Basil Dearden Movies

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

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

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 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 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 day following workers at an airport

George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and...

A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers...

Set in contemporary Bethnal Green in east London, A Place to Go charts the dramatic changes that were happening in the lives of the British...

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

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

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.

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

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