Ronald Shiner

Ronald Shiner

Ronald Alfred Shiner (8 June 1903 in London – 29 June 1966 in London) was a British stand-up comedian and comedic actor whose career encompassed film, West End theatre and music hall. A former Royal Northwest Mounted Police Officer, farmer, greengrocer, milkman, bookie's clerk, soldier and film extra, Shiner shot to fame appearing in 1,700 performances of the stage hit Worm's Eye View from 1945 to 1947 (he would later top his own record by appearing in the play Seagulls Over Sorrento for 2,000 performances between 1950 and 1954). At the height of his career Shiner insured his nose for £10,000 because he said "it's me beak which made 'em larf." In retirement he owned a pub at Blackboys in Sussex but was plagued by ill health in his final years and retired to Eastbourne. He died there in June 1966 leaving an estate of £30,955.

  • Popularity : 0.694
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1903-06-08
  • Place of Birth : London, England
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Ronald Shiner Movies

  • 1936
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    Limelight

    Limelight

    8 1936 HD

    A chorus girl (Anna Neagle) discovers a singer (Arthur Tracy) in the streets and asks her producer to give him a shot at stardom.

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  • 1940
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    The Case of the Frightened Lady

    The Case of the Frightened Lady

    6.5 1940 HD

    A classic British thriller set in a sinister old house, based on a story by Edgar Wallace.

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  • 1942
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    King Arthur Was a Gentleman

    King Arthur Was a Gentleman

    5.2 1942 HD

    Arthur King joins the army, and soon starts fantasizing about King Arthur and his knights.

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  • 1949
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    Forbidden

    Forbidden

    6.9 1949 HD

    Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling...

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  • 1939
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    The Gang's All Here

    The Gang's All Here

    5 1939 HD

    John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a...

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  • 1938
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    A Yank at Oxford

    A Yank at Oxford

    6.7 1938 HD

    A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

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  • 1956
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    Dry Rot

    Dry Rot

    7.1 1956 HD

    Comedy about a trio of not particularly bright bookmakers who try to fix a horse race.

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  • 1953
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    Innocents in Paris

    Innocents in Paris

    5.1 1953 HD

    Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.

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  • 1940
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    Let George Do It!

    Let George Do It!

    5.7 1940 HD

    Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken...

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  • 1960
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    The Night We Got the Bird

    The Night We Got the Bird

    4.5 1960 HD

    Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.

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  • 1947
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    The Adventures of Dusty Bates

    The Adventures of Dusty Bates

    4 1947 HD

    Dusty Bates observes some smuggled jewels hidden in a crate aboard a ship; he is pursued by low-lifes when the crate is put ashore.

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  • 1953
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    Laughing Anne

    Laughing Anne

    4.3 1953 HD

    Story of love affair of captain who runs ship in Java Seas and a French saloon singer. From a story "Because of the dollars" by Joseph Conrad.

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  • 1939
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    Flying Fifty-Five

    Flying Fifty-Five

    7.6 1939 HD

    Bill Urquhart, a young wastrel disinherited by his father, tries to get a job as a jockey – just about the only thing he’s really good...

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  • 1943
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    Get Cracking

    Get Cracking

    6.5 1943 HD

    Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was...

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  • 1946
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    George in Civvy Street

    George in Civvy Street

    7.5 1946 HD

    George Formby plays George Harper, a tavern owner, who works to turn a waitress from her current employer, a rival tavern owner, when Formby falls in...

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  • 1958
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    Girls at Sea

    Girls at Sea

    6 1958 HD

    When HMS Scotia pays a visit to the French Riviera, the officers throw a lavish party to celebrate the engagement of Captain Robert Randall to Jill...

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  • 1939
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    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

    The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

    1 1939 HD

    An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.

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  • 1959
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    The Navy Lark

    The Navy Lark

    6.8 1959 HD

    An Inshore Minesweeping Unit has been forgotten by the Navy after World War II on the peaceful island of Boonsley and they have adapted to their...

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  • 1934
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    Wild Boy

    Wild Boy

    1 1934 HD

    This film is a caper story of greyhound racing and the efforts of a crooked dog owner to stop a rival's dog, Wild Boy, from running in the Greyhound...

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  • 1938
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    St. Martin's Lane

    St. Martin's Lane

    7.2 1938 HD

    On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic...

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  • 1954
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    Aunt Clara

    Aunt Clara

    4.5 1954 HD

    A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt...

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  • 1937
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    London Melody

    London Melody

    5 1937 HD

    Jacqueline intrigues a diplomat, so unbeknown to her he finds her an apartment and finances her musical training. She ends up falling in love with...

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  • 1935
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    Squibs

    Squibs

    3.7 1935 HD

    Squibs, a cockney flowerseller with a father overwhelmed by gambling debts wins through with the help of assorted friends and a romantically inclined...

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  • 1951
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    Worm's Eye View

    Worm's Eye View

    1 1951 HD

    Incidents in the lives of a group of R.A.F. men living in billets.

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  • 1939
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    The Missing People

    The Missing People

    1 1939 HD

    27 well-to-do people have all vanished under similar circumstances. J.G. Reeder, an elderly gentleman who fancies himself a detective, decides to...

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  • 1939
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    Trouble Brewing

    Trouble Brewing

    6 1939 HD

    Ealing comedy starring music hall star George Formby. An eager newspaper reporter (Formby) goes undercover to expose a gang of counterfeiters. Posing...

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  • 1939
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    Come on George!

    Come on George!

    5.4 1939 HD

    George Formby, who plays George, a stable boy. He also has the unique ability to soothe an anxious racing horse. Expectedly, George races the horse...

