Charles Crichton

Biography

Charles Ainslie Crichton was an English film director and film editor. He became best known for directing comedies produced at Ealing Studios. Crichton enjoyed an extremely long career, editing and directing many films and television programmes over a period exceeding forty years.

Known For

Acting

1970

The Ealing Comedies

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Self

1986

Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away

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Self

1986

Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios

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Interviewee

1988

John Cleese's First Farewell Performance

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Self

Production

1943

Greek Testament

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1942

Find, Fix and Strike

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Crew

Directing

1988

A Fish Called Wanda

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1953

The Titfield Thunderbolt

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1975

Into Infinity

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1948

Against the Wind

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1951

The Lavender Hill Mob

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1945

Dead of Night

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1960

The Battle of the Sexes

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1947

Hue and Cry

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1954

The Love Lottery

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1957

The Man in the Sky

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1980

Alien Attack

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1964

The Third Secret

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1982

Cosmic Princess

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1958

Floods of Fear

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1944

For Those in Peril

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1945

Painted Boats

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1950

Dance Hall

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1952

Hunted

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1949

Train of Events

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1948

Another Shore

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1954

The Divided Heart

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1958

Law and Disorder

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1965

He Who Rides a Tiger

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1960

The Boy Who Stole a Million

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Space: 1999

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Here Come the Double Deckers

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Shirley's World

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Dick Turpin

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Man of the World

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The Protectors

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Danger Man

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The Avengers

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Return of the Saint

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Man in a Suitcase

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Smuggler

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The Professionals

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Strange Report

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The Human Jungle

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