James Mason
Data de nascimento:
15/05/1909
Local de nascimento:
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Data de falecimento:
27/07/1984
Biografia
James Neville Mason, known as James Mason, was an accomplished English actor who made a significant impact on both British and American cinema. He was born on May 15, 1909, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and passed away on July 27, 1984, in Lausanne, Switzerland. Mason's acting career began in the 1930s, where he initially gained recognition for his stage performances in London's West End. He made his film debut in 1935 with the British film "Late Extra," marking the start of his illustrious on-screen journey. Throughout his career, Mason showcased his exceptional acting abilities, often portraying complex and morally ambiguous characters. His commanding presence, distinctive voice, and versatile range allowed him to effortlessly transition between genres, from dramas to thrillers and even period pieces. One of Mason's most acclaimed performances came in 1945 when he starred as the troubled and enigmatic Johnny McQueen in the film "Odd Man Out." His portrayal of the wounded Irish nationalist earned him widespread praise and established him as a respected leading man. Mason's notable filmography includes memorable roles in films such as "The Wicked Lady" (1945), "Pandora and the Flying Dutchman" (1951), "A Star Is Born" (1954), "North by Northwest" (1959), and "Lolita" (1962). His ability to bring depth, sophistication, and complexity to his characters captivated audiences and garnered critical acclaim. Beyond his film career, Mason also dabbled in producing and directing. He co-produced and starred in the acclaimed film "A Star Is Born," showcasing his multifaceted talent and creative vision. Throughout his life, Mason was recognized with numerous awards and nominations, including three Academy Award nominations for Best Actor. He was highly regarded by his peers and critics alike for his impeccable craft and his ability to elevate any production he was a part of.
Filmes em que atuou
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Sid & Judy (2019)- 7.60 ★Self (archive footage)
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Lasseter's Bones (2012)- 6.40 ★Archival Footage
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Passion & Poetry: Sam's War (2011)- 0.00 ★Self (archive footage)
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Sir John Mills' Moving Memories (2000)- 0.00 ★Self (archive footage)
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Roger Moore: A Matter Of Class (1995)- 6.00 ★Self (archive footage)
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O Declínio dos Anos Dourados (1985)- 6.70 ★Sir Randolph Nettleby
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O Refúgio no Inferno (1985)- 5.50 ★Bishop Nicolini
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Dr. Fischer of Geneva (1984)- 6.75 ★Dr. Fischer
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James Mason: The Star They Loved to Hate (1984)- 0.00 ★Self
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O Pirata da Barba Amarela (1983)- 5.50 ★Captain Hughes
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Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1983)- 7.00 ★Demon
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Alexandre (1983)- 6.00 ★The Father
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Group Madness (1983)- 0.00 ★Self
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The Popes and Their Art (1983)- 0.00 ★Presentor
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Assassinato Num Dia de Sol (1982)- 6.90 ★Odell Gardener
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The Making of Agatha Christie's 'Evil Under the Sun' (1982)- 8.50 ★Self / Odell Gardener
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O Veredicto (1982)- 7.50 ★Ed Concannon
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Ivanhoé (1982)- 6.24 ★Isaac of York
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A Dangerous Summer (1982)- 4.00 ★George Engels
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The Glory of the Garden (1982)- 0.00 ★Narrator
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Night of 100 Stars (1982)- 6.00 ★Self
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The Search for Alexander the Great (1981)- 0.00 ★Narrator
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Resgate Suicida (1980)- 6.19 ★Admiral Brindsen
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A Herdeira (1979)- 4.68 ★Sir Alec Nichols
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Murder by Decree (1979)- 6.40 ★Dr. John H. Watson
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The Passage (1979)- 6.24 ★Professor Bergson
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O Céu Pode Esperar (1978)- 6.61 ★Mr. Jordan
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The Water Babies (1978)- 6.00 ★Mr. Grimes / Voice of Killer Shark
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Os Meninos do Brasil (1978)- 6.70 ★Eduard Seibert
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A Cruz de Ferro (1977)- 7.08 ★Oberst Brandt
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Homage to Chagall: The Colours of Love (1977)- 5.00 ★Narrator - English version
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Paura in città (1976)- 5.40 ★Prosecutor
