Basil Dearden
Highest Rated: 100% Khartoum (1966)
Lowest Rated: 40% Masquerade (1965)
Birthday: Jan 1, 1911
Birthplace: Westcliffe-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK
Capable, intelligent filmmaker who co-directed his first films with English comedian Will Hay. Best known for his collaborations after the late 1940s with producer-writer Michael Relph, some of which embrace controversial subject matter ranging from race relations (the intriguing murder mystery "Sapphire" 1959) to the blackmailing of homosexuals (the landmark "Victim" 1961). Also a skillful handler of big action scenes ("Khartoum" 1966) and zany comedy ("The Smallest Show on Earth" 1957). Father of writer-director James Dearden.
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Filmography
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No Score Yet | 55% | The Man Who Haunted Himself | Director | - | 1970 |
78% | 69% | The Assassination Bureau | Director | - | 1969 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Only When I Larf | Director | - | 1968 |
100% | 66% | Khartoum | Director | - | 1966 |
40% | 29% | Masquerade | Director | - | 1965 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Place to Go | Director | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | 62% | Woman of Straw | Director | - | 1964 |
No Score Yet | 30% | The Mind Benders | Director | - | 1963 |
No Score Yet | 69% | All Night Long |
Director, Co-Producer |
- | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Walk in the Shadow | Director | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Condemned to Life | Director | - | 1962 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Life for Ruth | Director | - | 1962 |
100% | 87% | Victim | Director | - | 1961 |
No Score Yet | 17% | The Secret Partner | Director | - | 1961 |
83% | 83% | The League of Gentlemen | Director | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Man in the Moon | Director | - | 1960 |
No Score Yet | 72% | Sapphire | Director | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Desert Mice | Producer | - | 1959 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mad Little Island | Producer | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | 56% | Violent Playground | Director | - | 1958 |
No Score Yet | 68% | The Smallest Show on Earth | Director | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Out of the Clouds | Director | - | 1957 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Who Done It? | Director | - | 1956 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Ship That Died of Shame |
Director, Producer, Writer |
- | 1955 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rainbow Jacket | Director | - | 1954 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Train of Events | Director | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Square Ring | Director | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Gentle Gunman | Director | - | 1952 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I Believe in You |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1952 |
No Score Yet | 54% | Pool of London | Director | - | 1951 |
83% | 69% | The Blue Lamp | Director | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cage of Gold | Director | - | 1950 |
No Score Yet | 60% | Saraband for Dead Lovers | Director | - | 1948 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Frieda | Director | - | 1947 |
No Score Yet | 72% | The Captive Heart | Director | - | 1946 |
93% | 86% | Dead of Night | Director | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Blacksheep of Whitehall | Director | - | 1945 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Halfway House | Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | They Came to a City |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1944 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Half-Way House | Director | - | 1944 |
No Score Yet | 43% | My Learned Friend | Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 40% | The Bells Go Down | Director | - | 1943 |
No Score Yet | 33% | The Goose Steps Out | Director | - | 1942 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Turned Out Nice Again | Director | - | 1941 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Let George Do It | Writer | - | 1939 |