John R Sloan

Full Name: John R. Sloan historyproject.org.uk+1
Born: 9 September 1912, Dumfriesshire, Scotland Wikipedia
Died: 2001, Ayrshire, Scotland Wikipedia
Occupation: Film Producer historyproject.org.uk+2Wikipedia+2
Interview: British Entertainment History Project, Interview Number 324, recorded 5 April 1994. historyproject.org.uk

Career & Work

John R. Sloan had a long and varied career in British film and television production, active especially from the late 1940s through to the early 1980s. Wikipedia+1

Some of his notable credits include:

• Brass Monkey (1948) Wikipedia

• Circle of Danger (1951) Wikipedia

• Twist of Fate (1954) (aka Beautiful Stranger) Wikipedia

• Port Afrique (1956) Wikipedia

• Keep It Clean (1956) Wikipedia

• Seven Waves Away (1957) Wikipedia

• The Safecracker (1958) Wikipedia

• Beyond This Place (1959) Wikipedia

• Johnny Nobody (1961) Wikipedia

• The Reluctant Saint (1962) Wikipedia

• The Running Man (1963) Wikipedia

• Lost Command (1966) Wikipedia

• To Sir, with Love (1967) Wikipedia

• Fragment of Fear (1970) Wikipedia

• Dad’s Army (1971) (film adaptation) Wikipedia+1

• No Sex Please, We’re British (1973) Wikipedia+1

• The Odessa File (1974) Wikipedia

• Force 10 from Navarone (1978) Wikipedia

Significance & Legacy

• As a producer, Sloan worked on a mix of genres: adventure, comedy, drama, and adaptations. This range shows not only versatility but also an ability to align with popular and commercial tastes in mid-20th-century Britain. British Comedy Guide+2Wikipedia+2