Charles Bennett

Charles Bennett

1899-08-02 Shoreham-by-Sea, England 51 Credits

Biography

Born just before the century turned, Charles Bennett made his writing debut as a child in 1911, fought in France during World War I while still a teen and resumed his acting career after the war's end. In 1926 he dropped acting to concentrate on being a playwright, later turning one of his most famous plays, "Blackmail," into a screenplay for production under the direction of Alfred Hitchcock. The affiliation with "Hitch" continued into the early 1940s, by which time both Bennett and the directo...

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A State of Emergency

A State of Emergency

1986

as Charlie

1.3
Acting

This story is about a crusading scientist out to stop nuclear testing who is motivated by scientific fact, conscience and faith. Dr. Alex Carmody (Mar...

War-Gods of the Deep

War-Gods of the Deep

1965

Screenplay

4.9
Writing

A chance discovery leads American mining engineer Ben Harris and acquaintance Harold to discover a lost city under the sea while searching for their k...

Five Weeks in a Balloon

Five Weeks in a Balloon

1962

Screenplay

5.4
Writing

Professor Fergusson plans to make aviation history by making his way across Africa by balloon. He plans to claim uncharted territories in West Africa ...

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1961

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.

The Lost World

The Lost World

1960

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

Professor Challenger leads an expedition of scientists and adventurers to a remote plateau deep in the Amazonian jungle to verify his claim that dinos...

The Big Circus

The Big Circus

1959

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show mu...

Night of the Demon

Night of the Demon

1957

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was ki...

The Story of Mankind

The Story of Mankind

1957

Writer

4.5
Writing

The devil and the spirit of mankind argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil.

The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1956

Story

7.5
Writing

A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their sile...

Casino Royale

Casino Royale

1954

Teleplay

5.0

American spy James Bond must outsmart card wiz and crime boss LeChiffre while monitoring his actions.

Dangerous Mission

Dangerous Mission

1954

Writer

5.8
Writing

A policeman tries to protect a young woman against a hit man, when she flees New York after witnessing a mob killing.

No Escape

No Escape

1953

Director, Writer

4.5
Directing Writing

When the available evidence in a murder case points to a young woman as the main suspect, her boyfriend, a police detective, arranges for a struggling...

The Green Glove

The Green Glove

1952

Screenplay, Story

6.2
Writing

In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gau...

Kind Lady

Kind Lady

1951

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Mary Herries has a passion for art and fine furniture. Even though she is getting on in years, she enjoys being around these priceless articles. One d...

Where Danger Lives

Where Danger Lives

1950

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to ...

Madness of the Heart

Madness of the Heart

1949

Director, Screenplay

5.9
Directing Writing

A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.

Black Magic

Black Magic

1949

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

A hypnotist uses his powers for revenge against King Louis XV's court.

The Sign of the Ram

The Sign of the Ram

1948

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

A wheelchair-bound woman manipulates her family to a point where they suspect she may be unhinged.

Unconquered

Unconquered

1947

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

England, 1763. After being convicted of a crime, the young and beautiful Abigail Hale agrees, to escape the gallows, to serve fourteen years as a slav...

Ivy

Ivy

1947

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, or her lover, Dr. Roger...

The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Story of Dr. Wassell

1944

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marb...

Forever and a Day

Forever and a Day

1943

Writer

7.4
Writing

In World War II, American Gates Trimble Pomfret is in London during the Blitz to sell the ancestral family house. The current tenant, Leslie Trimble, ...

Reap the Wild Wind

Reap the Wild Wind

1942

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Lo...

Joan of Paris

Joan of Paris

1942

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

An RAF squadron is brought down over occupied France. The flyers get to Paris in spite of the fact that the youngest, Baby, is injured. He must be hid...

They Dare Not Love

They Dare Not Love

1941

Writer

6.0
Writing

An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a beautiful Austrian émigré who makes him realize his m...

Foreign Correspondent

Foreign Correspondent

1940

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an a...

Balalaika

Balalaika

1939

Screenplay

4.4
Writing

A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activities fall in love.

The Young in Heart

The Young in Heart

1938

Adaptation

6.4

A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss Fortune.

Young and Innocent

Young and Innocent

1937

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to ...

King Solomon's Mines

King Solomon's Mines

1937

Writer

5.3
Writing

White hunter Allan Quartermain and his enigmatic guide help a young Irish woman locate her missing father in unexplored Darkest Africa.

Sabotage

Sabotage

1937

Screenplay

6.7
Writing

Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her h...

Secret Agent

Secret Agent

1936

Screenplay

6.1
Writing

After three British agents are assigned to assassinate a mysterious German spy during World War I, two of them become ambivalent when their duty to th...

All at Sea

All at Sea

1936

Writer

Writing

When mild mannered Joe comes into an inheritance, he leaves his job as a clerk, and embarks on a sea cruise. Posing as a successful writer, Joe attrac...

The Clairvoyant

The Clairvoyant

1935

Adaptation, Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A fake psychic suddenly turns into the real thing when he meets a young beauty. (TCM)

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

1935

as Second Passerby Near the Bus (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it a...

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

1935

Adaptation

7.3

Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it a...

Night Mail

1935

Writer

Writing
The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934

Writer

6.5
Writing

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidn...

The Secret of the Loch

The Secret of the Loch

1934

Writer

5.6
Writing

A batty Scottish professor attempts to prove the existence of the Loch Ness Monster, but everyone thinks he's crazy. Meanwhile, a foolish young report...

Mannequin

Mannequin

1933

Screenplay

Writing

'Boxer leaves true love for society lady, but returns.' (British Film Catalogue)

The House of Trent

The House of Trent

1933

Writer

Writing

It follows a doctor who faces both a scandal and a moral dilemma when a patient of his dies while he is making love to a press magnate's daughter.

Hawleys of High Street

Hawleys of High Street

1933

Writer

Writing

A butcher and a draper stand for election to the local council.

Partners Please

1932

Writer

Writing

An aristocrat becomes a gigolo.

Two Way Street

1931

Script, Story

Writing

'Bird fancier's daughter loves nobleman whom her cockney fiancé robs of necklace.' (British Film Catalogue)

Deadlock

Deadlock

1931

Story

Writing

A murder takes place in a film studio during the shooting of a new film.

The Last Hour

The Last Hour

1930

Theatre Play

A crooked prince uses a death ray to force down airships and steal their cargo.

Painted Pictures

1930

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

An artist reforms weak friends by painting their portraits.

Blackmail

Blackmail

1929

Theatre Play

6.5

London, 1929. Frank Webber, a very busy Scotland Yard detective, seems to be more interested in his work than in Alice White, his girlfriend. Feeling ...

The Rainbow Girl

The Rainbow Girl

1917

as Amos Divine

Acting

Mary Beth rents an attic room to Richard, a composer. Frustrated with the publishers demands for cheap, trashy songs, Richard, penniless, tries to asp...

Hobbled Hearts

Hobbled Hearts

1917

Acting

Hobbled Hearts comedy short

John Halifax, Gentleman

1915

as John as a Child

Acting

An apprentice inherits a master's mill, weds a disowned heiress, and remains true to his class.