This is a list of notable films financed by J. Arthur Rank and The Rank Organisation
1930s
edit1935
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1935 | Turn of the Tide | British National | Norman Walker | John Corfield | Wilfrid Lawson | First film from Rank; distributed by Gaumont British |
1935 | The Iron Duke | Gaumont | Victor Saville | Michael Balcon | George Arliss | Biopic of Duke of Wellington |
1935 | Car of Dreams | Gaumont | Graham Cutts, Austin Melford | Michael Balcon | Grete Mosheim | |
1935 | Foreign Affaires | Gainsborough | Tom Walls | Michael Balcon | Tom Walls | Based on farce by Ben Travers |
May 1935 | Heat Wave | Gainsborough | Maurice Elvey | Jerome Jackson | Albert Burdon | |
Jun 1935 | The 39 Steps | Gaumont | Alfred Hitchcock | Ivor Montagu | Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll | One of 20 most popular films of year |
Jul 1935 | Boys Will Be Boys | Gainsborough | William Beaudine | Will Hay | comedy | |
Jul 1935 | The Clairvoyant | Gaumont | Maurice Elvey | Michael Balcon | Claude Rains, Fay Wray | Co-production with Fox |
Jul 1935 | Bulldog Jack | Gaumont | Walter Forde | Michael Balcon | Jack Hulbert | |
Aug 1935 | Stormy Weather | Gainsborough | Tom Walls | Michael Balcon | Tom Walls | Based on farce by Ben Travers |
Oct 1935 | The Guv'nor | Gaumont | Milton Rosner | Michael Balcon | George Arliss | |
Nov 1935 | Moscow Nights | London/Capital | Anthony Asquith | Alexis Granowsky, Alex Korda | Laurence Olivier, Harry Baur | Made with Alexander Korda |
Nov 1935 | No Monkey Business | Radius | Marcel Varnel | Julius Haemann | Gene Gerrard |
1936
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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Jan 1936 | Limelight | Wilcox | Herbert Wilcox | Herbert Wilcox | Anna Neagle | musical |
Jan 1936 | The Improper Duchess | City | Harry Hughes | Maurice Browne | Yvonne Arnaud | Based on play |
Feb 1936 | King of the Castle | City | Redd Davis | Basil Humphrys | June Clyde | |
Feb 1936 | Rhodes of Africa | Gaumont | Berthold Viertel | Leslie Arliss | Walter Huston | biopic of Cecil Rhodes, shot in Rhodesia |
Feb 1936 | When Knights Were Bold | Capital | Jack Raymond | Max Schach | Jack Buchanan, Fay Wray | musical |
Feb 1936 | Public Nuisance Number 1 | Cecil | Marcel Varnel | Hermann Fellner, Max Schach | Frances Day | |
Mar 1936 | Fame | Wilcox | Leslie S. Hiscott | Herbert Wilcox | Sydney Howard | |
Mar 1936 | Debt of Honour | British National | Norman Walker | John Corfeld | Leslie Banks, Will Fyffe | |
Apr 1936 | Pot Luck | Gainsborough | Tom Walls | Michael Balcon | Tom Walls, Ralph Lynn | Based on farce by Ben Travers |
May 1936 | Love in Exile | Capitol | Alfred L. Werker | Max Schach | Helen Vinson | |
May 1936 | The Marriage of Corbal | Capitol | Karl Grune | Max Schach | Nils Asther | historical drama |
Jun 1936 | Seven Sinners | Gaumont | Albert de Courville | Edmund Lowe, Constance Cummings | ||
Jun 1936 | The Secret Agent | Gaumont | Alfred Hitchcock | Michael Balcon | John Gielgud, Madeleine Carroll | Spy thriller |
Aug 1936 | Where There's a Will | Gainsborough | William Beaudine | Michael Balcon | Will Hay | comedy |
Aug 1936 | East Meets West | Gaumont | Herbert Mason | George Arliss | ||
Sep 1936 | Tudor Rose | Gaumont | Robert Stevenson | Hubert Bath | John Mills | Story of Lady Jane Grey |
Sep 1936 | Dishonour Bright | Cecil, Capitol | Tom Wallis | Hermann Fellner, Max Schach | Tom Walls | Based on farce by Ben Travers |
Sep 1936 | Southern Roses | Capitol, Grafton | Frederic Zelnik | Max Schach, Isadore Goldsmith | George Robey | |
1936 | Millions | Wilcox | Leslie Hiscott | Herbert Wilcox | Gordon Harker | |
Oct 1936 | Everything is Thunder | Gaumont | Milton Rosner | Constance Bennett | ||
Oct 1936 | Tropical Trouble | City | Harry Hughes | Basil Humphrys | Douglass Montgomery | |
Oct 1936 | The Secret of Stamboul | Richard Wainwright | Andrew Marton | Richard Wainwright | Valerie Hobson | |
Oct 1936 | Land without Music | Capitol | Walter Forde | Max Schach | Richard Tauber | |
Nov 1936 | This'll Make You Whistle | Wilcox | Herbert Wilcox | Herbert Wilcox | Jack Buchanan | musical |
Dec 1936 | You Must Get Married | City | Lesley Pearce | Basil Humphrys | Frances Day | comedy |
Dec 1936 | Windbag the Sailor | Gainsborough, Gaumont | William Beaudine | Michael Balcon | Will Hay | comedy |
Dec 1936 | Sabotage | Gaumont | Alfred Hitchcock | Michael Balcon | Sylvia Sidney, Oscar Homolka | Based on novel by Joseph Conrad |
1937
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1937 | Splinters in the Air | Wilcox | Alfred J Goulding | Herbert Wilcox | Sydney Howard | |
1937 | Sunset in Vienna | Wilcox | Norman Walker | Herbert Wilcox | Lili Palmer | |
Jan 1937 | Good Morning, Boys | Gainsborough | Marcel Varnel | Edward Black | Will Hay | Comedy |
Jan 1937 | OHMS | Gaumont | Raoul Walsh | Wallace Ford, John Mills | ||
Jan 1937 | Head Over Heels | Gaumont | Sonnie Hale | Jessie Matthews | musical | |
Feb 1937 | The Great Barrier | Gaumont | Milton Rosner, Geoffrey Barkas | Richard Arlen, Lili Palmer | Shot in Canada | |
Feb 1937 | London Melody | Wilcox | Herbert Wilcox | Herbert Wilcox | Anna Neagle | |
Mar 1937 | For Valour | Capitol | Tom Walls | Max Schach | Tom Walls | Based on farce by Ben Travers |
Mar 1937 | The Frog | Wilcox | Jack Raymond | Herbert Wilcox | Gordon Harker | |
Apr 1937 | The Gang Show | Alfred J. Goulding | Herbert Wilcox | Ralph Reader | ||
Apr 1937 | Our Fighting Navy | Wilcox | Norman Walker | Herbert Wilcox | Robert Douglas | |
Apr 1937 | O-Kay for Sound | Gainsborough | Marcel Varnel | Edward Black | The Crazy Gang | comedy |
May 1937 | Take My Tip | Gaumont | Herbert Mason | Michael Balcon | Jack Hulbert, Cecily Courtnidge | |
Jun 1937 | King Solomon's Mines | Gaumont | Robert Stevenson | Michael Hogan | Paul Robeson | Based on novel by H Rider Haggard |
Jul 1937 | Said O'Reilly to McNab | Gainsborough | William Beaudine | Edward Black | Will Mahoney, Will Fyffe | |
Jul 1937 | Gangway | Gaumont | Sonnie Hale | Jessie Matthews | musical comedy | |
Aug 1937 | School for Husbands | Richard Wainwright | Andrew Martin | Richard Wainwright | Rex Harrison | |
Aug 1937 | Command Performance | Grosvernor Films | Sinclair Hill | Harcourt Templeman | ||
Aug 1937 | Dr Syn | Gainsborough | Roy William Neil | Edward Black | George Arliss, Margaret Lockwood | Based on classic novel |
Sep 1937 | Non-Stop New York | Gaumont | Robert Stevenson | Anna Lee | ||
Sep 1937 | Smash and Grab | Tim Whelan | Jack Buchanan | Jack Buchanan | ||
Oct 1937 | Oh, Mr Porter! | Gainsborough | Marcel Varnel | Edward Black | Will Hay | Comedy |
Nov 1937 | Young and Innocent | Gaumont | Alfred Hitchcock | Edward Black | Nova Pilbeam | Thriller |
1938
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1938 | Alf's Button Afloat | Gainsborough | Marcel Varney | Edward Black | The Crazy Gang | |
1938 | A Spot of Bother | David MacDonald | Anthony Havelock Allen | |||
1938 | Follow Your Star | Sinclair Hill | Harcourt Templeman | Arthur Tracy | ||
1938 | The Sky's the Limit | Jack Buchanan | Jack Buchanan | Jack Buchanan | ||
Jan 1938 | Second Best Bed | Capitol | Tom Walls | Max Schach | Tom Walls | Based on farce by Ben Travers |
Jan 1938 | Sweet Devil | Pinewood | Jack Buchanan | |||
Jan 1938 | Owd Bob | Gainsborough | Robert Stevenson | |||
Jan 1938 | Bank Holiday | Gainsborough | Carol Reed | Edward Black | Margaret Lockwood | comedy-drama |
Mar 1938 | Kicking the Moon Around | Walter Forde | ||||
Apr 1938 | Sailing Along | Gaumont | Sonnie Hale | Jessie Matthews | Musical | |
May 1938 | Strange Boarders | Gainsborough | Herbert Mason | Edward Black | Tom Walls | |
Jun 1938 | Break the News | Jack Buchanan | Rene Clair | Rene Clair | Maurice Chevalier | |
Aug 1938 | Kate Plus Ten | Richard Wainwright | Jeffrey Dell | Richard Wainwright | Jack Hulbert | |
Sep 1938 | Convict 99 | Gainsborough | Marcel Varney | Edward Black | Will Hay | comedy |
Oct 1938 | Hey! Hey! USA | Gainsborough | Marcel Varney | Michael Balcon | Will Hay | comedy |
Oct 1938 | Crackerjack | Gainsborough | Albert de Courville | Edward Black | Tom Walls | |
Oct 1938 | Pygmalion | Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard | Gabriel Pascal | Leslie Howard, Wendy Hill | Based on play by G.B. Shaw | |
Oct 1938 | The Lady Vanishes | Gaumont | Alfred Hitchcock | Edward Black | Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave | Script by Launder and Gilliat |
Oct 1938 | Lightning Conductor | Pinebrook | Maurice Elvey | Anthony Havelock Allen | Gordon Harker | |
Dec 1938 | Old Bones of the River | Marcel Varney | Will Hay | Comedy spoof of Sanders films |
1939
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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Jan 1939 | The Mikado | Victor Schertzinger | Geoffrey Toye | Kenny Baker | Based on play by Gilbert and Sullivan | |
