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This article was written on 08 Feb 2025, and is filled under Reviews.

Group 3 Films (1951 to 1955)

The government financed British film production company Group 3 Films was set up to encourage newer filmmakers, and made more than 20 films from 1951 to 1955.

The British film production company Group 3 Films (1951 to 1955) was set up by the National Film Finance Corporation to finance films from newer film-makers. It was run by Scottish documentary maker John Grierson and film-maker John Baxter, and made more than 20 films but lost £500,000.

Group 3 pictures

Judgment Deferred (1951) – directed by John Baxter starring Joan Collins

Brandy for the Parson (1952) – directed by John Eldridge starring Kenneth More

Time Gentlemen Please! (1952) – directed by Lewis Gilbert

You’re Only Young Twice (1952) – directed by Terry Bishop

The Brave Don’t Cry (1952) – directed by Philip Leacock starring John Gregson

Miss Robin Hood (1952) – directed by John Guillermin starring Margaret Rutherford

Laxdale Hall (1952) – directed by John Eldridge

Child’s Play (1952) – directed by Margaret Thomson, written by Don Sharp

The Oracle (1953) – directed by C. M. Pennington-Richards

Man of Africa (1953) – directed by Cyril Frankel

Background (1953) aka Edge of Divorce – written by Don Sharp, directed by Daniel Lowe

The Conquest of Everest (1953) (documentary) directed by George Lowe

The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1953) – directed by Alan Bromly starring Diane Cilento

Devil on Horseback (1954) – directed by Cyril Frankel

Conflict of Wings (1954) aka Fuss Over Feathers – directed by John Elddridge, written by Don Sharp, starring Kieron Moore and Edwin Richfield

The End of the Road (1954) – directed by Wolf Rilla

Orders Are Orders (1954) – directed by David Paltenghi

Make Me an Offer (1954) – directed by Cyril Frankel from debut novel of Wolf Mankowitz starring Peter Finch in his first solo lead

Doublecross (1954) aka Queer Fish

The Love Match (1954) – directed by David Paltenghi starring Arthur Askey

The Blue Peter (1955) – directed by Wolf Rilla, written by Don Sharp, starring Kieron Moore and Edwin Richfield

John and Julie (1955) – directed by William Fairchild

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