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  • 1956
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    Keep It Clean

    Keep It Clean

    4.5 1956 HD

    A man invents a new cleaning machine. His brother in law offers to help him promote it and they get help from the Purity League.

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  • 1952
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    Little Big Shot

    Little Big Shot

    4.5 1952 HD

    Harry Hawkwood is the son of 'Pa' Hawkwood, one of England's greatest crooks, and it's Harry's ambition to follow in father's footsteps and be as...

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  • 1934
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    Doctor's Orders

    Doctor's Orders

    6 1934 HD

    Leslie Fuller stars as a quack whose son qualifies as a doctor in total ignorance of his father's occupation!

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  • 1940
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    Spare a Copper

    Spare a Copper

    7 1940 HD

    George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned...

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  • 1941
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    Old Bill and Son

    Old Bill and Son

    6.5 1941 HD

    Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to...

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  • 1936
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    Excuse My Glove

    Excuse My Glove

    1 1936 HD

    A young man, whose main interest in life is stained glass, accidentally accepts a challenge to fight in a fair boxing booth.

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  • 1953
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    Top of the Form

    Top of the Form

    5 1953 HD

    A con man hides out in a boys' school, posing as a professor. When the undisciplined and lazy boys have to pass a few tests, cheating becomes the...

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  • 1942
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    The Balloon Goes Up

    The Balloon Goes Up

    5.3 1942 HD

    Balloon unit WAAFs catch German spies.

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  • 1957
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    Carry on Admiral

    Carry on Admiral

    6 1957 HD

    Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack...

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  • 1937
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    Beauty and the Barge

    Beauty and the Barge

    6.4 1937 HD

    A young girl is engaged to a man she doesn't love, and rather than marry him she decides to flee the situation altogether. She is helped by a crusty...

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  • 1935
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    It's a Bet

    It's a Bet

    1 1935 HD

    A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the...

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  • 1944
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    Bees in Paradise

    Bees in Paradise

    5.3 1944 HD

    Four pilots become stranded on a tropical island inhabited by beautiful women.

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  • 1954
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    Up to His Neck

    Up to His Neck

    1 1954 HD

    A maritime farce set in the South Seas. A strong supporting cast includes Brian Rix, Anthony Newley & Harry Fowler.

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  • 1940
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    The Middle Watch

    The Middle Watch

    5 1940 HD

    Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon,...

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  • 1957
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    Not Wanted on Voyage

    Not Wanted on Voyage

    6.5 1957 HD

    The scheming Albert Higgins and his dim witted mate Cecil Hollebone, set out on a ocean voyage under the exasperated chief steward. Along for the...

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  • 1952
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    The Magic Box

    The Magic Box

    6.3 1952 HD

    Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As young and handsome William Green he changed his name to...

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  • 1935
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    Once a Thief

    Once a Thief

    5 1935 HD

    Down on his luck inventor Roger (John Stuart) "borrows" some money from a handbag he finds but things go wrong when a necklace from the bag goes...

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  • 1935
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    Gentlemen's Agreement

    Gentlemen's Agreement

    7.3 1935 HD

    A young doctor realises that his father is a quack and changes places with a down-and-out.

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  • 1959
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    Operation Bullshine

    Operation Bullshine

    5.1 1959 HD

    During World War II, a Royal Artillery officer is assigned to an anti-aircraft battery that is filled with female soldiers of the Auxiliary...

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  • 1943
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    The Gentle Sex

    The Gentle Sex

    7 1943 HD

    During the War seven women from very different backgrounds find themselves together in the Auxiliary Territorial Services. They are soon drilling,...

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  • 1942
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    Unpublished Story

    Unpublished Story

    6.3 1942 HD

    Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.

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  • 1942
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    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    7.2 1942 HD

    A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and...

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  • 1943
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    My Learned Friend

    My Learned Friend

    6 1943 HD

    An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him...

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  • 1943
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    Miss London Ltd.

    Miss London Ltd.

    5.2 1943 HD

    Askey stars as a man trying to save his flagging escort agency. A new partner suggests getting some new girls in, just in time for the soldiers'...

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  • 1945
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    I Live in Grosvenor Square

    I Live in Grosvenor Square

    7.1 1945 HD

    The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean...

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  • 1945
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    Caesar and Cleopatra

    Caesar and Cleopatra

    6.1 1945 HD

    The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.

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  • 1938
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    They Drive by Night

    They Drive by Night

    5.8 1938 HD

    “Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he...

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  • 1940
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    Salvage with a Smile

    Salvage with a Smile

    1 1940 HD

    Wartime propaganda short in which a professor enlists the help of a dustman to explain the importance of saving paper, bones and metal to help the...

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  • 1941
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    South American George

    South American George

    6 1941 HD

    To help out his exact double, George Formby (in a dual role) takes the place of a noted South American tenor. This way he can help the opera star...

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  • 1942
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    They Flew Alone

    They Flew Alone

    6 1942 HD

    The story of flyer Amy Johnson the girl from Yorkshire who won the hearts of the British public in the 1930s with her record-breaking solo flights...

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  • 1943
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    Thursday's Child

    Thursday's Child

    5.3 1943 HD

    A couple's little girl becomes a movie star, but all it seems to bring is trouble.

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  • 1942
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    Sabotage at Sea

    Sabotage at Sea

    5 1942 HD

    The captain of a British cargo ship shanghais a group of sabateurs, unaware that the daughter of the ship’s owner is among them.

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  • 1937
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    Dinner at the Ritz

    Dinner at the Ritz

    5.5 1937 HD

    The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her father's colleagues who plotted against him.

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  • 1947
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    The Man Within

    The Man Within

    5.7 1947 HD

    A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.

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