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Basil Dearden

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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THE BLACK SHEEP OF WHITEHALL, co-directors Basil Dearden, Will Hay on set, 1942 THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH, from left: director Basil Dearden, Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, on set, 1957 tssoe1957-fsct01(tssoe1957-fsct01) THE BLUE LAMP, Jimmy Hanley (policeman, center, leaning down), Gene Neighbors (little girl in hat behind him), director Basil Dearden (in white shirt between policeman and camera), on set, 1950 bluelamp1949y-fsct06(bluelamp1949y-fsct06) FRIEDA, director Basil Dearden disiplines Mai Zetterling in gag shot on location in Woodstock near Oxford,1947 THE BLUE LAMP, Patric Doonan, Dirk Bogarde, director Basil Dearden, Basil Radford, on-set, 1950 THE SMALLEST SHOW ON EARTH, from left: Bernard Miles, Leslie Phillips, director Basil Dearden (back to camera), Peter Sellers, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford, Virginia McKenna, on set, 1957 tssoe1957-fsct02(tssoe1957-fsct02)
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
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 73% Sapphire Director - 1959
No Score Yet No Score Yet Desert Mice Producer - 1959
No Score Yet 56% Violent Playground Director - 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mad Little Island Producer - 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