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Wally Patch

Born: 26 September 1888, London
Died: 27 October 1970, London

Highlighted works

  • Cottage to Let

    Leslie Banks, Alastair Sim and John Mills star in this comic thriller adapted from a stage hit.

  • Unpublished Story

    Valerie Hobson stars in this unusual mix of screwball comedy, conspiracy thriller and battle of the sexes.

  • A Matter of Life and Death

    A Matter of Life and Death

    In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s audacious Technicolor fantasy, WWII airman David Niven finds himself summoned to heaven after surviving a plane crash that should have killed him.

  • Night Train to Munich

    Night Train to Munich

    Margaret Lockwood and Rex Harrsion star in this wartime thriller directed by Carol Reed.

  • Brighton Rock

    Brighton Rock

    Nastier than anything else in 1940s British cinema, Richard Attenborough’s intense performance as teenage gangster Pinkie Brown elevates this adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel.

  • Poor Cow

    Poor Cow

    Carol White (Cathy Come Home) stars in Ken Loach’s debut film, as a working-class single mother living in the London slums.

  • In Which We Serve

    In Which We Serve

    In this wartime tribute to the courage of the British Navy, Noël Coward traces turbulent experiences across the ranks on an ill-fated destroyer.

  • I'm All Right Jack

    I'm All Right Jack

    Factory bosses’ scheming greed and their employees’ stubborn self-interest collide in this satire on the British at work and on strike.

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