Boulting brothers comedy films

John and Roy Boulting, born on 21 Dec 1913, first made their name in the 40s, with films such as Thunder Rock (1942) and Fame is the Spur (1947), but their most famous film remains Brighton Rock, made in 1947 and featuring Richard Attenborough in the iconic role of Pinkie.

However, although this remains their best known single film, their name came to be associated with a string of comedies from the mid-1950s onwards, mainly satirical in nature, which looked at institutions such as the army, the law and industrial relations using a pool of unrivalled comic talent wtih the likes of Ian Carmichael, Peter Sellers, Terry-Thomas, Dennis Price, Richard Attenborough, Miles Malleson, Victor Maddern, John Le Mesurier, Kenneth Griffiths, Thorley Walters....the list is almost endless.

As is natural with comedy, the characters were often cariactures, but in many instances not only did the actors portray a type, they often created that type from scratch; when you think of a pompous unio