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class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%;"><div class="fn">Basil Dearden</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:BasilDearden.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/BasilDearden.jpg/220px-BasilDearden.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="292" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/bb/BasilDearden.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="222" data-file-height="295" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Basil Clive Dear</div><br /><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1911-01-01</span>)</span>1 January 1911<br /><div style="display:inline" class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/Westcliff-on-Sea" title="Westcliff-on-Sea">Westcliff-on-Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">23 March 1971<span style="display:none">(1971-03-23)</span> (aged 60)<br /><div style="display:inline" class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Hillingdon" title="Hillingdon">Hillingdon</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>, England</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Film director</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1938–1970</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse(s)</th><td class="infobox-data">Margaret Ward (divorced)<br /><a href="/wiki/Melissa_Stribling" title="Melissa Stribling">Melissa Stribling</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/James_Dearden" title="James Dearden">James Dearden</a>, Torquil Dearden</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Basil Dearden</b> (born <b>Basil Clive Dear</b>;<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director.<sup id="cite_ref-V_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-V-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Dearden&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dearden was born at 5 Woodfield Road, <a href="/wiki/Leigh-on-Sea" title="Leigh-on-Sea">Leigh-on-Sea</a>, <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a> to Charles James Dear, a steel manufacturer, and the former Florence Tripp.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Dearden&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dearden graduated from theatre direction to film, working as an assistant to <a href="/wiki/Basil_Dean" title="Basil Dean">Basil Dean</a>. He later changed his own name to Dearden to avoid confusion with his mentor.<sup id="cite_ref-ODNB_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ODNB-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote <i><a href="/wiki/This_Man_Is_News" title="This Man Is News">This Man Is News</a></i> (1938), a hugely popular <a href="/wiki/Quota_Quickie" class="mw-redirect" title="Quota Quickie">quota quickie</a><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and wrote and directed a film for TV <i>Under Suspicion</i> (1939). </p><p>He was assistant director on <i><a href="/wiki/Penny_Paradise" title="Penny Paradise">Penny Paradise</a></i> (1938), produced by Dean and directed by <a href="/wiki/Carol_Reed" title="Carol Reed">Carol Reed</a>, and two George Formby comedies directed by Anthony Kimmins: <i><a href="/wiki/George_Takes_the_Air" class="mw-redirect" title="George Takes the Air">George Takes the Air</a></i> (1938), produced by Dean, and <i><a href="/wiki/Come_on_George!" class="mw-redirect" title="Come on George!">Come on George!</a></i> (1939). </p><p>Dearden was promoted to associate producer on two more George Formby films, which he also co-wrote: <i><a href="/wiki/To_Hell_with_Hitler" class="mw-redirect" title="To Hell with Hitler">To Hell with Hitler</a></i> (1940) aka <i>Let George Do It</i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Spare_a_Copper" title="Spare a Copper">Spare a Copper</a></i> (1940). </p><p>Dearden went over to Ealing Studios where he produced <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_of_St._Michael%27s" title="The Ghost of St. Michael's">The Ghost of St. Michael's</a></i> (1941) with Will Hay, then he produced <i><a href="/wiki/Turned_Out_Nice_Again" title="Turned Out Nice Again">Turned Out Nice Again</a></i> (1941) with George Formby. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ealing_Studios">Ealing Studios</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Dearden&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ealing Studios"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>He first began working as a director at <a href="/wiki/Ealing_Studios" title="Ealing Studios">Ealing Studios</a>, co-directing comedy films with <a href="/wiki/Will_Hay" title="Will Hay">Will Hay</a>, starting with <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Sheep_of_Whitehall" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Sheep of Whitehall">Black Sheep of Whitehall</a></i> (1942). This was followed by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Goose_Steps_Out" title="The Goose Steps Out">The Goose Steps Out</a></i> (1942) and <i><a href="/wiki/My_Learned_Friend" title="My Learned Friend">My Learned Friend</a></i> (1943), which was Hay's last movie. </p><p>Dearden's first solo director credit was <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bells_Go_Down" title="The Bells Go Down">The Bells Go Down</a></i> (1943), a wartime movie with Tommy Trinder. It was produced by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Relph" title="Michael Relph">Michael Relph</a> who would form a notable collaboration with Dearden. </p><p>Dearden also directed <i><a href="/wiki/The_Halfway_House" title="The Halfway House">The Halfway House</a></i> (1944), a drama set in Wales, and wrote and directed <i><a href="/wiki/They_Came_to_a_City" title="They Came to a City">They Came to a City</a></i> (1944), based on a play by J.B Priestley. </p><p>Dearden worked on the influential chiller compendium <i><a href="/wiki/Dead_of_Night" title="Dead of Night">Dead of Night</a></i> (1945) and directed the linking narrative and the "Hearse Driver" segment. </p><p>He also directed <i><a href="/wiki/The_Captive_Heart" title="The Captive Heart">The Captive Heart</a></i> (1946) starring <a href="/wiki/Michael_Redgrave" title="Michael Redgrave">Michael Redgrave</a>, which was a big hit. The film was entered into the 1946 <a href="/wiki/Cannes_Film_Festival" title="Cannes Film Festival">Cannes Film Festival</a>. He directed <i><a href="/wiki/Frieda_(film)" title="Frieda (film)">Frieda</a></i> (1947) with <a href="/wiki/Mai_Zetterling" title="Mai Zetterling">Mai Zetterling</a> and produced by Relph, which was also popular. </p><p>Dearden directed <i><a href="/wiki/Saraband_for_Dead_Lovers" title="Saraband for Dead Lovers">Saraband for Dead Lovers</a></i> (1948) an expensive costume picture that was not a large success.