Your comprehensive guide detailing TV and Film productions that have been filmed in Kent
Director: Frank Launder Writers: Frank Launder, Val Valentine Starring: Pauline Stroud, Dennis Price, John McCallum, Stanley Holloway, Diana Dors Production Company: ZSA Kent location used: Folkestone – The Leas Cliff Hall, The Metropole, Rotunda Amusement Park and Folkestone West Train Station Lady Godiva Rides Again is a British comedy film about a small town girl who […]
Director:Robert Hamer Writers: Robert Hamer Starring: Dennis Price, Alec Guinness, Valerie Hobson, Joan Greenwood, Hugh Griffith Production Company: Ealing Studios, Michael Balcon Productions Kent Locations: Leeds Castle, Harrietsham, Boughton Monchelsea Kind Hearts and Coronets is based on the novel Israel Rank: The Autobiography of a Criminal by Roy Horniman which tells the story of Louis […]
Directed by: Charles Frend and Robert Hamer Starring: Googie Withers, Jean Kent, John McCallum, Derek Bond, Henry Mollison, Chips Rafferty, Sonia Holm Production Company: Ealing Studios Kent Locations Used: Romney Marsh, St Clements Church, Dungeness beach, The New Inn, The Woolpack Inn Joanna Godden (Googie Withers) inherits Little Baynham Sheep Farm after the death of […]
Directed By: David Lean Written By: Charles Dickens (Novel) & David Lean (Adaptation) Starring: John Mills, Valerie Hobson, Tony Wager, Bernard Miles and Martita Hunt Production Company: Cineguild, National Symphony Orchestra Kent Locations Used: St Mary’s Marshes, The River Medway Great Expectations was the first of David Lean’s two adaptations of Dickens’ classic novels (Oliver Twist […]
Written & Directed by: Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger Starring: Eric Portman, John Sweet, Sheila Sim and Dennis Price Production Company: The Archers, Independent Producers Kent Locations Used: City of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, Chilham, Fordwich, Little Stour, Selling, Wickhambreaux and Wingham Inspired by the Chaucer tales, this classic film by cinema legends Powell and Pressburger tells […]
Director: Michael Powell Writers: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell Starring: Conrad Veidt, Valerie Hobson, Hay Petrie Production Company: British National Films Kent Locations Used: Ramsgate Set in early World War II, Contraband (1940) is about a Danish sea captain, delayed in a British port when a blackout occurs. The darkness brings chaos with smugglers and spies wanting […]
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