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Patrick Aherne is a Actor British born on 6 january 1901 at England (United-kingdom)
Patrick Aherne (6 January 1901 – 30 September 1970) was an English film actor. He was the elder brother of the actor Brian Aherne. He was married to actress/comedian Renee Houston, with whom he adopted two children (Teri and Trevor) and had two children (Patrick Anthony and Alan Brian). Pat Aherne was a silent screen leading man, who was reduced to playing minor supporting roles after the transition to sound (due to hearing loss). His most notable on-screen appearances after 1930, were in Green Dolphin Street, Rocketship X-M and The Court Jester. He was a champion boxer and was in the first boxing film ever made. Pat was also a motorcycle trick rider and friend of Harley and Davidson.
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Birth name Patrick De Lacy Aherne
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 6 january 1901 at England (United-kingdom)
Death 30 september 1970 (at 69 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 6 january 1901 at England (United-kingdom)
Death 30 september 1970 (at 69 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
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Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
, 1h56Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Tyrone Power, Marlene Dietrich, Charles Laughton, Elsa Lanchester, Una O'Connor, John Williams
Roles Court Officer (uncredited)
Rating83%
Sir Wilfrid Robarts (Charles Laughton), a master barrister in ill health, takes on Leonard Vole (Tyrone Power) as a client, despite the objections of his private nurse, Miss Plimsoll (Elsa Lanchester), who says the doctor warns him against taking on any criminal cases. Vole is accused of murdering Mrs. Emily French (Norma Varden), a rich, older widow who had become enamored of him, going so far as to make him the main beneficiary of her will. Strong circumstantial evidence points to Vole as the killer, but Sir Wilfrid believes Vole is innocent.
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
, 2hDirected by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Films about families, Political films
Actors James Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda De Banzie, Bernard Miles, Alan Mowbray, Ralph Truman
Roles Handyman (uncredited)
Rating74%
An American family—Dr. Benjamin "Ben" McKenna (James Stewart), his wife, popular singer Josephine Conway "Jo" McKenna (Doris Day), and their son Henry "Hank" McKenna (Christopher Olsen)--are vacationing in Morocco. Traveling from Casablanca to Marrakesh, they meet Frenchman Louis Bernard (Daniel Gelin), who seems friendly, but Jo is suspicious of his many questions and evasive answers and thinks that he is hiding something. Louis offers to take the McKennas out to dinner but cancels when a sinister-looking man knocks at the McKennas' hotel-room door claiming to be looking for another guest's room. Later, at a local restaurant, the McKennas meet English couple Lucy (Brenda De Banzie) and Edward Drayton (Bernard Miles), who strike up a conversation with the McKennas, who are surprised to see Bernard arrive and sit at another table apparently ignoring them.
The Court Jester (1955)
, 1h41Directed by Norman Panama, Bernard McEveety, Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker, Mildred Natwick
Roles Sir Pertwee
Rating77%
Set in medieval England, the plot concerns the struggle to restore to the throne the rightful heir, a baby with a distinguishing birthmark, the purple pimpernel on his posterior. Danny Kaye plays Hubert Hawkins, an ex-carnival entertainer who becomes minstrel to the Black Fox, a Robin Hood-type character who leads a band of rebels in the forest in support of the true infant-king.
Knock On Wood (1954)
, 1h43Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank, Alvin Ganzer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Spy films, Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Political films
Actors Danny Kaye, Mai Zetterling, Torin Thatcher, David Burns, Leon Askin, Abner Biberman
Roles Reporter
Rating66%
Jerry Morgan (Kaye) is a ventriloquist who is having trouble with love: just when his relationship with a woman gets around to marriage, his dummy turns jealous and spoils everything. Jerry's manager Marty threatens to quit unless Jerry sees a psychiatrist, Ilse Nordstrom (Zetterling), who tries to discover the source of his problem. The two of them eventually fall in love.
Titanic (1953)
, 1h38Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, RMS Titanic in fiction, Children's films, Disaster films, American disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Wagner, Audrey Dalton, Harper Carter, Thelma Ritter
Rating69%
At the last minute, a wealthy American expatriate in Europe, Richard Sturges (Clifton Webb), buys a steerage-class ticket for the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic from a Basque immigrant. Once aboard he seeks out his runaway wife, Julia (Barbara Stanwyck). He discovers she is trying to take their two unsuspecting children, 18-year-old Annette (Audrey Dalton) and ten-year-old Norman (Harper Carter), to her hometown of Mackinac, Michigan, to raise as down-to-earth Americans rather than rootless elitists like Richard himself.
The Desert Rats (1953)
, 1h28Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Le désert, Guerre du désert
Actors Richard Burton, James Mason, Robert Newton, Robert Douglas, Torin Thatcher, Chips Rafferty
Roles English Officer (uncredited)
Rating66%
In mid-April 1941, during World War II, German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel (James Mason) and his Afrika Korps have driven the British Army into headlong retreat across North Africa toward Egypt and the vital Suez Canal. Standing in Rommel's way is Tobruk, a constant threat to his supply lines. The 9th Australian Division are asked to hold the port for two months, at which time they are to be relieved.
