List of General Film Distributors films
This is a list of films released by the British distribution company General Film Distributors. GFD was part of the Rank Organisation, and handled films produced by the various companies controlled by or linked to Rank including Gainsborough Pictures, Two Cities Films and Ealing Studios. The list also includes films released by Rank's other distribution outlet Eagle-Lion Films. Foreign films which were handled in Britain by GFD, such as imports from the Hollywood studio Universal Pictures, are not included. In 1955 GFD was abolished and replaced by Rank Film Distributors.
1930s
[edit]1940s
[edit]| Title | Release Date | Director | Notes |
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| Band Waggon | March 1940 | Marcel Varnel | |
| The Spider | April 1940 | Maurice Elvey | |
| For Freedom | May 1940 | Maurice Elvey | |
| A Window in London | June 1940 | Herbert Mason | |
| Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt | August 1940 | Walter Forde | |
| Neutral Port | December 1940 | Marcel Varnel | |
| Gasbags | February 1941 | Walter Forde, Marcel Varnel | |
| Old Bill and Son | March 1941 | Ian Dalrymple | |
| The Ghost Train | May 1941 | Walter Forde | |
| The Man at the Gate | July 1941 | Norman Walker | |
| Major Barbara | August 1941 | Gabriel Pascal | |
| Jeannie | September 1941 | Harold French | |
| Cottage to Let | September 1941 | Anthony Asquith | |
| He Found a Star | September 1941 | John Paddy Carstairs | |
| 49th Parallel | October 1941 | Michael Powell | |
| I Thank You | October 1941 | Marcel Varnel | |
| Hi Gang! | December 1941 | Marcel Varnel | |
| Back-Room Boy | April 1942 | Herbert Mason | |
| Hard Steel | May 1942 | Norman Walker | |
| The Day Will Dawn | June 1942 | Harold French | |
| Uncensored | August 1942 | Anthony Asquith | |
| The First of the Few | September 1942 | Leslie Howard | |
| Secret Mission | October 1942 | Harold French | |
| The Great Mr. Handel | November 1942 | Norman Walker | |
| King Arthur Was a Gentleman | December 1942 | Marcel Varnel | |
| The Silver Fleet | March 1943 | Vernon Sewell | |
| It's That Man Again | March 1943 | Walter Forde | |
| We Dive at Dawn | April 1943 | Anthony Asquith | |
| The Gentle Sex | April 1943 | Leslie Howard | |
| The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp | June 1943 | Michael Powell | |
| Miss London Ltd. | June 1943 | Val Guest | |
| The Man in Grey | August 1943 | Leslie Arliss | |
| The Flemish Farm | September 1943 | Jeffrey Dell | |
| Dear Octopus | September 1943 | Harold French | |
| Millions Like Us | November 1943 | Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder | |
| They Met in the Dark | November 1943 | Karel Lamac | |
| The Lamp Still Burns | November 1943 | Maurice Elvey | |
| The Demi-Paradise | December 1943 | Anthony Asquith | |
| On Approval | February 1944 | Clive Brook | |
| Bees in Paradise | March 1944 | Val Guest | |
| Tawny Pipit | April 1944 | Bernard Miles | |
| Time Flies | May 1944 | Walter Forde | |
| Fanny by Gaslight | May 1944 | Anthony Asquith | |
| The Way Ahead | June 1944 | Carol Reed | |
| This Happy Breed | June 1944 | David Lean | |
| English Without Tears | July 1944 | Harold French | |
| Give Us the Moon | July 1944 | Val Guest | |
| A Canterbury Tale | August 1944 | Michael Powell | |
| Mr. Emmanuel | October 1944 | Harold French | |
| Henry V | November 1944 | Laurence Olivier | |
| Love Story | November 1944 | Leslie Arliss | |
