List of British films of 1940
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A list of British films released in 1940.
1940[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1940 | ||||||
21 Days | Basil Dean | Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks | Drama | Filmed in 1937 | ||
All at Sea | Herbert Smith | Sandy Powell, Kay Walsh | Comedy | |||
At the Villa Rose | Walter Summers | Judy Kelly, Keneth Kent, Clifford Evans | Mystery | |||
Band Waggon | Marcel Varnel | Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch | Comedy | |||
Blind Folly | Reginald Denham | Clifford Mollison, Lilli Palmer | Comedy | |||
The Briggs Family | Herbert Mason | Edward Chapman, Jane Baxter | Drama | |||
Bulldog Sees It Through | Harold Huth | Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt | Mystery | 18th (out of 26) film with Bulldog Drummond character | ||
Busman's Honeymoon | Arthur B. Woods | Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks | Mystery | |||
The Case of the Frightened Lady | George King | Marius Goring, Helen Haye | Mystery | |||
Cavalcade of Variety | Thomas Bentley | Billy Cotton, | Musical | [1] | ||
Channel Incident | Anthony Asquith | Peggy Ashcroft, Gordon Harker | Short/drama | |||
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt | Walter Forde | Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch | Comedy | Based on the farce Charley's Aunt | ||
The Chinese Bungalow | George King | Paul Lukas, Kay Walsh, Jane Baxter | Drama | |||
Contraband | Michael Powell | Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson | War/spy | |||
Convoy | Pen Tennyson | Clive Brook, John Clements, Judy Campbell | War | |||
Crimes at the Dark House | George King | Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott, Hilary Eaves | Drama | |||
Dead Man's Shoes | Thomas Bentley | Leslie Banks, Judy Kelly, Wilfrid Lawson | Crime drama | |||
Dr. O'Dowd | Herbert Mason | Shaun Glenville, Peggy Cummins | Drama | |||
The Door with Seven Locks | Norman Lee | Leslie Banks, Lilli Palmer | Horror/mystery | |||
An Englishman's Home | Albert de Courville | Edmund Gwenn, Mary Maguire | Drama | |||
The Flying Squad | Herbert Brenon | Sebastian Shaw, Phyllis Brooks | Crime | |||
For Freedom | Maurice Elvey | Will Fyffe, Anthony Hulme | Drama | |||
, Frederick Peisley, Dinah Sheridan | Thriller | |||||
Maclean Rogers | Barry Lupino, Nancy O'Neil | Comedy | [2] | |||
Gaslight | Thorold Dickinson | Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard | Mystery | |||
George and Margaret | George King | Marie Lohr, Judy Kelly | Comedy | |||
Girl in the News | Carol Reed | Margaret Lockwood, Barry K. Barnes | Thriller | |||
The Girl Who Forgot | Adrian Brunel | Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Michael, Enid Stamp-Taylor | Comedy | |||
Henry Steps Out | Widgey R. Newman | George Turner, Wally Patch | Comedy | |||
His Brother's Keeper | Roy William Neill | Clifford Evans, Tamara Desni | Drama | |||
Hoots Mon! | Roy William Neill | Max Miller, Florence Desmond, Hal Walters | Comedy | |||
The House of the Arrow | Harold French | Kenneth Kent, Diana Churchill | Mystery | |||
It Happened to One Man | Paul L. Stein | Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne | Drama | |||
Jailbirds | Oswald Mitchell | Albert Burdon, Harry Terry | Comedy/crime | |||
Just William | Graham Cutts | Richard Lupino, Fred Emney | Comedy | |||
Laugh It Off | John Baxter | Tommy Trinder, Jean Colin | Musical comedy | |||
Law and Disorder | David MacDonald | Barry K. Barnes, Diana Churchill | Comedy/crime | |||
Let George Do It! | Marcel Varnel | George Formby, Phyllis Calvert | Comedy | |||
Macushla | Alex Bryce | Liam Gaffney, Pamela Wood | Drama | |||
