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John Boulting
Director 1913 - 1985

John Boulting

Bray, Berkshire, England, UK

John Boulting (full name John Edward Boulting) and his twin brother Roy Boulting (full name Roy Alfred Clarence Boulting), were two very important persons in the British film industry from the 1940s and well into the 1970s. They worked very closely together with a joint... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

9 titles
Rotten to the Core

Rotten to the Core

John Boulting 1965 1h 29m 6.0

Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains.

Heavens Above!

Heavens Above!

Roy Boulting, John Boulting 1963 1h 58m 6.0

A naive prison vicar is accidentally appointed to a snobbish parish. His candidness and literal approach to preaching converts the matriarch of a wealthy, aristocratic family, which leads to dire consequences on the town's economy.

Suspect

Suspect

Roy Boulting, John Boulting 1960 1h 21m 6.0

A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.

I'm All Right Jack

I'm All Right Jack

John Boulting 1959 1h 45m 6.0

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

Private's Progress

Private's Progress

John Boulting 1956 1h 37m 6.0

In World War II, a failed British officer is selected by his uncle, a brigadier with the War Office, to participate in a secret operation to recover looted artwork from the Germans.

Seagulls Over Sorrento

Seagulls Over Sorrento

Roy Boulting, John Boulting 1954 1h 32m

A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.

The Magic Box

The Magic Box

John Boulting 1951 1h 58m

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once young and handsome William Green. He changed his name to include his first wife's for the photographic portrait work he excelled at.

Seven Days to Noon

Seven Days to Noon

Roy Boulting, John Boulting 1950 1h 34m 8.5

When a scientist threatens to detonate a powerful bomb in the heart of London, Scotland Yard has just seven days to find him before it is too late.

Brighton Rock

Brighton Rock

John Boulting 1947 1h 32m 7.6

Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.

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