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An extraordinary performance by Dirk Bogarde grounds this intense, sobering indictment of early-sixties social intolerance and sexual puritanism. Bogarde plays Melville Farr, a married barrister who is one of a large group of closeted London men who become targets of a blackmailer. Basil Dearden’s unmistakably political taboo buster was one of the first films to address homophobia head-on, a ...
Jan 25, 2011 · Sapphire: Inner City Given his strikingly eclectic body of work, it’s not surprising that Basil Dearden has never become a household name—he’s too hard to pin down. Moving effortlessly among comedies, melodramas, and thrillers, over a thirty-five-film, nearly thirty-year career, Dearden was a craftsman of durable, classic British cinema. But his artistry—in storytelling, creating ...
Basil Dearden (born Basil Clive Dear; 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director.
Basil Dearden him on the scripts, and occasionally co-directed; after the demise of Ealing, the two men formed their own production company. Their joint output covered a wide variety of genres, including costume drama ( Saraband for Dead Lovers ) and comedy ( The Smallest Show on Earth ), as well as large-scale epic ( Khartoum ).
All Night Long: Directed by Basil Dearden. With Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Betsy Blair, Paul Harris. This movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.
Basil Dearden (1911-1971) was one of the most outstanding directors of classic British cinema. After his apprenticeship as an assistant director, he directed his own films from 1941, all of which were made for Ealing Studios until its dissolution in 1959.
Basil Dearden The League of Gentlemen Bitter about being forced into retirement, a colonel (wittily embodied by Jack Hawkins) ropes a cadre of former British army men into aiding him in a one-million-pound bank robbery—a risky, multitiered plan that involves infiltrating a military compound.
