Frank Launder Movies

Based on a novel by Nigel Tranter, The Bridal Path is a light-hearted look at the somewhat unfortunate results that can come of the continued marrying of fairly close cousins…

A newly-arrived army chaplain is put in charge of camp entertainment and has the idea of putting on a Brains Trust with local notables. Unfortunately for him, it emerges from…

Marjory Clark wins a competition in her Midland town and finds herself in a Festival of Britain procession as Lady Godiva – though not in the buff. This leads by…

Concerned about his small stature, a young Scottish boy applies for a mail-order body building course, successfully gaining both height and strength. At the age of 21, he displays a…

Women in a French concentration camp conceal downed British airmen from Nazi soldiers, and try to help them escape. Produced by Edward Black. Written and directed by Frank Launder.

The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.

To further the aims of the St Trinian’s Marriage Bureau run by Flash Harry, the school contrives to win a competition with a European “Goodwill” trip as prize, to the…

The girls of St. Trinian’s decide they are being asked to do too much work so they go on strike.

Nutbourne College, an old established, all-boys, boarding school is told that another school is to be billeted with due to wartime restrictions. The shock is that it’s an all-girls school…

The arrival of Sultan’s daughter Princess Fatima at England’s famous and prestigious ‘School for Young Ladies’ precipitates even more chaos than usual. Her father’s horse Arab Boy is due to…

Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are devils. Her desire to join the IRA meets no encouragement, but a German spy finds her…

Two children are shipwrecked on a desert-island and fall in love while growing up together.

Categorised as a British World War II propaganda film this less known example is a superb work of morale-boosting films from mid World War 2. Well written and directed the…