BFI 75 Most Wanted
Films (in chronological order)

BFI 75 Most Wanted

Section Title: Films (in chronological order)
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Year	Title	Director	Notes

1913	Maria Marten, or the Mystery of the Red Barn	Maurice Elvey	From first year of Elvey's directorial career. Dramatisation of the notorious Red Barn murder, filmed in the actual locations in which the events took place

1914	A Study in Scarlet	George Pearson	Earliest British Sherlock Holmes feature

1916	Milestones	Thomas Bentley	Ambitious multi-generational family saga

1919	The First Men in the Moon	J. L. V. Leigh	First direct H. G. Wells film adaptation

1920	The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss	Henry Edwards

1921	The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick	Thomas Bentley	Early Dickens adaptation

1921	The Narrow Valley	Cecil Hepworth	Starring Alma Taylor, highly praised for its location shots of the South Downs countryside

1923	Love, Life and Laughter	George Pearson	Acclaimed on release as "a screen classic" and "a masterpiece". On 2 April 2014 Dutch filmmuseum EYE reported that it had discovered a copy.

1923	Reveille	George Pearson	Socially significant World War I drama. Small segments believed to survive in private hands

1923	Woman to Woman	Graham Cutts	Hitchcock as assistant director and uncredited screenwriter

1924	Lily of the Alley	Henry Edwards	Experimental silent without use of intertitles

1924	Who Is the Man?	Walter Summers	Screen debut of John Gielgud

1926	London	Herbert Wilcox	Big-budget "Limehouse" picture starring Dorothy Gish

1926	Mademoiselle from Armentieres	Maurice Elvey	Highest-grossing British film of 1926. A little under one third is known to survive in fragments

1926	The Mountain Eagle	Alfred Hitchcock	The only lost Hitchcock feature film (his short An Elastic Affair is also lost). One of the world's most sought-after lost films.

1927	The Arcadians	Victor Saville	Curiosity as to how a silent version was made of a popular stage musical

1927	The Story of the Flag	Anson Dyer	First full-length British animation

1927	Tip Toes	Herbert Wilcox	Another Dorothy Gish vehicle, mauled by critics

1929	The Crooked Billet	Adrian Brunel	Starring Madeleine Carroll. May have been released in both silent and sound versions

1929	The Last Post	Dinah Shurey	Solo directorial debut of Britain's only female film director of this period

1930	Lord Richard in the Pantry	Walter Forde

1930	School for Scandal	Maurice Elvey	Only film shot in the abortive Raycol colour process. Only screened in black-and-white

1930	Too Many Crooks	George King	British film debut of Laurence Olivier

1931	Deadlock	George King	First British talkie to use a film set as its dramatic location.

1931	Hobson's Choice	Thomas Bentley	Conflicting reports as to whether George Formby appeared in this film

1931	Lloyd of the C.I.D.	Henry MacRae	12-part sound serial, the only such ever made in Britain not targeted at a juvenile audience. Known to have been extant in 1977, but has since proved untraceable

1931	Two Crowded Hours	Michael Powell	Powell's directorial debut, an unexpected box-office success

1932	Castle Sinister	Widgey R. Newman	Early British horror film, intriguing tagline "Mad doctor tries to put girl's brain into apeman's head"

1932	Men of Tomorrow	Leontine Sagan	Screen debut of Robert Donat

1933	Counsel's Opinion	Allan Dwan	Early Alexander Korda production

1933	Yes, Mr Brown	Jack Buchanan	Buchanan's first starring and directing role

1934	Badger's Green	Adrian Brunel	First production credit of Anthony Havelock-Allan

1934	The Path of Glory	Dallas Bower	Exceptionally sophisticated and polished quota quickie

1934	To Be a Lady	George King	Only lost sound film starring Chili Bouchier

1935	Murder at Monte Carlo	Ralph Ince	Screen debut of Errol Flynn

1935	The Price of a Song	Michael Powell	One of Powell's most favourably reviewed quota quickies

1935	The Public Life of Henry the Ninth	Bernerd Mainwaring	First-ever Hammer Films production

1936	Educated Evans	William Beaudine	Considered the best of Max Miller's films

1936	The Man Behind the Mask	Michael Powell	Powell's last quota quickie. A print of the American release, titled Behind the Mask, has been found, but it is a cut version of the original UK film.

1936	The Scarab Murder Case	Michael Hankinson	The only Philo Vance film made in Britain

1937	The Vulture	Ralph Ince	Last film directed by Ince before his death in a road accident

1938	The Viper	Roy William Neill	Sequel to The Vulture

1939	The Good Old Days	Roy William Neill	The only Max Miller film with a period setting

1939	Murder Will Out	Roy William Neill	Playing in cinemas at outbreak of World War II

1940	Dr. O'Dowd	Herbert Mason	Irish-set drama, screen debut of Peggy Cummins. Enthusiastically reviewed in Ireland ("a film about Ireland with a difference...no animals in the living rooms of the homes.")

