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Writer 1896 - 1975

R.C. Sherriff

Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

10 titles
The Night My Number Came Up

The Night My Number Came Up

Leslie Norman 1955 1h 34m 6.0

On a routine flight from Hong Kong to Japan, a British military transport aircraft's fate may or may not depend on a prophetic nightmare.

The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

Michael Anderson 1955 2h 4m 7.3

Adapted by R.C. Sherriff from Guy Gibson's book Enemy Coast Ahead, The Dam Busters is a docudrama following the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'

No Highway in the Sky

No Highway in the Sky

Henry Koster 1951 1h 38m 7.0

An aeronautical engineer predicts that a new model of airplane will fail catastrophically and in a novel manner after a specific number of flying hours due to metal fatigue.

Trio

Trio

Ken Annakin, Harold French 1950 1h 31m

W. Somerset Maugham introduces three more of his stories about human foibles.

Odd Man Out

Odd Man Out

Carol Reed 1947 1h 56m 8.0

Belfast police conduct a door-to-door manhunt for an IRA gunman (James Mason) wounded in a daring robbery.

That Hamilton Woman

That Hamilton Woman

Alexander Korda 1941 2h 5m 7.0

The story of courtesan and dance-hall girl Emma Hamilton, including her relationships with Sir William Hamilton and Admiral Horatio Nelson and her rise and fall, set during the Napoleonic Wars.

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

Zoltan Korda 1939 2h 9m 6.5

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Sam Wood 1939 1h 54m 7.0

Throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.

The Road Back

The Road Back

James Whale 1937 1h 37m

After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel to 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.

The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man

James Whale 1933 1h 11m 8.0

A scientist turns himself invisible. However, the formula slowly drives him insane, causing him to terrorize the countryside as an invisible killer.

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