Angela Browne Movies
- 1985
"The Cooper Beeches" is an episode of the television series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, an excellent adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes mystery stories, produced in Britain for Granada TV. In this episode, directed by Paul Annett, Jeremy Brett portrays the famed detective, aided by his companion Dr. Watson as the two help a governess, Violet Hunter (Natasha Richardson), who is employed by a strange couple -- Jephro Rucastle (Joss Ackland) and his wife (Lottie Ward). This episode, written by Bill Craig, re-creates the adventures of Conan Doyle's Victorian detective with impeccable faithfulness to the original story first published in the Strand Magazine during the late 19th century. This series was followed by a sequel, as well as several TV movie adaptations. ~ Linda Rasmussen, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeremy Brett, David Burke, (more)
- 1971
Pere Goriot, Honore de Balzac's tragic novel about an old man who sacrificed all for the sake of a place in society, was adapted as a multipart British miniseries in early 1971. Michael Goodliffe played the title character, who squandered his money, his property, and ultimately his life in order to "buy a reputation" for his two daughters. The fly in the ointment was the sinister Vautrin (Andrew Keir), who coerced a gormless young law student (David Dundas) to commit a murder in order to win the hand of Goriot's eldest daughter. Pere Goriot was seen in the U.S. as part of PBS' Masterpiece Theatre anthology beginning June 13, 1971. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Goodliffe, David Dundas, (more)
- 1967
First broadcast in England on December 31, 1967, "A Change of Mind" was directed by Prisoner star Patrick McGoohan, under the pseudonym of "Joseph Serf" (the same name he'd used when directing the earlier episode "Many Happy Returns.") Still refusing to reveal his reasons for resigning from British Intelligence save for the vague explanation "I needed time to think," Number Six is declared "unmutual" by the powers that be in The Village. As such, he is subjected to the double assault of mind-bending drugs and ear-piercing sound waves. Though this treatment is meant to make Number Six more compliant, the tables are turned upon his tormentor Number Two (John Sharpe), with the unwitting assistance of Number Eighty Six (Angela Browne). Written by Roger Parkes and intended to be shown as the series' 13th episode, "A Change of Mind" was rescheduled as the 12th intallment--but not in America, where it aired in its proper chronological order on August 24, 1968. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1967
In this drama, a singer on her husband's weekly television show suddenly decides to begin a new life without him. She then quits her job and moves into the house of another man, a good friend, not a lover. When she learns that her husband is looking for a replacement singer, she does her best to stop him. The couple eventually reunites after the husband saves her from the attack of a lascivious drunken Australian during a wild party. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Wendy Craig, Francis Matthews, (more)
- 1966
Steed and Emma investigate when several top executives are murdered, and their secretaries are given major promotions. The cause of it all is an aggressively anti-male band of secretaries, led by a puppet named Henrietta. To flush out the villainesses, Steed poses as a big businessman, while Emma pretends to be. . .guess what? Written by Brian Clemens, "How to Succeed. . .at Murder" was originally telecast in England on March 19, 1966, then showed up on American television June 13, 1966. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
In this English comedy, the trouble begins when a bumbling young man embarrasses his grandfather, the British Prime Minister, by selling newspapers on a street corner. Soon the fellow finds himself given a reporter's job and sent to cover a story in a tiny coastal village. There he soon finds himself entangled in a massive scandal. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Norman Wisdom, Derek Bond, (more)
- 1962
Wounded during a robbery, a two-bit thief awakens in Steed's apartment. After intense interrogation, the thief lets slip that he is a small cog in a huge world-wide crime syndicate. In order to infiltrate the villains' headquarters, Cathy poses as German criminal Hilda Stern, who at present is safely behind bars. . .or is she? The principal heavy is played by Kenneth J. Warren, who later played the demented movie producer in the Diana Rigg episode "Epic." Written by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke, "Intercrime" made its British TV premiere on January 5, 1963, and its American TV bow on February 14, 1991. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1960
This religious epic chronicles the rise to power of a humble but courageous shepherd boy who usurps a ruler and becomes king of Israel. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Jeff Chandler, David Knight, (more)
