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The Rank Organisation
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The Rank Organisation was a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in 1937. It quickly became the largest and most vertically integrated film company in Britain, owning production, distribution and exhibition facilities. It also diversified into the manufacture of radios, TVs and photocopiers (as one of the owners of Rank Xerox). The company name lasted until 1996 when the name and some of the remaining assets were absorbed into the newly structured the Rank Group Plc and in recent years asset stripping and streamlining of the business has left it a shadow of its former self, with all their remaining operating interests now in gaming.
The company logo, the Gongman, first used in 1935 by the group's distribution company General Film Distributors and seen in the opening titles of the films, became an iconic film emblem.
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(1964)Filmography of The Rank Organisation (232 films)
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The Square Peg (1958)
, 1h25Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Honor Blackman, Norman Wisdom, Edward Chapman, Campbell Singer, Hattie Jacques, Brian Worth
In the early days of World War II, Norman Pitkin, a roadmender with St Godric's Borough Council, falls foul of the soldiers in an army camp, when his handiwork slows down access to the camp. Despite the efforts of Borough Engineer, Mr Grimsdale, the army has both of them called up for army service. They find themselves in the Pioneer Corps, doing much the same sort of work.
Floods of Fear (1958)
, 1h24Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Howard Keel, Anne Heywood, Cyril Cusack, Harry H. Corbett, John Crawford, Eddie Byrne
Donovan, condamné à une peine de prison à vie pour un meurtre qu'il n'a pas commis, s'évade lorsque son équipe de travail est prise dans une inondation due à une crue des la rivière Humboldt au Nevada. Il va se retrouver pris au piège dans une maison avec une jeune femme, Elizabeth Matthews, et un autre évadé, Peebles, qui va essayer de la violer.
Sea Fury (1958)
, 1h37Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Stanley Baker, Victor McLaglen, Luciana Paluzzi, Grégoire Aslan, Francis De Wolff, David Oxley
La rivalité amoureuse et professionnelle entre deux capitaines de remorqueurs doit être mise de côté quand un cargo plein d'explosifs doit être secouru en mer.
Innocent Sinners (1958)
, 1h35Directed by Philip Leacock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Flora Robson, David Kossoff, Catherine Lacey, Barbara Mullen, Susan Beaumont, Lyndon Brook
Londres peu après la Seconde Guerre mondiale, une jeune fille tente d'égayer sa vie en créant un jardin dans les ruines d'une église.
Carry On (série de films) (1958)
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Joan Sims, Peter Butterworth, Hattie Jacques, Terry Scott, Bernard Bresslaw, Barbara Windsor
Seven Thunders (1957)
, 1h40Directed by Hugo Fregonese
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Prison films, La provence, Political films, Histoire de France, L'Occupation allemande en France
Actors Stephen Boyd, James Robertson Justice, Anna Gaylor, Kathleen Harrison, Tony Wright, Rosalie Crutchley
In 1943, Dave (Stephen Boyd), an officer, and Jim (Tony Wright), escape from separate prison camps and are paired together by the underground. They are taken to Marseille by a fishing boat captain to wait for the right opportunity to try for England. While they wait, local woman Lise (Anna Gaylor) falls in love with Dave. He is attracted to her, but is engaged.
Dangerous Exile (1957)
, 1h31Directed by Brian Desmond Hurst, George Pollock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films, French Revolution films
Actors Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Keith Michell, Richard O'Sullivan, Martita Hunt, Finlay Currie
The Duke Philippe de Beauvais smuggles his own son into the prison cell where Louis XVII is kept. Thus Louis XVII can escape unnoticed to England. Unfortunately the aerostat, steered by Duke Philippe de Beauvais, lands accidentally on a remote island. There an American spinster, Virginia Traill, takes care of the strange child. She finds the dauphin profoundly traumatised and not interested in becoming a king. Meanwhile Louis' uncle in Vienna has declared himself the new French king. In order to safeguard his claim on the throne, he sends assassins who shall murder the dauphin. Being unaware of the exchange, he has Richard de Beauvais killed. But now the dauphin's torturers recognise they have been deceived. Informed by a message of an English spy they send a ship to the island where the real dauphin hides. They attack the house of Virginia Traill and stop at nothing to detect the dauphin's hiding-place.
Just My Luck (1957)
, 1h26Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Margaret Rutherford, Norman Wisdom, Leslie Phillips, Jill Dixon, Delphi Lawrence, Joan Sims
Norman Hackett (Norman Wisdom) works in a jewellers workshop and dreams about meeting the shop window dresser over the road from his workshop.
