Brian Desmond Hurst

Born on February 12, 1895· Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

† Died on September 26, 1986

27Filmography★ 6.7Average rating

Brian Desmond Hurst was an Irish film director. With over thirty films in his filmography, Hurst was hailed as Northern Ireland's best film director by BBC film critic Mike Catto. He is perhaps best known for the 1951 A Christmas Carol adaptation Scrooge.

Known for

Scrooge1951Malta Story1953Simba1955The Lion Has Wings1939

Filmography

YearRating

Features 24

★ 6.3

The Playboy of the Western World1962

★ 5.3

His and Hers1961

★ 6.4

Behind the Mask1958

★ 6.3

Dangerous Exile1957

★ 6.4

The Black Tent1956

★ 6.6

Simba1955

★ 6.3

Malta Story1953

★ 7.4

Scrooge1951

★ 7

Trottie True1949

★ 5.8

Hungry Hill1947

★ 6.2

The Mark of Cain1947

★ 6.9

Theirs Is the Glory1946

The Hundred Pound Window1944

★ 9

The Hundred Pound Window1944

★ 6

Alibi1942

★ 6.8

Dangerous Moonlight1941

★ 6.4

The Lion Has Wings1939

★ 5.4

On the Night of the Fire1939

★ 7.5

Prison Without Bars1938

★ 7.5

Glamorous Night1937

★ 7.5

The Tenth Man1936

★ 6

Sensation1936

★ 7.5

Ourselves Alone1936

★ 10

Riders to the Sea1935

★ 6

The Tell-Tale Heart1934

Short films 3

A Letter from Ulster1943

A Letter from Ulster1943

★ 4

Miss Grant Goes to the Door1940

A Call for Arms!1940

A Call for Arms!1940