Bernard Knowles

출생 : 1900-02-20, Manchester, Lancashire, England, UK

사망 : 1975-02-12

약력

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Bernard Knowles (20 February 1900 - 12 February 1975) was an English film director, producer, cinematographer and screenwriter. Born in Manchester, Knowles worked with Alfred Hitchcock on numerous occasions before the director emigrated to Hollywood. He later graduated as a director and screenwriter and worked much on TV, including Fabian of the Yard, Dial 999, Ivanhoe and The Adventures of Robin Hood. He died shortly before his 75th birthday in Taplow, Buckinghamshire in 1975. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bernard Knowles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Magical Mystery Tour
Director
A typically Beatlesque film originally produced for television, this short film was intended to be an off-the-wall road movie with the Beatles and three dozen or so friends on a psychedelic bus.
Hell Is Empty
Director
On the run from the police, a female thief and her band of robbers take refuge on a desert island where they discover a mansion inhabited by a family whom they take hostage. One of the robbers falls for the couple's daughter.
Spaceflight IC-1
Director
In the year 2015, a spaceship, the IC-1, travels through outer space looking for a suitable planet to settle on. The commander, Captain Ralston, is stern and brutal in which one cadet, Steven, plots a revolt to turn the leadership of the command over to him.
Frozen Alive
Director
A scientist experimenting with suspended animation decides to use himself as a test subject. Before he is frozen, his wife is killed, and he is suspected of her murder. a murder suspect.
Barbados Quest
Director
Special investigator Duke Martin is in London to investigate the authenticity of a rare postage stamp called the Barbados Overplate. Someone is willing to commit murder to get his or her hands on the stamp, which puts a crimp in Duke's efforts to romance every beautiful woman he meets.
Park Plaza 605
Screenplay
Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel. But when Conquest wakes up in the room the next morning he is lying next to a dead body. With the mysterious blonde nowhere to be seen, Conquest soon becomes the police s number one suspect with Inspector Williams following his every move. In order to clear his name, Conquest enlists the help of Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton), but the going gets rough when he discovers that the murder is connected to a stash of stolen diamonds. As gun-happy gangs of communists and Nazi sympathizers turn up the heat, Conquest has to solve the murder whilst staying one step ahead of both the gangs and the police.
Park Plaza 605
Director
Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel. But when Conquest wakes up in the room the next morning he is lying next to a dead body. With the mysterious blonde nowhere to be seen, Conquest soon becomes the police s number one suspect with Inspector Williams following his every move. In order to clear his name, Conquest enlists the help of Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton), but the going gets rough when he discovers that the murder is connected to a stash of stolen diamonds. As gun-happy gangs of communists and Nazi sympathizers turn up the heat, Conquest has to solve the murder whilst staying one step ahead of both the gangs and the police.
The Reluctant Widow
Director
A young governess becomes embroiled in French spy intrigue, in this adaptation of a Georgette Heyer novel.
The Lost People
Director
Set in a German theatre after the Second World War, two British soldiers are holding a disparate and hostile band of refugees in this theatre, prior to returning them to their homelands. The soldiers have difficulty dealing with the rivalries between Serb and Croat, resistance fighter and collaborator, Pole and Russian, etc. The threat of plague briefly unites them, but eventually even this wears off and the refugees unite in their hostility to the British.
The Perfect Woman
Adaptation
In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. She is in fact the robotic creation of Professor Belman, but it turns out rather to be the Professor's niece Penelope doing a pretty good imitation of the perfect Olga who winds up with them in the bridal suite at the Hotel Splendide.
The Perfect Woman
Director
In need of cash, Roger Cavendish and his valet take a job escorting the perfect woman for a night on the town. She is in fact the robotic creation of Professor Belman, but it turns out rather to be the Professor's niece Penelope doing a pretty good imitation of the perfect Olga who winds up with them in the bridal suite at the Hotel Splendide.
