Eddie Byrne — Actor (9)
Guns in the Heather (1969) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Guns in the Heather
director: Robert Butler actor: Glenn Corbett / Alfred Burke
other title: Das geheimnisvolle Treffen in Boyne Castle / Espías del telón de acero
An American foreign exchange student in Ireland, Rich Evans (Kurt Russell), gets caught up in espionage when a dying man gives him a message to pass to his older brother, who is an American intelligence agent unbeknownst to Rich. Rich and his friend are then kidnapped by an Eastern Bloc agent pretending to be from the American Embassy in the hopes that they will lead him to a scientist who is attempting to defect to the West. Originally aired in 3 parts on 'Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color' TV series, then re-edited into a theatrical feature in Europe under the title, 'The Secret of Boyne Castle.'
Captain Boycott (1947) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Captain Boycott
other title: El rebelde / Capitán Boycott
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.
Albert R.N. (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Albert R.N.
director: Lewis Gilbert actor: Anthony Steel / Jack Warner
other title: Le prisonnier fantôme / Marlag 'O' Prison Camp
The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in order to foil the German guards.
The Man in the Sky (1957) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Man in the Sky
other title: 英雄壯志 / 英雄壮志
The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-propulsion transport plane up for tests, fully loaded and carrying two important passengers - Ministry official Crabtree and buyer's representative Ashmore. Mitchell learns from his boss, Reg Conway, that if Ashmore does not recommend the plane, the company will be out of business and Mitchell out of a job, since the plane is not even insured as the firm's entire capital is tied up in the plane. Aloft, an engine catches fire and the passengers and other crew bail out, but Mitchell refuses to obey orders to jettison the plane in the Irish Sea.
I Can't... I Can't... (1969) [Movie] IMDb
I Can't... I Can't...
director: 皮尔斯·哈格德 actor: Tessa Wyatt / Dennis Waterman
other title: Wedding Night
The tale of a young Irish Catholic bride who is devastated when her pregnant mother miscarries and dies on her wedding day. The young woman, one of seven children, blames her father’s lust for the death. When her own wedding night arrives she is terrified and refuses to consummate the marriage with her husband. Her parish priest forbids her to accept her doctor’s suggestion that she should use contraception and she is driven to desperate measures.
Reach for the Sky (1956) [Movie] IMDb
Reach for the Sky
other title: Allen Gewalten zum Trotz / Vainqueur du ciel
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.
The Pot Carriers (1962) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Pot Carriers
other title: 狱中的日子 / Die Küchenbullen
New inmate Rainbow has just been imprisoned for a year for his part in a fight over his girlfriend Wendy. After being assigned to kitchen duty, he becomes involved in a food-trading racket. When the scheme is betrayed to the prison's governor, its prime mover is threatened with an extended sentence - unless Rainbow can come up with a way to save him.