Benjamin Frankel

Nascimento : 1906-01-31, London, England, UK

Morte : 1973-02-12

Filmes

Uma Batalha no Inferno
Original Music Composer
No final da Segunda Guerra, em dezembro de 1944, o comando das Forças Aliadas já comemora o triunfo sobre as combalidas forças nazistas por toda a Europa. Quando remanescentes do quase derrotado exército nazista planejam um ataque surpresa às forças aliadas, que já não contavam mais com nenhuma reação, um experiente oficial americano alerta seus superiores sobre a possibilidade de uma última ofensiva em massa do inimigo. Esse soldado, experiente, porém desacreditado por seus companheiros, tenta convencer seus superiores a tomarem medidas para impedir a ação. Mas não é ouvido com seriedade. Comandados por um coronel obstinado, os alemães provam que ainda têm poder de fogo e são capazes de dar muito trabalho aos aliados.
The Siege of Manchester
Original Music Composer
A German mercenary is hired to defend the small township of Manchester during the English Civil War.
A Noite do Iguana
Music
Padre com a fé abalada ganha a vida conduzindo excursões de senhoras pelo México. Numa delas, ele se envolve com a sobrinha de uma das passageiras e vai parar em uma pousada onde, junto com a dona do lugar e uma estranha viajante, passa por situações que vão testar o seu limite.
The Old Dark House
Conductor
An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion.
The Old Dark House
Original Music Composer
An American car salesman in London becomes mixed up in a series of fatal occurrences at a secluded mansion.
Ato de Misericórdia
Original Music Composer
Committed pacifist Tom Jordan's decision to help former President Rivera escape a military coup is a simple act of mercy that takes him and his wife to the edge of despair. It turns them into outlaws and fugitives, hunted by a vicious regime; yet it could also bring them together in a way they have never been before.
A Maldição do Lobisomem
Original Music Composer
Sobre um bebê indesejado, nascido na noite de Natal, caiu uma terrível maldição. Criado por Don Alfredo, o jovem Leon passa a sofrer transformações com a chegada da lua cheia. Só o amor verdadeiro e a compreensão podem salvá-lo de seu terrível destino. Único filme cujo tema é a licantropia produzido pela Hammer Film Productions, The Curse of the Werewolf foi dirigido por Terence Fisher em 1961. Repleto de símbolos religiosos e pagãos, e com a tensão sexual a emergir de forma naturalmente animalesca. O então muito jovem Oliver Reed é o lobisomem do título, e representa-o com mais de sentimento e menos de ímpeto assassino do que é costume nestas andanças. Livremente baseado no romance The Werewolf of Paris, o filme desloca a ação para a Espanha do século XVIII.
A Noite é Minha Inimiga
Music
A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet is a fraud, and he is actually a look-alike actor named Frank Welney.
A Noite é Minha Inimiga
Compositor
A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet is a fraud, and he is actually a look-alike actor named Frank Welney.
Ordem de Matar
Music
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.
Happy Is the Bride
Original Music Composer
In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair of Janet's father.
Brothers in Law
Music
Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.
A Saia de Ferro
Music
A Capitã Vinka Kovelenko deserta da Rússia, mas não por razões políticas. Ela deserta porque ela se sente discriminada como mulher. O Capitão Chuck Lockwood recebe a missão de mostrar a ela o lado bom do capitalismo, enquanto ela tenta convencê-lo da superioridade do comunismo. Naturalmente eles se apaixonam, mas ainda há a KGB que não gosta da ideia de ter um oficial russo desertor passeando em Londres.
Lost
Music Director
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
Lost
Conductor
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
Lost
Original Music Composer
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London. He was last seen with their nanny, and the couple seemingly have no leads that might help police Detective Craig in his investigation. The media sensationalizes the incident, causing an unnecessary distraction as the couple prepares to confront the culprit face-to-face.
A Rua da Esperança
Original Music Composer
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to tell Joe stories. When Kandinsky informs Joe that a unicorn can grant wishes, the hopeful lad ends up buying a baby goat with one tiny horn, believing it to be a real unicorn. Undaunted by his rough surroundings, Joe sets about to prove that wishes can come true.
Tormenta Sobre o Nilo
Conductor
In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Lieutenant Harry Faversham resigns his officer's commission in order to remain with his fiancée Mary Burroughs in England. His friends and fellow officers John Durrance, Peter Burroughs and Tom Willoughby brand him a coward and present him with the white feathers of cowardice. His fiancée, Mary, adds a fourth feather and breaks off their engagement. However, former Lieutenant Faversham decides to regain his honor by fighting in the Sudan incognito. Re-used a great deal of stock footage from The Four Feathers (1939), including the entire final battle sequence.