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A Viagem dos Condenados (1976)- 5.90 ★Dr. Juan Remos
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People of the Wind (1976)- 5.00 ★Jafar Qoli (voice)
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Mandingo: O Fruto Da Vingança (1975)- 6.70 ★Warren Maxwell
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Inside Out (1975)- 6.20 ★Ernst Furben
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Gente di rispetto (1975)- 6.90 ★Avv. Antonio Bellocampo
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La Polizia Interviene: Ordine Di Uccidere (1975)- 6.00 ★Senatore Leandri
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Autobiography of a Princess (1975)- 5.00 ★Cyril Sahib
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La città sconvolta: caccia spietata ai rapitori (1975)- 6.80 ★Filippini
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A Verdadeira História de Frankenstein (1974)- 7.60 ★Dr. John Polidori
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Great Expectations (1974)- 6.00 ★Magwitch
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The Marseille Contract (1974)- 6.00 ★Jacques Brizard
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A Casa dos Brilhantes (1974)- 5.70 ★Charles D. Watts
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O Emissário de MacKintosh (1973)- 6.10 ★Sir George Wheeler
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O Fim de Sheila (1973)- 7.00 ★Philip
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John Keats: His Life and Death (1973)- 0.00 ★Narrator
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The Reformation: Age of Revolt (1973)- 0.00 ★Narrator
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Brincadeira de Criança (1972)- 6.10 ★Jerome Malley
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Home, James (1972)- 6.50 ★Self
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The Wind in the Wires (1972)- 0.00 ★Narrator
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A Quadrilha da Fronteira (1971)- 4.20 ★Francisco Paco Montero
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Kill! (1971)- 4.80 ★Alan Hamilton
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Visitantes na Noite (1970)- 5.61 ★Captain Ross
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The Yin and the Yang of Mr. Go (1970)- 4.60 ★Y.Y. Go
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Spring and Port Wine (1970)- 5.50 ★Rafe Crompton
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A Idade da Reflexão (1969)- 5.89 ★Bradley Morahan
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Mayerling (1968)- 6.10 ★Franz Joseph I of Austria
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The London Nobody Knows (1968)- 6.13 ★Himself - Narrator
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Duffy (1968)- 6.10 ★Charles Calvert
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The Sea Gull (1968)- 6.22 ★Trigorin
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Chamada para um Morto (1967)- 6.20 ★Charles Dobbs
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Gerações em Conflito (1967)- 5.30 ★John Sawyer
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Georgy Girl (1966)- 6.30 ★James Leamington
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Crepúsculo das Águias (1966)- 6.80 ★General Count von Klugermann
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Gengis Khan (1965)- 5.90 ★Kam Ling
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Lord Jim (1965)- 6.80 ★Gentleman Brown
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La verifica incerta (1965)- 6.47 ★(archive footage)
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Los pianos mecánicos (1965)- 5.60 ★Pascal Regnier
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A Queda do Império Romano (1964)- 6.50 ★Timonides
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Crescei e Multiplicai-vos (1964)- 6.68 ★Bob Conway
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Os Gigantes do Mar (1963)- 0.00 ★Captain Blayne
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Lolita (1962)- 7.34 ★Prof. Humbert Humbert
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Tiara Tahiti (1962)- 5.60 ★Captain Brett Aimsley
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Os Fugitivos de Zahrain (1962)- 6.00 ★Johnson
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Hero's Island (1962)- 4.80 ★Jacob Weber
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Theatre 62: Rebecca (1962)- 0.00 ★Maxim de Winter
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The Marriage-Go-Round (1961)- 4.80 ★Paul Delville
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A Touch of Larceny (1960)- 5.80 ★Cmdr. Max Easton
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The Trials of Oscar Wilde (1960)- 6.40 ★Edward Carson
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Intriga Internacional (1959)- 7.98 ★Phillip Vandamm
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Viagem ao Centro da Terra (1959)- 6.95 ★Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook
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Grito de Terror (1958)- 6.20 ★Jim Molner
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The Decks Ran Red (1958)- 6.38 ★Capt. Edwin Rummill
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Ilha nos Trópicos (1957)- 6.50 ★Maxwell Fleury
