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{{Short description|British films released in 1949}}
{{Incomplete list|type=Film|date=August 2008}}
{{British film list}}
A '''list of films produced in the United Kingdom in 1949''' (see [[1949 in film]]):
==1949==
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| {{Year header}} | '''[[1949 in film|1949]]'''
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|''[[Adam and Evelyne]]''||[[Harold French]]||[[Stewart Granger]], [[Jean Simmons]]||Romance||
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|''[[The Adventures of Jane]]''||Edward G. Whiting ||[[Chrystabel Leighton-Porter]] || Comedy based on comic strip||
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|''[[The Adventures of PC 49]]'' || [[Godfrey Grayson]] || [[Hugh Latimer (actor)|Hugh Latimer]], [[John Penrose (actor)|John Penrose]] || Crime ||
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|''[[All Over the Town]]''||[[Derek N. Twist]]||[[Norman Wooland]], [[Sarah Churchill (actress)|Sarah Churchill]]||Comedy||
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|''[[The Bad Lord Byron]]''||[[David MacDonald (director)|David MacDonald]]||[[Dennis Price]], [[Mai Zetterling]]||Historical||
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|''[[Badger's Green (1949 film)|Badger's Green]]''||John Irwin ||[[Barbara Murray]], [[Brian Nissen]] ||Comedy||
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|''[[The Blue Lagoon (1949 film)|The Blue Lagoon]]''||[[Frank Launder]] ||[[Jean Simmons]], [[Donald Houston]] ||Drama ||
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|''[[Blue Scar]]'' || [[Jill Craigie]] || [[Emrys Jones (actor)|Emrys Jones]], Gwynneth Vaughan || Drama ||
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|''[[A Boy, a Girl and a Bike]]''||[[Ralph Smart]]||[[John McCallum (actor)|John McCallum]], [[Honor Blackman]]||Comedy||
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|''[[Boys in Brown]]'' || [[Montgomery Tully]] || [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]], [[Richard Attenborough]] || Drama ||
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|''[[Cardboard Cavalier]]''||[[Walter Forde]]||[[Sid Field]], [[Margaret Lockwood]]||Comedy||
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|''[[The Case of Charles Peace]]'' || [[Norman Lee]] || [[Michael Martin Harvey]], [[Chili Bouchier]] || Crime ||
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|''[[Celia (1949 film)|Celia]]'' || [[Francis Searle]] || [[Hy Hazell]], [[Bruce Lester]] || Comedy thriller ||
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|''[[Children of Chance (1949 film)|Children of Chance]]'' || [[Luigi Zampa]] || [[Patricia Medina]], [[Yvonne Mitchell]] || Drama ||
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|''[[The Chiltern Hundreds (film)|The Chiltern Hundreds]]''||[[John Paddy Carstairs]]||[[Cecil Parker]], [[A. E. Matthews]], [[David Tomlinson]]||Comedy||
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|''[[Christopher Columbus (1949 film)|Christopher Columbus]]''||[[David MacDonald (director)|David MacDonald]]||[[Fredric March]], [[Florence Eldridge]]||Historical||
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|''[[Conspirator (1949 film)|Conspirator]]''||[[Victor Saville]]||[[Elizabeth Taylor]], [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]]||Thriller||
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|''[[The Cure for Love]]'' || [[Robert Donat]] || Robert Donat, [[Renée Asherson]] || Comedy ||
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|''[[Dark Secret (film)|Dark Secret]]''||[[Maclean Rogers]]||[[Dinah Sheridan]], [[Emrys Jones (actor)|Emrys Jones]]||Crime||
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|''[[Dear Mr. Prohack]]''||[[Thornton Freeland]]||[[Cecil Parker]], [[Glynis Johns]]||Comedy||
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|''[[Diamond City (film)|Diamond City]]''||[[David MacDonald (director)|David MacDonald]] ||[[David Farrar (actor)|David Farrar]], [[Honor Blackman]], [[Diana Dors]]  ||South African western||
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|''[[Dick Barton Strikes Back]]'' || [[Godfrey Grayson]] || [[Don Stannard]] || Action based on radio serial ||
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|''[[Doctor Morelle]]''||[[Godfrey Grayson]]||[[Valentine Dyall]], [[Peter Drury (actor)|Peter Drury]]||Mystery||
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|''[[Don't Ever Leave Me]]''||[[Arthur Crabtree]] ||[[Petula Clark]], [[Jimmy Hanley]] ||Romantic comedy ||
