List of films financed by The Rank Organisation

This is a list of notable films financed by J. Arthur Rank and The Rank Organisation

1930s

1935

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
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
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
September 1935	Car of Dreams	Gainsborough	Graham Cutts, Austin Melford	Michael Balcon	Grete Mosheim	Musical; remake of Hungarian film
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
Dec 1935	Foreign Affaires	Gainsborough	Tom Walls	Michael Balcon	Tom Walls	Farce

1936

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

1937

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

1938

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

1939

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

1940s

1940

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

1941

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

1942

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
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

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

1944

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

1945

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

1946

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

1947

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

1948

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

1949

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	Fredric 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	Obsession	Independent Sovereign	Edward Dmytryk	Nat A. Bronstein, Kenneth Horne	Robert Newton, Sally Gray	Based on A Man About a Dog
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

1950

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

1951

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

1952

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

1953

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

1954

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

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	The Ship that Died of Shame	Ealing	Basil Dearden	Michael Relph	Richard Attenborough	WW2
Apr 1955	Passage Home	Group Film	Roy Ward Baker	Julian Wintle	Peter Finch, Anthony Steel, Diane Cilento	ship drama
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

Film

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
Jan 1956	Lost	Sydney Box Productions/Rank	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/Rank	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	Pinnacle 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 (Arcturus Productions)	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

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/Rank	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

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	Keyboard Prductions	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/Rank	Clive Donner	Alfred Shaughnessy	Jean Anderson
Jul 1958	A Night to Remember	Rank	Roy Ward Baker	William MacQuitty	Kenneth More	Based on the book of the same name by Walter Lord which was based off the sinking of Titanic, most expensive British film
Aug 1958	Nor the Moon by Night	IFP	Ken Annakin	John Stafford	Michael Craig, Belinda Lee	Shot in South Africa
Aug 1958	Sea Fury	Aqua/Rank	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

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	Bill and Michael Luckwell Film Ltd	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
Mar 1959	Tiger Bay	Independent Artists Productions	J. Lee Thompson	John Hawkesworth	John Mills, Hayley Mills	Thriller
Apr 1959	Whirlpool	Rank	Lewis Allen	George Pitcher	Juliette Greco
Apr 1959	Sapphire	Artna	Basil Dearden	Michael Relph	Nigel Patrick	Race drama, one of biggest hits of year
Jul 1959	The Heart of a Man	Wilcox-Neagle (Everest)	Herbert Wilcox	Anna Neagle	Frankie Vaughan
Jul 1959	Ferry to Hong Kong	Rank	Lewis Gilbert	George Maynard	Orson Welles, Curt Jurgens	Filmed in Hong Kong, box office disaster
Aug 1959	Upstairs and Downstairs	Rank	Ralph Thomas	Betty Box	Michael Craig	Comedy
Aug 1959	Blind Date	Independent Artists Ltd, Sydney Box Assoc	Joseph Losey	David Deutsch	Hardy Kruger, Stanley Baker
Oct 1959	The Night We Dropped a Clanger	Sydney Box Films, Four Star Assoc	Darcy Conyers	David Henley, Sydney Box	Brian Rix	comedy
Oct 1959	North West Frontier	Rank	J. Lee Thompson	Marcel Hellman	Kenneth More, Lauren Bacall	Shot in India, one of biggest hits of year
Oct 1959	SOS Pacific	Sydney Box Assoc, Remfield	Guy Green	John Nasht, Patrick Filmer-Sankey	Richard Attenborough
Dec 1959	Desert Mice	Artna FilmsWelbeck Films	Basil Dearden	Alfred Marks	comedy
Dec 1959	Follow a Star	Rank	Robert Asher	Hugh Stewart	Norman Wisdom

1960s

1960

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		Paul Czinner	Paul Czinner	Margot Fonteyn	Ballet film
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 Savage Innocents	Rank	Nicholas Ray	Maleno Malenotti	Anthony Quinn	Based on Top of the World
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

Year	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	Pit of Darkness	Rank	Lance Comfort	Lance Comfort	William Franklyn, Moira Redmond	Based on To Dusty Death
1961	In the Doghouse	Rank	Darcy Conyers		Leslie Phillips	Comedy

1962

Year	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/Saracen Films Ltd	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	Filmvale
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
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

