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Coordinates: 50°51′N 0°34′E / 50.85°N 0.57°E / 50.85; 0.57
Hastings is a town and borough in the county of East Sussex on the south coast of England. The town is located 24 mi (39 km) east of the county town of Lewes and 53 mi (85 km) south east of London, and has an estimated population of 86,900.
In historical terms, Hastings can claim fame through its connection with the Norman conquest of England; and also because it became one of the medieval Cinque Ports. Hastings was, for centuries, an important fishing port; although nowadays much reduced, it still has the largest beach-based fishing fleet in England. The town became a watering place in the 1760s, and then, with the coming of the railway, a seaside resort.
The attraction of Hastings as a tourist destination continues; although the number of hotels has decreased, it caters for wider tastes, being home to internationally-based cultural and sporting events, such as chess and running. It has set out to become "a modern European town" and seeks to attract commercial business in the many industrial sites round the borough.
Drew Hastings (born March 2, 1954) is an American stand-up comedian and mayor of Hillsboro, Ohio. Standing 6' 6" tall, he is often seen performing in his trademark black suit and black horn-rimmed glasses.
Hastings was born in Casablanca, Morocco to an English mother, Pamela, and an American G.I. father named Drew. He emigrated to the United States at a young age and grew up in the Midwest, particularly in the Ohio cities of Kettering, Dayton and Cincinnati.
Hastings began performing onstage at the age of thirty-one. After having lived in several large cities in the 1970s, including New York, he had moved back to Ohio. In the early 1990s, he moved to Los Angeles, where he would later receive several guest-starring roles and television pilots for networks such as Fox, NBC, and HBO. While in California, he starred in several one-man shows such as Commencement Speech, Life & Other Short Stories, and The Business of Living. The main character of The Business of Living, a motivational speaker/success guru named "Jack Freeman", gained a small cult following in California and has become increasingly popular throughout the Midwest.[citation needed] While living in L.A., he got a rare standing ovation on "The Tonight Show".
Actors: Kurtis Spieler (editor), Kurtis Spieler (producer), Kurtis Spieler (writer), Kurtis Spieler (director), Laurence Mullaney (actor), Nicholas Papazoglou (editor), Leigh Radziwon (actress), Joe Curnutte (actor), Marc Bovino (actor), Mark Kastens (actor),
Plot: Sheep Skin is a gritty, realistic take on the werewolf sub-genre. The film centers around a group of friends in a punk rock band that kidnap a business man because they believe he is responsible for their friend's death. However, the group has convinced themselves that the man is more than just responsible for the demise of their friend, but that he is actually a werewolf hiding in plain sight. The group brings the man to a nearby warehouse where they intend on learning the truth about his identity and take it upon themselves to try and stop him.
Genres: Horror, Short,Actors: Julian Day (costume designer), Philip Hinchcliffe (producer), John Harle (composer), Aneirin Hughes (actor), Caleb Ranson (writer), William Webb (editor), Shelagh Pymm (miscellaneous crew), Judy Counihan (producer), Gilly Gilchrist (actor), Fred Pearson (actor), Bill Boyes (producer), Neal Hirst (miscellaneous crew), Janine Birkett (actress), Paul Brennen (actor), Tony Pritchard (actor),
Genres: Drama, Thriller,Actors: Steven C. Beer (miscellaneous crew), Frank Gorshin (actor), Steven C. Beer (miscellaneous crew), Jim Dobson (miscellaneous crew), Frank Reynolds (editor), David Margulies (actor), Yul Vazquez (actor), Kelly Cronin (miscellaneous crew), Anne Jackson (actress), Anthony Rapp (actor), Cara Buono (actress), Ken Leung (actor), Dwight Ewell (actor), Kevin Weisman (actor), Susan Egan (actress),
Plot: Johnny Twennies, a newspaper columnist in present-day New York, is a jauntily cheerful, very friendly, totally honest and upstanding young man who happens to be completely oblivious to any technological or social changes in the past 70 years. He routinely uses telegrams, a manual typewriter, and a manual toaster, and to the pleasure and despair of his girlfriend conducts his personal life in correspondingly anachronistic style. One day he's threatened by criminals who want to plant a false news story. But they've never met anyone like him before...
