Directing

Charles Saunders

Born — Died

1904-04-08 — 1997-04-20

Place of birth

London, England, UK

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Charles Saunders was born on April 8, 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 April 20, 1997 in Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.

Known for

Meet Mr. Callaghan poster
6.5

A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs.

Meet Mr. Callaghan

1954

Death of an Angel poster
7.5

The angel of the title is Jane Baxter, the wife of country physician Patrick Barr. Everybody in the small British village where she lives thinks the world of Baxter; thus, when she is murdered, the authorities are out for blood. Dr. Barr seems above suspicion, at least until he begins behaving eccentrically. As time passes, most everyone learns that Baxter wasn't quite as angelic as she seemed-and that quite a few people might have wanted her dead.

Death of an Angel

1952

Jungle Street poster
7.0

In this crime drama, a mugger accidently kills a man during a robbery and finds himself blackmailed into cracking a nightclub safe. The mugger escapes by double crossing the blackmailer by stealing the money and his girlfriend to boot. Unfortunately the police are in hot pursuit.

Jungle Street

1960

The End of the Line poster
6.2

The wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder.

The End of the Line

1957

Naked Fury poster
7.0

A gang of thieves led by American Eddy (Reed de Rouen) kill a security guard during a botched safe robbery and flee with his daughter (Leigh Madison) as a hostage. They hide out in a dangerously unstable old warehouse for a couple of days awaiting their getaway ship to sail, but Johnny (Kenneth Cope) falls for the girl - provoking a serious falling-out and a violent conclusion to the disastrous heist.

Naked Fury

1959

Love in Pawn poster
7.2

A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him particularly the daughter! The wife tries to redeem her husband but finds she has lost the pawn ticket. In a short matter of time, the whole incident becomes a national sensation.

Love in Pawn

1953

Behind the camera

Meet Mr. Callaghan poster
6.5

A young woman is framed for the murder of a wealthy man who met his death at the hands of his heirs.

Meet Mr. Callaghan

1954

Death of an Angel poster
7.5

The angel of the title is Jane Baxter, the wife of country physician Patrick Barr. Everybody in the small British village where she lives thinks the world of Baxter; thus, when she is murdered, the authorities are out for blood. Dr. Barr seems above suspicion, at least until he begins behaving eccentrically. As time passes, most everyone learns that Baxter wasn't quite as angelic as she seemed-and that quite a few people might have wanted her dead.

Death of an Angel

1952

Jungle Street poster
7.0

In this crime drama, a mugger accidently kills a man during a robbery and finds himself blackmailed into cracking a nightclub safe. The mugger escapes by double crossing the blackmailer by stealing the money and his girlfriend to boot. Unfortunately the police are in hot pursuit.

Jungle Street

1960

The End of the Line poster
6.2

The wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder.

The End of the Line

1957

Naked Fury poster
7.0

A gang of thieves led by American Eddy (Reed de Rouen) kill a security guard during a botched safe robbery and flee with his daughter (Leigh Madison) as a hostage. They hide out in a dangerously unstable old warehouse for a couple of days awaiting their getaway ship to sail, but Johnny (Kenneth Cope) falls for the girl - provoking a serious falling-out and a violent conclusion to the disastrous heist.

Naked Fury

1959

Love in Pawn poster
7.2

A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him particularly the daughter! The wife tries to redeem her husband but finds she has lost the pawn ticket. In a short matter of time, the whole incident becomes a national sensation.

Love in Pawn

1953

Nudist Paradise poster
4.5

An American art student in England falls in love with a beautiful Englishwoman. It turns out that she's a nudist, and in spite of his misgivings, he decides to join her at her nudist camp.

Nudist Paradise

1959

One Wild Oat poster
5.2

A lawyer's plan to break up his daughter's budding romance backfires when the boyfriend's father becomes involved.

One Wild Oat

1951

The Man Without a Body poster
4.2

Learning that he has a brain tumor, wealthy businessman Karl Brussard seeks medical help, finding a scientist experimenting with transplanting monkey heads on different monkey bodies. Brussard steals the head of Nostradamus from the prophet's crypt.

The Man Without a Body

1957

Date with Disaster poster
5.9

A car salesman and suspected safecracker Miles saves his fiancee Sue from those who would kidnap her.

Date with Disaster

1958

Find the Lady poster
5.0

During New Year's Eve, a young model spends the day searching for her grandmother, who has suspiciously gone missing.

Find the Lady

1956

A Time to Kill poster
7.7

A man and a woman are poisoned. The woman dies, but the man survives. The finger of blame begins to point at the man. A policeman and a newspaper journalist pursue the truth.

A Time to Kill

1955

Behind the Headlines poster
7.5

Newspaper reporters compete with London police to solve a murder.

Behind the Headlines

1956

Blind Man's Bluff poster
8.0

Young Anthony Pendrell plays the precocious son of Scotland Yard inspector Norman Shelley. Pendrell's efforts to emulate his father usually results in nothing but irritation for his elders. But when a boarding house becomes the headquarters for a criminal gang, it is Pendrell who cracks the case.

