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January 15, 1900 in Tunbridge Wells, England, UK

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August 13, 1974 in London, England, UK

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Robert Compton-Bennett was an editor for Alexander Korda in the early 1930s. He cut army training and propaganda films, and helmed the documentaries Find, Fix and Strike and Men of Rochdale during World War Two. In 1945 he directed the short Julius Caesar and his first feature, the celebrated psychological drama The Seventh Veil, written by Muriel and Sydney Box. Bennett helmed a trio of films in Hollywood in the late '40s (My Own True Love, That Forsyte Woman, King Solomon's Mines), then continued to work in England through the 1960s, making theatrical features such as the war-refugee drama Desperate Moment, as well as directing for television.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Beyond the Curtain Director, Screenwriter	1960
City After Midnight Director, Screenwriter	1957
Mailbag Robbery Director, Producer	1957
After the Ball Director	1953
Desperate Moment Director	1953
It Started in Paradise Director	1952
So Little Time Director	1952
The Gift Horse Director	1952
King Solomon's Mines Director	1950
That Forsyte Woman Director	1949
My Own True Love Director	1948
The Years Between Director	1947
Daybreak Director	1946
The Seventh Veil Director	1945
The Big Blockade Editor	1942

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