Charles Frend

Charles Frend

Charles Herbert Frend was an English film director and editor, best known for his films produced at Ealing Studios. He began directing in the early 1940s and is known for such films as Scott of the Antarctic and The Cruel Sea.

Known For

5 titles
1
The Cruel Sea

The Cruel Sea

1953 · 2h 6m · Movie

The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.

7.4
2
Scott of the Antarctic

Scott of the Antarctic

1948 · 1h 51m · Movie

The story of British explorer Robert Falcon Scott's 1912 expedition and his quest to be the first to reach the South Pole.

7.0
3
The Third Key

The Third Key

1956 · 1h 36m · Movie

The sleuths of Scotland Yard try to solve a series of burglaries.

7.0
4
San Demetrio London

San Demetrio London

1943 · 1h 44m · Movie

Rescue of the tanker MV San Demetrio by parts of her own crew after she had been set afire in the middle of the Atlantic by the German heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer and then had been abandoned.

6.7
5
Trouble in the Sky

Trouble in the Sky

1960 · 1h 32m · Movie

In Britain, at the dawn of jet-powered commercial aviation, an aircraft manufacturer tries to shift the blame from mechanical failure to pilot error when its newest jet airliner has a series of accidents.

6.5