Betty E. Box

Betty E. Box

Betty E. Box (full name Betty Evelyn Box) was a prolific producer of British films, mainly comedies, between 1946 and the early 1970s, working mainly for Pinewood Studios and often together with director Ralph Thomas. Originally a commercial artist, she started producing documentaries during World War II for her filmmaker brother Sydney Box's company Verity Films. In 1946 she was followed her brother to Gainsborough Pictures, where she produced several features before the company closed in 1949. She then moved to Rank's Pinewood Studios, where she and Ralph Thomas made some 30 films together. All in all, she produced 47 features and was awarded an OBE in 1958.

  • Title: Betty E. Box
  • Popularity: 1.641
  • Known For: Production
  • Birthday: 1915-09-25
  • Place of Birth: Beckenham, Kent, England, UK
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Betty E. Box Movies

  • 2006
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    Flying Machines

    Flying Machines

    1 2006 HD

    Phoebe Fairchild discovers secrets about her dead husband

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  • 1982
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    The Rank Charm School

    The Rank Charm School

    1 1982 HD

    Documentary about The Company of Youth, The Rank Organisation’s training school for aspirant film actors, nicknamed The Rank Charm School.

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  • 1996
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    The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry

    The Man Who Ruined the British Film Industry

    1 1996 HD

    Documentary about John Davis, a businessman who as chairman oversaw the decline of the Rank Organisation.

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  • 1985
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    The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

    The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio

    6 1985 HD

    Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with...

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  • 1952
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    Venetian Bird

    Venetian Bird

    5.9 1952 HD

    Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect...

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  • 1964
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    Hot Enough for June

    Hot Enough for June

    6.1 1964 HD

    A young man travels to Prague to join his new employer, unaware that he is being used as an espionage courier.

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  • 1969
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    Some Girls Do

    Some Girls Do

    5.9 1969 HD

    A series of unexplainable accidents befall the people and companies responsible for developing the world's first supersonic airliner. A British agent...

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  • 1947
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    Dear Murderer

    Dear Murderer

    5.7 1947 HD

    When a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime.

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  • 1950
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    The Clouded Yellow

    The Clouded Yellow

    6.1 1950 HD

    After leaving the British Secret Service, David Somers (played by Trevor Howard) finds work cataloging butterflies at the country house of Nicholas...

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  • 1958
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    The Wind Cannot Read

    The Wind Cannot Read

    6.3 1958 HD

    A British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They start a romance, but she is regarded as the enemy...

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  • 1954
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    Doctor in the House

    Doctor in the House

    6.3 1954 HD

    The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical...

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  • 1960
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    Doctor in Love

    Doctor in Love

    5.5 1960 HD

    Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness...

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  • 1970
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    Doctor in Trouble

    Doctor in Trouble

    5.1 1970 HD

    Dr. Burke is in love with Ophelia but doesn't have time to propose to her as she leaves for a cruise to the Mediterranean. Also on board the cruise...

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  • 1963
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    Doctor in Distress

    Doctor in Distress

    6.2 1963 HD

    "Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and...

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  • 1966
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    Doctor in Clover

    Doctor in Clover

    6 1966 HD

    Doctor in Clover is another 'Doctor' movie, but this time Leslie Phillips is the main doctor in the story, looking for love and romance from the...

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  • 1955
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    Doctor at Sea

    Doctor at Sea

    5.3 1955 HD

    The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. A bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape...

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  • 1957
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    Doctor at Large

    Doctor at Large

    5.6 1957 HD

    Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk...

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  • 1968
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    Nobody Runs Forever

    Nobody Runs Forever

    6 1968 HD

    Detective Scobie Malone accepts a mission to fly to London to arrest Sir James Quentin, a high-level commissioner wanted down under for murder. But...

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  • 1957
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    Campbell's Kingdom

    Campbell's Kingdom

    5.536 1957 HD

    Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In...

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  • 1948
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    Miranda

    Miranda

    6.3 1948 HD

    A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue.

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  • 1954
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    Mad About Men

    Mad About Men

    6.1 1954 HD

    Flirtatious mermaid Miranda swaps places with a schoolteacher who has gone on holiday. All is well until she falls in love with a human.

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  • 1964
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    The High Bright Sun

    The High Bright Sun

    5.3 1964 HD

    This story of love and espionage focuses on political turmoil as a small nation struggles to free itself from colonial rule, and one man tries to...

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  • 1949
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    It's Not Cricket

    It's Not Cricket

    5.8 1949 HD

    Kicked out of Army Intelligence, a pair of upper class twits set up as private detectives. The result is refined English chaos. " This is the...

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  • 1948
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    Here Come the Huggetts

    Here Come the Huggetts

    6.4 1948 HD

    The Huggetts have their first telephone installed, sleep rough on The Mall whilst waiting for the Royal Wedding and deal with a fire at the 'Oatibix'...

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  • 1949
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    Vote for Huggett

    Vote for Huggett

    6.6 1949 HD

    A firm of solicitors do battle with the head of the local council over a parcel of river front land, owned by the Huggett family, in order to build a...

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  • 1949
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    The Huggetts Abroad

    The Huggetts Abroad

    6.6 1949 HD

    Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family...

