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How the West Was Won

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 26 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 27^th Dec 2013, 14:50 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Thu 8^th Feb 2024, 23:45 on BBC Four HD

Epic western about three generations of a pioneer family, showing how its fortunes fluctuated during the dynamic westward expansion of America during the 19th century. Show more

Contributors

Lilith Prescott:: Debbie Reynolds
Cleve Van Valen:: Gregory Peck
Linus Rawlings:: James Stewart
Eve Prescott:: Carroll Baker
Zeb Rawlings:: George Peppard
Jethro Stuart:: Henry Fonda
General William Tecumseh Sherman:: John Wayne
Mike King:: Richard Widmark
Julie Rawlings:: Carolyn Jones
Zebulon Prescott:: Karl Malden
Abraham Lincoln:: Raymond Massey
Charlie Gant:: Eli Wallach
Marshal Lou Ramsey:: Lee J Cobb
Roger Morgan:: Robert Preston
Narrator:: Spencer Tracy
Dora Hawkins:: Brigid Bazlen
Colonel Jeb Hawkins:: Walter Brennan
Rebecca Prescott:: Agnes Moorehead
General Ulysses S Grant:: Harry Morgan
Agatha Clegg:: Thelma Ritter
Confederate Deserter:: Russ Tamblyn
Writer:: James R Webb
Director:: John Ford
Director:: Henry Hathaway
Director:: George Marshall
Producer:: Bernard Smith
Composer:: Alfred Newman
Director of photography:: William H Daniels
Director of photography:: Milton Krasner
Director of photography:: Charles Lang Jr
Director of photography:: Joseph LaShelle

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Source: BBC Online

Birdman of Alcatraz

BBC Four

Duration: 2 hours, 25 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 17^th Jun 2007, 19:30 on BBC FourLatest broadcast: Sun 26^th Jul 2009, 13:35 on BBC Two England

True-life drama starring Burt Lancaster about a man who, while serving a life sentence in Alcatraz, develops an interest in birds and goes on to become an expert ornithologist. Show more

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Robert Stroud:: Burt Lancaster
Director:: John Frankenheimer
Harvey Shoemaker:: Karl Malden
Elizabeth Stroud:: Thelma Ritter
Stella Johnson:: Betty Field
Bull Ransom:: Neville Brand
Feto Gomez:: Telly Savalas
Producer:: Harold Hecht
Writer:: Guy Trosper
Tom Gaddis:: Edmond O'Brien
Dr. Ellis:: Whit Bissell

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Source: BBC Online

Gypsy

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 17 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 13^th Apr 2014, 13:05 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sat 1^st Apr 2017, 13:15 on BBC Two HD

Screen version of the Broadway musical based on the life of vaudeville artist Mama Rose and her daughters Baby June and Gypsy Rose Lee. Starring Natalie Wood and Rosalind Russell. Show more

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Louise Hovick:: Natalie Wood
Rose Hovick:: Rosalind Russell
Herbie Sommers:: Karl Malden
Tulsa:: Paul Wallace
Tessie Tura:: Betty Bruce
Mr Kringelein:: Parley Baer
Grandpa:: Harry Shannon
June:: Ann Jillian
Director:: Mervyn LeRoy
Producer:: Mervyn LeRoy
Writer:: Arthur Laurents
Writer:: Leonard Spigelgass
Lyricist:: Stephen Sondheim

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Source: BBC Online

They Knew What They Wanted

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 24 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 24^th Dec 2012, 02:25 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sat 29^th Oct 2016, 06:35 on BBC Two HD

An Italian wine grower who is courting a woman by post sends her a photo without mentioning that it is actually a mugshot of his handsome foreman. Show more

I Confess

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 31 minutes

First broadcast: Sun 9^th Jun 2013, 14:25 on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: Sun 28^th Dec 2014, 00:15 on BBC Two Wales

Psychological thriller about a priest (Montgomery Clift) prepared to stand trial for a murder he did not commit - despite having heard the real killer's confession. Show more

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Fr Michael Logan:: Montgomery Clift
Ruth Grandfort:: Anne Baxter
Ama Keller:: Dolly Haas
Inspector Larrue:: Karl Malden
Willy Robertson:: Brian Aherne
Otto Keller:: OE Hasse
Fr Millars:: Charles Andre
Pierre Grandfort:: Roger Dann
Man Crossing the Top of the Stairs:: Alfred Hitchcock
Director:: Alfred Hitchcock
Producer:: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer:: George Tabori
Writer:: William Archibald
Director of photography:: Robert Burks
Composer:: Dimitri Tiomkin

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Source: BBC Online

Pollyanna

BBC Two

Duration: 2 hours, 9 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 25^th Aug 2014, 09:15 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Sun 10^th Jul 2016, 13:00 on BBC Two HD

Drama about a young orphan girl who brings cheer to the misanthropic inhabitants of a New England town when she moves to live with her aunt. Show more

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Pollyanna:: Hayley Mills
Aunt Polly Harrington:: Jane Wyman
Reverend Paul Ford:: Karl Malden
Dr Edmond Chilton:: Richard Egan
Nancy Furman:: Nancy Olson
Mr Pendergast:: Adolphe Menjou
Author:: Eleanor H Porter
Writer:: David Swift
Director:: David Swift

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Source: BBC Online

On the Waterfront

BBC Two

Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

First broadcast: Sat 21^st Feb 2015, 14:00 on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: Thu 4^th Jul 2024, 21:40 on BBC Four HD

Oscar-winning drama. A one-time boxing hopeful learns about responsibility through his love for the sister of a murdered docker. Music by Leonard Bernstein.

Contributors

Terry Malloy:: Marlon Brando
Edie Doyle:: Eva Marie Saint
Father Barry:: Karl Malden
Johnny Friendly:: Lee J Cobb
Charley Malloy:: Rod Steiger
Kayo Dugan:: Pat Henning
Glover:: Leif Erickson
Big Mac:: James Westerfield
'Pop' Doyle:: John Hamilton
Mott:: John Heldabrand
Moose:: Rudy Bond
Director:: Elia Kazan
Producer:: Sam Spiegel
Writer:: Budd Schulberg
Composer:: Leonard Bernstein
Director of photography:: Boris Kaufman

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Source: BBC Online

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How the West Was Won

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Birdman of Alcatraz

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Gypsy

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They Knew What They Wanted

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I Confess

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Pollyanna

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On the Waterfront

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