Easy Money
Director
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
The White Unicorn
Director
In a home for delinquent girls, the worst offender exchanges reminiscences with the warden.
Jassy
Director
In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.
The Man Within
Director
A man goes on the run from hardened smugglers.
The Magic Bow
Director
Biography of the famous Italian violinist Nicola Paganini which focuses as much on the musician's romances as it does on his craft. Phyllis Calvert plays Jeanne de Vermond, the aristocratic French woman who captures Paganini's heart, and real-life violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin supplies the breathtaking Paganini solos.
A Place of One's Own
Director
An elderly couple move into an old, supposedly haunted abandoned house. A young girl comes to live with the pair as a companion for the wife. However, soon the girl is possessed by the spirit of another girl, a wealthy woman who had once lived in the house but who had been murdered there.
Love Story
Director of Photography
After discovering that she has only a short time left to live, concert pianist Lissa travels to Cornwall for the final fling of her life. While there, she falls in love with young mineral prospector Kit, a man whose dark secret prevents him from fighting in the War. Unbeknownst to Lissa, however, Kit's affections are also much in demand from a rival of hers.
English Without Tears
Director of Photography
While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams
The Demi-Paradise
Director of Photography
Ivan Kouznetsoff, a Russian engineer, recounts during World War II his stay in England prior to the war working on a new propeller for ice-breaking ships. Naïve about British people and convinced by hearsay that they are shallow and hypocritical, Ivan is both bemused and amused by them. He is blunt in his opinions about Britons and at first this puts off his hosts, including the lovely Ann Tisdall, whose grandfather runs the shipbuilding firm that will make use of Ivan's propeller. The longer Ivan stays, however, the more he comes to understand the humor, warmth, strength, and conviction of the British people, and the more they come to see him as a friend rather than merely a suspicious Russian. As a romantic bond grows between Ivan and Ann, a cultural bond begins to grow as well, particularly as the war begins and Russia is attacked by Germany.
Secret Mission
Director of Photography
World War II drama in which a member of the French Resistance and three British agents undertake a hazardous mission to infiltrate a German HQ in search of vital information that could lead to the overthrow of the Nazis.
Unpublished Story
Director of Photography
Morale-boosting story released in the middle of World War II. A journalist uncovers a peace organisation at the centre of disreputable dealings.
The Day Will Dawn
Lighting Manager
Sports journalist Colin Metcalfe is picked for the job of foreign correspondent in Norway when Hitler invades Poland. On the way to Langedal his boat is attacked by a German U-Boat, however when he tells the navy about it they do not believe him and, to make matters worse, he is removed from his job. When German forces invade Norway, Metcalfe returns determined to uncover what is going on and stop the Germans in their tracks.
The Saint's Vacation
Director of Photography
While on vacation, the Saint discovers a much-sought-after music box.
Quiet Wedding
Cinematography
A young couple become engaged, but enjoy a number of comedic aventures before their wedding day.
Freedom Radio
Director of Photography
Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps. His wife is courted by the party and accepts a political post in Berlin. Meanwhile Dr Karl decides to try to do something to counteract the Nazi propaganda and with the help of an engineer and a few friends he sets up the Freedom Radio to counteract the Nazi propaganda.
가스등
Director of Photography
런던의 한 저택에서 앨리스 바를로우가 살해당하고 그녀의 유명한 루비가 사라진지도 20년. 비어있는 채 남겨져 있던 그 집을 폴, 벨라 부부가 매입하여 이사를 오게 된다. 그런데, 남편인 폴은 어떤 비밀을 간직하고 있고, 그 비밀을 지키기 위해 어떤 일이라도 저지르려고 하는데...
