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The Weak and the Wicked

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The Weak and the Wicked (called Young and Willing in the United States) is a 1954 British drama film directed by J. Lee Thompson based on the book by his wife, Joan Henry, starring Glynis Johns, and Diana Dors. [1]

40 relations: A. E. Matthews, Anne Burnaby, Anthony Nicholls (actor), Athene Seyler, Barbara Couper, Bessie Love, Cecil Trouncer, Cinema of the United Kingdom, Diana Dors, Drama (film and television), Edwin Styles, Eliot Makeham, English language, Gilbert Taylor, Glynis Johns, Irene Handl, J. Lee Thompson, Jane Hylton, Joan Haythorne, Joan Henry, John Gregson, Josephine Griffin, Joyce Heron, Leighton Lucas, Marjorie Rhodes, Mary Merrall, Maureen Pryor, National Film Finance Corporation, Olive Sloane, Paul Carpenter (actor), Rachel Roberts (actress), Richard Best (film editor), Ruth Dunning, Sandra Dorne, Sid James, Simone Silva, Sybil Thorndike, Thea Gregory, Tom Gill (actor), Ursula Howells.

A. E. Matthews

Alfred Edward Matthews, OBE (22 November 1869 – 25 July 1960), known as A. E. Matthews, was an English actor who played numerous character roles on the stage and in film for eight decades, and who became known for his acting longevity.

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Anne Burnaby

Anne Burnaby was a British screenwriter and playwright.

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Anthony Nicholls (actor)

Anthony Nicholls (16 October 1902 – 22 February 1977) was an English actor.

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Athene Seyler

Athene Seyler, CBE (31 May 188912 September 1990) was an English actress.

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Barbara Couper

Barbara Couper (1903–1992) was a British film and television actress.

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Bessie Love

Bessie Love (born Juanita Horton, September 10, 1898 – April 26, 1986) was an American motion picture actress who achieved prominence mainly in the silent films and early talkies.

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Cecil Trouncer

Cecil Stallard Trouncer (5 April 1898 – 15 December 1953) was an English actor.

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Cinema of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has had a significant film industry for over a century.

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Diana Dors

Diana Dors (born Diana Mary Fluck; 23 October 1931 – 4 May 1984) was an English film actress and singer.

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Drama (film and television)

In reference to film and television, drama is a genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone.

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Edwin Styles

Edwin Styles (13 January 1899 – 20 December 1960) was a British film actor.

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Eliot Makeham

Eliot Makeham (22 December 1882 – 8 February 1956), sometimes credited as Eliott Makeham or Elliot Makeham, was an English film and television actor.

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English language

English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in early medieval England and is now a global lingua franca.

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Gilbert Taylor

Gilbert Taylor, B.S.C. (12 April 1914 – 23 August 2013) was a British cinematographer, best known for his work on films such as Dr. Strangelove, A Hard Day's Night (both 1964), ''Repulsion'' (1965), The Omen (1976), and the original Star Wars (1977).

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Glynis Johns

Glynis Johns (born 5 October 1923) is a retired British stage, television and film actress, dancer, pianist, and singer.

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Irene Handl

Irene Handl (27 December 1901 – 29 November 1987) was an English character actress who appeared in over a hundred British films.

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J. Lee Thompson

John Lee Thompson (1 August 1914 – 30 August 2002) was a British film director, active in London and Hollywood, best known for such movies as Ice Cold in Alex and The Guns of Navarone.

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Jane Hylton

Jane Hylton (16 July 1926 – 28 February 1979, born as Audrey Gwendolene Clark, was an English actress who accumulated 30 film credits, mostly in the 1940s and 1950s, before moving into television work in the latter half of her career in the 1960s and 1970s.

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Joan Haythorne

Joan Haythorne (12 April 1915 – 27 August 1987) was a British actress.

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Joan Henry

Joan Constance Anne Henry (8 April 1914 – 2000) was an English novelist, playwright and screenwriter.

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John Gregson

John Gregson, (born Harold Thomas Gregson, (15 March 1919 – 8 January 1975) was an English actor of stage, television and film, with 40 credited film roles. He was best known for his comedy roles. He was credited in 40 films between 1948 and 1971, and on television from 1960 until his death. He was often cast as a police inspector or as a navy or army officer, or for his comedy roles in Ealing and other British films.

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Josephine Griffin

Josephine Griffin (13 December 1928 – 15 September 2005) was a well-known English film actress who appeared in a string of British films of the 1950s, such as The Purple Plain (1954), The Man Who Never Was (1956) and The Spanish Gardener (1956).

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Joyce Heron

Elizabeth Joyce Heron (6 November 1916 – 1 April 1980) was a British stage, film and television actress.

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Leighton Lucas

Leighton Lucas (5 January 1903 – 1 November 1982) was an English composer and conductor.

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Marjorie Rhodes

Marjorie Rhodes (9 April 1897 – 4 July 1979) was a British actress.

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Mary Merrall

Mary Merrall (5 January 1890 - 31 August 1973), born Elsie Lloyd, was an English actress whose career of over 60 years encompassed stage, film, and television work.

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Maureen Pryor

Maureen Pryor (23 May 1922 – 5 May 1977) was an Irish-born English character actress who made stage, film, and television appearances.

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National Film Finance Corporation

The National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC) was a film funding agency in the United Kingdom which operated from 1949 until it was wound up in 1985.

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Olive Sloane

Olive Sloane (16 December 1896 - 28 June 1963) was an English actress whose film career spanned over 40 years from the silent era through to her death.

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Paul Carpenter (actor)

Paul Carpenter (December 8, 1921 – June 12, 1964) was a Canadian actor and singer.

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Rachel Roberts (actress)

Rachel Roberts (20 September 192726 November 1980) was a Welsh actress.

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Richard Best (film editor)

Richard Best (28 June 1916 – 19 December 2004) was a British film editor.

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Ruth Dunning

Ruth Dunning (17 May 1911 in Prestatyn – 27 February 1983 in London) was a Welsh actress of stage, television, and film.

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Sandra Dorne

Sandra Dorne (born Joan Smith, 19 June 1924 in Keighley, West Riding of Yorkshire, died 25 December 1992 in Westminster, London) was a British actress.

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Sid James

Sid James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) (sometimes credited as Sidney James) was a South African-born British character and comic actor.

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Simone Silva

Simone Silva (15 August 1928 – 30 November 1957) was an Egyptian-born French film actress who appeared in a handful of British B-movies during the 1950s.

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Sybil Thorndike

Dame Agnes Sybil Thorndike (24 October 18829 June 1976) was an English actress who toured internationally in Shakespearean productions, often appearing with her husband Lewis Casson.

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Thea Gregory

Thea Gregory (née Ida Reddish 1926) is an English actress.

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Tom Gill (actor)

Tom Gill (26 July 1916 – 22 July 1971) was a British actor who was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England.

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Ursula Howells

Ursula Howells (17 September 1922 – 16 October 2005) was an English actress whose elegant presence kept her much in demand for roles in film and television.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weak_and_the_Wicked

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