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Charles Crichton

Charles Crichton

Charles Crichton was an English film director and film editor. He became best known for directing comedies produced at Ealing Studios. Crichton enjoyed an extremely long career, editing and directing many films and television programmes over a period exceeding 40 years.

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Movies Made By Charles Crichton (35)

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

While a diamond advocate attempts to steal a collection of diamonds, troubles arise when he realises he's not the only one after the collection. ...

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Cosmic Princess (1982)

An alien princess aids people stranded on out-of-orbit Moonbase Alpha. ...

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Alien Attack (1980)

Earth's Moon is the site of Moonbase Alpha, a scientific research colony nestled in the crater Plato. Staffed by over 300 men and women from Earth, it is the operations center for several space expeditions. It is also a watchdog for vast amounts of atomic ...

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Into Infinity (1975)

The spaceship Altares, with a photon drive capable of accelerating it to the speed of light, leaves an Earth-orbiting space station. The Altares crew, two families of scientific specialists, journey at light speed with time-dilation to Alpha Centauri, wher ...

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He Who Rides a Tiger (1965)

Peter Rayston, has been in and out of prison most of his life. At 30, he is released for the eighth time, after serving a sentence for housebreaking. ...

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The Third Secret (1964)

A prominent London psychologist seems to have taken his own life, causing stunned disbelief amongst his colleagues and patients. His teenage daughter refuses to believe it was suicide as this would go against all of the principles her father stood for, the ...

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The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960)

A boy gets involved in a bank robbery ...

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The Battle of the Sexes (1960)

Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets Robert MacPherson, a businessman who asks for her help to bring his company into the 20th Century. The st ...

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Floods of Fear (1958)

A man framed for murder escapes from prison during a flood and helps a young woman in distress. ...

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Law and Disorder (1958)

When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out about his criminal past. But when Colin becomes an assistant to the Judge, who is about to try Percy for his ...

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The Man in the Sky (1957)

The efforts of test pilot John Mitchell to make a better life for his wife Mary and their two children seem doomed to failure and he blames himself. At the Conway Aero-Manufacturing Company of Wolverhampton, Mitchell is to take the company's new rocket-pro ...

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The Divided Heart (1954)

During World War II, a German woman, Inga, goes missing and is presumed dead. Her infant son is placed in an orphanage where, years later, he's adopted by a childless couple. The adoptive parents' happiness is shattered when Inga reappears and insists on c ...

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The Love Lottery (1954)

Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he relocates to a remote Italian village where unanticipated trouble arises when unwittingly he becomes the priz ...

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The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves, backed by a monied member of the community who is attracted by the complete lack of licensing hours on trains. ...

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Hunted (1952)

An unexpected bond develops between a fugitive killer and a runaway orphan on an odyssey across England. ...

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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

A meek bank clerk who oversees the shipments of bullion joins with an eccentric neighbor to steal gold bars and smuggle them out of the country. ...

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Dance Hall (1950)

Episodic tale of four factory girls and their various romances at the local dance hall in Chiswick, London. Unusual at the time, the film tells its story from a feminine perspective. Today, it is mainly recognised for its post-war London atmosphere, with b ...

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Train of Events (1949)

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it. ...

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Another Shore (1948)

A young Irishman comes up with an unusual plan to get the money to emigrate to Tahiti. One of the Ealing comedies. ...

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Against the Wind (1948)

A disparate group of volunteers are trained as saboteurs and parachuted into Belgium to blow up an office containing important Nazi records and to rescue a prominent S.O.E. agent, who is being interrogated by the Germans for vital information. ...

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Hue and Cry (1947)

A gang of street boys foil a master crook who sends commands for robberies by cunningly altering a comic strip's wording each week, unknown to writer and printer. The first of the Ealing comedies. ...

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Dead of Night (1945)

An architect, visiting an English country house, realizes the other guests are familiar from his recurring nightmare. When they share their tales of the supernatural, he is filled with a growing dread. ...

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Painted Boats (1945)

In this modest drama, set during World War II, two rival boat families battle it out for supremacy. ...

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For Those in Peril (1944)

A WWII flyer fails to join the RAF so he joins the Air - Sea Rescue instead. His boat is out in all conditions picking up downed pilots and taking them to safety. ...

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The Big Blockade (1942)

Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war. ...

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Find, Fix and Strike (1942)

Deals with the training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and crew during World War II. ...

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Old Bill and Son (1941)

Old Bill has grumbled his way through the trenches of the First World War. Now it is the Second and, envious of his son, Young Bill, he decides to enlist. He finally enters the Pioneer Corps, which is based near his son. When Young Bill goes missing during ...

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Guests of Honour (1941)

Ealing Studios short war documentary ...

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Young Veteran (1940)

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army. ...

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The Thief of Bagdad (1940)

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess. ...

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21 Days (1940)

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows ...

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Elephant Boy (1937)

In India, Toomai, a young mahout, helps lead the British on a large expedition to round up wild elephants. ...

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Things to Come (1936)

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel. ...

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Sanders of the River (1935)

A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief. ...

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Movies Starring Charles Crichton (4)

John Cleese's First Farewell Performance (1988)

A feature length documentary on the making of A Fish Called Wanda ...

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Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios (1986)

Documentary about the British film studio. First appeared on the BBC television programme Omnibus. ...

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Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away (1986)

This 1986 documentary features interviews with director Alexander Mackendrick, actor Burt Lancaster, producer James Hill, and others. ...

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The Ealing Comedies (1970)

The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map. ...

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