| Don't Take It to Heart | November 1944 | Jeffrey Dell | |
| Two Thousand Women | November 1944 | Frank Launder | |
| Madonna of the Seven Moons | January 1945 | Arthur Crabtree | |
| Waterloo Road | February 1945 | Sidney Gilliat | |
| Blithe Spirit | April 1945 | David Lean | |
| A Place of One's Own | May 1945 | Bernard Knowles | |
| The Way to the Stars | June 1945 | Anthony Asquith | |
| They Were Sisters | July 1945 | Arthur Crabtree | |
| I'll Be Your Sweetheart | July 1945 | Val Guest | |
| Dead of Night | September 1945 | Alberto Cavalcanti, Charles Crichton Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden |
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| Johnny Frenchman | October 1945 | Charles Frend | |
| The Seventh Veil | October 1945 | Compton Bennett | |
| I Know Where I'm Going! | November 1945 | Michael Powell | |
| Brief Encounter | November 1945 | David Lean | |
| The Wicked Lady | November 1945 | Leslie Arliss | |
| The Rake's Progress | December 1945 | Sidney Gilliat | |
| Caesar and Cleopatra | December 1945 | Gabriel Pascal | |
| Pink String and Sealing Wax | December 1945 | Robert Hamer | |
| They Knew Mr. Knight | March 1946 | Norman Walker | |
| The Years Between | April 1946 | Compton Bennett | |
| The Captive Heart | April 1946 | Basil Dearden | |
| Bedelia | May 1946 | Lance Comfort | |
| Caravan | June 1946 | Arthur Crabtree | |
| Here Comes the Sun | June 1946 | John Baxter | |
| Beware of Pity | July 1946 | Maurice Elvey | |
| I See a Dark Stranger | July 1946 | Frank Launder | |
| Theirs Is the Glory | August 1946 | Brian Desmond Hurst | |
| Men of Two Worlds | September 1946 | Thorold Dickinson | |
| The Magic Bow | September 1946 | Bernard Knowles | |
| London Town | September 1946 | Wesley Ruggles | |
| Tehran | October 1946 | William Freshman, Giacomo Gentilomo | |
| The Overlanders | October 1946 | Harry Watt | |
| A Matter of Life and Death | November 1946 | Michael Powell | |
| School for Secrets | November 1946 | Peter Ustinov | |
| Carnival | December 1946 | Stanley Haynes | |
| Great Expectations | December 1946 | David Lean | |
| Green for Danger | December 1946 | Sidney Gilliat | |
| Hungry Hill | January 1947 | Brian Desmond Hurst | |
| Odd Man Out | January 1947 | Carol Reed | |
| Hue and Cry | February 1947 | Charles Crichton | |
| The Root of All Evil | February 1947 | Brock Williams | |
| Nicholas Nickleby | March 1947 | Alberto Cavalcanti | |
| The Man Within | April 1947 | Bernard Knowles | |
| Black Narcissus | May 1947 | Michael Powell | |
| Dear Murderer | May 1947 | Arthur Crabtree | |
| Take My Life | May 1947 | Ronald Neame | |
| Frieda | June 1947 | Basil Dearden | |
| The Loves of Joanna Godden | June 1947 | Charles Frend | |
| The Upturned Glass | June 1947 | Lawrence Huntington | |
| The Brothers | July 1947 | David MacDonald | |
| So Well Remembered | July 1947 | Edward Dmytryk | |
| Holiday Camp | August 1947 | Ken Annakin | |
| Jassy | August 1947 | Bernard Knowles | |
| The October Man | August 1947 | Roy Ward Baker | |
| Fame Is the Spur | September 1947 | Boulting Brothers | |
| Master of Bankdam | September 1947 | Walter Forde | |
| Uncle Silas | October 1947 | Charles Frank | |
| The Woman in the Hall | October 1947 | Jack Lee | |
| The White Unicorn | October 1947 | Bernard Knowles | |
| It Always Rains on Sunday | November 1947 | Robert Hamer | |
| When the Bough Breaks | November 1947 | Lawrence Huntington | |
| The End of the River | December 1947 | Derek Twist | |
