The Black Panther (film)
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The Black Panther is a 1977 British
thriller film directed by Ian Merrick and starring Donald Sumpter
, Debbie Farrington and Marjorie Yates
. Ex-soldier turned armed robbery Donald Neilson
kidnaps an heiress
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Cinema of the United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema. The first moving pictures developed on celluloid film were made in Hyde Park, London in 1889 by William Friese Greene, a British inventor, who patented the process in 1890. It is generally regarded that the British film industry...
thriller film directed by Ian Merrick and starring Donald Sumpter
Donald Sumpter
Donald Sumpter is a British actor. He has appeared in film and television since the mid 1960s.-Life and work:One of his early television appearances was the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Wheel in Space with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. He appeared in Doctor Who again in the 1972 serial The Sea...
, Debbie Farrington and Marjorie Yates
Marjorie Yates
Marjorie Yates is a British actress most famous for her role as Carol Fisher in the Channel 4 drama Shameless.Yates was born in Birmingham, England, and studied at the Bournville College of Art...
. Ex-soldier turned armed robbery Donald Neilson
Donald Neilson
Donald Neilson is a British multiple murderer and armed robber...
kidnaps an heiress
Beneficiary
A beneficiary in the broadest sense is a natural person or other legal entity who receives money or other benefits from a benefactor. For example: The beneficiary of a life insurance policy, is the person who receives the payment of the amount of insurance after the death of the insured...
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Cast
- Donald SumpterDonald SumpterDonald Sumpter is a British actor. He has appeared in film and television since the mid 1960s.-Life and work:One of his early television appearances was the 1968 Doctor Who serial The Wheel in Space with Patrick Troughton as the Doctor. He appeared in Doctor Who again in the 1972 serial The Sea...
- Donald Neilson - Debbie Farrington - Lesley Whittle
- Marjorie YatesMarjorie YatesMarjorie Yates is a British actress most famous for her role as Carol Fisher in the Channel 4 drama Shameless.Yates was born in Birmingham, England, and studied at the Bournville College of Art...
- Neilson's Wife - Sylvia O'Donnell - Neilson's Daughter
- Andrew BurtAndrew BurtAndrew Burt is an English actor, who has appeared in many British TV drama series from the 1970s to the present day...
- Lesley's Brother - Alison Key - Lesley's Sister-In-Law
- Ruth DunningRuth DunningRuth Dunning was a Welsh actress of stage, television, and film. She first came to prominence in the role of Gladys Grove in BBC Television's The Grove Family , also portraying that character in the 1955 film It's a Great Day...
- Lesley's Mother - David SwiftDavid SwiftDavid Swift is a British actor.He was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, and educated at Clifton College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he studied law. He then embarked on a career as a businessman with his father-in-law, J.P Jacobs, whose company supplied all the elastic to Marks &...
- Detective Chief Superintendent