Basil Dearden

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Only When I Larf
5.9

Only When I Larf

May. 27, 1968

Only When I Larf

A master conman leads a pair of British accomplices on an international adventure of highly profitable dirty tricks.
Sapphire
7.2

Sapphire

Nov. 02, 1959

Sapphire

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 ...
The Smallest Show on Earth
7

The Smallest Show on Earth

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 ...
The Ship That Died of Shame
6.7

The Ship That Died of Shame

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 ...
I Believe in You
6.8

I Believe in You

Mar. 05, 1952

I Believe in You

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of “The Blue Lamp”(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the ...
Cage of Gold
6.4

Cage of Gold

Oct. 23, 1950

Cage of Gold

The love that Judy, a young painter, feels for Alan, a promising doctor to whom she is engaged, falters when Bill, an old friend, suddenly appears.
The Blue Lamp
6.8

The Blue Lamp

Jan. 19, 1950

The Blue Lamp

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to ...
Train of Events
6.5

Train of Events

Jan. 18, 1949

Train of Events

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
Saraband for Dead Lovers
6.5

Saraband for Dead Lovers

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 ...
The Captive Heart
7

The Captive Heart

Apr. 29, 1946

The Captive Heart

A series of stories about the lives and loves of nine men in a Prisoner of War Camp over five years. Location shooting in the British occupied ...