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The Crooked Sky, the Glossary

The Crooked Sky is a low budget 1957 black and white British melodrama/crime film, directed by Henry Cass from a story by Maclean Rogers and Charles F. Vetter.^[1]

37 relations: Amalgamated Productions, Anton Diffring, Avro York, Batsford Books, Beryl Cooke, Bill Luckwell, Black-and-white, Blackbushe Airport, Bruce Seton, Crime film, Douglas C-47 Skytrain, Douglas DC-3, Handley Page Hermes, Henry Cass, Howard Lang, Immediate Media Company, Karin Booth, Maclean Rogers, Merton Park Studios, Norman Hudis, Percival Prince, Percival Proctor, Peter Mayhew (film editor), Phil Grindrod, Radio Times, Richard Gordon (film producer), Robert Raglan, Scotland Yard, The Ladykillers (1955 film), The Monthly Film Bulletin, The Rank Organisation, Tim Conway, TV Guide, Vickers Viking, Wally Peterson, Wayne Morris, Wilfred Burns.
Films directed by Henry Cass
Films scored by Wilfred Burns
Films with screenplays by Norman Hudis
Merton Park Studios films

Amalgamated Productions

Amalgamated Productions was a film company established by Richard Gordon in association with Charles F. "Chuck" Vetter, Jr., in the 1950s.

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Anton Diffring

Anton Diffring (born Alfred Pollack; 20 October 1916 – 19 May 1989) was a German actor.

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Avro York

The Avro York was a British transport aircraft developed by Avro during the Second World War.

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Batsford Books

Batsford Books is an independent British book publisher.

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Beryl Cooke

Beryl Cooke (1 November 1906 – 21 August 2001) was an English actress.

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Bill Luckwell

Bill Luckwell (1 October 1913 – 2 February 1967) was a British film producer and screenwriter.

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Black-and-white

Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey.

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Blackbushe Airport

Blackbushe Airport is an operational general aviation airport in the civil parish of Yateley in the north-east corner of the English county of Hampshire.

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Bruce Seton

Sir Bruce Lovat Seton, 11th Baronet (29 May 1909 – 28 September 1969) was a British actor and soldier.

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Crime film

Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre.

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Douglas C-47 Skytrain

The Douglas C-47 Skytrain or Dakota (RAF designation) is a military transport aircraft developed from the civilian Douglas DC-3 airliner.

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Douglas DC-3

The Douglas DC-3 is a propeller-driven airliner manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Company, which had a lasting effect on the airline industry in the 1930s to 1940s and World War II.

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Handley Page Hermes

The Handley Page HP.81 Hermes was a civilian airliner designed and produced by the British aircraft manufacturer Handley Page.

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Henry Cass

Henry Cass (24 June 1903 – 15 March 1989) was a British director, particularly prolific in film in the horror and comedy genres.

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Howard Lang

Howard Lang (born Donald Yarranton; March 20, 1911 – 11 December 1989) was an English actor known for playing Captain William Baines in the BBC nautical drama The Onedin Line.

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Immediate Media Company Limited (styled as Immediate Media Co) is a British multinational publishing house that publishes a significant range of titles, including Radio Times, BBC Top Gear, BBC Good Food and a host of others.

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Karin Booth

Karin Booth (born June Francis Hoffman, June 19, 1916 – July 27, 2003) was an American film and TV actress of the 1940s to 1960s.

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Maclean Rogers

Maclean Rogers (13 July 1899 – 4 January 1962) was a British film director and screenwriter.

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Merton Park Studios

Merton Park Studios, opened in 1929, was a British film production studio located at Long Lodge, 269 Kingston Road in Merton Park, South London.

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Norman Hudis

Norman Hudis (27 July 1922 – 8 February 2016) was an English writer for film, theatre and television, and is most closely associated with the first six of the Carry On... film series, for which he wrote the screenplays until he was replaced by Talbot Rothwell.

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Percival Prince

The Percival Prince is a British light transport of the early postwar period.

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Percival Proctor

The Percival Proctor is a British radio trainer and communications aircraft of the Second World War.

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Peter Mayhew (film editor)

Peter Mayhew was a British film editor.

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Phil Grindrod

Phil Grindrod born 1907, died 1967 was a British cinematographer.

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Radio Times

Radio Times (currently styled as RadioTimes) is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items.

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Richard Gordon (film producer)

Richard Gordon (31 December 1925 – 1 November 2011) was a British-born producer and financier of horror films.

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Robert Raglan

Robert Raglan (7 April 1909 – 18 July 1985) was a British actor best known for his semi-regular role in Dad's Army as Colonel Pritchard.

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Scotland Yard

Scotland Yard (officially New Scotland Yard) is the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police, the territorial police force responsible for policing Greater London's 32 boroughs.

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The Ladykillers (1955 film)

The Ladykillers is a 1955 British black comedy crime film directed by Alexander Mackendrick for Ealing Studios. The Crooked Sky and The Ladykillers (1955 film) are 1950s British films.

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The Monthly Film Bulletin

The Monthly Film Bulletin was a periodical of the British Film Institute published monthly from February 1934 until April 1991, when it merged with Sight & Sound.

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The Rank Organisation

The Rank Organisation (founded as the J. Arthur Rank Organisation) is a British entertainment conglomerate founded by industrialist J. Arthur Rank in April 1937, Rank also served as the company chairman.

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Tim Conway

Thomas Daniel "Tim" Conway (December 15, 1933 – May 14, 2019) was an American actor, comedian, writer, and director.

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TV Guide

TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news.

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Vickers Viking

The Vickers Viking was a British single-engine amphibious aircraft designed for military use shortly after World War I. Later versions of the aircraft were known as the Vickers Vulture and Vickers Vanellus.

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Wally Peterson

Wally Peterson (October 11, 1917 – March 30, 2011) was an American actor, singer, songwriter and stage manager.

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Wayne Morris

Wayne Morris (born Bert DeWayne Morris Jr. February 17, 1914 – September 14, 1959) was an American film and television actor, as well as a decorated World War II fighter ace.

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Wilfred Burns

Wilfred Burns (1917 – 25 September 1990) was a British composer of film scores.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crooked_Sky

Also known as Crooked Sky.

The Crooked Sky, the Glossary

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See also

Films directed by Henry Cass

Films scored by Wilfred Burns

Films with screenplays by Norman Hudis

Merton Park Studios films

References