Thursday, October 21, 2021

Noirsville Bonus - List of Classic British Noir (1938 - 1964)

BRITISH CLASSIC NOIR

Compiled by Edna Sweetlove on MUBI  (additions by Noirsville)

This is a subjective selection of  British Noir films belonging to the the Classic Period

(Title - Director - Year) 

1) THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT director - ARTHUR B. WOODS, 1938

2) I MET A MURDERER director - ROY KELLINO, 1939

3) THE NIGHT HAS EYES director - LESLIE ARLISS, 1942

4) THUNDER ROCK director - ROY BOULTING, 1942

5) THEY MET IN THE DARK director - KAREL LAMAC, 1943

6) THE SEVENTH VEIL director - COMPTON BENNETT, 1945

7) WATERLOO ROAD director - SIDNEY GILLIAT, 1945

8) BEDELIA director - LANCE COMFORT, 1946

9) WANTED FOR MURDER director - LAWRENCE HUNTINGTON, 1946

10) APPOINTMENT WITH CRIME director - JOHN HARLOW, 1946

11) THEY MADE ME A FUGITIVE director - ALBERTO CAVALCANTI, 1947

12) IT ALWAYS RAINS ON SUNDAY director - ROBERT HAMER, 1947

13) DEAR MURDERER director - ARTHUR CRABTREE, 1947

14) BRIGHTON ROCK director - JOHN BOULTING, 1948

15) THE OCTOBER MAN director - ROY WARD BAKER, 1947

16) ODD MAN OUT director - CAROL REED, 1947

17) THE UPTURNED GLASS director - LAWRENCE HUNTINGTON, 1947

18) THE MARK OF CAIN director - BRIAN DESMOND HURST, 1947

19) DANCING WITH CRIME director - JOHN PADDY CARSTAIRS, 1947

20) TAKE MY LIFE director - RONALD NEAME, 1947

21) DAYBREAK director - COMPTON BENNETT, 1948

22) GOOD-TIME GIRL director - DAVID MACDONALD, 1948

23) DAUGHTER OF DARKNESS director - LANCE COMFORT, 1948

* THE FALLEN IDOL director - CAROL REED, 1948

24) NO ORCHIDS FOR MISS BLANDISH director - ST. JOHN LEGH CLOWES, 1948

25) SO EVIL MY LOVE director - LEWIS ALLEN, 1948

* FOR THEM THAT TRESPASS director - ALBERTO CAVALCANTI, 1948

26) NOOSE director - EDMOND T. GRÉVILLE, 1948

27) CORRIDOR OF MIRRORS director - TERENCE YOUNG, 1948

28) THE SMALL BACK ROOM director - EMERIC PRESSBURGER, MICHAEL POWELL, 1949

29) OBSESSION director - EDWARD DMYTRYK, 1949

30) SILENT DUST director - LANCE COMFORT, 1949

31) MAN ON THE RUN director - LAWRENCE HUNTINGTON, 1949

32) FORBIDDEN director - GEORGE KING, 1949

33) THE MAN IN BLACK director - FRANCIS SEARLE, 1949

34) THE INTERRUPTED JOURNEY director - DANIEL BIRT, 1949

35) THIRD TIME LUCKY director - GORDON PARRY, 1949

36) THE THIRD MAN director - CAROL REED, 1949

37) MADNESS OF THE HEART director - CHARLES BENNETT, 1949

* THE BLUE LAMP director - BASIL DREARDON, 1950

38) THE CLOUDED YELLOW director - RALPH THOMAS, 1950

39) CAGE OF GOLD director - BASIL DEARDEN, 1950

40) GUILT IS MY SHADOW director - ROY KELLINO, 1950

41) YOUR WITNESS director - ROBERT MONTGOMERY, 1950

42) GOLDEN SALAMANDER director - RONALD NEAME, 1950

43) SHADOW ON THE WALL director - PAT JACKSON, 1950

44) THE WOMAN IN QUESTION director - ANTHONY ASQUITH, 1950

45) NIGHT AND THE CITY director - JULES DASSIN, 1950

46) BLACKOUT director - ROBERT S. BAKER, 1950

47) DOUBLE CONFESSION director - KEN ANNAKIN, 1950

48) SCARLET THREAD director - LEWIS GILBERT, 1951

49) CLOUDBURST director - FRANCIS SEARLE, 1951

50) HIGH TREASON director - ROY BOULTING, 1951

51) POOL OF LONDON director - BASIL DEARDEN, 1951

52) THE DARK MAN director - JEFFREY DELL, 1951

53) MYSTERY JUNCTION director - MICHAEL MCCARTHY, 1951

54) CIRCLE OF DANGER director - JACQUES TOURNEUR, 1951

55) ASSASSIN FOR HIRE director - MICHAEL MCCARTHY, 1951

56) MR. DENNING DRIVES NORTH director - ANTHONY KIMMINS, 1952

57) STOLEN FACE director - TERENCE FISHER, 1952

58) VENETIAN BIRD director - RALPH THOMAS, 1952

59) MURDER ON MONDAY director - RALPH RICHARDSON, 1952

60) THE GAMBLER AND THE LADY director - PATRICK JENKINS, SAM NEWFIELD, 1952

61) LADY POSSESSED director - ROY KELLINO, 1952

62) THE FRIGHTENED MAN director - JOHN GILLING, 1952

63) THE LOST HOURS director - DAVID MACDONALD, 1952

64) MAN BAIT director - TERENCE FISHER, 1952

