Richard Attenborough
Director, Actor
Brighton Rock (1947)
- Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell
- One of the coolest British crime flicks sees Richard Attenborough give an attention–grabbing portrayal of a delinquent gang leader who wants…
Boys in Brown, The (1949)
- Dir. Montgomery Tully
Feat. Jack Warner, Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde…
- Soft youth rebellion drama with Jack Warner as warden of a borstal struggling to keep his tempestuous young charges in line. Mostly of note for its…
Morning Departure (Operation Disaster) (1950)
- Dir. Roy Ward Baker
Feat. John Mills, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough
- A British submarine patrolling in the period just after WWII, hits a leftover mine and plunges seriously damaged to the sea–bed. The captain…
Private's Progress (1956)
- Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price, Terry-Thomas…
- Popular Ealing war satire finds Ian Carmichael, as the film’s spotty college freshman, conscripted to military service where he’s whipped into…
Sea of Sand (Desert Patrol) (1958)
- Dir. Guy Green
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Vincent Ball, Michael Craig…
- Brit war thriller about an army team sent to destroy a German petrol dump in preparation for an attack who are confronted by their enemies in the…
Dunkirk (1958)
- Dir. Leslie Norman
Feat. Richard Attenborough, John Mills, Bernard Lee…
- British war film set during the 1940 evacuation of French and British troops from the beaches of Dunkirk, following the contrasting perspectives of a…
Danger Within (1959)
- Dir. Don Chaffey
Feat. Richard Attenborough
- In an Italian POW camp in WW2, 400 plan to escape but one plans to betray. Can you spot the traitor? Richard Attenborough leads the cast of suspects.
I'm All Right Jack (1959)
- Dir. John Boulting
Feat. Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas…
- Brilliant satire of labour and class relations, makes a glorious mockery of unions and management alike as upperclass twit Ian Carmichael joins the…
League of Gentlemen, The (1960)
- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes…
- A high–class league of British actor gents – Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Roger Livesy and others – conspire…
Angry Silence, The (1960)
- Dir. Guy Green
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Pier Angeli, Michael Craig…
- Probing social drama unfurls labour conflicts in the sixties and the breakdown of trade unions, with Richard Attenborough as the antagonised factory…