Tormenta Sobre o Nilo
Original Music Composer
In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Lieutenant Harry Faversham resigns his officer's commission in order to remain with his fiancée Mary Burroughs in England. His friends and fellow officers John Durrance, Peter Burroughs and Tom Willoughby brand him a coward and present him with the white feathers of cowardice. His fiancée, Mary, adds a fourth feather and breaks off their engagement. However, former Lieutenant Faversham decides to regain his honor by fighting in the Sudan incognito. Re-used a great deal of stock footage from The Four Feathers (1939), including the entire final battle sequence.
Simon and Laura
Original Music Composer
Bickering married performers agree to star in a "Mr. and Mrs." TV show. Director Muriel Box's 1956 British comedy also stars Muriel Pavlow, Ian Carmichael, Maurice Denham and Richard Wattis.
Footsteps in the Fog
Original Music Composer
A Victorian-era murder mystery about a parlour maid that discovers that her employer may have killed his first wife.
Prisioneiro do Remorso
Music
A cardinal is arrested for treason against the state. He is a popular hero of his people, for his resistance against the Nazis during the war and his resistance when his country again fell to a totalitarian conqueror. In prison, his interrogator is determined to extract a confession of guilt, and thus destroy his power over his people.
The End of the Affair
Music
During the 1940s, Maurice Bendrix, a writer recently discharged from the armed service, falls in love with Sarah Miles, whom he interviews for a book. Sarah is married, but she and Maurice eventually give in to their mutual attraction, leading to an affair that lasts several months. Maurice's jealousy, along with the bombing of London by the Germans, seemingly leads to the end of their relationship. However, the reasons are later revealed to be more complex.
The Man Who Loved Redheads
Original Music Composer
Framed in flashback, The Man Who Loved Redheads is an anecdotal comedy about a man (John Justin) whose life is defined by his first romantic experience. That liaison occurred in Justin's youth, when the young man matures and enters the diplomatic world, he spends the rest of his career searching for his first love.
Mad About Men
Original Music Composer
Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.
The Young Lovers
Conductor
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.
The Young Lovers
Original Music Composer
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.
Malaga
Original Music Composer
Maureen O'Hara hunts drug smugglers in Africa.
A Loteria do Amor
Music
Rex Allerton is a top Hollywood star and an idol of the female population. To get away from the pressure of the fans who won't leave him alone, he relocates to a remote Italian village where unanticipated trouble arises when unwittingly he becomes the prize for an international lottery.
Power to Fly
Music
A BAFTA award nominated film made for the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company charting the history of aviation from Daedalus to jets.
Always a Bride
Music Director
Set against the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera, this comedy follows the misadventures of a father and daughter con artist team (Ronald Squire and Peggy Cummins) who pose as a married couple and swindle wealthy clients at the region's swankiest resorts. But their scams take on a whole new dimension when daughter Clare falls for a British government bureaucrat (Terence Morgan) who may have a secret or two of his own. [Netflix]
Always a Bride
Original Music Composer
Set against the glitz and glamour of the French Riviera, this comedy follows the misadventures of a father and daughter con artist team (Ronald Squire and Peggy Cummins) who pose as a married couple and swindle wealthy clients at the region's swankiest resorts. But their scams take on a whole new dimension when daughter Clare falls for a British government bureaucrat (Terence Morgan) who may have a secret or two of his own. [Netflix]
The Net
Original Music Composer
A secret jet aircraft capable of traveling three times the speed of sound is being developed by a group of scientists. On the day of the test flight, one of the scientists dies in a mysterious accident, and there are many arguments concerning the flight itself; some think it should be ground-controlled while Heathley (James Donald) wants it to be a manned flight with himself at the controls. Conflict also arises when one of his fellow scientists, taking advantage of Heathley's lack of attention toward his wife, Lydia (Phyllis Calvert), makes some moves on her. Then there is the question of just who is the enemy agent on the project.
The Moving Spirit
Music
A BAFTA award nominated animation tracing the development of the motor car from the original horseless carriage common in the late 19th century to the 1950s streamlined, massed produced, designs.
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By
Music
A meek teller thinks he's killed his boss. He flees with a box of cash hoping for a new life with his younger mistress.
