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Sir John Mills , CBE ( ___MASK72___ February 190823 ___MASK89___ ) was an English actor who appeared in more than 120 films in a career spanning seven decades . On screen , he often played people who are not at all exceptional , but become heroes because of their common sense , generosity and good judgment . He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his work in " Ryan ' s Daughter " ( ___MASK98___ ). Get Carter is a ___MASK44___ British crime film directed by Mike Hodges and starring Michael Caine , Ian Hendry , Britt Ekland , John Osborne and Bryan Mosley . The screenplay was adapted by Hodges from Ted Lewis ' s 1969 novel " Jack ' s Return Home ". Producer Michael Klinger optioned the book and made a deal for the ailing Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer ( MGM ) studio to finance and release the film , bringing in Hodges and Caine . Caine became a co - producer of the film . " Get Carter " was Hodges ' first feature film as director , as well as being the screen debut of Alun Armstrong . MGM was scaling back its European operations and the film became the last project approved before the American company closed its Borehamwood studios . The film is set in north east England and was filmed in and around Newcastle upon Tyne , Gateshead and County Durham . Mary Hayley Bell , Lady Mills ( ___MASK72___ January ___MASK22___  ___MASK32___ December 2005 ) was an English actress and writer , married for 64 years to actor Sir John Mills . Her novel " Whistle Down the Wind " was adapted as a film , starring her teenage daughter , actress Hayley Mills . Walter Elias " Walt " Disney ( December ___MASK86___ , 1901December 15 , 1966 ) was an American entrepreneur , animator , voice actor and film producer . A pioneer of the American animation industry , he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons . As a film producer , Disney holds the record for most Academy Awards earned by an individual , having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations . He was presented with two Golden Globe Special Achievement Awards and an Emmy Award , among other honors . Several of his films are included in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress . Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills ( born ___MASK29___ ) is an English actress . The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell , and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills , Mills began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising newcomer , winning the BAFTA Award for Most Promising Newcomer for " Tiger Bay " ( 1959 ), the Academy Juvenile Award for " Pollyanna " ( 1960 ) and Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year  Actress in 1961 . During her early career , she appeared in six films for Walt Disney , including her dual role as twins Susan and Sharon in the Disney film " The Parent Trap " ( 1961 ). Simon Templar is a fictional character known as The Saint . He featured in a long - running series of books by Leslie Charteris published between ___MASK50___ and ___MASK19___ . After that date , other authors collaborated with Charteris on books until ___MASK79___ ; two additional works produced without Charteris ' s participation were published in 1997 . The character has also been portrayed in motion pictures , radio dramas , comic strips , comic books and three television series . The Night They Raided Minsky ' s is a ___MASK96___ musical comedy film directed by William Friedkin and produced by Norman Lear . It is a fictional account of the invention of the striptease at Minsky ' s Burlesque in 1925 . The film is based on the novel by Rowland Barber , published in 1960 . William Friedkin ( born August 29 , ___MASK40___ ) is an American film director , producer and screenwriter best known for directing " The French Connection " in ___MASK44___ and " The Exorcist " in 1973 ; for the former , he won the Academy Award for Best Director . Some of his other films include " Sorcerer ", " Cruising ", " To Live and Die in L . A .", " Jade ", " Rules of Engagement ", " The Hunted ", " Bug ", and " Killer Joe ". Endless Night is a ___MASK12___ British horror and crime film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Hayley Mills , Britt Ekland , Per Oscarsson , Hywel Bennett and George Sanders . Based on the novel Endless Night by Agatha Christie , the plot follows a newlywed couple are threatened after building their dream home on cursed land . Hercule Poirot is a fictional Belgian detective , created by Dame Agatha Christie . Poirot is one of Christie ' s most famous and long - lived characters , appearing in 33 novels , one play (" Black Coffee "), and more than 50 short stories published between ___MASK99___ and ___MASK4___ . Britt Ekland ( born Britt - Marie Eklund ; ___MASK85___ October 1942 ) is a Swedish film , stage , and television actress , and singer . She appeared in numerous films in her heyday throughout the 1960s and 1970s , including critically acclaimed roles in William Friedkin ' s " The Night They