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Basil Emmott is a Director of Photography, Editor and Cinematography British born on 5 july 1894 at London (United-kingdom)
Basil Emmott (5 July 1894 – 23 January 1976) was a prolific English cinematographer with 190 films to his credit, active from the 1920s to the 1960s. Emmott's career started in the silent era and continued through to the mid-1960s. His most prolific decade was the 1930s, when he was involved with almost 120 films, many of which were produced by noted documentary film-maker John Grierson.
Emmott worked mainly in the field of quota quickies and B-movies. His output covered the entire spectrum of film genres, from comedy and musicals, through melodrama and thrillers, to crime and horror films. Directors Emmott worked with included Michael Powell, Arthur B. Woods, Val Guest and Lance Comfort.
Signalons également le film français Le Mystère de la villa rose de Louis Mercanton et René Hervil (1930, avec Simone Vaudry et Héléna Manson), ainsi que le film américain The Enemy General de George Sherman (1960, avec Van Johnson et Jean-Pierre Aumont).
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Birth name Basil William George Emmott
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 5 july 1894 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 23 january 1976 (at 81 years) at Eastbourne (United-kingdom)
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 5 july 1894 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 23 january 1976 (at 81 years) at Eastbourne (United-kingdom)
Emmott worked mainly in the field of quota quickies and B-movies. His output covered the entire spectrum of film genres, from comedy and musicals, through melodrama and thrillers, to crime and horror films. Directors Emmott worked with included Michael Powell, Arthur B. Woods, Val Guest and Lance Comfort.
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Comme chef opérateur, Basil Emmott contribue à près de deux-cents films britanniques, sortis entre 1920 et 1965, dont Meurtres de Maurice Elvey (1932, avec Ivor Novello et Elizabeth Allan), Some Day de Michael Powell (1935, avec Esmond Knight et Margaret Lockwood), Le Premier Ministre de Thorold Dickinson (1941, avec John Gielgud et Diana Wynyard), La Bataille des V1 de Vernon Sewell (1958, avec Michael Rennie et Patricia Medina) et La Malédiction de la mouche de Don Sharp (1965, avec Brian Donlevy et George Baker).Signalons également le film français Le Mystère de la villa rose de Louis Mercanton et René Hervil (1930, avec Simone Vaudry et Héléna Manson), ainsi que le film américain The Enemy General de George Sherman (1960, avec Van Johnson et Jean-Pierre Aumont).
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Be My Guest (1965)
, 1h22Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors David Hemmings, Avril Angers, Monica Evans, David Healy, Steve Marriott, Ivor Salter
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55%
Curse of the Fly (1965)
, 1h26Directed by Don Sharp
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Cyberpunk films, Children's films
Actors Brian Donlevy, George Baker, Burt Kwouk, Charles Carson, John Carradine, Rachel Kempson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52%
Martin Delambre (Baker) is driving to Montreal one night when he sees a young girl by the name of Patricia Stanley (Gray) running in her underwear. They fall in love and are soon married. However, they both hold secrets: she has recently escaped from a mental asylum; he and his father Henri (Donlevy) are engaged in radical experiments in teleportation, and they have already had horrific consequences. Martin also suffers recessive fly genes which cause him to age rapidly and he needs a serum to keep him young.
Blind Corner (1964)
, 1h20Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors William Sylvester, Barbara Shelley, Elizabeth Shepherd, Mark Eden, Edward Evans, Joy Allen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Paul Gregory (Sylvester) is a blind but very successful pop music composer, married to the beautiful Anne (Shelley). Anne is having a secret affair with struggling artist Rickie Seldon (Alexander Davion), and persuades Paul to commission Rickie to paint her portrait as a pretext to enable them to spend time together. Paul agrees, but after a recording session with Ronnie Carroll he is told by his business partner Mike Williams (Mark Eden) that Anne and Rickie have been seen about town together in circumstances which leave no doubt that they are more than friends. Paul knows that Mike has always disliked Anne and suspects he may be trouble-causing, but is finally persuaded of the validity of his allegations.
Live It Up! (1963)
, 1h15Directed by Lance Comfort
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Trisha Noble, David Hemmings, Veronica Hurst, Jenny Moss, Steve Marriott, David Bauer
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
Tomorrow at Ten (1962)
, 1h20Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors John Gregson, Robert Shaw, Alec Clunes, Alan Wheatley, Kenneth Cope, Ernest Clark
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Petty crook Marlowe kidnaps Jonathan Chester, the young son of wealthy industrialist Anthony Chester, and locks him in an abandoned house. He then goes to see the boy's father and announces that he will only reveal his whereabouts once he has been paid £50,000 (a large sum at the time) and is safely in Brazil. The boy's nanny alerts the police and Inspector Parnell arrives to discourage Chester from paying up least it send out a signal to give in to blackmailers. Marlowe then reveals that a bomb is also in the house where Jonathan is kept and will go off at 10 a.m. the next day. This is too much for Chester who attacks Marlowe causing the crook serious injuries from which he later dies, leaving the police with little time or indications as to where to find Jonathan.
