Basil Dearden

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Khartoum
6.8
1966

Khartoum

English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the Prime Minister. Ordered to evacuate Egyptians ...
Woman of Straw
6.8
1964

Woman of Straw

Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he ...
A Place to Go
6.5
1963

A Place to Go

Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British ...
The Mind Benders
6.4
1963

The Mind Benders

A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they ...
Life for Ruth
7.1
1962

Life for Ruth

John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent ...
Victim
7.7
1961

Victim

Barrister Melville Farr is on the path to success. With his practice winning cases and a loving marriage to his wife, Farr’s career and ...
Man in the Moon
6
1960

Man in the Moon

William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the ...
All Night Long
7.1
1962

All Night Long

Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ...
Sapphire
7.2
1959

Sapphire

Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of ...
The League of Gentlemen
7.2
1960

The League of Gentlemen

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the ...
The Smallest Show on Earth
7
1957

The Smallest Show on Earth

Jean and Bill are a married couple trying to scrape a living. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them Bill’s long-lost uncle ...
The Green Man
7.1
1956

The Green Man

Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for ...
Who Done It?
5.7
1956

Who Done It?

This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private ...
The Rainbow Jacket
6.4
1954

The Rainbow Jacket

A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.
The Square Ring
6.5
1953

The Square Ring

Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.
I Believe in You
6.8
1952

I Believe in You

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of “The Blue Lamp”(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the ...
Cage of Gold
6.4
1950

Cage of Gold

The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.
The Blue Lamp
6.8
1950

The Blue Lamp

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to ...
Train of Events
6.5
1949

Train of Events

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Frieda
7.2
1947

Frieda

A young German girl marries an Englishman and moves into his family’s household during the last days of World War II. The family and ...
The Captive Heart
7
1946

The Captive Heart

A series of stories about the lives and loves of nine men in a Prisoner of War Camp over five years. Location shooting in the British occupied ...
Dead of Night
7.5
1945

Dead of Night

Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring ...
My Learned Friend
7
1943

My Learned Friend

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop ...
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