List of General Film Distributors films

This is a list of films released by the British distribution company General Film Distributors. GFD was part of the Rank Organisation, and handled films produced by the various companies controlled by or linked to Rank including Gainsborough Pictures, Two Cities Films and Ealing Studios. The list also includes films released by Rank's other distribution outlet Eagle-Lion Films. Foreign films which were handled in Britain by GFD, such as imports from the Hollywood studio Universal Pictures, are not included. In 1955 GFD was abolished and replaced by Rank Film Distributors.

1930s

Title	Release Date	Director
Koenigsmark	October 1935	Maurice Tourneur
Moscow Nights	November 1935	Anthony Asquith
No Monkey Business	November 1935	Marcel Varnel
The Mystery of the Mary Celeste	November 1935	Denison Clift
The Improper Duchess	January 1936	Harry Hughes
Limelight	January 1936	Herbert Wilcox
When Knights Were Bold	February 1936	Jack Raymond
Public Nuisance No. 1	February 1936	Marcel Varnel
King of the Castle	February 1936	Redd Davis
Fame	March 1936	Leslie S. Hiscott
Wolf's Clothing	March 1936	Andrew Marton
The Crimson Circle	March 1936	Reginald Denham
Debt of Honour	March 1936	Norman Walker
Birds of a Feather	April 1936	John Baxter
The Marriage of Corbal	May 1936	Karl Grune
The Three Maxims	June 1936	Herbert Wilcox
Dishonour Bright	September 1936	Tom Walls
Southern Roses	September 1936	Frederic Zelnik
Secret of Stamboul	October 1936	Andrew Marton
Land Without Music	October 1936	Walter Forde
Tropical Trouble	October 1936	Harry Hughes
This'll Make You Whistle	November 1936	Herbert Wilcox
You Must Get Married	December 1936	Leslie Pearce
Splinters in the Air	1937	Alfred J. Goulding
Sunset in Vienna	1937	Norman Walker
Millions	1937	Leslie S. Hiscott
London Melody	February 1937	Herbert Wilcox
For Valour	March 1937	Tom Walls
The Frog	March 1937	Jack Raymond
The Gang Show	April 1937	Alfred J. Goulding
Our Fighting Navy	April 1937	Norman Walker
O-Kay for Sound	April 1937	Marcel Varnel
Take My Tip	May 1937	Herbert Mason
King Solomon's Mines	June 1937	Robert Stevenson
The Edge of the World	July 1937	Michael Powell
Said O'Reilly to McNab	July 1937	William Beaudine
School for Husbands	August 1937	Andrew Marton
Command Performance	August 1937	Sinclair Hill
Gangway	August 1937	Sonnie Hale
Jericho	August 1937	Thornton Freeland
Doctor Syn	August 1937	Roy William Neill
Non-Stop New York	September 1937	Robert Stevenson
Smash and Grab	September 1937	Tim Whelan
Oh, Mr Porter!	October 1937	Marcel Varnel
Young and Innocent	November 1937	Alfred Hitchcock
The Sky's the Limit	1938	Jack Buchanan
Sweet Devil	January 1938	René Guissart
Lightning Conductor	1938	Maurice Elvey
A Spot of Bother	1938	David MacDonald
Second Best Bed	January 1938	Tom Walls
Sailing Along	January 1938	Sonnie Hale
Owd Bob	January 1938	Robert Stevenson
Bank Holiday	January 1938	Carol Reed
Pygmalion	March 1938	Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard
Kicking the Moon Around	March 1938	Walter Forde
Break the News	April 1938	René Clair
Strange Boarders	May 1938	Herbert Mason
Convict 99	June 1938	Marcel Varnel
Alf's Button Afloat	July 1938	Marcel Varnel
Kate Plus Ten	August 1938	Reginald Denham
Crackerjack	October 1938	Albert de Courville
Hey! Hey! USA	October 1938	Marcel Varnel
Old Bones of the River	December 1938	Marcel Varnel
The Mikado	January 1939	Victor Schertzinger
A Girl Must Live	April 1939	Carol Reed
On the Night of the Fire	October 1939	Brian Desmond Hurst
The Frozen Limits	November 1939	Marcel Varnel
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery	November 1939	Thorold Dickinson

