Basil Dearden

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Goose Steps Out, The (1942): Dir. Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Feat. Will Hay, Frank Pettingell, Charles Hawtrey…; British war comedy with Hay as a bumbling teacher conveniently turns out to be the double of a German general. In the true spirit of wartime…
My Learned Friend (1943): Dir. Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Feat. Will Hay, Mervyn Johns; British comedy starring Will Hay as a lawyer on the run from a serial killer, whom he had previously defended and been unable to keep out of jail.…
Dead of Night (1945): Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden; This model of the horror portmanteau film remains unsurpassed by modern all–comers, with five strong, scary short stories that converge quite…
Captive Heart (1946): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Michael Redgrave, Rachel Kempson, Frederick Leister…; An exciting story of POWs in WWII Germany. Michael Redgrave gives an acclaimed performance as a Czech prisoner masquerading as a British officer.
Blue Lamp, The (1950): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Patrick Doonan, Jack Warner; A confident, precisely–judged thriller set in post–war London, with feral petty–crooks Dirk Bogarde and Patrick Doonan being hunted…
Gentle Gunman, The (1952): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, John Mills; Dirk Bogarde and John Mills are Irish brothers sent to London by the IRA during the Blitz, but one succumbs to pacifism.
Who Done It? (1954): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Benny Hill; A young Benny Hill nudges and winks his way through his only feature film, as a novice private eye who gets involved with foreign spies.
Smallest Show on Earth, The (1957): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers…; A small gem of British comedy, concerning a young couple who inherit a movie–house from a long lost uncle. Along with the semi–decrepit…
Sapphire (1959): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig…; Scandalous subject–wise for post–war Britain, where a murdered black woman is discovered to have been posing as white. Obviously dated…
Man in the Moon (1960): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Kenneth More, Shirley Anne Field; Loony space–race satire sees Kenneth More as an arrogant bachelor whose ability to withstand anything marks him out as the first astronaut.
League of Gentlemen, The (1960): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes…; A high–class league of British actor gents – Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Roger Livesy and others – conspire…
Victim (1961): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms; As an English barrister blackmailed over his homosexual past, Dirk Bogarde gives a keynote performance, the first in what was to become a long line…
All Night Long (1961): Dir. Basil Dearden, Michael Relph
Feat. Patrick McGoohan, Richard Attenborough, Keith Michell…; Set in London's smoky jazz scene, this updating of Othello is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best Jazz musicians of the…
Mind Benders, The (1963): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, Michael Bryant…; A sombre and sobering thriller about the dangers of scientific experiments into sensory deprivation. Investigating the suicide of a colleague,…
Khartoum (1966): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson, Charlton Heston…; Lavishly mounted biopic of General Gordon's defeat by Arab tribesmen in 1833.
Man Who Haunted Himself, The (1970): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Roger Moore; In one of his rare serious roles, Roger Moore plays the survivor of a car crash who discovers his doppelganger has been released into the…
Persuaders, The (TV Series) (Persuaders!, The) (1971): Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Roger Moore, Tony Curtis; Roger Moore and Tony Curtis play a debonair duo who lend their status and charm to dissuade the criminal fraternity. Wonderfully corny. DVD 'Box…

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