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View full company info for Relph-Dearden Productions. 1. Woman of Straw (1964) Not Rated | 122 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller. 6.8. Rate this. 39 Metascore. Tyrannical, but ailing, tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria.
Richmond is the stepson of the ailing, wheelchair-bound Charles Richmond (Ralph Richardson), an obnoxious, tactless, and exploitative tycoon who abuses his staff (“If the whole world hates you, that in itself is a kind of power”), including his new personal nurse, Maria Marcello (Gina Lollobrigida), whom Tony has hired as part of his scheme to c...
Jun 27, 2024 · Dearden and Relph came together at the famous Ealing Studios in the wartime period and became the most prolific production team at the studio, contributing such popular and critically acclaimed films as The Captive Heart (1946), The Blue Lamp (1950) and Pool of London (1951).
Production. The film was shot at Pinewood Studios, Audley End House in Saffron Walden, Essex and in Majorca in the Balearic Islands between August and October 1963. The Majorca footage, including much footage in a boat off the coast, was shot on location in September 1963.
Aug 5, 2013 · Until we have a more detailed picture of the roles of direction within the collaborative and hierarchical interactions that constitute film production, the figure of the director, for all the critical value assigned to it, will remain something of an enigma.
Michael Relph consistently praised Basil Dearden's technical skill as a filmmaker, believing that this was nowhere more evident than in his handling of humorous material; he was, according to Relph, ‘very expert at directing comedy’ (Relph 1997: 246).
Film. The Blue Lamp (1950); I Believe in You (1952); Violent Playground (1958); Sapphire (1959) and Victim (1961) Basil Dearden's work as a director constitutes a sustained body of films that are exemplary of the social problem film in the post-war era.