1941	This Man Is Dangerous	Lawrence Huntington	The only missing James Mason film. Although it is said to have been shown on British television as recently as 1987, this is a false claim.

1943	Deadlock	Ronald Haines	Convoluted thriller with John Slater in dual role as twins. It is now available on DVD.

1943	It's in the Bag	Herbert Mason	Popular Gert and Daisy slapstick comedy

1943	Squadron Leader X	Lance Comfort	Extremely well-reviewed at the time of release, sought due to critical reassessment of Comfort's importance in British cinema history. Story by Emeric Pressburger.

1944	Kiss the Bride Goodbye	Paul L. Stein	Pre-stardom Jean Simmons role. The Huntley Film Archives states that it has "the whole film".

1944	Welcome, Mr. Washington	Leslie S. Hiscott	American soldiers in an English village. Rediscovered c.2015.

1945	Flight from Folly	Herbert Mason	First starring screen role of stage star Patricia Kirkwood

1945	For You Alone	Geoffrey Faithfull	Lavish wartime melodrama, a huge box-office hit

1945	The World Owes Me a Living	Vernon Sewell	Lost film from a re-evaluated director. The Library of Congress possesses "nitrate material".

1948	Bless 'Em All	Robert Jordan Hill	Army comedy-musical, screen debut of Max Bygraves. A 2½-minute trailer survives, while a cut-down version titled Be Kind Sergeant turned up on eBay.

1948	But Not in Vain	Edmond T. Gréville	Tense World War II drama by increasingly studied director

1948	Somewhere in Politics	John E. Blakeley	Mancunian Films production starring Frank Randle. An 18-minute segment survives

1949	The Golden Madonna	Ladislao Vajda	Location-shot in Italy, starring Phyllis Calvert

1950	Double Confession	Ken Annakin	Peter Lorre's only non-Hitchcock British film. A DVD was released but is no longer available.

1952	Hammer the Toff	Maclean Rogers	Two films based on the John Creasey character The Toff. Salute the Toff was released on DVD in November 2013 and Hammer the Toff in March 2016.

1952	Salute the Toff

1953	Small Town Story	Montgomery Tully	Football thriller with appearances by Denis Compton and the Arsenal and Millwall football teams. Starring Donald Houston and Susan Shaw.

1953	Three Steps in the Dark	Daniel Birt	Murder mystery starring Greta Gynt. It is in the collection of the National Film and Sound Archive in Australia.

1954	The Diamond	Montgomery Tully	The first British 3D film. According to BFI, however, it was shown only once in 3D, on 13 September 2006 in Hollywood.

1957	Alive on Sunday	Alfred Travers

1957	Second Fiddle	Maurice Elvey	Elvey's last film, it is now available on DVD.

1960	Linda	Don Sharp	Teen-drama starring Carol White and Alan Rothwell. Originally shown on a double-bill with Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

1962	Crosstrap	Robert Hartford-Davis	Directorial debut, reportedly with exceptionally graphic violence for its time. The BFI reported that a black and white negative print of the film was discovered in the early 2010s and digitally scanned.

1963	Farewell Performance	Robert Tronson	Murder mystery set in the pop world, with performances from Joe Meek acts including The Tornados and Heinz

1968	Sleep Is Lovely (aka, The Other People)	David Hart	Believed to be experimental in filming style, no evidence of screening to a trade or paying audience

1969	The Promise	Michael Hayes	The first time Russian playwright Aleksei Arbuzov allowed any of his works to be filmed. Stars Ian McKellen

1971	Nobody Ordered Love	Robert Hartford-Davis	Following poor promotion and a critical panning, Hartford-Davis reportedly took back all prints and ordered them to be destroyed after his death

1972	The Cherry Picker	Peter Curran	Mild sexploitation comedy with cast including Lulu, Spike Milligan and Terry-Thomas. Believed to be still in private circulation via inferior quality bootleg copies, but original prints and negatives are missing

1973	Symptoms	José Ramón Larraz	British entry in the 1974 Cannes Film Festival. Also believed to circulate privately through bootlegs, but for many years the negatives remained missing.

1983	Where Is Parsifal?	Henri Helman	Cast includes Orson Welles, Tony Curtis and Peter Lawford. Shown at 1984 Cannes Film Festival but withdrawn before scheduled UK release.

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Alfred Hitchcock's The Mountain Eagle film (1926), is in the list of BFI 75 Most Wanted.

final_sentence: Alfred Hitchcock's The Mountain Eagle film (1926), is in the list of BFI 75 Most Wanted.