Basil Dearden — Director (15)
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Man in the Moon (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Man in the Moon
director: Basil Dearden actor: Kenneth More / Shirley Anne Field …
other title: Il primo uomo sulla Luna
William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby National Atomic Research Center where they figure anyone who could fail at being a guinea pig is just what they need. They con William into thinking he will continue his guinea pig career by testing out some equipment for them before they send a group of astronauts to the moon.
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Who Done It? (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Who Done It?
director: Basil Dearden actor: Benny Hill / Belinda Lee …
other title: Un détective très privé
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.
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The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Smallest Show on Earth
director: Basil Dearden actor: Virginia McKenna / Bill Travers …
other title: Die kleinste Schau der Welt / Sous le plus petit chapiteau du monde
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.
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The Captive Heart (1946) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Captive Heart
director: Basil Dearden actor: Michael Redgrave / Rachel Kempson …
other title: Cuore prigioniero / Das gefangene Herz …
A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier who needs to keep his identity a secret from the Nazis. To do this, he poses as a dead English Officer and corresponds with the man's wife. Other inmates’ stories are also revealed. Location shooting in the British occupied part of Germany adds believability.
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The Green Man (1956) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Green Man
director: Robert Day / Basil Dearden actor: Alastair Sim / George Cole …
other title: Assassino di fiducia / Seks bomber …
Unknown to everyone but his shady Middle Eastern bosses, watchmaker Hawkins is actually a professional hired assassin with a predilection for killing his targets with bombs. After disposing of a dictator and millionaire, Hawkins is assigned to kill a politician who is heading to a remote hotel, The Green Man, for a secret tryst with his secretary. There, however, Hawkins' plot is discovered by vacuum salesman William Blake, who determines to stop him.
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The Assassination Bureau (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Assassination Bureau
director: Basil Dearden actor: Oliver Reed / Diana Rigg …
other title: Assassination Bureau / Snigmords-bureauet …
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.