Apr 1939 | A Girl Must Live | Gainsborough | Carol Reed | Edward Black | Margaret Lockwood | Comedy |
Oct 1939 | On the Night of the Fire | Brian Desmond Hurst | Ralph Richardson | |||
Nov 1939 | The Arsenal Stadium Mystery | G & S Films | Thorold Dickinson | Leslie Banks | ||
Nov 1939 | The Frozen Limits | Gainsborough | Marcel Varnel | Edward Black | The Crazy Gang | Comedy |
1940s
edit1940
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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Mar 1940 | Band Waggon | Gainsborough | Marcel Varney | Edward Black | Arthur Askey | Comedy based on BBC radio show |
May 1940 | For Freedom | Gainsborough | Maurice Elvey | Edward Black | Will Fyffe | |
Jun 1940 | A Window in London | G & S Films | Herbert Mason | Michael Redgrave | ||
Aug 1940 | Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt | Gainborough | Walter Forde | Edward Black | Arthur Askey | Based on Brandon Thomas farce |
Dec 1940 | Neutral Port | Gainsborough | Walter Forde | Edward Black | Will Fyffe |
1941
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 1941 | Gasbags | Gainsborough | Walter Ford, Marcel Varnel | Edward Black | The Crazy Gang | |
Feb 1941 | Freedom Radio | Two Cities | Anthony Asquith | Mario Zampi | ||
Mar 1941 | Old Bill and Son | Ian Dalyrymple | ||||
May 1941 | The Ghost Train | Gainsborough | Walter Forde | Edward Black | Arthur Askey | Based on stage play |
Aug 1941 | Major Barbara (1941) | Gabriel Pascal Productions | Gabriel Pascal | Gabriel Pascal | Rex Harrison, Wendy Hiller | Based on play by G.B. Shaw |
Sep 1941 | Jeannie | Harold French | Marcell Hellman | |||
Sep 1941 | Cottage to Let | Gainsborough | Anthony Asquith | Edward Black | Leslie Banks | |
Sep 1941 | He Found a Star | John Corfield Productions | John Paddy Carstairs | John Corfield | Vic Oliver | |
Oct 1941 | The 49th Parallel | The Archers | Michael Powell | Powell & Pressberger | Laurence Olivier, Eric Portman | WW2 film, set in Canada |
Oct 1941 | I Thank You | Gainsborough | Marcel Varney | Edward Black | Arthur Askey | |
Dec 1941 | Hi Gang! | Gainsborough | Marcel Varnel | Edward Black | Bebe Daniels, Ben Lyon |
1942
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 1942 | Back Room Boy | Gainsborough | Herbert Mason | Edward Black | Arthur Askey | comedy |
May 1942 | Hard Steel | GHW Productions | Norman Walker | James Sloan | Wilfrid Lawson | |
Jun 1942 | The Day Will Dawn | Harold French | Paul Soskin | Ralph Richardson | WW2, set in Norway | |
Aug 1942 | Unpublished Story | Two Cities | Harold French | Anthony Havelock-Allen | Richard Greene, Valeria Hobson | Co-production with Columbia [citation needed] |
Aug 1942 | Uncensored | Gainsborough | Anthony Asquith | Edward Black | Eric Portman, Phyllis Calvert | WW2, set in Belgium |
Sep 1942 | The First of the Few | Leslie Howard | Leslie Howard | Leslie Howard, David Niven | WW2, Biopic of Mitchell | |
Oct 1942 | Secret Mission | Excelsior | Harold French | Marcell Hellman | Hugh Williams, James Mason | WW2 |
Nov 1942 | The Great Mr Handel | GWH Productions | Norman Walker | James Sloan | Wilfrid Lawson | Biopic of Handell |
Sep 1942 | In Which We Serve | Two Cities | Noël Coward | Noël Coward | Noël Coward | WW2 film, one of biggest hits of the year |
Dec 1942 | King Arthur Was a Gentleman | Gainsborough | Marcel Varney | Edward Black | Arthur Askey | comedy |
1943
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 1943 | It's That Man Again | Gainsborough | Walter Forde | Edward Black | Tommy Handley | |
Mar 1943 | The Silver Fleet | The Archers | Vernon Sewell, Gordon Wellesley | Powell & Pressburger | Ralph Richardson | |
Apr 1943 | We Dive at Dawn | Gainsborough | Anthony Asquith | Edward Black | Eric Portman, John Mills | WW2 |
Apr 1943 | The Gentle Sex | Two Cities | Leslie Howard | Derrick de Marney | Joan Gates | WW2; Howard's last film; minor hit |
Jun 1943 | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | The Archers | Powell & Pressberger | Powell & Pressberger | Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr | One of biggest hits of the year |
Aug 1943 | The Man in Grey | Gainsborough | Leslie Arliss | Edward Black | Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger | First Gainsborough melodrama |
Sep 1943 | The Flemish Farm | Two Cities | Jeffrey Dell | Sydney Box | Clive Brook | |
Sep 1943 | Dear Octopus | Gainsborough | Harold French | Edward Black | Margaret Lockwood, Michael Wilding | Based on play by Dodie Smith; minor hit |
Nov 1943 | They Met in the Dark | Excelsior | Karel Lamec | Marcel Hellman | James Mason | |
Nov 1943 | Millions Like Us | Gainsborough | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder | Edward Black | Eric Portman, Pat Roc | WW2 |
Nov 1943 | The Lamp Still Burns | Two Cities | Maurice Elvey | Leslie Howard | Rosamund John, Stewart Granger | Minor hit |
Dec1943 | The Demi-Paradise | Two Cities | Anthony Asquith | Filippo Del Giudice, Anatole de Grunwald | Laurence Olivier | WW2 |
1944
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 1944 | On Approval | Independent | Clive Brook | Sydney Box | Clive Brook | Based on play by Lonsdale |
Mar 1944 | Bees in Paradise | Gainsborough | Val Guest | Edward Black | Arthur Askey | comedy |
Apr 1944 | Tawny Pipit | Prestige | Bernard Miles, Charles Saunders | William Sistrom | ||
May 1944 | Fanny By Gaslight | Gainsborough | Anthony Asquith | Edward Black | James Mason, Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert, Jean Kent | 2nd Gainsborough melodrama, one of biggest hits of year |
Jun 1944 | This Happy Breed | Two Cities | David Lean | Noël Coward | Robert Newton | Based on play by Noël Coward, one of biggest hits of year |
Jun 1944 | The Way Ahead | Two Cities | Carol Reed | Norman Walker | David Niven | WW2; one of biggest hits of year |
Jul 1944 | English Without Tears | Two Cities | Harold French | Anatole de Grunwald | Michael Wilding | Based on script by Terence Rattigan |
Jul 1944 | Give Us the Moon | Gainsborough | Val Guest | Edward Black | Margaret Lockwood, Vic Oliver | |
Aug 1944 | A Canterbury Tale | The Archers | Powell & Pressberger | Powell & Pressberger | Eric Portman | First P & P film to not be big hit |
Oct 1944 | Mr Emmanuel | Two Cities | Harold French | William Sistrom | Felix Aylmer | |
Nov 1944 | 2,000 Women | Gainsborough | Frank Launder | Edward Black | Phyllis Calvert, Pat Roc | minor hit |
Nov 1944 | Love Story | Gainsborough | Leslie Arliss | Harold Huth | Stewart Granger, Margaret Lockwood, Pat Roc | Gainsborough melodrama, one of biggest hits of year |
Nov 1944 | Don't Take It To Heart | Two Cities | Jeffrey Dell | Sydney Box | Richard Greene | |
1944 | Madonna of the Seven Moons | Gainsborough | Arthur Crabtree | R.J. Minney | Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger, Pat Roc | Gainsborough melodrama, one of biggest hits of year |
1945
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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Feb 1945 | Waterloo Road | Gainsborough | Sidney Gilliat | Edward Black | John Mills, Stewart Granger | Minor hit |
1945 | Henry V | Two Cities | Laurence Olivier | Filippo Del Guice | Laurence Olivier | Based on play by Shakespeare; minor hit |
1945 | A Place of One's Own | Gainsborough | Bernard Knowles | R.J. Minney | James Mason, Margaret Lockwood | Ghost story; minor hit |
May 1945 | Blithe Spirit | Two Cities | David Lean | Noël Coward, Constance Cummings | Rex Harrison | Based on play by Noël Coward; minor hit |
Jul 1945 | They Were Sisters | Gainsborough | Arthur Crabtree | Harold Huth | James Mason | Gainsborough melodrama; major hit |
Jun 1945 | The Way to the Stars (1945) | Two Cities | Anthony Asquith | Anatole de Grunwald | Trevor Howard | WW2; minor hit |
Jul 1945 | I'll Be Your Sweetheart | Gainsborough | Val Guest | Maurice Ostrer | Margaret Lockwood, Michael Rennie, Vic Oliver | musical; minor hit |
Oct 1945 | Johnny Frenchman | Ealing | Charles Frend | Michael Balcon | Tom Walls, Pat Roc | |
1945 | They Knew Mr. Knight | Norman Walker | Mervyn Johns | |||
Sep 1945 | Dead of Night | Ealing | Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden | Michael Balcon | horror anthology; minor hit | |
Oct 1945 | The Seventh Veil | Compton Bennett | Sydney Box | James Mason, Ann Todd | One of biggest hits of the year | |
Nov 1945 | Brief Encounter (1945) | David Lean | Noël Coward | Trevor Howard, Celia Johnson | Based on play by Noël Coward; major hit | |
Nov 1945 | I Know Where I'm Going! | The Archers | Powell & Pressburger | Powell & Pressburger | Wendy Hiller | Romantic comedy; minor hit |
Nov 1945 | The Wicked Lady | Gainsborough | Leslie Arliss | R.J. Minney | Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Pat Roc, Michael Rennie | Gainsborough melodrama; biggest hit of 1946 |
