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.

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They Drive by Night

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Drifters

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Crime Unlimited

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Curse of the Fly

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Wicked as They Come

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The Long Haul

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Pit of Darkness

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Secret Venture

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The Green Buddha

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Rag Doll

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Joe Macbeth

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The Wind of Change

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Strongroom

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I Was Monty's Double

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Blind Corner

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Crown v. Stevens

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Something Always Happens

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Time Flies

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Man of the Moment

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The Lodger

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Companions in Crime

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Track the Man Down

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It Happened One Sunday

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Faithful

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Walk a Tightrope

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Town on Trial

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The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

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Thank Evans

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To What Red Hell

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The Prime Minister

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The Enemy General

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You Live and Learn

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The Peterville Diamond

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In a Monastery Garden

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As Good as New

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The Bermondsey Kid

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Confidential Lady

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Her Imaginary Lover

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High Finance

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I Adore You

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Mayfair Girl

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The Eleventh Commandment

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Flying Fortress

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Atlantic Ferry

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The Feather

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The Black Mask

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Young Lochinvar

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The Painted Smile

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The Briggs Family

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Dr. O'Dowd

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Hoots Mon

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The Midas Touch

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The Breaking Point

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Big Business

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Spanish Eyes

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Chin Chin Chinaman

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The Officers' Mess

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Lucky Ladies

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The Marriage Bond

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The Rosary

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Flat No. 9

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The Missing Rembrandt

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Frail Women

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Her Night Out

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The River House Ghost

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The Silver Greyhound

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When London Sleeps

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This Acting Business

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Rob Roy

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The Brown Wallet

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Educated Evans

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That’s The Ticket

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The Church Mouse

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Be My Guest

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Quinneys

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The Arcadians

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Sailors Don't Care

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The Glad Eye

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No Escape

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Mr. What's-His-Name?

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His Brother’s Keeper

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A Glimpse of Paradise

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What’s in a Name?

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The Singing Cop

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Call Me Mame

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Murder Will Out

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Mayfair Melody

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Double or Quits

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Thistledown

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The Girl in Possession

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Father and Son

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The Vulture

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The Girl in the Crowd

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Someday

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Quiet, Please

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Side Street Angel

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Hail and Farewell

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It’s Not Cricket

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Fair Exchange

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The Tell-Tale Heart

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Dangerous Medicine

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The Man Who Made Diamonds

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Gaol Break

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Tomorrow at Ten

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The Great Game

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The Man from Morocco

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Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk

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Bell-Bottom George

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Miss London Ltd.

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Get Off My Foot

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A Gentleman's Gentleman

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George and Margaret

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So You Won't Talk

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Johnny, You're Wanted

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Live It Up!

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The Co-Optimists

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Home and Away

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Cross Channel

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The Master of Bankdam

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The Break

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The Thirteenth Candle

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Everything Happens to Me

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The Return of Carol Deane

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Change for a Sovereign

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Gypsy

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Where's Sally?

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The Office Wife

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Little Fella

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A Prince of Lovers

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Widow's Might

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The Stolen Necklace

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Little Miss Nobody

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Enemy of the Police

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The Melody-Maker

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Battle of the V-1

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The Blue Squadron

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