Basil Dearden — Director (12)
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Who Done It? (1956) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Who Done It?
director: Basil Dearden actor: Benny Hill / Belinda Lee …
other title: Un détective très privé / 谁闯的祸
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 Captive Heart (1946) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Captive Heart
director: Basil Dearden actor: Michael Redgrave
other title: 深闺梦里人 / 被俘获的心 …
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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Woman of Straw (1964) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Woman of Straw
director: Basil Dearden actor: 吉娜·劳洛勃丽吉达 / 肖恩·康纳利 …
other title: 美人局 / 玉面金刚布美人计 …
Tyrannical but ailing tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's fortune.
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The Goose Steps Out (1946) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
The Goose Steps Out
director: Basil Dearden / Will Hay actor: 威尔·海伊 / Charles Hawtrey …
other title: 鹅步升天 / Le Pas de l'oie
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.
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Dead of Night (1945) WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Dead of Night
★ 8.4 (62 ratings) director: Alberto Cavalcanti / 巴兹尔·迪尔登 … actor: 默文·约翰斯 / 罗兰·卡尔弗 …
other title: 死亡之夜 / 深夜 …
Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests' own bizarre tales.