List of British films of 1956

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A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1956 (see 1956 in film):

## 1956

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Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes

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1956
1984 | Michael Anderson | Edmond O'Brien, Michael Redgrave, Jan Sterling | Science-fiction |
Assignment Redhead | Maclean Rogers | Richard Denning, Carole Mathews, Ronald Adam | Crime |
The Baby and the Battleship | Jay Lewis | John Mills, Richard Attenborough, Michael Hordern | Comedy |
The Battle of the River Plate | Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | John Gregson, Anthony Quayle, Peter Finch | World War II |
Behind the Headlines | Charles Saunders | Paul Carpenter, Adrienne Corri, Hazel Court | Crime |
The Bespoke Overcoat | Jack Clayton | Alfie Bass, Alan Tilvern | Drama | Short film
Beyond Mombasa | George Marshall | Cornel Wilde, Donna Reed, Leo Genn | Adventure | Co-production with US
Bhowani Junction | George Cukor | Ava Gardner, Stewart Granger, Bill Travers | Adventure |
The Black Tent | Brian Desmond Hurst | Donald Sinden, Anthony Steel, Anna Maria Sandri | War |
Bond of Fear | Henry Cass | Dermot Walsh, Jane Barrett, John Colicos | Drama | [1]
The Case of the Mukkinese Battle Horn | Joseph Sterling | Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan | Comedy | Short film
Charley Moon | Guy Hamilton | Max Bygraves, Dennis Price | Musical |
Checkpoint | Ralph Thomas | Anthony Steel, Stanley Baker | Drama |
Child in the House | Cy Endfield, Charles De la Tour | Phyllis Calvert, Eric Portman | Drama |
Cloak Without Dagger | Joseph Sterling | Philip Friend, Mary Mackenzie, Leslie Dwyer | Thriller |
Doublecross | Anthony Squire | Donald Houston, Fay Compton | Thriller |
Dry Rot | Maurice Elvey | Ronald Shiner, Brian Rix | Comedy |
The Extra Day | William Fairchild | Richard Basehart, Simone Simon | Comedy/drama |
Eyewitness | Muriel Box | Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow | Thriller |
The Feminine Touch | Pat Jackson | George Baker, Belinda Lee | Drama |
Find the Lady | Charles Saunders | Donald Houston, Beverley Brooks, Mervyn Johns | Comedy |
Fire Maidens from Outer Space | Cy Roth | Anthony Dexter, Susan Shaw | Science-fiction |
The Gamma People | John Gilling | Paul Douglas, Eva Bartok, Leslie Phillips | Science-fiction |
The Gelignite Gang | Terence Fisher | Wayne Morris, Sandra Dorne | Crime |
The Green Man | Sidney Gilliat | Alastair Sim, George Cole | Comedy/drama |
Guilty? | Edmond T. Gréville | John Justin, Barbara Laage, Donald Wolfit | Crime | Co-production with France
High Terrace | Henry Cass | Dale Robertson, Lois Maxwell, Derek Bond, Eric Pohlmann | Mystery |
A Hill in Korea | Julian Amyes | George Baker, Harry Andrews | Korean War |
The Hostage | Harold Huth | Ron Randell, Mary Parker | Thriller |
House of Secrets | Guy Green | Michael Craig, Julia Arnall, Barbara Bates | Thriller |
The Intimate Stranger | Richard Basehart | Mary Murphy, Constance Cummings, Roger Livesey | Drama |
The Iron Petticoat | Ralph Thomas | Bob Hope, Katharine Hepburn | Comedy |
It's Great to Be Young | Cyril Frankel | John Mills, Cecil Parker | Comedy/musical |
It's Never Too Late | Michael McCarthy | Phyllis Calvert, Patrick Barr | Comedy |
It's a Wonderful World | Val Guest | George Cole, Terence Morgan, Kathleen Harrison | Musical |
Jacqueline | Roy Ward Baker | John Gregson, Kathleen Ryan | Drama |
Johnny, You're Wanted | Vernon Sewell | John Slater, Garry Marsh | Crime |
Jumping for Joy | John Paddy Carstairs | Frankie Howerd, Stanley Holloway | Comedy |
Keep It Clean | David Paltenghi | Ronald Shiner, Joan Sims | Comedy |
The Last Man to Hang? | Terence Fisher | Tom Conway, Elizabeth Sellars | Crime |
Laughing in the Sunshine | Daniel Birt | Jane Hylton, Bengt Logardt, Adolf Jahr | Romance | Co-production with Sweden
