List of British films of 1942

A list of British films released in 1942.

1942

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1942
Alibi	Brian Desmond Hurst	James Mason, Margaret Lockwood, Raymond Lovell	Thriller
Asking for Trouble	Oswald Mitchell	Max Miller, Carole Lynne, Wilfrid Hyde-White	Comedy
Back-Room Boy	Herbert Mason	Arthur Askey, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt	Comedy
The Balloon Goes Up	Redd Davis	Ethel Revnell, Gracie West	Musical comedy
Banana Ridge	Walter C. Mycroft	Robertson Hare, Alfred Drayton	Comedy
The Big Blockade	Charles Frend	Leslie Banks, John Mills	World War II
The Black Sheep of Whitehall	Basil Dearden	Will Hay, John Mills	Comedy
Bob's Your Uncle	Oswald Mitchell	Albert Modley, Jean Colin	Comedy
Breach of Promise	Harold Huth	Clive Brook, Judy Campbell	Comedy
Coastal Command	J. B. Holmes	Roger Hunter, Charles Norman Lewis	World War II
The Day Will Dawn	Harold French	Hugh Williams, Griffiths Jones	World War II
The First of the Few	Leslie Howard	Leslie Howard, David Niven	World War II
Flying Fortress	Walter Forde	Richard Greene, Carla Lehmann, Betty Stockfeld	War
The Foreman Went to France	Charles Frend	Clifford Evans, Tommy Trinder, Constance Cummings	War
Front Line Kids	Maclean Rogers	Leslie Fuller, Anthony Holles	Comedy
Gert and Daisy Clean Up	Maclean Rogers	Elsie Waters, Doris Waters	Comedy	[1]
Gert and Daisy's Weekend	Maclean Rogers	Elsie Waters, Doris Waters	Comedy	[2]
Go to Blazes	Walter Forde	Will Hay, Thora Hird	Comedy	Short film
The Goose Steps Out	Basil Dearden	Will Hay, Frank Pettingell	Comedy
The Great Mr. Handel	Norman Walker	Wilfrid Lawson, Elizabeth Allan	Biopic
Hard Steel	Norman Walker	Wilfrid Lawson, Betty Stockfeld	Drama
Hatter's Castle	Lance Comfort	Robert Newton, Deborah Kerr, James Mason	Drama
In Which We Serve	David Lean	Noël Coward, John Mills, Bernard Miles	World War II	Number 92 in the list of BFI Top 100 British films
King Arthur Was a Gentleman	Marcel Varnel	Arthur Askey, Evelyn Dall	Comedy
Lady from Lisbon	Leslie S. Hiscott	Francis L. Sullivan, Jane Carr	Comedy
Let the People Sing	John Baxter	Alastair Sim, Fred Emney	Comedy
Listen to Britain	Humphrey Jennings	Chesney Allen, Bud Flanagan	Propaganda short
The Missing Million	Philip Brandon	Linden Travers, John Warwick	Crime
Much Too Shy	Marcel Varnel	George Formby, Kathleen Harrison	Comedy
The Next of Kin	Thorold Dickinson	Mervyn Johns, John Chandos	War/drama
The Night Has Eyes	Leslie Arliss	James Mason, Wilfrid Lawson	Thriller
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing	Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger	Godfrey Tearle, Eric Portman, Googie Withers	World War II
The Peterville Diamond	Walter Forde	Anne Crawford, Donald Stewart	Comedy
Rose of Tralee	Germain Burger	John Longden, Lesley Brook	Musical
Sabotage at Sea	Leslie S. Hiscott	David Hutcheson, Margaretta Scott, Jane Carr	War
Salute John Citizen	Maurice Elvey	Edward Rigby, Mabel Constanduros, Jimmy Hanley	Drama
Secret Mission	Harold French	James Mason, Hugh Williams	World War II
Somewhere in Camp	John E. Blakeley	Frank Randle, Dan Young	Comedy
Suspected Person	Lawrence Huntington	Clifford Evans, Patricia Roc	Thriller
Talk About Jacqueline	Harold French, Paul L. Stein	Hugh Williams, Carla Lehmann	Comedy
They Flew Alone	Herbert Wilcox	Anna Neagle, Robert Newton	Biopic
This Was Paris	John Harlow	Ann Dvorak, Ben Lyon	War
Those Kids from Town	Lance Comfort	George Cole, Harry Fowler	Drama
Thunder Rock	Roy Boulting	Michael Redgrave, Lilli Palmer, James Mason	Drama
Uncensored	Anthony Asquith	Eric Portman, Phyllis Calvert	World War II
Unpublished Story	Harold French	Richard Greene, Valerie Hobson, Basil Radford	World War II/drama
We'll Smile Again	John Baxter	Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen	Comedy
Went the Day Well?	Alberto Cavalcanti	Leslie Banks, Mervyn Johns, Basil Sydney	World War II
The Young Mr. Pitt	Carol Reed	Robert Donat, Robert Morley	Drama

See also

• 1942 in British music
• 1942 in British television
• 1942 in the United Kingdom