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Basil Dearden
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The Man Who Haunted Himself
on DVD
(1970)
Starring: Roger Moore, Olga Georges-Picot
Director: Basil Dearden
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Things get complicated for Harold Pelham as he survives an horrific car crash. People claim to have seen him in places where he has never been and his business has been taken over. It soon becomes clear that there is another 'Harold' who is intent on taking over his existence.
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Khartoum
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Ralph Richardson
Director: Basil Dearden
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The Arab leader Mahdi is involved in a battle of wits and swords with the British General "Chinese" Gordon which leads to the epic siege of Khartoum. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Original) Story and Screenplay.
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Blue Lamp, The / The Nanny
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Bette Davis, Bette Davis
Director: Basil Dearden, Seth Holt
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A double bill of two British crime thrillers.THE BLUE LAMP: In a chilling role, Dirk Bogarde plays a young criminal who kills a policeman on the brink of retirement (Jack Warner in the role of Inspector Dixon) after a bungled robbery. After another botched robbery and another murder, a huge manhunt ..read more »
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The Mind Benders
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, John Clements
Director: Basil Dearden
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One of a number of early 1960s spy thrillers to incorporate the paranoia of the Cold War into a film that defied convention (THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE and THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD also come to mind), THE MIND BENDERS is a fascinating science fiction influenced tale that begins when a ..read more »
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from 79 members
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The Servant
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Chris Sarandon, Harold Pinter
Director: Joseph Losey, Basil Dearden
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In THE SERVANT, Joseph Losey's 10th film made in the U.K. after his 1951 blacklisting in the U.S., the powerful undercurrents of class struggle and sexual repression erupt through the very British patina of civility to expose the poisoned undercurrents of a class-based society.
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from 271 members
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A Place To Go
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: William Marlowe, Barbara Ferris, Michael Sarne
Director: Basil Dearden
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First ever DVD release of this classic crime film which Bernard Lee, Rita Tushingham, Michael Sarne and Doris Hare.
Ricky Flint (Mike Sarne) finds his world stifling. The East End that he grew up in is being demolished to make way for high rise blocks of flats and there seems just one possible ..read more »
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The League Of Gentlemen
(1960)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough
Director: Basil Dearden
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This British crime story has a delightfully dangerous premise: An ex-army colonel angered at being let after 25 years of service to his country, decides to fight back and put together what could be considered a nice severance package for himself. Armed with information he learned on the job, he ..read more »
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The Green Man
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: George Cole, Alastair Sim
Director: Basil Dearden, Mario Zampi, Robert Day
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Alastair Sim appears as a timid clockmaker with a part-time job - International Assassination Expert. He finds himself in real trouble when he stalks the wrong target, blowing up a boring politician instead. And now he must pay the price...
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from 244 members
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Pool Of London
on DVD
(1951)
Starring: Renee Asherson, Susan Shaw, Moira Lister
Director: Basil Dearden
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Two sailors, on shore leave, are caught up in a diamond smuggling racket. More complications ensue for black sailor Johnny who finds love and heartache in London docklands.
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from 61 members
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The Blue Lamp
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Harold Pinter, Jack Warner, Sylvia Sims
Director: Basil Dearden
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An immensely popular British crime film, Basil Dearden's The Blue Lamp concentrates on interrelated episodes in the lives of several London policemen. Jack Warner heads the cast as George Dixon, a veteran "bobby" who is murdered by small-time delinquents Dirk Bogarde and Patrick Doonan. Rookie cop ..read more »
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72%
from 145 members
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My Learned Friend
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: Will Hay, Claude Hulbert, Mervyn Johns
Director: Basil Dearden, Will Hay
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Veteran British filmmaker Basil Dearden (ASSASSINATION BUREAU, THE MAN WHO HAUNTED HIMSELF) directs this madcap farce in which Will Hay performs for the last time. The crazy plot revolves around two lawyers who are being pursued by a desperate murderer.
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from 28 members
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The London Collection
(5 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Bonar Colleano, Earl Cameron, Renee Asherson
Director: Basil Dearden, Ken Hughes
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Collection seminal films set in one of the world's greatest and most awe-inspiring cities: London. Includes: POOL OF LONDON, THE SMALL WORLD OF SAMMY LEE, THE YELLOW BALLOON, THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS/LES BICYCLETTES DE BELSIZE, and SPARROWS CAN'T SING.
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from 9 members
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Accident
on DVD
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Chris Sarandon, Harold Pinter
Director: Basil Dearden, Joseph Losey, Roy Boulting
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In 'Accident' (1967) Two Oxford students, William (Michael York) and Anna (Jacqueline Sassard), crash their car outside their professor Stephen's (Bogarde) house. The lecturer finds William dead and Anna in shock, and the horrifying spectacle in front of him triggers memories of their previous ..read more »
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from 218 members
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Life For Ruth
Starring: Michael Craig, Patrick McGoohan, Janet Munro
Director: Basil Dearden
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When a child is injured in a boat accident, her father refuses doctors permission to give her a blood transfusion due to his religious beliefs. The daughter dies and an inquest clears the father. However, the doctor in charge of the case attempts to get manslaughter charges brought against him.
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Life For Ruth
to Watch Now
(1962)
Starring: Michael Craig, Patrick McGoohan, Janet Munro
Director: Basil Dearden
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Run time: 91 minutes
A child clings to a boat in a stormy sea, and her father swims out in a desperate attempt to save her. On nearing her, he sights another child who is actually in the water, so he attempts to rescue him. On returning to his daughter, Ruth, he sees she has been flung from the boat onto the nearby ..read more »
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Victim
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(1961)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price
Director: Basil Dearden
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Run time: 96 minutes
This BAFTA-nominated film starring the great Dirk Bogarde in one of his career-best performances also includes excellent support from Sylvia Syms and Denis Price.
The police are after Jack Barrett (Peter McEnery). He has stolen £2,300 from the building construction firm that employs him as a ..read more »
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Basil Dearden facts
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Moore than meets the eye 1 December 2005
...d out "Hitchcock" style effort from a thoroughly British stable and directed by Basil Dearden (Blue Lamp, League of Gentlemen) in which an executive becomes stalked and then...
The British Manchurian Candidate 16 December 2007
