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Gordon Hales

Born January 1, 1916 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UKDied January 1, 199429 films

Gordon Hales (1916–1994) was a British film editor who worked on more than thirty films, including several documentaries. Early in his career Hales was employed by the GPO Film Unit, which was then taken over by the Ministry of Information during the Second World War. During the late 1940s he worked at Gainsborough Pictures. In 1963 he directed the film noir Return to Sender.

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Village of the Damned posterFirst watchVillage of the Damned19607.2In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant.View film

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29 films
  1. 1971Sound an AlarmEditor
  2. 1969Frankenstein Must Be DestroyedEditor
  3. 1967A Countess from Hong KongEditor
  4. 1965War-Gods of the DeepEditor
  5. 1963Return to SenderEditor
  6. 1962The £20,000 KissEditor
  7. 1962The War LoverEditor
  8. 1962Locker Sixty-NineEditor
  9. 1960Village of the DamnedEditor
  10. 1959The Doctor's DilemmaEditor
  11. 1958Orders to KillEditor
  12. 1954Father BrownEditor
  13. 1953The VillageEditor
  14. 1953The Long MemoryEditor
  15. 1952HuntedSupervising Editor
  16. 1951Another Man's PoisonEditor
  17. 1950The Clouded YellowEditor
  18. 1950So Long at the FairEditor
  19. 1949The Lost PeopleEditor
  20. 1949The Huggetts AbroadEditor
  21. 1949Vote for HuggettEditor
  22. 1948Here Come the HuggettsEditor
  23. 1948The Blind GoddessEditor
  24. 1948MirandaEditor
  25. 1947When The Bough BreaksEditor
  26. 1947Dear MurdererEditor
  27. 1946The Years BetweenEditor
  28. 1945The Seventh VeilEditor
  29. 1941Ordinary PeopleEditor