Rank Organisation Film Productions

Rank Organisation Film Productions was a British film production company that made movies for the Rank Organisation. It followed on from Group Film Productions and was established in 1955.

In February 1956, Davis announced Rank would make 20 films at over £3 million. He said "great care will be taken to ensure that, while retaining essentially British characteristics the films will have the widest international appeal. This is part of an intensified drive to secure ever widening showing in overseas markets which already return more than half the revenue earned by Pinewood films." That year, Rank announced it would set up distribution in the United States (see below).

In 1956 Rank released a series of dramas such as Eyewitness, The Black Tent, House of Secrets, Tiger in the Smoke and Checkpoint. The most popular were The Spanish Gardener with Dirk Bogarde and Up in the World with Norman Wisdom. The studio also co financed the hugely popular Reach for the Sky. That year the studio made less comedies than Group Film Productions had, and more thrillers.

In October 1956, Davis listed the Rank actors he thought could become international stars: Dirk Bogarde, Peter Finch, Kay Kendall, Jeannie Carson, Virginia McKenna, Belinda Lee, Michael Craig, Tony Wright, Maureen Swanson and Kenneth More.