Strongroom (1962)
, 1h20Directed by Vernon Sewell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Colin Gordon, Derren Nesbitt, Ann Lynn, William Morgan Sheppard, Hilda Fenemore, Ian Colin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
Pit of Darkness (1961)
, 1h16Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors William Leo Franklyn, Moira Redmond, Leonard Sachs, Bruno Barnabe, Nigel Green, Anthony Booth
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Safe-designer Richard Logan (Franklyn) comes to consciousness on a patch of waste ground with no recollection of how he came to be there. Assuming he must have been attacked and hit over the head, but feeling no apparent ill-effects, he returns home to wife Julie (Redmond) to apologise for being late and tell his story. He is astonished to learn from Julie that he has been missing not for a few hours, but for three weeks. Furthermore, a troubling series of events has occurred during his absence, which appear to point to his involvement in criminal activity. A safe which he personally installed in a large house has been robbed and its contents stolen, with no explanation as to how its supposedly foolproof security mechanisms were so easily overridden. In an attempt to trace her missing husband, Julie has employed a private detective, who discovered evidence implicating Richard of involvement with another woman, and more seriously the private detective has recently been found murdered.
Rag Doll (1961)
, 1h7Directed by Lance Comfort
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Hermione Baddeley, Kenneth Griffith, Patrick Magee, Patrick Jordan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
Seventeen-year-old Carol (Christina Gregg) flees her small-town home to escape from her alcoholic stepfather, and heads off to London to live with her aunt. Once in London she is drawn to the sleazy excitement of Soho and finds work in a coffee bar. She falls in love with handsome young nightclub singer Joe Shane (Conrad) and soon they are a couple. She then discovers that Joe is a small-time crook on the side, with a gang background and a line in petty burglary.
The Wind of Change (1961)
, 1h4Directed by Vernon Sewell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Donald Pleasence, Johnny Briggs, Ann Lynn, Hilda Fenemore, Glyn Houston, David Hemmings
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Frank (Briggs) is an unemployed, discontented and rebellious teenage Teddy Boy, living at home with his mild-mannered father (Pleasence), domineering mother (Hilda Fenemore) and sister Josie (Lynn). Frank harbours a deep-seated resentment and hatred towards the black people he sees as flooding Notting Hill and taking all the jobs. He spends his time hanging around with a gang of similar youths who all share his racist views.
I Was Monty's Double (1958)
, 1h36Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors John Mills, Cecil Parker, Patrick Allen, Bryan Forbes, Patrick Holt, Leslie Phillips
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
A few months before the D-Day landings during the Second World War, the British government decides to launch a campaign of disinformation; spreading a rumour that the landings just might take place at a location other than Normandy. The details of the operation (actually, there were several such operations) are handed to two intelligence officers, Colonel Logan (Cecil Parker) and Major Harvey (John Mills). They are initially unable to devise such a plan – but one night, Harvey sees an actor at a London theatre, putting on a convincing impression of General Bernard Montgomery.
The Long Haul (1957)
, 1h40Directed by Ken Hughes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies
Actors Victor Mature, Diana Dors, Patrick Allen, Liam Redmond, John Welch (Welsh), Wensley Pithey
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Harry Miller et toute sa famille s'installent en Angleterre. Là-bas, il se laisse séduire par une mystérieuse jeune femme qui l'entraîne dans de mauvaises histoires...
Town on Trial (1957)
, 1h35Directed by John Guillermin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors John Mills, Charles Coburn, Barbara Bates, Derek Farr, Alec McCowen, Fay Compton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
While playing tennis at a posh club in a town near London called Oakley Park, young and flirty Molly Stevens attracts considerable interest. The men ogle her and the women detest her. She is later found dead, strangled with a stocking. The local police chief requests the help of Scotland Yard, so Detective Superintendent Mike Halloran is sent to investigate. The locals, however, resent having an outsider poking into their affairs.
Home and Away (1956)
, 1h20Directed by Vernon Sewell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Jack Warner, Kathleen Harrison, Dame Thora Hird, Lana Morris, Charles Victor, Harry Fowler
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
Johnny, You're Wanted (1956)
, 1h10Directed by Vernon Sewell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors John Slater, Alfred Marks, Garry Marsh, John Stuart, Frank Thornton, Ann Lynn
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
Johnny (Slater) is a long-distance lorry driver returning to London from a provincial delivery, after having taken in a show by Joan Rhodes on the way. Late at night he stops to give a lift to an attractive female hitchhiker whose car has broken down and who is in a hurry to get to back to London. Later, Johnny pulls in to a transport café to make a telephone call and buy a coffee. When he returns to his truck, the woman is gone. Assuming that in her hurry she has picked up a lift with another driver, he goes on his way, and a few miles down the road is flagged down by another driver to help with a woman who has been found laid at the roadside. It turns out that the woman is Johnny's hitchhiker, and that she is dead.
Wicked as They Come (1956)
, 1h34Directed by Ken Hughes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Arlene Dahl, Philip Carey, Herbert Marshall, Michael Goodliffe, David Kossoff, Sid James
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Poor girl from the slums Katherine Allenbourg trades on her looks. She enters a beauty contest, then charms the elderly gentleman running it, Sam Lewis, into fixing it so she will win first prize, a trip to Europe. She promptly abandons Sam.