Lance Comfort

Lance Comfort

Lance Comfort (August 11, 1908 – August 25, 1966) was an English film director and producer born in Harrow, London. With a career spanning over 25 years he became one of the most prolific film directors in Britain though never gained critical attention and remained on the fringes of the film industry creating mostly B movies. Comfort carried on working almost right up to his death in Worthing, Sussex, 1966. He had four children Edward born in 1929, James born in 1931, Anna born in 1934, and Jack born in 1936

  • Title: Lance Comfort
  • Popularity: 2.237
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1908-08-11
  • Place of Birth: Harrow, Greater London, England, UK
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Lance Comfort Movies

  • 1953
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    The Girl on the Pier

    The Girl on the Pier

    6 1953 HD

    Sometimes listed as a horror film, the British Girl on the Pier is a Spartan little melodrama starring the alluring Veronica Hurst as the title...

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  • 1963
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    The Break

    The Break

    6.1 1963 HD

    A group of inmates escape from Dartmoor prison. They hide out in the English country side but are doggedly chased by police.

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  • 1961
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    Pit of Darkness

    Pit of Darkness

    6.3 1961 HD

    When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm, is found unconscious, on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of...

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  • 1961
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    Pit of Darkness

    Pit of Darkness

    6.3 1961 HD

    When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm, is found unconscious, on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of...

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  • 1946
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    Bedelia

    Bedelia

    5.2 1946 HD

    Bedelia Carrington is living happily, it appears, in Monte Carlo with her husband Charlie Carrington. But a cultivated young artist, Ben Chaney,...

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  • 1961
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    Rag Doll

    Rag Doll

    4.9 1961 HD

    A British drama about a girl becoming a woman after she relocates to London. She and her young boyfriend become tempted by one of her older admirers...

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  • 1965
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    Devils of Darkness

    Devils of Darkness

    4.938 1965 HD

    A secret vampire cult, which has its headquarters beneath the town cemetery, searches for victims for its human sacrifice rituals.

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  • 1948
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    Daughter of Darkness

    Daughter of Darkness

    5.8 1948 HD

    In Ballyconnen, Emmy Baudine is a beautiful but disturbed young woman who works for the local priest. When the carnival comes to town, she encounters...

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  • 1943
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    When We Are Married

    When We Are Married

    1 1943 HD

    The Helliwells, the Soppitts, and the Parkers, old friends gathered to celebrate their common silver anniversaries. To their dismay they learn that...

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  • 1957
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    Menace In The Night

    Menace In The Night

    1 1957 HD

    A woman (Lisa Gastoni) witnesses the theft of soiled banknotes from a mail delivery truck, then is threatened by the perpetrators of the crime.

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  • 1942
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    Hatter's Castle

    Hatter's Castle

    6.3 1942 HD

    The year is 1880. On the outskirts of the fictional small Scottish town of Levenford there stands a strange building, half cottage, half castle,...

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  • 1947
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    Temptation Harbour

    Temptation Harbour

    4.8 1947 HD

    The story of a harbor signalman who retrieves a suitcase full of money after witnessing a murder, fails to report it to the police, and finds himself...

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  • 1964
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    Blind Corner

    Blind Corner

    5 1964 HD

    Paul Gregory (William Sylvester) is an accomplished composer despite his blindness, and his beautiful wife Anne (Barbara Shelley) seems to be the...

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  • 1954
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    Eight O'Clock Walk

    Eight O'Clock Walk

    6.7 1954 HD

    Only a British cabdriver's (Richard Attenborough) wife (Cathy O'Donnell) and lawyer (Derek Farr) believe him innocent of killing a little girl.

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  • 1944
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    Hotel Reserve

    Hotel Reserve

    6.5 1944 HD

    A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.

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  • 1962
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    The Painted Smile

    The Painted Smile

    5.6 1962 HD

    Jo and Mark are working the "outraged husband" racket when they fall foul of the sinister Kleinie....

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  • 1956
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    The Man in the Road

    The Man in the Road

    6.333 1956 HD

    A brilliant scientist who has lost his memory is hunted by Communist agents out to obtain a secret formula.

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  • 1962
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    Tomorrow at Ten

    Tomorrow at Ten

    6.3 1962 HD

    A British policeman (John Gregson) tries to find a rich man's (Alec Clunes) son before a kidnapper's (Robert Shaw) time bomb blows.

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  • 1959
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    Make Mine a Million

    Make Mine a Million

    7.2 1959 HD

    Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his...

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  • 1957
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    Man from Tangier

    Man from Tangier

    4.6 1957 HD

    International crook Armstrong flees post-war Tangier with priceless forgery plates and is pursued to London where he accidentally swaps coats in a...

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  • 1945
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    Great Day

    Great Day

    7.3 1945 HD

    An impending V.I.P. visit causes bustle in an English village, while the Ellis family struggles with private problems.

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  • 1949
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    Silent Dust

    Silent Dust

    7.3 1949 HD

    A wealthy blind man is determined to build a cricket pavilion as a memorial to his dead son, who was killed in battle in World War II. Not long...

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  • 1936
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    Men of Yesterday

    Men of Yesterday

    1 1936 HD

    A retired major and ex-enemies pledge peace at reunion.

