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Roy Boulting

Born November 21, 1913 · Bray, Berkshire, England

Died November 5, 2001 · aged 87

Roy Boulting (November 21, 1913 – November 5, 2001) was a British filmmaker. Roy and his identical twin brother John Boulting, known collectively as the Boulting brothers, are known for their series of satirical comedies.

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There's a Girl in My SoupThere's a Girl in My Soup · 1970
There's a Girl in My Soup
★ 5.51970
MovieComedyRomance
TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an American, 19, who's available but refuses any romantic illusions.
Soft Beds, Hard BattlesSoft Beds, Hard Battles · 1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
★ 4.61974
MovieComedy
In this comedy, set during the Nazi occupation of France, Peter Sellers plays most major male parts, so he stars in nearly every scene, always bumbling in inspector Clouseau-style.
Rotten to the CoreRotten to the Core · 1965
Rotten to the Core
★ 6.51965
MovieCrimeComedy
Rogues Jelly Knight, Scapa Flood, and Lennie the Dip leave prison expecting boss The Duke to have their stash ready to share out. Instead, Duke's girl Sara gives them the news Duke is dead and the money gone on nursing care. They soon discover that Duke is actually running Hope Springs Nature Clinic with the help of most of the local villains. Very strange - and the nearby army camp and Sara's encouragement of Lieutenant Vine would seem to be no coincidence either. Written by Jeremy Perkins
SuspectSuspect · 1960
Suspect
★ 6.91960
MovieThriller
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that he lets the maimed and jealous companion of a female colleague draw him into what, technically, could be a treasonable act.
Twisted NerveTwisted Nerve · 1968
Twisted Nerve
★ 6.81968
MovieThrillerHorror
Martin Durnley is a young man with an infantilizing mother, resentful stepfather and an institutionalized brother with Down's syndrome. To cope, he retreats into an alternate child personality he calls Georgie. After being caught during a theft attempt at a department store, he befriends a female customer who is sympathetic to him, but his friendship soon turns into obsession.
I'm All Right JackI'm All Right Jack · 1959
I'm All Right Jack
★ 6.61959
MovieComedy
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.
Heavens Above!Heavens Above! · 1963
Heavens Above!
★ 6.61963
MovieComedy
A clerical error leads to the appointment of a left-leaning small-town priest to a rich village, where he immediately horrifies his snobby parishioners by appointing a dustman and a black man as vicar's wardens and throwing open the vicarage to the sprawling, disreputable Smith family, who have just been evicted from their caravan site. He converts the dowager aristocrat to works of absurd charity but he soon has the town and much of the country in uproar.
Fame Is the SpurFame Is the Spur · 1947
Fame Is the Spur
★ 7.11947
MovieDrama
A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace.

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Thunder RockThunder Rock · 1942
Thunder Rock
★ 6.21942
MovieDramaFantasy
David Charleston, once a world renowned journalist, now lives alone maintaining the Thunder Rock lighthouse in Lake Michigan. He doesn't cash his paychecks and has no contact other than the monthly inspector's visit. When alone, he imagines conversations with those who died when a 19th century packet ship with some 60 passengers sank. He imagines their lives, their problems, their fears and their hopes. In one of these conversations, he recalls his own efforts in the 1930s when he desperately tried to convince first his editors, and later the public, of the dangers of fascism and the inevitability of war. Few would listen. One of the passengers, a spinster, tells her story of seeking independence from a world dominated by men. There's also the case of a doctor who is banished for using unacceptable methods. David has given up on life, but the imaginary passengers give him hope for the future.

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