#Basil Dearden

[normasshearer]

You've got a big position. They'd listen to you. You ought to be able to state our case. Tell them there's no magic cure for how we are, certainly not behind prison bars. I've come to feel like a criminal, an outlaw. Do you know what I think, Mr. Farr? I think Boy Barrett's well out of it.

VICTIM 1961, dir. Basil Dearden

[rhera]

FRIEDA — 1947, dir. Basil Dearden

[justsomeguy-cassavetes]

OLIVER REED as IVAN DRAGOMILOFF in THE ASSASSINATION BUREAU (1969)

[drkbogarde]

DIRK BOGARDE in The Blue Lamp (1950) dir. Basil Dearden

[gatutor]

Maggie Smith-George Nader "Nowhere to go" 1958, de Seth Holt, Basil Dearden.

[fibula-rasa]

They Came to a City (1944)  

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Director: Basil Deardon

Cinematographer: Stan Pavey

Performers: Mabel Terry-Lewis, Ada Reeve, Renee Gadd, Raymond Huntley, Googie Withers, Norman Shelley, Fanny Rowe, John Clements, & A.E. Matthews

[desolatus]

marisa mell in masquerade (1965)

[now-watching]

Last month my collage for the film VICTIM (1961) made it into my local non-profit art house cinema’s zine(!) and the digital copy of that issue can be found for free/donate what you like here:

[letterboxd-loggd]

Frieda (1947) Basil Dearden

November 10th 2024

[renaultphile]

Victim 1961 dir. Basil Dearden

Currently available free to stream in the UK on ITVX.

Groundbreaking British film tackling the subject of the criminalisation of homosexuality and the 'Blackmailer's charter' it created. Still a powerful watch after more than sixty years.

Have you seen this film? Please reblog and share your thoughts!

[audiemurphy1945]

The Blue Lamp(1950)

[lobbycards]

Woman of Straw, Italian lobby card (fotobusta), 1964

[thisbluespirit]

Films watched (1960s): The Assassination Bureau Limited (Paramount, 1969); written & produced by Michael Relph; dir. Basil Dearden (based on the unfinished Jack London novel The Assassination Bureau Ltd). Starring Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, Telly Savalas & Curd Jürgens.

"The Assassination Bureau is a political weapon or it is nothing. Properly used... it could bring down empires. I could make the destiny of Europe!"

[brokehorrorfan]

The Assassination Bureau will be released on Blu-ray on April 25 via Arrow Video. The 1969 British black comedy adventure is also known as The Assassination Bureau Limited.

Basil Dearden (Dead of Night) directs from a script by Michael Relph, based on Jack London's unfinished novel. Oliver Reed, Diana Rigg, and Telly Savalas star with Curd Jürgens, Philippe Noiret, and Warren Mitchell.

The Assassination Bureau is presented in high definition with original lossless mono audio. It features reversible artwork. Special features are detailed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by film historians Sean Hogan and Kim Newman (new)

Right Film, Wrong Time - Appreciation by film historian Matthew Sweet (new)

Original trailer

Image gallery

Booklet featuring new writing Katherine McLaughlin (first pressing only)

6 lobby card reproductions (first pressing only)

London, 1908. When feisty journalist and women’s rights campaigner Sonia Winter (Diana Rigg) uncovers the headquarters of the Assassination Bureau Limited, a clandestine enterprise that has existed for decades by bumping off the rich and powerful – but only if there’s a good moral reason for it – she sets on a path of putting an end to its activities. Bankrolled by her press baron boss, Lord Bostwick (Telly Savalas), she commissions the organisation to undertake the assassination of its very own chairman, Ivan Dragomiloff (Oliver Reed). Being the gentleman that he is, Dragomiloff responds to the assignment with glee, challenging his fellow board members to complete the contract. Only they’ll have to catch him first…

[weirdlookindog]

Dead of Night (1945)

[gatutor]

Joan Greenwood-Stewart Granger "Matrimonio de estado" (Saraband for dead lovers) 1948, de Basil Dearden.