List of British films of 1956
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A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1956 (see 1956 in film):
1956[]
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes | ||
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1956 | ||||||
1984 | Michael Anderson | Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave | Science-fiction | |||
Assignment Redhead | Maclean Rogers | Richard Denning, Carole Mathews | Crime | |||
The Baby and the Battleship | Jay Lewis | John Mills, Richard Attenborough | Comedy | |||
The Battle of the River Plate | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | John Gregson, Anthony Quayle | World War II | |||
Behind the Headlines | Charles Saunders | Paul Carpenter, Adrienne Corri | Crime | |||
The Bespoke Overcoat | Jack Clayton | Alfie Bass, Alan Tilvern | Drama | Short film | ||
Bhowani Junction | George Cukor | Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers | Adventure | |||
The Black Tent | Brian Desmond Hurst | Donald Sinden, Anthony Steel | War | |||
Bond of Fear | Henry Cass | Dermot Walsh, Jane Barrett, John Colicos | Drama | [1] | ||
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn | Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan | Comedy | Short film | |||
Charley Moon | Guy Hamilton | Max Bygraves, Dennis Price | Musical | |||
Checkpoint | Ralph Thomas | Anthony Steel, Stanley Baker | Drama | |||
Child in the House | Cy Endfield, | Phyllis Calvert, Eric Portman | Drama | |||
Cloak Without Dagger | Philip Friend, Mary Mackenzie, Leslie Dwyer | Thriller | ||||
Doublecross | Anthony Squire | Donald Houston, Fay Compton | Thriller | |||
Dry Rot | Maurice Elvey | Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix | Comedy | |||
The Extra Day | William Fairchild | Richard Basehart, Simone Simon | Comedy/drama | |||
Eyewitness | Muriel Box | Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow | Thriller | |||
The Feminine Touch | Pat Jackson | George Baker, Belinda Lee | Drama | |||
Find the Lady | Charles Saunders | Donald Houston, Beverley Brooks, Mervyn Johns | Comedy | |||
Fire Maidens from Outer Space | Cy Roth | Anthony Dexter, Susan Shaw | Science-fiction | |||
The Gamma People | John Gilling | Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, Leslie Phillips | Science-fiction | |||
The Gelignite Gang | Terence Fisher | Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne | Crime | |||
The Green Man | Sidney Gilliat | Alastair Sim, George Cole | Comedy/drama | |||
High Terrace | Henry Cass | Dale Robertson, Lois Maxwell, Derek Bond, Eric Pohlmann | Mystery | |||
A Hill in Korea | Julian Amyes | George Baker, Harry Andrews | Korean War | |||
The Hostage | Harold Huth | Ron Randell, Mary Parker | Thriller | |||
House of Secrets | Guy Green | Michael Craig, Eric Pohlmann | Crime | |||
The Intimate Stranger | Richard Basehart | Mary Murphy, Constance Cummings, Roger Livesey | Drama | |||
The Iron Petticoat | Ralph Thomas | Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn | Comedy | |||
It's Great to Be Young | Cyril Frankel | John Mills, Cecil Parker | Comedy/musical | |||
It's Never Too Late | Michael McCarthy | Phyllis Calvert, Patrick Barr | Comedy | |||
It's a Wonderful World | Val Guest | George Cole, Terence Morgan, Kathleen Harrison | Musical | |||
Jacqueline | Roy Ward Baker | John Gregson, Kathleen Ryan | Drama | |||
Johnny, You're Wanted | Vernon Sewell | John Slater, Garry Marsh | Crime | |||
Jumping for Joy | John Paddy Carstairs | Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway | Comedy | |||
Keep It Clean | David Paltenghi | Ronald Shiner, Joan Sims | Comedy | |||
The Last Man to Hang? | Terence Fisher | Tom Conway, Elizabeth Sellars | Crime | |||
The Long Arm | Charles Frend | Jack Hawkins, John Stratton | Crime | Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival | ||
Loser Takes All | Ken Annakin | Glynis Johns, Rossano Brazzi, Robert Morley | Comedy | |||
Lost | Guy Green | David Farrar, | Thriller | |||
The Man Who Never Was | Ronald Neame | Clifton Webb, Ewen Montagu, Gloria Grahame | World War II | |||
The March Hare | George More O'Ferrall | Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan | Comedy | |||
My Teenage Daughter | Herbert Wilcox | Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms | Drama | |||
My Wife's Family | Gilbert Gunn | Ted Ray, Greta Gynt | Comedy | |||
Not So Dusty | Maclean Rogers | Bill Owen, Leslie Dwyer | Comedy | |||
Now and Forever | Mario Zampi | Janette Scott, Kay Walsh | Drama | |||
Odongo | John Gilling | Rhonda Fleming, Juma | African adventure | |||
Pacific Destiny | Wolf Rilla | Denholm Elliott, Susan Stephen | Drama | |||
Port Afrique | Rudolph Maté | Pier Angeli, Philip Carey | Drama | |||
Port of Escape | Tony Young | Googie Withers, John McCallum | Thriller | |||
Portrait of Alison | Guy Green | Robert Beatty, Terry Moore | Crime | Also known as Postmark for Danger | ||
Private's Progress | John Boulting | Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price | Comedy | |||
Ramsbottom Rides Again | John Baxter | Arthur Askey, | Comedy/western | |||
Reach for the Sky | Lewis Gilbert | Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow | Biopic/World War II | |||
Safari | Terence Young | Victor Mature, Janet Leigh | African adventure | |||
Sailor Beware! | Gordon Parry | Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton | Comedy | |||
Satellite in the Sky | John Dickson | Kieron Moore, Lois Maxwell | Science-fiction | |||
The Secret Tent | Don Chaffey | Donald Gray, Andree Melly | Crime | |||
Seven Years in Tibet | Documentary | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
The Silken Affair | Roy Kellino | David Niven, Geneviève Page | Comedy | |||
Soho Incident | Vernon Sewell | Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson | Crime | Also known as Spin a Dark Web | ||
The Spanish Gardener | Philip Leacock | Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern | Drama | Entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival | ||
Stars in Your Eyes | Maurice Elvey | Nat Jackley, Patricia Kirkwood | Musical | |||
Three Men in a Boat | Ken Annakin | Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, David Tomlinson, Shirley Eaton, Lisa Gastoni | Comedy | |||
Thunderstorm | John Guillermin | Carlos Thompson, Linda Christian | Drama | |||
Tiger in the Smoke | Roy Ward Baker | Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow | Crime | |||
Together | Lorenza Mazzetti | Michael Andrews, Eduardo Paolozzi | Free Cinema | |||
Tons of Trouble | Leslie S. Hiscott | Richard Hearne, William Hartnell | Comedy | |||
A Touch of the Sun | Gordon Parry | Frankie Howerd, Ruby Murray | Comedy | |||
A Town Like Alice | Jack Lee | Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch | Romance/drama | |||
Who Done It? | Basil Dearden | Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff | Comedy | |||
Wicked as They Come | Ken Hughes | Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey | Crime | |||
Women Without Men | Elmo Williams, | Joan Rice, Gordon Jackson | Crime | |||
X the Unknown | Leslie Norman | Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman | Sci-fi | |||
Yield to the Night | J. Lee Thompson | Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig | Drama | |||
Zarak | Terence Young | Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg | Adventure |
See also[]
- 1956 in British music
- 1956 in British television
- 1956 in the United Kingdom
References[]
External links[]
- British films of 1956 at IMDb
Categories:
- Lists of British films by year
- 1956 in British cinema
- Lists of 1956 films by country or language