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Charles Crichton

Charles Crichton

Charles Crichton

1910-08-06

Merseyside, England, UK

DIRECTING

Biography

Charles Ainslie Crichton was an English film director and film editor. He became best known for directing comedies produced at Ealing Studios. Crichton enjoyed an extremely long career, editing and directing many films and television programmes over a period exceeding forty years.

Best known for:

A Fish Called Wanda

Dead of Night

The Thief of Bagdad

The Lavender Hill Mob

Things to Come

The Avengers

Space: 1999

The Titfield Thunderbolt

Hue and Cry

The Professionals

Hunted

The Battle of the Sexes

The Third Secret

21 Days Together

The Love Lottery

Danger Man

Elephant Boy

Against the Wind

The Protectors

Train of Events

Sanders of the River

Another Shore

The Man in the Sky

Law and Disorder

Man in a Suitcase

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Filmography:

Sanders of the River (1935)
WORK AS:
Editor
Things to Come (1936)
5.1
WORK AS:
Editor
Elephant Boy (1937)
WORK AS:
Editor
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
5.8
WORK AS:
Editor
21 Days Together (1940)
WORK AS:
Editor
Young Veteran (1940)
WORK AS:
Editor
Old Bill and Son (1941)
WORK AS:
Editor
The Big Blockade (1942)
WORK AS:
Editor

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For Those in Peril (1944)
WORK AS:
Director
Dead of Night (1945)
5.9
WORK AS:
Director
Painted Boats (1945)
WORK AS:
Director
Hue and Cry (1947)
5
WORK AS:
Director
Against the Wind (1948)
WORK AS:
Director
Another Shore (1948)
WORK AS:
Director
Train of Events (1949)
WORK AS:
Director
Dance Hall (1950)
WORK AS:
Director

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The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)
5.9
WORK AS:
Director
Hunted (1952)
WORK AS:
Director
The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
5.7
WORK AS:
Director
The Love Lottery (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
The Divided Heart (1954)
WORK AS:
Director
The Man in the Sky (1957)
WORK AS:
Director
Floods of Fear (1958)
WORK AS:
Screenplay, Director
Law and Disorder (1958)
WORK AS:
Director
Danger Man (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
The Battle of the Sexes (1960)
WORK AS:
Director
The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960)
WORK AS:
Director, Writer
The Avengers (1961)
6.5
WORK AS:
Director
Man of the World (1962)
WORK AS:
Director
The Human Jungle (1963)
WORK AS:
Director
The Third Secret (1964)
WORK AS:
Director
He Who Rides a Tiger (1965)
WORK AS:
Director
Man in a Suitcase (1967)
WORK AS:
Director
Strange Report (1969)
WORK AS:
Director
Here Come the Double Deckers (1970)
WORK AS:
Director
The Protectors (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
Shirley's World (1972)
WORK AS:
Director
Space: 1999 (1975)
5.8
WORK AS:
Director
Into Infinity (1975)
WORK AS:
Director
The Professionals (1977)
6.2
WORK AS:
Director
Return of the Saint (1978)
WORK AS:
Director
Dick Turpin (1979)
WORK AS:
Director
Alien Attack (1980)
WORK AS:
Director
Smuggler (1981)
WORK AS:
Director
Cosmic Princess (1982)
WORK AS:
Director
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios (1986)
APPEREAD AS:
Interviewee
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
6.1
WORK AS:
Director, Story