Basil Dearden Movies

A bustling 24-hour period at London Airport grounded by heavy fog finds multiple intersecting storylines following the lives, romances and personal...

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukelele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken...

In Liverpool, Sergeant Jack Truman is assigned to work as a juvenile liaison officer to steer troubled youth away from crime. While investigating...

Utilising a semi-documentary approach to explore the lives of British probation officers and their charges in London, Henry Allardyce Phipps is a...

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.

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and...

An ice rink sweeper dreams of being a private investigator. His dream comes true when he manages to capture a ring of spies.

A British scientist is discovered to have been passing information to the Communists, then kills himself. Another scientist decides that they might...

An RAF pilot who was shot down during WWII returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who...

A group of travellers, each with a hidden personal issue, arrive at a mysterious Welsh country inn. There's a certain strangeness in the air as...

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new...

An ensemble tribute to the civilian volunteers of the Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) who fought fires and rescued people during the London Blitz. A...

Champion jockey Sam Lilley gets banned from racing after taking a bribe. Unwilling to leave the sport behind, he befriends Georgie Crain, a sharp...

In contemporary Bethnal Green, disillusioned Ricky Flint hooks up with Cat and gets mixed up with local gangster Jack Ellerman. He's drawn into a...

Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous,...

The relationship between brothers Terry and Matt Sullivan, both active in the IRA, comes under strain when Terry begins to question the use of...

Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary...

A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek, a Czech soldier who needs...

A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble...

Over the course of a single night at a down-market London boxing stadium, the lives, hopes, and struggles of various fighters, trainers, and the...