Dec 1945 | Pink String and Sealing Wax | Ealing | Robert Hamer | Michael Balcon | Mervyn Johns, Googie Withers | |
Dec 1945 | The Rake's Progress | Independent Producers | Sidney Gilliat | Launder & Gilliat | Rex Harrison | Comedy; hit |
1945 | Here Comes the Sun | John Baxter | Flanagan & Allen | comedy |
1946
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1946 | Caesar and Cleopatra | Gabriel Pascal | Gabriel Pascal | Gabriel Pascal | Claude Rains, Vivien Leigh, Stewart Granger | Based on play by Shaw; Very popular but hugely expensive |
Apr 1946 | The Captive Heart | Ealing | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Michael Redgrave | Major hit |
1946 | Bedelia | John Corfield Productions | Lance Comfort | Isadore Goldsmith | Margaret Lockwood | melodrama; minor hit |
Jun 1946 | Caravan | Gainsborough | Arthur Crabtree | Harold Huth | Stewart Granger, Jean Kent, Dennis Price | Gainsborough melodrama, one of biggest hits of year |
Apr 1946 | The Years Between | Sydney Box | Compton Bennett | Sydney Box | Michael Redgrave | Minor hit |
1946 | Beware of Pity | Two Cities | Maurice Elvey | Lili Palmer | ||
1946 | I See a Dark Stranger | Frank Launder | Gilliat & Launder | Deborah Kerr, Trevor Howard | spy thriller | |
Sep 1946 | Men of Two Worlds | Two Cities | Thorold Dickinson | Eric Portman, Phyllis Calvert | Shot in Africa; minor hit but hugely expensive | |
Sep 1946 | London Town | Wesley Ruggles | Sid Field | musical; minor hit but hugely expensive | ||
Nov 1946 | The Magic Bow | Gainsborough | Bernard Knowles | R.J. Minney | Stewart Granger, Phyllis Calvert | Gainsborough melodrama; minor hit |
1946 | The Overlanders | Ealing | Harry Watt | Leslie Norman, Michael Balcon | Chips Rafferty | Shot in Australia; one of years biggest hits |
Dec 1946 | Carnival | Two Cities | Stanley Haynes | Sally Grey | ||
Dec 1946 | A Matter of Life and Death (1946) | Archers | Powell & Pressburger | Powell & Pressburger | David Niven, Kim Stanley | Minor hit; first Royal Film Performance |
1946 | School for Secrets | Two Cities | Peter Ustinov | Ralph Richardson | ||
1946 | Great Expectations | Cineguild | David Lean | Anthony Havelock-Allan, Ronald Neame | John Mills, Alec Guinness | Based on novel by Dickens; one of biggest hits of 1947 |
Dec 1946 | Green for Danger | Individual Pictures | Sidney Gilliat | Launder & Gilliat | Sally Gray, Rosamund John | Minor hit |
1946 | Daybreak | Comptom Bennett | Sydney Box | Eric Portman, Ann Todd | Not released until 1948 |
1947
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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Jan 1947 | Hungry Hill | Two Cities | Brian Desmond Hurst | William Sistrom, Dennis Price | Margaret Lockwood | melodrama; commercial disappointment |
Feb 1947 | Odd Man Out (1947) | Two Cities | Carol Reed | Carol Reed | James Mason | IRA thriller; one of biggest hits of year |
Feb 1947 | The Root of All Evil | Gainsborough | Brock Williams | Harold Huth | Phyllis Calvert | melodrama |
Feb 1947 | Hue and Cry | Ealing | Charles Crichton | Michael Balcon | Alistair Sim | minor hit |
Mar 1947 | Nicholas Nickleby | Ealing | Cavalcanti | Michael Balcon | Cedric Hardwick | Based on Dickens novel; minor hit |
Apr 1947 | The Man Within | Production Film Service | Bernard Knowles | Sydney Box, Muriel Box | Michael Regrave, Jean Kent | Not profitable |
May 1947 | Black Narcissus (1947) | Archers | Powell & Pressburger | Powell & Pressburger | Deborah Kerr | Set in India; major hit |
May 1947 | Take My Life | Cineguild | Ronald Neame | Anthony Havelock-Allen | Hugh Williams | |
Jul 1947 | The Brothers | Gainsborough | David MacDonald | Sydney Box | Pat Roc, Maxwell Reed | melodrama; Lost money |
Jun 1947 | Bush Christmas | CEF | Ralph Smart | Ralph Smart | Chips Rafferty | Shot in Australia; minor hit |
May 1947 | Dear Murderer | Gainsborough | Arthur Crabtree | Betty Box | Eric Portman, Greta Gynt | |
Jun 1947 | The Loves of Joanna Godden | Ealing | Charles Frend | Michael Balcon | Googie Withers, Jean Kent | |
Jun 1947 | Frieda | Ealing | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Mai Zetterling | post-WW2 romance; major hit |
Jun 1947 | The Upturned Glass | Triton | Lawrence Huntington | James Mason | James Mason | film noir; major hit |
Aug 1947 | Holiday Camp | Gainsborough | Ken Annakin | Sydney Box | Jack Warner, Flora Robson | major hit |
Aug 1947 | Jassy | Gainsborough | Bernard Knowles | Sydney Box | Margaret Lockwood | Gainsborough melodrama, one of years biggest hits |
Sep 1947 | Master of Bankdam | Holbein | Walter Forde | Anne Crawford | ||
Aug 1947 | Captain Boycott | Individual | Frank Launder | Gilliat & Launder | Stewart Granger | historical film; minor hit |
Aug 1947 | The October Man | Two Cities | Roy Ward Baker | Roy Ward Baker | John Mills | minor hit |
Sep 1947 | Fame is the Spur | Roy Boulting | John Boulting | Michael Redgrave | ||
Oct 1947 | Uncle Silas | Charles Frank | Jean Simmons | |||
Oct 1947 | The White Unicorn | John Corfield | Bernard Knowles | Margaret Lockwood, Joan Greenwood | ||
Dec 1947 | The End of the River | Archers | Derek Twist | Powell & Pressberger | Sabu | |
Oct 1947 | The Woman in the Hall | Wessex | Jack Lee | Ian Dalrymple | Ursula Jeans, Jean Simmons | |
Nov 1947 | It Always Rains on Sunday | Ealing | Robert Hamer | Michael Balcon | Googie Withers | major hit |
Nov 1947 | When the Bough Breaks | Gainsborough | Lawrence Huntington | Betty Box | Pat Roc | Gainsborough melodrama; minor hit |
1948
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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Jan 1948 | The Mark of Cain | Two Cities | Brian Desmond Hurst | W.P. Lipscomb | Eric Portman | |
Jan 1948 | Vice Versa | Two Cities | Peter Ustinov | George H. Brown | Roger Livesey | Comedy |
Jan 1948 | Easy Money | Gainsborough | Bernard Knowles | A. Frank Bundy | Greta Gynt | |
Feb 1948 | Against the Wind | Ealing | Charles Crichton | Michael Balcon | War movie | |
Feb 1948 | Blanche Fury | Cineguild | Marc Allegret | Anthony Havelock-Allan | Stewart Granger, Valerie Hobson | melodrama |
1948 | Miranda | Gainsborough | Ken Annakin | Betty Box | Glynis Johns | mermaid comedy, one of hits of year |
Apr 1948 | Broken Journey | Gainsborough | Ken Annakin | Phyllis Calvert | ||
Apr 1948 | One Night with You | Two Cities | Terence Young | |||
Apr 1948 | Good Time Girl | Gainsborough | David MacDonald | Sydney Box | Jean Kent | |
Apr 1948 | Corridor of Mirrors | Apollo | Terence Young | Rudolph Cartier | Eric Portman | |
Jul 1948 | The Calendar | Gainsborough | Arthur Crabtree | Antony Darnborough | John McCallum | Based on story by Edgar Wallace |
May 1948 | Hamlet | Two Cities | Laurence Olivier | Laurence Olivier | Laurence Olivier | Based on play by Shakespeare; big hit |
Jun 1948 | My Sister and I | Burnham | Harold Huth | John Corfield, Harold Huth | Sally Ann Howes | |
Jun 1948 | Oliver Twist | Cineguild | David Lean | Ronald Neame | Alec Guinness, Robert Newton | Based on novel by Dickens |
Aug 1948 | My Brother's Keeper | Gainsborough | Alfred Roome | Sydney Box | Jack Warner | |
Aug 1948 | London Belongs to Me | Individual Pictures | Sidney Gilliat | Gilliat & Launder | Richard Attenborough, Alistair Sim | |
Sep 1948 | The Red Shoes | Archers | Powell & Pressburger | Powell & Pressburger | Moira Shearer | ballet film |
1948 | Mr Perrin and Mr Traill | Two Cities | Laurence Huntington | |||
1948 | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Ealing | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph, Michael Balcon | Stewart Granger | historical melodrama |
Sep 1948 | The Weaker Sex | Two Cities | Roy Ward Baker | Paul Soskin | Ursula Jeans | |
Oct 1948 | The Blind Goddess | Gainsborough | Harold French | Harold French, Betty Box | Eric Portman | |
Sep 1948 | Esther Waters | Wessex Film | Ian Dalrymple, Peter Proud | Ian Dalrymple, Peter Proud | Dirk Bogarde | |
Oct 1948 | Sleeping Car to Trieste | Two Cities | John Paddy Carstairs | George Brown | Jean Kent | thriller |
Oct 1948 | Woman Hater | Two Cities | Terence Young | William Sistrom | Stewart Granger | comedy |
Oct 1948 | Quartet | Gainsborough | Ken Annakin, Arthur Crabtree, Harold French, Ralph Smart | Anthony Darnborough | Anthology based on stores of Somerset Maugham | |
Nov 1948 | Here Come the Huggetts | Gainsborough | Ken Annakin | Betty E. Box | Jack Warner | 2nd Huggett film |
Nov 1948 | It's Hard to Be Good | Two Cities | Jeffrey Dell | John W. Gossage | Anne Crawford | |
1948 | Another Shore | Ealing | Charles Crichton | Michael Balcon | Robert Beatty | |
Nov 1948 | Scott of the Antarctic | Ealing | Charles Frend | Michael Balcon | John Mills | One of years biggest hits |