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|''[[Edward, My Son]]''||[[George Cukor]]||[[Spencer Tracy]], [[Deborah Kerr]]||Drama||Kerr's first time Oscar nomination
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|''[[Eureka Stockade (1949 film)|Eureka Stockade]]''||[[Harry Watt (director)|Harry Watt]]||[[Chips Rafferty]], [[Jane Barrett]] || Drama || Filmed in Australia
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|''[[Floodtide]]'' || [[Frederick Wilson (film editor)|Frederick Wilson]] || [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]], [[Rona Anderson]] || Drama ||
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|''[[Fools Rush In (1949 film)|Fools Rush In]]'' || [[John Paddy Carstairs]] || [[Sally Ann Howes]], [[Guy Rolfe]] || Comedy ||
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|''[[For Them That Trespass]]''||[[Alberto Cavalcanti]]||[[Richard Todd]], [[Patricia Plunkett]], [[Stephen Murray (actor)|Stephen Murray]]||Crime||
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||''[[Forbidden (1949 film)|Forbidden]]''||[[George King (film director)|George King]] ||[[Douglass Montgomery]], [[Hazel Court]] ||Thriller ||
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|''[[The Forbidden Street]]''||[[Jean Negulesco]] ||[[Dana Andrews]], [[Maureen O'Hara]] ||Drama||
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|''[[Give Us This Day (1949 film)|Give Us This Day]]'' || [[Edward Dmytryk]] || [[Sam Wanamaker]], [[Lea Padovani]] || Drama ||
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|''[[The Glass Mountain (1949 film)|The Glass Mountain]]''||[[Edoardo Anton]], [[Henry Cass]] ||[[Michael Denison]], [[Dulcie Gray]] ||Drama ||
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|''[[Golden Arrow (1949 film)|Golden Arrow]]''||[[Gordon Parry (film director)|Gordon Parry]]||[[Burgess Meredith]], [[Jean-Pierre Aumont]]||Comedy||
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|''[[Golden Madonna]]''||[[Ladislao Vajda]]||[[Phyllis Calvert]], [[Tullio Carminati]]||Drama||
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|''[[The Hasty Heart]]''||[[Vincent Sherman]]||[[Ronald Reagan]], [[Richard Todd]], [[Patricia Neal]]||World War II drama ||
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|''[[Helter Skelter (1949 film)|Helter Skelter]]''||[[Ralph Thomas]]||[[Carol Marsh]], [[David Tomlinson]]||Comedy||
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|''[[High Jinks in Society]]''||[[John Guillermin]], [[Robert Jordan Hill]] || [[Ben Wrigley]], [[Barbara Shaw (actress)|Barbara Shaw]]||Comedy||
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|''[[The History of Mr. Polly (film)|The History of Mr. Polly]]''||[[Anthony Pelissier]]||[[John Mills]], [[Sally Ann Howes]]||Drama||
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|''[[The Huggetts Abroad]]''||[[Ken Annakin]]||[[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]], [[Kathleen Harrison]], [[Dinah Sheridan]], [[Jimmy Hanley]]||Comedy|
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|''[[The Interrupted Journey]]''||[[Daniel Birt]] ||[[Valerie Hobson]], [[Richard Todd]] ||Thriller||
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|''[[It's Not Cricket (1949 film)|It's Not Cricket]]''||[[Alfred Roome]] ||[[Basil Radford]], [[Naunton Wayne]] ||Comedy||
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|''[[The Jack of Diamonds]]''||[[Vernon Sewell]]||[[Nigel Patrick]], [[Cyril Raymond]]||Adventure||
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|''[[Kind Hearts and Coronets]]''||[[Robert Hamer]] ||[[Dennis Price]], [[Valerie Hobson]], [[Joan Greenwood]], [[Alec Guinness]] ||Black comedy ||Number 6 in the list of [[BFI Top 100 British films]]
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|''[[Landfall (1949 film)|Landfall]]''||[[Ken Annakin]]||[[Michael Denison]], [[Patricia Plunkett]]||War||
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|''[[The Last Days of Dolwyn]]''||[[Emlyn Williams]], [[Russell Lloyd (film editor)|Russell Lloyd]]||[[Edith Evans]], [[Richard Burton]]||Drama||
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|''[[The Lost People]]''||[[Muriel Box]]||[[Richard Attenborough]], [[Dennis Price]], [[Mai Zetterling]]||Drama||
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|''[[Madness of the Heart]]''||[[Charles Bennett (screenwriter)|Charles Bennett]]||[[Margaret Lockwood]], [[Kathleen Byron]]||Drama||
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|''[[A Man's Affair]]'' || [[Jay Lewis]] || [[Diana Decker]], [[Joan Dowling]] || Comedy ||
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|''[[The Man from Yesterday (1949 film)|The Man from Yesterday]]'' || [[Oswald Mitchell]] || [[John Stuart (actor)|John Stuart]], [[Henry Oscar]] || Thriller ||
