Joseph Janni (21 May 1916 – 29 May 1994) was a

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Italian-British film producer best known for his work with

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. He was born in

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, Italy and became interested in filmmaking while at university. He emigrated to England in 1939, and once Italy declared war, he was briefly interned in Metropole Camp on the

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. Returning to London, he worked with

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. Janni's success with ''The Glass Mountain'' brought him work with the

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. Janni made the popular ''Town Like Alice'' with Jack Lee and Peter Finch and the three men were reunited on ''Robbery Under Arms''. Janni went on to produce the first films of

and

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.David Shipman
Joseph Janni obituary
''The Independent'', 2 June 1994. Many of these were financed by

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Selected filmography

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'' (1944) *'' The Glass Mountain'' (1949) *''

The Woman in Question ''The Woman in Question'' (released in the USA as ''Five Angles on Murder'') is a 1950 British murder mystery film directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Jean Kent, Dirk Bogarde and John McCallum. It was written by John Cresswell and Joseph Ja ...

(1950) *''

White Corridors ''White Corridors'' is a 1951 British drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring Googie Withers, Godfrey Tearle, James Donald and Petula Clark. It was written by Jan Read and Jackson based on the 1944 novel ''Yeoman's Hospital'' by Helen ...

'' (1951) *'' Honeymoon Deferred'' (1951) *''

Something Money Can't Buy ''Something Money Can't Buy'' is a 1952 British comedy drama film directed by Pat Jackson and starring Patricia Roc, Anthony Steel (actor), Anthony Steel and Moira Lister. It was written by Jackson and J.L. Hodson, and distributed by Rank's Gen ...

'' (1952) *''

Romeo and Juliet ''The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'', often shortened to ''Romeo and Juliet'', is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare about the romance between two young Italians from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's ...

'' (1954) *''

A Town Like Alice ''A Town Like Alice'' (United States title: ''The Legacy'') is a romance novel by Nevil Shute, published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia. Jean Paget, a young Englishwoman, becomes romantically interested in a fellow prisoner ...

'' (1956) *''

Robbery Under Arms ''Robbery Under Arms'' is a bushranger novel by Thomas Alexander Browne, published under his pen name Rolf Boldrewood. It was first published in serialised form by ''The Sydney Mail'' between July 1882 and August 1883, then in three volumes in ...

'' (1957) *''

The Captain's Table ''The Captain's Table'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Jack Lee and starring John Gregson, Donald Sinden, Peggy Cummins and Nadia Gray. The film is based on the 1954 novel of the same title by Richard Gordon, later adapted int ...

'' (1958) *''

The Savage Innocents ''The Savage Innocents'' is a 1960 adventure film directed and co-written by Nicholas Ray. Anthony Quinn and Yoko Tani star, with Lee Montague, Marco Guglielmi, Carlo Giustini, Anthony Chinn, and Michael Chow in supporting roles, alongsid ...

'' (1962) *'' A Kind of Loving'' (1962) *''

Billy Liar ''Billy Liar'' is a 1959 novel by Keith Waterhouse that was later adapted into a play, a Billy Liar (film), film, a Billy (musical), musical and a Billy Liar (TV series), TV series. The work has inspired and been featured in a number of popul ...

'' (1963) *'' Darling'' (1965) *''

Modesty Blaise ''Modesty Blaise'' is a British comic strip featuring a fictional character of the same name, created by author Peter O'Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway in 1963. The strip follows Modesty Blaise, an exceptional young woman with many talen ...

'' (1966) *'' Far from the Madding Crowd'' (1967) *''

Poor Cow ''Poor Cow'' (also known as ''No Tears for Joy'') is a 1967 British kitchen sink drama film directed by Ken Loach and starring Carol White and Terence Stamp. It was written by Loach and Nell Dunn based on Dunn's 1967 novel of the same na ...

'' (1967) *''

In Search of Gregory ''In Search of Gregory'' is a 1969 British-Italian drama film directed by Peter Wood and starring Julie Christie. Plot Catherine Morelli goes to the latest wedding of her father, Max, who in turn wants to introduce her there to a potential su ...

'' (1969) *''

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'' (1971) *''

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'' (1972) *'' Los Amigos'' (1973) *''

Yanks ''Yanks'' is a 1979 drama film directed by John Schlesinger, and produced by Joseph Janni and Lester Persky, and is written by Colin Welland and Walter Bernstein. It stars Richard Gere, Lisa Eichhorn, Vanessa Redgrave, William Devane, Chick ...

'' (1979)

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