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Basil Dearden
Writer 1911 - 1971

Basil Dearden

Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England

Basil Dearden (born Basil Clive Dear; 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director.

Filmography

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5 titles
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 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.

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.

They Came to a City

They Came to a City

Basil Dearden 1944 1h 18m 5.5

People from different walks of live mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city

Let George Do It!

Let George Do It!

Marcel Varnel 1940 1h 22m

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved in trying to defeat Nazi agents.

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