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|''[[The Man in Black (film)|The Man in Black]]'' || [[Francis Searle]] || [[Betty Ann Davies]], [[Sheila Burrell]] || Thriller ||
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|''[[Man on the Run]]''||[[Lawrence Huntington]]||[[Derek Farr]], [[Joan Hopkins]]||Thriller||
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|''[[Marry Me! (1949 film)|Marry Me!]]''||[[Terence Fisher]]||[[Derek Bond]], [[Susan Shaw]]||Comedy||
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|''[[A Matter of Murder]]''||[[John Gilling]]||[[Maureen Riscoe]], [[John Barry (actor)|John Barry]]  ||Crime||
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|''[[Maytime in Mayfair]]''||[[Herbert Wilcox]] ||[[Anna Neagle]], [[Michael Wilding (actor)|Michael Wilding]] ||Musical comedy ||
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|''[[Meet Simon Cherry]]''|| [[Godfrey Grayson]] || [[Hugh Moxey]], Jeanette Tregarthen || Mystery ||
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|''[[Melody Club (film)|Melody Club]]''||[[Robert S. Baker]], [[Monty Berman]]||[[Terry-Thomas]], [[Arthur Gomez (actor)|Arthur Gomez]]||Comedy||
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|''[[Melody in the Dark]]''||[[Robert Jordan Hill]]||[[Ben Wrigley]], [[Eunice Gayson]]||Musical||
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|''[[Miss Pilgrim's Progress]]''||[[Val Guest]]||[[Michael Rennie]], [[Yolande Donlan]] ||Comedy||
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|''[[Murder at the Windmill]]''||[[Val Guest]]||[[Garry Marsh]], [[Jon Pertwee]]||Crime||
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|''[[No Way Back (1949 film)|No Way Back]]''||Stefan Osiecki||[[Terence De Marney]], [[Eleanor Summerfield]] ||Crime||
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|''[[Now Barabbas]]''||[[Gordon Parry (film director)|Gordon Parry]]||[[Richard Greene]], [[Cedric Hardwicke]]||Drama||
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|''[[Obsession (1949 film)|Obsession]]''||[[Edward Dmytryk]]||[[Robert Newton]], [[Sally Gray]]||Crime||
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|''[[Old Mother Riley's New Venture]]''||[[John Harlow (director)|John Harlow]]||[[Arthur Lucan]], [[Kitty McShane]], [[Chili Bouchier]]||Comedy||
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|''[[Once a Jolly Swagman]]'' || [[Jack Lee (film director)|Jack Lee]] || [[Dirk Bogarde]], [[Bonar Colleano]] || Drama ||
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|''[[Once Upon a Dream (1949 film)|Once Upon a Dream]]''||[[Ralph Thomas]]||[[Googie Withers]], [[Guy Middleton]] || Comedy||
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|''[[Paper Orchid]]''|| [[Roy Ward Baker]] || [[Hugh Williams]], [[Hy Hazell]], [[Sid James]] || Mystery ||
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|''[[The Passionate Friends (1949 film)|The Passionate Friends]]''||[[David Lean]] ||[[Ann Todd]], [[Claude Rains]], [[Trevor Howard]]||Drama ||Based on the [[H. G. Wells]] novel
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|''[[Passport to Pimlico]]''||[[Henry Cornelius]] ||[[Margaret Rutherford]], [[Stanley Holloway]], [[Hermione Baddeley]] ||Comedy ||Number 63 in the list of [[BFI Top 100 British films]]
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|''[[The Perfect Woman (1949 film)|The Perfect Woman]]''||[[Bernard Knowles]]||[[Patricia Roc]], [[Stanley Holloway]]||Comedy||
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|''[[Poet's Pub]]''||[[Frederick Wilson (film editor)|Frederick Wilson]]||[[Derek Bond]], [[Rona Anderson]]||Comedy||
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|''[[Private Angelo (film)|Private Angelo]]''||[[Michael Anderson (director)|Michael Anderson]], [[Peter Ustinov]]||[[Godfrey Tearle]], [[Maria Denis]]||Comedy/war ||
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|''[[The Queen of Spades (1949 film)|The Queen of Spades]]''||[[Thorold Dickinson]]||[[Anton Walbrook]], [[Edith Evans]]||Fantasy||
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|''[[The Rocking Horse Winner (film)|The Rocking Horse Winner]]''||[[Anthony Pelissier]]||[[Valerie Hobson]], [[John Howard Davies]]||Fantasy||
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|''[[The Romantic Age]]''||[[Edmond T. Gréville]]||[[Hugh Williams]], [[Mai Zetterling]], [[Petula Clark]]||Comedy||
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|''[[A Run for Your Money]]''||[[Charles Frend]] ||[[Donald Houston]], [[Meredith Edwards (actor)|Meredith Edwards]], [[Alec Guinness]] ||Comedy ||
