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A list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1956 (see 1956 in film):
| Title |
Director |
Cast |
Genre |
Notes
|
| 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 |
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|
| 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 |
|