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Delírio de Loucura (1956)- 7.18 ★Ed Avery
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Eu e Meu Anjo (1956)- 7.00 ★The Guardian Angel
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20.000 Léguas Submarinas (1954)- 7.04 ★Captain Nemo
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Nasce uma Estrela (1954)- 7.10 ★Norman Maine
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Prince Valiant (1954)- 5.86 ★Sir Brack
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The Star of Bethlehem (1954)- 0.00 ★Himself
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O Outro Homem (1953)- 7.10 ★Ivo Kern
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Ratos do Deserto (1953)- 6.20 ★Field Marshal Erwin von Rommel
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Júlio César (1953)- 7.00 ★Brutus
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The Tell-Tale Heart (1953)- 7.17 ★Narrator
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A História de Três Amores (1953)- 5.56 ★Charles Coutray
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Charade (1953)- 5.50 ★The Murderer / Maj. Linden / Jonah Watson
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O Prisioneiro de Zenda (1952)- 6.77 ★Rupert of Hentzau
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Cinco Dedos (1952)- 7.58 ★Ulysses Diello
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Botany Bay (1952)- 6.40 ★Capt. Paul Gilbert
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Face to Face (1952)- 5.70 ★The Captain
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Lady Possessed (1952)- 5.10 ★Jimmy Del Palma
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Ellis in Freedomland (1952)- 0.00 ★The Refrigerator (voice)
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A Raposa do Deserto (1951)- 6.70 ★Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
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Os Amores de Pandora (1951)- 6.60 ★Hendrik van der Zee
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Nem o Céu Perdoa (1950)- 4.94 ★Frank Matson
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Na Teia do Destino (1949)- 6.78 ★Martin Donnelly
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Coração Prisioneiro (1949)- 6.52 ★Larry Quinada
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A Sedutora Madame Bovary (1949)- 6.70 ★Gustave Flaubert
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Mundos Opostos (1949)- 7.00 ★Brandon Bourne
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Condenado (1947)- 7.34 ★Johnny McQueen
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A Taça da Amargura (1947)- 6.70 ★Michael Joyce
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The Wicked Lady (1945)- 6.04 ★Captain Jerry Jackson
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A Morta Apaixonada (1945)- 5.40 ★Henry Smedhurst
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The Seventh Veil (1945)- 6.43 ★Nicholas Cunningham
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They Were Sisters (1945)- 5.60 ★Geoffrey Lee
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Hotel Reserve (1944)- 6.50 ★Peter Vadassy
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Fanny by Gaslight (1944)- 5.70 ★Lord Manderstoke
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Candlelight in Algeria (1944)- 5.70 ★Alan Thurston
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O Homem de Cinzento (1943)- 5.92 ★Lord Rohan
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They Met in the Dark (1943)- 6.31 ★Richard Francis Heritage
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The Bells Go Down (1943)- 7.40 ★Ted Robbins
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Secret Mission (1942)- 4.20 ★Raoul de Carnot
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Hatter's Castle (1942)- 6.30 ★Dr. Renwick
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Thunder Rock (1942)- 6.40 ★Streeter
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A Noite Tem Olhos (1942)- 6.30 ★Stephen Deremid
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Alibi (1942)- 6.00 ★Andre Laurent
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The Patient Vanishes (1941)- 0.00 ★Mick Cardby
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I Met a Murderer (1939)- 4.70 ★Mark Warrow
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L'avare (1939)- 0.00 ★Valere - In love with Elise
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Fogo Sobre a Inglaterra (1937)- 6.00 ★Hillary Vane
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The High Command (1937)- 5.60 ★Capt. Heverell
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A Volta do Pimpinela Escarlate (1937)- 4.20 ★Jean Tallien
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The Mill on the Floss (1937)- 6.00 ★Tom Tulliver
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Catch as Catch Can (1937)- 0.00 ★Robert Leyland
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Secret of Stamboul (1936)- 6.00 ★Larry
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Prison Breaker (1936)- 0.00 ★'Bunny' Barnes
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Twice Branded (1936)- 6.00 ★Henry Hamilton
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Late Extra (1935)- 5.50 ★Jim Martin