List of British films of 1940
A list of British films released in 1940.
1940
Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Notes |
1940 | - | - | - | - |
21 Days | Basil Dean | Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Leslie Banks | Drama | Filmed in 1937 |
All at Sea | Herbert Smith | Sandy Powell, Kay Walsh | Comedy | |
At the Villa Rose | Walter Summers | Judy Kelly, Keneth Kent, Clifford Evans | Mystery | |
Band Waggon | Marcel Varnel | Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch | Comedy | |
Blind Folly | Reginald Denham | Clifford Mollison, Lilli Palmer | Comedy | |
The Briggs Family | Herbert Mason | Edward Chapman, Jane Baxter | Drama | |
Bulldog Sees It Through | Harold Huth | Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt | Mystery | 18th film with Bulldog Drummond character |
Busman's Honeymoon | Arthur B. Woods | Robert Montgomery, Constance Cummings, Leslie Banks | Mystery | |
The Case of the Frightened Lady | George King | Marius Goring, Helen Haye | Mystery | |
Cavalcade of Variety | Thomas Bentley | Billy Cotton, Eve Becke | Musical | |
Channel Incident | Anthony Asquith | Peggy Ashcroft, Gordon Harker | Short/drama | |
Charley's Aunt | Walter Forde | Arthur Askey, Richard Murdoch | Comedy | Based on the farce Charley's Aunt |
The Chinese Bungalow | George King | Paul Lukas, Kay Walsh, Jane Baxter | Drama | |
Contraband | Michael Powell | Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson | War/spy | |
Convoy | Pen Tennyson | Clive Brook, John Clements, Judy Campbell | War | |
Crimes at the Dark House | George King | Tod Slaughter, Sylvia Marriott, Hilary Eaves | Drama | |
Dead Man's Shoes | Thomas Bentley | Leslie Banks, Judy Kelly, Wilfrid Lawson | Crime drama | |
Dr. O'Dowd | Herbert Mason | Shaun Glenville, Peggy Cummins | Drama | |
The Door with Seven Locks | Norman Lee | Leslie Banks, Lilli Palmer | Horror/mystery | |
An Englishman's Home | Albert de Courville | Edmund Gwenn, Mary Maguire | Drama | |
The Flying Squad | Herbert Brenon | Sebastian Shaw, Phyllis Brooks | Crime | |
For Freedom | Maurice Elvey | Will Fyffe, Anthony Hulme | Drama | |
Full Speed Ahead | John Hunt | Michael Osler, Frederick Peisley, Dinah Sheridan | Thriller | |
Garrison Follies | Maclean Rogers | Barry Lupino, Nancy O'Neil | Comedy | |
Gaslight | Thorold Dickinson | Anton Walbrook, Diana Wynyard | Mystery | |
George and Margaret | George King | Marie Lohr, Judy Kelly | Comedy | |
Girl in the News | Carol Reed | Margaret Lockwood, Barry K. Barnes | Thriller | |
The Girl Who Forgot | Adrian Brunel | Elizabeth Allan, Ralph Michael, Enid Stamp-Taylor | Comedy | |
Henry Steps Out | Widgey R. Newman | George Turner, Wally Patch | Comedy | |
His Brother's Keeper | Roy William Neill | Clifford Evans, Tamara Desni | Drama | |
Hoots Mon! | Roy William Neill | Max Miller, Florence Desmond, Hal Walters | Comedy | |
The House of the Arrow | Harold French | Kenneth Kent, Diana Churchill | Mystery | |
It Happened to One Man | Paul L. Stein | Wilfrid Lawson, Nora Swinburne | Drama | |
Jailbirds | Oswald Mitchell | Albert Burdon, Harry Terry | Comedy/crime | |
Just William | Graham Cutts | Richard Lupino, Fred Emney | Comedy | |
Laugh It Off | John Baxter | Tommy Trinder, Jean Colin | Musical comedy | |
