Basil Dearden (born Basil Clive Dear; 1 January 1911 – 23 March 1971) was an English film director, producer and writer. Originally working in theatre, Dearden became an assistant to director Basil Dean, and later changed his name from 'Dear' to 'Dearden' to avoid confusion with mentor. In a career spanning from the 1930s to the 1970s, he worked across a wide range of genres, but is perhaps remembered for a series of thriller based around social justice, starting with Sapphire (1959), about race relations (a theme Dearden had touched on his earlier film Pool of London), and including Victim (1961), about homosexuality.
Basil Dearden on TV Tropes
As director
- The Halfway House (1944) (also wrote)
- Dead of Night (1945) (segments "Hearse Driver" and "Linking Narrative")
- The Captive Heart (1946)
- Frieda (1947)
- The Blue Lamp (1950)
- Pool of London (1951)
- Sapphire (1959)
- The League of Gentlemen (1960)
- Victim (1961)
- Khartoum (1966)
- The Assassination Bureau (1969)
