List of British films of 1953

A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1953 (see 1953 in film):

1953 Keep the films in alphabetical order, ignoring leading articles (The, A or An).

Please keep number of cast members down to 3 or 4.

Entries in the 'Notes' column should be outstanding details about this film in relation to other films in the same period. Anything about the film itself can be discovered by following the link to the film. Title Director Cast Genre Notes 195336 HoursMontgomery TullyDan Duryea, Elsie Albiin, Eric PohlmannCrimeAlbert R.N.Lewis Gilbert Anthony Steel, Jack Warner, Robert Beatty War Alf's Baby Maclean Rogers Jerry Desmonde, Pauline Stroud, Sandra Dorne Comedy Always a Bride Ralph Smart Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan, Ronald Squire Comedy Appointment in LondonPhilip Leacock Dirk Bogarde, Ian Hunter, Dinah Sheridan War BackgroundDaniel BirtValerie Hobson, Philip Friend, Norman WoodlandDramaBeat the DevilJohn Huston Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida Comedy thriller Co-production with ItalyThe Beggar's OperaPeter BrookLaurence Olivier, Dorothy Tutin, Hugh GriffithMusical Behind the Headlines Maclean Rogers Gilbert Harding, Vi Kaley, Jack May Crime Black 13Ken HughesPeter Reynolds, Rona Anderson, Lana MorrisCrimeBlack OrchidCharles SaundersRonald Howard, Olga Edwardes, John BentleyCrimeBlood OrangeTerence FisherTom Conway, Mila Parély, Naomi ChanceCrimeThe Blue ParrotJohn HarlowDermot Walsh, Jacqueline Hill, Ballard BerkeleyCrimeThe Broken HorseshoeMartyn C. Webster Robert Beatty, Elizabeth Sellars, Peter Coke CrimeThe Captain's ParadiseAnthony Kimmins Alec Guinness, Celia Johnson, Yvonne De Carlo Romantic comedy Cosh BoyLewis Gilbert Joan Collins, Betty Ann Davies, Hermione Baddeley Crime drama CounterspyVernon SewellDermot Walsh, Hazel Court, Hermione BaddeleyThrillerThe Cruel SeaCharles Frend Jack Hawkins, Donald Sinden, Virginia McKenna War A Day to Remember Ralph Thomas Stanley Holloway, Donald Sinden, Odile Versois Comedy drama Deadly NightshadeJohn GillingEmrys Jones, Zena Marshall, John HorsleyCrimeDeath Goes to SchoolStephen ClarksonBarbara Murray, Gordon Jackson, Beatrice Varley MysteryDecameron NightsHugo FregoneseJoan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Joan CollinsDramaDesperate MomentCompton BennettDirk Bogarde, Mai Zetterling, Albert LievenThrillerThe Dog and the DiamondsRalph ThomasKathleen Harrison, George Coulouris, Geoffrey SumnerFamilyEscape by NightJohn GillingSid James, Bonar Colleano, Simone Silva CrimeThe FakeGodfrey GraysonDennis O'Keefe, Coleen Gray, Hugh WilliamsCrimeThe Final TestAnthony AsquithJack Warner, Robert Morley, Adrianne Allen SportsThe Flanagan BoyReginald LeBorgBarbara Payton, Frederick Valk, Tony WrightDrama Flannelfoot Maclean Rogers Ronald Howard, Mary Germaine, Jack Watling Crime Forces' Sweetheart Maclean Rogers Hy Hazell, Harry Secombe, Freddie Frinton Comedy Four Sided TriangleTerence FisherBarbara Payton, Stephen Murray, James HayterSci-fiThe Gambler and the LadyPatrick JenkinsDane Clark, Kathleen Byron, Naomi ChanceCrimeGenevieveHenry Cornelius Dinah Sheridan, John Gregson, Kay Kendall ComedyNumber 86 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films The Girl on the Pier Lance Comfort Veronica Hurst, Ron Randell, Charles Victor