Cinematography: Desmond Dickinson
The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Desmond Dickinson. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.
The Browning Version
1951 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Asquith
Cast Michael Redgrave · Jean Kent · Nigel Patrick · Ronald Howard
Plot Andrew Crocker-Harris, "The Crock" as his students call him, knows he isn't loved like the fictional Mr. Chips, but in the span of just over a day he is forced...
7.5
663 votes
7.5
663 votes
Hamlet
1948 · Movie · 147 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Laurence Olivier
Cast Laurence Olivier · Jean Simmons · Basil Sydney · Eileen Herlie
Plot William Shakespeare's tale of tragedy of murder and revenge in the royal halls of medieval Denmark. Claudius, brother to the King, conniving with the Queen, poisons the monarch and seizes...
7.4
2K votes
7.4
2K votes
The Man Between
1953 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Carol Reed
Cast James Mason · Claire Bloom · Hildegard Knef · Geoffrey Toone
Plot Young english Susanne Mallison (Claire Bloom) on visit to Berlin becomes involved with political racketeer in elaborate plot to lure espionage agent from the Western to the Eastern sector.
6.6
296 votes
6.6
296 votes
The Importance of Being Earnest
1952 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Asquith
Cast Michael Redgrave · Richard Wattis · Michel Dennison · Walter Hudd
Plot Jack Worthing lives in the country with his pretty ward Cecily Cardew. But in the city, he goes by the name of Earnest and is in love with Gwendolyn Fairfax....
6.6
541 votes
6.6
541 votes
The Woman in Question
1950 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Anthony Asquith
Cast Jean Kent · Dirk Bogarde · John McCallum · Susan Shaw
6.5
65 votes
6.5
65 votes
Morning Departure
1950 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Roy Ward Baker
Cast John Mills · Nigel Patrick · Peter Hammond · Andrew Crawford
Plot The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
6.4
57 votes
6.4
57 votes
Murder Most Foul
1964 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction George Pollock
Cast Margaret Rutherford · Ron Moody · Charles Tingwell · Andrew Cruickshank
6.3
295 votes
6.3
295 votes
Quentin Durward
1955 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Richard Thorpe
Cast Robert Taylor · Kay Kendall · Robert Morley · George Cole
Plot In 1465 Quentin Durwood travels to France to meet Isabelle, Countess of Marcroy, on behalf of his elderly Scottish uncle whom, for political reasons, the Duke of Burgundy intends she...
6.3
527 votes
6.3
527 votes
The Frightened City
1961 · Movie · 97 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Lemont
Cast Herbert Lom · John Gregson · Sean Connery · Alfred Marks
Plot A 1961 British film about extortion rackets and gang warfare in the West End of London. It stars Sean Connery, who plays a burglar called Paddy Damion. He is lured...
6.1
33 votes
6.1
33 votes
The City of the Dead
1960 · Movie · 76 min. · United Kingdom
Direction John Llewellyn Moxey
Cast Dennis Lotis · Christopher Lee · Patricia Jessel · Tom Naylor
Plot On 03 March 1692, in Whitewood, Massachusetts, the witch Elizabeth Selwyn (Patricia Jessel) is sentenced to be burned at the stake, and her partner Jethrow Keane (Valentibe Dyall) asks Lúcifer...
6.0
540 votes
6.0
540 votes
Murder Ahoy
1964 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction George Pollock
Cast Margaret Rutherford · Lionel Jeffries · Charles Tingwell · William Mervyn
6.0
252 votes
6.0
252 votes
A Study in Terror
1965 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction James Hill
Cast John Neville · Donald Houston · John Fraser · Anthony Quayle
Plot Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson join the hunt for the notorious serial killer, Jack The Ripper.
6.0
302 votes
6.0
302 votes
Whoever slew Auntie Roo?
1972 · Movie · 91 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Curtis Harrington
Cast Shelley Winters · Mark Lester · Chloe Franks · Ralph Richardson
Plot This is a retelling of the old tale of Hansel and Gretel, but set in England in the 1920s. To the children and staff at the orphanage, Auntie Roo is...
5.9
319 votes
5.9
319 votes
Tower of Evil
1972 · Movie · 89 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Jim O'Connolly
Cast Bryant Haliday · Jill Haworth · Anna Palk · William Lucas
Plot A group of experienced archeologists are searching for an old and mystic Phoenician treasure when they are surprised by a series of mysterious murders...
5.7
68 votes
5.7
68 votes
Fire Down Below
1957 · Movie · 109 min. · United States
Direction Robert Parrish
Cast Rita Hayworth · Robert Mitchum · Jack Lemmon · Herbert Lom
Plot Tony and Felix own a tramp boat, and sail around the Caribbean doing odd jobs and drinking a lot. They agree to ferry the beautiful but passportless Irena to another...
5.7
267 votes
5.7
267 votes
Horrors of the Black Museum
1959 · Movie · 79 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Arthur Crabtree
Cast Michael Gough · June Cunningham · Graham Curnow · Shirley Anne Field
Plot The promotion announced that this film was released in "Hypnovision" which gives an idea of the story. A frustrated thriller writer wants accurate crimes for his next book so he...
5.6
74 votes
5.6
74 votes
The Hands of Orlac
1960 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Edmond T. Gréville
Cast Mel Ferrer · Christopher Lee · Dany Carrel · Lucile Saint-Simon
Plot A pianist has a transplant operation that gives him a new pair of hands. Unfortunately, the hands belonged to a murderer, and he finds the hands starting to take over...
5.4
182 votes
5.4
182 votes
Berserk
1968 · Movie · 96 min. · United States
Direction Jim O'Connolly
Cast Joan Crawford · Ty Hardin · Diana Dors · Michael Gough
Plot Effectively staged thriller stars Joan Crawford as the owner of a once-great circus now on its last legs-until a number of accidental deaths of the performers stars packin 'em in.
5.3
118 votes
5.3
118 votes
The Alphabet Murders
1965 · Movie · 90 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Frank Tashlin
Cast Tony Randall · Anita Ekberg · Robert Morley · Maurice Denham
5.0
147 votes
5.0
147 votes
The Black Tent
1956 · Movie · 93 min. · United Kingdom
Direction Brian Desmond Hurst
Cast Donald Sinden · Anthony Steel · Anna-Maria Sandri · André Morell
Plot During the British retreat, David Holland (Anthony Steel) takes shelter with a Bedouin tribe and marries the sheik's daughter (Anna-Maria Sandri). He dies, however, while trying to rejoin his regiment.
4.9
55 votes
4.9
55 votes