List of Ealing Studios films

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This is a list of films made by the British production company Ealing Studios and its predecessor Associated Talking Pictures. [1] Prior to 1932 and after 1956, the company's films were made at studios other than Ealing. This list does not include films made at Ealing Studios by other companies.

Contents

1930s

TitleRelease DateDirector
Escape! September 1930 Basil Dean
Birds of Prey November 1930Basil Dean
Sally in Our Alley July 1931 Maurice Elvey
A Honeymoon Adventure September 1931Maurice Elvey
The Water Gipsies March 1932Maurice Elvey
Nine till Six March 1932Basil Dean
The Sign of Four May 1932 Rowland V. Lee/Graham Cutts
The Impassive Footman June 1932Basil Dean
Love on the Spot July 1932Graham Cutts
Looking on the Bright Side September 1932Basil Dean/Graham Cutts
Three Men in a Boat May 1933Graham Cutts
Loyalties May 1933Basil Dean
Autumn Crocus February 1934Basil Dean
Love, Life and Laughter March 1934Maurice Elvey
Java Head August 1934 J. Walter Ruben
Sing As We Go September 1934Basil Dean
Lorna Doone January 1935Basil Dean
Look Up and Laugh June 1935Basil Dean
Midshipman Easy October 1935 Carol Reed
No Limit November 1935 Monty Banks
Whom the Gods Love February 1936Basil Dean
Queen of Hearts February 1936Monty Banks
Laburnum Grove May 1936Carol Reed
Lonely Road September 1936 James Flood
Keep Your Seats, Please September 1936Monty Banks
Feather Your Nest March 1937 William Beaudine
The Show Goes On April 1937Basil Dean
Keep Fit August 1937 Anthony Kimmins
I See Ice February 1938Anthony Kimmins
Penny Paradise October 1938Carol Reed
It's in the Air November 1938Anthony Kimmins
The Gaunt Stranger November 1938 Walter Forde
The Ware Case December 1938 Robert Stevenson
Trouble Brewing March 1939Anthony Kimmins
Let's Be Famous March 1939Walter Forde
The Four Just Men June 1939Walter Forde
There Ain't No Justice June 1939 Pen Tennyson
Young Man's Fancy August 1939Robert Stevenson
Cheer Boys Cheer August 1939Walter Forde
Come On George! November 1939Anthony Kimmins

1940s

TitleRelease DateDirector
Return to Yesterday January 1940Robert Stevenson
The Proud Valley March 1940Pen Tennyson
Let George Do It! July 1940 Marcel Varnel
Convoy July 1940Pen Tennyson
Saloon Bar October 1940Walter Forde
Sailors Three December 1940Walter Forde
Spare a Copper December 1940 John Paddy Carstairs
The Ghost of St. Michael's April 1941Marcel Varnel
Turned Out Nice Again August 1941Marcel Varnel
Ships with Wings November 1941 Sergei Nolbandov
The Black Sheep of Whitehall January 1942 Basil Dearden/Will Hay
The Big Blockade January 1942 Charles Frend
The Foreman Went to France April 1942Charles Frend
The Next of Kin May 1942 Thorold Dickinson
The Goose Steps Out August 1942Basil Dearden/Will Hay
Nine Men January 1943 Harry Watt
The Bells Go Down April 1943Basil Dearden
My Learned Friend June 1943Basil Dearden/Will Hay
Undercover July 1943Sergei Nolbandov
Went the Day Well? October 1943 Alberto Cavalcanti
San Demetrio London December 1943Charles Frend
The Halfway House April 1944Basil Dearden
For Those in Peril June 1944 Charles Crichton
They Came to a City August 1944Basil Dearden
Champagne Charlie August 1944Alberto Cavalcanti
Fiddlers Three October 1944Harry Watt
Johnny Frenchman July 1945 Charles Frend
Dead of Night September 1945 Alberto Cavalcanti
(as Cavalcanti)
Charles Crichton
Basil Dearden
Robert Hamer
Painted Boats October 1945 Charles Crichton
Pink String and Sealing Wax November 1945 Robert Hamer
The Captive Heart March 1946Basil Dearden
The Overlanders October 1946Harry Watt
Hue and Cry February 1947Charles Crichton
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby March 1947Alberto Cavalcanti
Frieda June 1947 Basil Dearden
The Loves of Joanna Godden July 1947 Charles Frend
It Always Rains on Sunday November 1947Robert Hamer
Against the Wind February 1948Charles Crichton
Saraband for Dead Lovers September 1948Basil Dearden
Another Shore November 1948Charles Crichton
Scott of the Antarctic December 1948Charles Frend
Eureka Stockade January 1949Harry Watt
Passport to Pimlico April 1949 Henry Cornelius
Whisky Galore! June 1949 Alexander MacKendrick
Kind Hearts and Coronets June 1949Robert Hamer
Train of Events August 1949 Sidney Cole/Charles Crichton/Basil Dearden
A Run for Your Money November 1949Charles Frend

1950s

TitleRelease DateDirector
The Blue Lamp January 1950Basil Dearden
Dance Hall June 1950Charles Crichton
Bitter Springs July 1950 Ralph Smart
Cage of Gold September 1950Basil Dearden
The Magnet October 1950Charles Frend
Pool of London February 1951Basil Dearden
The Lavender Hill Mob June 1951Charles Crichton
The Man in the White Suit August 1951Alexander Mackendrick
Where No Vultures Fly December 1951Harry Watt
His Excellency January 1952Robert Hamer
Secret People February 1952Thorold Dickinson
I Believe in You March 1952Basil Dearden
Mandy July 1952Alexander Mackendrick
The Gentle Gunman October 1952Basil Dearden
The Titfield Thunderbolt March 1953Charles Crichton
The Cruel Sea March 1953Charles Frend
The Square Ring July 1953Basil Dearden
Meet Mr. Lucifer November 1953 Anthony Pelissier
The Love Lottery January 1954Charles Crichton
The Maggie February 1954Alexander Mackendrick
West of Zanzibar March 1954Harry Watt
The Rainbow Jacket May 1954Basil Dearden
Lease of Life October 1954Charles Frend
The Divided Heart November 1954Charles Crichton
Out of the Clouds February 1955Basil Dearden
The Night My Number Came Up March 1955 Leslie Norman
The Ship That Died of Shame April 1955Basil Dearden
Touch and Go September 1955 Michael Truman
The Ladykillers December 1955Alexander Mackendrick
Who Done It? March 1956Basil Dearden
The Feminine Touch March 1956 Pat Jackson
The Long Arm June 1956Charles Frend
The Man in the Sky January 1957Charles Crichton
The Shiralee July 1957Leslie Norman
Barnacle Bill December 1957Charles Frend
Davy December 1957 Michael Relph
Dunkirk March 1958Leslie Norman
Nowhere to Go December 1958 Seth Holt
The Siege of Pinchgut August 1959Harry Watt

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