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Directing · Writing · 1911 to 1971

Basil Dearden

Best rated: Victim (7.7)

Films
38
Avg rating
6.92
Peak run
1958’62
7+ run
4 films
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Every film, by IMDb rating

The career

Basil Dearden, directing career by IMDb rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1958 to 1962, 7.18678194519501955196019651970Victim 7.7Khartoum 6.8Career avg 6.92

Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.

Basil Dearden's career barcodecoolhot
194238 films1970
Current formLast 5: 6.56 vs career 6.92 (−0.36)
  1. LThe Mind Benders1963 · 6.4−0.5
  2. LWoman of Straw1964 · 6.8−0.1
  3. LKhartoum1966 · 6.8−0.1
  4. LThe Assassination Bureau1969 · 6.4−0.5
  5. LThe Man Who Haunted Himself1970 · 6.4−0.5
As a director, films with 1,000+ votes

Basil by the numbers

Average
6.92
17 rated films
Vote weighted
6.94
bigger films count more
Median
6.9
half are better
Consistency
±0.37
rating spread
Career
29y
1942 to 1970
Total votes
82.5K
across every film
Best
7.7
Victim
Worst
6.8
Khartoum
Newest first

Filmography

Directing filmography
1970The Man Who Haunted Himself6.43,406
1969The Assassination Bureau6.44,075
1968Only When I Larf·337
1966Khartoum6.89,352
1965Masquerade·648
1964Woman of Straw6.83,667
1963The Mind Benders6.41,121
1963A Place to Go·349
1962All Night Long7.11,944
1962Walk in the Shadow·358
1961The Secret Partner·827
1961Victim7.78,291
1960The League of Gentlemen7.25,994
1960Man in the Moon·455
1959Sapphire7.23,071
1958Nowhere to Go6.71,298
1958Violent Playground·918
1957Big Time Operators6.92,594
1956Who Done It?·501
1956The Green Man7.12,732
Better together?

Basil Dearden's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.

Takes

On Basil Dearden

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