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Basil Dearden

Director

Basil Dearden

Directing
1944 — 1970 · 15 films
Lived
1 January 1911 — d. 1971
From
Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England

Basil Dearden (born Basil Clive Dear; 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director.

Career Signature

How Basil Dearden’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.

emotionally restrained
slow burn
anxious dread
investigation spiral
tightly wound

Tuned by the Perfery ranker. Aggregated equal-weight across every directed film.

Tonal kin

David MametDavid Mamet11 filmsDavid MillerDavid Miller8 filmsHenri-Georges ClouzotHenri-Georges Clouzot9 filmsSidney LumetSidney Lumet35 filmsAlfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock54 filmsRobert HamerRobert Hamer6 filmsJohn FrankenheimerJohn Frankenheimer25 filmsJoseph M. NewmanJoseph M. Newman5 films

Filmography

The Man Who Haunted Himself

1970

The Assassination Bureau

1969

Khartoum

1966

Woman of Straw

1964

The Mind Benders

1963

All Night Long

1962

Victim

1961

The League of Gentlemen

1960

Sapphire

1959

The Smallest Show on Earth

1957

The Green Man

1956

Pool of London

1951

The Blue Lamp

1950

Dead of Night

1945

The Halfway House

1944