Basil Emmott
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.
Cinematographer
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The Painted Smile
After a drunken night out with the boys, Tom (Tony Wickert) takes the voluptuous Jo (Liz Fraser) back to her place. But as they enter her bedroom Jo discovers that her boyfriend has been stabbed to death and threatens to accuse Tom of the stabbing unless he helps dispose of...Watch Movie
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The Wind of Change
Set against the Notting Hill race riots of the late 1950s, THE WIND OF CHANGE is a gripping kitchen-sink drama focusing on the relationship between a father (Donald Pleasence), a world-weary yet liberal man who spends all his spare time looking after his rabbits, and his...Watch Movie
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Rag Doll
Pop star turned actor Jess Conrad plays singing crook Jo Shane who attracts the eye of naïve runaway Carol (Christina Gregg) in this film slice of delinquent crime nostalgia. When Carol falls in love with Jo, he uses his charm to turn her against her new-found keeper Wilson (Kenneth Griffith)....Watch Movie
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The Master of Bankdam
THE MASTER OF BANKDAM is a Northern drama of epic proportions, charting the fortune of three generations of the Crowther family. It is 1850 and Simeon Crowther has built Bankdam into one of the most successful textile mills in Yorkshire. Having seen his business prosper...Watch Movie
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Strongroom
This lean English thriller finds two working-after-hours bank employees attacked by masked criminals. The thieves rob the safe and then throw the captives in it so that they won't call the police. They won't. But then they won't breathe for long either because this air-tight "strongroom" will...Watch Movie
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Blind Corner
Paul Gregory is an accomplished composer despite his blindness, and his beautiful wife Anne seems to be the perfect supporting wife. But unknown to Paul, she is having a passionate affair with Ricky, a struggling artist. Keen to support her artist lover and give them more time to make love, she...Watch Movie
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The Break
A dangerous prisoner, Jacko Thomas, overpowers his police guard and jumps from a speeding train in the Dartmoor countryside. In the ensuing fight Jacko kills the guard and makes his way to a secluded hotel on the moors where Tredgar is being paid to arrange a safe transit for Jacko and his sister...Watch Movie
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