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Charles Saunders(1904-1997)

  • Director
  • Editor
  • Editorial Department
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Charles Saunders was born on 8 April 1904 in Paddington, London, England, UK. He was a director and editor, known for No Exit (1930), Detective Lloyd (1932) and Tawny Pipit (1944). He died on 20 April 1997 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
BornApril 8, 1904
DiedApril 20, 1997(93)
BornApril 8, 1904
DiedApril 20, 1997(93)
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Known for

No Exit
  • Director
  • 1930
Janice Adair, Muriel Angelus, Lewis Dayton, Emily Fitzroy, Wallace Geoffrey, Tracy Holmes, Jack Lloyd, and Humberston Wright in Detective Lloyd (1932)
Detective Lloyd
3.5
  • Editor
  • 1932
Tawny Pipit (1944)
Tawny Pipit
6.6
  • Director
  • 1944
Come Back Peter (1952)
Come Back Peter
4.7
  • Director(as Charles J. Saunders)
  • 1952

Credits

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Director

  • Sonya Cordeau and Bill Nagy in Danger on My Side (1962)
    Danger on My Side
    5.2
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Joanna Dunham in Dangerous Afternoon (1961)
    Dangerous Afternoon
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1961
  • Jungle Street Girls (1961)
    Jungle Street Girls
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1961
  • The Gentle Trap (1960)
    The Gentle Trap
    4.9
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Operation Cupid (1960)
    Operation Cupid
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Dial 999 (1958)
    Dial 999
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Naked Fury (1959)
    Naked Fury
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Strictly Confidential (1959)
    Strictly Confidential
    5.0
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Anita Love in Nature's Paradise (1959)
    Nature's Paradise
    5.6
    • Director
    • 1959
  • George Coulouris and Vera Day in The Woman Eater (1958)
    The Woman Eater
    4.6
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Kill Her Gently (1957)
    Kill Her Gently
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Alan Baxter and Barbara Shelley in The End of the Line (1957)
    The End of the Line
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Tom Drake and Shirley Eaton in Date with Disaster (1957)
    Date with Disaster
    5.4
    • Director
    • 1957
  • The Man Without a Body (1957)
    The Man Without a Body
    4.5
    • Director
    • 1957
  • Murder Reported (1957)
    Murder Reported
    7.4
    • Director
    • 1957

Editor

  • The Gentle Sex (1943)
    The Gentle Sex
    6.2
    • Editor
    • 1943
  • Margaret Lockwood and Hugh Sinclair in Alibi (1942)
    Alibi
    6.3
    • supervising editor
    • 1942
  • Return to Yesterday (1940)
    Return to Yesterday
    6.5
    • Editor
    • 1940
  • Young Man's Fancy (1939)
    Young Man's Fancy
    6.0
    • Editor
    • 1939
  • The Secret Four (1939)
    The Secret Four
    6.3
    • Editor
    • 1939
  • Barry K. Barnes, Jane Baxter, and Clive Brook in The Ware Case (1938)
    The Ware Case
    6.3
    • Editor
    • 1938
  • The Phantom Strikes (1938)
    The Phantom Strikes
    6.3
    • Editor
    • 1938
  • Sweet Devil (1938)
    Sweet Devil
    6.8
    • Editor
    • 1938
  • Take My Tip
    • Editor
    • 1937
  • Wallace Ford and John Mills in You're in the Army Now (1937)
    You're in the Army Now
    5.6
    • Editor
    • 1937
  • Everything Is Thunder (1936)
    Everything Is Thunder
    5.9
    • Editor (as C. Saunders)
    • 1936
  • Maria Marten, or the Murder in the Red Barn (1935)
    Maria Marten, or the Murder in the Red Barn
    5.9
    • Editor (as Chas. Saunders)
    • 1935
  • George Arliss in Mister Hobo (1935)
    Mister Hobo
    7.3
    • Editor (as C. Saunders)
    • 1935
  • Janice Adair, Muriel Angelus, Lewis Dayton, Emily Fitzroy, Wallace Geoffrey, Tracy Holmes, Jack Lloyd, and Humberston Wright in Detective Lloyd (1932)
    Detective Lloyd
    3.5
    • Editor
    • 1932
  • Peace and Quiet
    Short
    • Editor
    • 1931

Editorial Department

  • Eric Portman in We Dive at Dawn (1943)
    We Dive at Dawn
    6.7
    • cutting
    • 1943
  • Back-Room Boy (1942)
    Back-Room Boy
    6.2
    • cutting (as Chas. Saunders)
    • 1942
  • Hi, Gang! (1941)
    Hi, Gang!
    7.0
    • cutting
    • 1941
  • I Thank You (1941)
    I Thank You
    6.0
    • cutting
    • 1941
  • Leslie Banks in Bombsight Stolen (1941)
    Bombsight Stolen
    6.7
    • cutting
    • 1941

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • C. Saunders
  • Born
    • April 8, 1904
    • Paddington, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • April 20, 1997
    • Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

Did you know

  • Trivia
    In films from 1927. Saunders started as an editor for Gaumont-British and Two Cities Films and turned to directing low-budget potboilers and melodramas in the 1940s. From the 1950s he also worked in television, often for the BBC, and as a director of commercials.

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