Roy Boulting

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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Twisted Nerve (1968)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Hayley Mills  •  Hywel Bennett  •  Billie Whitelaw  •  Frank Finlay

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Hayley Mills  •  Hywel Bennett  •  Billie Whitelaw  •  Frank Finlay

Heavens Above! (1963)

A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and prosperous country town. His belief in charity and forgiveness sets him at odds with the conservative and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting  •  John Boulting
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Cecil Parker  •  Isabel Jeans  •  Ian Carmichael

A naive but caring prison chaplain, who happens to have the same last name as an upper class cleric, is by mistake appointed as vicar to a small and prosperous country town. His belief in charity and forgiveness sets him at odds with the conservative and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting  •  John Boulting
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Cecil Parker  •  Isabel Jeans  •  Ian Carmichael

There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Goldie Hawn  •  Tony Britton  •  Nicky Henson

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Goldie Hawn  •  Tony Britton  •  Nicky Henson

High Treason (1951)

Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Liam Redmond  •  André Morell  •  Anthony Bushell  •  Kenneth Griffith

Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Liam Redmond  •  André Morell  •  Anthony Bushell  •  Kenneth Griffith

Brothers in Law (1957)

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Richard Attenborough  •  Ian Carmichael  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Jill Adams

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Richard Attenborough  •  Ian Carmichael  •  Terry-Thomas  •  Jill Adams

The Last Word (1979)

When politicians try to force out a renter in a corrupt real-estate deal, the man decides to take matters into his own hands. He takes a police officer hostage, hoping to expose the scam and save his home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Karen Black  •  Martin Landau  •  Dennis Christopher

When politicians try to force out a renter in a corrupt real-estate deal, the man decides to take matters into his own hands. He takes a police officer hostage, hoping to expose the scam and save his home.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Richard Harris  •  Karen Black  •  Martin Landau  •  Dennis Christopher

Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974)

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. As British Major Robinson he is hidden in Madame Grenier's Parisian brothel, right ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Lila Kedrova  •  Curd Jürgens  •  Béatrice Romand

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. As British Major Robinson he is hidden in Madame Grenier's Parisian brothel, right ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Peter Sellers  •  Lila Kedrova  •  Curd Jürgens  •  Béatrice Romand

Thunder Rock (1942)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Barbara Mullen  •  James Mason  •  Lilli Palmer

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Barbara Mullen  •  James Mason  •  Lilli Palmer

Inquest (1939)

A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to the assistance of a quick-witted lawyer she is eventually found innocent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Elizabeth Allan  •  Herbert Lomas  •  Hay Petrie  •  Barbara Everest

A woman is suspected of killing her husband after a revolver is found in her attic. A coroner is determined to prove that she did it, but thanks to the assistance of a quick-witted lawyer she is eventually found innocent.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Elizabeth Allan  •  Herbert Lomas  •  Hay Petrie  •  Barbara Everest

Josephine and Men (1955)

1955 British comedy starring Glynis Johns.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Glynis Johns  •  Jack Buchanan  •  Peter Finch  •  Donald Sinden

1955 British comedy starring Glynis Johns.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Glynis Johns  •  Jack Buchanan  •  Peter Finch  •  Donald Sinden

A French Mistress (1960)

The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress! Madelin Leforge's (the French Mistress) effect on the boys is swift and amazing. Suddenly everyone wants extra French Lessons just to glimpse the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Cecil Parker  •  Ian Bannen  •  Agnès Laurent  •  James Robertson Justice

The boys of Melbury Primary School are plunged into turmoil when the new French Master turns out to be a Mistress! Madelin Leforge's (the French Mistress) effect on the boys is swift and amazing. Suddenly everyone wants extra French Lessons just to glimpse the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Cecil Parker  •  Ian Bannen  •  Agnès Laurent  •  James Robertson Justice

Happy Is the Bride (1958)

In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair of Janet's father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Ian Carmichael  •  Janette Scott  •  Cecil Parker  •  Terry-Thomas

In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the dismay of the couple and the increasing despair of Janet's father.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Ian Carmichael  •  Janette Scott  •  Cecil Parker  •  Terry-Thomas

Suspect (1960)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Tony Britton  •  Virginia Maskell  •  Ian Bannen  •  Kenneth Griffith

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Tony Britton  •  Virginia Maskell  •  Ian Bannen  •  Kenneth Griffith

Fame Is the Spur (1947)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Rosamund John  •  Bernard Miles  •  Carla Lehmann

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Rosamund John  •  Bernard Miles  •  Carla Lehmann

Seagulls Over Sorrento (1954)

A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting  •  John Boulting
CAST:  Gene Kelly  •  John Justin  •  Bernard Lee  •  Sid James

A Navy lieutenant is borrowed by the British to supervise torpedo experiments after one of their scientists is killed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting  •  John Boulting
CAST:  Gene Kelly  •  John Justin  •  Bernard Lee  •  Sid James

Mr. Forbush and the Penguins (1971)

Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accept a six-month research post in the Antarctic, making the first detailed study of a penguin colony, changes all that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting  •  Alfred Viola  •  Arne Sucksdorff
CAST:  John Hurt  •  Hayley Mills  •  Dudley Sutton  •  Tony Britton

Life for Richard Forbush, brilliant biology student and conceited philanderer, is one long round of eat, drink and be merry. But his decision to accept a six-month research post in the Antarctic, making the first detailed study of a penguin colony, changes all that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting  •  Alfred Viola  •  Arne Sucksdorff
CAST:  John Hurt  •  Hayley Mills  •  Dudley Sutton  •  Tony Britton

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)

Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Terry-Thomas  •  Peter Sellers  •  Luciana Paluzzi  •  Ian Bannen

Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Terry-Thomas  •  Peter Sellers  •  Luciana Paluzzi  •  Ian Bannen

Sailor of the King (1953)

A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a ship under his command when he is tracking a German Raider. When the boy is captured after his ship is sunk, he finds a way ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Jeffrey Hunter  •  Michael Rennie  •  Wendy Hiller  •  Bernard Lee

A British naval officer has a brief affair with a woman in England and never knows that she bears him a son. 20 years later the boy is on a ship under his command when he is tracking a German Raider. When the boy is captured after his ship is sunk, he finds a way ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Jeffrey Hunter  •  Michael Rennie  •  Wendy Hiller  •  Bernard Lee

Pastor Hall (1940)

This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930's has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Wilfrid Lawson  •  Nova Pilbeam  •  Seymour Hicks  •  Marius Goring

This film is based on the true story of Pastor Martin Neimuller, who was sent to Dachau concentration camp for criticising the Nazi party. The small German village of Altdorf in the 1930's has to come to terms with Chancellor Hitler and the arrival of a platoon of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Boulting
CAST:  Wilfrid Lawson  •  Nova Pilbeam  •  Seymour Hicks  •  Marius Goring

Tunisian Victory (1944)

Documentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps after the North African campaign.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston  •  Frank Capra  •  Roy Boulting  •  John Boulting  •  Hugh Stewart
CAST:  Leo Genn  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Bernard Miles  •  Jacques Duchesne

Documentary made by the U.S. Army Signal Corps after the North African campaign.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Huston  •  Frank Capra  •  Roy Boulting  •  John Boulting  •  Hugh Stewart
CAST:  Leo Genn  •  Burgess Meredith  •  Bernard Miles  •  Jacques Duchesne
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