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He wrote and directed a segment of <i><a href="/wiki/Train_of_Events" title="Train of Events">Train of Events</a></i> (1949). </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Lamp" title="The Blue Lamp">The Blue Lamp</a></i> (1950), probably the most frequently shown of Dearden's Ealing films, is a police drama which first introduced audiences to PC George Dixon, later resurrected for the long-running <i><a href="/wiki/Dixon_of_Dock_Green" title="Dixon of Dock Green">Dixon of Dock Green</a></i> television series. It was hugely popular.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Less so were <i><a href="/wiki/Cage_of_Gold" title="Cage of Gold">Cage of Gold</a></i> (1950), a drama with <a href="/wiki/Jean_Simmons" title="Jean Simmons">Jean Simmons</a>; <i><a href="/wiki/Pool_of_London_(film)" title="Pool of London (film)">Pool of London</a></i> (1951), a crime film with a black lead, very rare for the time; and <i><a href="/wiki/I_Believe_in_You_(film)" title="I Believe in You (film)">I Believe in You</a></i> (1952), a drama which he also wrote and produced. </p><p>Dearden made <i><a href="/wiki/The_Gentle_Gunman" title="The Gentle Gunman">The Gentle Gunman</a></i> (1952), an IRA thriller with Dirk Bogarde; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Square_Ring_(1953_film)" title="The Square Ring (1953 film)">The Square Ring</a></i> (1953), a boxing film with Jack Warner; <i><a href="/wiki/The_Rainbow_Jacket" title="The Rainbow Jacket">The Rainbow Jacket</a></i> (1954), a horse racing drama; and <i><a href="/wiki/Out_of_the_Clouds" title="Out of the Clouds">Out of the Clouds</a></i> (1955), set at an airport. </p><p>He did a war film which he also wrote, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Ship_That_Died_of_Shame" title="The Ship That Died of Shame">The Ship That Died of Shame</a></i> (1955) then a comedy with Benny Hill, <i><a href="/wiki/Who_Done_It%3F_(1956_film)" title="Who Done It? (1956 film)">Who Done It?</a></i> (1956). </p><p>Dearden did some uncredited directing on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Man_(film)" title="The Green Man (film)">The Green Man</a></i> (1956) then made an Ealing style comedy for British Lion <i><a href="/wiki/The_Smallest_Show_on_Earth" title="The Smallest Show on Earth">The Smallest Show on Earth</a></i> (1957). </p><p>For Rank he made <i><a href="/wiki/Violent_Playground" title="Violent Playground">Violent Playground</a></i> (1958) with Stanley Baker. He did some uncredited directing on one of Ealing's last films, <i><a href="/wiki/Nowhere_to_Go_(1958_film)" title="Nowhere to Go (1958 film)">Nowhere to Go</a></i> (1958). He also produced <i><a href="/wiki/Davy_(film)" title="Davy (film)">Davy</a></i> (1958), with Harry Secombe, for Ealing. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Social_Awareness_Movies">Social Awareness Movies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Dearden&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Social Awareness Movies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dearden and <a href="/wiki/Michael_Relph" title="Michael Relph">Michael Relph</a> made a series of films on subjects generally not tackled by British cinema in this era starting with <i><a href="/wiki/Sapphire_(1959_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sapphire (1959 film)">Sapphire</a></i> (1959), a thriller about race relations that proved popular.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dearden and Relph helped set up <a href="/wiki/Allied_Film_Makers" title="Allied Film Makers">Allied Film Makers</a> for whom they made <i><a href="/wiki/The_League_of_Gentlemen_(film)" title="The League of Gentlemen (film)">The League of Gentlemen</a></i> (1960), a bank heist comedy that was very popular.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Dearden directed episodes of <i><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Just_Men_(TV_series)" title="The Four Just Men (TV series)">The Four Just Men</a></i> on TV and produced two films directed by Michael Relph: <i><a href="/wiki/Mad_Little_Island" class="mw-redirect" title="Mad Little Island">Mad Little Island</a></i> (1958) and <i><a href="/wiki/Desert_Mice" title="Desert Mice">Desert Mice</a></i> (1959). </p><p>For Allied, Dearden directed <i><a href="/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon_(film)" title="Man in the Moon (film)">Man in the Moon</a></i> (1960), a science fiction comedy with <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_More" title="Kenneth More">Kenneth More</a> that lost money. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Partner" title="The Secret Partner">The Secret Partner</a></i> (1961) was a thriller for MGM starring <a href="/wiki/Stewart_Granger" title="Stewart Granger">Stewart Granger</a>. </p><p>Dearden directed <i><a href="/wiki/Victim_(1961_film)" title="Victim (1961 film)">Victim</a></i> (1961) with <a href="/wiki/Dirk_Bogarde" title="Dirk Bogarde">Dirk Bogarde</a> for Allied; a thriller about homosexuality, it was a huge success. </p><p>However, his next few movies were not popular: <i><a href="/wiki/All_Night_Long_(1962_film)" title="All Night Long (1962 film)">All Night Long</a></i> (1961), an adaptation of <i>Othello</i>; <i><a href="/wiki/Life_for_Ruth" title="Life for Ruth">Life for Ruth</a></i> (1962), for Allied, which dealt with religious objections to operations.; <i><a href="/wiki/A_Place_to_Go" title="A Place to Go">A Place to Go</a></i> (1964), for Bryanston Films, a thriller not released for two years; and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Mind_Benders_(1963_film)" title="The Mind Benders (1963 film)">The Mind Benders</a></i> (1963) a science fiction with Dirk Bogarde. