Directing

C.M. Pennington-Richards

Born December 17, 1911 · South Norwood, London, England, UK

Died January 2, 2005 · aged 93

Cyril Montague Pennington-Richards (17 December 1911 – 2 January 2005) was a British film director and cinematographer.

Known For

Ladies Who DoLadies Who Do · 1963
Ladies Who Do
★ 7.01963
MovieComedy
The "Ladies Who Do" are office cleaners. One of them discovers some hot stock tips and they make a fortune. They then make good use of it to save their old neighbourhoods from the wicked developer.
ScroogeScrooge · 1951
Scrooge
★ 7.41951
MovieFantasyDrama
Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman, until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show him how his unhappy childhood and adult behavior has left him a selfish, lonely old man.
19841984 · 1956
1984
★ 6.51956
MovieScience FictionDrama
In a totalitarian future society, a man whose daily work is rewriting history tries to rebel by falling in love.
Give Us This DayGive Us This Day · 1949
Give Us This Day
★ 5.71949
MovieDrama
Exiled from Hollywood due to the blacklist, director Edward Dmytryk briefly operated in England in the late 1940s. Though filmed in its entirety in London, Dmytryk's Give Us This Day is set in New York during the depression. Fellow blacklistee Sam Wanamaker is starred as the head of an Italian immigrant family struggling to survive the economic crisis.
Guns at BatasiGuns at Batasi · 1964
Guns at Batasi
★ 7.01964
MovieDramaWar
An anachronistic martinet RSM on a remote Colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat must use his experience to defend those in his care.
ObsessionObsession · 1949
Obsession
★ 6.81949
MovieThrillerCrime
A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.
Tarzan and the Lost SafariTarzan and the Lost Safari · 1957
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
★ 5.41957
MovieAdventure
Tarzan leads five passengers from a downed airplane out of the jungle. En route white hunter Hawkins tries to sell them to the Oparian chief.
Sky PiratesSky Pirates · 1977
Sky Pirates
★ 8.31977
MovieFamily
Two boys wage a battle against diamond smugglers with radio controlled model aircraft.

Filmography

Sort
White CorridorsWhite Corridors · 1951
White Corridors
★ 6.81951
MovieDrama
White Corridors was based on Yeoman Hospital, a novel by Helen Ashton. Told episodically, the story concentrates on the day-to-day activities in a busy hospital, where research pathologist Neil Marriner (James Donald) conducts experiments in the hopes of curing diseases impervious to penicillin. Marriner is aided in this endeavor by lady surgeon Dr. Sophie Dean (Googie Withers), who happens to be in love with him. After a tragedy occurs for which Marriner holds himself responsible, the film builds steadily to an exciting climax involving a untested -- and potentially dangerous -- serum. The top-rank British supporting cast includes Barry Jones, Moira Lister, Petula Clark, Basil Radford, Dagmar (later Dana) Wynter, Bernard Lee, and, in a minor role, future "Dr. Who" Patrick Troughton.

Director of Photography