Alexis Chesnakov
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Birthday:1894-09-26
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No Smoking (1955)
A scientist invents a pill to cure smokers of their nicotine addiction. However, when he makes his discovery public, he encounters strong resistance...
The Scent of Fear (1959)
Aboard a BOAC plane departing an unnamed Iron Curtain country, a stowaway has convinced a flight attendant to conceal him so he can defect on arrival...
The Third Man (1949)
In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he...
A Night to Remember (1958)
The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the...
Operation Diplomat (1953)
A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.
The Demi-Paradise (1943)
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking...
Never Let Me Go (1953)
An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.
The Love-Girl and the Innocent (1973)
The prisoner Nemov is an honest man serving ten years for violations of Article 58. Nemov falls in love with Lyuba, who is having sex with the camp...
State Secret (1950)
While working in England, an American surgeon Dr. John Marlowe is invited to Vosnia (a fictitious East-European country) to receive an award and...
The Pursuers (1961)
A group of former concentration camp prisoners has formed an underground network to hunt Nazi leaders, who are still on the loose. At a secret...
The World of George Orwell: 1984 (1965)
Early adaption of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four as part of the Theatre 625 series.
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king...
The Love Lottery (1954)
Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he...
The Intelligence Men (1965)
A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his...
A Call on Kuprin: Part 1 (1961)
Russia's Space Race success is mainly due to a brilliant rocket scientist, Kuprin. But a journalist and a politician in London remember him as a...
Man of the Moment (1955)
Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befriends the queen of a remote island, and winds up a...
Beautiful Stranger (1954)
An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.
Sunday-Night Play (1960)
BBC anthology drama series that ran over four seasons and replaced the previous BBC Sunday Night Theatre series.
The Saint (1962)
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...
Theatre 625 (1964)
Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first...
Espionage (1963)
Pulled from actual case histories and utilizing newsreel and documented narratives, the activities of spies from various countries are depicted as...