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Basil Dean
Writer 1888 - 1978

Basil Dean

Filmography

Every title this person wrote

6 titles
21 Days

21 Days

Basil Dean 1940 1h 12m 7.0

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows.

Penny Paradise

Penny Paradise

Carol Reed 1938 1h 12m 6.0

A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a large expensive party, he discovers that he may not really have won after all.

Autumn Crocus

Autumn Crocus

Basil Dean 1934 1h 26m 6.0

A demure Manchester schoolmistress falls in love while holidaying in the Austrian Tyrol.

The Water Gipsies

The Water Gipsies

Maurice Elvey 1932 1h 20m 6.0

Jane Bell has lived on an old barge moored in the Thames with her feckless father and sister ever since their mother died, but she would prefer her life to be more like the movies; reality is being courted by inarticulate boatman Fred Green and cleaning the studio of local artist Bryan, on whom she has a hopeless crush that leads her refuse Fred's…

Looking on the Bright Side

Looking on the Bright Side

Basil Dean, Graham Cutts 1932 1h 18m 6.0

Gracie and Laurie are lovers who together form a musical act. Gracie sings and Laurie writes the songs, but when Laurie gets a taste of fame, he runs off after a glamorous actress.

Birds of Prey

Birds of Prey

Basil Dean 1930 1h 38m 5.0

Two men plan revenge on a policeman who had had them convicted some years before.

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