The Long Arm | Charles Frend | Jack Hawkins, John Stratton | Crime | Entered into the 6th Berlin International Film Festival
Loser Takes All | Ken Annakin | Glynis Johns, Rossano Brazzi, Robert Morley | Comedy |
Lost | Guy Green | David Farrar, David Knight | Thriller |
The Man Who Never Was | Ronald Neame | Clifton Webb, Ewen Montagu, Gloria Grahame | World War II |
The March Hare | George More O'Ferrall | Peggy Cummins, Terence Morgan | Comedy |
My Teenage Daughter | Herbert Wilcox | Anna Neagle, Sylvia Syms | Drama |
My Wife's Family | Gilbert Gunn | Ted Ray, Greta Gynt | Comedy |
Not So Dusty | Maclean Rogers | Bill Owen, Leslie Dwyer | Comedy |
Now and Forever | Mario Zampi | Janette Scott, Kay Walsh | Drama |
Odongo | John Gilling | Rhonda Fleming, Juma | African adventure |
Pacific Destiny | Wolf Rilla | Denholm Elliott, Susan Stephen | Drama |
Port Afrique | Rudolph Maté | Pier Angeli, Philip Carey | Drama |
Port of Escape | Tony Young | Googie Withers, John McCallum | Thriller |
Portrait of Alison | Guy Green | Robert Beatty, Terry Moore | Crime | Also known as Postmark for Danger
Private's Progress | John Boulting | Ian Carmichael, Richard Attenborough, Dennis Price | Comedy |
Ramsbottom Rides Again | John Baxter | Arthur Askey, Glenn Melvyn | Comedy/western |
Reach for the Sky | Lewis Gilbert | Kenneth More, Muriel Pavlow | Biopic/World War II |
Safari | Terence Young | Victor Mature, Janet Leigh | African adventure |
Sailor Beware! | Gordon Parry | Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton | Comedy |
Satellite in the Sky | John Dickson | Kieron Moore, Lois Maxwell | Science-fiction |
The Secret Tent | Don Chaffey | Donald Gray, Andree Melly | Crime |
Seven Years in Tibet | Hans Nieter |  | Documentary | Entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival
The Silken Affair | Roy Kellino | David Niven, Geneviève Page | Comedy |
Soho Incident | Vernon Sewell | Faith Domergue, Lee Patterson | Crime | Also known as Spin a Dark Web
The Spanish Gardener | Philip Leacock | Dirk Bogarde, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern | Drama | Entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival
Stars in Your Eyes | Maurice Elvey | Nat Jackley, Patricia Kirkwood | Musical |
Three Men in a Boat | Ken Annakin | Laurence Harvey, Jimmy Edwards, David Tomlinson, Shirley Eaton, Lisa Gastoni | Comedy |
Thunderstorm | John Guillermin | Carlos Thompson, Linda Christian | Drama |
Tiger in the Smoke | Roy Ward Baker | Donald Sinden, Muriel Pavlow | Crime |
Together | Lorenza Mazzetti | Michael Andrews, Eduardo Paolozzi | Free Cinema |
Tons of Trouble | Leslie S. Hiscott | Richard Hearne, William Hartnell | Comedy |
A Touch of the Sun | Gordon Parry | Frankie Howerd, Ruby Murray | Comedy |
A Town Like Alice | Jack Lee | Virginia McKenna, Peter Finch | Romance/drama |
Who Done It? | Basil Dearden | Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff | Comedy |
Wicked as They Come | Ken Hughes | Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey | Crime |
Women Without Men | Elmo Williams, Herbert Glazer | Joan Rice, Gordon Jackson | Crime |
X the Unknown | Leslie Norman | Dean Jagger, Edward Chapman | Sci-fi |
Yield to the Night | J. Lee Thompson | Diana Dors, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig | Drama |
Zarak | Terence Young | Victor Mature, Anita Ekberg | Adventure |

## See also

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* 1956 in British music
* 1956 in British television
* 1956 in the United Kingdom

## References

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1. ^ "Bond of Fear (1956)". Archived from the original on February 22, 2019.

## External links

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* British films of 1956 at IMDb

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* Amicus Productions
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* British National Films Company
* Butcher's Film Service
* Clapham Studios
* Clarendon Film Company
* Craven Park Studios
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