| The Mark of Cain | December 1947 | Brian Desmond Hurst | |
| Vice Versa | January 1948 | Peter Ustinov | |
| Easy Money | January 1948 | Bernard Knowles | |
| Against the Wind | February 1948 | Charles Crichton | |
| Blanche Fury | February 1948 | Marc Allégret | |
| Corridor of Mirrors | March 1948 | Terence Young | |
| Broken Journey | April 1948 | Ken Annakin | |
| Good-Time Girl | April 1948 | David MacDonald | |
| Miranda | April 1948 | Ken Annakin | |
| One Night with You | April 1948 | Terence Young | |
| The Calendar | May 1948 | Arthur Crabtree | |
| Hamlet | May 1948 | Laurence Olivier | |
| Daybreak | May 1948 | Compton Bennett | |
| Snowbound | May 1948 | David MacDonald | |
| My Sister and I | June 1948 | Harold Huth | |
| A Song for Tomorrow | June 1948 | Terence Fisher | |
| Penny and the Pownall Case | July 1948 | Slim Hand | |
| My Brother's Keeper | August 1948 | Alfred Roome | |
| London Belongs to Me | August 1948 | Sidney Gilliat | |
| Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill | August 1948 | Lawrence Huntington | |
| The Blind Goddess | September 1948 | Harold French | |
| Esther Waters | September 1948 | Ian Dalrymple | |
| The Weaker Sex | September 1948 | Roy Ward Baker | |
| Colonel Bogey | September 1948 | Terence Fisher | |
| The Red Shoes | September 1948 | Michael Powell | |
| Love in Waiting | October 1948 | Douglas Pierce | |
| Woman Hater | October 1948 | Terence Young | |
| Oliver Twist | October 1948 | David Lean | |
| Quartet | October 1948 | Various | |
| Saraband for Dead Lovers | October 1948 | Basil Dearden | |
| Sleeping Car to Trieste | October 1948 | John Paddy Carstairs | |
| Here Come the Huggetts | November 1948 | Ken Annakin | |
| A Piece of Cake | November 1948 | John Irwin | |
| Trouble in the Air | November 1948 | Charles Saunders | |
| It's Hard to Be Good | November 1948 | Jeffrey Dell | |
| Scott of the Antarctic | November 1948 | Charles Frend | |
| Another Shore | December 1948 | Charles Crichton | |
| Look Before You Love | December 1948 | Harold Huth | |
| Portrait from Life | December 1948 | Terence Fisher | |
| Third Time Lucky | January 1949 | Gordon Parry | |
| Eureka Stockade | January 1949 | Harry Watt | |
| Warning to Wantons | January 1949 | Donald Wilson | |
| Once a Jolly Swagman | January 1949 | Jack Lee | |
| The Passionate Friends | January 1949 | David Lean | |
| Vote for Huggett | February 1949 | Ken Annakin | |
| Badger's Green | February 1949 | John Irwin | |
| Once Upon a Dream | February 1949 | Ralph Thomas | |
| All Over the Town | March 1949 | Derek Twist | |
| Cardboard Cavalier | March 1949 | Walter Forde | |
| Floodtide | March 1949 | Frederick Wilson | |
| The History of Mr. Polly | March 1949 | Anthony Pelissier | |
| The Bad Lord Byron | April 1949 | David MacDonald | |
| Passport to Pimlico | April 1949 | Henry Cornelius | |
| It's Not Cricket | April 1949 | Alfred Roome | |
| The Perfect Woman | May 1949 | Bernard Knowles | |
| The Huggetts Abroad | May 1949 | Ken Annakin | |
| Adam and Evelyne | May 1949 | Harold French | |
| Fools Rush In | May 1949 | John Paddy Carstairs | |
| A Boy, a Girl and a Bike | May 1949 | Ralph Smart | |
| Kind Hearts and Coronets | June 1949 | Robert Hamer | |
| Marry Me! | June 1949 | Terence Fisher | |
| Stop Press Girl | June 1949 | Michael Barry | |
| Whisky Galore! | June 1949 | Alexander Mackendrick | |
| Don't Ever Leave Me | July 1949 | Arthur Crabtree | |
| Poet's Pub | July 1949 | Frederick Wilson | |
