D'entre a suya filmografía, se puet destacar as cintas The Lavender Hill Mob (1951, Charles Crichton), The Prisoner (1955, Peter Glenville), The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957, David Lean), The Horse's Mouth (1958, Ronald Neame, nomás guión), Tunes of Glory (1960, Ronald Neame), Cromwell (1970, Ken Hughes), Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope (1977, George Lucas), u Little Dorrit (1988, Christine Edzard).