Cinematography: Basil Emmott

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Basil Emmott. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The Long Haul

1957 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Hughes

Cast Victor Mature · Diana Dors · Patrick Allen · Gene Anderson

Synopsis After being discharged from the U.S. Army in Germany, Harry reluctantly follows his wife to England where he lands a job as a truck driver. It is not long before his boss, Joe Easy, tries to involve the ex G.I....

6.4

55 votes

6.4

55 votes

Tomorrow at Ten

1963 · Movie · 80 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lance Comfort

Cast John Gregson · Robert Shaw · Alec Clunes · Alan Wheatley

Synopsis It's a race against time for the police when they have to find a kidnapped boy imprisoned with a time bomb, after his abductor dies without revealing the child's whereabouts.

6.3

54 votes

6.3

54 votes

I Was Monty's Double

1958 · Movie · 101 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Guillermin

Cast M.E. Clifton-James · John Mills · Cecil Parker · Patrick Allen

Synopsis The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the German's about his intentions before the North Africa campaign.

6.2

88 votes

6.2

88 votes

Wicked as They Come

1956 · Movie · 94 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ken Hughes

Cast Arlene Dahl · Phil Carey · Herbert Marshall · Michael Goodliffe

Synopsis A poor but beautiful woman sets her sights on rising to the top, and lets nothing stand in her way - including murder.

6.2

21 votes

6.2

21 votes

Joe MacBeth

1955 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Ken Hughes

Cast Paul Douglas · Ruth Roman · Bonar Colleano · Grégoire Aslan

Synopsis Shakespeare (more-or-less) in modern gangster setting. Lily MacBeth pushes her husband Joe to rub out the reigning crime boss and become the new "kingpin" himself. Success is short- lived, however, as he confronts Lennie, a mobster whose father and wife...

6.2

31 votes

6.2

31 votes

Drifters

1929 · Documentary · 50 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Grierson

6.2

91 votes

6.2

91 votes

Town on Trial

1957 · Movie · 95 min. · United Kingdom

Direction John Guillermin

Cast Charles Coburn · John Mills · Barbara Bates · Derek Farr

Synopsis When an attractive young girl is murdered, suspicion falls on several members of the local tennis club. It falls to Police Inspector Halloran to sort out all the red herrings, and finally after a confrontation at the top of the...

5.9

36 votes

5.9

36 votes

Curse of the Fly

1965 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Don Sharp

Cast Brian Donlevy · George Baker · Charles Carson · Carole Gray

Synopsis Remember that scientist that was trying to perfect a matter transportation machine but got fused with a fly when one of the little critters got into the transporter with him? Well, this story is about three of his descendents (a...

4.8

101 votes

4.8

101 votes

They Drive by Night

1938 · Movie · 84 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Arthur B. Woods

Cast Emlyn Williams · Anna Konstam · Allan Jeayes · Ernest Thesiger

Synopsis A convict, just out of prison, is implicated in a murder and goes on the run, hitching a ride with a truck driver.

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Sons of the Sea

1941 · Movie · 98 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Walter Forde

Cast Michael Redgrave · Valerie Hobson · Griffith Jones · Hartley Power

Synopsis After their state-of-the-art steamship the Gigantic sinks minutes after being launched, the MacIver brothers of Liverpool begin to plan for the future of their company. David takes a business-like approach and eventually joins forces with former rivals but decides the...

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Paper Orchid

1949 · Movie · 86 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Roy Ward Baker

Cast Hugh Williams · Hy Hazell · Sid James · Garry Marsh

Synopsis A man found dead inside a gossip columnist's apartment leads to competition between two rival newspapers.

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Johnny You're Wanted

1956 · Movie · 70 min. · United Kingdom

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Crime Unlimited

1935 · Movie · 71 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Ralph Ince

Cast Esmond Knight · Lilli Palmer · Cecil Parker · George Merritt

Synopsis Frustrated by a seemingly infallible gang of jewel thieves, Scotland Yard arranges to have an undercover agent become part of the gang. Once inside, the agent starts to become attached to a Russian woman who is part of the gang...

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Pit of Darkness

1961 · Movie · 76 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Lance Comfort

Cast William Franklyn · Moira Redmond · Bruno Barnabe · Leonard Sachs

Synopsis When Richard Logan, the partner in a safe making firm, is found unconscious, on an old deserted bomb site, he finds that he has no recollection of the last three weeks. Then he discovers that the private detective, hired by...

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Crown v. Stevens

1936 · Movie · 66 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Michael Powell

Cast Beatrix Thomson · Patric Knowles · Glennis Lorimer · Reginald Purdell

Synopsis When an ex-dancer marries a man for his money she is suprised find he is a real skinflint. She owes a lot of money to a loan-shark who is after her. However, her husband does carry a lot of insurance...

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Brass Monkey

1948 · Movie · 100 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Thornton Freeland

Cast Carroll Levis · Carole Landis · Herbert Lom · Avril Angers

Synopsis Radio personality Carroll Levis becomes involved in a case of theft and murder.

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Time Flies

1944 · Movie · 88 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Walter Forde

Cast Tommy Handley · Evelyn Dall · George Moon · Felix Aylmer

Synopsis Comedian Tommy Handley stars as an eccentric scientist who, along with his trusty assistant, builds a time machine with his friends' money, whom he neglected to inform. When they find out, they are understandably outraged and skeptical until all of...

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Master of Bankdam

1947 · Movie · 105 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Walter Forde

Cast Anne Crawford · Dennis Price · Tom Walls · Stephen Murray

Synopsis Two brothers struggle for control of the family business in 19th century Yorkshire.

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