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George Blake (born George Behar, 11 November 1922) is a former British spy known for having been a double agent in the service of the Soviet Union. Discovered in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years in prison, he escaped from Wormwood Scrubs prison in 1966 and fled to the USSR. He was not one of the Cambridge spies, although he is often grouped with them.
George Blake was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands in 1922. Blake was the son of a Dutch mother and a Turkish/Jewish father who was a naturalized British subject. He was named George after King George V. His father, Albert Behar, fought against the Ottoman Empire in the First World War despite his origins in Constantinople (now Istanbul) and received awards from the French and British for his gallantry. The Behars lived a comfortable existence in Holland until Albert's death in 1936. The thirteen year-old George was sent to live with relatives in Egypt, where he continued his education at the English School in Cairo. While in Cairo, he was close to his cousin Henri Curiel, who was later to become a prominent member of the Communist Party of Egypt. In 1991 Blake said that his encounter with Curiel, who was a decade older and already a communist, shaped his views in later life.
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE (born 2 May 1975) is an English association footballer who plays for Los Angeles Galaxy. He has played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, Milan, and the England national team for which he holds the appearance record for an outfield player.
Beckham's career began when he signed a professional contract with Manchester United, making his first-team debut in 1992 aged 17. During his time there, United won the Premier League title six times, the FA Cup twice, and the UEFA Champions League in 1999. He left Manchester United to sign for Real Madrid in 2003, where he remained for four seasons, clinching the La Liga championship in his final season with the club. In January 2007, it was announced that Beckham would leave Real Madrid for the Major League Soccer club Los Angeles Galaxy, signing a five-year contract with them on 1 July 2007. While a Galaxy player, he spent two loan spells in Italy with Milan in 2009 and 2010. On 20 November 2011, he joined an elite group of players to have won three league titles in three different countries, when Los Angeles won their third MLS Cup.
Actors: Alan Riordan (actor), Mark Byatt (actor), Paddy Hayes (writer), Paddy Hayes (director),
Genres: Biography,Actors: Craig Porritt (actor), Thomas Mark Walden (miscellaneous crew), Vincent Thomas (actor), Craig Cyr (actor), Gary Biggar (actor), Kat Germain (actress), Irena Huljak (actress), Liam Card (actor), Justyna Ogorkis (miscellaneous crew), Nathaniel Warsh (director), Nathaniel Warsh (producer), Nathaniel Warsh (writer), David Baughn (actor), Suzanne Farla (actress), Tom Knight (actor),
Plot: Year's after suspicious circumstances claim the life of her mother, young Alex Hart decides to take matters into her own hands to learn the truth about her father Raymond. Her quest leads her into the terrifying conspiracy of a pharmaceutical giant and it's CEO who's hiding the fact that Raymond is being tortured by an experimental new treatment deep inside the walls of the company.
Genres: Adventure, Mystery, Thriller,Actors: Peter Firth (actor), Ron Smerczak (actor), Cathy Moriarty (actress), Larry Taylor (actor), Tony Britten (composer), Johan Kruger (producer), Victor Melleney (actor), Hugh Rouse (actor), Ken Marshall (actor), John Hussey (actor), Carol Kruger (miscellaneous crew), Hal Orlandini (actor), Michael McCabe (actor), Les Healey (editor), Graham Weir (actor),
Plot: Women are killed and raped in a small town near a condemned nuclear power plant. The bodies turn out to be very radioactive. The sheriff and a female reporter start to investigate.
Keywords: based-on-novel, environmental, independent-filmActors: Janet Banzet (actress), Michael Alaimo (actor), Rita Bennett (actress), George Loros (actor), Christine Cybelle (actress), Nicolas Cosentino (writer), Nicolas Cosentino (director), Nicolas Cosentino (producer), Steven Harrison (actor), Rose Conti (actress), Jeremy Langham (actor), Charline Tesar (actress), Lucy Marks (actress), Vincent Marr (actor), Robert Dark (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Hal Taggart (actor), Harlan Warde (actor), Max Showalter (actor), Ralph Moody (actor), John Close (actor), Charles Tannen (actor), Milton Parsons (actor), David McMahon (actor), Michael Dugan (actor), Tim Holt (actor), Gordon Jones (actor), William Forrest (actor), Gil Frye (actor), Hans Conried (actor), Mack Williams (actor),
Plot: An earthquake in the Salton Sea unleashes a horde of prehistoric mollusk monsters. Discovering the creatures, a Naval officer and several scientists attempt to stop the monsters, but they escape into the canal system of the California's Imperial Valley and terrorize the populace.