1940s

Title	Release Date	Director
Band Waggon	March 1940	Marcel Varnel
The Spider	April 1940	Maurice Elvey
For Freedom	May 1940	Maurice Elvey
A Window in London	June 1940	Herbert Mason
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt	August 1940	Walter Forde
Neutral Port	December 1940	Marcel Varnel
Gasbags	February 1941	Walter Forde, Marcel Varnel
Old Bill and Son	March 1941	Ian Dalrymple
The Ghost Train	May 1941	Walter Forde
The Man at the Gate	July 1941	Norman Walker
Major Barbara	August 1941	Gabriel Pascal
Jeannie	September 1941	Harold French
Cottage to Let	September 1941	Anthony Asquith
He Found a Star	September 1941	John Paddy Carstairs
49th Parallel	October 1941	Michael Powell
I Thank You	October 1941	Marcel Varnel
Hi Gang!	December 1941	Marcel Varnel
Back-Room Boy	April 1942	Herbert Mason
Hard Steel	May 1942	Norman Walker
The Day Will Dawn	June 1942	Harold French
Uncensored	August 1942	Anthony Asquith
The First of the Few	September 1942	Leslie Howard
Secret Mission	October 1942	Harold French
The Great Mr. Handel	November 1942	Norman Walker
King Arthur Was a Gentleman	December 1942	Marcel Varnel
The Silver Fleet	March 1943	Vernon Sewell
It's That Man Again	March 1943	Walter Forde
We Dive at Dawn	April 1943	Anthony Asquith
The Gentle Sex	April 1943	Leslie Howard
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp	June 1943	Michael Powell
Miss London Ltd.	June 1943	Val Guest
The Man in Grey	August 1943	Leslie Arliss
The Flemish Farm	September 1943	Jeffrey Dell
Dear Octopus	September 1943	Harold French
Millions Like Us	November 1943	Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder
They Met in the Dark	November 1943	Karel Lamac
The Lamp Still Burns	November 1943	Maurice Elvey
The Demi-Paradise	December 1943	Anthony Asquith
On Approval	February 1944	Clive Brook
Bees in Paradise	March 1944	Val Guest
Tawny Pipit	April 1944	Bernard Miles
Time Flies	May 1944	Walter Forde
Fanny by Gaslight	May 1944	Anthony Asquith
The Way Ahead	June 1944	Carol Reed
This Happy Breed	June 1944	David Lean
English Without Tears	July 1944	Harold French
Give Us the Moon	July 1944	Val Guest
A Canterbury Tale	August 1944	Michael Powell
Mr. Emmanuel	October 1944	Harold French
Henry V	November 1944	Laurence Olivier
Love Story	November 1944	Leslie Arliss
Don't Take It to Heart	November 1944	Jeffrey Dell
Two Thousand Women	November 1944	Frank Launder
Madonna of the Seven Moons	January 1945	Arthur Crabtree
Waterloo Road	February 1945	Sidney Gilliat
Blithe Spirit	April 1945	David Lean
A Place of One's Own	May 1945	Bernard Knowles
The Way to the Stars	June 1945	Anthony Asquith
They Were Sisters	July 1945	Arthur Crabtree
I'll Be Your Sweetheart	July 1945	Val Guest
Dead of Night	September 1945	Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden
Johnny Frenchman	October 1945	Charles Frend
The Seventh Veil	October 1945	Compton Bennett
I Know Where I'm Going!	November 1945	Michael Powell
