Peter Bezencenet (1914–2003) was a British
film editor
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and
film director
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. He co-scripted the 1936 film ''
Conquest of the Air''.
[Morley p.84] He was employed by the
Rank Organisation
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on a number of films during the 1950s, including several for
Ealing Studios
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. He also acted as
location director for the television series ''
Richard the Lionheart
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'' in the early 1960s. During the 1960s he directed four films and episodes of the TV series ''
The Pursuers''.
Selected filmography
* ''
Conquest of the Air'' (1936)
* ''
Floodtide'' (1949)
* ''
Poet's Pub
''Poet's Pub'' is a 1949 British second feature ('B') comedy film directed by Frederick Wilson and starring Derek Bond, Rona Anderson and James Robertson Justice. It was written by Diana Morgan based on the 1929 novel of the same title ...
'' (1949)
* ''
Intimate Relations'' (1953)
* ''
The Square Ring'' (1953)
* ''
The Divided Heart'' (1954)
* ''
West of Zanzibar'' (1954)
* ''
The Ship That Died of Shame
''The Ship That Died of Shame'', released in the United States as ''PT Raiders'', is a black-and-white 1955 Ealing Studios crime film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Richard Attenborough, George Baker, Bill Owen and Virginia McKenna.
T ...
'' (1955)
* ''
The Feminine Touch'' (1956)
* ''
Dangerous Exile'' (1957)
* ''
The Secret Place'' (1957)
* ''
Rooney'' (1958)
* ''
Floods of Fear'' (1958)
* ''
Jack the Ripper
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'' (1959)
* ''
Tommy the Toreador
''Tommy the Toreador'' is a 1959 British musical comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Tommy Steele, Janet Munro, Sid James, Bernard Cribbins, Noel Purcell and Kenneth Williams.
Premise
A British ship docks in Spain and To ...
'' (1959)
* ''
The Siege of Sidney Street'' (1960)
* ''
Jungle Street'' (1961)
* ''
Dangerous Afternoon'' (1961)
* ''
Band of Thieves'' (1962)
* ''
Hair of the Dog'' (1962)
* ''
Bomb in the High Street'' (1963)
* ''
24 Hours to Kill
''24 Hours to Kill'' is a 1965 British thriller film shot in Techniscope and Technicolor that was filmed in the Lebanon. It was directed by Peter Bezencenet, and stars Lex Barker, Mickey Rooney and Walter Slezak.
Plot
A Transcontinental Airlin ...
'' (1965)
* ''
City of Fear'' (1965)
References
Bibliography
* Burton, Alan & O'Sullivan, Tim. ''The Cinema of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph''. Edinburgh University Press, 2009.
* Morley, Margaret. ''The Films of Laurence Olivier''. Citadel Press, 1978.
External links
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1914 births
2003 deaths
People from Rochford
British film editors
British film directors
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