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Brighton Rock review by Wooster from

A stunning slice of British cinema 1 August 2011
...now city) between the wars. Adapting the fine novel by Graham Greene, director John Boulting builds a picture or urban decay and fleshes out the seedy characters who ducked... Read customer review

Journey Together review by Projectionista from Etchingham, England

New to me 16 August 2007
...Quite a bright little film all told. Directed by John Boulting for the RAF Film Unit, it is considered as one of the major wartime, fact based productions. With a cast of Br... Read customer review

John Boulting - filmography

Heaven's Above (1963)
Starring: Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Isabel Jeans
Director: John Boulting
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Socialist parson Peter Sellers has been appointed to the parish of an upper-class village by mistake. When he converts the aristocrats to ridiculous charity work, the whole country is in an uproar. The bishop must act before the reputation of the church becomes an even bigger laughing stock. But is ..read more »

62% from 30 members
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Heavens Above! on DVD (1963)
Starring: Cecil Parker, Peter Sellers, Ian Carmichael
Director: John Boulting
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A northern vicar is sent to a snooty village where he encourages the locals to volunteer for charity work.

68% from 423 members

Make Mine Mink on DVD (1960)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, hattie Jacques
Director: Robert Hamer, Robert Asher, John Boulting
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When Dame Beatrice (Athene Syler) retires from charitable work, she finds her life rather empty. Suddenly an irresistible request to help unfortunate orphans comes along, and inspired by her maid's chequered past, takes on one final charitable challenge. An incident with a neighbours mink coat ..read more »

66% from 598 members

School for Scoundrels on DVD (1960)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Irene Handl, John Le Mesurier
Director: John Boulting, Robert Asher, Mari
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The school for scoundrels is a college that teaches oneupmanship. Palfrey is the hapless new student who's unlucky in everything. Raymond Delauney is the already one-up cad who Palfrey must beat for affections of April.

76% from 1,454 member

Suspect on DVD (1960)
Starring: Tony Britton, Virginia Maskell, Ian Bannen
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
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After years of research scientists are ready to reveal their greatest triumph - a virulent germ that can stamp out bubonic and syphus epidemics. However, the Authority invokes the Official Secrets Act and gags the team, claiming that in the wrong hands this formula could be used for germ warfare. A ..read more »

55% from 63 members

Terry-Thomas Collection (6 discs) on DVD (1959)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Dennis Price
Director: Robert Hamer, John Boulting, Robert Asher
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Terry-Thomas, one of Britain's finest cinematic cads, gets his very own box set. Good show!

73% from 682 members

I'm All Right Jack on DVD (1959)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough
Director: John Boulting
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Though it may be distinguished by its virtuosic comedic performances from Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers, I'M ALL RIGHT, JACK, John Boulting's sly satire of class struggle, is a comic gem in its own right. The film stars Ian Carmichael as Stanley Windrush, a recent Oxford graduate and old money ..read more »

69% from 3,672 members

The Naked Truth on DVD (1957)
Starring: Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim, Peter Sellers
Director: Mario Zampi, Robert Hamer, John Boulting
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The greedy editor of a trashy scandal magazine is confronted by several of the individuals whose lives are erroneously and luridly described in the tabloid. Their attempts to stop the publication of articles concerning themselves lead to a series of amusing events.

67% from 845 members

Brothers In Law on DVD (1957)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Ian Carmichael, Alastair Sim
Director: Roy Boulting, Robert Hamer, John Boulting
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Newly qualified barrister Roger Thurnsby finds his first few appearances in court land him in all kinds of trouble...

72% from 295 members

Lucky Jim (1957)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Hugh Griffith, Sharon Acker
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
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Amusing adaptation of the book by Kingsley Amis directed by John Boulting (I'M ALRIGHT JACK) and starring the classic comedy coupling of Ian Carmichael and Terry-Thomas. LUCKY JIM is about an accident-prone junior lecturer at a small university who spends one hell of a weekend at the home of his ..read more »

59% from 385 members
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Private's Progress on DVD (1956)
Starring: Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Alastair Sim
Director: John Boulting, Robert Hamer, Robert Asher
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Director John Boulting made this war comedy in reaction to the staid military dramas that had been coming out of England since the end of WWII, and its desire to explode the conventions of the war film are evident in the film's infectious giddiness. Ian Carmichael stars as Stanley Windrush, a young ..read more »

66% from 648 members

Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)
Starring: Gene Kelly, John Justin, Bernard Lee
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
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Story of naval experimental station on a lonely Scottish island.

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The Magic Box on DVD (1951)
Starring: Robert Donat, Maria Schell, Margaret Johnston
Director: John Boulting
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The story of one of the men responsible for the invention of motion pictures. It depicts his life and the effect of his concentrated passion for photography on it.

72% from 174 members

Seven Days To Noon on DVD (1950)
Starring: Barry Jones, Andre Morell, Hugh Cross
Director: John Boulting, Roy Boulting
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An English scientist steals atomic bomb from a research centre. In a letter sent to the British Prime Minister, he threatens to blow up the center of London if the Government refuses to end research into atomic weapons.

71% from 127 members

Brighton Rock on DVD (1947)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley
Director: John Boulting
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In this vivid adaptation of Graham Greene's novel about the seedy British underworld, Richard Attenborough appears in top form as petty gangster Pinkie Brown. The manipulative thug rashly commits a murder and uses a waitress (Carol Marsh) to provide his alibi with unexpected consequences.

69% from 6,184 members

Brighton Rock - Blu-ray (1947)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Carol Marsh, Hermione Baddeley
Director: John Boulting
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In this vivid adaptation of Graham Greene's novel about the seedy British underworld, Richard Attenborough appears in top form as petty gangster Pinkie Brown. The manipulative thug rashly commits a murder and uses a waitress (Carol Marsh) to provide his alibi with unexpected consequences.

63% from 290 members

Journey Together on DVD (1943)
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson
Director: John Boulting
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Originally produced by the RAF Film Unit in 1943 as a public information film which tells the story of the arduous training of pilots, bombers and navigators during World War II. Starring Richard Attenborough, Jack Watling, David Tomlinson and Edward G. Robinson.

64% from 92 members

John Boulting facts

5 most recent films

Heaven's Above - 3.0 stars
Heavens Above! - 3.5 stars
Make Mine Mink - 3.5 stars
School for Scoundrels - 4.0 stars
Suspect - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

School for Scoundrels - 4.0 stars
Terry-Thomas Collection - 3.5 stars
The Magic Box - 3.5 stars
Brothers In Law - 3.5 stars
Seven Days To Noon - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Seagulls Over Sorrento - 3 stars
Heaven's Above - 3.0 stars
Suspect - 3.0 stars
Lucky Jim - 3.0 stars
Brighton Rock - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

William Hartnell - 9 times - show films
Irene Handl - 9 times - show films
Terry-Thomas - 9 times - show films
John Le Mesurier - 8 times - show films
Richard Attenborough - 8 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robert Hamer - 8 times - show films
Robert Asher - 8 times - show films
Mari - 8 times - show films
Roy Boulting - 5 times - show films
Mario Zampi - 2 times - show films