List of the best Charles Frend movies: The Cruel Sea(1953), Scott of the Antarctic(1948), The Magnet(1951), Lease of Life(1954), The Loves of Joanna Godden(1947), All at Sea(1957), San Demetrio, London(1943), Johnny Frenchman(1945), A Run for Your Money(1949), Trouble in the Sky(1961) ... ...
War
UK
1953
126 Minutes
Director
Jack Hawkins Donald Sinden Denholm Elliott John Stratton John Warner Bruce Seton Liam Redmond Virginia McKenna Moira Lister June Thorburn Megs Jenkins
captain lieutenant sailor tense bleak patriotic atlantic ocean boat dangerous assignment world war ii battle of the atlantic sailors quest sacrifice rescue 1940s
The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.
Drama, History
UK
1948
110 Minutes
Director
John Mills Derek Bond Harold Warrender James Robertson Justice Kenneth More Christopher Lee
explorer doctor wife sled dog crew member rival bleak brutal striking suspenseful inspiring south pole wilderness home tundra camp survival expedition exploration affliction
The story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 expedition and his quest to be the first to reach the South Pole.
Comedy
UK
1951
78 Minutes
Director
young boy father mother inventor nanny playful charming positive amusing england small town liverpool, england school morality theft guilt elementary school adventure discovery growing up
A boy steals a powerful magnet from a younger boy and gets him into all sorts of trouble.
Drama
UK
1954
94 Minutes
Director
vicar wife daughter passionate charming england village religion christianity faith illness family discovery love 1950s
The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.
Drama
UK
1947
89 Minutes
Googie Withers Charles Frend Jean Kent John McCallum Derek Bond Henry Mollison Chips Rafferty Sonia Holm Josephine Stuart Edward Rigby Frederick Piper
farmer young woman suitor love interest heir confident endearing engaging heartwarming inspiring powerful farm rural community united kingdom independence farming breaking rules love work life
On Romney Marsh at the turn of the century, a woman farmer has three suitors.
Comedy
UK
1957
87 Minutes
Director
Alec Guinness Irene Browne Percy Herbert Maurice Denham Victor Maddern Allan Cuthbertson Harold Goodwin Lionel Jeffries Harry Locke
sea captain reporter teen boy city official sailor superintendent cheeky crafty playful england ship sea pier dance hall france business gambling ghosts competition deception
A seasick sea Captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition.
War
UK
1943
93 Minutes
Director
Walter Fitzgerald Mervyn Johns Ralph Michael Arthur Young Neville Mapp Barry Letts Michael Allen Frederick Piper Herbert Cameron
ship captain sailor engineer officer german soldier patriotic suspenseful fiery tense atlantic ocean ship lifeboat seafaring world war ii battle disaster teamwork leadership escape underdog
The San Demetrio of the title is a British merchant ship in an Atlantic convoy in 1940. Disabled and left to the mercy of patrolling U-boats the crew must keep her afloat and out of harms ... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1945
112 Minutes
Director
Francoise Rosay Tom Walls Patricia Roc Ralph Michael Paul Dupuis Frederick Piper Arthur Hambling Richard George Drusilla Wills
The fisherman from a Cornish village have a friendly rivalry with the fishermen (and one formidable woman) from a French port. Then war comes and they must all rethink their petty differences.
Comedy
UK
1949
83 Minutes
Director
Donald Houston Alec Guinness Meredith Edwards Moira Lister Hugh Griffith Joyce Grenfell
brother con artist news reporter amusing madcap england london wales small town pub city vs. country deception money culture clash adventure discovery 1940s
Brothers from a Welsh village take their first trip to London to collect a prize, and meet a con artist and various other urban distractions.
Drama
UK
1961
88 Minutes
Director
Michael Craig Elizabeth Seal Peter Cushing George Sanders Bernard Lee Gordon Jackson
In Britain, at the dawn of jet-powered commercial aviation, an aircraft manufacturer tries to shift the blame from mechanical failure to pilot error when its newest jet airliner has a series of accidents.