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Frank Launder
Writer 1906 - 1997

Frank Launder

Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Launder (28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of them in collaboration with Sidney Gilliat. He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and... Read full bio →

Filmography

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The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder 1966 1h 33m 6.0

The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.

Joey Boy

Joey Boy

Frank Launder 1965 1h 28m

While posters urge austerity and vigilance in wartime Britain, 'Joey Boy' Thompson has never had it better. In a cellar beneath his East London fish shop, a gambling club thrives – and austerity provides a nice black-market sideline.

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's

Frank Launder 1960 1h 34m 3.0

A dubious child psychiatrist is put in charge of the St. Trinian's school after it burns down. The sixth form are sent to Arabia to become harem girls. The Ministry of Education, Police and army go to rescue them, but it is the notorious St. Trinian's forth form who are going to make the real difference.

Fortune Is a Woman

Fortune Is a Woman

Sidney Gilliat 1957 1h 35m

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Blue Murder at St. Trinian's

Frank Launder 1957 1h 26m 4.0

St. Trinian's contrives to win a competition which has a European trip as the prize, in order for the Girls of the Flash Harry St Trinian's Marriage Bureau to meet a rich Roman royal.

The Green Man

The Green Man

Robert Day, Basil Dearden 1956 1h 20m 6.0

An assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him.

The Belles of St. Trinian's

The Belles of St. Trinian's

Frank Launder 1954 1h 31m 5.0

Story of manic schoolgirls who are more interested in racing form than books as they try to get-rich-quick, aided by the head-mistress' brother, played by Alastair Sim, who also plays the head-mistress.

The Rake's Progress

The Rake's Progress

Sidney Gilliat 1945 1h 40m

Vivian Kenway, a young Englishman from an aristocratic background, flunks out of Oxford, and decides to use his considerable charm to achieve his goal of, apparently, making dissipation his career. His derelictions include seduction, betrayals of sweethearts, family and friends, and Marriage for money.

Two Thousand Women

Two Thousand Women

Frank Launder 1944 1h 37m

During the Second World War, three downed English airmen hide out with women's internment camp in France.

Millions Like Us

Millions Like Us

Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder 1943 1h 43m

When Celia Crowson is called up for war service, she hopes for a glamorous job in one of the services, but as a single girl, she is directed into a factory making aircraft parts. Here she meets other girls from all different walks of life and begins a relationship with a young airman.

Kipps

Kipps

Carol Reed 1941 1h 51m

A young tradesman learns that money doesn't necessarily bring happiness. Drama.

Night Train to Munich

Night Train to Munich

Carol Reed 1940 1h 36m 7.0

Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague, inventor Axel Bomasch manages to flee and reach England; but those who need to put his knowledge at the service of the Nazi war machine, in order to carry out their evil plans of destruction, will stop at nothing to capture him.

The Lady Vanishes

The Lady Vanishes

Alfred Hitchcock 1938 1h 36m 7.5

The Lady Vanishes is a crime thriller from Alfred Hitchcock from 1938 about a train ride in which mysterious events take place.

Josser in the Army

Josser in the Army

Norman Lee 1932 1h 22m

Charting the military escapades of serial bungler Tommy Josser, Josser in the Army sees the hapless hero in France during wartime, where he masquerades as a German general, unmasks a spy, gets captured and then makes a spectacular airborne escape!

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