Rogue's March (1953)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure
Actors Peter Lawford, Richard Greene, Janice Rule, Jack Raine, Patrick Aherne, John Abbott
Roles Maj. Wensley
Rating60%
A British officer is falsely accused of treason and drummed out of his regiment. He re-enlists as a private under an assumed name and tries to prove his innocence.
Bwana Devil (1952)
, 1h19Directed by Arch Oboler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Robert Stack, Barbara Britton, Nigel Bruce, Patrick Aherne
Rating45%
The film is set in British East Africa in the early 20th century. Thousands of workers are building the Uganda Railway, Africa's first railroad, and intense heat and sickness make it a formidable task. Two men in charge of the mission are Jack Hayward and Dr. Angus Ross. A pair of man-eating lions are on the loose and completely disrupt the undertaking. Hayward desperately attempts to overcome the situation, but the slaughter continues.
The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
, 1h18Origin USA
Genres Horror, Crime, Romance
Actors Louis Hayward, Jody Lawrance, Alexander Knox, Lester Matthews, Gavin Muir, Paul Cavanagh
Roles Tenement Landlord (Uncredited)
Rating49%
The film begins with a prologue set in 1860, where Mr. Hyde is chased down in the streets of London, after murdering his wife at their Soho flat. He escapes to the house of Dr. Jekyll, where he prepares the potion that will transform him back to the respected doctor. Unfortunately, the mob has already set the house ablaze. The flames drive Hyde to the top floor, and in attempt to leap to the ground, he meets his demise when he falls to the ground. As he dies, he changes back to Dr. Jekyll.
Lorna Doone (1951)
, 1h22Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Barbara Hale, Richard Greene, Carl Benton Reid, Ron Randell, Sean McClory, Onslow Stevens
Rating58%
Lorna Doone falls for John Ridd, but is betrothed (against her will) to one Carver Doone. As the English Civil War looms, John is determined to defeat the vicious Doone family and win Lorna over.
Rocketship X-M (1950)
, 1h18Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Adventure
Themes Space adventure films, Films about music and musicians, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Mars in film, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Musical films, Political films, Martiens, Dystopian films, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Disaster films
Actors Lloyd Bridges, Osa Massen, John Emery, Noah Beery, Jr, Hugh O'Brian, Morris Ankrum
Roles Reporter #1
Rating49%
Four men and a woman blast into outer space from the White Sands Proving Ground aboard the RX-M (Rocketship Expedition-Moon) on humanity's first expedition to Luna. Halfway to their destination, the RX-M's engines shut down; the problem is resolved by recalculating the fuel mixture ratios and then moving around some of the propellent tanks and their connecting hoses. When the engines are reignited, the RX-M rapidly careens out of control, accidentally setting the spaceship on a runaway course heading beyond the Moon and into deep space. During this burst of rapid acceleration, the crew, one by one, becomes unconscious due to a drop in oxygen pressure. The engines are shut off just in time. At some later time, perhaps many days, they slowly come around. The revived crew soon discovers the RX-M has traveled some 50,000,000 miles while they were unconscious. Against all odds, this surprising sequence of events has put them on a direct course heading toward Mars. They also notice the RX-M's speed is still increasing, this time due to gravitational attraction: the Red Planet is drawing them in. They quickly calculate they are only 50,000 miles away. This forces Dr. Karl Eckstrom (John Emery) to "pause and observe respectfully while something infinitely greater assumes control.
Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)
, 1h19Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors John Derek, Diana Lynn, George Macready, Alan Hale, Paul Cavanagh, Lester Matthews
Rating54%
In its view on history, evil King John resumes his old ways after the death of Richard the Lionheart with the plan to keep his power by importing Continental mercenaries and paying them through oppressive taxation. King John first attempts to kill the son of his old nemesis Robin. His henchmen fix a faulty protective cap to the lance of a Flemish Knight who challenges Robin in a joust. When Robin survives the lance attack he challenges his opponent to a joust without protective devices, impaling the Flemish Knight.
A Woman's Vengeance (1948)
, 1h36Directed by Zoltan Korda
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Charles Boyer, Ann Blyth, Jessica Tandy, Cedric Hardwicke, Mildred Natwick, Cecil Humphreys
Roles Warder (uncredited)
Rating67%
Henry Maurier rebounds from the death of wife Emily by marrying his brother-in-law's mistress, upsetting another woman who is in love with him. Suspicions grow that Henry might have hurried along his wife's death with poison.
The Challenge (1948)
, 1h8Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Origin USA
Actors Tom Conway, Tim Conway, June Vincent, John Newland, Eily Malyon, Houseley Stevenson
Roles Jerome Roberts
Rating64%
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
, 2h21Directed by Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed, Richard Hart, Frank Morgan, Edmund Gwenn
Roles Kapua-Manga
Rating67%
In the 1840s, on an island in the English Channel, two sisters, Marguerite (Donna Reed) and Marianne Patourel (Lana Turner), daughters of the wealthy Octavius Patourel (Edmund Gwenn), fall in love with the same man, William Ozanne (Richard Hart).