Acting

Alec Finter

Born — Died

1900-06-19 — 1968-08-16

Place of birth

Chiswick, London, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

11 titles

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 8 titles

Yield to the Night poster
6.9

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

Yield to the Night

1956

Duel in the Jungle poster
6.4

An American insurance investigator is sent to Rhodesia to investigate the mysterious death of a diamond broker who drowned whilst diving off the coast. The broker was insured for $1 million so the insurers are suspicious.

Duel in the Jungle

1954

Dance Hall poster
6.1

Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with bomb sites, trolleybuses and rationing.

Dance Hall

1950

Man with a Gun poster
5.8

A £20,000 insurance claim is lodged when a nightclub is destroyed by fire, and claims investigator Mike Davies is assigned to get to the bottom of things. One suspect is Harry Drayson, the club owner but if he torched his own property for the insurance, how safe are his other, heavily insured properties?

Man with a Gun

1958

South of Algiers poster
6.6

Archaeologists Van Heflin and Eric Portman undertake an expedition in Tunisia in search of an ancient mask.

South of Algiers

1953

Isn't Life Wonderful! poster
5.4

Around the turn of the century, in England, alcoholic Uncle Willie is the bane of his family, of which his brother-in-law is the family spokesman. It is decided to let Uncle Willie buy a bicycle shop in order to impress Virginia van Stuyden, an American heiress in love with Frank. This pleases Uncle Willie's young nephew, Charles. Complications arise when stuffy lord, Sir George Probus, at whose home Virginia is staying, becomes shocked when she attends a carnival.

Isn't Life Wonderful!

1953

No artwork available
NR

BBC live outside broadcast from the Theatre Royal, Stratford, of Tod Slaughter’s production of his melodrama Spring-Heeled Jack.

Spring-Heeled Jack

1950

The Case of The Smiling Widow poster
8.0

From the case files of Scotland Yard, detectives investigate the mysterious death of Peter Adams, artist and possible forger.

The Case of The Smiling Widow

1957

1930s · 1 titles

Series credits