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Coordinates: 52°08′01″N 0°27′28″W / 52.1337°N 0.4577°W / 52.1337; -0.4577
Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, in the East of England. It is the administrative centre for the wider Borough of Bedford. According to the former Bedfordshire County Council's estimates, the town had a population of 80,000 in mid 2005, with 19,720 in the adjacent town of Kempston. The Bedford Urban Area which includes Kempston, Elstow and Biddenham forms the 71st largest Urban Area in the UK with a population of 101,928. The wider borough, including a rural area, had a population of 153,000.[citation needed]
The name of the town is thought to derive from the name of a Saxon chief called Beda, and a ford crossing the River Great Ouse. Bedford was a market town for the surrounding agricultural region from the early Middle Ages[citation needed] The Anglo-Saxon King Offa of Mercia was buried in the town in 796. In 886 it became a boundary town separating Wessex and Danelaw. It was the seat of the Barony of Bedford. In 919 Edward the Elder built the town's first known fortress, on the south side of the River Ouse and there received the area's submission. This fortress was destroyed by the Danes. William II gave the barony of Bedford to Paine de Beauchamp who built a new, strong castle. The new Bedford Castle was razed in 1224 and today only a mound remains.
Actors: H.G. Wells (writer), Mark Gatiss (actor), Philip Jackson (actor), Steve Pemberton (actor), Reece Shearsmith (actor), Mark Gatiss (producer), Mark Gatiss (writer), Michael Price (composer), Julia Deakin (actress), Lee Ingleby (actor), Rory Kinnear (actor), Julie Clark (producer), Liana Del Giudice (editor), Paula Hind (miscellaneous crew), Jethro Ensor (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: In 1969 the Apollo moon landing is to be televised internationally but at a country fair in England a small boy named Jim meets the 90-year-old Julius Bedford who tells him that,in 1909,as a struggling writer,he met eccentric Professor Cavor,inventor of Cavorite,a gravity-defying substance which they used to build a sphere,which took them to the Moon. Captured by ant-like Selenites,Bedford was anxious to make his escape but Cavor was happy to stay and communicate with the Moon-dwellers. Back on Earth Bedford hears via wireless that Cavor was forced to kill himself and the Moon-dwellers to prevent them from invading Earth. As Jim watches the Apollo landing with his parents back in the present he sees a Selenite,hiding behind a lunar rock,peering at the astronauts.
Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: Rosie Bilton (actress), Nik Spencer (actor), Sarah Henson (actress), Rebecca Nichols (actress), Melissa Day (actress), Danielle Brown (miscellaneous crew), Paul Phillip Johnson (writer), Paul Phillip Johnson (director), John Tannen (actor), Paul Phillip Johnson (producer), Paul Phillip Johnson (actor), Darren A. Furniss (writer), Darren A. Furniss (producer), Darren A. Furniss (actor), Emily Mcguiness (actress),
Genres: Crime,Actors: Gregory Harrison (actor), Dallas Page (actor), Louis Febre (composer), Armand Mastroianni (director), David Salzberg (producer), Jason Hervey (producer), Mariel Hemingway (actress), Michael O. Gallant (producer), Alan Dale (actor), Robert Taylor (actor), Dominic Purcell (actor), Peter V. White (editor), Monica Keena (actress), Doug Savant (actor), Tom Patricia (producer),
Plot: A female Secret Service agent goes against protocol to save the U.S. president from an assassination attempt. She is reassigned to protect the president's daughter, which she considers a demotion. When the first daughter is kidnapped during a hiking trip, the agent and a river guide go to rescue her.
