Compton Bennett
Рождение : 1900-01-15, Turnbridge Wells, Kent, U.K.
Смерть : 1974-08-13
Producer
Comic survey of methods of undressing through the ages, from Victorian modesty to modern strip clubs.
Writer
Comic survey of methods of undressing through the ages, from Victorian modesty to modern strip clubs.
Director
Comic survey of methods of undressing through the ages, from Victorian modesty to modern strip clubs.
Director
A British flight officer plans to rescue an airline stewardess who is trapped in East Germany.
Producer
A gang of four would-be robbers plans to steal a fortune in currency hidden aboard the "Flying Scotsman" in a railroad stateroom by cutting through the wall of the adjacent stateroom, but find themselves up against numerous unexpected drawbacks, including interference by their fellow passengers.
Director
A gang of four would-be robbers plans to steal a fortune in currency hidden aboard the "Flying Scotsman" in a railroad stateroom by cutting through the wall of the adjacent stateroom, but find themselves up against numerous unexpected drawbacks, including interference by their fellow passengers.
Director
The life and loves of Music hall singer Vesta Tilley, who married into the nobility
Screenplay
In a French coastal town, Det. Dermot Kinross is inspecting the murder of antiques dealer Maurice Lawes, and the evidence points to Lawes's son, Toby -- and especially to Toby's bride-to-be, Eve Atwood. Eve's ex-husband, Ned, had his eyes set on something Lawes possessed.
Director
In a French coastal town, Det. Dermot Kinross is inspecting the murder of antiques dealer Maurice Lawes, and the evidence points to Lawes's son, Toby -- and especially to Toby's bride-to-be, Eve Atwood. Eve's ex-husband, Ned, had his eyes set on something Lawes possessed.
Director
Story of a Dutchman's flight across post-war Germany trying to locate the man who alone can clear him of a false murder charge. (BFI Website)
Director
A talented dress designer, who lets nothing get in the way of her success, rises in the fashion world then loses contact with her own humanity. She also forgets that you meet the same people on the way up as on the way down.
Director
Compton Bennett's war drama The Gift Horse follows the fortunes of ageing destroyer The Ballantrae and her crew from the time they come together in 1940 until the climactic raid on occupied St Nazaire in 1942. Trevor Howard plays Lt Cmdr Hugh Alginon Fraser, the newly appointed captain, back in service after having left the navy following a court martial.
Director
During World War II, German soldiers occupy the home of a beautiful Belgian girl and her mother.
Director
Занимательные приключения белого охотника, ведущего отряд через Африку в поисках пропавшего мужа леди. Он пропал, когда отправился на поиски легендарных алмазных копей царя Соломона. Великолепные съемки в живописных уголках черного континента, много действия — удовольствие для всех и сейчас. Поставлен фильм по мотивам романа Хенри Райдера Хаггарда…
Director
Лондон. 1886 год. В доме старого Джолиона семейное торжество, прием в честь помолвки мисс Джун Форсайт с мистером Филипом Босинни. Так начинается фильм английского режиссера Комптона Беннетта, снятого по мотивам первой части великого романа Джона Голсуорси «Сага о Форсайтах», ставшего, как и сама книга — мировой классикой. «Сага о Форсайтах» — это сама жизнь, во всей своей трагичности, в радостях и потерях.
Director
Following World War II, a woman tries to help her fiance understand his son's traumatic experience as a G.I., during which he lost a leg and was imprisoned in a Japanese POW camp.
Director
A mysterious barber hides a secret identity that eventually leads to tragedy.
Director
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.
Director
В центре истории в прошлом прославленная пианистка Франческа Каннингем, которая находится на лечении в больнице и хочет покончить с собой. Доктор Ларсен пытается восстановить события, которые довели ее до такого состояния, прибегая к гипнозу…
Associate Producer
The Robinsons are two respectable middle class parents living with their children in a suburban house in Acacia Avenue. Preferring to holiday every year in Bognor, they are pressed into booking a cruise for their annual vacation and thereby leaving their teenage children free run of their house. As the youngsters enjoy their newfound freedom and discover the angst of teenage life, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson begin to have second thoughts about their cruise and decide to return home early.
Editor
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
Writer
Deals with the training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and crew during World War II.
Director
Deals with the training of Fleet Air Arm pilots and crew during World War II.
