The Cruel Tower
The Cruel Tower is a 1956 American adventure film directed by Lew Landers and written by Warren Douglas.
It is based on the 1955 novel" The Cruel Tower" by William Brown Hartley.
The film stars John Ericson, Mari Blanchard, Charles McGraw, Steve Brodie, Peter Whitney and Alan Hale Jr..
The film was released on October 28, 1956, by Allied Artists Pictures.
Stephen Frears
Stephen Arthur Frears( born 20 June 1941) is an English film and television director.
Frears has directed numerous films since the 1980s including" My Beautiful LaundretteDangerous Liaisons High Fidelity The QueenPhilomena", and" Florence Foster Jenkins".
He has been nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director: for" The Grifters" and" The Queen".
In 2008" The Daily Telegraph" named him among the 100 most influential people in British culture.
W. Augustus Barratt
W. Augustus Barratt( 1873- 1947) was a Scottish- born, later American, songwriter and musician.
Margaret Tyzack
Margaret Maud Tyzack( 9 September 193125 June 2011) was an English actress.
Her television roles included" The Forsyte Saga"( 1967) and" I, Claudius"( 1976).
She won the 1970 BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress for the BBC serial" The First Churchills", and the 1990 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for" Lettice and Lovage", opposite Maggie Smith.
She also won two Olivier Awards.
Her film appearances included( 1968)," A Clockwork Orange"( 1971)," Prick Up Your Ears"( 1987) and" Match Point"( 2005).
Prick Up Your Ears
Prick Up Your Ears is a 1987 British film, directed by Stephen Frears, about the playwright Joe Orton and his lover Kenneth Halliwell.
The screenplay was written by Alan Bennett, based on the biography by John Lahr.
The film stars Gary Oldman as Orton, Alfred Molina as Halliwell, Wallace Shawn as Lahr, and Vanessa Redgrave as Peggy Ramsay.
Lew Landers
Lew Landers( born Louis Friedlander, January 2, 1901 – December 16, 1962) was an American independent film and television director.
Simon Bent
Simon Bent is a British screenwriter and playwright, notable for work including BBC TV drama( 2006), the screenplay for the feature film" Christie Malry's Own Double- Entry"( 2000), and the Joe Orton biographical play" Prick Up Your Ears" based on John Lahr's book.
Sheila Kelley (British actress)
Sheila Kelley is a British television actress.
Her career began in 1974, in the series" Village Hall".
Further notable appearances were in the series" Within These Walls"( 1978)," Empire Road"( 1978)," Play for Today"( 1975, 1976, 1982)," A Touch of Frost"( 1994)," Dangerfield"( 1998) and" Dalziel and Pascoe"( 1997, 2000).
She also acted in movies, including" Wish You Were Here"( 1987) and" Secrets& Lies"( 1996).
She was married to actor Stephen Bill( known from" Prick Up Your Ears").
Their son Leo Bill is also an actor( known from" 28 Days Later").
Frances Barber
Frances Barber( born Frances Brookes, 13 May 1957) is an English actress.
She received Olivier Award nominations for her work in the plays" Camille"( 1985), and" Uncle Vanya"( 1997).
Her film appearances include three collaborations with Gary Oldman in" Prick Up Your Ears"( 1987)," We Think the World of You"( 1988) and" Dead Fish"( 2005), as well as" Sammy and Rosie Get Laid"( 1987)," Soft Top Hard Shoulder"( 1992), and" Film Stars Do n't Die in Liverpool"( 2017).
Barber's numerous television credits include" The Street"( 2009)," Doctor Who"( 2011), and" Silk"( 2012–14).
Bert Parnaby
James Bertram" Bert" Parnaby( 4 March 1924 – 30 July 1992) was a British actor who was notable for a string of TV and Film roles from the 1960s through the 1980s.
His TV roles included performances in" Blackadder By the Sword DividedJuliet BravoInspector Morse" and" Last of the Summer Wine".
In 1988, he appeared as Father Christmas in the BBC adaptation of" The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe".
His film credits included" Prick Up Your Ears"( 1987)," The Dressmaker"( 1988) and" The Reunion"( 1989).
Bert was also a schoolmaster, teaching English at Manchester Grammar School during the 1950s and early 1960s, and subsequently becoming an HMI( one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools).
He died in July 1992 at the age of 68, shortly after the death of his wife Jane.
A bench in their memory was later erected in Drummer Street, Cambridge.

Question: Which film has the director who was born later, The Cruel Tower or Prick Up Your Ears?
Answer: Prick Up Your Ears