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In the midst of Nazi air raids, a postman dies on the operating table at a rural English hospital. But was the death accidental? A delightful and wholly unexpected murder mystery, British writer/director Sidney Gilliat's Green for Danger features Trevor Howard and Sally Gray as suspected doctors and Alastair Sim in a marvelous turn as Scotland Yard's insouciant Inspector Cockrill.
Waterloo Road is a 1945 British film directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring John Mills, Stewart Granger, and Alastair Sim. It is based on the Waterloo area of South London. According to the British Film Institute database, it is the third in an "unofficial trilogy" by Gilliat, preceded by Millions Like Us (1943) and Two Thousand Women (1944).
Writer-director team who enlivened three decades of British cinema. Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat made such a huge contribution to over three decades of British cinema that it's surprising that they should be so neglected in comparison with contemporaries such as David Lean, Michael Powell and the creators of the great Ealing comedies.
Frank Launder. Writer: The Blue Lagoon. Frank Launder, initially a civil servant and repertory actor, started as a scriptwriter in the late 1920s on such classics as The Lady Vanishes (1938) and Night Train to Munich (1940). He joined forces with Sidney Gilliat and together they wrote, directed and produced over 40 films. Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat are well-known for their St. Trinian's films, among many others.
Oct 5, 1972 · Endless Night: Directed by Sidney Gilliat. With Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett, Britt Ekland, Per Oscarsson. A working-class young Englishman marries an affable American heiress, but their marital bliss is soon interrupted when they begin constructing a home on land alleged to be cursed.
British film director, producer and screenwriter. Sidney Gilliat Q505853)
Sidney Gilliat was a British film director, producer and writer. Filmography. With Hitchcock... The Lady Vanishes (1938) — writer: screen play (as Sidney Gilliatt) Jamaica Inn (1939) — writer: dialogue and screen play; Other works... Night Train to Munich (1940) — screenplay; Documentaries. He has appeared in the following Hitchcockian ...