Jan 1949 | The Fool and the Princess | Film Producers Guild | William C Hammond | Frank A. Hoare | Bruce Lester | |
Dec 1948 | Look Before You Love | Burnham | Harold Huth | Margaret Lockwood | ||
1948 | Once a Jolly Swagman | Wessex | Jack Lee | Ian Dalrymple | Dirk Bogarde | |
Jan 1949 | Portrait from Life | Gainsborough | Terence Fisher | Antony Darnborough | Mai Zetterling |
1949
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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Jan 1949 | Warning to Wantons | Acquila | Donald Wilson | Donald Wilson | Harold Warrender | |
Jan 1949 | Third Time Lucky | Anglofilm | Gordon Parry | Mario Zampi | Glynis Johns, Dermot Walsh | gambling story |
Jan 1949 | Eureka Stockade | Ealing | Harry Watt | Leslie Norman, Michael Balcon | Chips Rafferty | Shot in Australia; big flop |
Feb 1949 | Once Upon a Dream | Sydney Box | Ralph Thomas | Sydney Box | Googie Withers | Comedy, Ralph Thomas' directorial debut |
Jan 1949 | The Passionate Friends (1949) | Cineguild | Ronald Neame | David Leane | Ann Todd, Claude Rains | Based on novel by HG Wells |
Feb 1949 | Vote for Huggett | Gainsborough | Ken Annakin | Betty E Box | Jack Warner | 3rd Huggett film |
Mar 1949 | The History of Mr. Polly | Two Cities | Anthony Pelissier | John Mills | John Mills | |
Apr 1949 | All Over the Town | Wessex Film | Derek Twist | Ian Dalrymple | Norman Wooland | |
Mar 1949 | The Blue Lagoon (1949) | Individual Pictures | Frank Launder | Gilliat & Launder | Jean Simmons, Donald Houston | Shot in Fiji, one of biggest hits of year |
May 1949 | Fools Rush In | Pinewood | John Paddy Carstairs | Aubrey Baring | Sally Anne Howes | |
April 1949 | Bad Lord Byron | Triton | David MacDonald | Aubrey Baring | Dennis Price | Big flop |
Mar 1949 | Floodtide | Acquila | Frederick Wilson | Donald B. Wilson | Gordon Jackson | |
Apr 1949 | It's Not Cricket | Gainsborough | Alfred Roome, Roy Rich | Betty Box | Basil Radford, Naunton Wayne | Comedy |
May 1949 | A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | Gainsborough | Ralph Smart | Ralph Keene, Alfred Roome | John McCallum, Honor Blackman | |
Apr 1949 | Passport to Pimlico | Ealing | Henry Cornelius | Michael Balcon | Margaret Rutherford | Comedy |
May 1949 | The Huggetts Abroad | Gainsborough | Ken Annakin | Betty Box | Jack Warner | Fourth (and last) Huggett movie |
May 1949 | Adam and Evelyne | Two Cities | Harold French | Harold French | Stewart Granger, Jean Simmons | Comedy |
May 1949 | The Perfect Woman | Two Cities | Bernard Knowles | Alfred Black, George Black | Pat Roc, Stanley Holloway | Comedy |
Jun 1949 | Stop Press Girl | Aquila | Michael Barry | John Croyson | Sally Ann Howes | |
Jun 1949 | Marry Me | Gainsborough | Terrence Fisher | Betty Box | Derek Bond | comedy, flop |
Jun 1949 | Christopher Columbus | Gainsborough | David MacDonald | Sydney Box | Frederick March | Biopic, huge flop |
Jun 1949 | Whisky Galore | Ealing | Alexander Mackendrick | Michael Balcon | Joan Greenwood | Comedy |
Jun 1949 | Kind Hearts and Coronets | Ealing | Robert Hamer | Michael Balcon | Alec Guinness, Dennis Price | comedy |
Jul 1949 | Poets Pub | Aquila | Frederick Wilson | Donald Wilson | Derek Bond | |
Aug 1949 | Helter Skelter | Gainsborough | Ralph Thomas | Antony Darnborough | David Tomlinson | comedy |
Jul 1949 | Don't Ever Leave Me | Gainsborough | Arthur Crabtree | Betty Box | Petula Clark | comedy |
Aug 1949 | Madness of the Heart | Two Cities | Charles Bennett | Richard Wainwright | Margaret Lockwood | melodrama, minor hit |
Aug 1949 | Tottie True | Two Cities | Brian Desmond Hurst | Hugh Stewart | Jean Kent | musical |
Aug 1949 | Train of Events | Ealing | Sidney Cole, Charles Crichton, Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Peter Finch | multi story film |
Aug 1949 | The Lost People | Gainsborough | Muriel Box, Bernard Knowles | Gordon Wellesley | Mai Zetterling | lost money |
Sept 1949 | Dear Mr Prohack | Wessex | Thorton Freeland | Ian Dalrymple | Cecil Parker | |
1949 | The Chiltern Hundreds | Two Cities | John Paddy Carstairs | George H. Brown | Cecil Parker | Based on play |
Sept 1949 | Diamond City | Gainsborough | David MacDonald | Alex Bryce, S. Frank Bundy | David Farrar, Diana Dors | Shot in South Africa, big flop |
Oct 1949 | Give Us This Day | Plantagenet | Edward Dymttryk | N.A. Bronsten, Rod E. Geiger | Sam Wanamaker | |
Dec 1949 | The Spider and the Fly | Mayflower | Robert Hamer | Aubrey Baring, Maxwell Setton | Eric Portman | First from Baring and Setton team, shot in Paris |
Nov 1949 | A Run for Your Money | Ealing | Charles Frend | Michael Balcon, Leslie Norman | Donald Houston | Comedy |
Nov 1949 | The Romantic Age | Pinnacle | Edmond T. Gréville | Edward Dryhurst, Eric L'Epine Smith | Hugh Williams | |
Dec 1949 | Boys in Brown (1949) | Gainsborough | Montgomery Tully | Antony Darnborough | Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough | |
Nov 1949 | The Rocking Horse Winner (1949) | Two Cities | Anthony Pelissier | John Mills | fantasy comedy | |
1949 | Traveller's Joy | Gainsborough | Ralph Thomas | Antony Darnborough | Googie Withers | |
Mar 1949 | The Cardboard Cavalier | Two Cities | Walter Forde | Walter Forde | Sid Field, Margaret Lockwood | historical comedy |
1950s
edit1950
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1950 | The Blue Lamp | Ealing | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Dirk Bogarde, Jack Warner | Biggest hit of 1950, inspired Dixon of Dock Green |
Feb 1950 | Golden Salamander | Pinewood | Ronald Neame | Alexander Galperson | Trevor Howard | |
Feb 1950 | Madeleine | David Lean | Sydney Haynes | Ann Todd | based on true story | |
Feb 1950 | Morning Departure | Roy Ward Baker | Jay Lewis | John Mills | Based on stage play. Box Office success. | |
Mar 1950 | The Astonished Heart | Gainsborough | Terence Fisher | Anthony Darnborough | Noël Coward | Based on play by Noël Coward |
29 Mar 1950 | They Were Not Divided | Two Cities | Terence Young | Herbert Smith | Box office hit | |
May 1950 | The Reluctant Widow | Two Cities | Bernard Knowles | Gordon Wellesley | Jean Kent | |
May 1950 | Prelude to Fame | Two Cities | Fergus McDonnell | Donald Wilson | Guy Rolfe | |
May 1950 | So Long at the Fair | Terence Fisher, Anthony Darnbrough | Betty Box | Jean Simmons, Dirk Bogarde | ||
June 1950 | Dance Hall | Ealing | Charles Crichton | Michael Balcon | Diana Dors | social realism |
Jun 1950 | Tony Draws a Horse (1950) | Pinnacle | John Paddy Carstairs | Brock Williams | Cecil Parker | comedy |
July 1950 | Waterfront | Conqueror | Michael Anderson | Paul Soskin | Robert Newton | |
1950 | Bitter Springs | Ealing | Ralph Smart | Michael Balcon, Leslie Norman | Chips Rafferty | Shot in Australia |
Aug 1950 | Trio | Gainsborough | Ken Annakin, Harold French | Anthony Darnborough | Jean Simmons, Michael Rennie | Co-financed with Paramount Pictures; Based on stories by Somerset Maugham. Box office hit. |
Sep 1950 | Cage of Gold | Ealing | Basil Dearden | Michael Balcon | Jean Simmons | |
Oct 1950 | The Woman in Question | Anthony Asquith | Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde | |||
1950 | The Magnet | Ealing | Charles Frend | Michael Balcon | Stephen Murray | |
Nov 1950 | The Clouded Yellow | Carillon | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Jean Simmons, Trevor Howard | thriller |
1950 | Highly Dangerous | Two Cities | Roy Ward Baker | Anthony Darnborough | Margaret Lockwood | comedy thriller |
1951
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1951 | The Adventurers | Mayflower | David MacDonald | Aubrey Baring | Jack Hawkins | Shot in South Africa |
Jan 1951 | Blackmailed | Marc Allegret | Harold Huth | Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling | ||
Jan 1951 | The Dark Man | Independent Artists | Jeffrey Dell | Julian Wintle | Edward Underdown | |
Feb 1951 | Pool of London | Ealing | Basil Dearden | Michael Balcon | Bonar Colleano | |
Mar 1951 | The Browning Version | Anthony Asquith | Michael Redgrave | Based on play by Terence Rattigan | ||
Jun 1951 | White Corridors | Pat Jackson | Googie Withers | |||
Jun 1951 | The Lavender Hill Mob | Ealing | Charles Crichton | Michael Balcon | Alec Guinness | One of biggest hits of the year |
Jul 1951 | Hotel Sahara | Ken Annakin | Peter Ustinov | WW2, comedy | ||
Aug 1951 | The Man in the White Suit | Ealing | Alexander Mackendrick | Michael Balcon | Alec Guinness | One of biggest hits of the year |
Sept 1951 | Valley of the Eagles | Terence Young | Nat Bronstein | Jack Warner | ||
Oct 1951 | Appointment with Venus | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | David Niven | WW2 | |
Nov 1951 | High Treason | Conqueror | Roy Boulting | Paul Soskin | Sequel to Seven Days to Noon | |
Nov 1951 | Where No Vultures Fly | Ealing | Harry Watt | Michael Balcon, Leslie Norman | Anthony Steel | Shot in Kenya, one of biggest hits of year |
