Known for Production
Born
March 28, 1916
Died
August 26, 1991 (age 75)
Birthplace
Eastbourne, Sussex, England, UK
Filmography
25 films


Spies Like Us
1985 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Two bumbling government employees think they are U.S. spies, only to discover that they are actually decoys for nuclear war.


Love Among the Ruins
1976 · 1h 40m
country: United States
An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé. Esteemed barrister Sir Arthur Glanville-Jones is assigned to represent Jessica in the lawsuit, and he also happens to be an old suitor of hers from decades earlier. While Jessica claims not to remember him, and Arthur still smarts from her earlier rejection, the two form a close bond during the case.


The Day of the Jackal
1973 · 2h 23m
country: France
An international assassin known as ‘The Jackal’ is employed by disgruntled French generals to kill President Charles de Gaulle, with a dedicated gendarme on the assassin’s trail.


Lawrence of Arabia
1962 · 3h 48m
country: United Kingdom
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.


The Sundowners
1960 · 2h 13m
country: United Kingdom
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.


Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
1959 · 1h 28m
country: United States
The greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so Tarzan pursues them to their mine.


Island in the Sun
1957 · 1h 59m
country: United States
A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.


A Kid for Two Farthings
1955 · 1h 36m
country: United Kingdom
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true.


Beautiful Stranger
1954 · 1h 29m
country: United Kingdom
An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.


Hobson's Choice
1954 · 1h 48m
country: United Kingdom
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.


The Heart of the Matter
1953 · 1h 45m
country: United Kingdom
Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience when he has an affair with a younger woman.


The Sound Barrier
1952 · 1h 57m
country: United Kingdom
A young RAF pilot tests his father-in-law’s prototype supersonic aircraft to the limit, at a time of intense development in the field of aviation, just as commercial jet airliners are about to enter service.


Seven Days to Noon
1950 · 1h 34m
country: United Kingdom
When Professor Willingdon becomes wary of the nuclear weapons he is helping build, he steals a warhead and threatens to detonate it in London in seven days unless the government begins nuclear disarmament. As Willingdon goes into hiding, Detective Folland of Scotland Yard sets out to find him. Willingdon's daughter Ann also joins the cause, hoping she can talk sense into her father before he causes a catastrophe.


The Guinea Pig
1948 · 1h 37m
country: United Kingdom
A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes together.