Crime Glad TidingsWolf RillaBarbara Kelly, Raymond Huntley, Ronald Howard Comedy dramaThe Good BeginningGilbert GunnJohn Fraser, Eileen Moore, Peter ReynoldsDramaGrand National NightBob McNaughtNigel Patrick, Moira Lister, Beatrice CampbellThrillerThe Great GameMaurice Elvey James Hayter, Thora Hird, Diana Dors SportsThe Heart of the MatterGeorge More O'Ferrall Trevor Howard, Elizabeth Allan, Maria Schell Drama The House of the ArrowMichael Anderson Oskar Homolka, Yvonne Furneaux, Robert Urquhart Mystery House of BlackmailMaurice ElveyMary Germaine, William Sylvester, Alexander Gauge DramaInnocents in ParisGordon ParryAlastair Sim, Jimmy Edwards, Claire BloomComedyIntimate RelationsCharles Frank Harold Warrender, William Russell, Elsie Albiin Drama Entered into the 1953 Cannes Film FestivalThe IntruderGuy Hamilton Jack Hawkins, Michael Medwin, George Cole DramaIs Your Honeymoon Really Necessary?Maurice ElveyDiana Dors, Bonar Colleano, David TomlinsonComedy Isn't Life Wonderful! Harold French Cecil Parker, Eileen Herlie, Donald Wolfit Comedy It's a Grand LifeJohn E. Blakeley Frank Randle, Diana Dors, Jennifer Jayne ComedyJohnny on the RunLewis Gilbert Sydney Tafler, Michael Balfour, Jean AndersonDrama The KidnappersPhilip Leacock Duncan Macrae, Theodore Bikel, Adrienne Corri Drama The Large RopeWolf RillaDonald Houston, Susan Shaw, Vanda GodsellCrimeLaughing AnneHerbert WilcoxWendell Corey, Margaret Lockwood, Forrest TuckerAdventure Laxdale Hall John Eldridge Kathleen Ryan, Raymond Huntley, Ronald Squire Comedy The Limping ManCy Endfield Lloyd Bridges, Moira Lister, Alan Wheatley ThrillerThe Long MemoryRobert Hamer John Mills, John McCallum, Elizabeth Sellars Drama Love in PawnCharles SaundersBernard Braden, Barbara Kelly, Jeannie CarsonComedyMalta StoryBrian Desmond Hurst Alec Guinness, Jack Hawkins, Muriel PavlowWar The Man BetweenCarol ReedJames Mason, Claire Bloom, Hildegard KnefThriller The Man from Cairo Ray Enright George Raft, Gianna Maria Canale, Irene Papas Crime Co-production with ItalyMantrapTerence FisherPaul Henreid, Lois Maxwell, Kieron MooreCrime Marilyn Wolf Rilla Sandra Dorne, Maxwell Reed, Leslie Dwyer Crime The Master of BallantraeWilliam KeighleyErrol Flynn, Anthony Steel, Beatrice CampbellAdventureMeet Mr LuciferAnthony PelissierStanley Holloway, Peggy Cummins, Barbara Murray ComedyMelbaLewis MilestonePatrice Munsel, Robert Morley, John McCallumBiopic Murder at 3amFrancis SearleDennis Price, Peggy Evans, Arnold BellCrimeMurder at Scotland YardVictor M. GoverTod Slaughter, Patrick Barr, Tucker McGuireThrillerThe NetAnthony Asquith James Donald, Phyllis Calvert, Herbert Lom Thriller Never Let Me GoDelmer DavesClark Gable, Gene Tierney, Bernard MilesAdventureNoose for a LadyWolf RillaDennis Price, Rona Anderson, Ronald HowardCrimeOperation DiplomatJohn GuillerminGuy Rolfe, Lisa Daniely, Patricia DaintonDramaThe OracleC. M. Pennington-RichardsRobert Beatty, Michael Medwin, Virginia McKennaComedyOur Girl FridayNoel LangleyJoan Collins, Kenneth More George ColeComedyPark Plaza 605Bernard KnowlesTom Conway, Eva Bartok, Joy SheltonCrimePersonal AffairAnthony PelissierGene Tierney, Leo Genn, Glynis JohnsDramaRecoilJohn GillingKieron Moore, Elizabeth Sellars, Edward UnderdownCrimeThe Red BeretTerence YoungAlan Ladd, Leo Genn, Susan StephenWarRob Roy: The Highland