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Basil Dearden
Director, Actor
Films to Rent on DVD
Goose Steps Out, The (1942)- Dir. Basil Dearden, Will Hay
Feat. Will Hay, Frank Pettingell, Charles Hawtrey… - British war comedy with Hay as a bumbling teacher conveniently turns out to be the double of a German general. In the true spirit of wartime…
Dead of Night (1945)
- Dir. Alberto Cavalcanti, Robert Hamer, Basil Dearden
- This model of the horror portmanteau film remains unsurpassed by modern all–comers, with five strong, scary short stories that converge quite…
Blue Lamp, The (1950)- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Patrick Doonan, Jack Warner - A confident, precisely–judged thriller set in post–war London, with feral petty–crooks Dirk Bogarde and Patrick Doonan being hunted…
Who Done It? (1954)- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Benny Hill - A young Benny Hill nudges and winks his way through his only feature film, as a novice private eye who gets involved with foreign spies.
Smallest Show on Earth, The (1957)- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers… - A small gem of British comedy, concerning a young couple who inherit a movie–house from a long lost uncle. Along with the semi–decrepit…
Green Man, The / School for Scoundrels (1957-1960)- Dir. Basil Dearden, Robert Hamer
Feat. Alastair Sim, George Cole, Terry-Thomas… - A double feature of comedies starring Alastair Sim. The Green Man (1957) Dir. Basil Dearden – One of Sim's best films, playing an apparently…
Sapphire (1959)- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Nigel Patrick, Yvonne Mitchell, Michael Craig… - Scandalous subject–wise for post–war Britain, where a murdered black woman is discovered to have been posing as white. Obviously dated…
Man in the Moon (1960)- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Kenneth More, Shirley Anne Field - Loony space–race satire sees Kenneth More as an arrogant bachelor whose ability to withstand anything marks him out as the first astronaut.
League of Gentlemen, The (1960)- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes… - A high–class league of British actor gents – Jack Hawkins, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Roger Livesy and others – conspire…
Victim (1961)- Dir. Basil Dearden
Feat. Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms - As an English barrister blackmailed over his homosexual past, Dirk Bogarde gives a keynote performance, the first in what was to become a long line…
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