| Helter Skelter | July 1949 | Ralph Thomas | |
| Train of Events | August 1949 | Various | |
| The Lost People | August 1949 | Muriel Box, Bernard Knowles | |
| Madness of the Heart | August 1949 | Charles Bennett | |
| Trottie True | August 1949 | Brian Desmond Hurst | |
| Obsession | August 1949 | Edward Dmytryk | |
| Dear Mr. Prohack | September 1949 | Thornton Freeland | |
| Diamond City | September 1949 | David MacDonald | |
| The Chiltern Hundreds | September 1949 | John Paddy Carstairs | |
| Christopher Columbus | October 1949 | David MacDonald | |
| The Blue Lagoon | October 1949 | Frank Launder | |
| The Rocking Horse Winner | November 1949 | Anthony Pelissier | |
| The Romantic Age | November 1949 | Edmond T. Gréville | |
| A Run for Your Money | November 1949 | Charles Frend | |
| The Spider and the Fly | December 1949 | Robert Hamer | |
| Boys in Brown | December 1949 | Montgomery Tully |
1950s
[edit]| Title | Release Date | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Blue Lamp | January 1950 | Basil Dearden | |
| Golden Salamander | February 1950 | Ronald Neame | |
| The Astonished Heart | February 1950 | Terence Fisher | |
| Madeleine | February 1950 | David Lean | |
| Morning Departure | February 1950 | Roy Ward Baker | |
| They Were Not Divided | March 1950 | Terence Young | |
| The Reluctant Widow | May 1950 | Bernard Knowles | |
| Prelude to Fame | May 1950 | Fergus McDonell | |
| So Long at the Fair | May 1950 | Terence Fisher | |
| Tony Draws a Horse | June 1950 | John Paddy Carstairs | |
| Waterfront | July 1950 | Michael Anderson | |
| Bitter Springs | July 1950 | Ralph Smart | |
| Trio | August 1950 | Ken Annakin, Harold French | |
| The Woman in Question | October 1950 | Anthony Asquith | |
| Cage of Gold | Basil Dearden | ||
| The Magnet | Charles Frend | ||
| The Clouded Yellow | November 1950 | Ralph Thomas | |
| Highly Dangerous | December 1950 | Roy Ward Baker | |
| Traveller's Joy | December 1950 | Ralph Thomas | |
| The Dark Man | January 1951 | Jeffrey Dell | |
| Blackmailed | January 1951 | Marc Allégret | |
| Pool of London | February 1951 | Basil Dearden | |
| The Adventurers | March 1951 | David MacDonald | |
| The Browning Version | March 1951 | Anthony Asquith | |
| Night Without Stars | April 1951 | Anthony Pelissier | |
| White Corridors | June 1951 | Pat Jackson | |
| The Lavender Hill Mob | June 1951 | Charles Crichton | |
| Hotel Sahara | July 1951 | Ken Annakin | |
| The Man in the White Suit | August 1951 | Alexander Mackendrick | |
| Valley of Eagles | September 1951 | Terence Young | |
| Appointment with Venus | October 1951 | Ralph Thomas | |
| Where No Vultures Fly | November 1951 | Harry Watt | |
| High Treason | November 1951 | Roy Boulting | |
| Encore | November 1951 | Pat Jackson, Anthony Pelissier Harold French |
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| His Excellency | January 1952 | Robert Hamer | |
| Secret People | February 1952 | Thorold Dickinson | |
| The Card | February 1952 | Ronald Neame | |
| I Believe in You | March 1952 | Basil Dearden | |
| Hunted | March 1952 | Charles Crichton | |
| Curtain Up | May 1952 | Ralph Smart | |
| The Importance of Being Earnest | June 1952 | Anthony Asquith | |
| Something Money Can't Buy | July 1952 | Pat Jackson | |
| Mandy | July 1952 | Alexander Mackendrick | |
| Penny Princess | August 1952 | Val Guest | |
| Meet Me Tonight | September 1952 | Anthony Pelissier | |
| The Planter's Wife | September 1952 | Ken Annakin | |
| The Gentle Gunman | October 1952 | Basil Dearden | |