1951 | Encore | Two Cities | Anthony Darnborough | Co-financed with Paramount; Based on stories by Somerset Maugham, one of biggest hits of year |
1952
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1952 | His Excellency | ||||||
1952 | Secret People | Ealing | Thorold Dickinson | Valentina Cortese | |||
1952 | Hunted | Independent Artists | Charles Crichton | Julian Wintle | Dirk Bogarde | ||
1952 | The Card | Ronald Neame | Alec Guinness | ||||
Mar 1952 | I Believe in You | Ealing | Michael Relph, Basil Dearden | Michael Relph, Basil Dearden | Celia Johnson | ||
May 1952 | Curtain Up | Ralph Smart | |||||
Jun 1952 | The Important of Being Earnest | Javelin | Anthony Asquith | Michael Redgrave | Based on play | ||
Jul 1952 | Something Money Can't Buy | Pat Jackson | Joseph Janni | Anthony Steel, Pat Roc | Comedy | ||
Aug 1952 | Penny Princess | Val Guest | Dirk Bogarde | ||||
1952 | Mandy | Ealing | Alexander Mackendrick | Michael Balcon, Leslie Norman | Jack Hawkins, Phyllis Calvert | One of biggest hits of year | |
1952 | Meet Me Tonight | Based on stories by Noël Coward | |||||
Sept 1952 | The Planter's Wife | Pinnacle | Ken Annakin | John Stafford | Jack Hawkins, Claudette Colbert, Anthony Steel | Set in Malayan Emergency | |
1952 | Venetian Bird | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Richard Todd | |||
Oct 1952 | The Gentle Gunman | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Dirk Bogarde, John Mills | |||
Oct 1952 | It Started in Paradise | Compton Bennett | Jane Hylton | ||||
Nov 1952 | Made in Heaven | Fanfare | John Paddy Carstairs | George H. Brown | David Tomlinson, Petula Clark | Comedy |
1953
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1953 | The Long Memory | Robert Hamer | Hugh Stewart | John Mills, John McCallum | ||
Feb 1953 | The Net | Two Cities | Anthony Asquith | Anthony Darnborough | Phyllis Calvert, James Donald | |
Feb 1953 | Top of the Form | British Filmmakers | John Paddy Carstairs | Paul Soskin | Ronald Shiner | |
Mar 1953 | The Titfield Thunderbolt | Ealing | Charles Crichton | Michael Truman | Stanley Holloway | Ealing comedy |
Mar 1953 | Street Corner | London Independent | Muriel Box | Sydney Box | Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan | Commercial failure |
Mar 1953 | Desperate Moment | Fanfare | Compton Bennett | George Brown | Dirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling | |
Apr 1953 | The Final Test | Anthony Asquith | Robert Morley, Jack Warner | Based on play by Terence Rattigan; cricket related | ||
Mar 1953 | The Cruel Sea | Ealing | Charles Frend | Michael Balcon, Leslie Norman | Jack Hawkins | WW2, biggest hit of year |
Apr 1953 | Turn the Key Softly | Jack Lee | Maurice Cowan | Yvonne Mitchell | ||
May 1953 | Genevieve | Rank | Henry Cornelius | Henry Cornelius | John Gregson, Kenneth More, Dinah Sheridan, Kay Kendall | One of biggest hits of year |
Jun 1953 | Malta Story | Theta | Brian Desmond Hurst | Peter De Sarigny | Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Steel | WW2, one of biggest hits of year |
Jul 1953 | The Square Ring | Ealing | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Jack Warner, Robert Beatty | Based on play by Ralph Petersen |
Jul 1953 | Wheel of Fate | Francis Searle | Francis Searle | Patric Doonan | ||
Aug 1953 | Always a Bride | Clarion | Ralph Smart | Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan | ||
Nov 1953 | A Day to Remember | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Stanley Holloway, Donald Sinden | comedy | |
Oct 1953 | Personal Affair | Two Cities | Anthony Pelissier | Anthony Darnborough | Gene Tierney | |
Dec 1953 | Small Town Story | Montgomery Tully | Susan Shaw, Donald Houston | |||
Nov 1953 | Meet Mr. Lucifer | Ealing | Anthony Pelisser | Monja Danischewsky | Stanley Holloway, Peggy Cummins | comedy |
Dec 1953 | Trouble in Store | Two Cities | John Paddy Carstairs | Maurice Cowan | Norman Wisdom | Wisdom's first starring vehicle, one of biggest hits of 1954 |
Dec 1953 | The Kidnappers | Philip Leacock | Jon Whiteley |
1954
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1954 | The Million Pound Note | Group Film | Ronald Neame | Gregory Peck | Co‐financed with United Artists; Based on story by Mark Twain | |
Jan 1954 | The Love Lottery | Ealing | Charles Crichton | Monja Danischewsky | David Niven, Peggy Cummins | |
Feb 1954 | The Maggie | Ealing | Alexander Mackendrick | Michael Balcon | Paul Douglas | Ealing comedy |
Feb 1954 | You Know What Sailors Are | Group Film | Ken Annakin | Akim Tamiroff | ||
Feb 1954 | Fast and Loose | Group Film | Gordon Parry | Stanley Holloway, Kay Kendall | ||
Feb 1954 | Star of My Night | Paul Dickson | Griffith Jones | |||
Mar 1954 | Doctor in the House | Group Film | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Dirk Bogarde, Kenneth More, Kay Kendall | First "Doctor" movie, biggest hit of year |
Mar 1954 | West of Zanzibar | Ealing | Harry Watt | Leslie Norman | Anthony Steel | Shot in East Africa; sequel to Where No Vultures Fly |
May 1954 | Forbidden Cargo | London Independent | Harold French | Sydney Box | Nigel Patrick | |
May 1954 | The Rainbow Jacket | Ealing | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | ||
1954 | The Seekers | Ken Annakin | George Brown | Jack Hawkins | Set in New Zealand | |
Aug 1954 | Up to His Neck | Group Film | John Paddy Carstairs | Hugh Stewart | Ronald Shiner | comedy |
Aug 1954 | The Beachcomber | London Independent | Muriel Box | Sydney Box | Robert Newton | Remake of 1938 film |
Aug 1954 | The Young Lovers | Group Film | Anthony Asquith | Anthony Havelock-Allen | Odile Versois, David Knight | |
Sep 1954 | Romeo and Juliet | Renato Castellani | Laurence Harvey | Based on play by Shakespeare; shot in Italy | ||
Sep 1954 | The Purple Plain | Two Cities | Robert Parrish | John Bryan | Gregory Peck | Co‐financed with United Artists; WW2 |
Oct 1954 | Lease of Life | Ealing | Charles Frend | Jack Rix | ||
Nov 1954 | Mad About Men | Group Film | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Glynis Johns, Donald Sinden | Sequel to Miranda |
Nov 1954 | The Divided Heart | Ealing | Charles Crichton | Michael Truman | Cornell Borchers | |
1954 | One Good Turn | Two Cities | John Paddy Carstairs | Maurice Cowan | Norman Wisdom | comedy; one of biggest hits of 1955 |
1955
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1955 | To Paris with Love | Two Cities | Robert Hamer | Anthony Darnboeough | Alec Guinness | Shot in Paris |
Jan 1955 | Simba | Group Film | Brian Desmond Hurst | Peter de Sarigny | Dirk Bogarde, Virginia McKenna | Set in Kenya during Mau Mau |
Feb 1955 | Out of the Clouds | Ealing | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph, Eric Williams | Anthony Steel, Robert Beatty | Aeroplane drama |
Mar 1955 | As Long as They're Happy | Group Film | J. Lee Thompson | Raymond Stross | Jack Buchanan, Diana Dors | comedy |
Mar 1955 | The Night My Number Came Up | Ealing | Leslie Norman | Michael Balcon | Michael Redgrave | drama |
Mar 1955 | Above Us the Waves | Rank, London Independent | Ralph Thomas | William MacQuitty | John Mills, John Gregson | WW2, one of biggest hits of the year |
Apr 1955 | Passage Home | Group Film | Roy Ward Baker | Julian Wintle | Peter Finch, Anthony Steel, Diane Cilento | ship drama |
Apr 1955 | The Ship that Died of Shame | Ealing | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Richard Attenborough | WW2 |
Jul 1955 | Doctor at Sea | Group Film | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Dirk Bogarde, Brigitte Bardot | Doctor #2, one of biggest hits of the year |
Aug 1955 | Value for Money | Group Film | Ken Annakin | Sergei Nolbandov | John Gregson, Diana Dors | comedy |
Aug 1955 | The Woman for Joe | Group Film | George More O'Ferrall | Leslie Parkyn | Diane Cilento | |
Nov 1955 | Man of the Moment | Group Film | John Paddy Carstairs | Hugh Stewart | Norman Wisdom | comedy |
1955 | Touch and Go | Ealing | Michael Truman | Michael Balcon | Jack Hawkins | |
1955 | Simon and Laura | Group Film | Muriel Box | Teddy Baird | Peter Finch, Kay Kendall | Based on hit play |
Dec 1955 | An Alligator Named Daisy | Group Film | J. Lee Thompson | Raymond Stross | Donald Sinden, Diana Dors | comedy |
Dec 1955 | The Ladykillers | Ealing | Alexander Mackendrick | Michael Balcon | Alec Guinness | comedy |
Dec 1955 | All for Mary | Group Film | Wendy Toye | Paul Soskin | Nigel Patrick, Kathleen Harrison | comedy |
1956
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1956 | Lost | Sydney Box Productions | Guy Green | Vivian Cox | David Farrar | thriller |
Feb 1956 | Jumping for Joy | Rank | John Paddy Carstairs | Raymond Stross | Frankie Howerd | comedy |
Mar 1956 | A Town Like Alice | Vic Films | Jack Lee | Joseph Janni | Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch | WW2, one of biggest hits of year |