Robbery Under Arms (1957)
, 1h39Directed by Jack Lee
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Peter Finch, Ronald Lewis, Laurence Naismith, Maureen Swanson, David McCallum, Vincent Ball
In 1865 Australia, the two Marston brothers, bold Dick and sensitive Jim, are drawn into a life of crime by their ex-convict father Ben and his friend, the famous cattle thief Captain Starlight . They help take some cattle their father and Starlight have stolen across the country to Adelaide, where they are sold with Starlight impersonating an English gentleman.
The Secret Place (1957)
, 1h38Directed by Clive Donner
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Belinda Lee, Ronald Lewis, Geoffrey Keen, David McCallum, George Selway, George A. Cooper
Crime heist melodrama set in the bombed out East End of London. A diamond robbery is masterminded by small time crooks, and an adolescent boy finds himself unwittingly caught up in events, after discovering they've hidden the loot in his home.
Windom's Way (1957)
, 1h48Directed by Ronald Neame
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Peter Finch, Mary Ure, Robert Flemyng, Natasha Parry, Michael Hordern, Grégoire Aslan
Sur l'île de Selim, le docteur Alec Windom, défend son hôpital contre la révolte des indigènes qui ont été renvoyés de la plantation voisine.
Across the Bridge (1957)
, 1h43Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Chase films, Film se déroulant dans un train
Actors Rod Steiger, Bernard Lee, Noel Willman, Ingeborg von Kusserow, Faith Brook, Eric Pohlmann
Carl Schaffner (Steiger) is a crooked English (previously German) businessman who flees to Mexico after stealing company funds. While travelling by train, Schaffner decides to evade authorities. He drugs and switches identities with fellow train passenger Paul Scarff, who looks like him and has a Mexican passport. He throws Paul Scarff off the train, injuring Scarff. Carl later discovers that Scarff is wanted in Mexico as a political assassin. Carl then tracks down Scarff, who is resting from his injuries, to get back his original passport. Carl arrives in Mexico and is captured by the local police, who mistake him for Scarff. Carl then fights to show his true identity to the local police. The plan seems foolproof until he is forced to care for the dog of Scarff. The local police chief and Scotland Yard inspector Hadden conspire to keep him trapped in the Mexican border town of Katrina in an effort to get him to cross the bridge back into the U.S. and face justice. The misanthropic Schaffner has grown attached to Scarff's pet spaniel and is tricked into going across the dividing line of the bridge to get the dog. He is accidentally killed trying to escape the authorities. The final irony is that the discovery of his own humanity has cost the cynical, friendless Schaffner his life.
Campbell's Kingdom (1957)
, 1h42Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure, Western
Actors Dirk Bogarde, Stanley Baker, Michael Craig, Barbara Murray, James Robertson Justice, Athene Seyler
Recently diagnosed with a terminal disease, Bruce Campbell (Dirk Bogarde) unexpectedly finds himself the owner of a small valley in the Canadian Rocky Mountains as the result of a bequest from his grandfather. After travelling from England, Bruce arrives at "Campbell's Kingdom" (as the locals disparagingly call it) to find its existence under threat from the construction of a new hydroelectricity dam. Convinced that his grandfather was right and that the Kingdom may be prospective for oil, the race is on to prove that there is oil under Campbell's Kingdom before the mining company building the dam can flood the valley. Standing in his way is corrupt construction contractor Owen Morgan (Stanley Baker), who resorts to dirty tricks in order to prevent Campbell from succeeding in his quest. However, Bruce is ably and enthusiastically assisted by love interest Jean Lucas (Barbara Murray), geologist Boy Bladen (Michael Craig) and drilling contractor James MacDonald (James Robertson Justice). Unfortunately for Campbell the residents of the nearby town of Come Lucky invested heavily in his grandfather's schemes, only to feel cheated when his projects came to nothing. Gradually Bruce manages to turn them around by exposing the fraud and lies of Morgan and the mining company.
Hell Drivers (1957)
, 1h48Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan, David McCallum, Sean Connery
Tom Yately, just released from prison, is determined to start a new life and he gets a job as a driver at Hawletts, a haulage company that transports loads of ballast gravel from a nearby quarry. The truck-drivers are offered bonuses by the agent Cartley for delivering their loads at dangerously high speeds along narrow roads. Tom is accepted by the other drivers except Red, the foreman and head driver and also a violent bully. Tom soon becomes friends with Gino, an Italian driver who is in love with Cartley's secretary Lucy. Red offers a cash bonus to any driver who can make more runs than him and Tom is determined to try.