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Pair · Actor and director

Films David Lean made with Claude Rains

David Lean directed Claude Rains in two films, The Passionate Friends (1949) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962).

Timeline

  • Directed by one of the two

Back in Britain, he appeared in David Lean's The Passionate Friends (1949).

Claude Rains · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0

The next film directed by Lean was The Passionate Friends (1949), an atypical Lean film, but one which marked his first occasion to work with Claude Rains, who played the husband of a woman (Ann Todd) torn between him and an old flame (Howard).

David Lean · authors · CC BY-SA 4.0

David Lean

1908–1991
  • Director

British director, born in Croydon. Won the Golden Bear, the Academy Award for Best Director, the Golden Globe for Best Director and one other major prize. Nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

The 2 films

By release year
  1. 1949 · Drama · 97 min · United Kingdom

    The Passionate Friends

    David Lean: director · Claude Rains: actor

    Music: Richard Addinsell

    Camera: Guy Green

    Written by: H. G. Wells, David Lean

    Produced by: Ronald Neame

  2. 1962 · Biographical, War · 216 min · United Kingdom, United States

    Lawrence of Arabia

    David Lean: director and actor · Claude Rains: actor, as Mr. Dryden

    Music: Maurice Jarre

    Camera: Freddie Young

    Written by: T. E. Lawrence, Robert Bolt

    Produced by: Sam Spiegel

    Academy Award for Best Picture · Academy Award for Best Director

See also

Worked with both