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Jack E. Cox is a Director of Photography and Cinematography British born on 25 july 1896 at London (United-kingdom)

Jack E. Cox

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 25 july 1896 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 29 july 1960 (at 64 years) at Surrey (United-kingdom)

Jack E. Cox, BSC, know variously as J. J. Cox, Jack Cox, John J. Cox and John Cox, was an English cinematographer born in London, on 26 July 1896. After a prolific career of 85 films in 33 years, Cox died in Surrey on the 29 July 1960.

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Filmography of Jack E. Cox (61 films)

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Cameraman

The Big Money
The Big Money (1958)
, 1h26
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ian Carmichael, Belinda Lee, Kathleen Harrison, Robert Helpmann, Leslie Phillips, James Hayter
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.768212.768212.768212.768212.76821
Ian Carmichael as Willie is the bad seed of a family of thieves (father James Hayter, mother Kathleen Harrison, and sister, Jill Ireland). One day he heists a briefcase from a dodgy clergyman (Robert Helpmann) which is full of pound notes. Unfortunately, the notes all have the same serial number!
One Good Turn
One Good Turn (1955)
, 1h30
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ruth Etting, Norman Wisdom, Joan Rice, William Russell, Dame Thora Hird, Richard Caldicot
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.243613.243613.243613.243613.24361
Norman vit toujours dans l'orphelinat Greenwood où il a grandi et où il est devenu un employé. Un matin, alors qu'il emmène les orphelins à l'école, ils s'arrêtent devant un magasin de jouets où une voiture à moteur impressionne les enfants, et plus particulièrement le petit Jimmy. Arrivé à l'école, Norman laisse les enfants aux bons soins d'Iris Gibson, leur professeur, mais aussi l'objet de l'affection de Norman. Mais elle s'intéresse plutôt à Alec Bigley , le fils du propriétaire du terrain sur lequel l'orphelinat est construit. En fait, c'est Mary, une autre employée, qui se languit de Norman, alors qu'il ne la remarque pas.
Devil Girl from Mars
Devil Girl from Mars (1954)
, 1h16
Directed by David MacDonald
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films about extraterrestrial life, Martiens, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films
Actors Patricia Laffan, Hugh McDermott, Adrienne Corri, Hazel Court, Joseph Tomelty, John Laurie
Roles Director of Photography
Rating49% 2.4579652.4579652.4579652.4579652.457965
Nyah, a female alien commander from Mars, dressed in shiny black vinyl, heads for London in her flying saucer. She is part of the advanced alien team that is looking for Earth men to replace the dying male population on her world. Because of damage to her saucer, caused by entering Earth's atmosphere and then colliding with an aircraft, she is forced to land her damaged flying saucer in the remote Scottish moors, near a local village. She is armed with a raygun that can paralyze or kill, and she also has a tall, menacing robot named Chani.
Babes in Bagdad
Babes in Bagdad (1952)
, 1h35
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Paulette Goddard, Gypsy Rose Lee, Richard Ney, Sebastian Cabot, Christopher Lee, John Boles
Roles Director of Photography
Rating42% 2.14532.14532.14532.14532.1453
Arabian Nights princess Kyra goes on strike demanding equal rights for women, to the frustration of caliph Hassan. Supported by the caliph's godson, Ezar, Kyra enables the caliph to see the error of his polygamous ways, and he eventually settles down with his favourite wife, Zohara.
Traveller's Joy
Traveller's Joy (1950)
, 1h18
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Googie Withers, John McCallum, Maurice Denham, Yolande Donlan, Colin Gordon, Peter Illing
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.912772.912772.912772.912772.91277
With extensive restrictions on how much foreign exchange British travellers can take outside the realm (then £5), a variety of English men and women are trapped in expensive Sweden.
Once Upon a Dream
Once Upon a Dream (1949)
, 1h27
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Googie Withers, Griffith Jones, Guy Middleton, David Horne, Anthony Steel, Raymond Lovell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.916332.916332.916332.916332.91633
The film is a comedy and a social commentary on the period and is set just after World War II.
Broken Journey
Broken Journey (1948)
, 1h29
Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Dans un avion, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Actors Phyllis Calvert, James Donald, Margot Grahame, Francis L. Sullivan, Raymond Huntley, Derek Bond
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.907392.907392.907392.907392.90739
In postwar Europe, while flying over the Swiss Alps, a Fox Airways Douglas DC-3 airliner experiences engine trouble and sends out a distress call. Pilot Captain Fox (Guy Rolfe) and co-pilot Bill Haverton (James Donald) set the aircraft down on a glacier with a minimum of damage, but know that they will not be able to radio for help with run-down batteries and a storm setting in.
Holiday Camp
Holiday Camp (1947)
, 1h37
Directed by Ken Annakin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Jack Warner, Flora Robson, Kathleen Harrison, Dennis Price, Hazel Court, Emrys Jones
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.291013.291013.291013.291013.29101
It documents a post-war working-class London family's annual visit to a summer holiday camp. It was the first film to feature the Huggett family, who went on to star in the Huggetts Trilogy. It resonated with post-war audiences, and was very successful. The film is a kaleidoscope of various lives at play by the sea, in a Butlin's holiday camp. These include a pregnant young girl, a group of gamblers, and a murderer seeking his next victim.
The Wicked Lady
The Wicked Lady (1946)
, 1h44
Directed by Leslie Arliss
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Swashbuckler, Adventure, Historical
Actors Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Patricia Roc, Griffith Jones, Michael Rennie, Felix Aylmer
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.3925053.3925053.3925053.3925053.392505
Caroline (Patricia Roc) invites her beautiful, green-eyed friend Barbara (Margaret Lockwood) to her upcoming wedding to wealthy landowner and local magistrate Sir Ralph Skelton (Griffith Jones). A scheming Barbara soon has Sir Ralph totally entranced. Caroline, wishing only his happiness, stands aside, and even allows Barbara to persuade her to be the maid of honour so as to lessen the scandal of the abrupt change of brides. At the wedding reception, Barbara meets a handsome stranger, Kit Locksby (Michael Rennie). It is love at first sight for both, but too late.
Two Thousand Women
Two Thousand Women (1944)

Directed by Frank Launder, Phyllis Calvert
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Phyllis Calvert, Flora Robson, Patricia Roc, Reginald Purdell, Anne Crawford, Jean Kent
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.2452153.2452153.2452153.2452153.245215
An English novice nun (Patricia Roc) is arrested by the French as a fifth columnist during the 1940 Battle of France. While she is imprisoned, the Germans occupy France and she is sent (without her habit) to an internment camp in a grand hotel at a spa. She journeys to the camp with Freda (a journalist played by Phyllis Calvert), Bridie (a stripper played by Jean Kent), Muriel (Flora Robson) and her female companion Miss Meredith (Muriel Aked). At the camp they meet Maud (Renee Houston) and Mrs Burtshaw (Thora Hird).