Acting
Barry Steele
Acting credits
6.9At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. The winter seas make life miserable enough, but the men must also harden themselves to rescuing survivors of U-Boat attacks, while seldom able to strike back. Traumatic events afloat and ashore create a warm bond between the skipper and his first officer.
The Cruel Sea
1953
Ten people are invited to a summer party on an island oft the Devon coast. They are an extremely varied group from a blustering major to a frigid spinster. The only thing they have in common is that they were each involved in a case of unexpected death. They soon find something very odd about their invitations, and then they start to die, one by one. But who is the murderer and where is he hiding.
Ten Little Indians
1949
7.0Following World War II in peacetime Scotland, brigade headquarters replaces commanding officer Major Jock Sinclair, a boisterous battalion leader, with the strict, temperamental Lieutenant Colonel Basil Barrow. Resentful toward his replacement, Sinclair undermines Barrow's authority and damages his successor's reputation among the soldiers. Barrow faces an uphill battle in regaining the discipline and respect of his battalion.
Tunes of Glory
1960
6.1Police find that everyone had a motive for the murder of a wealthy woman.
Account Rendered
1957
7.2Set during the Burma Campaign of World War 2, this is the story of courage and endurance of the soldiers struggling at close quarters against the enemy. The film examines the moral dilemmas ordinary men face during war, when the definitions of acceptable military action and insupportable brutality become blurred and distorted.
Yesterday's Enemy
1959
5.6When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.
Millions Like Us
1943
5.9A couple of bickering, married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show.
Simon and Laura
1955
6.6A beautiful redhead becomes involved with a group of small-time hoodlums who plan and perform a daring diamond robbery.
The Secret Place
1957
6.3A GI deserter frames a girl for killing a blackmailer, and holds her captive while seeking gems.
Cat & Mouse
1958
10.0Betsy Richards, a hard-working widow, tries to solve the domestic problems of her three grown-up sons.
Room in the House
1955
NRAlice is determined to buy a flash new hat despite her husband not giving her the money.
Compensation Alice
1967