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Frank Launder
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Launder (28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of th…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frank Launder (28 January 1906 – 23 February 1997) was a British writer, film director and producer, who made more than 40 films, many of them in collaboration with Sidney Gilliat. He was born in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England and worked briefly as a clerk before becoming an actor and then a playwright. He began working as a screenwriter on British films in the 1930s, contributing the original story for the classic Will Hay comedy Oh, Mr Porter! (1937). After writing a number of screenplays with Gilliat, including The Lady Vanishes (1938) for Alfred Hitchcock, and Night Train to Munich for Carol Reed; the two men wrote and directed the wartime drama Millions Like Us (1943). After founding their own production company Individual Pictures, they produced a number of memorable dramas and thrillers including I See a Dark Stranger (1945) and Green for Danger (1946), but were best known for their comedies including The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) and most famously, the St Trinians series, based on Ronald Searle's cartoons set in an anarchic girls school. He was married to actress Bernadette O'Farrell from 1950 until his death in Monaco. The couple had two children.
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1980
The Wildcats of St Trinian's
Movie Director
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1972
Ooh...You Are Awful
Movie Executive Producer
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1972
Endless Night
Movie Executive Producer
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1966
The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery
Movie Director
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1965
Joey Boy
Movie Director
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1964
Ring of Spies
Movie Writer
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1960
The Pure Hell of St Trinian's
Movie Director
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1959
The Bridal Path
Movie Director
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1959
Left Right and Centre
Movie Producer
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1957
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Movie Director
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1957
The Smallest Show on Earth
Movie Presenter
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1957
Fortune Is a Woman
Movie Screenplay
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1956
The Green Man
Movie Producer
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1955
Geordie
Movie Producer
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1955
The Constant Husband
Movie Producer
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1954
The Belles of St Trinian's
Movie Director
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1952
Folly to Be Wise
Movie Director
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1951
Lady Godiva Rides Again
Movie Director
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1950
State Secret
Movie Producer
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1950
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Movie Director
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1949
The Blue Lagoon
Movie Director
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1948
London Belongs to Me
Movie Producer
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1947
Captain Boycott
Movie Director
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1946
Green for Danger
Movie Producer
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1946
I See a Dark Stranger
Movie Director
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1945
The Rake's Progress
Movie Screenplay
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1944
Two Thousand Women
Movie Director
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1944
Soldier, Sailor
Movie Screenplay
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1943
Millions Like Us
Movie Director
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1943
We Dive at Dawn
Movie Writer
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1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
Movie Screenplay
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1942
Partners in Crime
Movie Director
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1941
Kipps
Movie Screenplay
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1941
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
Movie Writer
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1940
Crook's Tour
Movie Characters
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1940
Night Train to Munich
Movie Screenplay
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1939
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Movie Writer
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1939
A Girl Must Live
Movie Writer
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1938
The Lady Vanishes
Movie Screenplay
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1937
Oh, Mr. Porter!
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