List of British films of 1942

A list of British films released in 1942.

1942

Keep the films in alphabetical order, ignoring leading articles (The, A or An).

Please keep number of cast members down to 3 or 4.

Entries in the 'Notes' column should be outstanding details about this film in relation to other films in the same period. Anything about the film itself can be discovered by following the link to the film. Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1942AlibiBrian Desmond HurstJames Mason, Margaret Lockwood, Raymond LovellThrillerAsking for TroubleOswald MitchellMax Miller, Carole Lynne, Wilfrid Hyde-WhiteComedyBack-Room BoyHerbert Mason Arthur Askey, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt Comedy The Balloon Goes UpRedd Davis Ethel Revnell, Gracie West, Ronald Shiner ComedyBanana RidgeWalter C. MycroftRobertson Hare, Alfred Drayton, Nova PilbeamComedyThe Big Blockade Charles Frend Leslie Banks, John Mills, Michael Redgrave War dramaThe Black Sheep of WhitehallBasil Dearden Will Hay, John Mills, Basil SydneyComedy Bob's Your UncleOswald Mitchell Albert Modley, Jean Colin, Wally Patch ComedyBreach of PromiseHarold Huth Clive Brook, Judy Campbell, Marguerite Allan ComedyCoastal CommandJ. B. Holmes Roger Hunter, Charles Norman Lewis Documentary The Day Will DawnHarold French Hugh Williams, Griffiths Jones, Deborah Kerr War The First of the FewLeslie Howard Leslie Howard, David Niven War Flying FortressWalter FordeRichard Greene, Carla Lehmann, Betty StockfeldWarThe Foreman Went to FranceCharles FrendClifford Evans, Tommy Trinder, Constance CummingsWarFront Line KidsMaclean RogersLeslie Fuller, Anthony HollesComedyGert and Daisy Clean UpMaclean RogersElsie Waters, Doris WatersComedy Gert and Daisy's WeekendMaclean RogersElsie Waters, Doris WatersComedy Go to BlazesWalter Forde Will Hay, Thora Hird Comedy Short filmThe Goose Steps OutBasil Dearden Will Hay, Frank Pettingell Comedy The Great Mr. HandelNorman WalkerWilfrid Lawson, Elizabeth AllanBiopic Hard SteelNorman WalkerWilfrid Lawson, Betty StockfeldDramaHatter's Castle Lance Comfort Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, James Mason Drama In Which We ServeDavid Lean Noël Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles World War II Number 92 in the list of BFI Top 100 British filmsKing Arthur Was a GentlemanMarcel VarnelArthur Askey, Evelyn DallComedyLady from LisbonLeslie S. HiscottFrancis L. Sullivan, Jane CarrComedyLet the People SingJohn BaxterAlastair Sim, Fred EmneyComedyListen to Britain Humphrey Jennings Chesney Allen, Bud Flanagan Propaganda short The Missing MillionPhilip BrandonLinden Travers, John WarwickCrimeMuch Too ShyMarcel Varnel George Formby, Kathleen Harrison Comedy The Next of KinThorold DickinsonMervyn Johns, John ChandosWar dramaThe Night Has EyesLeslie Arliss James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson, Joyce HowardThrillerOne of Our Aircraft Is Missing Michael Powell, Emeric PressburgerGodfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Googie Withers War The Peterville DiamondWalter Forde Anne Crawford, Donald Stewart, Renée Houston Comedy crimeRose of TraleeGermain BurgerJohn Longden, Lesley Brook, Angela GlynneMusicalSabotage at SeaLeslie S. HiscottDavid Hutcheson, Margaretta Scott, Jane CarrWarSalute John Citizen Maurice Elvey Edward Rigby, Mabel Constanduros, Jimmy Hanley Drama Secret MissionHarold FrenchJames Mason, Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann War thrillerSomewhere in CampJohn E. BlakeleyFrank Randle, Dan Young, Harry KorrisComedySuspected PersonLawrence HuntingtonClifford Evans, Patricia Roc, David FarrarThrillerTalk About JacquelineHarold French, Paul L. SteinHugh Williams, Carla Lehmann, Joyce HowardComedyThey Flew AloneHerbert WilcoxAnna Neagle, Robert Newton, Edward ChapmanBiopicThis Was ParisJohn HarlowAnn Dvorak, Ben Lyon, Griffith JonesWarThose Kids from TownLance ComfortGeorge Cole, Harry Fowler, Jeanne de CasalisComedy dramaThunder RockRoy BoultingMichael Redgrave, Lilli Palmer, James MasonDramaUncensoredAnthony Asquith Eric Portman, Phyllis Calvert, Griffith Jones War drama Unpublished StoryHarold French Richard Greene, Valerie Hobson, Basil Radford War thriller We'll Smile AgainJohn BaxterBud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Phyllis StanleyComedyWent the Day Well?Alberto Cavalcanti Leslie Banks, Mervyn Johns, Basil SydneyWar drama The Young Mr. PittCarol ReedRobert Donat, Phyllis Calvert, Robert MorleyHistory

See also 1942 in British music 1942 in British television 1942 in the United Kingdom

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