List of British films of 1948 explained

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1948:

1948

Title Director Cast Genre Notes
1948
Against the WindWorld War II
Anna KareninaLiterary drama
Another ShoreCharles CrichtonRobert Beatty, Moira Lister, Stanley HollowayComedy
Blanche FuryDrama
Bless 'Em AllRobert Jordan HillHal Monty, Max BygravesMusical comedy
The Blind GoddessHarold FrenchEric Portman, Anne Crawford, High WilliamsDrama
Bond StreetGordon ParryJean Kent, Derek FarrDrama
Bonnie Prince CharlieAnthony KimminsDavid Niven, Jack HawkinsHistorical drama
Brass MonkeyCrime drama
Broken JourneyKen AnnakinPhyllis Calvert, James DonaldDrama
But Not in VainWorld War II
The CalendarDrama
Call of the BloodJohn Clements, Ladislao VajdaKay Hammond, John ClementsDramaCo-production with Italy
Calling Paul Temple Detective
The Clouded CrystalAlan CullimorePatrick Waddington, Lind JoyceMystery[1]
Colonel BogeyTerence FisherJack Train, Mary JerroldFantasy
Corridor of MirrorsTerence YoungEric Portman, Edana RomneyDrama
CounterblastPaul L. SteinRobert Beatty, Mervyn JohnsThriller
Cup-tie HoneymoonJohn E. BlakeleySandy Powell, Dan YoungSports/comedy
The Dark Road Crime [2]
A Date with a DreamDicky LeemanTerry-Thomas, Jeannie CarsonMusical/comedy
Daughter of DarknessLance ComfortCrime
DaybreakThriller
Death in the HandEsme Percy, Ernest Jay, Cecile ChevreauShort mystery
Action based on radio serial
Easy MoneyComedy/drama
Elizabeth of LadymeadHerbert WilcoxAnna Neagle, Hugh WilliamsDrama
EscapeJoseph L. MankiewiczRex Harrison, Peggy CumminsThriller
Escape from BroadmoorJohn GillingThriller
Esther WatersIan DalrympleKathleen Ryan, Dirk BogardeHistorical drama
The Fallen IdolDrama
The First GentlemanHistorical drama
The Fool and the PrincessWilliam C. HammondBruce Lester, Lesley BrookDrama
Good-Time GirlDavid MacDonaldJean Kent, Herbert Lom, Dennis PriceDrama
The Greed of William HartHorror
The Guinea PigDrama
A Gunman Has Escaped Richard M. Grey Crime
HamletLaurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Basil SydneyShakespearean drama Number 69 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films; winner of four Academy Awards
Here Come the HuggettsComedy
Holidays with Pay John E. BlakeleyFrank Randle, Tessie O'SheaComedy
House of Darkness Horror [3]
Idol of ParisLeslie ArlissMichael Rennie, Christine NordenDrama
It's Hard to Be Good Comedy
The Little BallerinaLewis GilbertDrama
London Belongs to MeDrama
Look Before You LoveHarold HuthMargaret Lockwood, Griffith JonesDrama
Love in WaitingDouglas PeirceDavid Tomlinson, Andrew CrawfordComedy
MirandaRomance/fantasy
The Monkey's PawHorror
Mr. Perrin and Mr. TraillLawrence HuntingtonDavid Farrar, Marius GoringDrama
My Brother JonathanMichael Denison, Dulcie GrayDrama
My Brother's KeeperCrime
My Sister and IHarold HuthSally Ann Howes, Dermot WalshDrama
No Orchids for Miss BlandishSt. John Legh ClowesLinden Travers, Jack La RueCrime
No Room at the InnDrama
NooseCrime
Nothing Venture Comedy
Oliver TwistLiterary drama Number 46 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films
One Night with YouTerence YoungNino Martini, Patricia RocMusical
Penny and the Pownall Case Slim Hand Drama
A Piece of CakeJohn IrwinCyril Fletcher, Betty AstellComedy
Portrait from LifeTerence FisherMai Zetterling, Robert BeattyDrama
QuartetCecil Parker, Dirk Bogarde, George ColeAnthology Adaptation of four short stories by W. Somerset Maugham
The Red ShoesMoira Shearer, Anton Walbrook, Marius GoringDrama Number 9 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films. Winner of two Academy Awards
River PatrolBen R. HartJohn Blythe, Wally PatchCrime
Saraband for Dead LoversBasil DeardenJoan Greenwood, Stewart GrangerHistorical drama
Scott of the AntarcticAdventure/biopic
Sleeping Car to TriesteThriller
The Small VoiceDrama/thriller
SnowboundDavid MacDonaldThriller
So Evil My LoveLewis AllenRay Milland, Ann Todd, Geraldine FitzgeraldThriller
The Small Back RoomDavid Farrar, Kathleen Byron, Jack HawkinsWorld War II
Somewhere in PoliticsJohn E. BlakeleyFrank Randle, Tessie O'SheaComedy
A Song for TomorrowTerence FisherEvelyn Maccabe, Ralph MichaelDrama
Spring in Park LaneHerbert WilcoxAnna Neagle, Michael WildingRomantic Comedy
The Story of Shirley YorkeMaclean RogersDerek Farr, Dinah SheridanCrime
This Was a WomanTim WhelanSonia Dresdel, Walter FitzgeraldCrime
The Three Weird SistersMelodrama Screenplay by Dylan Thomas
Trouble in the Air Comedy
Uneasy TermsVernon SewellMichael Rennie, Moira ListerThriller
Vice VersaPeter UstinovRoger Livesey, Anthony NewleyComedy
Waverley StepsDocumentary [4]
The Weaker SexRoy Ward BakerDrama
When You Come HomeJohn BaxterFrank Randle, Leslie SaronyComedy
Who Killed Van Loon? Raymond Lovell, Kay Bannerman Crime [5]
William Comes to TownVal GuestWilliam Graham, Garry Marsh, Jane WelshComedy
The Winslow BoyAnthony AsquithRobert Donat, Margaret Leighton, Cedric HardwickeDramaAdapted from the play by Terence Rattigan; filmed again in 1999
Woman HaterRomantic comedy

See also

References

  1. Web site: The Clouded Crystal (1948). https://web.archive.org/web/20190222151936/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a7b8443. dead. February 22, 2019.
  2. Web site: The Dark Road (1948). https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041941/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b69b14110. dead. February 22, 2019.
  3. Web site: House of Darkness (1948). https://web.archive.org/web/20160309061747/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6acadfab. dead. March 9, 2016.
  4. Web site: Waverley Steps: A day in Edinburgh.
  5. Web site: Who Killed van Loon? (1948). https://web.archive.org/web/20190222041855/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7898366a. dead. February 22, 2019.

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