Mar 1956 | Who Done It? | Ealing | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph, Michael Balcon | Benny Hill, Belinda Lee | comedy |
Mar 1956 | The Black Tent | Rank | Brian Desmond Hurst | William MacQuitty | Anthony Steel, Donald Sinden | WW2, Shot in Libya |
Mar 1956 | The Feminine Touch | Ealing | Pat Jackson | Michael Balcon | Belinda Lee, George Baker | nurse drama |
Jun 1956 | The Long Arm | Ealing | Charles Frend | Michael Balcon | Jack Hawkins | police film |
Jul 1956 | Reach for the Sky | Angel Productions | Lewis Gilbert | Dan Angel | Kenneth More | WW2, biggest hit of year |
Jun 1956 | Jacqueline | George H. Brown | Roy Ward Baker | George H. Brown | John Gregson | |
Aug 1956 | Eyewitness | Rank | Muriel Box | Sydney Box | Donald Sinden, Belinda Lee | thriller |
Oct 1956 | House of Secrets | Rank | Guy Green | Vivian Cox | Michael Craig | crime |
Dec 1956 | Checkpoint | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Anthony Steel, Stanley Baker | Shot in Italy |
Oct 1956 | The Battle of the River Plate | Archers | Powell & Pressberger | Powell & Pressberger | Peter Finch, John Gregson | WW2, one of biggest hits of 1957, Royal Command film |
Dec 1956 | The Spanish Gardener | Rank | Philip Leacock | John Bryan | Dirk Bogarde | Shot in Spain, one of biggest hits of year |
Nov 1956 | Tiger in the Smoke | Rank | Roy Ward Baker | Leslie Parkyn | Donald Sinden | |
Dec 1956 | Up in the World | Rank | John Paddy Carstars | Hugh Stewart | Norman Windom | comedy |
Dec 1956 | The Big Money | Rank | John Paddy Carstairs | Joseph Janni | Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee | comedy, not given general release until 1958 |
1957
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1957 | Ill Met by Moonlight | Archers | Powell & Pressberger | Powell & Pressberger | Dirk Bogarde | WW2, one of biggest hits of the year |
1957 | The Secret Place | Rank | Clive Donner | John Bryan | Belinda Lee, Ronald Lewis | crime |
1957 | True as a Turtle | Rank | Wendy Toye | Peter De Sarigny | John Gregson | comedy |
1957 | Doctor at Large | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Dirk Bogarde | Doctor #3, one of biggest hits of year |
1957 | High Tide at Noon | Rank | Philip Leacock | Julian Wintle | Betta St John | |
1957 | The Crooked Sky | Luckwin, Tudor | Henry Cass | Henry Cass | Wayne Morris | crime |
1957 | Miracle in Soho | Rank | Julian Aymes | Emeric Pressberger | Belinda Lee, John Gregon | |
1957 | Hell Drivers | Aqua | Cy Endfield | Benjamin Frisz | Stanley Baker | sea drama |
1957 | Manuela | Ivan Foxwell | Guy Hamilton | Ivan Foxwell | Trevor Howard | |
1957 | Across the Bridge | IFP | Ken Annakin | John Stafford | Rod Steiger | Based on Graham Greene story |
1957 | Seven Thunders | Dial | Hugo Fregonese | Daniel Angel | Stephen Boyd | |
1957 | Robbery Under Arms | Rank | Jack Lee | Joseph Janni | Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis | Shot in Australia |
1957 | Campbell's Kingdom | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker | Shot in Italy, set in Canada, one of biggest hits of year |
1957 | The One That Got Away | Rank | Roy Ward Baker | Julian Wintle | Hardy Kruger | WW2, one of biggest hits of the year |
1957 | Just My Luck | Rank | John Paddy Carstairs | Hugh Stewart | Norman Wisdom | comedy |
1957 | Dangerous Exile | Rank | Brian Desmond Hurst | George H Brown | Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee | French revolution |
1957 | The Naked Truth | Rank | Mario Zampi | Mario Zampi | Terry Thomas | comedy |
1957 | Windom's Way | Rank | Ronald Neame | John Bryan | Peter Finch | Set in Malayan Emergency, shot in Corsica |
1958
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1958 | Violent Playground | Rank | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Stanley Baker, David McCallum | Juvenile delinquent film |
Jan 1958 | The Gypsy and the Gentleman | Rank | Joseph Losey | Maurice Cowan | Melina Mecouri, Keith Michell | |
Feb 1958 | A Tale of Two Cities | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty E. Box | Dirk Bogarde | Based on novel by Charles Dickens |
Feb 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride | Rank | Lewis Gilbert | Daniel Angel | Virginia McKenna | Based on true story, one of top 12 hits of year |
Mar 1958 | Rooney | Rank | George Pollock | George Brown | Barry Fitzgerald | comedy |
March 1958 | Innocent Sinners | Rank | Philip Leacock | Hugh Stewart | Flora Robson | |
April 1958 | Heart of a Child | Beaconsfield | Clive Donner | Alfred Shaughnessy | Jean Anderson | |
Jul 1958 | A Night to Remember | Rank | Roy Ward Baker | William MacQuitty | Kenneth More | Based on true story, most expensive British film |
Aug 1958 | Nor the Moon by Night | Rank | Ken Annakin | John Stafford | Michael Craig, Belinda Lee | Shot in South Africa |
Aug 1958 | Sea Fury | Aqua | Cy Endfield | Benjamin Fisz | Stanley Baker | Shot in Spain |
Jun 1958 | The Wind Cannot Read | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Dirk Bogarde | WW2 film, shot in India, one of biggest hits of year |
Oct 1958 | Rockets Galore | Rank | Michael Relph | Basil Dearden | Jeannie Carson | Sequel to Whiskey Galore |
Sept 1958 | Passionate Summer | Harper-Willoughby | Rudolph Carter | Kenneth Harper, George Willoughby | Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers | |
Nov 1958 | Sea of Sand | Tempean | Guy Green | Robert S. Baker, Monty Berman | Richard Attenborough, Michael Craig, John Gregson | War movie |
Nov 1958 | Floods of Fear | Rank | Charles Crichton | Sydney Box | Howard Keel | |
Dec 1958 | The Square Peg | Rank | John Paddy Carstairs | Hugh Stewart | Norman Wisdom | Comedy, one of the most popular films of 1969 |
Dec 1958 | Bachelor of Hearts | Independent Artists | Wolf Rilla | Vivian Cox | Hardy Kruger | Comedy |
1959
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1959 | The Captain's Table | Rank | Jack Lee | Joseph Janni | John Gregson | Comedy |
Jan 1959 | Operation Amsterdam | Rank | Michael McCarthy | Maurice Cowan | Peter Finch | War story, shot in Amsterdam |
Feb 1959 | Hidden Homicide | Luckwell Films | Anthony Young | Bill Luckwell, Derek Winn | Griffith Jones | |
Mar 1959 | Too Many Crooks | Rank | Mario Zampi | Mario Zampi | Terry Thomas | Comedy |
Mar 1959 | The 39 Steps | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Kenneth More | Remake of 1935 film, one of biggest hits of year |
Apr 1959 | Whirlpool | Rank | Lewis Allen | George Pitcher | Juliette Greco | |
1959 | Sapphire | Artna | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Nigel Patrick | Race drama, one of biggest hits of year |
1959 | The Heart of a Man | Wilcox-Neagle | Herbert Wilcox | Anna Neagle | Frankie Vaughan | |
Jul 1959 | Ferry to Hong Kong | Rank, Pinewood | Lewis Gilbert | George Maynard | Orson Welles, Curt Jurgens | Filmed in Hong Kong, box office disaster |
Aug 1959 | Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Michael Craig | Comedy |
Aug 1959 | Blind Date | Independent Artists, Sydney Box Assoc | Joseph Losey | David Deutsch | Hardy Kruger, Stanley Baker | |
1959 | The Night We Dropped a Clanger | Sydney Box Films, Four Star Assoc | Darcy Conyers | David Henley, Sydney Box | Brian Rix | comedy |
1959 | North West Frontier | Rank | J. Lee Thompson | Marcel Hellman | Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall | Shot in India, one of biggest hits of year |
1959 | SOS Pacific | Sydney Box, Remfield | Guy Green | John Nasht, Patrick Filmer-Sankey | Richard Attenborough | |
Dec 1959 | Desert Mice | Welbeck | Michael Relph | Basil Dearden | Alfred Marks | comedy |
Dec 1959 | Follow a Star | Rank | Robert Asher | Hugh Stewart | Norman Wisdom | |
1959 | Tiger Bay | Independent Artists | J. Lee Thompson | John Hawkesworth | John Mills, Hayley Mills | Thriller |
1960s
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mar 1960 | Too Young to Love | Welbeck | Muriel Box | Herbert Smith | Pauline Hahn | teen social realism |
Jan 1960 | The Shakedown | Alliance Film | John Lemont | Norman Williams | Terence Morgan | |
1960 | The Royal Ballet | |||||
Feb 1960 | Conspiracy of Hearts | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Lili Palmer, Sylvia Syms | World War Two, one of the most popular films of the year |
Nov 1960 | Faces in the Dark | Welbeck | David Eady | Jon Penington | John Gregson, Mai Zetterling | |
Mar 1960 | Your Money or Your Wife | Alliance Film | Anthony Simmons | Norman Williams | Donald Sinden | comedy |
April 1960 | The League of Gentlemen | Allied Film Makers | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Jack Hawkins | Heist story, one of biggest hits of the year |
Apr 1960 | Beyond the Curtain | Martin Films | Compton Bennett | John Martin | Richard Greene | |
