Basil Dearden Movies

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

Boxing drama following the lives of 5 different fighters and their reasons for becoming boxers.

John Harris finds himself ostracized and placed on trial for allowing his daughter Ruth to die. His religious beliefs forbade him to give consent for...

A Liverpool tug boat captain finds he's won a fortune on the penny pools and it changes his life. However, after giving up his job and throwing a...

A newspaper reporter keeps beating the police to clues in a current murder case. This makes the police think he may be involved in the crime.

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

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...

Commissioned by the Ministry of Information and specifically target working class audiences; ‘Now you’re talking’ follows a plant...

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

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

A day following workers at an airport

George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned...

The story of the men and women who produced a series of film comedies that were so original and funny that they put Ealing on the map.