Movies directed by Charles Crichton

Hue and Cry (1947)

82 mins     Adventure , Comedy, Crime      

There are various things I could say about "Hue and Cry"; I could tell you that it is known as the first Ealing Comedy or that young actors Harry Fowler and Joan Dowling met on this movie leading to their marriage before Dowl...

Against the Wind (1948)

96 mins     Action , Drama, War      

Watching "Against the Wind" now and you can't but help see the similarity between this Ealing production and movies which would come later with its story of special agents parachuting behind enemy lines only to discover they ...

The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

81 mins     Comedy, Crime      

There is a reason why the Ealing Studios movies are held in such high esteem, they are damn good even now over half a century after many of them were created. And "The Lavender Hill Mob" is a prime example of why they were an...

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)

84 mins     Comedy      

"The Titfield Thunderbolt" is a whimsical little comedy from Ealing Studios which like others from the studio was about the little man taking on the big man. In many ways because that central theme is eternal as now we have s...

Floods of Fear (1958)

82 mins     Action , Adventure , Thriller      

Movie Review - Floods of Fear (1958) Howard Keel stars as Donovan, a prisoner who escapes in a flood and is determined to get revenge on the man responsible for his incarceration. But in the flood water he is not alone as the...

The Battle of the Sexes (1959)

84 mins     Comedy      

I hate to say this but "The Battle of the Sexes" disappointed me as between the concept, the cast and the director I had high expectations but other than a couple of really funny scenes between Sellers and Cummings the rest o...

The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960)

84 mins     Action , Adventure , Comedy      

Movie Review - The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960) Paco (Maurice Reyna) thinks he is going to help his father when he borrows money from the bank without asking but he finds himself running all around Valencia as the police, c...

A Fish Called Wanda (1988)

108 mins     Comedy, Crime      

I remember watching "A Fish Called Wanda" when it first came out and not being impressed by it; oh I enjoyed the now ironically funny scenes be it Michael Palin with chips up his nose or John Cleese's strip tease but the movi...