Movies: Neville Smith

  • 1963
    Billy Liar

    Billy Liar (1963)

    Billy Liar

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    A young Englishman dreams of escaping from his working class family and dead-end job as an undertaker's assistant. A number of indiscretions cause him to lie in order to avoid the penalties. His life turns into a mess and he has an opportunity to run...

    Billy Liar
  • 1987
    Prick Up Your Ears

    Prick Up Your Ears (1987)

    Prick Up Your Ears

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    When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes more comfortable with his sexuality and starts to find success with h...

    Prick Up Your Ears
  • 1971
    Gumshoe

    Gumshoe (1971)

    Gumshoe

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    A would be private eye gets mixed up in a smuggling case....

    Gumshoe
  • 1987
    Wish You Were Here

    Wish You Were Here (1987)

    Wish You Were Here

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    In a staid English seaside town after the Second World War, young Lynda grows up with her widowed father and younger sister. Rebellious Lynda has been swearing constantly from an early age. At sixteen, she becomes more exhibitionist and seeks out sex...

    Wish You Were Here
  • 1979
    Long Distance Information

    Long Distance Information (1979)

    Long Distance Information

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    Play For Today written by and starring Neville Smith. Christian Harvey , a local radio DJ and ageing rocker, is an obsessive fan of Elvis and the news of Elvis's death is for him a personal tragedy as well as the end of an era....

    Long Distance Information
  • 1987
    Coast to Coast

    Coast to Coast (1987)

    Coast to Coast

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    Two guys meet, one American, a deserter from the US army, one Brit, and they are drawn together by their mutual love of Soul music. Neither being gainfully employed they decide to start a mobile disco service for fellow soul lovers, which leads them ...

    Coast to Coast
  • 1977
    Apaches

    Apaches (1977)

    Apaches

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    On an English farm, six reckless children play at being a fierce band of Apache warriors, unaware of the many dangers to which they are exposed. (Public information short film produced on behalf of the British Government to warn children living in ru...

    Apaches
  • 1978
    Long Shot

    Long Shot (1978)

    Long Shot

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    Against the backdrop of the 1977 Edinburgh Film Festival, two low-budget filmmakers attempt to talk up some finance as they hunt for cash, cast and ‘name director’ Sam Fuller to shoot their Aberdeen-set oil-boom adventure ‘Gulf and Western’. Along t...

    Long Shot
  • 1969
    The Big Flame

    The Big Flame (1969)

    The Big Flame

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    After a prolonged industrial dispute in the Liverpool Docks, the striking workers reject management demands of a return to work and decide instead to occupy the docks and run the operation themselves....

    The Big Flame
  • 1969
    Some of My Best Friends...

    Some of My Best Friends... (1969)

    Some of My Best Friends...

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    Jewish people - and a few Gentiles - muse on what it means to be Jewish in 1960s Britain. The challenges of maintaining faith and culture outside Israel, and in a society where ‘Jewish’ and ‘English’ are seen as mutually exclusive identities are perc...

    Some of My Best Friends...
  • 1979
    Afternoon Off

    Afternoon Off (1979)

    Afternoon Off

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    Lee, a Chinese man, works as a waiter in a hotel in England, despite speaking very little English. Told that a girl called Iris might be interested in him, on his afternoon off work he buys a box of chocolates and sets off to find her....

    Afternoon Off
  • 1976
    Bag of Yeast

    Bag of Yeast (1976)

    Bag of Yeast

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    When teacher Tony Scannell decides he wants to be ordained as a Catholic Priest his decision has wide ranging effects on his family and loved ones....

    Bag of Yeast
  • 1967
    In Two Minds

    In Two Minds (1967)

    In Two Minds

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    Kate, a young girl under psychiatric examination, suffers from a lack of confidence, self-esteem and self-control – telling of the “bad Kate” who commits immoral acts. Could the hypocrisy, selfishness and weakness of those around her have led to this...

    In Two Minds
  • 1983
    Bad News

    Bad News (1983)

    Bad News

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    A documentary crew films heavy metal band Bad News as they have trouble starting their van, pick up a schoolgirl groupie, and meet up with rock journalist Sally at a motorway service station where they argue about the cost of sausage and chips....

    Bad News
  • 1982
    The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

    The World Cup: A Captain's Tale (1982)

    The World Cup: A Captain's Tale

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    The true story of the First world football competition, won by a team comprised of miners from Durham....

    The World Cup: A Captain's Tale
  • 1978
    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

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    A repressed night-school teacher, secretly homosexual, struggles to cope with his demanding, eccentric mother....

    Me! I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf
  • 1965
    The End of Arthur's Marriage

    The End of Arthur's Marriage (1965)

    The End of Arthur's Marriage

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    In this off-beat musical – a satire that combines fantasy, social observation and songs – a working class man goes to put a deposit on a new house only to find he prefers spending to saving and is happy to spend his money on a few hours of happiness ...

    The End of Arthur's Marriage
  • 1969
    Sling Your Hook

    Sling Your Hook (1969)

    Sling Your Hook

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    A group of coal miners from Nottingham go on their annual trip to Blackpool....

    Sling Your Hook
  • 1965
    Wear a Very Big Hat

    Wear a Very Big Hat (1965)

    Wear a Very Big Hat

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    A young couple celebrate their wedding anniversary with a night on the town....

    Wear a Very Big Hat
  • 1969
    There Is Also Tomorrow

    There Is Also Tomorrow (1969)

    There Is Also Tomorrow

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    The commanding officer of a regiment handling nuclear missiles is shocked to see his daughter Sally on television taking part in a student demonstration....

    There Is Also Tomorrow