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    Saraband 1948 POSTER

    Saraband

    1948

    English

    6.5

    1

    Biography

    Drama

    flashback

    History

    Romance

    sword fight

    War

    wedding

    Basil Dearden Basil Dearden Director Anthony Quayle Anthony Quayle as Durer Guy Rolfe Guy Rolfe as Envoy at Ahlden Christopher Lee Christopher Lee as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel Sandra Dorne Sandra Dorne as (uncredited)
    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 of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.
    PT Raiders 1955 POSTER

    PT Raiders

    1955

    English

    6.7

    4

    Adventure

    arms smuggling

    british noir

    Crime

    Drama

    gunboat

    illegal activity

    smugglers

    Thriller

    world war ii

    Basil Dearden Basil Dearden Director George Baker George Baker as Bill Randall Roland Culver Roland Culver as Fordyce Stratford Johns Stratford Johns as Garage Worker David Langton David Langton as Man in Coastal Forces Club Bar
    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.
    Victim 1961 POSTER

    Victim

    1961

    English

    7.7

    14

    100%

    87%

    Action

    blackmail

    controversy

    Crime

    Drama

    film noir

    london, england

    noir

    social commentary

    Thriller

    Basil Dearden Basil Dearden Director Dennis Price Dennis Price as Calloway Del Baker Del Baker as Man in pub David Evans David Evans as Mickey Nigel Stock Nigel Stock as Phip
    A web of blackmail and murder attracts the attention of a barrister with a seemingly idyllic life, threatening to derail his career on the path of success.
    The Assassination Bureau 1969 POSTER

    The Assassination Bureau

    1969

    English

    6.4

    17

    78%

    68%

    Action

    Adventure

    Comedy

    Crime

    dirigible

    Thriller

    Basil Dearden Basil Dearden Director Kevin Stoney Kevin Stoney as Blind Beggar Ralph Michael Ralph Michael as Editor Telly Savalas Telly Savalas as Lord Bostwick John G. Heller John G. Heller as von Pinck's Aide
    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.
    Far into the Night 1943 POSTER

    Far into the Night

    1943

    English

    6.6

    5

    Drama

    east end of london

    fire brigade

    london blitz

    london, england

    War

    world war ii

    Basil Dearden Basil Dearden Director Ralph Michael Ralph Michael as Dunkirk Survivor Mervyn Johns Mervyn Johns as Sam James Mason James Mason as Ted Robbins Alfie Bass Alfie Bass as (uncredited)
    Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service). The dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.
    Pool of London 1951 POSTER

    Pool of London

    1951

    English

    7.1

    2

    53%

    53%

    Action

    Crime

    Drama

    ealing

    film noir

    jewel thief

    london, england

    noir

    sailor

    Basil Dearden Basil Dearden Director Sam Kydd Sam Kydd as 2nd Engineer James Robertson Justice James Robertson Justice as Engine Room Officer Trotter Ian Bannen Ian Bannen as Garage attendant Earl Cameron Earl Cameron as Johnny Lambert
    Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
    Cage of Gold 1950 POSTER

    Cage of Gold

    1950

    English

    6.4

    4

    Crime

    Drama

    ealing

    father son relationship

    love triangle

    old flame

    Basil Dearden Basil Dearden Director David Farrar David Farrar as Bill Arthur Hambling Arthur Hambling as Jenkins Jean Simmons Jean Simmons as Judith Sam Kydd Sam Kydd as Waiter
    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 Man Who Haunted Himself 1970 POSTER

    The Man Who Haunted Himself

    1970

    English

    6.4

    8

    55%

    55%

    Action

    cult film

    doppelgänger

    Drama

    london, england

    male executive

    mental breakdown

    Mystery

    serious accident

    Thriller

    Basil Dearden Basil Dearden Director Thorley Walters Thorley Walters as Bellamy Basil Henson Basil Henson as Casino Manager Tony Wright Tony Wright as Man in Club Roger Moore Roger Moore as Pelham
    Executive Harold Pelham suffers a serious accident after which he faces the shadow of death. When, against all odds, he miraculously recovers, he discovers that his life does not belong to him anymore.
    They Came to a City 1944 POSTER

    They Came to a City

    1944

    English

    6.3

    4

    Drama

    Fantasy

    Basil Dearden Basil Dearden Director Googie Withers Googie Withers as Alice Foster Renee Gadd Renee Gadd as Dorothy Stritton Raymond Huntley Raymond Huntley as Malcolm Stritton Ralph Michael Ralph Michael as Sergeant Jimmy
    People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city
    Out of the Clouds 1955 POSTER

    Out of the Clouds

    1955

    English

    5.7

    4

    Drama

    Basil Dearden Basil Dearden Director James Robertson Justice James Robertson Justice as Captain Brent William Franklyn William Franklyn as Control Tower Radio Operator Harold Kasket Harold Kasket as Hafadi Abraham Sofaer Abraham Sofaer as The Indian
    A day following workers at an airport
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