Ken Annakin

Ken Annakin

Directing

Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) was an English film director. His career spanned half a century, beginning in the early 1940s and ending in 1992, and in the 1960s he was noticed by critics with large-scale adventure epic and comedies films, like Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, Battle of the Bulge, The Biggest Bundle of Them All and Monte Carlo or Bust!. During his career, Annakin directed nearly 50 pictures.

Filmography

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Rent-A-Person ★ 7.8 Rent-A-Person 2004 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking ★ 5.9 The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking 1988 The Pirate Movie ★ 5.2 The Pirate Movie 1982 Cheaper to Keep Her ★ 4.3 Cheaper to Keep Her 1981 The Fifth Musketeer ★ 4.9 The Fifth Musketeer 1979 Institute for Revenge ★ 6.7 Institute for Revenge 1979 The Pirate ★ 4.5 The Pirate 1978 Murder at the Mardi Gras ★ 7.0 Murder at the Mardi Gras 1978 The Pirate ★ 5.0 The Pirate 1977 Paper Tiger ★ 6.3 Paper Tiger 1975 The Call of the Wild ★ 6.1 The Call of the Wild 1972 Monte Carlo or Bust! ★ 5.9 Monte Carlo or Bust! 1969 The Biggest Bundle of Them All ★ 5.6 The Biggest Bundle of Them All 1968 The Long Duel ★ 5.2 The Long Duel 1967 Battle of the Bulge ★ 6.9 Battle of the Bulge 1965 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes ★ 6.8 Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes 1965 The Informers ★ 6.8 The Informers 1963 The Fast Lady ★ 5.8 The Fast Lady 1962 The Longest Day ★ 7.6 The Longest Day 1962 Crooks Anonymous ★ 6.1 Crooks Anonymous 1962 The Hellions ★ 6.7 The Hellions 1961 Very Important Person ★ 5.5 Very Important Person 1961 Swiss Family Robinson ★ 6.9 Swiss Family Robinson 1960 Third Man on the Mountain ★ 6.7 Third Man on the Mountain 1959 Nor the Moon by Night ★ 6.2 Nor the Moon by Night 1958 Across the Bridge ★ 6.8 Across the Bridge 1957 Three Men in a Boat ★ 6.3 Three Men in a Boat 1956 Loser Takes All ★ 6.0 Loser Takes All 1956 Value for Money ★ 6.9 Value for Money 1955 The Wonderful World of Disney ★ 7.9 The Wonderful World of Disney 1954 The Seekers ★ 6.4 The Seekers 1954 You Know What Sailors Are ★ 5.2 You Know What Sailors Are 1954 The Sword and the Rose ★ 6.4 The Sword and the Rose 1953 The Planter's Wife ★ 6.6 The Planter's Wife 1952 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men ★ 6.2 The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men 1952 Hotel Sahara ★ 5.6 Hotel Sahara 1951 The Day Begins Early ★ 6.0 The Day Begins Early 1950 Trio ★ 6.4 Trio 1950 Double Confession ★ 6.2 Double Confession 1950 Landfall ★ 7.6 Landfall 1949 The Huggetts Abroad ★ 6.8 The Huggetts Abroad 1949 Vote for Huggett ★ 7.2 Vote for Huggett 1949 Here Come the Huggetts ★ 6.7 Here Come the Huggetts 1948 Quartet ★ 6.3 Quartet 1948 Broken Journey ★ 6.1 Broken Journey 1948 Miranda ★ 6.2 Miranda 1948 Holiday Camp ★ 6.8 Holiday Camp 1947 Make Fruitful the Land ★ 7.0 Make Fruitful the Land 1946 English Criminal Justice English Criminal Justice 1946 We of the West Riding ★ 7.0 We of the West Riding 1946 Fenlands ★ 7.0 Fenlands 1946 London 1942 London 1942 1943 Freedom Radio ★ 7.0 Freedom Radio 1941