French Without Tears
Director of Photography
It is based on the popular West End stage comedy by Terrence Rattigan. It all begins when Diana (Ellen Drew), the sister of a British boy studying in France, arrives in town to flirt with all of her brothers' schoolmates. Alan (Ray Milland), one of the students, successfully resists Diana's charms-meaning of course that Alan and Diana will be in each other's arms by fadeout time. (AllMovie)
자메이카 여인숙
Director of Photography
조스가 운영하는 자마이카 여인숙은 지나가는 배를 난파시켜 생존자들을 살해하고 물건들을 약탈하는 해적들의 근거지이다. 메리는 이모를 찾아 아일랜드를 떠나 자마이카 여인숙으로 오는 도중 험프리 경내에 머물게 된다. 메리는 자마이카 여인숙으로 갈 말을 빌려달라고 하나 험프리 경은 그녀에게 그곳에 가지 말라고 경고한다. 히치콕 감독이 미국으로 가기 전 영국에서 만든 마지막 작품으로 그의 최악의 영화로 알려졌으나 개봉당시 박스 오피스 히트작이었다.
The Mikado
Director of Photography
In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of the Mikado in a month's time, Ko-Ko finds a suitable victim in Nanki-Poo, who is distraught over his unrequited love for the maiden Yum-Yum. Nanki-Poo agrees to sacrifice his life if he is allowed to spend his remaining days with Yum-Yum, who is betrothed to Ko-Ko.
영 앤 이노센트
Director of Photography
인기 상승의 젊은 여배우가 해안에서 시체로 발견된다. 이를 발견한 로버트 티스달은 구조를 청하기 위해 뛰어가는데, 해변에 놀러왔던 두 여자가 그를 보고 살인을 저지른 후, 달아나는 것으로 오인한다. 로버트는 경찰의 심문을 받게 되고, 정황적인 증거에 의해 살인 혐의를 받는다. 그는 결백함을 증명하고자 법원에서 도망쳐 실제 범인을 추적하는데, 도중에 에리카라는 여자의 도움을 받게 된다. 에리카는 경찰국장의 딸이지만, 순진한 청년 로버트를 믿고, 그의 결백함을 증명하고 진짜 살인범을 잡기 위한 동행길에 오르게 되는데...
사보타주
Director of Photography
어느날 밤, 시내 전체가 정전이 되고 사고가 발생한다. 경찰은 수사를 통해 누군가 고의로 꾸민 사보타지임을 밝혀내고 범인을 찾아나선다. 경찰은 시내에서 극장을 경영하고 있는 벌록을 유력한 용의자로 지목하고 그를 감시하도록 테드를 투입한다. 테드는 극장 옆 야채가게 점원으로 위장취업하여 벌록과 그의 부인 그리고 그녀의 어린 동생 스티브에게 접근하고, 테드는 벌록의 부인과 스티브에게 호감을 느끼게 된다. 한편, 테러 집단은 큰 폭탄을 이용한 사보타지를 계획하고 벌록에게 폭탄을 운반하는 임무를 맡긴다. 벌록을 미행하던 경잘은 그에게서 결정적인 단서를 찾아낸다. 토요일 오후 1시 45분까지 피카디리 광장으로 폭탄을 운반해야 하는 벌록은 테드가 자신을 감시하고 있는 것을 알고 초조해 한다. 그러는 사이에 새장에 실린 폭탄이 도착하고, 생각다 못한 벌록은 폭탄을 필름으로 위장한 뒤, 스티브에게 그것을 운반하도록 시킨다. 영화 필름인줄만 알고 심부름을 나선 스티브는 가는 길에 이것저것 구경하느라 시간 가는 줄 모른다. 결국 스티브가 탔던 버스는 광장에 도착하기도 전에 폭파하고 만다. 스티브의 사망소식을 확인한 누나는 벌록을 증오하며 결국 그를 죽인다. 그때 그녀를 찾아온 테드는 벌록의 시체를 발견하고 그동안 품어왔던 사랑을 고백하며 함께 도망가자고 제의한다. 한편 새장에 폭탄을 실어서 운반했던 노인은 자신의 새장이 단서가 되는 것을 두려워한 나머지 새장을 찾으러 극장을 찾았다가 경찰과 대치상황에 놓이게 된다. 결국 그 노인은 스스로 폭탄을 터뜨려 자살하고 경찰은 이 사고로 벌록도 같이 사망한 것으로 결론을 내린다. 테드는 흐느끼는 벌록 부인을 부축하며 영원히 함께 할 것을 다짐한다.
