Acting

Ian Colin

Born 1912-05-16 · Livingstone, Zambia

Acting credits

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NR

The 30 minute play, specially written for television by Scottish writer, Duncan Ross, takes place in a pub in Yorkshire. Marius plays Lester Hockley, a man blind from birth. Lester has been secretary to a deceased artist, Paul Stanton, whose character and work are being discussed by the regulars in the pub that night.

Many Mansions

1957

The Two-Headed Spy poster
6.3

Wartime thriller with film noir elements based on a true story as written in A.P. Scotland's autobiography "The London Cage". The plot has greatly exaggerated the actual events of A.P. Scotland's experiences, including the addition of a fictional love interest.

The Two-Headed Spy

1958

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9.0

A Devon Vicar mistakenly comes under suspicion of murdering a rival in love.

Cross Currents

1935

Laughter in Paradise poster
6.5

When an eccentric practical joker dies, he divides his fortune among four heirs. But before they can collect the cash they must each do something which goes completely against their nature. NB: This is the film which introduced Audrey Hepburn.

Laughter in Paradise

1951

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8.0

Steven Sims is a diamond merchant who bullies his kindly hard-working clerk and disappoints his expectations when he takes into partnership an aristocratic ne'er-do-well.

Darts Are Trumps

1938

Brothers in Law poster
7.1

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.

Brothers in Law

1957

Born That Way poster
10.0

A Scottish woman tries to take her brother-in-law's wild living children in hand.

Born That Way

1936

The Moment of Truth poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Moment of Truth

1955

Strongroom poster
6.6

During a bank robbery, the manager and a cashier are locked in the strongroom, while the crooks escape. Later, when the gang realise that their plan to release the pair has gone wrong, they return to the bank to try and release them before the police turn up.

Strongroom

1962

Dangerous Afternoon poster
6.4

The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.

Dangerous Afternoon

1961

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9.0

A retired major and ex-enemies pledge peace at reunion.

Men of Yesterday

1936

The Big Chance poster
4.3

A clerk sees his big chance to escape a humdrum existence, but his resolve is tested as many unexpected obstacles arise.

The Big Chance

1957

Late Extra poster
6.3

A newspaper reporter sets out to track down the murderer of a policeman.

Late Extra

1935

Witness in the Dark poster
7.0

A killer breaks into an apartment to steal a valuable brooch. He kills an old woman, but in fleeing he encounters a young woman on the stairs who will become his target.

Witness in the Dark

1959

It's Never Too Late to Mend poster
6.1

An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.

It's Never Too Late to Mend

1937

Soho Conspiracy poster
5.3

The plans of a publicity agent to put on a charity concert are nearly wrecked by a lawyer who wants to take over a restaurant, but the situation is saved by local co-operation.

Soho Conspiracy

1950

A Dream of Love poster
6.3

Aging composer Franz Liszt lives in an abbey. On his birthday, a priest brings him a box that was just delivered; there is no return address. In the box he finds a single flower. The flower brings back memories of his lost love of long ago, who inspired him to compose his unforgettable melodies.

A Dream of Love

1939

Wings over Africa poster
8.0

Two prospectors in Africa, Tony Cooper and Dalton come across a skeleton that has nearly been picked clean by vultures. They find a letter on the body addressed to a clerk in London named Wilkins . Cooper goes to Wilkins in London and tells him that his brother, whose body they had found, has left a map and a deed to a large diamond mine. Wilkins decides to go to Africa with Cooper to find the mine and, in order to speed up and finance their venture, they give a third interest to Carol Reade and her partner John Trevor), who operate a barnstorming airplane service. In Africa, close to the mine location, they are greeted by some tough gentlemen named Collins and Quincy who have terrorized the natives and lorded over the region, who quickly discover the reason for the party's mission. They join, unasked, in the race for the diamonds. The race is interrupted by the death of Trevor who is found knifed in his bunk.

Wings over Africa

1936

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7.0

British sports film directed by Ralph Ince.

Blue Smoke

1935

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NR

No synopsis available yet.

Balance of Terror

1957