Raided Minsky ' s " ( 1968 ), and the British crime film " Get Carter " ( ___MASK44___ ), which established her as a movie sex symbol . She also starred in the British cult horror film " The Wicker Man " ( 1973 ) and appeared as a Bond girl in " The Man with the Golden Gun " ( 1974 ). Jane Marple , usually referred to as Miss Marple , is a fictional character appearing in 12 of Agatha Christie ' s crime novels and in ___MASK52___ short stories . Miss Marple is an elderly spinster who lives in the village of St . Mary Mead and acts as an amateur consulting detective . Alongside Hercule Poirot , she is one of the most loved and famous of Christie ' s characters and has been portrayed numerous times on screen . Her first appearance was in a short story published in " The Royal Magazine " in December 1927 , " The Tuesday Night Club ", which later became the first chapter of " The Thirteen Problems " ( 1932 ). Her first appearance in a full - length novel was in " The Murder at the Vicarage " in 1930 . All About Eve is a ___MASK75___ American drama film written and directed by Joseph L . Mankiewicz , and produced by Darryl F . Zanuck . It was based on the 1946 short story " The Wisdom of Eve " by Mary Orr , although screen credit was not given for it . Hywel Thomas Bennett ( born ___MASK66___ April ___MASK97___ ) is a Welsh film and television actor . Bennett is known for his recurring title role as James Shelley in the television sitcoms " Shelley " ( 1979  84 ) and its sequel " The Return of Shelley " ( ___MASK33___  92 ). King Richard and the Crusaders , also known as " The Talisman ", is a ___MASK82___ historical drama film made by Warner Bros . It was directed by David Butler and produced by Henry Blanke from a screenplay by John Twist based on Sir Walter Scott ' s novel " The Talisman ". The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by J . Peverell Marley . This was Warner Bros .' first essay into CinemaScope . The film stars Rex Harrison , Virginia Mayo , George Sanders and Laurence Harvey , with Robert Douglas , Michael Pate and Paula Raymond . " King Richard and the Crusaders " was listed in the ___MASK25___ book " The Fifty Worst Films of All Time ". Sidney Gilliat ( ___MASK20___ February ___MASK84___  31 May 1994 ) was a British film director , producer and writer . Mr . Freeze ( Dr . Victor Fries ) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics , commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman . Created by Bob Kane , David Wood and Sheldon Moldoff , the character first appeared in " Batman " # 121 ( February ___MASK100___ ), where he was known as Mr . Zero . Mr . Freeze is one of Batman ' s most enduring enemies and belongs to the collective of adversaries that make up Batman ' s rogues gallery . Per Oscar Heinrich Oscarsson ( ___MASK94___ ___MASK7___  31 December 2010 ) was a Swedish actor . George Henry Sanders ( ___MASK3___ July ___MASK47___  ___MASK51___ April 1972 ) was a Russian - born English film and television actor , singer - songwriter , music composer , and author . His career as an actor spanned more than 40 years . His upper - class English accent and bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters . He is perhaps best known as Jack Favell in " Rebecca " ( ___MASK5___ ), Scott ffolliott in " Foreign Correspondent " ( ___MASK5___ ) ( a rare heroic part ), Addison DeWitt in " All About Eve " ( ___MASK75___ ), for which he won an Academy Award , King Richard the Lionheart in " King Richard and the Crusaders " ( 1954 ), Mr . Freeze in a two - parter episode of " Batman " ( 1966 ), the voice of the malevolent man - hating tiger Shere Khan in Disney ' s " The Jungle Book " ( 1967 ), and as Simon Templar , " The Saint ", in five films made in the 1930s and 1940s . The Mousetrap is a murder mystery play by Agatha Christie . " The Mousetrap " opened in London ' s West End in ___MASK61___ , and has been running continuously since then . The longest running West End show , it has by far the longest initial run of any play in history , with its 25 , 000th performance taking place on 18 November 2012 . The play is known for its twist ending , which the audience are traditionally asked not to reveal after leaving the theatre . Juliet Maryon Mills ( born ___MASK65___ ) is a British and American actress . She is the daughter of actor Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell and the eldest of three siblings : her younger siblings are actress Hayley Mills and director Jonathan Mills . Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie , Lady Mallowan , DBE (" née " Miller ; ___MASK20___ September 1890  12 ___MASK93___ ) was an English crime novelist , short story writer and playwright . She is best known for her 66 detective novels and ___MASK31___ short story collections , particularly those revolving her fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple . She also wrote the world ' s longest - running play , a murder mystery , " The Mousetrap ", and six romances under the name Mary Westmacott . In ___MASK44___ she was made a Dame for her contribution to literature .