Basil Dearden Movies

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...

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

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...

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.

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...

After World War II the crew of a motor gunboat join together to buy their old vessel and go into business for themselves. This may sound like a...

A shipping tycoon with a record becomes a suspect when money goes missing from the company vault.

P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the...

Two jet-setting playboys, Brett Sinclair and Danny Wilde, investigate crimes. Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie.

A group of travellers, each with a personal problem that they want to hide, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There is a certain strangeness...

Two episodes of the TV series "The Persuaders" joined into a movie. Two playboys investigate crimes along the French Riviera.

A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.

The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world...

The first months of WWII as experienced by the new young recruits - the 'young Berts' - of the British Army.

Propaganda comedy promoting the benefits of saving for the war effort.