Law and Disorder | David MacDonald | Barry K. Barnes, Diana Churchill | Comedy/crime | |
Let George Do It! | Marcel Varnel | George Formby, Phyllis Calvert | Comedy | |
Macushla | Alex Bryce | Liam Gaffney, Pamela Wood | Drama | |
Meet Maxwell Archer | John Paddy Carstairs | John Loder, Marta Labarr | Mystery | |
The Midas Touch | David MacDonald | Barry K. Barnes, Judy Kelly, Frank Cellier | Thriller | |
The Middle Watch | Thomas Bentley | Jack Buchanan, Greta Gynt | Comedy | |
The Missing People | Jack Raymond | Will Fyffe, Kay Walsh | Mystery | |
Mrs. Pym of Scotland Yard | Fred Ellis | Mary Clare, Edward Lexy | Crime | |
Neutral Port | Marcel Varnel | Will Fyffe, Leslie Banks | War | |
Night Train to Munich | Carol Reed | Margaret Lockwood, Rex Harrison | Thriller | |
Old Mother Riley in Society | John Baxter | Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane | Comedy | |
Old Mother Riley Joins Up | Maclean Rogers | Arthur Lucan, Kitty McShane | Comedy | |
Olympic Honeymoon | Alfred J. Goulding | Claude Hulbert, Monty Banks | Comedy | |
Pack Up Your Troubles | Oswald Mitchell | Reginald Purdell, Wylie Watson | Comedy | |
Pastor Hall | Roy Boulting | Wilfrid Lawson, Nova Pilbeam | Drama | |
The Proud Valley | Pen Tennyson | Paul Robeson, Edward Chapman | Drama | |
Return to Yesterday | Robert Stevenson | Clive Brook, Anna Lee | Drama | |
Room for Two | Maurice Elvey | Frances Day, Vic Oliver, Basil Radford | Comedy | |
Sailors Don't Care | Oswald Mitchell | Tom Gamble, Edward Rigby | Comedy | |
Sailors Three | Walter Forde | Tommy Trinder, Claude Hulbert | Comedy | |
Saloon Bar | Walter Forde | Gordon Harker, Elizabeth Allan | Thriller | |
The Second Mr. Bush | John Paddy Carstairs | Kay Walsh, Derrick De Marney | Comedy | |
Shadowed Eyes | Maclean Rogers | Basil Sydney, Patricia Hilliard | Crime | |
Somewhere in England | John E. Blakeley | Frank Randle, Dan Young | Comedy | |
Spare a Copper | John Paddy Carstairs | George Formby, Dorothy Hyson | Comedy | |
The Spider | Maurice Elvey | Derrick De Marney, Diana Churchill | Crime | |
Spies of the Air | David MacDonald | Edward Ashley, Felix Aylmer | Adventure | |
Spy for a Day | Mario Zampi | Douglas Wakefield, Albert Lieven | Comedy thriller | |
The Stars Look Down | Carol Reed | Michael Redgrave, Margaret Lockwood, Emlyn Williams | Drama | |
Ten Days in Paris | Tim Whelan | Rex Harrison, Kaaren Verne | Thriller | |
That's the Ticket | Redd Davis | Sid Field, Hal Walters | Comedy | |
They Came by Night | Harry Lachman | Will Fyffe, Phyllis Calvert | Crime | |
The Thief of Bagdad | Michael Powell, Ludwig Berger, Tim Whelan | Conrad Veidt, Sabu, June Duprez | Fantasy/adventure | Outbreak of World War II caused this to be finished in the US. |
Three Silent Men | Daniel Birt | Sebastian Shaw, Derrick De Marney | Crime | |
Tilly of Bloomsbury | Leslie S. Hiscot | Sydney Howard, Jean Gillie | Comedy | |
Two for Danger | George King | Barry K. Barnes, Greta Gynt | Crime | |
Two Smart Men | Widgey R. Newman | Leslie Fuller, Wally Patch | Comedy | |
Under Your Hat | Maurice Elvey | Jack Hulbert, Cicely Courtneidge | Comedy | |
Where's That Fire? | Marcel Varnel | Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott | Comedy | |
A Window in London | Herbert Mason | Michael Redgrave, Patricia Roc | Thriller |