Anthony Havelock-Allan

Birth : 1904-02-28, Darlington, Durham, England, UK

Death : 2003-01-11

Movies

A Profile of 'Brief Encounter'
Self
Documentary about the making of David Lean's 1945 film "Brief Encounter".
A Profile of In Which We Serve
Interviewee
Documentary about the 1942 British film "In Which We Serve" directed by David Lean and Noël Coward.
The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry
Self
Documentary about John Davis, a businessman who as chairman oversaw the decline of the Rank Organisation.
David Lean: A Self Portrait
Self
A television documentary on the life and career of British film director David Lean. Scenes of Lean directing are intercut with personal interviews in which the director explains his methods, the beginnings of his career, and his relationships with actors and actresses.
Ryan's Daughter
Producer
An Irish lass is branded a traitor when she falls for a British soldier.
Romeo and Juliet
Producer
Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the ultimate tragedy.
Up the Junction
Producer
A young woman trades her upper-class existence for a new life in an economically depressed suburb of London.
An Evening With The Royal Ballet
Director
Documentary about the Royal Ballet. Includes selections from "Les Sylphides" and "The Sleeping Beauty" with Rudolf Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn
The Quare Fellow
Producer
Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in meting out justice to criminals. His superior, Regan, however, realizes that even prisoners are human beings, and Regan is sick of the eye-for-an-eye attitude that leads the state to execute condemned men, or "quare fellows." Crimmins begins to see that not all is black and white in his new world, and when he becomes involved with Kathleen, the wife of one of the condemned men, his attitude begins to change. When new evidence arises to suggest that Kathleen's husband may not deserve his fate, Crimmins is torn between his duty and his humanity.
Orders to Kill
Producer
A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of double-crossing France by selling out radio operators to the Nazis.
The Young Lovers
Producer
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective countries' officials, who suspect espionage. The cast includes David Knight, Odile Versois, Theodore Bikel and David Kossoff.
Shadow of the Eagle
Producer
During the eighteenth century the Empress of Russia sends her lover to kidnap her rival for the throne.
The Interrupted Journey
Producer
When John North, a budding author, pulls the communication cord of a late night train that is taking him away on a weekend with his publishers wife, he sets in motion a series of events that lead to a train crash, a murder and a police man hunt, but all is not what it seems.
The Small Voice
Producer
A man and his wife take to their house some men they rescue from a road crash and then find they have picked up some dangerous criminals.
Blanche Fury
Producer
Penniless governess Blanche Fullerton takes a job at the estate of her rich relations, the Fury family. To better her position in life, Blanche marries her dull cousin, Laurence Fury, with whom she has a daughter. But before long, boredom sets in, and Blanche begins a tempestuous romance with stableman Philip Thorn. Together, they hatch a murderous plan to gain control of the estate.
Take My Life
Producer
When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.
Great Expectations
Executive Producer
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Great Expectations
Screenplay
In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.
Brief Encounter
Additional Writing
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
Brief Encounter
Producer
Returning home from a shopping trip to a nearby town, bored suburban housewife Laura Jesson is thrown by happenstance into an acquaintance with virtuous doctor Alec Harvey. Their casual friendship soon develops during their weekly visits into something more emotionally fulfilling than either expected, and they must wrestle with the potential havoc their deepening relationship would have on their lives and the lives of those they love.
Blithe Spirit
Screenplay
An English mystery novelist invites a medium to his home, so she may conduct a séance for a small gathering. The writer hopes to gather enough material for the book he's working on, as well as to expose the medium as a charlatan. However, proceedings take an unexpected turn, resulting in a chain of supernatural events being set into motion that wreak havoc on the man's present marriage.
This Happy Breed
Screenplay
In 1919, Frank Gibbons returns home from army duty and moves into a middle-class row house, bringing with him wife Ethel, carping mother-in-law Mrs. Flint, sister-in-law Sylvia and three children. Years pass, with the daily routine of family infighting and reconciliation occasionally broken by a strike or a festival.
In Which We Serve
Associate Producer
The story of the HMS Torrin, from it's construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship's first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.
Unpublished Story
Story
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
Unpublished Story
Producer
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
From the Four Corners
Director
Members of three Commonwealth armies, an Aussie, a Canadian, and a New Zealander meet actor Leslie Howard who buys them a beer and makes them understand why they're fighting.
This Man in Paris
Producer
A British reporter and his wife, on vacation in Paris, run into a gang of counterfeiters.
The Lambeth Walk
Producer
Bill Snibson, a chancer from Lambeth Walk in South London, is informed that he has been discovered to be the long-lost heir to a title and castle which he can claim provided he is able to convince his new relations that he has enough aristocratic bearing. Things soon begin to go awry however, particularly when Sally, Bill's girlfriend from Lambeth, turns up.
The Silent Battle
Producer
Secret agents try to defeat terrorists on the Orient Express.
This Man Is News
Producer
A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.
Incident in Shanghai
Executive Producer
An unhappy wife falls for an injured pilot.
Night Ride
Executive Producer
Two truck drivers fired by the crooked trucking firm they worked for start their own company. Their former boss, worried about the competition, tries everything he can to drive them out of business, from sending his pretty daughter to seduce them to having his henchmen sabotage their trucks.
Museum Mystery
Producer
A gang of criminals plan to steal a valuable Burmese idol from a British museum but are foiled by the curator.
The Scarab Murder Case
Producer
One of a series of murder mysteries featuring the character Philo Vance. A Lost Movie
The Belles of St. Clements
Producer
A British drama film set inside a teacher training college and directed by Ivar Campbell
Checkmate
Producer
A fence for a gang of jewel thieves comes under suspicion from the police.
The Price of Wisdom
Producer
A young woman designer goes to London to further her career, but things are complicated when her invention is a success.
Cross Currents
Producer
A Devon Vicar mistakenly comes under suspicion of murdering a rival in love.
Once a Thief
Producer
Down on his luck inventor Roger (John Stuart) "borrows" some money from a handbag he finds but things go wrong when a necklace from the bag goes missing.