| It Started in Paradise | October 1952 | Compton Bennett | |
| Venetian Bird | October 1952 | Ralph Thomas | |
| Made in Heaven | November 1952 | John Paddy Carstairs | |
| The Long Memory | January 1953 | Robert Hamer | |
| The Net | February 1953 | Anthony Asquith | |
| Top of the Form | February 1953 | John Paddy Carstairs | |
| Black Orchid | February 1953 | Charles Saunders | |
| Street Corner | March 1953 | Muriel Box | |
| Desperate Moment | March 1953 | Compton Bennett | |
| The Cruel Sea | March 1953 | Charles Frend | |
| The Titfield Thunderbolt | March 1953 | Michael Truman | |
| Deadly Nightshade | March 1953 | John Gilling | |
| Genevieve | April 1953 | Henry Cornelius | |
| Turn the Key Softly | April 1953 | Jack Lee | |
| A Queen Is Crowned | June 1953 | Michael Waldman | Documentary of Coronation of Elizabeth II |
| Malta Story | June 1953 | Brian Desmond Hurst | |
| The Square Ring | July 1953 | Basil Dearden | |
| Wheel of Fate | July 1953 | Francis Searle | |
| Always a Bride | August 1953 | Ralph Smart | |
| The Final Test | August 1953 | Anthony Asquith | |
| Personal Affair | October 1953 | Anthony Pelissier | |
| A Day to Remember | November 1953 | Ralph Thomas | |
| Meet Mr. Lucifer | November 1953 | Anthony Pelissier | |
| Trouble in Store | December 1953 | John Paddy Carstairs | |
| The Kidnappers | December 1953 | Philip Leacock | |
| Small Town Story | December 1953 | Montgomery Tully | |
| The Love Lottery | January 1954 | Charles Crichton | |
| The Million Pound Note | January 1954 | Ronald Neame | |
| You Know What Sailors Are | February 1954 | Ken Annakin | |
| The Maggie | February 1954 | Alexander Mackendrick | |
| Star of My Night | February 1954 | Paul Dickson | |
| Fast and Loose | February 1954 | Gordon Parry | |
| Doctor in the House | March 1954 | Ralph Thomas | |
| West of Zanzibar | March 1954 | Harry Watt | |
| Double Exposure | March 1954 | John Gilling | |
| Forbidden Cargo | May 1954 | Harold French | |
| The Rainbow Jacket | May 1954 | Basil Dearden | |
| The Seekers | June 1954 | Ken Annakin | |
| The Embezzler | July 1954 | John Gilling | |
| Delayed Action | July 1954 | John Harlow | |
| Up to His Neck | August 1954 | John Paddy Carstairs | |
| The Beachcomber | August 1954 | Muriel Box | |
| The Young Lovers | August 1954 | Anthony Asquith | |
| Romeo and Juliet | September 1954 | Renato Castellani | |
| The Purple Plain | September 1954 | Robert Parrish | |
| Lease of Life | October 1954 | Charles Frend | |
| The Divided Heart | November 1954 | Charles Chrichton | |
| Mad About Men | November 1954 | Ralph Thomas | |
| One Good Turn | January 1955 | John Paddy Carstairs | |
| To Paris with Love | January 1955 | Robert Hamer | |
| Simba | January 1955 | Brian Desmond Hurst | |
| Out of the Clouds | February 1955 | Basil Dearden | |
| As Long as They're Happy | March 1955 | J. Lee Thompson | |
| The Night My Number Came Up | March 1955 | Leslie Norman | |
| Above Us the Waves | March 1955 | Ralph Thomas | |
| One Jump Ahead | March 1955 | Charles Saunders | |
| The Ship That Died of Shame | April 1955 | Basil Dearden | |
| Passage Home | April 1955 | Roy Ward Baker | |
| The Hornet's Nest | May 1955 | Charles Saunders |
Rank Film Distributors
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Macnab, Geoffrey. J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry. Routledge, 1994.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927–1939. British Film Institute, 1986.