Portrait of Charles Frend

Directing

Charles Frend

Career

Active from 1942 to 1967, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Average score
GoodWatch score68/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea
GoodWatch score87/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 17 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Charles Frend Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Pop Culture
    0.8, average 2.2
  • Fantasy
    0.5, average 1.7
  • Absurdist Humor
    0.9, average 2.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Character-Driven 5
  • World War II 2
  • Global Intrigue 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

34
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1970s

1 title ยท average score 59
Ryan's Daughter
Ryan's Daughter (1970)
GoodWatch score 59

Second Unit Director

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 66
The Sky Bike
The Sky Bike (1967)

Director

Our Man in the Caribbean
Our Man in the Caribbean (1964)

Director

Torpedo Bay
Torpedo Bay (1963)

Director

Girl on Approval
Girl on Approval (1961)

Director

Cone of Silence
Cone of Silence (1960)
GoodWatch score 66

Director

1950s

5 titles ยท average score 71
Barnacle Bill
Barnacle Bill (1957)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

The Long Arm
The Long Arm (1956)
GoodWatch score 72

Director

Lease of Life
Lease of Life (1954)
GoodWatch score 71

Director

The Cruel Sea
The Cruel Sea (1953)
GoodWatch score 87

Director

The Magnet
The Magnet (1950)
GoodWatch score 59

Director

1940s

9 titles ยท average score 65
A Run for Your Money
A Run for Your Money (1949)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay, Director

Scott of the Antarctic
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
GoodWatch score 70

Director

The Loves of Joanna Godden
The Loves of Joanna Godden (1947)
GoodWatch score 68

Director

Johnny Frenchman
Johnny Frenchman (1945)
GoodWatch score 65

Director

The Return of the Vikings
The Return of the Vikings (1944)

Director, Writer

San Demetrio London
San Demetrio London (1943)
GoodWatch score 67

Director, Writer

The Foreman Went to France
The Foreman Went to France (1942)
GoodWatch score 67

Director

The Big Blockade
The Big Blockade (1942)
GoodWatch score 60

Director

Major Barbara
Major Barbara (1941)
GoodWatch score 65

Editor

1930s

14 titles ยท average score 63
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
GoodWatch score 80

Editor

The Lion Has Wings
The Lion Has Wings (1939)
GoodWatch score 45

Editor

The Citadel
The Citadel (1938)
GoodWatch score 78

Editor

A Yank at Oxford
A Yank at Oxford (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

Editor

Young and Innocent
Young and Innocent (1937)
GoodWatch score 68

Editor

Sabotage
Sabotage (1936)
GoodWatch score 78

Editor

Secret Agent
Secret Agent (1936)
GoodWatch score 59

Editor

Oh, Daddy!
Oh, Daddy! (1935)

Editor

Car of Dreams
Car of Dreams (1935)

Editor

Waltzes from Vienna
Waltzes from Vienna (1934)
GoodWatch score 41

Editor

My Song for You
My Song for You (1934)

Editor

The Conquest of the Air
The Conquest of the Air (1931)
GoodWatch score 61

as Narrator (voice)