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Later_films">Later films</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Dearden&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Later films"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dearden and Relph then made two films for release by United Artists: <i><a href="/wiki/Woman_of_Straw" title="Woman of Straw">Woman of Straw</a></i> (1964) starring <a href="/wiki/Sean_Connery" title="Sean Connery">Sean Connery</a>; and <i><a href="/wiki/Masquerade_(1965_film)" title="Masquerade (1965 film)">Masquerade</a></i> (1965) with <a href="/wiki/Cliff_Robertson" title="Cliff Robertson">Cliff Robertson</a>. He was then hired to replace Lewis Gilbert as director of <i><a href="/wiki/Khartoum_(film)" title="Khartoum (film)">Khartoum</a></i> (1966), with <a href="/wiki/Charlton_Heston" title="Charlton Heston">Charlton Heston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Olivier" title="Laurence Olivier">Laurence Olivier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two films were then made for release by Paramount: <i><a href="/wiki/Only_When_I_Larf_(film)" title="Only When I Larf (film)">Only When I Larf</a></i> (1968) and the <a href="/wiki/Edwardian_era" title="Edwardian era">Edwardian era</a> black comedy <i><a href="/wiki/The_Assassination_Bureau" title="The Assassination Bureau">The Assassination Bureau</a></i> (1969), again with Michael Relph; it was the 25th film they had made together.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His last film was <i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Haunted_Himself" title="The Man Who Haunted Himself">The Man Who Haunted Himself</a></i> (1970), which he wrote and directed, starring <a href="/wiki/Roger_Moore" title="Roger Moore">Roger Moore</a>, made for <a href="/wiki/EMI_Films" class="mw-redirect" title="EMI Films">EMI Films</a>. With Moore, Dearden made three episodes of the television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Persuaders!" title="The Persuaders!">The Persuaders!</a></i>: <i>Overture</i>, <i>Powerswitch</i> and <i>To the Death, Baby</i>. </p><p>He had two sons, Torquil Dearden and the screenwriter and director <a href="/wiki/James_Dearden" title="James Dearden">James Dearden</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Dearden&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dearden died on 23 March 1971 at <a href="/wiki/Hillingdon_Hospital" title="Hillingdon Hospital">Hillingdon Hospital</a>, London after being involved in a road accident on the <a href="/wiki/M4_motorway" title="M4 motorway">M4 motorway</a> near <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport" title="Heathrow Airport">Heathrow Airport</a>, in which he suffered multiple injuries.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An inquest heard that he had a very high amount of alcohol in his blood and that he was decapitated after his car crashed into a road sign and caught fire.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reputation">Reputation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Dearden&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Reputation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film critic <a href="/wiki/David_Thomson_(film_critic)" title="David Thomson (film critic)">David Thomson</a> does not hold Dearden in high regard. He writes: "Dearden's films are decent, empty and plodding and his association with Michael Relph is a fair representative of the British preference for bureaucratic cinema. It stands for the underlining of obvious meaning".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>More positively, for Brian McFarlane, the <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australian</a> writer on film: "Dearden's films offer, among other rewards, a fascinating barometer of public taste at its most nearly consensual over three decades".<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Regular Ealing cinematographer <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Slocombe" title="Douglas Slocombe">Douglas Slocombe</a> enjoyed working with Dearden personally, describing him as the 'most competent' of the directors he worked with at Ealing.<sup id="cite_ref-BurtonO'Sullivan2009_Competent_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BurtonO'Sullivan2009_Competent-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Filmography">Filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Dearden&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Film</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th width="65">Director </th> <th width="65">Writer </th> <th width="65">Producer </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1938 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/This_Man_Is_News" title="This Man Is News">This Man Is News</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1940 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Let_George_Do_It!" title="Let George Do It!">Let George Do It!