Sidney Gilliat — Director (8)

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The Rake's Progress (1945)
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other title: Der letzte Sündenfall / 風流公子 …
Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and Marriage for money. All this with no signs of remorse or redemption, since his life as a completely unprincipled rake is quite enjoyable...for him, at least. Then, World War II breaks out and he is given a chance to die a heroic death for flag and country. Maybe.

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Millions Like Us (1943)
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other title: Millones como nosotros / 百万同胞 …
When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.

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London Belongs to Me (1948)
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other title: Londres appartient à moi / Londres me pertenece …
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.

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State Secret (1950)
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other title: Staatsgeheimnis / Secret d'état …
While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and demonstrate his life-saving surgery. Unwittingly caught in the middle of a dangerous and corrupt series of political events, Marlowe then becomes the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two attempt to escape across the treacherous mountains of Vosnia.

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Endless Night (1972)
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西德尼·吉里亚特 actor: 海莉·米尔斯 / 汉威尔·班尼特 …
other title: 无尽长夜
A shiftless dreamer, Michael Rogers fantasizes about a lifestyle above his means and marries a wealthy, young girl, Ellie Thomsen who just came of age. They hire a famous architect to build their dream home amidst a series of suspicious incidents. The spouse has dark intentions toward his naive, inexperienced bride. Secrets from his past and sinister ties to their houseguest Greta, lead to a terrible turn of unexpected events.