Keywords: all-american-canal-system, atomic-experiment, attack-by-night, beach, beach-closure, by-the-book-officer, california, canal-lock, canal-system, captainActors: Raoul Kraushaar (composer), Charles D. Brown (actor), Jeff Corey (actor), Ralph Sanford (actor), Harry Strang (actor), Hillary Brooke (actress), Bert Jordan (editor), Percy Helton (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), Taylor Holmes (actor), Harry Lauter (actor), James Millican (actor), Dewey Robinson (actor), Diana Douglas (actress), John Parrish (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy,Actors: Eliot Makeham (actor), Frank Atkinson (actor), Charles Farrell (actor), Ian Fleming (actor), Reginald Purdell (actor), Harry Fowler (actor), Peter Gawthorne (actor), Charles Hawtrey (actor), Dennis Wyndham (actor), Hugh Dempster (actor), Marcel Varnel (producer), Marcel Varnel (director), Edward Dryhurst (writer), George Formby (actor), Manning Whiley (actor),
Plot: Nazi spies are out to destroy a new submarine killer, the "Firefly", being developed by the British navy. A hapless waiter named George, after being rejected for military service three times, finally "joins" when, during an air raid, he is mistaken for a real sailor. He soon unwittingly stumbles into the secret hideout of the Nazi spies trying to destroy the Firefly. Complications ensue.
Keywords: actor-shares-first-name-with-character, admiral, air-raid, bicycle-accident, boat-chase, boxer, british-navy, car-chase, character-name-in-title, espionageActors: Ted Adams (actor), Joel Friedkin (actor), Gene Autry (actor), Wade Boteler (actor), Ralph Bucko (actor), Chuck Baldra (actor), Fred Burns (actor), Ed Cassidy (actor), Champion (actor), Jim Corey (actor), Joseph Crehan (actor), Kernan Cripps (actor), Joe Dominguez (actor), Smiley Burnette (actor), Olaf Hytten (actor),
Plot: Gene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for home in their car and a horse trailer carrying Gene's horse, Champion. They discover that Ronnie Willoughby, a young boy just off the boat from school in England, has hitched a ride, thinking that Gene and Frog were sent by his father to meet him. Ronnie thinks his father is a big rancher in the west and doesn't know that his father, Alfred Willoughby, is serving time in San Quentin prison because of a frame-up by the officials of a packing company. To keep the father from testifying against them, the packing company officials, Carter, Jenkins and Martin, have arranged for the boy to be kidnapped. Along the way a runaway bride, Joyce Halloway, and her young sister Patsy join the troupe. Various members of the cast sing and dance their way through The Singing Hills, Gaucho Serenade, Give Out With a Song, Heading For the Wide Open Spaces, 'Tis Be, Keep Rollin' and A Song of Sunset before every situation is solved, and Gene gets Joyce, Frog gets Ringeye, the father is cleared and reunited with his UK-accented son and the villains are sent to the Republic Big House.
Keywords: 1930s, actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, automobile-accident, b-movie, b-western, barn, battle, blow-outActors: Arthur Ashley (actor), Alec B. Francis (actor), Al Hart (actor), Edward Kimball (actor), George Morgan (actor), Alice Brady (actress), Frances Marion (writer), Travers Vale (director), William A. Brady (miscellaneous crew), William Anthony McGuire (writer), Helen Weir (actress), Doris Sawyer (actress),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Ulysses Davis (director), George Kunkel (actor), Otto Lederer (actor), William Desmond Taylor (actor), Bebe Daniels (actress), Anne Schaefer (actress), George Holt (actor), Mary H. O'Connor (writer),
Genres: Drama, Short,