East Meets West
Director of Photography
The story of an Eastern sultan who is inordinately proud of his son. The young man bids fair to break his father's heart by conducting an affair with the wife of a notorious criminal.
Rhodes of Africa
Director of Photography
Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney and Bernard Lee.
비밀 첩보원
Director of Photography
유명 소설가 에드거 브로디는 비밀 검찰국장으로부터 스위스의 스파이 임무를 위탁받고, ‘아셴덴’이라는 가명과 지시를 받아 제네바로 떠난다. 그의 임무는 한 정체불명의 독일 스파이가 연합군 작전에 치명적인 지시를 못 받도록 막는 일이다. 아셴덴은 살인과 첩보 기술에 정통한 킬러이자 조수인 ‘장군’과 함께 일련의 살인과 음모에 개입된다. 스위스에서 그는, 또다른 동료인, 엘사라는 여인을 만나게 되고... 실수로 무고한 여행객을 죽인 뒤 죄책감을 느끼고 돌아가려고도 하지만, 장군의 보조로 초콜릿 공장에 주둔한 스파이 본부까지 추적하게 된다. 마지막에, 터키로 향한 기차 안에서 실제 스파이 ‘마빈’은 기차 폭발로 죽고, 장군도 적의 총에 맞아 죽는다. 살아남은 엘사와 브로디는 임무를 완벽히 수행하고, 스파이 일을 하지 않겠다는 편지를 국장에게 보낸다.
39 계단
Director of Photography
해니(로버트 도나트 분)는 캐나다에서 업무차 런던에 온다. 어느날 쇼구경을 갔다가 아나벨라(루시 맨하임 분)라는 묘령의 여인을 만난다. 이 여인은 해니를 따라 아파트까지 와서는 자신이 스파이이며 지금 쫓기고 있다고 말한다. 또한 스파이들이 영국 공군의 기밀을 외국에 넘기려 하고 있으며 자신이 그것을 막아야 한다고 한다. 그녀는 '39 계단'이라는 알 수 없는 암호를 이야기한다. 그러나 그날밤 아나벨라는 살해된다. 해니는 아나벨라가 얘기한 사람을 만나기 위해 스코틀랜드로 떠난다. 기차 안에서 해니는 자신이 아나벨라의 살인범으로 몰리고 있음을 발견한다. 또한 아나벨라를 살해한 스파이들에게도 쫓겨 해니는 파멜라(마델레인느 캐롤린 분)에게 도움을 청하나 거절당한다. 겨우 기차에서 탈출한 해니는 스코틀랜드의 어느 농가에서 하룻밤을 지내고 그 농가 아낙의 도움으로 다시 경찰의 추적에서 벗어난다. 구사일생으로 교수(고드프리 터얼 분)의 집에 도착한 해니는 교수가 스파이 두목이라는 것을 안다. 교수의 집에서도 탈출한 해니는 경찰에 가서 사실을 말하지만 아무도 믿어주지 않는다. 다시 경찰서에서 도망치게 되고 결국엔 파멜라의 신고로 경찰로 위장한 스파이들에게 잡히고 만다. 파멜라가 위험하다고 느낀 스파이들은 파멜라와 해니를 수갑으로 묶어 두지만 해니는 또다시 탈출한다. 결국 파멜라도 해니의 말을 믿게 되고 스파이 두목인 교수가 39계단에게 경고를 하려하며 런던 극장에서 기밀을 넘겨받아 국외로 탈출하려한다는 사실을 알게 된다. 파멜라는 런던 경시청에 가서 사실을 알리나 이들 또한 믿지 않는다. 런던 극장으로 간 해니는 뛰어난 기억력을 자랑하는 '미스터 메모리'라는 사람이 바로 기밀을 두뇌에 저장한 사람이며 이 자를 데리고 가려 한다는 것을 알게 된다.
