Directing
Val Guest
- Titles
- 84movies5TV shows
- Career
Active from 1936 to 2025, with a break from 1985 to 2024, with up to 4 main titles a year.
- Directed
- 60titles as director
- Average score
61/100
- Highest rated
The Day the Earth Caught Fire80/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 29 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Nostalgia5.8average 3.7
- Historical4.6average 2.6
- Mystery5.4average 4.1
- Crime4.4average 3.7
- Physical Comedy3.1average 2.4
- Wit & Wordplay4.2average 3.7
- Situational Comedy3.2average 2.7
Rarely in their work
- Contemporary Realism2.8, average 5.4
- Family Dynamics2.9, average 4.8
- Coming of Age1.3, average 3.0
- Pathos3.7, average 5.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Nostalgic 3
- Classic British Comedy 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Character-Driven 3
- Mystery Thriller 2
- Ensemble Cast 2
- Action-Packed 2
- Intriguing Plot 2
- Cold War Era 2
- Social Commentary 2
- Slapstick Humor 2
- Lighthearted Entertainment 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- BBill LennyEditorCasino Royale, Where the Spies Are, Confessions of a Window Cleaner, Dentist in the Chair, The Abominable Snowman, +11 more
Reginald BeckwithActorThe Men of Sherwood Forest, Dentist in the Chair, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, Another Man's Poison, Break in the Circle, +7 more- MMarriott EdgarWriterBack-Room Boy, Where's That Fire, Oh, Mr. Porter!, Good Morning, Boys!, King Arthur Was a Gentleman, +7 more
Marcel VarnelDirectorWhere's That Fire, Oh, Mr. Porter!, Good Morning, Boys!, King Arthur Was a Gentleman, Convict 99, +5 more
Yolande DonlanActorJigsaw, Expresso Bongo, Mr. Drake's Duck, The Body Said No!, They Can't Hang Me, +3 more- AArthur GrantCinematographerWhere the Spies Are, Hell Is a City, The Abominable Snowman, Jigsaw, Up the Creek, +3 more
Arthur AskeyActorBack-Room Boy, King Arthur Was a Gentleman, The Ghost Train, Bees in Paradise, Miss London Ltd., +2 more
Moore MarriottActorBack-Room Boy, Where's That Fire, Oh, Mr. Porter!, Convict 99, Ask a Policeman, +2 more- RR. E. DearingEditorInspector Hornleigh Goes to It, Back-Room Boy, Give Us the Moon, Bees in Paradise, Convict 99, +2 more
Garry MarshActorWilliam Comes to Town, I'll Be Your Sweetheart, Paper Orchid, Just William's Luck, Miss Pilgrim's Progress, +1 more
Peter GawthorneActorInspector Hornleigh Goes to It, Where's That Fire, Convict 99, Ask a Policeman, I Thank You, +1 more
Graham MoffattActorBack-Room Boy, Where's That Fire, Oh, Mr. Porter!, Convict 99, Ask a Policeman, +1 more
Movies and TV shows
822020s
1 title
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1990s
1 title · average score 77
1980s
7 titles · average score 64
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1970s
9 titles · average score 41
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1960s
11 titles · average score 59
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1950s
25 titles · average score 62
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1940s
18 titles · average score 64
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1930s
10 titles · average score 72
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as Newspaper reporter
as Party Guest
as Gangster