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Khartoum (1966)
6.9/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson, Ralph Richardson
A historical epic about 'Chinese' Gordon and his famous defeat by Arab tribesmen in the 317 day siege. The cast of thousands include Charlton Heston,... Read more
Victim (1962)
6.2/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms, Dennis Price
Dirk Bogarde, Britain's most popular matinee idol, risked his career to portray Melville Farr, a closeted gay lawyer, at a time when homosexual acts w... Read more
The Gentle Gunman (1952)
6.3/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Elizabeth Sellars, John Mills, Robert Beatty
Set in the London Blitz during the early days of WWII. During an IRA terrorist offensive to plant bombs in the Underground as Londoners take shelter f... Read more
Victim (Blu-ray) (1962)
7.7/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Dennis Price, Dirk Bogarde, Sylvia Syms
Dirk Bogarde, Britain's most popular matinee idol, risked his career to portray Melville Farr, a closeted gay lawyer, at a time when homosexual acts w... Read more
The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970)
6.4/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Roger Moore, Olga Georges-Picot, Hildegard Neil
In the last film he made before becoming James Bond, Roger Moore plays a business executive who is seriously injured in a car accident. After undergoi... Read more
The Blue Lamp (1949)
6.9/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Jack Warner, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Flemying
Very British thriller famous largely due to the fact that it represented the first incarnation of George Dixon, the friendly neighbourhood bobby of lo... Read more
The Smallest Show on Earth (1957)
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Bernard Miles, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford, Peter Sellers, Virginia McKenn...
Jean and Bill are a struggling married couple with Bill trying to scrape a living as a writer. Out of the blue they receive a telegram informing them... Read more
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
7.5/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Kieron Moore,...
A humorous, tension-filled heist film about a former British Army officer who organises a group of his somewhat dodgy friends to pull off a 1,000,000... Read more
Man in the Moon (1960)
6.2/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Charles Gray, Kenneth More, Michael Hordern, Shirley Anne Field
Basil Dearden directs this sci-fi spoof starring Kenneth More as William Blood, a human guinea pig at a research centre set up to find a cure for the... Read more
Who Done It? (1956)
5.6/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Benny Hill, David Kossoff, Belinda Lee, Gary Marsh
The first feature film debut for comic legend Benny Hill (The Benny Hill Show), and directed by Basil Dearden (Sapphire), 'Who Done It?' is a comedy m... Read more
The Assassination Bureau (Blu-ray) (1969)
6.5/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas
A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge. Read more
The Persuaders! Volume 1 (1970)
Director: Basil Dearden, Val Guest
Starring: Roger Moore, Tony Curtis
English Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and American Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis) are both wealthy playboys. They are teamed together by Judge Fulton t... Read more
All Night Long (1961)
5.9/10
Director: Basil Dearden, Michael Relph
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Betsy Blair, Charles Ming...
Directed by Basil Dearden and set in London's jazz scene of the 1950s, this atmospheric updating of Shakespeare's 'Othello' features appearances by so... Read more
And Soon the Darkness / The Mind Benders (1970)
Director: Basil Dearden, Robert Fuest
Starring: Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice, Dirk Bogarde, Mary Ure, John Clements
And Soon The Darkness (1970) Two young British nurses bicycling through the desolate French countryside. A mysterious stranger on a lonely stretch of... Read more
Gold Cinema Collection: The League of Gentlemen / The Million Pound Note / Genevieve (1960)
Director: Basil Dearden, Henry Cornelius, Ronald Neame
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Richard Attenborough, Gregory Peck, Joyce Grenfell,...
'The League of Gentlemen' (1960) After a forcible 'retirement ', Colonel Hyde is bitter about his country's ingratitude. He steals classified informat... Read more
Gold Cinema Collection: This Sporting Life / Odd Man Out / Victim (1961)
Director: Basil Dearden, Carol Reed, Lindsay Anderson
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, James Mason, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Richard Harris, William...
'This Sporting Life' (1963) When Frank Martin begins to enjoy the accolades of being a local rugby star his brutal nature distances him from those aro... Read more
Classic Drama: Boys in Brown / The Spanish Gardener / All Night Long (1956)
Director: Basil Dearden, Philip Leacock, Montgomery Tully
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Jack Warner, Jon Whiteley, Michael Hordern, Patrick McGoohan, Rich...
For many decades Rank produced dramatic masterpieces that filled cinemas the world over. Quite simply, they had the writers, they had the directors a... Read more
Dead of Night (1945)
7.7/10
Director: Alberto Cavalcanti, Basil Dearden, Charles Crichton, Robert Hamer
Starring: Mervyn Johns, Michael Redgrave, Googie Withers, Roland Culver, Basil Radford
Michael Redgrave stars in this chilling suspense classic that follows a group of visitors to a remote country manor as they relate their nightmares to... Read more
John Mills Collection - The Baby and the Battleship / The Family Way / The Gentle Gunman / It's Great to Be Young! (1966)
Director: Basil Dearden, Cyril Frankel, Roy Boulting, Jay Lewis
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Dirk Bogarde, John Mills, Hayley Mills, Hywel Bennett
Cinema icon John Mills stars in four classic films, ranging from an IRA thriller to a war-time farce. 'The Gentle Gunman' (1952) - Mills plays the old... Read more
The Persuaders! Volume 3 (1970)
Director: Basil Dearden, Leslie Norman, Roy Ward Baker, Roger Moore
Starring: Roger Moore, Tony Curtis
English Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and American Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis) are both wealthy playboys. They are teamed together by Judge Fulton t... Read more
James Mason Collection: 5 Fingers / The Man Between / The Man In Grey / Odd Man Out / The Bells Go Down (1943)
Director: Basil Dearden, Carol Reed, Joseph L Mankiewicz, Leslie Arliss
Starring: James Mason, Stewart Granger, Margaret Lockwood, Robert Newton, Kathleen Ryan, F...
This box set collection contains five classic films starring the iconic James Mason. Titles include: '5 Fingers' (1952) - Based on the memoirs of L.C... Read more