RogueHarold French Richard Todd, Glynis Johns, James Robertson Justice Historical adventureRough ShootRobert ParrishJoel McCrea, Evelyn Keyes, Herbert Lom ThrillerSailor of the King Roy Boulting Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller War The Saint's Return Seymour Friedman Louis Hayward, Naomi Chance, Sydney Tafler Thriller Sea DevilsRaoul WalshYvonne De Carlo, Rock Hudson, Maxwell ReedAdventure Co-production with the United StatesSmall Town StoryMontgomery Tully Donald Houston, Susan Shaw, Alan Wheatley Thriller South of AlgiersJack LeeVan Heflin, Eric Portman, Wanda HendrixAdventureSpacewaysTerence FisherHoward Duff, Eva Bartok, Alan WheatleySci-fiThe Square RingBasil DeardenSid James, Jack Warner, Joan Collins DramaThe Steel KeyRobert S. BakerTerence Morgan, Joan Rice, Raymond LovellThrillerThe Story of Gilbert and SullivanSidney GilliatRobert Morley, Maurice Evans, Eileen HerlieMusicalStrange Stories Don Chaffey, John Guillermin Peter Bull, Naomi Chance, Valentine Dyall Drama The Straw Man Donald Taylor Dermot Walsh, Lana Morris, Clifford Evans Crime Street CornerMuriel Box Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan, Anne Crawford Drama Street of ShadowsRichard VernonCesar Romero, Kay Kendall, Simone Silva CrimeStryker of the YardArthur CrabtreeClifford Evans, Susan Stephen, Jack WatlingCrime The Sword and the Rose Ken Annakin Glynis Johns, Richard Todd, James Robertson Justice Adventure Co-production with the United States Take a Powder Lionel Tomlinson Julian Vedey, Max Bacon, Maudie Edwards Comedy There Was a Young LadyLawrence HuntingtonMichael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Sydney TaflerComedyThose People Next DoorJohn HarlowJack Warner, Charles Victor, Garry MarshComedyThree Steps in the DarkDaniel Birt Greta Gynt, Hugh Sinclair, Sarah LawsonCrime Three Steps to the GallowsJohn GillingScott Brady, Mary Castle, Gabrielle Brune CrimeTime BombTed TetzlaffGlenn Ford, Anne Vernon, Maurice DenhamThrillerThe Titfield Thunderbolt Charles Crichton Stanley Holloway, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson Comedy Top of the FormJohn Paddy CarstairsRonald Shiner, Harry Fowler, Jacqueline PierreuxComedyTrouble in StoreJohn Paddy CarstairsNorman Wisdom, Moira Lister, Lana MorrisComedyTurn the Key SoftlyJack LeeYvonne Mitchell, Joan Collins, Kathleen HarrisonDramaTwice Upon a TimeEmeric PressburgerHugh Williams, Elizabeth Allan, Jack HawkinsComedyValley of SongGilbert GunnMervyn Johns, Clifford Evans, Maureen SwansonComedyThe Wedding of Lilli MarleneArthur CrabtreeLisa Daniely, Hugh McDermott, Sid James DramaWheel of FateFrancis SearlePatric Doonan, Sandra Dorne, Bryan ForbesDrama Will Any Gentleman...? Michael Anderson George Cole, Veronica Hurst, Heather Thatcher Comedy The Yellow BalloonJ. Lee ThompsonAndrew Ray, Kathleen Ryan, Kenneth More Drama

Documentaries Title Director Cast Genre NotesThe Conquest of Everest George Lowe Meredith Edwards (narrator) Documentary Man of AfricaCyril Frankel Frederick Bijuerenda, Gordon Heath Entered into the 1954 Cannes Film FestivalO DreamlandLindsay Anderson Documentary short subjectA Queen Is Crowned Narrated by Laurence Olivier Documentary

See also 1953 in British music 1953 in British television 1953 in the United Kingdom

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