May 1960 | The Challenge | Alexandra | John Gilling | John Temple-smith | Jayne Mansfield, Anthony Quayle | |
Jun 1960 | Never Let Go | Independent Artists | John Guillermin | Peter de Sarigny | Richard Todd, Peter Sellers | |
Aug 1960 | Make Mine Mink | Rank | Robert Asher | Hugh Stewart | Terry Thomas | comedy |
1960 | Snowball | Independent Artists | Pat Jackson | Leslie Parkyn, Julian Wintle | Gordon Jackson | crime |
Jul 1960 | Doctor in Love | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Michael Craig | Doctor series, biggest hit of 1960 |
Sep 1960 | Piccadilly Third Stop | Ethiro-Alliance, Sydney Box Associates | Wolf Rilla | Norman Williams | Terence Morgan | |
Oct 1960 | Man in the Moon | Allied Film Makers | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Kenneth More | Box office flop |
Dec 1960 | The Bulldog Breed | Rank | Robert Asher | Hugh Stewart | Norman Wisdom | Comedy |
1961
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Jan 1961 | The Singer Not the Song | Rank | Roy Ward Baker | Roy Baker, Jack Hanbury | Dirk Bogarde, John Mills | Shot in Spain |
Feb 1961 | No Love for Johnnie | Five Star | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Peter Finch | Box office flop |
Apr 1961 | Very Important Person | Independent Artists | Ken Annakin | James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips | ||
Jun 1961 | Flame in the Streets | Rank/Somerset | Roy Baker | Roy Baker, Jack Hanbury | John Mills | Racial drama |
Jul 1961 | Whistle Down the Wind | AFM/Beaver | Bryan Forbes | Richard Attenborough | Hayley Mills, Alan Bates | Box office hit |
Aug 1961 | Information Received | United | Robert Lynn | Sabine Sesselman | ||
Aug 1961 | No My Darling Daughter | Rank/Five Star | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Michael Redgrave, Michael Craig | |
1961 | Victim | AFM | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Dirk Bogarde | Gay themes |
1961 | In the Doghouse | Rank | Darcy Conyers | Leslie Phillips | Comedy |
1962
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 1962 | All Night Long | Roberts Pictures | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Patrick McGoohan | Based on Othello |
Mar 1962 | A Pair of Briefs | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Michael Craig | Comedy |
May 1962 | The Traitors | Ello | Robert Tronson | Jim O'Connolly | Patrick Allen | spy |
Jul 1962 | Tiara Tahiti | Ivan Foxwell | Ted Kotcheff | Ivan Foxwell | James Mason, John Mills | |
Aug 1962 | Life for Ruth | Allied Film Makers | Basil Dearden | Michael Relph | Michael Craig, Janet Munro, Patrick McGoohan | Commercial failure |
Jul 1962 | The Day of the Triffids | Security | Stephen Sekely | George Pitcher | Howard Keel | based on novel by John Wyndham |
1962 | Der Rosenkavalier | Paul Czinner | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf | conductor: Herbert von Karajan | ||
1962 | Band of Thieves | |||||
Sep 1962 | Billy Budd | Anglo Allied | Peter Ustinov | Peter Ustinov | Peter Ustinov, Robert Ryan, Terence Stamp | Based on novel by Herman Melville |
Oct 1962 | The Wild and the Willing | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Ian MacShane, John Hurt, Samantha Eagger | university drama |
Feb 1963 | Stranglehold | Argo | Lawrence Huntington | David Henley | MacDonald Carey | |
Dec 1962 | The Fur Collar | Albatross | Lawrence Huntington | Lawrence Huntington | John Bentley | thriller |
Dec 1962 | The Fast Lady | Independent Artists | Ken Annakin | Julian Wintle | Stanley Baxter | Comedy; minor hit |
Dec 1962 | On the Beat | Rank | Robert Asher | Hugh Stewart | Norman Wisdom | comedy |
Apr 1962 | Waltz of the Toreadors | Independent Artists | John Guillermin | Peter De Sarigny | Peter Sellers | Minor hit |
1963
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1963 | This Sporting Life | Independent Artists | Lindsay Anderson | Karel Reiz | Richard Harris | rugby league |
1963 | Bitter Harvest | Independent Artists | Peter Graham Scott | Albert Fennell | Janet Munro | social realism |
1963 | The Bay of St Michel | John Ainsworth | Keenan Wynn | WW2 | ||
1963 | Call Me Bwana | Eon | Gordon Douglas | Albert Broccoli | Bob Hope | comedy |
1963 | 80,000 Suspects | Val Guest | Val Guest | Claire Bloom | ||
1963 | Doctor in Distress | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Dirk Bogarde | Doctor film #5 | |
1963 | The Eyes of Annie Jones | Associated Producers | Reginald Le Borg | Jack Parsons | ||
1963 | Live It Up | Lance Comfort | David Hemmings | teen musical | ||
1963 | Farewell Performance | Robert Tronson | ||||
1963 | The Informers | Rank | Ken Annakin | William MacQuitty | Nigel Patrick | |
1963 | A Stitch in Time | Robert Asher | Hugh Stewart | Norman Wisdom | Comedy | |
1963 | Father Came Too | Peter Graham Scott | Independent Artists | James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips | ||
1963 | Hot Enough for June | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Dirk Bogarde | spy spoof |
1964
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1964 | Seance on a Wet Afternoon | Allied Filmmakers | Bryan Forbes | Bryan Forbes, Richard Attenborough | Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough | Commercial failure |
1964 | The Beauty Jungle | Rank | Val Guest | Val Guest | Ian Hendry | |
1964 | The High Bright Sun | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Dirk Bogarde, Susan Strasberg | Set in Cyprus; ast Thomas-Box-Bogarde collaboration; commercial failure |
1965
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1965 | The Intelligence Men | Robert Asher | Morecambe and Wise | Spy spoof; one of 12 most popular films | ||
1965 | Be My Guest | Lance Comfort | Lance Comfort | David Hemmings | ||
1965 | The Ipcress File | Lowndes | Sidney Furie | Harry Saltzmann | Michael Caine | spy movie; led to 2 sequels |
1965 | The Heroes of Telemark | Benton | Anthony Mann | Benjamin Fisz | Kirk Douglas, Richard Harris | WW2 story; one of 15 most popular films of year |
1965 | Sky West and Crooked | John Mills | John Mills | Jack Hanbury | Hayley Mills, Ian McShane | |
1965 | The Early Bird | Robert Asher | Norman Wisdom | comedy; one of 15 most popular films of year | ||
1965 | Dateline Diamonds | Jeremy Summers | The Small Faces | teen pop musical | ||
1965 | Doctor in Clover | Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Leslie Phillips, James Robertson Justice | Doctor #6; one of 15 most popular films of year |
1965 | I Was Happy Here | Partisan/Rank | Desmond Davis | Sarah Miles | Based on story by Edna O'Brien; commercial failure |
1966
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1966 | That Riviera Touch | Cliff Owen | Hugh Stewart | Morecambe & Wise | comedy; among top 15 films of 1966 | |
1966 | The Sandwich Man | Titan | Robert Hartford-Davis | Michael Bentine | ||
1966 | They're a Weird Mob | Williamson-Powell | Michael Powell | Michael Powell | Walter Chiari, Chips Rafferty | Shot in Australia; massive hit in Aust, lost money |
1966 | The Trap | Sidney Hayers | George Brown | Rita Tushingham, Oliver Reed | Shot in Canada | |
1966 | Romeo and Juliet | Paul Czinner | Rudolph Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn | Film of ballet | ||
1966 | Press for Time | Robert Asher | Norman Wisdom | comedy |
1967
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1967 | The Quiller Memorandum | Michael Anderson | Ivan Foxwell | George Segal,Alec Guinness, Max von Sydow, Senta Berger | Spy Thriller | |
1967 | Deadlier Than the Male | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Richard Johnson | ||
1967 | Don't Lose Your Head | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Sid James, Kenneth Williams | Carry On#13 | |
1967 | Maroc 7 | Gerry O'Hara | Leslie Phillips | Gene Barry | Lost money | |
1967 | The Magnificent Two | Rank | Cliff Owen | Hugh Stewart | Morecambe and Wise | Comedy |
1967 | Stranger in the House | Selmur | Pierre Rouve | James Mason | ||
1967 | The Long Duel | London Independent Producers | Ken Annakin | Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard | Imperial adventure | |
1967 | The Trygon Factor | Cyril Frankel | Stewart Granger | |||
1967 | Follow That Camel | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Phil Silvers | Carry On #14 | |
1967 | Carry On Doctor | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Frankie Howerd | Carry On #15, one of biggest hits of the year | |
1967 | Hell Is Empty | Bernard Knowles | Martine Carol | |||
1967 | Two Weeks in September | Brigitte Bardot | French film |
1968
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1968 | Carry On... Up the Khyber | Carry On series | ||||
1968 | Nobody Runs Forever | Selmur | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Rod Taylor | Thriller based on "The High Commissioner" |
