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	BBC News \| Entertainment \| Charles Crichton: A legend of British film
		Charles Crichton, who has died aged 89, directed some of the most important British film comedies of the post-war years.
		Crichton, who died at home in South Kensington, west London, on Tuesday after a short illness, made the very first of what were to become known as the "Ealing comedies".
		Crichton become an full-time editor, working on such distinguished movies as Things to Come, with a script by HG Wells, and The Thief of Baghdad, which was completed in Hollywood due to the Blitz.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/447612.stm (612 words)

	Charles Crichton Biography
		Born in Cheshire, England, Charles Crichton began as an editor between 1935-40 with London Films, working with Alexander Korda on Sanders of the River (1935) Things to Come (1936), and Elephant Boy (1937).
		Crichton reached his height in comedy, most notably with the East End kids comedy Hue and Cry (1947), the Oscar-winning The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) and the eccentric railway comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953).
		Crichton returned to the big screen as the request of John Cleese, to direct A Fish Called Wanda (1988), a fl comedy in the Ealing style of Crichton’s earlier work.
	www.britmovie.co.uk /directors/c_crichton/biog.html (295 words)

	Crichton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The surname Crichton is a Scottish surname derived from the Gaelic word crioch, which means border, and the Old English word tune which means farm or settlement.
		Crichton Park, a neighborhood in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
		Crichton Street Public School, an elementary school in the New Edinburgh neighborhood of Ottawa, Canada.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Crichton (192 words)

	Charles Crichton - Moviefone
		Crichton was a film editor in England during the '30s and worked on the Alexander Korda productions Sanders of the River, Things To Come,...
		Charles Crichton was born on 6 August 1910 in Wallasey, Cheshire, and educated at...
		Charles Crichton - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Charles Crichton Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
	movies.aol.com /celebrity/charles-crichton/86219/main (103 words)

	Charles Crichton - Films as Director:, Other Films:
		Like several of his Ealing colleagues, Crichton started out in the cutting room, working for Korda on Things to Come and The Thief of Bagdad, and was said to be one of the finest editors in the British film industry.
		Though the serious side of Crichton's output, the dramas and thrillers, has attracted little attention, he often seems here less at the mercy of his script, able to make something personal even of flawed material.
		Crichton's cool, unemphatic handling of the central conflict in The Divided Heart deftly avoids emotional overkill—though nothing, perhaps, could have prevented the film's final slide into sententiousness.
	www.filmreference.com /Directors-Co-Du/Crichton-Charles.html (980 words)

	screenonline: Charles Crichton: BECTU Interview Part 3 (1987)
		Charles Crichton was interviewed by Sid Cole with Alan Lawson in 1987.
		CC: Well of course the way we worked is well known, the way all directors and associate producers, the associate producer of course being the creative producer as opposed to Micky Balcon who was the executive.
		There was an interesting thing I think you may have forgotten Charles, but there was a moment at Ealing when everybody started thinking that alright everybody was going on year by year but we weren't getting as much money as we might get outside.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /audio/id/952332/index.html (1682 words)

	Charles Crichton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		September 14, 1999 in South Kensington, London) was an English film director who became best known for his comedies produced at Ealing Studios.
		Crichton enjoyed an extremely long career, directing many films and television programmes over a period exceeding 40 years.
		This article about a United Kingdom film director is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Crichton (111 words)

	Charles Crichton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Born in Cheshire, England, Charles Crichton began work as an editor between 1935-40 with London Films, working with Alexander Korda on Sanders of the River (1935), Things to Come (1936) and Elephant Boy (1937).
		A meticulous perfectionist, Crichton then started working for Ealing Studios, rising rapidly from editor to producer and, ultimately, to director.
		Crichton only returned to the big screen at the request of John Cleese, to direct A Fish Called Wanda (1988), a fl comedy in the Ealing style of Crichton's earlier work.
	www.oundlesociety.org /CharlesCrichton_1.asp (345 words)

	Charles Crichton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		HUE AND CRY (1947), followed by THE LAVENDER HILL MOB (1951) and THE TITFIELD THUNDERBOLT (1953), established Crichton as a key architect of the Ealing comedy style, with a knack for eliciting fine performances from his actors.
		After the closing of Ealing in 1959, he made fewer features, working in British TV on series such as "Danger Man" and "The Avengers." In 1988 he scored a comeback hit with A FISH CALLED WANDA, an energetic farce reminiscent of the classic Ealing style.
		Beginning in the 1960s, Crichton taught for many years at the London Film School.
	theoscarsite.com /whoswho7/crichton_c.htm (173 words)

