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Lance Comfort

Born August 11, 1908 · Harrow, Greater London, England, UK

Died August 25, 1966 · aged 58

Lance Comfort (August 11, 1908 – August 25, 1966) was an English film director and producer born in Harrow, London. With a career spanning over 25 years he became one of the most prolific film directors in Britain though never gained critical attention and remained on the fringes of the film industry creating mostly B movies. Comfort carried on working almost right up to his death in Worthing, S…

Known For

Tomorrow at TenTomorrow at Ten · 1963
Tomorrow at Ten
★ 6.01963
MovieThriller
A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows.
Dick TurpinDick Turpin · 1933
Dick Turpin
★ 9.01933
MovieDramaAdventure
The adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York.
Daughter of DarknessDaughter of Darkness · 1948
Daughter of Darkness
★ 6.01948
MovieThrillerDrama
In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters a handsome young boxer called Dan and lays his face open with her fingernails when he expects sexual favors from her. Hurriedly packed off by Father Corcoran to Yorkshire, Emmy is taken in by a farming family and manages to suppress the strange feelings of fascination and repulsion that she experiences in the presence of the opposite sex. Until, that is, the carnival comes to town and brings with it the vengeful Dan...
Hotel ReserveHotel Reserve · 1944
Hotel Reserve
★ 6.71944
MovieThrillerDrama
A hunt for a spy in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.
Port of EscapePort of Escape · 1956
Port of Escape
★ 6.01956
MovieDrama
Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene, commandeer a boat and take the three women on board hostage as they try to outrun the law.
At the Stroke of NineAt the Stroke of Nine · 1957
At the Stroke of Nine
★ 10.01957
MovieDramaCrime
A prominent journalist is kidnapped by a lunatic who threatens to kill her unless she writes flattering articles about him.
The AwakeningThe Awakening · 1954
The Awakening
★ 6.51954
MovieDrama
"The Awakening" is a 1954 short drama film of Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology series based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "The Overcoat".
The Man in the RoadThe Man in the Road · 1956
The Man in the Road
★ 6.41956
MovieCrimeThriller
A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a secret formula.

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