An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. Read More »
Tag Archives: Basil Dearden
Pool of London (1951) Basil Dearden, Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw, Renée Asherson
Crime melodrama about two sailors in London, an American open to theft Read More »
The Assassination Bureau (1969) Basil Dearden, Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Sonya Winter Read More »
The Bells Go Down (1943) Basil Dearden, Tommy Trinder, James Mason, Philip Friend
The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII. Read More »
The Square Ring (1953) Basil Dearden, Jack Warner, Robert Beatty, Bill Owen
Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers. Read More »
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) Basil Dearden, Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Flora Robson
A young woman marries Prince Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage Read More »
The Mind Benders (1963) Basil Dearden, Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, John Clements
Dedicated British scientist Dr. Henry Laidlaw Longman (Sir Dirk Bogarde) Read More »
The Blue Lamp (1950) Basil Dearden, Jack Warner, Dirk Bogarde, Jimmy Hanley
We follow the daily activities of two London bobbies, veteran George Dixon and rookie Andy Mitchell. Read More »
The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970) Basil Dearden, Roger Moore, Hildegard Neil, Alastair Mackenzie
While driving one evening, Harold Pelham appears possessed and has a car accident. Read More »
They Came to a City (1944) Basil Dearden, John Clements, Googie Withers, Raymond Huntley
Nine personalities from various walks of life are hauled into some post-war Utopia, but just how many are prepared to live inside? Read More »
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) Basil Dearden, Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford
Jean (Virginia McKenna) and Matt (Bill Travers) are a struggling married couple, with Matt trying to scrape out a living as a writer. Read More »
Who Done It? (1956) Basil Dearden, Benny Hill, Belinda Lee, David Kossoff
This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. Read More »
I Believe in You (1952) Basil Dearden, Michael Relph, Celia Johnson, Cecil Parker, Godfrey Tearle
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of The Blue Lamp (1950) Read More »
Woman of Straw (1964) Basil Dearden, Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson
Tyrannical but ailing tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. Read More »
My Learned Friend (1943) Basil Dearden, Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Read More »