Insignia Films (English company)

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Industry	Film production Film distribution
Fate	Absorbed into EMI Films
Founded	1945
Defunct	1971
Headquarters	United Kingdom
Key people	Nat Cohen Stuart Levy
Divisions	Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors

Anglo-Amalgamated Productions was a British film production company, run by Nat Cohen and Stuart Levy, which operated from 1945 until roughly 1971 (after which it was absorbed into EMI Films). Low-budget and second features, often produced at Merton Park Studios, formed much of its output. It was the UK distributor of many films produced by American International Pictures.

It is remembered for producing the first 12 Carry On films (all of which were produced at Pinewood Studios) and B-movie series such as The Scales of Justice, Scotland Yard and the Edgar Wallace Mysteries; it did, however, produce the Michael Powell film Peeping Tom. Its film distribution subsidiary was Anglo Amalgamated Film Distributors Ltd. Anglo had a film production arm called Insignia Films.

In 1962, Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC) purchased 50% of the shares of Anglo Amalgamated. In 1967 they took over 74%.

At its peak Anglo Amalgamated made a return of £3 million a year.

Its library is now owned by StudioCanal via Cannon Films.

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