Keywords: 1920s, 1990s, anachronism, arranged-marriage, art-gallery, artist, attempted-mugging, bodyguard, bound-and-gagged, boyfriend-girlfriend-relationshipActors: Fernando Allende (actor), Gary Nelson (director), Emma Samms (actress), Agatha Christie (writer), Dana Elcar (actor), José Chávez (actor), Pedro Armendáriz Jr. (actor), Martin LaSalle (actor), Tony Curtis (actor), Claudia Guzmán (actress), Nicholas Pryor (actor), Peter Ustinov (actor), Jonathan Cecil (actor), Julio Monterde (actor), Lisa Eichhorn (actress),
Plot: Hercule Poirot's assistant, Hastings, calls him down to Acapulco in Mexico where he can write his memoirs but Hastings drags him to a party populated with Hastings' new friends. There's Janet Crisp - the writer, Daisy Eastman and her daughter 'Egg', Ricardo Montoya, Dr. Strange, Miss Milray the housekeeper and Charles Cartwright the famous American actor. But at the party another guest - Rev. Babbington - dies from poisoning and when Dr. Strange also dies from poisoning, Poirot must swing into action before the serial killer strikes again...
Keywords: acapulco-mexico, actor, actress, agatha-christie, alcoholic, bad-driver, based-on-novel, bookcase, british-mystery, butlerActors: Eric Portman (actor), James Hayter (actor), Harvey Braban (actor), Morris Harvey (actor), Nancy O'Neil (actress), Desmond Davis (producer), Celia Johnson (actress), Newton Blick (actor), Christopher Steele (actor), Oliver Goldsmith (writer), Denys Blakelock (actor), Nigel Playfair (writer), Renee De Vaux (actress), Barbara Nixon (actress), Lionel Dixon (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Eric Portman (actor), James Hayter (actor), Harvey Braban (actor), Morris Harvey (actor), Nancy O'Neil (actress), Desmond Davis (producer), Newton Blick (actor), Christopher Steele (actor), Leueen MacGrath (actress), Oliver Goldsmith (writer), Denys Blakelock (actor), Renee De Vaux (actress), Barbara Nixon (actress), Lionel Dixon (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Henry Armetta (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Sidney Blackmer (actor), Charles D. Brown (actor), Jack Byron (actor), Hooper Atchley (actor), Chick Chandler (actor), Lon Chaney Jr. (actor), Cliff Clark (actor), Hal Craig (actor), Eddie Dunn (actor), Ralph Dunn (actor), Bill Cartledge (actor), James Flavin (actor), Chester Gan (actor),
Genres: Crime, Drama, Romance, Sport,Actors: Robert Middlemass (actor), Robert Emmett Keane (actor), Frank Mayo (actor), Richard Carle (actor), Davison Clark (actor), James Blaine (actor), Leon Ames (actor), Paul Hurst (actor), Frank Dawson (actor), Frank Fanning (actor), James Flavin (actor), Edward Gargan (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Duke Green (actor), Ivan Miller (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Sidney D'Albrook (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Ralph Byrd (actor), Glen Cavender (actor), George Beranger (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), Jack Chefe (actor), Noble 'Kid' Chissel (actor), Davison Clark (actor), Gino Corrado (actor), Hal Craig (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), Joe Cunningham (actor), John Webb Dillon (actor),
Plot: Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. When Jameson tries to separate lawbreakers from hardened criminals, badguy Hansen tries to stir up trouble by telling Joe about Jameson's interest in his sister.
Keywords: convict, escape, jail, nightclub-entertainer, prison, prison-reform, riot, san-quentin-penitentiary, shootingActors: George Loane Tucker (director), Gerald Ames (actor), Charles Rock (actor), Gregory Scott (actor), Fay Compton (actress), Jane Gail (actress), Bannister Merwin (writer), Lewis Gilbert (actor), Wyndham Guise (actor), Henry Ainley (actor), Christine Rayner (actress), Nelson Ramsey (actor), Oliver Goldsmith (writer), Stella St. Audrie (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,