</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Associate </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Spare_a_Copper" title="Spare a Copper">Spare a Copper</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Associate </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1941 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_of_St._Michael%27s" title="The Ghost of St. Michael's">The Ghost of St. Michael's</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Associate </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Turned_Out_Nice_Again" title="Turned Out Nice Again">Turned Out Nice Again</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Uncredited </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Associate </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1942 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Sheep_of_Whitehall" title="The Black Sheep of Whitehall">The Black Sheep of Whitehall</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td rowspan="2">Co-directed with <a href="/wiki/Will_Hay" title="Will Hay">Will Hay</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Goose_Steps_Out" title="The Goose Steps Out">The Goose Steps Out</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1943 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bells_Go_Down" title="The Bells Go Down">The Bells Go Down</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/My_Learned_Friend" title="My Learned Friend">My Learned Friend</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Co-directed with Will Hay </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1944 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Halfway_House" title="The Halfway House">The Halfway House</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/They_Came_to_a_City" title="They Came to a City">They Came to a City</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1945 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Dead_of_Night" title="Dead of Night">Dead of Night</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Segments "Hearse Driver" and "Linking Narrative </td></tr> <tr> <td>1946 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Captive_Heart" title="The Captive Heart">The Captive Heart</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Nominated - <a href="/wiki/Palme_d%27Or" title="Palme d'Or">Palme d'Or</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1947 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Frieda_(film)" title="Frieda (film)">Frieda</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1948 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Saraband_for_Dead_Lovers" title="Saraband for Dead Lovers">Saraband for Dead Lovers</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1949 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Train_of_Events" title="Train of Events">Train of Events</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Segments "The Prisoner-of-War" and "The Actor" </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1950 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Blue_Lamp" title="The Blue Lamp">The Blue Lamp</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Nominated - <a href="/wiki/Golden_Lion" title="Golden Lion">Golden Lion</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Cage_of_Gold" title="Cage of Gold">Cage of Gold</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1951 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Pool_of_London_(film)" title="Pool of London (film)">Pool of London</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1952 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/I_Believe_in_You_(film)" title="I Believe in You (film)">I Believe in You</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gentle_Gunman" title="The Gentle Gunman">The Gentle Gunman</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1953 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Square_Ring_(1953_film)" title="The Square Ring (1953 film)">The Square Ring</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Uncredited </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1954 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Rainbow_Jacket" title="The Rainbow Jacket">The Rainbow Jacket</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td>Nominated - <a href="/wiki/Golden_Shell" title="Golden Shell">Golden Shell</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1955 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ship_That_Died_of_Shame" title="The Ship That Died of Shame">The Ship That Died of Shame</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Uncredited </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Out_of_the_Clouds" title="Out of the Clouds">Out of the Clouds</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1956 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Who_Done_It%3F_(1956_film)" title="Who Done It? (1956 film)">Who Done It?</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Uncredited </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Man_(film)" title="The Green Man (film)">The Green Man</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Uncredited </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Robert_Day_(director)" title="Robert Day (director)">Robert Day</a> credited as Sole Director </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3">1957 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Smallest_Show_on_Earth" title="The Smallest Show on Earth">The Smallest Show on Earth</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Rockets_Galore!_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rockets Galore! (film)">Rockets Galore!</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Davy_(film)" title="Davy (film)">Davy</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1958 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Violent_Playground" title="Violent Playground">Violent Playground</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1959 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Sapphire_(film)" title="Sapphire (film)">Sapphire</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td><a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Outstanding_British_Film" title="BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film">BAFTA Award for Outstanding British Film</a><br />Nominated - <a href="/wiki/BAFTA_Award_for_Best_Film" title="BAFTA Award for Best Film">BAFTA Award for Best Film</a><br />Nominated - <a href="/wiki/New_York_Film_Critics_Circle_Award_for_Best_Director" title="New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director">New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Desert_Mice" title="Desert Mice">Desert