This is a list of films released by the British distribution company General Film Distributors. GFD was part of the Rank Organisation, and handled films produced by the various companies controlled by or linked to Rank including Gainsborough Pictures, Two Cities Films and Ealing Studios. The list also includes films released by Rank's other distribution outlet Eagle-Lion Films. Foreign films which were handled in Britain by GFD, such as imports from the Hollywood studio Universal Pictures, are not included. In 1955 GFD was abolished and replaced by Rank Film Distributors.
1930s Title Release date Director Notes Koenigsmark October 1935 Maurice Tourneur Moscow Nights November 1935 Anthony Asquith No Monkey Business November 1935 Marcel Varnel The Mystery of the Mary Celeste November 1935 Denison Clift The Improper Duchess January 1936 Harry Hughes Limelight January 1936 Herbert Wilcox When Knights Were Bold February 1936 Jack Raymond Public Nuisance No. 1 February 1936 Marcel Varnel King of the Castle February 1936 Redd Davis Fame March 1936 Leslie S. Hiscott Wolf's Clothing March 1936 Andrew Marton The Crimson Circle March 1936 Reginald Denham Debt of Honour March 1936 Norman Walker Birds of a Feather April 1936 John Baxter The Marriage of Corbal May 1936 Karl Grune The Three Maxims June 1936 Herbert Wilcox Dishonour Bright September 1936 Tom Walls Southern Roses September 1936 Frederic Zelnik Secret of Stamboul October 1936 Andrew Marton Land Without Music October 1936 Walter Forde Tropical Trouble October 1936 Harry Hughes This'll Make You Whistle November 1936 Herbert Wilcox You Must Get Married December 1936 Leslie Pearce Splinters in the Air 1937 Alfred J. Goulding Sunset in Vienna 1937 Norman Walker Millions 1937 Leslie S. Hiscott London Melody February 1937 Herbert Wilcox For Valour March 1937 Tom Walls The Frog March 1937 Jack Raymond The Gang Show April 1937 Alfred J. Goulding Our Fighting Navy April 1937 Norman Walker O-Kay for Sound April 1937 Marcel Varnel Take My Tip May 1937 Herbert Mason King Solomon's Mines June 1937 Robert Stevenson The Edge of the World July 1937 Michael Powell Said O'Reilly to McNab July 1937 William Beaudine School for Husbands August 1937 Andrew Marton Command Performance August 1937 Sinclair Hill Gangway August 1937 Sonnie Hale Jericho August 1937 Thornton Freeland Doctor Syn August 1937 Roy William Neill Non-Stop New York September 1937 Robert Stevenson Smash and Grab September 1937 Tim Whelan Oh, Mr Porter! October 1937 Marcel Varnel Young and Innocent November 1937 Alfred Hitchcock The Sky's the Limit 1938 Jack Buchanan Sweet Devil January 1938 René Guissart Lightning Conductor 1938 Maurice Elvey A Spot of Bother 1938 David MacDonald Second Best Bed January 1938 Tom Walls Sailing Along January 1938 Sonnie Hale Owd Bob January 1938 Robert Stevenson Bank Holiday January 1938 Carol Reed Pygmalion March 1938 Anthony Asquith, Leslie Howard Kicking the Moon Around March 1938 Walter Forde Break the News April 1938 René Clair Strange Boarders May 1938 Herbert Mason Convict 99 June 1938 Marcel Varnel Alf's Button Afloat July 1938 Marcel Varnel Kate Plus Ten August 1938 Reginald Denham Crackerjack October 1938 Albert de Courville Hey! Hey! USA October 1938 Marcel Varnel Old Bones of the River December 1938 Marcel Varnel The Mikado January 1939 Victor Schertzinger A Girl Must Live April 1939 Carol Reed On the Night of the Fire October 1939 Brian Desmond Hurst The Frozen Limits November 1939 Marcel Varnel The Arsenal Stadium Mystery November 1939 Thorold Dickinson
1940s