Basil Dearden
British film director (1911–1971)
0.86body-of-work score · ranked #976 of 2631 directors · 5 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- January 1, 1911 · Westcliff-on-Sea
- Died
- March 23, 1971 · London
- Nationality
- United Kingdom, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Work
- film director, film producer, screenwriter, director
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1945 · United Kingdom · horror
NYT Best 1,000 Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.282 citations - 2
1961 · United Kingdom · drama, crime
Roger Ebert's Great Movies · Edgar Wright's 1,000 favorite movies
0.242 citations - 30.111 citation
- 40.111 citation
- 50.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 39 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1942The Black Sheep of Whitehall
- 1942The Goose Steps Out
- 1943My Learned Friend
- 1943The Bells Go Down
- 1944The Halfway House
- 1945Dead of Night
- 1945They Came to a City
- 1946The Captive Heart
- 1947Frieda
- 1948Saraband for Dead Lovers
- 1949Train of Events
- 1950Cage of Gold
- 1950The Blue Lamp
- 1951Pool of London
- 1952I Believe in You
- 1952The Gentle Gunman
- 1953The Square Ring
- 1954The Rainbow Jacket
- 1955The Ship That Died of Shame
- 1955比翼雙飛
- 1956The Green Man
- 1956Who Done It?
- 1957The Smallest Show on Earth
- 1958Violent Playground
- 1959Sapphire
- 1960Man in the Moon
- 1960The League of Gentlemen
- 1961The Secret Partner
- 1961Victim
- 1962All Night Long
- 1962Life for Ruth
- 1963A Place to Go
- 1963The Mind Benders
- 1964Woman of Straw
- 1965Masquerade
- 1966Khartoum
- 1968Only When I Larf
- 1969The Assassination Bureau
- 1970The Man Who Haunted Himself