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|''[[Saints and Sinners (1949 film)|Saints and Sinners]]''||[[Leslie Arliss]]||[[Kieron Moore (Irish actor)|Kieron Moore]], [[Christine Norden]]||Comedy/drama||
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|''[[School for Randle]]''||[[John E. Blakeley]]||[[Frank Randle]], [[Dan Young]]||Comedy||
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|''[[Silent Dust]]''||[[Lance Comfort]]||[[Nigel Patrick]], [[Sally Gray]], [[Stephen Murray (actor)|Stephen Murray]]||Drama||
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|''[[Skimpy in the Navy]]''||[[Stafford Dickens]]||[[Hal Monty]], [[Max Bygraves]] ||Comedy|| <ref>{{cite web | title=Skimpy in the Navy (1949) | website=BFI | url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a84a060 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190222151937/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6a84a060 | url-status=dead | archive-date=February 22, 2019 | access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref>
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|''[[The Spider and the Fly (1949 film)|The Spider and the Fly]]''||[[Robert Hamer]] ||[[Eric Portman]], [[Guy Rolfe]]||Crime ||
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|''[[Stop Press Girl]]''||[[Michael Barry (television producer)|Michael Barry]]||[[Sally Ann Howes]], [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]]|| Comedy||
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|''[[The Temptress (1949 film)|The Temptress]]'' || [[Oswald Mitchell]] || [[Joan Maude]], [[Arnold Bell]] || Drama ||
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|''[[That Dangerous Age]]''|| [[Gregory Ratoff]] || [[Myrna Loy]], [[Roger Livesey]], [[Peggy Cummins]] || Romance ||
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|''[[The Third Man]]''||[[Carol Reed]]||[[Orson Welles]], [[Joseph Cotten]], [[Alida Valli]], [[Trevor Howard]]||Mystery ||Number 1 in the list of [[BFI Top 100 British films]]
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|''[[Third Time Lucky (1949 film)|Third Time Lucky]]''||[[Gordon Parry (film director)|Gordon Parry]]||[[Glynis Johns]], [[Dermot Walsh]]||Crime||
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|''[[Train of Events]]''||[[Sidney Cole]], [[Charles Crichton]], [[Basil Dearden]]|| [[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]], [[Peter Finch]], [[Valerie Hobson]]||Drama||
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|''[[Traveller's Joy]]''||[[Ralph Thomas]]||[[Googie Withers]], [[John McCallum (actor)|John McCallum]]||Comedy||
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|''[[Trottie True]]''||[[Brian Desmond Hurst]]||[[Jean Kent]], [[Hugh Sinclair (actor)|Hugh Sinclair]], [[James Donald]] ||Musical/comedy||
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|''[[Under Capricorn]]''||[[Alfred Hitchcock]] ||[[Ingrid Bergman]], [[Joseph Cotten]], [[Michael Wilding (actor)|Michael Wilding]] ||Drama || Filmed in Australia
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| ''[[Vengeance Is Mine (1949 film)|Vengeance Is Mine]]''|| 	Alan Cullimore || [[Valentine Dyall]], [[Anne Firth]], [[Richard Goolden]] || Crime ||
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|''[[Vote for Huggett]]''||[[Ken Annakin]]||[[Jack Warner (actor)|Jack Warner]], [[Kathleen Harrison]], [[Susan Shaw]], [[Diana Dors]]||Comedy||
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|''[[Warning to Wantons]]''||Donald B. Wilson||[[Harold Warrender]], [[Anne Vernon]]||Romantic comedy||
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|''[[What a Carry On!]]''||[[John E. Blakeley]]||[[Jimmy Jewel]], [[Ben Warriss]]||Comedy|| <ref>{{cite web | title=What-a-carry-on! (1949) | website=BFI | url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b787e1b5e | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816192806/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b787e1b5e | url-status=dead | archive-date=August 16, 2017 | access-date=2020-06-16}}</ref>
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|''[[Whisky Galore! (1949 film)|Whisky Galore!]]''|| [[Alexander Mackendrick]]||[[Basil Radford]], [[Bruce Seton]], [[Joan Greenwood]], [[Gordon Jackson (actor)|Gordon Jackson]] ||Comedy ||Number 24 in the list of [[BFI Top 100 British films]]
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==See also==
* [[1949 in British music]]
* [[1949 in British television]]
* [[1949 in the United Kingdom]]
==References==
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==External links==
* {{imdb country year|gb|1949}}
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[[Category:1940s in British cinema]]