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...

Max

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

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

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

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

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