Brian Desmond Hurst

Belfast-born film director (1895-1986)

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.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 18 films (1934–1962) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 8 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1962	The Playboy of the Western World	Brian Desmond Hurst
1960	His and Hers	Brian Desmond Hurst	90 min
1959	A Christmas Carol	A. Brian Desmond Hurst
1955	Simba.	Group Film Productions Ltd.	99 min.	35mm	Color	sound
1951	Scrooge	Brian Desmond Hurst	86 min		Color & B&W
1951	Tom Brown’s School Days.	Talisman Films Ltd.	93 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1949	Trottie True	Brian Desmond Hurst	96 min		Color & B&W
1948	Hungry Hill.	Brian Desmond Hurst	94 min.	35mm	B&W	sound
1947	The Mark of Cain	Brian Desmond Hurst
1946	Theirs Is The Glory	General Film Distributors, Ltd	82 min		B&W
1943	Alibi.	Brian Desmond Hurst	7 reels
1941	Dangerous Moonlight	Brian Desmond Hurst	94 min		B&W
1940	The Lion Has Wings.	Adrian Brunel, Brian Desmond Hurst, Alexander Korda, Michael Powell	8 reels		B&W
1939	On the Night of the Fire	Brian Desmond Hurst	94 min		B&W
1938	Prison Without Bars.	London Film Productions Ltd.		16mm	B&W	sound
1936	Ourselves Alone.	Brian Desmond Hurst		16mm	B&W	sound
1936	The Tenth Man	Brian Desmond Hurst			B&W
1934	The Tell-Tale Heart	Brian Desmond Hurst