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
Feb 1963	This Sporting Life	Independent Artists	Lindsay Anderson	Karel Reiz	Richard Harris	rugby league
Feb 1963	Stranglehold	Argo	Lawrence Huntington	David Henley	MacDonald Carey
Mar 1963	The Bay of St Michel	Trionyx Films Limited	John Ainsworth		Keenan Wynn	WW2
Apr 1963	Call Me Bwana	Eon	Gordon Douglas	Albert Broccoli	Bob Hope	comedy
Jul 1963	Doctor in Distress	Rank	Ralph Thomas	Betty Box	Dirk Bogarde	Doctor film #5
Aug 1963	80,000 Suspects	Rank	Val Guest	Val Guest	Claire Bloom
Oct 1963	Bitter Harvest	Independent Artists	Peter Graham Scott	Albert Fennell	Janet Munro	social realism
Nov 1963	The Eyes of Annie Jones	Jack Parsons-Neil McCallum Productions	Reginald Le Borg	Jack Parsons
Nov 1963	Live It Up	Three Kings Films Ltd	Lance Comfort		David Hemmings	teen musical
Nov 1963	The Informers	Rank	Ken Annakin	William MacQuitty	Nigel Patrick
Dec 1963	Farewell Performance	Sevenay Productions	Robert Tronson
Dec 1963	A Stitch in Time	Rank	Robert Asher	Hugh Stewart	Norman Wisdom	Comedy

1964

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
Feb 1964	Father Came Too	Independent Artists	Peter Graham Scott		James Robertson Justice, Leslie Phillips
Feb 1964	Hot Enough for June	Rank	Ralph Thomas	Betty Box	Dirk Bogarde	spy spoof
Jun 1964	Seance on a Wet Afternoon	Allied FilmmakersBeaver Films	Bryan Forbes	Bryan Forbes, Richard Attenborough	Kim Stanley, Richard Attenborough	Commercial failure
Jun 1964	The Beauty Jungle	Rank	Val Guest	Val Guest	Ian Hendry

1965

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
1965	The Intelligence Men		Robert Asher		Morecambe and Wise	Spy spoof; one of 12 most popular films
Feb 1965	The High Bright Sun	Rank	Ralph Thomas	Betty Box	Dirk Bogarde, Susan Strasberg	Set in Cyprus; ast Thomas-Box-Bogarde collaboration; commercial failure
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

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

1967

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
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
July 1967	The Long Duel	Rank	Ken Annakin		Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard	Imperial adventure
1967	The Trygon Factor		Cyril Frankel		Stewart Granger
1967	Follow That Camel	Rank Film Distributord	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

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
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

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	ITC Entertainment	Sidney Hayers	Julian Wintle		TV movie released theatrically used mainly as a support feature

1970s

1970

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
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	ITC Entertainment	Sidney Hayers	Julian Wintle		TV Movie released in cinemas as a support feature
1970	The World at Their Feet					documentary

1971-72

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
1971	When Eight Bells Toll	Winkast, Gershwin-Kastner Productions	Etienne Perier	Elliott Kastner, Jerry Gershwin	Anthony Hopkins, Robert Morley, Jack Hawkins, Nathalie Delon, Corin Redgrave, Derek Bond	Spy Thriller adapted from Alistair MacLean novel
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

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
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, fully financed by Rank
1973	Carry On Girls[1]		Gerald Thomas	Peter Rogers	Sid James, Barbara Windsor	Carry On #25, fully financed by Rank
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, fully financed by Rank
1974	Caravan to Vaccares	Geoffrey Reeve Productions Ltd, Societe Nouvelle Prodis S.A, Crowndale Holdings	Geoffrey Reeve	Geoffrey Reeve, Richard Morris-Adams, John McNab, George Davis	Charlotte Rampling, David Birney, Michael Lonsdale, Michael Bryant, Marcel Bozzuffi, Serge Marquand	Partly financed by Rank, Action Thriller, Adaption of Alistair MacLean novel, co-production with France
1974	Soft Beds, Hard Battles	Charter Film	Roy Boulting	Boulting Brothers	Peter Sellers	Commercial flop, part financed by Rank

1975-77

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
1975	I Don't Want to Be Born		Peter Sasdy		Joan Collins	Horror
1975	Russian Roulette	ITC Entertainment, Bulldog Productions	Lou Lombardo	Jerry Bick, Elliott Kastner	George Segal, Christina Raines, Denholm Elliot Gordon Jackson	UK Theatrical distribution only, Thriller co-production with Canada
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
1975	Man Friday	ITC Entertainment, ABC, Keep Films	Jack Gold	Jules Buck, Gerald Green, David Korda	Peter O'Toole, Richard Roundtree, Peter Cellier	Adventure Drama, adaption of a TV play, UK Distribution Only
1975	Farewell My Lovely	ITC Entertainment, EK Productions	Dick Richards	Jerry Bruckheimer, George Pappas, Elliott Kastner	Robert Mitchum, Charlotte Rampling, John Ireland Sylvia Miles	Detective Thriller adapted from Raymond Chandler novel, Remake of the original 1941 film version Murder My Sweet, UK theatrical distribution only
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
1977	That's Carry On		Gerald Thomas	Peter Rogers	Kenneth Williams	Carry On #29, compilation

