Basil Dearden Movies

  • 1943
    My Learned Friend

    My Learned Friend

    My Learned Friend

    61943HD

    An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him...

    My Learned Friend
  • 1941
    Turned Out Nice Again

    Turned Out Nice Again

    Turned Out Nice Again

    6.51941HD

    George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and...

    Turned Out Nice Again
  • 1963
    The Mind Benders

    The Mind Benders

    The Mind Benders

    6.161963HD

    A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might...

    The Mind Benders
  • 1942
    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    7.81942HD

    A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and...

    The Black Sheep of Whitehall
  • 1963
    A Place to Go

    A Place to Go

    A Place to Go

    6.21963HD

    Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British...

    A Place to Go
  • 1948
    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    Saraband for Dead Lovers

    6.3421948HD

    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...

    Saraband for Dead Lovers
  • 1965
    Masquerade

    Masquerade

    Masquerade

    51965HD

    The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.

    Masquerade
  • 1940
    Let George Do It!

    Let George Do It!

    Let George Do It!

    6.1151940HD

    Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken...

    Let George Do It!
  • 1957
    The Smallest Show on Earth

    The Smallest Show on Earth

    The Smallest Show on Earth

    6.51957HD

    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 has died...

    The Smallest Show on Earth
  • 1973
    The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

    The Persuaders!

    8.21973HD

    Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys, Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis),...

    The Persuaders!
  • 1942
    The Goose Steps Out

    The Goose Steps Out

    The Goose Steps Out

    6.71942HD

    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...

    The Goose Steps Out
  • 1958
    Davy

    Davy

    Davy

    51958HD

    The Mad Morgans are a family song and dance act touring the British Music Halls. Young Davy is the star of the act but should he stay with his family...

    Davy
  • 1960
    Man in the Moon

    Man in the Moon

    Man in the Moon

    6.41960HD

    William is an unsuccessful guinea pig for a medical group interested in researching the common cold. He is soon fired and offered a job by the nearby...

    Man in the Moon
  • 1938
    Penny Paradise

    Penny Paradise

    Penny Paradise

    6.71938HD

    A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a...

    Penny Paradise
  • 1951
    Pool of London

    Pool of London

    Pool of London

    6.51951HD

    Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

    Pool of London
  • 1943
    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

    The Bells Go Down

    7.21943HD

    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...

    The Bells Go Down
  • 1950
    Cage of Gold

    Cage of Gold

    Cage of Gold

    6.61950HD

    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.

    Cage of Gold
  • 1944
    They Came to a City

    They Came to a City

    They Came to a City

    61944HD

    People from different walks of life mysteriously find themselves at the gate of an unknown city

    They Came to a City
  • 1940
    Now You're Talking

    Now You're Talking

    Now You're Talking

    01940HD

    Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant...

    Now You're Talking
  • 1968
    Only When I Larf

    Only When I Larf

    Only When I Larf

    6.41968HD

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

    Only When I Larf