A Importância de Ser Ernesto
Conductor
Algernon Moncrieff fica surpreso ao descobrir que seu afluente amigo - que ele conhece como "Ernest" - na verdade se chama Jack Worthing. Jack criou seu alter ego para escapar de suas obrigações em sua propriedade rural, onde tem sob seus cuidados Cecily Cardew. Cecily acredita que o desconhecido Ernest é um irmão caprichoso de Jack e está interessada em seu estilo de vida libertino. Algernon, vendo uma oportunidade, assume a identidade de Ernest e sorrateiramente começa a cortejar Cecily. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
A Importância de Ser Ernesto
Original Music Composer
Algernon Moncrieff fica surpreso ao descobrir que seu afluente amigo - que ele conhece como "Ernest" - na verdade se chama Jack Worthing. Jack criou seu alter ego para escapar de suas obrigações em sua propriedade rural, onde tem sob seus cuidados Cecily Cardew. Cecily acredita que o desconhecido Ernest é um irmão caprichoso de Jack e está interessada em seu estilo de vida libertino. Algernon, vendo uma oportunidade, assume a identidade de Ernest e sorrateiramente começa a cortejar Cecily. (e Livre - Estimado Livre)
Appointment with Venus
Original Music Composer
At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on the islands and the Nazis mustn't get hold of her. This is the intrepid story of the cow-napping from under the noses of the Nazis.
O Homem do Terno Branco
Original Music Composer
Linda sátira sobre inventor que descobre um tecido que nunca se desgasta ou suja. Naturalmente é um desastre para a indústria de tecidos. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
The Long Dark Hall
Original Music Composer
A devoted family man tries to help a beautiful alcoholic showgirl with her life, and becomes the the only suspect when someone else murders her.
Nuvens de Desespero
Original Music Composer
After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work cataloging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas and Jess Fenton. After the murder of a local gamekeeper, suspicion (wrongfully) falls on their niece, Sophie Malraux (Jean Simmons). Somers helps Sophie to escape arrest and they go on the run together. After a cross-country chase they arrive at a coastal city with the intention of leaving the country by ship. All's well that ends well after the true identity of the murderer is revealed.
Foragidos da Noite
Original Music Composer
Londoner Harry Fabian is a second-rate con man looking for an angle. After years of putting up with Harry's schemes, his girlfriend, Mary, becomes fed up when he taps her for yet another loan.
Double Confession
Music
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsuccessful attempts on his life while the police clear up the mystery.
Angústia de uma Alma
Music
Vicky Barton and her brother, Johnny, take a trip to the 1896 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in a hotel. When the sister gets up the next morning, she finds her brother and his room had disappeared and no one will even acknowledge that he was ever there. Now Vicky must find out what exactly happened to her brother.
A Dama Alegre
Music
Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true blue balloonist, Sid Skinner, but continues her upward search on improving her social status. She finally settles for Lord Landon Digby who has lots of assets and a very-stiff upper lip. She gets a lot of the latter and very little of the former, and decides Sid might have been a better choice.
The Chiltern Hundreds
Original Music Composer
Young Viscount Tony Pym wangles National Service leave on the pretext of standing as a Tory candidate for a local seat held by his family for generations. The request is a ruse to enable Pym to marry his wealthy American fiancee while she's still in England, but his masterplan backfires when he finds himself swept into an election campaign and beaten by Labour's Mr Cleghorn – who is then made a peer. In an attempt to save face, Pym decides to stand again – as a socialist. It all proves too much for the Pyms' loyal, true-blue butler, Mr Beecham...
Portrait from Life
Original Music Composer
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering from amnesia.
London Belongs to Me
Original Music Composer
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
Noturno Para Trieste
Music
Spies pursue a stolen diary aboard the Orient Express.
Amanhecer Fatídico
Music
A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.
A Rua da Vaidade
Music
Charts the events occurring during a typical 24-hour period on London’s thoroughfare Bond Street. Linking the four stories together is the impending wedding of society girl Hazel Court and Robert Flemyng.
Mine Own Executioner
Original Music Composer
Fearing her husband could become a killer, a woman seeks a psychiatrist's help.
Bailando com o Crime
Original Music Composer
When his best friend is murdered inside a London dancehall, a cab driver and his girlfriend involve themselves in the investigation and discover a major criminal operation hiding behind the club's friendly facade.
Remorso
Original Music Composer
When a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime.
The Years Between
Original Music Composer
Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop of the Second World War and based on the play by Daphne du Maurier. After hearing news that her officer husband has been killed in battle, Diana Wentworth forges a new life for herself, becoming an MP and learning to love again. Then, out of the blue comes the shattering news that her husband is not dead after all.
Aventure Malgache
Original Music Composer
Aventure Malgache” é um curta metragem em língua francesa de 1944 feito por Alfred Hitchcock sob encomenda do Ministério da Informação Britânico. Nele um ator conta como esteve na Resistência Francesa em Madagascar.
Radio Parade of 1935
Original Music Composer
One of the first screen outings for Will Hay. Hay plays the Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (NBG) who hides away in his office unaware that the general feeling about his programming is that it is too high-brow and the public are not happy. However, when he discovers this he decides to take action and promotes Jimmy, his Head of the Complaints Department, to Programme Director. Jimmy decides that a series of variety spectaculars are what the public want and sets about hiring the acts. But obstacles are put in his way and he discovers that the NBG has its own cluster of wannabe variety stars.