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name: "Victor Saville"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/victor-saville"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "25 September 1895"
died: "8 May 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-19T23:57:01.912252+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Victor Saville

Producer. Born 25 September 1895 in Birmingham, England, UK. Died 8 May 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 25 September 1895, Birmingham, England, UK
- **Died:** 8 May 1979
- **Active:** 1938–1955
- **Also known as:** Phil Victor, George A. White
- **Frequently works with:** [Robert Donat](https://film.one/person/robert-donat.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 78 (2), 1950s 87 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 81 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 2, Romance 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $7m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Saville, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q744326, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0767701/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14860

## Biography

Victor Saville (25 September 1895 – 8 May 1979) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. He produced his first film, *Woman to Woman*, with Michael Balcon in 1923. He went on to produce and direct numerous films for Gainsborough Pictures and Gaumont-British, including several Jessie Matthews musicals, before establishing his own production company in 1937.

As an independent producer, Saville acquired the rights to A. J. Cronin’s novel *The Citadel* and sold them to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, producing the 1938 film adaptation directed by King Vidor. He also produced the successful *Goodbye, Mr Chips* (1939). Both films starred Robert Donat and helped establish Saville in Hollywood, where he continued to produce and direct, including *The Silver Chalice* (1954).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, screenonline.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), Fi1m 87, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md)
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md)
- *The Citadel* (1938), Fi1m 74, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-citadel.md)

## Complete filmography (66)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kim Wilde - Best Of - The Singles Collection 1981-1993* (2004), Director
- *That's Entertainment, Part II* (1976), Thanks
- *Mix Me a Person* (1962), Producer
- *The Greengage Summer* (1961), Producer
- *My Gun Is Quick* (1957), Director
- *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), Executive Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md)
- *Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer!* (1954), Executive Producer
- *The Silver Chalice* (1954), Director, Producer
- *The Long Wait* (1954), Director
- *I, the Jury* (1953), Producer
- *24 Hours of a Woman's Life* (1952), Director
- *Calling Bulldog Drummond* (1951), Director
- *Kim* (1950), Director
- *Conspirator* (1949), Director
- *If Winter Comes* (1947), Director
- *Desire Me* (1947), Director
- *Green Dolphin Street* (1947), Director
- *The Green Years* (1946), Director
- *Tonight and Every Night* (1945), Director, Producer
- *Above Suspicion* (1943), Producer
- *Keeper of the Flame* (1943), Producer
- *Forever and a Day* (1943), Director
- *White Cargo* (1942), Producer
- *Smilin' Through* (1941), Producer
- *Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* (1941), Producer
- *A Woman's Face* (1941), Producer
- *Bitter Sweet* (1940), Producer
- *The Mortal Storm* (1940), Producer
- *The Earl of Chicago* (1940), Director, Producer
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md)
- *The Citadel* (1938), Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-citadel.md)
- *South Riding* (1938), Director
- *Action for Slander* (1937), Producer
- *Dark Journey* (1937), Director, Producer
- *Storm in a Teacup* (1937), Director, Producer
- *It's Love Again* (1936), Director
- *First a Girl* (1935), Director
- *Me and Marlborough* (1935), Director
- *The Dictator* (1935), Director
- *The Iron Duke* (1934), Director
- *Evensong* (1934), Director
- *Evergreen* (1934), Director
- *Friday the Thirteenth* (1933), Director
- *I Was a Spy* (1933), Director
- *The Good Companions* (1933), Director
- *Love on Wheels* (1932), Director, Screenplay
- *The Faithful Heart* (1932), Director, Adaptation
- *Sunshine Susie* (1931), Director
- *Michael and Mary* (1931), Director
- *Hindle Wakes* (1931), Director, Writer
- *The Sport of Kings* (1931), Producer, Director
- *A Warm Corner* (1930), Director, Adaptation, Writer
- *The W Plan* (1930), Producer, Writer, Director
- *Woman to Woman* (1929), Director, Writer
- *Armistice* (1929), Director
- *Me and the Boys* (1929), Director
- *Kitty* (1929), Producer, Director
- *Tesha* (1928), Adaptation, Producer, Director
- *A Woman in Pawn* (1927), Producer
- *The Arcadians* (1927), Producer, Scenario Writer, Director
- *Hindle Wakes* (1927), Writer, Producer
- *A Sister to Assist 'Er* (1927), Producer
- *The Glad Eye* (1927), Producer
- *Mademoiselle from Armentieres* (1927), Writer, Producer
- *The White Shadow* (1924), Producer
- *Woman to Woman* (1923), Producer

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