
Acting
Greta Gynt
Born — Died
1916-11-15 — 2000-04-02
Place of birth
Oslo, Norway
Known for
Acting
Credits
44 titles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Greta Gynt (November 15, 1916 – April 2, 2000), born Margrethe Woxholt, was a Norwegian singer, dancer and actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Greta Gynt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
6.8The World of Hammer is a thirteen-part British documentary series created and written by Robert and Ashley Sidaway for Channel 4. Initially broadcast from 12 August to 4 November 1994, the series is narrated by English actor and frequent Hammer collaborator Oliver Reed.
The World of Hammer
1994
7.3British scientist Peter Brady, while working on an invisibility formula, suffers a tragic accident which turns himself invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so, while working on a method to regain his visibility, he undertakes missions for his government stopping bad guys.
The Invisible Man
1958
6.1An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
The Ringer
1952
5.8Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.
The Dark Eyes of London
1939
6.2In this contemporary update of Frank H. Spearman's Western hero, Whispering Smith is now a sleuth who arrives in London on holiday, but is soon called in to solve the case of a suicide which the father of the deceased woman thinks was murder.
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1952
6.8An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.
Fortune Is a Woman
1957
Film credits
1960s · 2 titles
6.4A murderer enriches his finances by marrying and then killing off a series of wealthy women.
Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
1960
In this espionage film, set just before the Germans invaded France, a chemist in Paris moonlights as a Soviet spy. To escape the Nazi invaders, the chemist and his wife steal government money and try to escape to South America.
The Runaway
1964
1950s · 16 titles
6.1An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
The Ringer
1952
6.2In this contemporary update of Frank H. Spearman's Western hero, Whispering Smith is now a sleuth who arrives in London on holiday, but is soon called in to solve the case of a suicide which the father of the deceased woman thinks was murder.
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1952
6.8An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.
Fortune Is a Woman
1957
4.5Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.
Soldiers Three
1951
6.3When his grandfather dies, George Westcott (Patrick Doonan) returns home from India to collect his inheritance -- only to find that the will has mysteriously gone missing. As his greedy relatives try to seize the estate, George gets the help of a movie star (Greta Gynt), a window cleaner (James Hayter and a police inspector (Herbert Ross) to track down the missing will. It seems that justice will prevail -- but is George Wescott really George Wescott?
I'm A Stranger
1952
10.0No synopsis available yet.
My Wife's Family
1956
6.5During the eighteenth century the Empress of Russia sends her lover to kidnap her rival for the throne.
Shadow of the Eagle
1950
6.1A rich but disliked elderly man invites his relatives to a family reunion at his home. Once the gathering is complete, he announces enigmatically that he intends to change his will before he dies. Before he can do this, he is murdered. His niece (Gynt), a detective story writer, has to put her theories into practice by solving a real-life murder mystery.
Three Steps In The Dark
1953
A doctor receives an early morning callout and is kidnapped. American detective Nick Logan assists Scotland Yard in tracking down the perpetrator.
The Strange Case of Dr. Manning
1957
NRDuring the 18th century, the empress of Russia Catherine the Great sends her lover Count Alexei Orloff to kidnap her rival for the throne, the pretender Elizabeth, Princess Tarakanova, from Venice. However, Orloff ends up falling in love with the princess.
La rivale dell'imperatrice
1951
7.0A Thames River barge operator finds a mysterious package dropped by smugglers.
Devil's Point
1954
7.0A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and indoctrination at the hands of his captors, and accepts a post as an instructor at the Outward Bound Sea School.
The Blue Peter
1955
No synopsis available yet.
It Is Midnight, Dr. Schweitzer
1953
6.9Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
Forbidden Cargo
1954
6.6Nick, an American gambler, arrives in San Paolo and falls in love with Colleen, an American tourist, after she loses all of her money at the casino. Nick flees with Colleen after they are framed for murder and he tries to track down the real killer.
I'll Get You for This
1951
Several stories linked by a hat.
The Crowning Touch
1959
1940s · 14 titles
6.1A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Easy Money
1948
7.6A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
1948
6.6British World War II film set in occupied France, portraying the activities of members of the French Resistance and the Nazi tactic of taking and shooting innocent hostages in reprisal for acts of sabotage. The opening credits acknowledge "the official co-operation of General de Gaulle and the French National Committee". It was released as "At Dawn We Die" in the US.