1978

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
1978	To See Such Fun					Documentary, Premiered on TV Christmas Day 1977 did not get a cinema release officially
1978	Blood Relatives	Classic Film Industries, Cinevideo, Filmel, Montreal Trust Company of Canada	Claude Chabrol	Denis Heroux, Michael Klinger	Donald Sutherland, Donald Pleasence, David Hemmings	Co-production with France and Canada
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	Classic, Neffbourne, Montreal Trust Company of Canada, Cinevideo	Peter Collinson	Michael Klinger	Oliver Reed, Susan George	Shot in Canada
1978	The Wild Geese	Richmond Film Productions	Andrew McLaglen	Euan Lloyd	Richard Burton, Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Kruger	Shot in South Africa
1978	Carry On Emmannuelle	Cleve Investments, Hemdale	Gerald Thomas	Peter Rogers	Kenneth Connor	Carry On #30

1979

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	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

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
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 Reeve	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
1988	Switching Channels	Switching Channels Inc, Tristar Pictures	Ted Kotcheff	Martin Ransohoff	Kathleen Turner, Burt Reynolds, Christopher Reeve
1988	Hawks	Producer Representatives Organisation, Hoyts Entertainment	Robert Ellis Miller	Steve Lanning, Keith Cavele	Timothy Dalton, Anthony Edwards, Geoffrey Palmer	Comedy Drama co-production with Australia
1989	Gleaming the Cube	Gladden Entertainment, David Foster-Lawrence Turman Productions	Graeme Clifford	Bruce McNall, David Foster Lawrence Turman	Christian Slater, Steven Bauer, Richard Herd, Ed Lauter	Released by 20th Century Fox in the US
1989	Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills		Paul Bartel		Jacqueline Bissett	comedy
1989	Dealers	Euston Films	Colin Bucksey	William P. Cartlidge	Paul McGann, Rebecca De Mornay
1989	Welcome Home		Franklin Schaffner	Don Carmody, Martin Ransohoff	Kris Kristofferson, JoBeth Williams, Sam Waterston, Brian Keith
1989	Weekend at Bernie's	Gladden Entertainment	Ted Kotcheff	Victor Drai	Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Catherine Mary Stewart, Terry Kiser	Distributed by 20th Century Fox in US
1989	Millennium	Gladden Entertainment	Michael Anderson	Douglas Leiterman, Bruce McNall	Kris Kristofferson, Cheryl Ladd, Daniel J Travanti	Science Fiction Disaster movie

1990s

Year	Title	Company	Director	Producer	Star	Notes
1990	All Dogs Go to Heaven	Goldcrest, Sullivan/Bluth Studios Ireland Limited	Don Bluth	Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy	Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Loni Anderson	Co-Production with Ireland, France and US distributed by MGM/UA in US
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
1991	Rock-a-Doodle	Goldcrest Films and Sullivan Bluth Studios Ireland Limited	Don Bluth	Don Bluth, Gary Goldman, John Pomeroy		Based on Chantecler
1992	Freddie as F.R.O.7	Hollywood Road Films and J&M Entertainment	Jon Acevski	Jon Acevski and Norman Priggen
1992	Just Like a Woman	Zenith Entertainment	Christopher Monger	Nicholas Evans	Julie Walters, Adrian Pasdar, Paul Freeman	Based on the novel Geraldine, For the Love of a Transvestite by Monica Jay
1994	Four Weddings and a Funeral	PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Channel Four Films and Working Title Films	Mike Newell	Duncan Kenworthy	Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell
1996	The Stupids	Savoy Pictures	John Landis	Leslie Belzberg	Tom Arnold	Based on book by James Marshall and Harry Allard
1997	8 Heads in a Duffel Bag		Tom Schulman	Jeffrey D. Ivers, Brad Krevoy, Steve Stabler	Joe Pesci
1997	Lawn Dogs		John Duigan	Duncan Kenworthy

Notes

• Falk, Quentin (1987). The golden gong : fifty years of the Rank Organisation, its films and its stars. Columbus Books.

References

1. "The Rank Organisation Annual Report and Accounts 1974"(PDF). Memories of Rank Xerox at Mitcheldean. p. 21.