FILMS 1950s
Dick Barton at Bay; Copyright: Hammer Films Ltd.
The Elusive Pimpernel (UK)
Premiere: Westgate, UK (3 November 1950)
Role: Hon. John Bristow
Main cast: David Niven, Margaret Leighton, Cyril Cusack, Jack Hawkins, Arlette Marchal, Gérard Nery
Writer: Baroness Emmuska Orczy Music: Brian Easdale Directors: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger
The Girl Is Mine (UK)
Premiere: UK (April 1950)
Role: Hugh Hurcombe
Main cast: Pamela Deeming, Lionel Murton, Arthur Melton, Richard Pearson, Ben Williams
Writer: Ralph Stock Music: Burt Rhodes Director: Marjorie Deans
Dick Barton at Bay (UK)
Premiere: Portsmouth, UK (21 September 1950)
Role: Phillips
Main cast: Don Stannard, Tamara Desni, George Ford, Meinhart Maur, Joyce Linden
Writer: Ambrose Grayson Music: Rupert Grayson Director: Godfrey Grayson
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Patrick Macnee (second from the right) in The Elusive Pimpernel
Flesh & Blood (UK)
Premiere: London, UK (6 March 1951)
Role: Sutherland (uncredited)
Main cast: Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, Joan Greenwood, André Morell, Freda Jackson
Writer: James Bridie Music: Charles Williams Director: Anthony Kimmins
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Scrooge (UK)
Premiere: UK (31 October 1951)
Role: Young Jacob Marley
Main cast: Alastair Sim, Kathleen Harrison, Mervyn Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Michael Hordern
Writer: Charles Dickens Music: Richard Addinsell Director: Brian Desmond Hurst
Scrooge; Copyright: 2009 Simply Home Entertainment
Three Cases of Murder (UK)
Premiere: France (February 1955)
Role: Guard Subaltern (uncredited)
Main cast: Orson Welles, John Gregson, Elizabeth Sellars, Andre Morell, Helen Cherry, Hugh Pryse
Writers: Brett Halliday, W. Somerset Maugham, Roderick Wilkinson Music: Doreen Carwithen
Directors: David Eady, George More O'Ferrall, Wendy Toye, Orson Welles
The Battle of the River Plate (UK)
Premiere: UK (29 October 1956) Royal Command Film Performance
Role: Lieutenant Commander Ralph Medley, R.N.
Main cast: John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Ian Hunter, Jack Gwillim, Bernard Lee
Writers and directors: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Music: Brian Easdale
Patrick Macnee with Anthony Quayle in The Battle of the River Plate
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Until They Sail (USA)
Premiere: USA (early October 1957)
Role: Pvt. Duff (scenes deleted)
Main cast: Paul Newman, Jean Simmons, Joan Fontaine, Piper Laurie, Charles Drake, Sandra Dee
Writer: James A. Michener Music: David Raksin Director: Robert Wise
Les Girls (USA)
Premiere: New York, USA (3 October 1957)
Role: Sir Percy
Main cast: Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg, Jacques Bergerac
Writer: Vera Caspary Music: Saul Chaplin Director: George Cukor
photographer: unknown
A copy of the film was recently offered in April 2021 for sale.
