Known for Writing
Born
February 26, 1905
Died
February 1, 1999 (age 93)
Birthplace
Folkestone, Kent, England, UK
Filmography
29 films


Paul and Michelle
1974 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Taking place approximately three years after the events in Friends, Paul and Michelle follows the family of Paul Harrison and Michelle Latour-Harrison after they have been reunited. Paul has to cope with the difficulties he faces balancing work, college, and trying to maintain their family as well as a new love interest for Michelle.


Friends
1971 · 1h 41m
country: United Kingdom
Paul, a rich English boy, and Michelle, an orphaned French girl, run away from home to a remote beach. Living on their own, their friendship grows into love.


Oliver!
1968 · 2h 33m
country: United Kingdom
Musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist, a classic tale of an orphan who runs away from the workhouse and joins up with a group of boys headed by the Artful Dodger and trained to be pickpockets by master thief Fagin.


Almost Angels
1962 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Supported avidly by his mother and more reluctantly at first by his father, a working-class Austrian boy joins the Vienna Choirboys, where he proves to be unusually talented.


Light Up the Sky!
1960 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.


Ferry to Hong Kong
1959 · 1h 52m
country: United Kingdom
Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain Hart. Conrad's papers are out of order and Macao refuses him entry. Unable to go ashore, Conrad is a permanent passenger on the ferry with Hart, who detests him. It's all one long, lazy voyage for Conrad until one fateful trip when an encounter with a typhoon and pirates forces Conrad to choose between an aimless drifter's life and becoming a man again.


Carve Her Name with Pride
1958 · 1h 59m
country: United Kingdom
London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses the German enemy lines as a secret agent to aid a French Resistance group.


The Admirable Crichton
1957 · 1h 34m
country: United Kingdom
Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are shipwrecked on a desert island with the self-reliant Crichton and lady's maid Tweeny, the class system is put to the test.


Three Men in a Boat
1956 · 1h 24m
country: United Kingdom
Three London gentlemen take a vacation rowing down the Thames, encountering various mishaps and misadventures along the way.


The Good Die Young
1954 · 1h 40m
country: United Kingdom
An amoral, psychotic playboy incites three men who are down on their luck to commit a mail van robbery, which goes badly wrong.


A Case For P.C. 49
1951 · 1h 20m
country: Unknown
A model’s scheme to murder a millionaire with the intention of inheriting his fortune is uncovered by a police constable.


The Adventures of P.C. 49: Investigating the Case of the Guardian Angel
1949 · 1h 7m
country: United Kingdom
A police constable goes undercover to infiltrate a gang of violent thieves.


Play Up the Band
1935 · 1h 11m
country: United Kingdom
A brass band goes to London to take part in a competition.