	Amazon.ca: A Fish Called Wanda: DVD: Charles Crichton,John Cleese,Jamie Lee Curtis,Kevin Kline,Michael Palin,Maria ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Curtis as the conniving crook out to grab the haul for herself, and Michael Palin as the stuttering, animal-loving hit man whose attempts to murder a little old lady only decrease the size of her poodle pack.
		Cleese cowrote the zingy script with British comedy veteran Charles Crichton (The Lavender Hill Mob), whose smooth direction balances Monty Python farce, hysterically tasteless gags, and an unexpectedly romantic subplot with style and confidence.
		Co-writer/director Charles Crichton had previously proven his skills with the classic 1951 crime farce The Lavender Hill Mob, and Wanda is every bit the classic that film was.
	www.amazon.ca /Fish-Called-Wanda-Charles-Crichton/dp/6305161879 (1834 words)

	Charles Crichton
		Charles Crichton was one of Ealing's stalwarts and therefore his name is indelibly linked with the comedies.
		Though listed as co-director, Cleese has always maintained that was a technicality due to the difficulties of insuring Crichton.
		This was his biggest success and brought him an Oscar nomination.
	www.britishpictures.com /stars/Critchton.htm (217 words)

	Amazon.com: "Charles Crichton": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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		Michael Permwee d Charles Crichton ph Lionel Banes in Leslie Bridgewater add J Elder-Wills ed Alan Oshstun fr Smwne Signnret, Robert Beatty, Jack Warner, Gordon...
		PW Against the Wind (1948, GB, 96 min, b/w) d Charles Crichton.
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	the lavender hill mob \| movie classic, directed by charles crichton (1951)
		If the movie was made today, they would and we would like them no less for their triumph than we did for their failure.
		After all, consider another crime caper, A Fish Called Wanda, which the same director, Charles Crichton) made thirty-seven years later.
		In this John Cleese and Jamie Lee Curtis fly off happily with their ill-gotten loot - and our complete approval - to much the same part of South America from which Guinness was returned in handcuffs.
	www.leninimports.com /the_lavender_hill_mob.html (811 words)

	screenonline: Crichton, Charles (1910-1999) Biography
		Barr, Charles, Ealing Studios (London: Cameron and Tayleur/David and Charles, 1977)
		LeFanu, Mark, 'Entretien avec Charles Crichton', Positif, Feb. 1989, pp.
		Vallance, Tom, 'Charles Crichton' (obit), Independent Review, 16 Sep. 1999, p.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /people/id/449392/index.html (794 words)

	Charles Crichton
		I am not one of those “movie people” who can expound at length about the genius of Kinji Fukasaku.
		But I do note with some surprise that Charles Crichton, who directed The Lavender Hill Mob in 1951 also directed, with John Cleese, A Fish Called Wanda in 1988.
		Inexplicably, he also directed several episodes of Space: 1999, arguably the worst science fiction television series ever produced.
	ruk.ca /article/996 (213 words)

	Charles Crichton — Infoplease.com
		Most recently, Crichton was nominated for an Oscar for the farcical 1988 John Cleese blockbuster,
		Fox, Crichton will `Prey' together.(20th Century Fox purchases film rights to Michael Crichton's novel "Prey")(Brief Article)
		Epilogue to the quiz show scandal: a case study of the FCC and corporate favoritism.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0780793.html (134 words)

	Charles Crichton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
		Crichton edited several noted British productions from 1935 to 1944--including Zoltan Korda's "Sanders of the River" (1935)--before moving over to Ealing Studios in 1940 and making his feature directing debut with "For Those in Peril" (1944).
		"Hue and Cry" (1946), followed by "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951) and "The Titfield Thunderbolt" (1953), established Crichton as a key architect of the Ealing eccentic comedy style, and as a director with a knack for eliciting fine performances from his actors....
		A Fish Called Wanda - (Director / 1988 / Released / CBS Video)
	www.hollywood.com /celebs/detail/id/198532 (457 words)

	Michael Crichton Movies on VHS Tape @ Filmbug UK
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		Directed by Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden and Alberto Cavalcanti
		Directed by Bill Bain, Charles Crichton and Roy Ward Baker
	www.filmbug.co.uk /db/22387-22?country=uk (109 words)

	Charles Crichton Bio, News and Movie Credits - RopeofSilicon.com
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	A Fish Called Wanda - John Cleese and Charles Crichton - Used Books
		A Fish Called Wanda - John Cleese and Charles Crichton - Used Books
		A Fish Called Wanda by John Cleese and Charles Crichton
		From the movie starring, John Cleese, jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin.
	www.biblio.com /books/38222751.html (93 words)

	Charles Crichton
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	Amazon.co.uk: The Lavender Hill Mob [1951]: DVD: Alec Guinness,Stanley Holloway,Charles Crichton,Sid James,Alfie ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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		Directed by Charles Crichton, who would much later direct John Cleese in A Fish Called Wanda (1988), 1951's The Lavender Hill Mob is the most ruefully thrilling of the Ealing Comedies.
		Alec Guinness plays a bowler-hatted escort of bullion to the refineries.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Lavender-Hill-Mob-Charles-Crichton/dp/B000260OXU (1998 words)

	Charles Crichton (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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