Oakhurst Productions

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Oakhurst Productions was a production company formed by actor Stanley Baker in the late 1960s which produced a number of films, notably The Italian Job (1969).[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/arts/sites/stanley-baker/pages/biography.shtml Stanley Baker Biography at BBC Wales 17 August 2009] accessed 20 May 2012 Their first film, Robbery (1967), was made in association with Embassy Pictures but the next five were made with Paramount Pictures. Oakhurst owned a building along the Thames River which was later sold as part of Baker and Deeley's take over of British Lion.Alexander Walker, National Heroes, Harrap, 1985 p 118-127

Among their unmade projects were:

  • an adaptation of the novel Flashman by George MacDonald Fraser to be directed by Richard Lester;
  • Summer Fires directed by Peter Hall.{{Cite news|author=Mary Blume|title=Stanley Baker Likes to Act|work=Los Angeles Times|date=Aug 14, 1971|page=a8}}
  • Everyman's Brother from a novel by Norman Lewis{{Cite news|title=Tisha Sterling in Space Film|author=Martin, Betty|date=July 8, 1968|work=Los Angeles Times|page=f15}}

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