Maurice Cowan was a British writer and producer. He produced the first films of Norman Wisdom. He disliked working with Wisdom so much on “One Good Turn” he vowed never to work with the comedian again. He was editor of The Picture Goer when he came up with an idea for what became the film I Live in Grosvenor Square.
A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
Release Date1953-04-29
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count14
Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!), with one of the shopgirls. Together they discover a plot to rob the store and, somehow, manage to foil the robbers.
Release Date1953-12-14
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count23
A lusty Gypsy gold digger marries a Regency aristocrat, then learns he has no money.
Release Date1958-01-15
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count8
Series of television plays written by six different authors. Each play is a lavish dramatization of the trials and tribulations surrounding Henry and his wives. Keith Michell ties the episodes together with his dignified and magnetic performance as the mighty monarch.
Release Date1970-01-01
DepartmentCreator
JobCreator
Vote Count13
The film follows the history of a brooch after it is given as a present by a man to a woman in 1911.
Release Date1946-12-23
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count2
The son of a notorious hangman is gradually becoming insane and he finds himself unable to resist the urge to strangle women to death.
Release Date1946-06-17
DepartmentCrew
JobAdditional Dialogue
Vote Count31
Release Date1959-11-02
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Episode Count1
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and comic elements, including the woman and lover who have murdered her husband, and the working class couple who are excited about their chance to go to the races, but end up listening to it on the radio in the car-park because they've got such a bad view.
Release Date1952-06-09
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count4
Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befriends the queen of a remote island, and winds up a knight. Norman leaves rooms in shambles, tailors in shreds, and diplomats in bandages. Chased by gunmen and assassins of foreign powers, Norman finds himself running through active TV studio sets and interrupts various programs and performances in progress
Release Date1955-11-24
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count15
The WW II romance set in Grosvenor square aka Eisenhower's home where the GIs stayed in London. Neagle loves Harrison. There arrives patriot GI Dean Jagger to rouse things up in the square. Snotty British Neagle and Jagger clash and fall for each other. What will Harrison have to say or do about these? What will the consequences be? Will the three finally become two and which two in this extremely patriotic love and war story.
Release Date1945-07-20
DepartmentWriting
JobStory
Vote Count8
Sailor Albert gets a message from the Navy saying he can't marry for certain unexplained legal reasons. Everyone, including his domineering mother-in-law to be, jumps to the conclusion that there must be another woman involved.
Release Date1961-08-14
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count2
Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adventures start when a nasty property developer who is also the chairman of the orphanage board wants to close the orphanage and build a factory on the site. The children are sent to Brighton for the day and Norman is very excited because he's "Never seen the Sea". When they get back they discover the plan to close the orphanage and have to decide what to do
Release Date1955-01-04
DepartmentWriting
JobScreenplay
Vote Count11
Unable to recall the past 24 hours, a British bank clerk is the prime suspect for a robbery/murder.
Release Date1952-03-16
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count17
A young man makes his living in Paris in 1900 by fighting duels on behalf of other parties. He is hired to injure a leading politician and starts to get involved with a girl he uses to provoke the challenge. One newspaper, hostile to the politician, headlines the story of the impending duel asking who this Madame X is. Problem is, she is in fact the daughter of the paper's proprietor if only he knew it.
Release Date1947-02-17
DepartmentCrew
JobAdditional Dialogue
Vote Count1
