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Robert Hamer

Film Director / Screenwriter / Film Producer | * 03/31/1911 († 52, 12/04/1963) | Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Robert Hamer (31 March 1911 – 4 December 1963) was a British film director and screenwriter best known for the 1949 black comedy Kind Hearts and Coronets and the now acknowledged 1947 classic It Always Rains on Sunday. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Crime | Drama

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Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is comi ...

Dead of Night

NR

1945 | 3.6/5 | 1h 43min
Horror, Mystery, Thriller
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When his mother eloped with an Italian opera singer, Louis Mazzini was cut off from her aristocratic family. After the family refuses to let her be buried in the family mausoleum, Louis avenges his mo ...

Kind Hearts and Coronets

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1949 | 3.8/5 | 1h 44min
Comedy, Drama
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During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance. ...

It Always Rains on Sunday

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1947 | 3.2/5 | 1h 32min
Crime, Drama
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Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul. ...

Father Brown

NR

1954 | 3.1/5 | 1h 31min
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
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Movies with Robert Hamer as Crew(27)

Writing/Writer1963 A Jolly Bad Fellow
Directing/Director1960 School for Scoundrels
Directing/Director1959 The Scapegoat
Writing/Screenplay1959 The Scapegoat
Directing/Director1955 To Paris with Love
Directing/Director1954 Father Brown
Writing/Screenplay1954 Father Brown
Directing/Director1953 The Long Memory
Writing/Screenplay1953 The Long Memory
Directing/Director1952 His Excellency
Writing/Screenplay1952 His Excellency
Directing/Director1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets
Writing/Screenplay1949 Kind Hearts and Coronets
Directing/Director1949 The Spider and the Fly
Directing/Director1947 It Always Rains on Sunday
Writing/Writer1947 It Always Rains on Sunday
Crew/Additional Writing1945 Pink String and Sealing Wax
Directing/Director1945 Pink String and Sealing Wax
Directing/Director1945 Dead of Night
Production/Producer1943 San Demetrio London
Writing/Writer1943 San Demetrio London
Editing/Editor1942 Somewhere In France
Editing/Editor1941 Turned Out Nice Again
Editing/Editor1941 Ships with Wings
Editing/Editor1940 French Communique
Editing/Editor1939 Jamaica Inn
Editing/Editor1938 St. Martin's Lane

Full Name: Robert James Hamer
Citizenship: United Kingdom (UK)
Born: Friday, 03/31 1911 (March) in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England (United Kingdom (UK))
Died: Wednesday, 12/04 1963 (December) in London (aged: 52)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN)
Educated at: University of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Rossall School
Robert Hamer frequently works together with these people:
Michael Balcon (9x, Crew)
Ernest Irving (7x, Crew)
Edward Chapman (6x, Actor)
Mervyn Johns (6x, Actor)
John Salew (6x, Actor)
Hal Mason (6x, Crew)
Charles Laughton (5x, Actor)
Alec Guinness (4x, Actor)
Douglas Slocombe (4x, Crew)
Frederick Piper (4x, Actor)
Georges Auric (4x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:20751, Added: 05/07/2018, Last updated: 03/31/2024