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Charles Bennett

1899–1995 · English screenwriter

Charles Alfred Selwyn Bennett was an English playwright, screenwriter, actor and director probably best known for his work with Alfred Hitchcock. He was nominated for the first Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for Foreign Correspondent.

Charles Bennett, in order

  1. 1912 Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (short film): acted · directed by J. Stuart Blackton and James Young
  2. 1914 Tillie's Punctured Romance: acted · directed by Mack Sennett
  3. 1930 The Last Hour: wrote · directed by Walter Forde
  4. 1931 Midnight: wrote · directed by George King
  5. 1931 Number, Please: wrote · directed by George King
  6. 1932 Partners Please: wrote · directed by Lloyd Richards
  7. 1933 Hawley's of High Street: wrote · directed by Thomas Bentley
  8. 1933 Mannequin: wrote · directed by George A. Cooper
  9. 1933 Matinee Idol: wrote · directed by George King
  10. 1933 Paris Plane: wrote · directed by John Paddy Carstairs
  11. 1933 The House of Trent: wrote · directed by Norman Walker
  12. 1934 Gay Love: wrote · directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
  13. 1934 The Man Who Knew Too Much: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 88%, audiences 67% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, HBO Max
  14. 1934 The Secret of the Loch: wrote · directed by Milton Rosmer
  15. 1934 Warn London: wrote · directed by T. Hayes Hunter
  16. 1935 All at Sea: wrote · directed by Anthony Kimmins
  17. 1935 King of the Damned: wrote · directed by Walter Forde
  18. 1935 Night Mail: wrote · directed by Herbert Smith
  19. 1935 The 39 Steps: wrote, acted · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 96%, audiences 85% · streaming on Prime Video, HBO Max, Philo
  20. 1935 The Clairvoyant: wrote · directed by Maurice Elvey
  21. 1936 Sabotage: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 91%, audiences 70% · streaming on HBO Max, Roku Channel, Kanopy
  22. 1936 Secret Agent: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 84%, audiences 47% · streaming on Hoopla, Fawesome, Tubi
  23. 1937 King Solomon's Mines: wrote · directed by Geoffrey Barkas and Robert Stevenson
  24. 1937 Young and Innocent: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 100%, audiences 62% · streaming on Criterion Channel, YouTube (free), Plex
  25. 1938 The Young in Heart: wrote · directed by Richard Wallace
  26. 1939 Balalaika: wrote · directed by Reinhold Schünzel
  27. 1939 Hidden Power: wrote · directed by Lewis D. Collins
  28. 1940 Foreign Correspondent: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 95%, audiences 81% · streaming on HBO Max, Roku Channel, Hoopla
  29. 1941 They Dare Not Love: wrote · directed by Charles Vidor and James Whale
  30. 1942 Joan of Paris: wrote · directed by Robert Stevenson
  31. 1942 Reap the Wild Wind: wrote · directed by Cecil B. DeMille
  32. 1943 Forever and a Day: wrote · directed by Cedric Hardwicke and Edmund Goulding · audiences 50% · streaming on Fawesome
  33. 1944 The Story of Dr. Wassell: wrote · directed by Cecil B. DeMille
  34. 1947 Ivy: wrote · directed by Sam Wood
  35. 1947 Unconquered: wrote · directed by Cecil B. DeMille · critics 86%, audiences 67% · streaming on Philo
  36. 1948 The Sign of the Ram: wrote · directed by John Sturges
  37. 1949 Madness of the Heart: directed
  38. 1950 Black Magic: wrote · directed by Gregory Ratoff and Orson Welles · audiences 67% · streaming on Roku Channel, Kanopy, Pluto TV
  39. 1950 Where Danger Lives: wrote · directed by John Farrow
  40. 1951 Kind Lady: wrote · directed by John Sturges
  41. 1952 The Green Glove: wrote · directed by Rudolph Maté
  42. 1953 No Escape: directed, wrote
  43. 1954 Casino Royale (TV movie): wrote · directed by William H. Brown Jr.
  44. 1954 Dangerous Mission: wrote · directed by Louis King
  45. 1956 The Man Who Knew Too Much: wrote · directed by Alfred Hitchcock · critics 88%, audiences 84%
  46. 1957 Night of the Demon: wrote · directed by Jacques Tourneur
  47. 1957 The New Adventures of Charlie Chan (TV series): directed
  48. 1957 The Story of Mankind: wrote · directed by Irwin Allen
  49. 1959 The Big Circus: wrote · directed by Joseph M. Newman
  50. 1960 The Lost World: wrote · directed by Irwin Allen · audiences 20%
  51. 1961 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea: wrote · directed by Irwin Allen
  52. 1962 Five Weeks in a Balloon: wrote · directed by Irwin Allen
  53. 1965 City Under the Sea: wrote · directed by Jacques Tourneur