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  • 1963
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    The Switch

    The Switch

    5.5 1963 HD

    A wristwatch-smuggling gang bring watches into the country in a car's petrol tank. Poor Zena Marshall knows too much, so the gangs abducts her....

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  • 1959
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    The Ugly Duckling

    The Ugly Duckling

    5.8 1959 HD

    Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never...

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  • 1950
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    Portrait of Clare

    Portrait of Clare

    6.5 1950 HD

    The three marriages of a woman: a young man who is killed, a priggish lawyer and a sympathetic barrister. From the novel by Francis Brett Young.

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  • 1954
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    Bang! You're Dead

    Bang! You're Dead

    7.3 1954 HD

    Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays...

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  • 1965
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    Be My Guest

    Be My Guest

    6.3 1965 HD

    A couple inherit a hotel with no guests until their son's pop group turns things around.

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  • 1963
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    Live It Up!

    Live It Up!

    5.8 1963 HD

    A young postman, who fronts a pop group, dreams of being bigger than The Beatles. They record a demo tape, but things seem to be going pear shaped...

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  • 1942
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    Penn of Pennsylvania

    Penn of Pennsylvania

    4.5 1942 HD

    Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell,...

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  • 1936
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    Sunshine Ahead

    Sunshine Ahead

    1 1936 HD

    'Producer stages outside broadcast despite jealous critic.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1943
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    Squadron Leader X

    Squadron Leader X

    1 1943 HD

    Equipped with an RAF uniform, an English accent, a photograph of his "wife" and a packet of Players (cigarettes), a German agent is parachuted into...

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  • 1935
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    Variety

    Variety

    1 1935 HD

    Follows the development of the variety theatre from 1892 to the present day, centred on a family in show business.

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  • 1957
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    At the Stroke of Nine

    At the Stroke of Nine

    1 1957 HD

    A prominent journalist is kidnapped by a lunatic who threatens to kill her unless she writes flattering articles about him.

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  • 1932
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    The Wonderful Story

    The Wonderful Story

    1 1932 HD

    A paralysed farmer watches his brother fall in love with the woman he intended to marry.

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  • 1954
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    The Awakening

    The Awakening

    6 1954 HD

    "The Awakening" is a 1954 short drama film of Douglas Fairbanks Presents anthology series based on Nikolai Gogol's short story "The Overcoat".

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  • 1961
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    The Breaking Point

    The Breaking Point

    5 1961 HD

    A young man's gambling losses cause him to become embroiled in a currency heist.

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  • 1933
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    Dick Turpin

    Dick Turpin

    1 1933 HD

    The adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York.

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  • 1932
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    Here's George

    Here's George

    1 1932 HD

    'Man borrows service flat to impress girl's parents.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1953
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    The Girl on the Pier

    The Girl on the Pier

    6 1953 HD

    Sometimes listed as a horror film, the British Girl on the Pier is a Spartan little melodrama starring the alluring Veronica Hurst as the title...

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  • 1933
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    Love's Old Sweet Song

    Love's Old Sweet Song

    1 1933 HD

    'Farmer loves singer whom his half-brother marries and abandons with baby.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1943
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    Escape to Danger

    Escape to Danger

    1 1943 HD

    During the Second World War a British schoolteacher working in Denmark is caught up when the Germans invade.

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  • 1943
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    Old Mother Riley Detective

    Old Mother Riley Detective

    5 1943 HD

    A night watchman is being bludgeoned, as a safe is cracked open in the offices of the District Food Controller. A list of wartime foods to be...

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  • 1944
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    Hotel Reserve

    Hotel Reserve

    6.5 1944 HD

    A hunt for a spy, in a hotel in the South of France just before World War Two.

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  • 1961
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    Touch of Death

    Touch of Death

    1 1961 HD

    A criminal gang pull off a big robbery, unaware the cash has been infected with toxic poison. The thieves hide out on a Thames houseboat and...

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  • 1932
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    The New Hotel

    The New Hotel

    1 1932 HD

    A British musical film directed by Bernard Mainwaring

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  • 1932
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    Partners Please

    Partners Please

    1 1932 HD

    An aristocrat becomes a gigolo.

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  • 1927
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    This Marriage Business

    This Marriage Business

    1 1927 HD

    'Newlywed poses as burglar to scare flighty wife.' (British Film Catalogue)

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  • 1953
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    The Genie

    The Genie

    1 1953 HD

    A young woman discovers her grandfather owns the true Aladdin's lamp and discovers it's handsome Genie inside as well.

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  • 1954
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    Bang! You're Dead

    Bang! You're Dead

    7.3 1954 HD

    Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays...

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  • 1941
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    Old Mother Riley in Business

    Old Mother Riley in Business

    1 1941 HD

    Old Mother Riley starts a new business.

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  • 1956
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    Port of Escape

    Port of Escape

    5.4 1956 HD

    Two sailors dock in London in search of a good time. But when one of them fatally stabs a man during a scuffle in a bar, the pair flee the scene,...

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  • 1970
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    6.3 1970 HD

    Ivanhoe is a British television series first shown on ITV in 1958-59. The show features Roger Moore in his first starring role, as Sir Wilfred of...

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  • 1970
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    1 1970 HD

    Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.

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