Mice</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1960 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_League_of_Gentlemen_(film)" title="The League of Gentlemen (film)">The League of Gentlemen</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon_(film)" title="Man in the Moon (film)">Man in the Moon</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Uncredited </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1961 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Victim_(1961_film)" title="Victim (1961 film)">Victim</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td>Nominated - <a href="/wiki/Golden_Lion" title="Golden Lion">Golden Lion</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Partner" title="The Secret Partner">The Secret Partner</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1962 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/All_Night_Long_(1962_film)" title="All Night Long (1962 film)">All Night Long</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Uncredited </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Life_for_Ruth" title="Life for Ruth">Life for Ruth</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2">1963 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/A_Place_to_Go" title="A Place to Go">A Place to Go</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mind_Benders_(1963_film)" title="The Mind Benders (1963 film)">The Mind Benders</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Woman_of_Straw" title="Woman of Straw">Woman of Straw</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Masquerade_(1965_film)" title="Masquerade (1965 film)">Masquerade</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Khartoum_(film)" title="Khartoum (film)">Khartoum</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Only_When_I_Larf_(film)" title="Only When I Larf (film)">Only When I Larf</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Assassination_Bureau" title="The Assassination Bureau">The Assassination Bureau</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Haunted_Himself" title="The Man Who Haunted Himself">The Man Who Haunted Himself</a></i> </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes">Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7;color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no">No </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Television</b> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Title </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>1959–60 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Four_Just_Men_(TV_series)" title="The Four Just Men (TV series)">The Four Just Men</a></i> </td> <td>13 Episodes </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/The_Persuaders!" title="The Persuaders!">The Persuaders!</a></i> </td> <td>3 Episodes </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Basil_Dearden&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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Malcolm, Derek. The Guardian 19 March 1969: 8.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">British Film Director, Crash Victim: Basil Dearden. <i>The Washington Post and Times-Herald</i> (1959-1973); Washington, D.C. [Washington, D.C]25 Mar 1971: B7.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurtonO'Sullivan2009" class="citation book cs1">Burton, Alan; O'Sullivan, Tim (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=CXDdTR62pd4C&q=%22basil+dearden%22+%22Hillingdon%22&pg=PR17"><i>The Cinema of Basil Dearden and Michael Relph</i></a>. Edinburgh University Press Ltd. p. xvii. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7486-3289-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7486-3289-3"><bdi>978-0-7486-3289-3</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(1956 film)">Who Done It?</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Green_Man_(film)" title="The Green Man (film)">The Green Man</a></i> (1956)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Smallest_Show_on_Earth" title="The Smallest Show on Earth">The Smallest Show on Earth</a></i> (1957)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Violent_Playground" title="Violent Playground">Violent Playground</a></i> (1958)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sapphire_(film)" title="Sapphire (film)">Sapphire</a></i> (1959)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_League_of_Gentlemen_(film)" title="The League of Gentlemen (film)">The League of Gentlemen</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Man_in_the_Moon_(film)" title="Man in the Moon (film)">Man in the Moon</a></i> (1960)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Secret_Partner" title="The Secret Partner">The Secret Partner</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Victim_(1961_film)" title="Victim (1961 film)">Victim</a></i> (1961)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/All_Night_Long_(1962_film)" title="All Night Long (1962 film)">All Night Long</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_for_Ruth" title="Life for Ruth">Life for Ruth</a></i> (1962)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mind_Benders_(1963_film)" title="The Mind Benders (1963 film)">The Mind Benders</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Place_to_Go" title="A Place to Go">A Place to Go</a></i> (1963)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Woman_of_Straw" title="Woman of Straw">Woman of Straw</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Masquerade_(1965_film)" title="Masquerade (1965 film)">Masquerade</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Khartoum_(film)" title="Khartoum (film)">Khartoum</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Only_When_I_Larf_(film)" title="Only When I Larf (film)">Only When I Larf</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Assassination_Bureau" title="The Assassination Bureau">The Assassination Bureau</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_Who_Haunted_Himself" title="The Man Who Haunted Himself">The 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