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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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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 66% Khartoum
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95% 86% Dead of Night
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83% 69% The Blue Lamp
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83% 84% The League of Gentlemen
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78% 67% The Assassination Bureau
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40% 25% Masquerade
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Desert Mice
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The Rainbow Jacket
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56% Man in the Moon
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Basil Dearden

Basil Dearden 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) View more photos

Filmography

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The Man Who Haunted Himself 56% 1970 Director The Assassination Bureau 78% 67% 1969 Director Only When I Larf 1968 Director Khartoum 100% 66% 1966 Director Masquerade 40% 25% 1965 Director A Place to Go 1964 Director Woman of Straw 65% 1964 Director The Mind Benders 27% 1963 Director All Night Long 70% 1962 Director, Co-Producer Walk in the Shadow 1962 Director Condemned to Life 1962 Director Life for Ruth 1962 Director Victim 100% 88% 1961 Director The Secret Partner 17% 1961 Director The League of Gentlemen 83% 84% 1960 Director Man in the Moon 56% 1960 Director Sapphire 71% 1959 Director Desert Mice 1959 Producer Mad Little Island 1958 Producer Violent Playground 56% 1958 Director The Smallest Show on Earth 68% 1957 Director Out of the Clouds 1957 Director Who Done It? 50% 1956 Director The Ship That Died of Shame 56% 1955 Director, Producer, Writer The Rainbow Jacket 1954 Director
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