Meet Maxwell Archer | John Paddy Carstairs | John Loder, Marta Labarr | Mystery | |||
The Midas Touch | David MacDonald | Barry K. Barnes, Judy Kelly, Frank Cellier | Thriller | |||
The Middle Watch | Thomas Bentley | Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt | Comedy | |||
The Missing People | Jack Raymond | Will Fyffe, Kay Walsh | Mystery | |||
Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard | Mary Clare, Edward Lexy | Crime | ||||
Neutral Port | Marcel Varnel | Will Fyffe, Leslie Banks | War | |||
Night Train to Munich | Carol Reed | Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison | Thriller | |||
Old Mother Riley in Society | John Baxter | Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane | Comedy | |||
Old Mother Riley Joins Up | Maclean Rogers | Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane | Comedy | |||
Olympic Honeymoon | Alfred J. Goulding | Claude Hulbert, Monty Banks | Comedy | |||
Pack Up Your Troubles | Oswald Mitchell | Reginald Purdell, Wylie Watson | Comedy | |||
Pastor Hall | Roy Boulting | Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam | Drama | |||
The Proud Valley | Pen Tennyson | Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman | Drama | |||
Return to Yesterday | Robert Stevenson | Clive Brook, Anna Lee | Drama | |||
Room for Two | Maurice Elvey | Frances Day, Vic Oliver, Basil Radford | Comedy | |||
Sailors Don't Care | Oswald Mitchell | Tom Gamble, Edward Rigby | Comedy | |||
Sailors Three | Walter Forde | Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert | Comedy | |||
Saloon Bar | Walter Forde | Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan | Thriller | |||
The Second Mr. Bush | John Paddy Carstairs | Kay Walsh, Derrick De Marney | Comedy | |||
Shadowed Eyes | Maclean Rogers | Basil Sydney, Patricia Hilliard | Crime | |||
Somewhere in England | John E. Blakeley | Frank Randle, Dan Young | Comedy | |||
Spare a Copper | John Paddy Carstairs | George Formby, Dorothy Hyson | Comedy | |||
The Spider | Maurice Elvey | Derrick De Marney, Diana Churchill | Crime | |||
Spies of the Air | David MacDonald | Edward Ashley, Felix Aylmer | Adventure | |||
Spy for a Day | Mario Zampi | Douglas Wakefield, Albert Lieven | Comedy thriller | |||
The Stars Look Down | Carol Reed | Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Emlyn Williams | Drama | |||
Ten Days in Paris | Tim Whelan | Rex Harrison, Kaaren Verne | Thriller | |||
That's the Ticket | Redd Davis | Sid Field, Hal Walters | Comedy | [3] | ||
They Came by Night | Harry Lachman | Will Fyffe, Phyllis Calvert | Crime | |||
The Thief of Bagdad | Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan | Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez | Fantasy/adventure | Outbreak of World War II caused this to be finished in the US. | ||
Three Silent Men | Daniel Birt | Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney | Crime | |||
Tilly of Bloomsbury | Leslie S. Hiscot | Sydney Howard, Jean Gillie | Comedy | |||
Two for Danger | George King | Barry K. Barnes, Greta Gynt | Crime | |||
Two Smart Men | Widgey R. Newman | Leslie Fuller, Wally Patch | Comedy | |||
Under Your Hat | Maurice Elvey | Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge | Comedy | |||
Where's That Fire? | Marcel Varnel | Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott | Comedy | |||
A Window in London | Herbert Mason | Michael Redgrave, Patricia Roc | Thriller |
See also[]
- 1940 in British music
- 1940 in British television
- 1940 in the United Kingdom
References[]
External links[]
- British films of 1940 at IMDb
Categories:
- Lists of British films by year
- 1940 in the United Kingdom
- Lists of 1940 films by country or language
- 1940s in British cinema