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Gandhi (1982)

Summary: The life of the lawyer who became the famed leader of the Indian revolts against the British rule through his philosophy of nonviolent protest.
Release Date: February 25, 1983
Genres: Drama, Biography, History
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Writer: John Briley
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Runtime: 3 h 11 min
MPAA: PG
Production: International Film Investors, National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC), Goldcrest Films International
Distributor: RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Embassy Television, CBS, Disney Channel, Video Collection International, Pioneer Entertainment, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Countries: United Kingdom, India
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 22,000,000
Domestic: $ 52,767,889
International: $ 530
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Rumpole of the Bailey (1978)

Summary: The cases of a portly and eccentric criminal law barrister.
Release Date: April 03, 1978
Genres: Drama, Crime, Mystery
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Crown Court (1972)

Summary: A courtroom drama in which each case is usually presented in three episodes. At the end of the third episode, a jury of "ordinary people" comes to a verdict on the evidence presented.
Release Date: October 18, 1972
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 25 min
MPAA: TV-14
Production: Granada Television, ITV - Independent Television, Independent Television (ITV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Frenzy (1972)

Summary: A serial murderer is strangling women with a necktie. The London police have a suspect, but he is the wrong man.
Release Date: June 29, 1972
Genre: Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Writers: Arthur La Bern
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, Anthony Shaffer
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Runtime: 1 h 56 min
MPAA: R
Production: Alfred J. Hitchcock Productions
Distributor: American Broadcasting Company (ABC), MCA Home Video, Home Box Office (HBO), MCA Videocassette, MCA/Universal Home Video, Universal Studios Home Video
Countries: United States, United Kingdom
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 2,000,000
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The Onedin Line (1971)

Summary: James Onedin marries Anne Webster in order to get his hands on a ship. However the marriage turns out to be one of true love. James is ruthless in his attempt to get a shipping line started in Liverpool of the 1860s.
Release Date: October 15, 1971
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Romance
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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My Partner the Ghost (1969)

Summary: Jeff Randall and Marty Hopkirk are private detectives, running their own agency. When Hopkirk gets killed, he reappears as a ghost - pretty handy to have around in this line of work.
Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: Incorporated Television Company (ITC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Special Branch (1969)

Summary: Groundbreaking British police drama series following the exploits of the Special Branch of the Metropolitan Police: an elite group of officers tasked with protecting London from spies, terrorists, and subversives.
Release Date: September 17, 1969
Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: Thames Television, Euston Films
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Public Eye (1965)

Summary: Cynical, dour and world-weary, private eye Frank Marker is frequently the unwitting stooge in bigger criminal wheels in his attempts to make a tenuous living on the outskirts of London.
Release Date: January 23, 1965
Genres: Drama, Crime
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: ABC Weekend Television, Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Wednesday Play (1964)

Summary: Series of one-off plays made by BBC television, which gave breaks to a wide range of writers and directors in the late 1960s, such as Dennis Potter, Ken Loach, David Mercer, and John Hopkins. Famous plays include "Up the Junction"...
Release Date: September 30, 1964
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 15 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Human Jungle (1963)

Summary: Dr. Roger Corder, a gifted and compassionate psychologist, treats the mental disorders of his patients through a mix of Freudian and Laingian techniques.
Release Date: March 30, 1963
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: ABC Television, Anvil Films, Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Saint (1962)

Summary: Simon Templar acts as a modern-day Robin Hood.
Release Date: May 21, 1967
Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
MPAA: TV-PG
Production: Bamore, Incorporated Television Company (ITC), New World Productions, New World Productions
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Dr. Finlay's Casebook (1962)

Summary: Dr. Finlay is a member of a medical practice in the Scottish town of Tannochbrae during the late 1920s.
Release Date: August 16, 1962
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 50 min
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Scales of Justice (1962)

Summary: Series of courtroom dramas introduced by criminologist Edgar Lustgarten.
Genre: Crime
Production: Merton Park Studios
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Victim (1961)

Summary: A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.
Release Date: October 11, 1961
Genre: Drama
Director: Basil Dearden
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Writers: Janet Green
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, John McCormick
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Runtime: 1 h 40 min
MPAA: Not Rated
Production: Allied Film Makers (AFM), Parkway Films
Distributor: Astor Pictures Corporation, Pathé-America Distributing Company
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 153,756
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Coronation Street (1960)

Summary: The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.
Release Date: December 09, 1960
Genres: Drama, Romance
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Granada Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

Summary: British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge across the river Kwai for their Japanese captors in occupied Burma, not knowing that the allied forces are planning a daring commando raid through the jungle to destroy it.
Release Date: December 14, 1957
Genres: Adventure, Drama, War
Director: David Lean
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Writers: Pierre Boulle
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, Carl Foreman
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, Michael Wilson
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Runtime: 2 h 41 min
MPAA: PG
Production: Horizon Pictures (II)
Distributor: Columbia Pictures, RCA (II), RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, Columbia TriStar Home Video, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Countries: United Kingdom, United States
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 3,000,000
Domestic: $ 27,200,000
International: $ 530
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Emergency-Ward 10 (1957)

Summary: Set in Oxbridge General Hospital, this soap opera focused equally on the lives and loves of its medical staff and the pressure of their work.
Release Date: February 19, 1957
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 0 h 30 min
Production: Associated Television (ATV)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Armchair Theatre (1956)

Summary: This show was a British television drama anthology series of single plays that ran on the ITV network from 1956 to 1974. It was originally produced by Associated British Corporation, and from mid-1968 by Thames Television.
Release Date: July 08, 1956
Genre: Drama
Runtime: 1 h 00 min
Production: ABC Weekend Television, Thames Television
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Who Done It? (1956)

Summary: This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.
Release Date: March 30, 1956
Genres: Comedy, Crime
Director: Basil Dearden
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Writer: T.E.B. Clarke
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Runtime: 1 h 25 min
Production: The Rank Organisation, Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions
Distributor: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
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Dixon of Dock Green (1955)

Summary: Constable George Dixon and his colleagues at the Dock Green police station in the East End of London deal with petty crime, successfully controlling it through common sense and human understanding.
Release Date: July 09, 1955
Genres: Drama, Crime
Production: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English