral. However, the boat is now owned by a trio of fishermen, and their plans for the boat don't coincide with Bill's at all.

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Johnny, You're Wanted (1956)
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Returning late to London, Johnny gives a lift to an attractive female hitch-hiker. Some distance on, he stops to make a phone call and buy a coffee, but on returning to his cab finds the woman gone. Assuming she has hitched another ride, he continues on his way. A short time later he is flagged down by another driver, who has come across a woman lying by the roadside. The woman is Johnny's hitchhiker and she's dead.

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John Wesley (1954)
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Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film follows Wesley's years at Oxford and as a clergyman, his disagreements with the church over the social position of the clergy, his mission to America, the founding of Methodism, and his bringing of the Gospel into the lives of ordinary people.

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Noose (1948)
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other title: Die seidene Schlinge
Set in post Second World War Britain, Noose is the story of black market racketeers who face attempts to bring them to justice by an American fashion journalist, her ex-army fiancée and a gang of honest toughs from a local gym. When a corpse turns up at black market front The Blue Moon Club, Yank reporter Carole Landis starts snooping, much to gang boss Joseph Calleia’s annoyance. And soon there’s a hit man on the way...

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The Flanagan Boy (1953)
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other title: 弗拉納根男孩 / Teufel in Blond …
Johnny Flanagan did not have the privileges of a good education or wealthy background but the streets developed his natural talent to be a great fighter. His enormous potential to reach the top is born out of a string of spectacular successes. All of which is brought to a halt when he develops a physical relationship with his manager's wife, the beautiful but manipulative Lorna. His naive temperament is no match for her callous, dispassionate scheming and he unwittingly becomes a pawn in Lorna's ultimate plan to murder her husband.

Performance

The Birthday Party
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Harold Pinter genre: theater
other title: 生日晚会 director: Peter Wood / Alan Schneider … actor: Richard Pearson / John Slater / Beatrix Lehmann / Willoughby Gray / John Stratton
在他的成名作《生日晚会》里,品特以卡夫卡式的方法,描述一个人莫名其妙地受到两个陌生人的诱骗和威胁,他试图逃跑,但还是被跟踪;剧中的荒诞性从隐喻一下子跳跃到了具体,好像任何人在任何地方都得不到安全。正如哈罗得·霍布森所说:“虽然你到了地球最远的地方,在最不受人注意的小镇藏在最隐蔽的住处,但终有一天可能出现两个陌生人。他们在找你,你无论如何是逃不掉的。而某个人也在寻找他们。到处都充满了恐怖。”因此,品特的剧作充满了政治的寓意,表现了对社会现实的焦虑。

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Passport to Pimlico (1949)
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★ 7.6 8 ratings
亨利·科尼利厄斯 actor: 斯坦利·霍洛威 / 贝蒂·沃伦 …
other title: 通往皮姆利科的护照 / 皮姆利科的通行证 …
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part of Burgundy, France and thus foreign territory. The British government attempts to regain control by setting up border controls and cutting off services to the area.