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Robert von Ranke Graves (also known as Robert Ranke Graves and most commonly Robert Graves) 24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985 was an English poet, scholar/translator/writer of antiquity specializing in Classical Greece and Rome, and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works. Graves's poems—together with his translations and innovative analysis and interpretations of the Greek myths, his memoir of his early life, including his role in the First World War, Goodbye to All That, and his pseudo-historical study of poetic inspiration, The White Goddess—have never been out of print.
He earned his living from writing, particularly popular historical novels such as I, Claudius, King Jesus, The Golden Fleece, and Count Belisarius. He also was a prominent translator of Classical Latin and Ancient Greek texts; his versions of The Twelve Caesars and The Golden Ass remain popular today for their clarity and entertaining style. Graves was awarded the 1934 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for both I, Claudius and Claudius the God.
Actors: Harvey Kahn (director), Laurie Watt (miscellaneous crew), Harvey Kahn (producer), Nathan Fillion (actor), William MacDonald (actor), Daniel Baldwin (actor), Emmanuelle Vaugier (actress), Denise Szabo (miscellaneous crew), Denise Szabo (miscellaneous crew), Daryl Shuttleworth (actor), Chandra West (actress), Andrew Moxham (actor), Terry Frewer (composer), Douglas O'Keeffe (actor), Garry M.B. Smith (editor),
Plot: Robert and Molly are a married couple struggling with the tragic death of their young daughter. They've fallen on hard times financially and move to Robert's late father's rustic cabin in the small town of Reedsville. Then Robert stumbles across a horrific scene in the woods and finds himself entangled in the web of corruption and deceit that hides under the small town's surface.
Keywords: adultery, apostrophe-in-title, auction, author, bad-cops, bag-of-money, bathtub, body-in-a-trunk, burning-building, campfireActors: Jerzy Skolimowski (writer), John Hurt (actor), Robert Stephens (actor), Jerzy Skolimowski (director), Susannah York (actress), Alan Bates (actor), Jeremy Thomas (producer), Jim Broadbent (actor), Tim Curry (actor), Ann Skinner (miscellaneous crew), Susan Wooldridge (actress), Barrie Vince (editor), John Rees (actor), Nick Stringer (actor), Sevilla Delofski (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Bored while officiating a cricket match at a psychiatric hospital, Crossley tells Graves (a visitor) the tale of a mysterious stranger (also named Crossley) who invades the lives and home of a local musician and his wife. The stranger claims knowledge of real magic, which he uses to displace his host and dominate his wife. The musician must find a way to combat Crossley and his seemingly implacable powers. Graves doubts Crossley's claim that the story is true, and begins to believe that Crossley is actually one of the patients.
Keywords: adulterous-wife, adultery, australian-aboriginal, bathtub, composer, contemporary-composer, cricket-the-game, electronic-music-studios, erotica, experimental-musicActors: Billy Bletcher (actor), Roger Moore (actor), Ken Christy (actor), Lloyd Corrigan (actor), George M. Carleton (actor), Mark Daniels (actor), Joe Devlin (actor), John Dilson (actor), Lester Dorr (actor), Donald Douglas (actor), Paul Ellis (actor), Reed Hadley (actor), Al Hill (actor), Robert Homans (actor), Henry O'Neill (actor),
Plot: The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiance and a friend to further this goal. Wally is "The Fox", a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.
Keywords: airplane, airplane-pilot, airport, amateur-detective, bad-guy, based-on-play, beauty, breakfast, butler, car-radioActors: Lee Kohlmar (director), Jean De Briac (actor), George Hackathorne (actor), Hugh Saxon (actor), Frederick Vogeding (actor), Freeman Wood (actor), William Worthington (actor), Wallace Clifton (writer), T.D. Crittenden (actor), Gladys Walton (actress), Robert Dunbar (actor), Leigh Wyant (actress), Charles De Briac (actor), Raymond De Briac (actor), Milton Markwell (actor),
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