Biography
Charles Ainslie Crichton was an English film director and film editor. He became best known for directing comedies produced at Ealing Studios. Crichton enjoyed an extremely long career, editing and directing many films and television programmes over a period exceeding forty years.
Directed 41
2020s
- 2026
Space: 1999 4K Double Bill - Breakaway and The Metamorph
Director
1980s
- 1988
- 1982
Cosmic Princess
Director
- 1981
Smuggler
Director
- 1980
Alien Attack
Director
1970s
- 1979
- 1978
- 1977
- 1976
- 1975
The Day After Tomorrow: Into Infinity
Director
- 1972
The Adventures of Black Beauty
Director
Shirley's World
Director
- 1970
Here Come the Double Deckers
Director
1960s
- 1969
Strange Report
Director
- 1967
- 1965
He Who Rides a Tiger
Director
- 1964
The Third Secret
Director
- 1963
- 1962
- 1961
- 1960
The Boy Who Stole a Million
Director
1950s
- 1958
Floods of Fear
Director
Law and Disorder
Director
- 1957
The Man in the Sky
Director
- 1954
The Divided Heart
Director
The Love Lottery
Director
- 1953
The Titfield Thunderbolt
Director
- 1952
Hunted
Director
- 1951
The Lavender Hill Mob
Director
- 1950
Dance Hall
Director
1940s
- 1949
Train of Events
Director
- 1948
Another Shore
Director
Against the Wind
Director
- 1947
Hue and Cry
Director
- 1945
Painted Boats
Director
- 1944
For Those in Peril
Director
Edited 8
1940s
- 1942
The Big Blockade
Editor
- 1941
Old Bill and Son
Editor
- 1940
Young Veteran
Editor
21 Days
Editor
1930s
- 1937
Elephant Boy
Editor
- 1936
- 1935
Sanders of the River
Editor
Wrote 3
1980s
- 1988
1960s
- 1960
The Boy Who Stole a Million
Writer
1950s
- 1958
Floods of Fear
Screenplay
Acted in 1
1980s
- 1986
Made In Ealing: The Story of Ealing Studios
Interviewee
Appearances2
1980s
- 1986
Mackendrick: The Man Who Walked Away
Self
1970s
- 1970
The Ealing Comedies
Self