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Basil Dearden

Director · 44 credits · 31 in highly-rated films

Best known for Dead of Night (1945)

Frequent collaborators: Will Hay

Directed movies (43 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Rainbow Jacket

    1954 · ★ 7.0 (8 votes)

    Drama

    31

  2. Frieda

    1947 · ★ 5.6 (17 votes)

    Drama, War

    32

  3. The Bells Go Down

    1943 · ★ 7.2 (13 votes)

    Drama, War

    33

  4. The Gentle Gunman

    1952 · ★ 6.5 (13 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, Crime

    34

  5. A Place to Go

    1963 · ★ 6.4 (9 votes)

    Crime, Drama

    35

  6. Mission: Monte Carlo

    1974 · ★ 5.9 (6 votes)

    Adventure, Crime

    36

  7. Masquerade

    1965 · ★ 5.1 (17 votes)

    Comedy, Adventure, Thriller

    37

  8. The Black Sheep of Whitehall

    1942 · ★ 7.8 (5 votes)

    Comedy

    38

  9. Train of Events

    1949 · ★ 6.3 (11 votes)

    Drama, Comedy

    39

  10. The Goose Steps Out

    1942 · ★ 6.7 (13 votes)

    Comedy, War

    40

  11. They Came to a City

    1944 · ★ 6.0 (12 votes)

    Drama, Fantasy

    41

  12. Who Done It?

    1956 · ★ 5.1 (13 votes)

    Comedy, Crime

    42

  13. The Last Appointment!

    1977

    Adventure, Comedy

    43

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 31, 2026.