Allied Film Makers

[1] Producer Sydney Box came up with the idea of forming a consortium of film-makers that would distribute the films they made.

Box had to drop out of the company owing to illness, but four partnerships agreed to join: Basil Dearden and Michael Relph; Jack Hawkins; Richard Attenborough and Bryan Forbes; and Hawkins's brother.

[2] Several of Allied's films were financially and critically successful, including Whistle Down the Wind (1961).

However, there were some financial failures, such as Life for Ruth (1962), and the company was unable to sustain its existence.

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