Blind Man's Bluff

1952

Trouble in the Air poster
8.0

A radio commentator is sent to a village to broadcast a bell-ringing team. Meanwhile a property speculator tries to buy a plot of land for less than it is worth.

Trouble in the Air

1948

Danger by My Side poster
5.8

A girl tracks down the gang who had her detective brother killed.

Danger by My Side

1962

Womaneater poster
4.6

A mad scientist captures women and feeds them to a flesh-eating tree, which in turn gives him a serum that helps bring the dead back to life.

Womaneater

1958

Strictly Confidential poster
5.3

Two con-men just released from prison get straight back to their old tricks.

Strictly Confidential

1959

There's Always a Thursday poster
7.0

A meek, lowly employee at a London brokerage firm sees his life change when he's suspected of being a notorious womanizer.

There's Always a Thursday

1957

No artwork available
9.0

Compilation of 3 episodes of the TV series "Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Presents ...". "The Surgeon", "Take A Number" and "The Scream".

Three's Company

1953

Tawny Pipit poster
6.5

Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.

Tawny Pipit

1944

Tawny Pipit poster
6.5

Jimmy Bancroft, a fighter pilot, who is recovering from injuries sustained during the Battle of Britain, and Hazel Court, a nurse, come across a pair of rare birds nestling in a field. After a run in with the army, and a couple of thieves, they, with the cooperation of the village people and the Ornithology Society, help the eggs to hatch. A wonderful look at life in a small village, during World War II.

Tawny Pipit

1944

The Hornet's Nest poster
5.4

Before getting nabbed by the cops, a jewel thief hides a small fortune in stolen goods aboard an empty barge. But when he later returns to claim his loot, he runs into heaps of trouble with the boat's beautiful tenants and a pair of nosy old ladies. Directed by Charles Saunders, this amusing comedy finds the cunning criminal up against far stronger and more resilient adversaries than he ever anticipated. [Netflix]

The Hornet's Nest

1955

Fly Away Peter poster
9.0

Director Charles Saunders' low-key domestic comedy, adapted from A.P. Dearsley's play, centers on a middle-aged London couple who react in different ways as their four children grow up, fall in love and make career choices.

Fly Away Peter

1948

Black Orchid poster
4.9

Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name. This classic murder mystery encourages viewers to evaluate all of the clues and guess the killer's identity.

Black Orchid

1953

The Narrowing Circle poster
5.8

A journalist is framed for the murder of a rival and has to prove his innocence, whatever the cost.

The Narrowing Circle

1956

No artwork available
8.0

What initially looked like a young woman's suicide, turns into a murder investigation and Supt. Blake has two suspects - the victim's husband and his own daughter.

The Golden Link

1954

Scarlet Web poster
5.7

An insurance investigator is framed for murder after a pretty woman hires him to recover a letter from a man who wants to blackmail her.

Scarlet Web

1954

Operation Cupid poster
6.0

A gang of criminals plan to use a marriage agency that they won during a card game, to arrange a lucrative marriage for one of their number.

Operation Cupid

1960

No artwork available
7.0

Fletcher Gilchrist offers £100 to anyone who will break into a house. Journalist Mike Harvey accepts the bet but he and another man are caught when the latter murders the owner of the house. Harvey escapes custody, determined to seek revenge on Gilchrist.

Chelsea Story

1951

The Gentle Trap poster
5.5

A young locksmith becomes involved in crime.

The Gentle Trap

1960

Come Back Peter poster
8.0

There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.

Come Back Peter

1952

Come Back Peter poster
8.0

There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.

Come Back Peter

1952

Dangerous Afternoon poster
6.4

The manager of a halfway house for female ex-cons takes action when a blackmailer threatens to expose her secret.

Dangerous Afternoon

1961

Murder Reported poster
10.0

Ace reporter Jeff Holly is assigned to investigate the murder of a politician whose body was found stashed in a trunk. Holly's enthusiasm soon wanes when his editor insists that he take his daughter Amanda North with him to investigate. Fortunately, the girl has a real knack for investigative reporting and they make a good team. They even fall in love. They discover that the killer was the politician's rival.

Murder Reported

1957

Kill Her Gently poster
5.7

A motorist picks up to escaped convicts. Instead of turning them over to the police he hires them to kill his wife.

Kill Her Gently

1957

No artwork available
10.0

A young woman marries and moves into her husband's family mansion. She soon discovers that neither the house, nor her husband, is exactly what it seems to be.

Dark Interval

1950

One Jump Ahead poster
6.0

Paul Banner, a "noozeman" of the Daily Comet in England, is an American working in England. He happens on a murder that leads him on a complicated trail.

One Jump Ahead

1955

No artwork available
8.0

A romantic comedy directed by Charles Saunders. A publisher's daughter mistakes a poor author for a rich novelist.

No Exit

1930

No artwork available
8.0

A romantic comedy directed by Charles Saunders. A publisher's daughter mistakes a poor author for a rich novelist.

No Exit

1930