65) WINGS OF DANGER director - TERENCE FISHER, 1952

66) BAD BLONDE director -  REGINALD LE BORG, 1953

67) BLACK ORCHID director - CHARLES SAUNDERS, 1953

68) STREET OF SHADOWS director - RICHARD VERNON, 1953

69) COSH BOY director - LEWIS GILBERT, 1953

70) THE LONG MEMORY director - ROBERT HAMER, 1953

71) 36 HOURS director - MONTGOMERY TULLY, 1953

72) THE MAN BETWEEN director - CAROL REED, 1953

73) THE DIAMOND WIZARD director - DENNIS O'KEEFE, MONTGOMERY TULLY, 1954

74) FINAL APPOINTMENT director - TERENCE FISHER, 1954

75) THE STRANGER CAME HOME director - TERENCE FISHER, 1954

76) BLACKOUT director - TERENCE FISHER, 1954

77) THIRD PARTY RISK director - DANIEL BIRT, 1954

78) THE SLEEPING TIGER director - JOSEPH LOSEY, 1954

79) FACE THE MUSIC director - TERENCE FISHER, 1954

80) TIME IS MY ENEMY director - DON CHAFFEY, 1954

81) THE SCARLET WEB director - CHARLES SAUNDERS, 1954

82) THE PASSING STRANGER director - JOHN ARNOLD, 1954

83) HEAT WAVE director - KEN HUGHES, 1954

84) EIGHT O'CLOCK WALK director - LANCE COMFORT, 1954

85) THE GOOD DIE YOUNG director - LEWIS GILBERT, 1954

86) FIVE DAYS director - MONTGOMERY TULLY, 1954

87) CAST A DARK SHADOW director - LEWIS GILBERT, 1955

* JOE MACBETH director - KEN HUGHES, 1955

88) POSTMARK FOR DANGER director - GUY GREEN, 1955

89) THE GLASS CAGE director - MONTGOMERY TULLY, 1955

90) TIGER IN THE SMOKE director - ROY WARD BAKER, 1956

91) WICKED AS THEY COME director - KEN HUGHES, 1956

92) FINGER OF GUILT director - JOSEPH LOSEY, ALEC C. SNOWDEN, 1956

93) THE LONG ARM director - CHARLES FREND, 1956

94) YOU CAN'T ESCAPE director - WILFRED EADES, 1957

95) THE DEPRAVED director - PAUL DICKSON, 1957

96) TOWN ON TRIAL director - JOHN GUILLERMIN, 1957

97) THE VICIOUS CIRCLE director - GERALD THOMAS, 1957

* THE LONG HAUL director - KEN HUGHES 1957

98) COUNT FIVE AND DIE director - VICTOR VICAS, 1957

99) MORNING CALL director - ARTHUR CRABTREE, 1957

100) THE TRAITOR director - MICHAEL MCCARTHY, GILBERT GUNN, 1957

101) THREE SUNDAYS TO LIVE director - ERNEST MORRIS, 1957

102) CITY AFTER MIDNIGHT director - COMPTON BENNETT, 1957

103) FORTUNE IS A WOMAN director - SIDNEY GILLIAT, 1957

104) THE FLESH IS WEAK director - DON CHAFFEY, 1957

105) HELL DRIVERS director - CY ENDFIELD, 1957

106) THE SNORKEL director - GUY GREEN, 1958

107) CHASE A CROOKED SHADOW director - MICHAEL ANDERSON, 1958

108) BLIND SPOT director - PETER MAXWELL, 1958

109 TREAD SOFTLY STRANGER director - GORDON PARRY, 1958

110) THE STRANGE AWAKENING director - MONTGOMERY TULLY, 1958

111) THE WHOLE TRUTH director - DAN COHEN, JOHN GUILLERMIN, 1958

112) CHANCE MEETING director - JOSEPH LOSEY, 1959

113) MAN ACCUSED director - MONTGOMERY TULLY, 1959

114) MODEL FOR MURDER director - TERRY BISHOP, 1959

115) WEB OF EVIDENCE director - JACK CARDIFF, 1959

116) THE CHILD AND THE KILLER director - MAX VARNEL, 1959

117) HELL IS A CITY director - VAL GUEST, 1960

118) PLAYGIRL AFTER DARK director - TERENCE YOUNG, 1960

119) NEVER LET GO director - JOHN GUILLERMIN, 1960

120) THE CRIMINAL director - JOSEPH LOSEY, 1960

121) IT TAKES A THIEF director - JOHN GILLING, 1960

122) STOP ME BEFORE I KILL! director - VAL GUEST, 1960

123) PICCADILLY THIRD STOP director - WOLF RILLA, 1960

124) THE FRIGHTENED CITY director - JOHN LEMONT, 1961

125) SEVEN KEYS director - PAT JACKSON, 1961

126) PAYROLL director - SIDNEY HAYERS, 1961

127) THE NAKED EDGE director - MICHAEL ANDERSON, 1961

128) MURDER ON THE CAMPUS director - MICHAEL WINNER, 1961

129) THE THIRD ALIBI director - MONTGOMERY TULLY, 1961

130) ALL NIGHT LONG director - BASIL DEARDEN, 1962

131) THE PAINTED SMILE director - LANCE COMFORT, 1962

* THE SMALLWORLD OF SAMMY LEE director - KEN HUGHES 1963

132) PANIC director - JOHN GILLING, 1963

133) THE THIRD SECRET director - CHARLES CRICHTON, 1964

A comprehensive list of French Noir here



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