A scriptwriter in British films by the late '20s, Launder collaborated with Sidney Gilliat in the late '30s and early '40s on the screenplays for Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes and Carol Reed's Night Train to Munich and Kipps. They also co-directed the 1942 short Partners in Crime and the 1943 feature Millions Like Us. Launder produced and co-scripted several notable films which Gilliat directed in the '40s and '50s, including Green for Danger and State Secret. As a director, Launder is most fondly remembered for his espionage film I See a Dark Stranger (aka The Adventuress) with Deborah Kerr, The Blue Lagoon with Jean Simmons and Donald Houston, and the twisted series of St. Trinian's black comedies, starting with The Belles of St. Trinian's, starring Alastair Sim.
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The Wildcats of St. Trinian's
Director, Screenwriter |
1980 | |||
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Get Charlie Tully
Executive Producer |
1972 | |||
The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1966 | |||
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Joey Boy
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1965 | |||
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Ring of Treason
Screenwriter |
1964 | |||
The Pure Hell of St. Trinian's
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1961 | |||
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Left, Right and Center
Producer |
1959 | |||
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The Bridal Path
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1959 | |||
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She Played With Fire
Producer, Screenwriter |
1957 | |||
The Smallest Show on Earth
Producer |
1957 | |||
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1956 | |||
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The Green Man
Play Author, Producer, Screenwriter |
1956 | |||
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The Constant Husband
Producer |
1955 | |||
Wee Geordie
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1955 | |||
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Folly to Be Wise
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1953 | |||
The Belles of St. Trinian's
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1953 | |||
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The Great Gilbert and Sullivan
Producer |
1953 | |||
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Lady Godiva Rides Again
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1951 | |||
The Happiest Days of Your Life
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1950 | |||
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The Blue Lagoon
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1949 | |||
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The Great Manhunt
Producer |
1949 | |||
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Dulcimer Street
Producer |
1948 | |||
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Captain Boycott
Director, Producer, Screenwriter |
1947 | |||
Green for Danger
Producer |
1947 | |||
I See a Dark Stranger
Director, Screenwriter |
1946 | |||
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Notorious Gentleman
Producer, Screenwriter |
1945 | |||
2,000 Women
Director, Screenwriter |
1944 | |||
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Soldier, Sailor
Screenwriter |
1944 | |||
Millions Like Us
Director, Screenwriter |
1943 | |||
We Dive at Dawn
Screenwriter |
1943 | |||
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The Young Mr. Pitt
Screenwriter |
1942 | |||
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Kipps
Screenwriter |
1941 | |||
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Mail Train
Screenwriter |
1941 | |||
Night Train to Munich
Screenwriter |
1940 | |||
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They Came by Night
Screenwriter |
1940 | |||
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A Girl Has To Live
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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A Girl Must Live
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Screenwriter |
1939 | |||
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Emil
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
The Lady Vanishes
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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The Loves of Madame Dubarry
Screenwriter |
1938 | |||
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Don't Get Me Wrong
Screenwriter |
1937 | |||
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Oh, Mr. Porter!
Screen Story |
1937 | |||
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Doomed Cargo.
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Educated Evans
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Twelve Good Men
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Where's Sally?
Screenwriter |
1936 | |||
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Black Mask
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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Get off My Foot
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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Mr. What's-His-Name
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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Rolling Home
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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So You Won't Talk?
Screenwriter |
1935 | |||
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Happy
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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Those Were the Days
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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You Made Me Love You
Screenwriter |
1934 | |||
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A Southern Maid
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Facing the Music
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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For the Love of Mike
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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Hawley's of High Street
Screenwriter |
1933 | |||
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After Office Hours
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Josser in the Army
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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The Last Coupon
Screenwriter |
1932 | |||
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Hobson's Choice
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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Keepers of Youth
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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The W Plan
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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The Woman Between
Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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Children of Chance
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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Harmony Heaven
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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Song of Soho
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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The Middle Watch
Screenwriter |
1930 | |||
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Under the Greenwood Tree
Screenwriter |
1929 |
