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Filmography

Harold French - filmography


  • The Man Who Watched Trains Go By on DVD (1952)
    Starring: Herbert Lom,  Lucie Mannheim,  Claude Rains
    Director: Harold French
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Kees Popinga is a solid Dutch burgher whose idea of a night on the town is a game of chess at his club. Or so it has always appeared. But one night this model husband and devoted father discovers his boss is bankrupt and that his own carefully tended life is in ruins. Before, he had looked on ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 65 members
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  • Trio (1950)
    Starring: James Hayter,  Kathleen Harrison,  Felix Aylmer
    Director: Ken Annakin,  Harold French
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Three short playlets are presented in this omnibus feature. "The Verger" focuses on a church verger who loses his position when it is discovered that he can neither read nor write. With the help of his sympathetic wife, he becomes a successful tobacconist. In "Mister Know-All," an obnoxious, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 20 members
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  • Quartet (1948)
    Starring: Dirk Bogarde,  George Cole,  Hermione Baddeley
    Director: Ken Annakin,  Arthur Crabtree,  Harold French
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    As the title suggests, this is in fact four stories by W. Somerset Maugham, each from a different director. The first, The Facts Of Life, charts the rise and fall of a young man gambling in Monte Carlo. The second, The Alien Corn, stars Dirk Bogarde as the son of disapproving parents. When he ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 36 members
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  • The Day Will Dawn on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Hugh Williams,  Griffith Jones,  Deborah Kerr
    Director: Harold French
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This exciting British wartime film celebrates the heroism of the Norwegian resistance movement in fighting Nazi invaders. With a distinguished cast and a script by TERENCE RATTIGAN, "The Day Will Dawn" is the story of a British foreign correspondent sent to report on U-boat attacks against ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 38 members
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  • Secret Mission on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Hugh Williams,  Carla Lehmann,  Roland Culver
    Director: Harold French
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    James Mason stars as a French intelligence officer in this classic wartime thriller. Parachuting into occupied France along with fellow agents Roland Culver, Michael Wilding and Hugh Williams, the team embark on a seemingly suicidal mission to determine the strength of the German defence forces - a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 40 members
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  • Unpublished Story on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Richard Greene,  Valerie Hobson,  Basil Radford
    Director: Harold French
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Richard Greene and Valerie Hobson star in this British wartime spy thriller set in London's Docklands during the Blitz of 1940. War correspondent Bob Randall (Richard Greene) returns to England from Dunkirk with a powerful story of Nazi atrocities committed during the Blitzkrieg - and a stark ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 56 members
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  • Encore
    Starring: Roland Culver
    Director: Pat Jackson,  Harold French,  a
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    An anthology of three films based on stories by W. Somerset Maugham. Comprises: The Ant and The Grasshopper - tells the story of a workshy fop whose freeloading ways are stopped by his dictatorial brother. But his brother hasn't heard the last of him yet. Winter Cruise - A middle aged spinster on ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 40% from 4 members
    Not available for rental

Harold French facts

5 most recent films

The Man Who Watched Trains Go By - 3.0 stars
Trio - 3.5 stars
Stewart Granger Collection - Adam And Evelyne - 3.5 stars
Quartet - 3.5 stars
The Day Will Dawn - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Unpublished Story - 3.0 stars
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By - 3.0 stars
Quartet - 3.5 stars
Trio - 3.5 stars
Stewart Granger Collection - Adam And Evelyne - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Encore - 2.0 stars
Secret Mission - 2.5 stars
The Day Will Dawn - 3.0 stars
Stewart Granger Collection - Adam And Evelyne - 3.5 stars
Trio - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Roland Culver - 4 times - show films
Felix Aylmer - 2 times - show films
Ferdy Mayne - 2 times - show films
Jack Watling - 2 times - show films
James Hayter - 2 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Ken Annakin - 4 times - show films
Ken Annakin - 4 times - show films
Arthur Crabtree - 3 times - show films
Pat Jackson - 1 times - show films
Anthony Asquith - 1 times - show films