1968 | Subterfuge |
1969
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1969 | Some Girls Do | Rank/Ashdown | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Richard Johnson | Second Bulldog Drummond film |
1969 | Ring of Bright Water | Palomar/Rank | Jack Couffer | Joseph Strick | Bill Travers, Virginia McKenna | Made a loss |
1969 | Carry On Camping | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Sid James, Kenneth Williams | Carry On #17; biggest hit of 1969 | |
1969 | The Royal Hunt of the Sun | Rank/National General | Irving Lerner | Robert Sisk | Christopher Plummer | based on stage show |
1969 | Carry On Again Doctor | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Sid James, Kenneth Williams | Carry On #18 | |
1969 | Twinky aka Lola | Richard Donner | Clive Sharp | Susan George, Charles Bronson | ||
1969 | Mister Jericho | Sidney Hayers | Julian Wintle |
1970s
edit1970
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1970 | Carry On Up the Jungle | Adder/Ethiro | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Frankie Howerd, Sid James | |
1970 | Doctor in Trouble | Welback/Rank | Ralph Thomas | Betty Box | Leslie Phillips | |
1970 | Carry On Loving | Adder/GT | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Sid James, Kenneth Williams | |
1970 | Toomorrow | Lowndes/Sweet Music | Val Guest | Harry Saltzmann, Don Kirschner | Olivia Newton-John | |
1970 | Countess Dracula | Hammer | Peter Sasdy | Alexander Paal | Ingrid Pitt | |
1970 | Carry On Henry | Adder | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Sid James, Kenneth Williams | |
1970 | The Firechasers | Sidney Hayers | Julian Wintler | |||
1970 | The World at Their Feet | documentary |
1971-72
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1971 | Assault | Peter Rogers | Sidney Hayers | George Brown | Suzy Kendall | thriller |
1971 | Carry On at Your Convenience | Peter Rogers | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Sid James, Kenneth Williams | Carry On #22 |
1971 | Hands of the Ripper | Hammer | Peter Sasdy | Aida Young | Eric Porter | horror |
1971 | Quest for Love | Peter Rogers | Ralph Thomas | Peter Eton | Tom Bell | sci fi |
1971 | Revenge | Peter Rogers | Sidney Hayers | George Brown | Joan Collins | thriller |
1971 | Twins of Evil | Hammer | John Hough | Harry Fine, Michael Style | Peter Cushing | vampire story |
1972 | All Coppers Are... | Sidney Hayers | George Brown | |||
1972 | Carry On Abroad | Gerald Thomas | Carry On #24 | |||
1972 | Carry On Matron | Carry On #23 | ||||
1971 | Kidnapped | Delbert Mann | Michael Caine | Based on classic novel | ||
1972 | Please Sir! | John Alderton | Based on TV Series | |||
1972 | Rentadick | |||||
1972 | Vampire Circus | Hammer | Adrienne Corri | vampires |
1973-74
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1973 | Bless This House | Peter Rogers | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Sid James | Based on TV show |
1973 | The Belstone Fox | Rank | James Hill | Eric Porter | Based on book by David Rook | |
1973 | Carry On Girls | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Sid James, Barbara Windsor | Carry On #25 | |
1973 | Father Dear Father | William Stewart | Patrick Cargill | Based on TV series | ||
1973 | Nothing But the Night | Peter Sasdy | Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing | horror anthology | ||
1972 | Antony and Cleopatra | Charlton Heston | Peter Snell | Charlton Heston | Based on play by Shakespeare | |
1973 | That's Your Funeral | Hammer | Bill Fraser | Based on TV series | ||
1973 | Go for a Take | Harry Booth | Roy Simpson | Reg Varney | ||
1974 | Carry On Dick | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Sid James, Barbara Windsor | Carry On #26 | |
1974 | Don't Just Lie There, Say Something | Comocroft | Bob Kellet | Based on play | ||
1974 | Soft Beds, Hard Battles | Charter Film | Roy Boulting | Boulting Brothers | Peter Sellers | Commercial flop |
1975-77
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1975 | I Don't Want to Be Born | Peter Sasdy | Joan Collins | Horror | ||
1975 | Carry On Behind | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Elke Sommer | Carry On #27 | |
1975 | The "Human" Factor | Eton/Avianca Features | Edward Dmytryk | Frank Avianca | George Kennedy, John Mills, Raf Vallone | suspense-thriller; UK Distribution only |
1975 | That Lucky Touch | Christopher Miles | Roger Moore, Susannah York | |||
1976 | Bugsy Malone | Goodtimes, RSO | Alan Parker | Alan Marshall | Scott Baio | gangster musical; minor hit |
1976 | Carry On England | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Kenneth Connor | Carry On #28 | |
1977 | Wombling Free | Lionel Jeffries | The Wombles | Based on TV series |
1978
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1978 | To See Such Fun | Documentary | ||||
1978 | Age of Innocence | |||||
1978 | The Uncanny | Rank, Cinevideo | Denis Heroux | Peter Cushing | horror anthology | |
1978 | Soldier of Orange | Paul Verhoeven | Rutger Hauer | Co production with Holland | ||
1978 | Power Play | Martyn Burke | Peter O'Toole | Co production with Canada | ||
1978 | The Shout | Recorded Picture | Jerzy Skolimowski | Jeremy Thomas | Won Grand Prix at 1978 Cannes Film Festival | |
1978 | The Thirty Nine Steps | Norfolk | Don Sharp | Greg Smith | Robert Powell | Based on John Buchan novel |
1978 | Tomorrow Never Comes | Peter Collinson | Oliver Reed, Susan George | Shot in Canada | ||
1978 | The Wild Geese | Andrew McLaglen | Euan Lloyd | Richard Burton | Shot in South Africa |
1979
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1979 | The Human Factor | Sigma, Wheel | Otto Preminger | Nicol Williamson | Based on novel by Graham Greene, co-pro with UA | |
1979 | That's Carry On | Gerald Thomas | Peter Rogers | Kenneth Williams | Carry On #29, compilation | |
1979 | The Riddle of the Sands | Worldmark | Tony Maylarn | Drummond Challis | Michael York | based on novel by Erskine Childers, not financial success |
1979 | Tarka the Otter | David Cobham | David Cobham | Based on book by Henry Williamson | ||
1979 | The Lady Vanishes | Hammer | Anthony Page | Tom Sachs | Elliott Gould, Cybill Shepherd | Remake of 1938 film, Last film from Hammer for 29 years |
1979 | Eagle's Wing | Tony Harvey | Ben Arbeid | Martin Sheen | Western, shot in Mexico |
1980s
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1980 | Bad Timing | Recorded Picture Company | Nic Roeg | Jeremy Thomas | Art Garfunkel | |
1980 | Silver Dream Racer | Rank | David Wickes | David Wickes | David Essex | motorbike film |
1980 | The Sea Wolves | Lorimar, Richmond Light Horse | Andrew McLaglen | Euan Lloyd | Gregory Peck, Roger Moore | WW2 action |
1982 | The Boys in Blue | Val Guest | Brian Fox | Tommy Cannon | Comedy | |
1982 | Nutcracker | Jershaw | Anwar Kawandi | Joan Collins | ||
1982 | Who Dares Wins | Richmond Light Horse | Ian Sharp | Euan Lloyd | Lewis Collins | action |
1983 | Educating Rita | Acorn | Lewis Gilbert | Lewis Gilbert | Michael Caine, Julie Walters | based on Willy Russell play |
1983 | Heat and Dust | Merchant Ivory | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant | Julie Christie | Shot in India |
1984 | The Bostonians | Merchant Ivory | James Ivory | Ismail Merchant | Christopher Reeves | based on novel by Henry James |
1984 | Not Quite Jerusalem | Lewis Gilbert | Lewis Gilbert | Sam Robards | ||
1984 | The Chain | Jack Gold | Warren Mitchell | |||
1984 | Secret Places | Zelda Barron | ||||
1985 | Defence of the Realm | David Drury | Gabriel Byrne | Political thriller | ||
1985 | The Girl in the Picture | Cary Parker | ||||
1987 | The Fourth Protocol | John MacKenzie | Michael Caine | based on novel by Frederick Forsyth | ||
1989 | Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills | Paul Bartel | Jacqueline Bissett | comedy | ||
1989 | Welcome Home | Franklin Schaffner | Don Carmody, Martin Ransohoff | Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams, Sam Waterston, Brian Keith |
1990s
editYear | Title | Company | Director | Producer | Star | Notes |
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1991 | Under Suspicion | Carnival Films and London Weekend Television | Simon Moore | Brian Eastman | Liam Neeson, Laura San Giacomo | |
1991 | Fried Green Tomatoes | Avnet/Kerner Productions, Electric Shadow Productions and Act III Communications | Jon Avnet | Fannie Flagg, Carol Sobieski | Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy |
Later
edit- Rock-a-Doodle (1991, UK distribution only)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
- The Stupids (1996)
- 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (1997)
- Lawn Dogs (1997)
Notes
edit- Falk, Quentin (1987). The golden gong : fifty years of the Rank Organisation, its films and its stars. Columbus Books.