Category: Movie • Genre: Action, Adventure • Country: UK • Language: English
Director
Basil Dearden, Eliot Elisofon
Writer
Robert Ardrey
Cast
Charlton Heston, Laurence Olivier, Richard Johnson
Plot
In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Oli...
Category: Movie • Genre: Crime, Drama • Country: UK • Language: English, Italian
Director
Basil Dearden
Writer
Catherine Arley, Robert Muller, Stanley Mann
Cast
Gina Lollobrigida, Sean Connery, Ralph Richardson
Plot
Tyrannical, but ailing, tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's ...
Category: Movie • Genre: Comedy • Country: UK • Language: English
Director
Basil Dearden
Writer
William Rose, John Eldridge
Cast
Virginia McKenna, Bill Travers, Margaret Rutherford
Plot
A young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed "The Flea Pit", and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there.
Category: Movie • Genre: Drama, Music • Country: UK • Language: English
Director
Basil Dearden
Writer
Nel King, Paul Jarrico, William Shakespeare
Cast
Patrick McGoohan, Keith Michell, Betsy Blair
Plot
This movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.
Category: Movie • Genre: Crime, Drama • Country: UK • Language: English
Director
Basil Dearden
Writer
Jack Whittingham, John Eldridge
Cast
Bonar Colleano, Susan Shaw, Renée Asherson
Plot
When their ship docks the crew disembark as usual to pick up their lives in postwar London. For one of them his petty smuggling turns more serious when he finds himself caught up with a robbery in the City.