Tomorrow We Live
1943
7.9When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.
Take My Life
1947
6.7The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.
The Calendar
1948
5.9When a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime.
Dear Murderer
1947
6.8On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
The Common Touch
1941
7.5An elderly Jewish man from Manchester, travels to Nazi Germany to seek the mother of a young German refugee that has attempted suicide. In Germany, Mr. Emmanuel’s efforts to seek out Hertha Rosenhein are greeted by a wall of silence from the scared Jewish community and anti-Semitic hatred from many Germans.
Mr. Emmanuel
1944
8.0Robert Spencer is having an affair with his wife's friend Hilda. When a man approaches Hilda, proclaiming his love for Robert's wife Claire, Hilda tries to matchmake. All four end up together in Venice, the amorous Michael disguised as an Austrian lady's maid to Claire. Claire uncovers her husband's infidelities and decides to divorce him and take a chance on Michael.
Room for Two
1940
Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon, where they have been attending a 'bon voyage' reception. At first it seems that Captain Randall will be able to keep them concealed, but then the Admiral unexpectedly arrives on board and orders the ship to sea.
The Middle Watch
1940
10.0Veteran music-hall entertainer Jerry Stanford a washed-up comedian hopes to stage a comeback in a glittering new revue. Alas, Stanford is hired as merely an understudy and bit player. His faithful daughter pulls a few fast ones in order to get her dad back on stage in a starring role....
London Town
1946
Lunatic British comedy about a small town mayor who finds himself the owner of a broken-down London theatre and acting school. Insanity run amok.
It's That Man Again
1943
6.0Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a song record by beautiful singer La Palermo which contains secret instructions of the German Intelligence. Realizing their error, the German spies follow Charters and Caldicott to Istanbul and Budapest, trying to eliminate them and retrieve the record.
Crook's Tour
1940
The armaments production programme is being sabotaged by a gang of Germans. A few arrests are made but the destruction of a vital plant goes on. Test pilot 'Bulldog' Bill Watson plunges headlong into the mystery.
Bulldog Sees It Through
1940
1930s · 10 titles
5.8Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.
The Dark Eyes of London
1939
6.2Paul, artistically-inclined son of an American millionaire, moves to Paris where he can find inspiration and study the masters. While there, he finds inspiration of a different sort in the form of the beautiful Jacqueline.
It Happened in Paris
1935
7.2During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was murder. It takes all his ingenuity and another death before the motive is discovered and the killer revealed.
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939
6.0Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by "famous stamp collector" and millionaire.
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938
10.0The opera singer Carlo Martin comes to the Royal Opera for a guest performance and the girls in the ballet immediately gets a crush on him. Martin courts one of them, Märta Holm, who is torn between Martin and her own fiancée Arne.
Sången till henne
1934
7.3Matronly great aunt Emily went off to Africa and left behind her wanna be snobbish family. Ten years later, upon her death, the greedy family members awaits the reading of the will. Ready to celebrate their fortunes the family gathers the evening before with a big party. A great assortment of characters, comic ones, are all expecting to get their share of the inheritance.
Boys Will Be Girls
1938
A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.
She Couldn't Say No
1939
Michael, war correspondent in Spain, loves a Spanish girl. He wants them to return to England, but her father is unwilling to go. In the meantime Maria discovers that her father is a spy and working for the other side.
The Last Barricade
1938
An insurance investigator tracks a series of robberies to a gang who are hiding the stolen jewels in the produce of a bakery.
The Last Curtain
1937
A newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.
Second Best Bed
1938
Series credits
6.8The World of Hammer is a thirteen-part British documentary series created and written by Robert and Ashley Sidaway for Channel 4. Initially broadcast from 12 August to 4 November 1994, the series is narrated by English actor and frequent Hammer collaborator Oliver Reed.
The World of Hammer
1994
7.3British scientist Peter Brady, while working on an invisibility formula, suffers a tragic accident which turns himself invisible. Unfortunately, there is no antidote, so, while working on a method to regain his visibility, he undertakes missions for his government stopping bad guys.
The Invisible Man
1958