Brown on Resolution
Director of Photography
Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the Royal Navy during the First World War. There his bravery and marksmanship keeps a German ship in port so a British ship can sink it. He becomes a hero, but at what cost?
Falling for You
Director of Photography
In this comedy, two rival reporters vie for the scoop on the whereabouts of a missing heiress. They find her in Switzerland. One of the journalists falls in love with her and saves her from marrying an aristocrat. His rival gets to write the story as a consolation prize.
The Good Companions
Director of Photography
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
로마행 특급열차
Visual Effects
파리에서 로마로 가는 급행열차에는 여러 부류의 사람들이 타고 있다. 불륜 관계인 조지와 막스 부인, 영화 배우인 아스터와 누군가를 찾고 있는 저타와 토니, 부유하지만 인색하고 자신의 비서를 학대하는 백만장자 맥베인, 정체를 알 수 없지만 무언가 불안해 보이는 풀 등이 그들이다. 막스 부인과 밀회 여행을 즐기던 조지는 식당차 안에서 아는 사람을 만나게 되자 우연히 옆에 앉아 있던 풀을 자신의 동료인 양 소개하고 객실까지 데려오게 되지만, 다시 막스 부인을 데려오기 위해 풀에게 다른 객실로 가 줄 것을 부탁한다. 하지만 풀은 자신을 쫓는 사람들이 있는 것을 알고 나가지 않으려고 한다. 결국 풀은 조지를 때려 기절시키고, 풀을 쫓던 저타가 객실에 들어와 그를 살해한다. 한편 우연히 풀의 가방과 백만장자 맥베인의 비서의 가방이 바뀌는데 이 가방을 찾기 위해 저타가 다시 이들의 객실에 침입했다가 풀을 쫓기 위해 역시 같은 기차에 탔던 형사 졸리에게 잡히게 된다. 결국 저타는 달리는 기차에서 뛰어내려 자살을 하고 마는데...
White Face
Director of Photography
A doctor becomes a blackmailer and a jewel thief in order to raise funds for a hospital in East London but is uncovered by an ambitious reporter.
The Calendar
Director of Photography
Racehorse owner Anson is swindled by a woman named Wenda and goes up in front of the Jockey Club where he is disqualified on race fixing allegations. He decides to get his own back with the help of Hillcott, an ex-burglar. Jill is the love interest
The Hound of the Baskervilles
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On his uncle's death Sir Henry Baskerville returns from abroad and opens up the ancestral hall on the desolate moors of Devonshire. Holmes uncovers a plot to have Sir Henry murdered by a terrible trained hound.
Canaries Sometimes Sing
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Over the course of their marriage, Geoffrey Lymes has become increasingly exasperated by the shallowness and superficiality of his wife Anne. He despairs of her ridiculous affectations, social-climbing aspirations and constant embarrassing attempts in company to show herself as an elegant, cultured sophisticate. He feels trapped in a relationship where, as he observes, a wife "does nothing to entitle her husband to divorce her, but a thousand things that entitle him to murder her".
The School for Scandal
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Charles (Henry Hewitt), Joseph (Ian Fleming), and Sir Benjamin (John Charlton) are in love with Maria (Dodo Watts), and Lady Sneerwell (Anne Grey) is in love with Charles.
French Leave
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During World War I, Captain's wife Dorothy Glenister finds it hard being separated from her husband, so she travels to France to the village where he's stationed. Dorothy disguises herself as the daughter of a local, which leads to complications when she's suspected of being a German spy.
The Nipper
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A producer makes a star of the cockney waif who tried to rob him.
Rookery Nook
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A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.
Auld Lang Syne
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A British musical film directed by George Pearson
The Broken Melody
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An exiled Prince living in Paris, begins a dalliance with an opera singer before returning to his wife.
Dawn
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A nurse helps 210 men escape to England before the Germans catch and execute her.