Brief Encounter	November 1945	David Lean
The Wicked Lady	November 1945	Leslie Arliss
The Rake's Progress	December 1945	Sidney Gilliat
Caesar and Cleopatra	December 1945	Gabriel Pascal
Pink String and Sealing Wax	December 1945	Robert Hamer
They Knew Mr. Knight	March 1946	Norman Walker
The Years Between	April 1946	Compton Bennett
The Captive Heart	April 1946	Basil Dearden
Bedelia	May 1946	Lance Comfort
Caravan	June 1946	Arthur Crabtree
Here Comes the Sun	June 1946	John Baxter
Beware of Pity	July 1946	Maurice Elvey
I See a Dark Stranger	July 1946	Frank Launder
Theirs Is the Glory	August 1946	Brian Desmond Hurst
Men of Two Worlds	September 1946	Thorold Dickinson
The Magic Bow	September 1946	Bernard Knowles
London Town	September 1946	Wesley Ruggles
Tehran	October 1946	William Freshman, Giacomo Gentilomo
The Overlanders	October 1946	Harry Watt
A Matter of Life and Death	November 1946	Michael Powell
School for Secrets	November 1946	Peter Ustinov
Carnival	December 1946	Stanley Haynes
Great Expectations	December 1946	David Lean
Green for Danger	December 1946	Sidney Gilliat
Hungry Hill	January 1947	Brian Desmond Hurst
Odd Man Out	January 1947	Carol Reed
Hue and Cry	February 1947	Charles Crichton
The Root of All Evil	February 1947	Brock Williams
Nicholas Nickleby	March 1947	Alberto Cavalcanti
The Man Within	April 1947	Bernard Knowles
Black Narcissus	May 1947	Michael Powell
Dear Murderer	May 1947	Arthur Crabtree
Take My Life	May 1947	Ronald Neame
Frieda	June 1947	Basil Dearden
The Loves of Joanna Godden	June 1947	Charles Frend
The Upturned Glass	June 1947	Lawrence Huntington
The Brothers	July 1947	David MacDonald
So Well Remembered	July 1947	Edward Dmytryk
Holiday Camp	August 1947	Ken Annakin
Jassy	August 1947	Bernard Knowles
The October Man	August 1947	Roy Ward Baker
Fame Is the Spur	September 1947	Boulting Brothers
Master of Bankdam	September 1947	Walter Forde
Uncle Silas	October 1947	Charles Frank
The Woman in the Hall	October 1947	Jack Lee
The White Unicorn	October 1947	Bernard Knowles
It Always Rains on Sunday	November 1947	Robert Hamer
When the Bough Breaks	November 1947	Lawrence Huntington
The End of the River	December 1947	Derek Twist
The Mark of Cain	December 1947	Brian Desmond Hurst
Vice Versa	January 1948	Peter Ustinov
Easy Money	January 1948	Bernard Knowles
Against the Wind	February 1948	Charles Crichton
Blanche Fury	February 1948	Marc Allégret
Corridor of Mirrors	March 1948	Terence Young
Broken Journey	April 1948	Ken Annakin
Good-Time Girl	April 1948	David MacDonald
Miranda	April 1948	Ken Annakin
One Night with You	April 1948	Terence Young
The Calendar	May 1948	Arthur Crabtree
Hamlet	May 1948	Laurence Olivier
Daybreak	May 1948	Compton Bennett
Snowbound	May 1948	David MacDonald
My Sister and I	June 1948	Harold Huth
A Song for Tomorrow	June 1948	Terence Fisher
Penny and the Pownall Case	July 1948	Slim Hand
My Brother's Keeper	August 1948	Alfred Roome
