Sherriff was involved in the preparation of scripts for 52 movies. Sometimes he wrote the whole script, and it remained largely unchanged (The Invisible Man, The Dam Busters, Over the River). On other occasions he wrote the whole script, but it was changed to a greater or lesser degree (Goodbye, Mr Chips, Stand By For Action, Dunkirk). Then there were the occasions when he was called in for script doctoring (Escape, They met in Bombay, Freedom Radio), where his impact is more difficult to discern. The ranking of the movies takes the extent of Sherriff’s involvement into account, as well as the overall quality of the movie.
52: A Trip to Mars (1933-34)
51: Autumn Crocus (1944)
50: HMS Ulysses (1957)
49: Requiem for a Wren (1957)
48: Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
47: Manon Lescaut (1939)
46: Badger’s Green (1934)
45: Rhodes of Africa (1936)
44: Bricks Upon Dust (1945)
43: Flare Path (1943)
42: Her Excellency the Governor (1935)
41: House of Chedworth (1943-4)
40: Another Year (1946)
39: Bicycle for Two (1936-37)
38: Victory Through Air Power (1943)
37: Within This Present (1934)
36: Dark Angel (1959)
35: Eddie’s Acre (1964)
34: Windfall (1935)
33: Shadow of the Wing (1937)
32: A Prize of Gold (1955)
31: They met in Bombay (1941)
30: Cargo of Innocence/Stand By For Action (1942)
29: Freedom Radio (1941)
28: Mary Stuart (1955)
27: Spur of Pride (1937)
26: Dracula’s Daughter (1936)
25: Flight Command (1940)
24: Gold in the Sky (1958)
23: The Conqueror (1958)
22: Ruined City (1939)
21: Forever and a Day (1943)
20: Escape (1948)
19: Dunkirk (1958)
18: Major Barbara (1941)
17: Home at Seven (1952)
16: The Road Back (1937)
15: The Night My Number Came Up (1955)
14: No Highway/No Highway In The Sky (1951)
13: Mrs Miniver (1942)
12: Three Comrades (1938)
11: This Above All (1942)
10: Journey’s End (1930)
9: The Invisible Man (1933)
8: Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939)
7: One More River (1934)
6: Odd Man Out (1947)
5: Trio (1950)
4: Quartet (1948)
3: Lady Hamilton/That Hamilton Woman (1941)
2: The Dam Busters (1955)
1: The Four Feathers (1939)
