The Siege of Sidney Street
A police inspector (Donald Sinden) tracks down Russian anarchist Peter the Painter (Peter Wyngarde) and his gang in circa-1911 London.
Main Cast
Donald Sinden
Sir Donald Alfred Sinden CBE (born 9 October 1923) is an English actor of theatre, film and television. Sinden was born in Plymouth, Devon, England, on 9 October 1923. The son of Alfred Edward Sinden and his wife Mabel Agnes (née Fuller), he grew up in the Sussex village of Ditchling, where their home ('The Limes') doubled as the local chemist shop. He was married to actress Diana Mahony from 1948 until her death in 2004. He lives near Tenterden, Kent. The couple had two sons: actor Donald Sinden, who died of lung cancer in 1996, and Marc Sinden who is a West End theatre producer. Early career He trained as an actor at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art and made his first stage appearance at the Brighton Little Theatre (of which he later became President) in January 1941, playing Dudley in George and Margaret. He broke into professional acting after appearing with the Mobile Entertainments Southern Area company in modern comedies for the armed forces during the Second World War. Rank Organisation In 1953 he was contracted for seven years to the Rank Organisation at Pinewood Studios and subsequently starred in many outstanding British films of the 1950s including The Cruel Sea, Mogambo, Doctor in the House, Above Us The Waves, Doctor at Large, The Siege of Sidney Street, Twice Round the Daffodils and with a very young Adam Faith in Mix Me a Person. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Sinden, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Kieron Moore
Kieron Moore (born Ciarán Ó hAnnracháin Anglicised Kieron O’Hanrahan) (5 October 1924 – 15 July 2007) was an Irish film and television actor whose career was at its peak in the 1950s and 1960s. He may be best remembered for his role as Count Vronsky in the 1948 film adaptation of Anna Karenina opposite Vivien Leigh.
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Peter Wyngarde
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Peter Paul Wyngarde (born Cyril Goldbert, 23 August 1928) is an Anglo-Singaporean actor best known for playing the character Jason King, a bestselling novelist turned sleuth, in two British television series in the late 1960s and early 1970s: Department S (1969–1970) and Jason King (1971–1972). Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Wyngarde, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Tutte Lemkow
Tutte Lemkow was born on August 28, 1918 in Oslo, Norway. He is known for his work on Les aventuriers de l'arche perdue (1981), Les canons de Navarone (1961) and Un violon sur le toit (1971). He was married to Mai Zetterling and Sara Luzita. He died on November 10, 1991 in London, England.
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T. P. McKenna
Born in Mullagh, County Cavan, Ireland, Thomas Patrick 'T. P.' McKenna was a distinguished character actor of film and TV and a prolific stage actor. He made his stage debut in "Summer and Smoke" by Tennessee Williams at the Pike Theatre in Dublin in 1954 and his film debut in the 1960 film The Night Fighters. Film credits included Straw Dogs, Ulysses, Perfect Friday, Villain, The Charge of the Light Brigade, Red Scorpion and Valmont, whilst his TV credits included Bleak House, Inspector Morse, Doctor Who, Casualty, Ballykissangel and Lovejoy.
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The Bedford Incident
1965
Island of Terror
1966
The Quare Fellow
1962
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Shake Hands with the Devil
1959
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon
1967
The Face of Fu Manchu
1965
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Movie Details
Production Info
- Directors:
- Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman
- Production:
- Mid Century Film Productions Ltd.
Key Crew
- Screenplay:
- Alexander Baron
- Producer:
- Monty Berman
- Director of Photography:
- Monty Berman
- Producer:
- Robert S. Baker
- Director of Photography:
- Robert S. Baker
Locations and Languages
- Country:
- US; GB
- Filming:
- GB
- Languages:
- en