London Belongs to Me	August 1948	Sidney Gilliat
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill	August 1948	Lawrence Huntington
The Blind Goddess	September 1948	Harold French
Esther Waters	September 1948	Ian Dalrymple
The Weaker Sex	September 1948	Roy Ward Baker
Colonel Bogey	September 1948	Terence Fisher
The Red Shoes	September 1948	Michael Powell
Love in Waiting	October 1948	Douglas Pierce
Woman Hater	October 1948	Terence Young
Oliver Twist	October 1948	David Lean
Quartet	October 1948	Various
Saraband for Dead Lovers	October 1948	Basil Dearden
Sleeping Car to Trieste	October 1948	John Paddy Carstairs
Here Come the Huggetts	November 1948	Ken Annakin
A Piece of Cake	November 1948	John Irwin
Trouble in the Air	November 1948	Charles Saunders
It's Hard to Be Good	November 1948	Jeffrey Dell
Scott of the Antarctic	November 1948	Charles Frend
Another Shore	December 1948	Charles Crichton
Look Before You Love	December 1948	Harold Huth
Portrait from Life	December 1948	Terence Fisher
Third Time Lucky	January 1949	Gordon Parry
Eureka Stockade	January 1949	Harry Watt
Warning to Wantons	January 1949	Donald Wilson
Once a Jolly Swagman	January 1949	Jack Lee
The Passionate Friends	January 1949	David Lean
Vote for Huggett	February 1949	Ken Annakin
Badger's Green	February 1949	John Irwin
Once Upon a Dream	February 1949	Ralph Thomas
All Over the Town	March 1949	Derek Twist
Cardboard Cavalier	March 1949	Walter Forde
Floodtide	March 1949	Frederick Wilson
The History of Mr. Polly	March 1949	Anthony Pelissier
The Bad Lord Byron	April 1949	David MacDonald
Passport to Pimlico	April 1949	Henry Cornelius
It's Not Cricket	April 1949	Alfred Roome
The Perfect Woman	May 1949	Bernard Knowles
The Huggetts Abroad	May 1949	Ken Annakin
Adam and Evelyne	May 1949	Harold French
Fools Rush In	May 1949	John Paddy Carstairs
A Boy, a Girl and a Bike	May 1949	Ralph Smart
Kind Hearts and Coronets	June 1949	Robert Hamer
Marry Me!	June 1949	Terence Fisher
Stop Press Girl	June 1949	Michael Barry
Whisky Galore!	June 1949	Alexander Mackendrick
Don't Ever Leave Me	July 1949	Arthur Crabtree
Poet's Pub	July 1949	Frederick Wilson
Helter Skelter	July 1949	Ralph Thomas
Train of Events	August 1949	Various
The Lost People	August 1949	Muriel Box, Bernard Knowles
Madness of the Heart	August 1949	Charles Bennett
Trottie True	August 1949	Brian Desmond Hurst
Obsession	August 1949	Edward Dmytryk
Dear Mr. Prohack	September 1949	Thornton Freeland
Diamond City	September 1949	David MacDonald
The Chiltern Hundreds	September 1949	John Paddy Carstairs
Christopher Columbus	October 1949	David MacDonald
The Blue Lagoon	October 1949	Frank Launder
The Rocking Horse Winner	November 1949	Anthony Pelissier
The Romantic Age	November 1949	Edmond T. Gréville
A Run for Your Money	November 1949	Charles Frend
The Spider and the Fly	December 1949	Robert Hamer
Boys in Brown	December 1949	Montgomery Tully

