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This is a list of notable films financed by J. Arthur Rank and The Rank Organisation
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Year
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
Year
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
Year
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
Year
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Film
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Film
Year
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
Film
Year
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
Year
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
Film
Year
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
Year
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
Year
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
Film
Year
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
Film
Year
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
Year
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
Film
Year
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
Year
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Sara Miles
Based on story by Edna O'Brien; commercial failure
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
1971-72 [ edit ]
1973-74 [ edit ]
1975-77 [ edit ]
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
Year
Title
Company
Director
Producer
Star
Notes
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
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Falk, Quentin (1987). The golden gong : fifty years of the Rank Organisation, its films and its stars . Columbus Books.