Keywords: abuse, adolescent, agent, american, boat, boy, dancing, daughter, diving, embarrassmentActors: Michel Etcheverry (actor), Christophe Odent (actor), Nicolas Silberg (actor), Claude Brosset (actor), Nadine Alari (actress), Didier Sandre (actor), Raymond Pellegrin (actor), Gérard Darrieu (actor), Christian Bouillette (actor), Philippe Dormoy (actor), Jean-Claude Dreyfus (actor), François Caron (actor), Jean-Pierre Bagot (actor), Pierre Badel (director), Jean-Pol Dubois (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Richard Bellis (composer), Kelly Nichols (actress), William Kerwin (actor), Vince Edwards (actor), Paul L. Smith (actor), Louis Guss (actor), Dominic Barto (actor), Phil Foster (actor), Darwyn Swalve (actor), Darrell Zwerling (actor), June Wilkinson (actress), Denise Kerwin (actress), Maggie Egan (actress), Robert Burge (producer), Skeeter Vaughan (actor),
Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Karl-Ernst Sasse (composer), Käthe Reichel (actress), Herbert Köfer (actor), Willi Neuenhahn (actor), Amza Pellea (actor), Hannes Stelzer (actor), Axel Triebel (actor), Gerry Wolff (actor), Erwin Geschonneck (actor), Jürgen Holtz (actor), Rolf Hoppe (actor), Klaus Bamberg (actor), Volkmar Kleinert (actor), Thea Richter (miscellaneous crew), Wolfgang Kohlhaase (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Action, Adventure,Actors: Louis Mercier (actor), Jacques Marin (actor), André Maranne (actor), Niall MacGinnis (actor), Rock Hudson (actor), Lance Percival (actor), Bernard La Jarrige (actor), Yves Barsacq (actor), Vernon Dobtcheff (actor), Carl Duering (actor), Alain Doutey (actor), Arthur Gould-Porter (actor), Jean Del Val (actor), Max Vialle (actor), Rolfe Sedan (actor),
Plot: Set in Paris during World War I. Lili Smith/Schmidt is a German spy being requested to go under cover to help Germany during the war, to try and find out their plans. Her "uncle" wishes her to fulfill the operation, whereas one of his colleagues believed she is not capable of performing such an operation as she is British. She soon finds herself following Major William Larrabee's every move and spending all her time either with him or thinking of him. Her "uncle" realises she's in love with him but Lili is not facing that she is. Things & people are coming between her true fate. But what is it...
Keywords: aerial-fight, armistice-day-1918, assassination-attempt, cancan-dance, central-powers, chantilly, chase, chateau, chauffeur, cherokee-indianActors: Laurence Naismith (actor), Liam Redmond (actor), Isarco Ravaioli (actor), Leonardo Cortese (actor), Robert Shaw (actor), Roy Ward Baker (director), Giorgio Capitani (writer), Roberto Risso (actor), Patrick Barr (actor), Ettore Manni (actor), John Meillon (actor), Ralph Michael (actor), John Mills (actor), Anthony Booth (actor), Kay Rawlings (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Having placed mines on the hull of a British warship whilst it is safe in harbour during the second World War , the two man crew of an Italian miniature submarine are captured and held prisoner whist the crew try and discover the nature of their mission!
Keywords: based-on-play, based-on-true-story, battleship, fascist-italian-navy, italian-navy, navy, submarine, time-limit, underwater, world-war-twoActors: Minor Watson (actor), Gail Bonney (actress), Jimmie Dundee (actor), David Bond (actor), Sam Harris (actor), Russ Conway (actor), Richard Jaeckel (actor), Dean Jagger (actor), Douglas Evans (actor), Leo McCarey (actor), Frank McHugh (actor), Bill McLean (actor), Van Heflin (actor), David Newell (actor), Helen Hayes (actress),
Plot: John Jefferson comes home from a trip overseas a strangely changed man. His already nervous wreck of a mother is distraught by the way he seems to be feigning feelings for her and his father that he no longer has. Plus, his odd refusal to accompany the family to church on Sunday not only disturbs her but their priest as well. He also seems to be making fun of and smirking at his father's jubilant expressions of patriotism. His poor mother cannot imagine what could have caused such a change in her favorite son, who used to be loving and church-going and now seems remote from both. He also gets strange calls and goes off to strange "meetings" with no explanation. He is also being watched by an FBI agent who comes to the home and greatly disturbs John's mother with his odd questions about him. Eventually the horrible truth comes out: John is a Communist spy! No wonder he has no real feelings for his family and shuns the church he once loved!During a high-speed chase, John is killed, but he had previously recorded an address to the graduating class of his alma mater, warning them of the temptations of Communist recruiters, which his mother and father listen to fondly as the leave the graduation, hoping that the students he posthumously addressed will take heed of his warning.
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