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  • 1961
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    No, My Darling Daughter

    No, My Darling Daughter

    6.3 1961 HD

    A British business tycoon is surprised to discover his teenage daughter is being courted by a mysterious young man.

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  • 1953
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    A Day to Remember

    A Day to Remember

    7.2 1953 HD

    A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of the party have different reasons for going and get...

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  • 1952
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    Venetian Bird

    Venetian Bird

    5.9 1952 HD

    Private eye Edward Mercer travels to Venice to locate a man due a reward for his aid in the war. Shortly after arriving, he becomes the prime suspect...

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  • 1950
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    So Long at the Fair

    So Long at the Fair

    6.7 1950 HD

    Vicky Barton and her brother Johnny travel from Naples to visit the 1889 Paris Exhibition. They both sleep in seperate rooms in their hotel. When the...

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  • 1987
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    Benji the Hunted

    Benji the Hunted

    6.529 1987 HD

    Benji has become stranded on a remote island after a boating accident. He finds himself struggling to survive in the wilderness, avoiding close...

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  • 1951
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    Appointment with Venus

    Appointment with Venus

    5.1 1951 HD

    At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel Islands. However, someone realises that a prize cow is on...

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  • 1947
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    The Upturned Glass

    The Upturned Glass

    6.7 1947 HD

    A neurosurgeon relates to his students in medical school a story about an affair he had with a married woman and how after the affair was over, the...

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  • 1946
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    The Years Between

    The Years Between

    6.2 1946 HD

    Michael Redgrave, Valerie Hobson, Flora Robson and Felix Aylmer star in this moving and sophisticated story of love and loss set against the backdrop...

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  • 1947
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    When The Bough Breaks

    When The Bough Breaks

    6 1947 HD

    The bewildered wife of a bigamist allows her child to be adopted and then regrets it.

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  • 1948
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    The Blind Goddess

    The Blind Goddess

    5.6 1948 HD

    Justice, the poets have it, is a blind goddess. Eric Portman stars as the lawyer defending a lord, Hugh Williams, accused by his secretary Michael...

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  • 1949
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    Marry Me

    Marry Me

    5.5 1949 HD

    The stories of several individuals who consult a marriage bureau, including a peer of the realm, his butler, a lonely school teacher, a French girl...

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  • 1949
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    Christopher Columbus

    Christopher Columbus

    5.7 1949 HD

    Christopher Columbus overcomes intrigue at the Spanish court and convinces Queen Isabella that his plan to reach the East by sailing west is...

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  • 1949
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    Don't Ever Leave Me

    Don't Ever Leave Me

    7.5 1949 HD

    Elderly crook Harry Denton, when challenged to prove he is "not past it," decides to kidnap Sheila Farlane, the 16 year old daughter of a famous...

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  • 1956
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    The Iron Petticoat

    The Iron Petticoat

    5.8 1956 HD

    Captain Vinka Kovalenko defects from Russia, but not for political reasons. She defects because she feels discriminated against as a woman. Captain...

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  • 1956
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    Checkpoint

    Checkpoint

    5.3 1956 HD

    Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However,...

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  • 1958
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    A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    6.8 1958 HD

    British barrister Sydney Carton lives an insubstantial and unhappy life. He falls under the spell of Lucie Manette, but Lucie marries Charles Darnay....

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  • 1959
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    The 39 Steps

    The 39 Steps

    6.093 1959 HD

    In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.

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  • 1959
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    Upstairs and Downstairs

    Upstairs and Downstairs

    5.2 1959 HD

    On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by....

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  • 1960
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    Conspiracy of Hearts

    Conspiracy of Hearts

    6.9 1960 HD

    In wartime Italy nuns in a convent regularly smuggle Jewish children out of a nearby internment camp. The Italian army officer in charge suspects...

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  • 1961
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    No Love for Johnnie

    No Love for Johnnie

    5.5 1961 HD

    Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional...

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  • 1962
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    A Pair of Briefs

    A Pair of Briefs

    5.7 1962 HD

    She's new in chambers, and he's a troublemaker. But what 'is' the true status of the old lady's wartime marriage, and can the two young legal minds...

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  • 1962
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    The Wild and the Willing

    The Wild and the Willing

    5.7 1962 HD

    Harry Brown is a somewhat rough and wild university student, who has the ability to win friends, especially the underdogs like Phil who doesn't play...

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  • 1967
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    Deadlier Than the Male

    Deadlier Than the Male

    5.841 1967 HD

    British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do his killings.

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  • 1971
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    Percy

    Percy

    4.3 1971 HD

    Edwin Antony (Hywel Bennett) is emasculated in an accident which kills a young philanderer. Doctors successfully replace his member with that of the...

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  • 1973
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    The Love Ban

    The Love Ban

    3.5 1973 HD

    In this 1970s comedy, a Catholic man contemplates going against his priest's guidance on contraceptives when his wife wants to stop having children.

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  • 1974
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    Percy's Progress

    Percy's Progress

    3.9 1974 HD

    Percy, the man with the world's first penis transplant, discovers that there is a chemical in the world's water that makes men impotent.

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  • 1986
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    Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

    Fifties Features - The Women behind the Pictures

    1 1986 HD

    A three part series about women working in the British film industry during the 1950s.

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