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===Post-war films=== After the war, the Boultings made the drama ''[[Fame Is the Spur (film)|Fame Is the Spur]]'' (1947) with Redgrave.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article42501896 |title=TWIN PRODUCERS |newspaper=[[Cairns Post]] |issue=13,838 |location=Queensland, Australia |date=10 July 1946 |access-date=13 September 2017 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> More successful at the box-office was ''[[Brighton Rock (1947 film)|Brighton Rock]]'' (1947), starring Attenborough as the gangster "Pinkie" from the novel by [[Graham Greene]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article76088075 |title=THE GUINEA PIG |newspaper=[[Northern Times]] |volume=75 |issue=52 |location=Western Australia |date=27 December 1951 |access-date=13 September 2017 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Also well liked was ''[[The Guinea Pig (film)|The Guinea Pig]]'' (1948), starring Richard Attenborough as a young working-class boy sent to a public school. It was made for Pilgrim Pictures who the Boultings left shortly afterwards.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230244255 |title=Charge of wasting film money |newspaper=[[The Sun (Sydney)|The Sun]] |issue=2387 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=9 January 1949 |access-date=13 September 2017 |page=31 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> The Boultings co-directed the thriller ''[[Seven Days to Noon]]'' (1950), which won an Oscar for Best Story.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59496318 |title=FILM GOSSIP FROM LONDON AND HOLLYWOOD EVEN THE ACTORS DON'T KNOW FULL STORY |newspaper=[[Sunday Times (Perth)]] |issue=2693 |location=Western Australia |date=9 October 1949 |access-date=13 September 2017 |page=2 (Sunday Times Comics) |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> It led to a less popular sequel, ''[[High Treason (1951 film)|High Treason]]'' (1951). John directed ''[[The Magic Box]]'' (1951), a biopic of [[William Friese-Greene]] and a film containing numerous cameo appearances. It was shown at the 1951 [[Festival of Britain]] but on general release the following year proved a box office disappointment.
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