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Michael Relph
Producer 1915 - 2004

Michael Relph

Broadstone, Dorset, England, UK

Michael Relph was an English film producer, art director, screenwriter and film director. He enjoyed a highly successful 20-year partnership with Basil Dearden beginning in 1949 and ending with Dearden's death in 1971.

Filmography

Every title this person produced

20 titles
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman

Chris Petit 1982 1h 34m

After finding her boss, a private detective, has committed suicide and has left her his agency, Cordelia Gray is asked to investigate the suicide of the man's son. During the course of her investigation, Cordelia becomes obsessed with the young man's memory and his increasingly suspicious death.

The Man Who Haunted Himself

The Man Who Haunted Himself

Basil Dearden 1970 1h 28m 6.0

Harold Pelham discovers a doppelganger is meddling with his personal and professional life in the aftermath of a car crash.

The Assassination Bureau

The Assassination Bureau

Basil Dearden 1969 1h 52m 7.0

The Assassination Bureau has existed for decades (perhaps centuries) until Diana Rigg begins to investigate it. The high moral standing of the Bureau (only killing those who deserve it) is called into question by her. She puts out a contract for the Bureau to assassinate its leader on the eve of World War I.

Masquerade

Masquerade

Basil Dearden 1965 1h 42m

The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.

Woman of Straw

Woman of Straw

Basil Dearden 1964 2h 2m 6.0

Anthony Richmond schemes to get the fortune of his tyrannical, wheelchair-using tycoon uncle Charles Richmond by persuading Maria, a nurse he employs, to marry him.

The Mind Benders

The Mind Benders

Basil Dearden 1963 1h 49m 7.0

A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might have brainwashed him by a sensory deprivation technique, but he doesn’t know if someone really can be convinced to act against their strongest feelings.

Life for Ruth

Life for Ruth

Basil Dearden 1962 1h 33m 6.0

When John Harris's daughter is badly injured in an boating accident, the hospital tells him that she will need an urgent blood transfusion. Due to his religious beliefs Harris refuses permission, and the child dies.

All Night Long

All Night Long

Basil Dearden 1962 1h 31m 6.0

Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous, ambitious drummer, Johnny Cousin, attempts to tear the interracial couple apart.

Victim

Victim

Basil Dearden 1961 1h 41m 8.2

A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.

The League of Gentlemen

The League of Gentlemen

Basil Dearden 1960 1h 56m 6.5

Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the cupboard, is short of money, and is a service-trained expert in his field.

Man in the Moon

Man in the Moon

Basil Dearden 1960 1h 38m 6.0

Scientists are looking for a man to send up to be the first man on the moon. A man immune to worry, disease, and even the common cold. They think they have found him until the impossible happens at Woomera.

Sapphire

Sapphire

Basil Dearden 1959 1h 32m 7.0

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 suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.

Violent Playground

Violent Playground

Basil Dearden 1958 1h 48m 7.0

The struggle between a Liverpool Juvenile Liaison officer and a dangerous young pyromaniac.

The Smallest Show on Earth

The Smallest Show on Earth

Basil Dearden 1957 1h 23m 7.0

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 has died and left them his business—a cinema in the town of Sloughborough. Unfortunately they can't sell it for the fortune they hoped as they discover it is falling down and almost worthless.

Who Done It?

Who Done It?

Basil Dearden 1956 1h 25m 6.0

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 detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.

The Ship That Died of Shame

The Ship That Died of Shame

Basil Dearden 1956 1h 35m 6.0

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a laudable scheme, but the business they choose to go into is smuggling.

The Square Ring

The Square Ring

Basil Dearden 1953 1h 23m 6.0

Boxing drama following the lives of five different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.

The Gentle Gunman

The Gentle Gunman

Basil Dearden 1952 1h 26m 6.0

In 1941, in wartime U.K., two Irish brothers working for the I.R.A. come against their local leader's ruthless methods.

I Believe in You

I Believe in You

Basil Dearden, Michael Relph 1952 1h 35m 6.0

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers and their charges.

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Basil Dearden 1948 1h 36m 6.5

Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.

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