Frank Launder
January 28, 1906 · 120 years old
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 be…
Known For
10 titles
The Lady Vanishes
While travelling in continental Europe, a rich young playgirl realizes that an elderly lady seems to have disappeared from the train.
Green for Danger
A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates odd hospital deaths during the London Blitz.
Night Train to Munich
After Germany invades Czechia, the German and the British intelligence services try to capture Czech scientist Dr. Axel Bomasch (James Harcourt), inventor of a new type of armor-plating.
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Chaos ensues for staff and students alike after an all-boys and an all-girls school are amalgamated into one.
We Dive at Dawn
All leave is cancelled so that a British submarine can be sent after a new German warship. They chase it so far that they have no fuel to get home.
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
The girls of St. Trinian's School go on a bus tour of Italy chaperoned by a diamond thief disguised as a woman to elude the police.
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.
She Played with Fire
An insurance investigator reunites with an ex-girlfriend who is still as beautiful as he remembered her, but is now married. He soon finds himself involved in arson, blackmail and murder.
Get Charlie Tully
Charlie Tully and womanizing Reggie Peek con two rich Italians out of £500,000, but during their flight out Charlie is arrested for conning an American and a dog. Reggie puts the money in a Swiss bank, and after Charlie is release...
Left Right and Centre
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stella Stoker for the socialists. Amateur politician against committed activist. But...