London Independent Producers was a British

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company. It was founded in 1951 by

Sydney Box Frank Sydney Box (29 April 1907 – 25 May 1983) was a British film producer and screenwriter, and brother of British film producer Betty Box. In 1940, he founded the documentary film company Verity Films with Jay Lewis. He produced and co- ...

and

William MacQuitty William MacQuitty (15 May 1905 – 4 February 2004) was a British film producer and also a writer and photographer. He is most noted for his production of the 1958 Rank Organisation / Pinewood Studios film, '' A Night to Remember'', which recre ...

. Box had recently been head of production of

Gainsborough Pictures Gainsborough Pictures was a British film studio based on the south bank of the Regent's Canal, in Poole Street, Hoxton in the former Metropolitan Borough of Shoreditch, east London. Gainsborough Studios was active between 1924 and 1951. The co ...

, part of the

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. After Gainsborough was closed down Box left Rank and chose to produce independently. Box's wife, the director

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, acted as a third partner. In spite of the founder's ambitions to have greater independence from the big studios, the need to secure good

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led to greater dependence on the major companies.Spicer p.147-48

Selected filmography

* '' The Happy Family'' (1952) * '' Street Corner'' (1953) * '' The Beachcomber'' (1954) * '' Forbidden Cargo'' (1954) * ''

Above Us the Waves ''Above Us the Waves'' is a 1955 British war film about human torpedo and midget submarine attacks in Norwegian fjords against the German battleship ''Tirpitz''. Directed by Ralph Thomas, it is based on two true-life attacks by British command ...

'' (1955) * ''

The Prisoner ''The Prisoner'' is a British television series created by Patrick McGoohan. McGoohan portrays Number Six (The Prisoner), Number Six, an unnamed British intelligence agent who is abducted and imprisoned in a The Village (The Prisoner), mysteri ...

'' (1955) * ''

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'' (1967) * ''

The Man Outside ''The Man Outside'' (, literally ''Outside, at the door'') is a play by Wolfgang Borchert, written in a few days in the late autumn of 1946. It made its debut on German radio on 13 February 1947. ''The Man Outside'' describes the hopelessness ...

'' (1967) * ''

Theatre of Death ''Theatre of Death'' (also known as ''Blood Fiend'') is a 1967 British horror movie directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Christopher Lee, Lelia Goldoni and Julian Glover. It was written by Ellis Kadison and Roger Marshall. Plot Philippe Darv ...

'' (1967) * ''

The Long Duel ''The Long Duel'' is a 1967 British adventure film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Yul Brynner, Trevor Howard, Charlotte Rampling and Harry Andrews. It is set in British-ruled India of the 1920s but was filmed in Spain. Plot Superintende ...

'' (1967) * ''

The Limbo Line ''The Limbo Line'' is a 1968 British spy thriller film directed by Samuel Gallu and starring Craig Stevens, Kate O'Mara and Eugene Deckers. It is based on the 1963 novel of the same title by Victor Canning. It was made as part of a 1960s boom ...

'' (1968) * ''

Amsterdam Affair ''Amsterdam Affair'' (also known as ''Love in Amsterdam'' ) is a 1968 British crime film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Wolfgang Kieling, William Marlowe, Catherine Schell and Pamela Ann Davy. It was written by Edward Ward based on the 1 ...

'' (1968) * ''

Taste of Excitement ''Taste of Excitement'', also known as ''Why Would Anyone Want to Kill a Nice Girl Like You?'', is a 1969 British mystery film, mystery thriller film directed by Don Sharp and starring Eva Renzi, David Buck and Peter Vaughan. It was written by S ...

'' (1970)

References

Bibliography

* Spicer, Andrew. ''Sydney Box''. Manchester University Press, 2006. British film studios Film production companies of the United Kingdom {{film-company-stub