1950s

Title	Release Date	Director
The Blue Lamp	January 1950	Basil Dearden
Golden Salamander	February 1950	Ronald Neame
The Astonished Heart	February 1950	Terence Fisher
Madeleine	February 1950	David Lean
Morning Departure	February 1950	Roy Ward Baker
They Were Not Divided	March 1950	Terence Young
The Reluctant Widow	May 1950	Bernard Knowles
Prelude to Fame	May 1950	Fergus McDonell
So Long at the Fair	May 1950	Terence Fisher
Tony Draws a Horse	June 1950	John Paddy Carstairs
Waterfront	July 1950	Michael Anderson
Trio	August 1950	Ken Annakin, Harold French
Cage of Gold	September 1950	Basil Dearden
The Woman in Question	October 1950	Anthony Asquith
The Magnet	October 1950	Charles Frend
The Clouded Yellow	November 1950	Ralph Thomas
Highly Dangerous	December 1950	Roy Ward Baker
Traveller's Joy	December 1950	Ralph Thomas
The Dark Man	January 1951	Jeffrey Dell
Blackmailed	January 1951	Marc Allégret
Pool of London	February 1951	Basil Dearden
The Adventurers	March 1951	David MacDonald
The Browning Version	March 1951	Anthony Asquith
Night Without Stars	April 1951	Anthony Pelissier
White Corridors	June 1951	Pat Jackson
The Lavender Hill Mob	June 1951	Charles Crichton
Hotel Sahara	July 1951	Ken Annakin
The Man in the White Suit	August 1951	Alexander Mackendrick
Valley of Eagles	September 1951	Terence Young
Appointment with Venus	October 1951	Ralph Thomas
Where No Vultures Fly	November 1951	Harry Watt
High Treason	November 1951	Roy Boulting
Encore	November 1951	Pat Jackson, Anthony Pelissier Harold French
His Excellency	January 1952	Robert Hamer
Secret People	February 1952	Thorold Dickinson
The Card	February 1952	Ronald Neame
I Believe in You	March 1952	Basil Dearden
Hunted	March 1952	Charles Crichton
Curtain Up	May 1952	Ralph Smart
The Importance of Being Earnest	June 1952	Anthony Asquith
Something Money Can't Buy	July 1952	Pat Jackson
Mandy	July 1952	Alexander Mackendrick
Penny Princess	August 1952	Val Guest
Meet Me Tonight	September 1952	Anthony Pelissier
The Planter's Wife	September 1952	Ken Annakin
The Gentle Gunman	October 1952	Basil Dearden
It Started in Paradise	October 1952	Compton Bennett
Venetian Bird	October 1952	Ralph Thomas
Made in Heaven	November 1952	John Paddy Carstairs
The Long Memory	January 1953	Robert Hamer
The Net	February 1953	Anthony Asquith
Top of the Form	February 1953	John Paddy Carstairs
Black Orchid	February 1953	Charles Saunders
Street Corner	March 1953	Muriel Box
Desperate Moment	March 1953	Compton Bennett
The Cruel Sea	March 1953	Charles Frend
The Titfield Thunderbolt	March 1953	Michael Truman
Deadly Nightshade	March 1953	John Gilling
Genevieve	April 1953	Henry Cornelius
Turn the Key Softly	April 1953	Jack Lee
A Queen Is Crowned	June 1953	Michael Waldman
Malta Story	June 1953	Brian Desmond Hurst
The Square Ring	July 1953	Basil Dearden
Wheel of Fate	July 1953	Francis Searle
Always a Bride	August 1953	Ralph Smart
The Final Test	August 1953	Anthony Asquith
Personal Affair	October 1953	Anthony Pelissier
A Day to Remember	November 1953	Ralph Thomas
Meet Mr. Lucifer	November 1953	Anthony Pelissier
Trouble in Store	December 1953	John Paddy Carstairs
The Kidnappers	December 1953	Philip Leacock
Small Town Story	December 1953	Montgomery Tully
The Love Lottery	January 1954	Charles Crichton
The Million Pound Note	January 1954	Ronald Neame
You Know What Sailors Are	February 1954	Ken Annakin
The Maggie	February 1954	Alexander Mackendrick
Star of My Night	February 1954	Paul Dickson
Fast and Loose	February 1954	Gordon Parry
Doctor in the House	March 1954	Ralph Thomas
West of Zanzibar	March 1954	Harry Watt
Double Exposure	March 1954	John Gilling
Forbidden Cargo	May 1954	Harold French
The Rainbow Jacket	May 1954	Basil Dearden
The Seekers	June 1954	Ken Annakin
The Embezzler	July 1954	John Gilling
Delayed Action	July 1954	John Harlow
Up to His Neck	August 1954	John Paddy Carstairs
The Beachcomber	August 1954	Muriel Box
The Young Lovers	August 1954	Anthony Asquith
Romeo and Juliet	September 1954	Renato Castellani
The Purple Plain	September 1954	Robert Parrish
' Lease of Life	October 1954	Charles Frend
The Divided Heart	November 1954	Charles Chrichton
Mad About Men	November 1954	Ralph Thomas
One Good Turn	January 1955	John Paddy Carstairs
To Paris with Love	January 1955	Robert Hamer
Simba	January 1955	Brian Desmond Hurst
Out of the Clouds	February 1955	Basil Dearden
As Long as They're Happy	March 1955	J. Lee Thompson
The Night My Number Came Up	March 1955	Leslie Norman
Above Us the Waves	March 1955	Ralph Thomas
One Jump Ahead	March 1955	Charles Saunders
The Ship That Died of Shame	April 1955	Basil Dearden
Passage Home	April 1955	Roy Ward Baker
The Hornet's Nest	May 1955	Charles Saunders

Bibliography

Macnab, Geoffrey. J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry. Routledge, 1994.
Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

List of General Film Distributors films

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Bibliography

See also