On this day in movie history - The League of Gentlemen (1960):

The League of Gentlemen,

directed by Basil Dearden,

written by Bryan Forbes,

based on the novel by John Boland,

was released in the United Kingdom on April 7, 1960.
Music by Philip Green.

Cast:
Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Richard Attenborough, Bryan Forbes, Kieron Moore, Terence Alexander, Norman Bird, Robert Coote, Melissa Stribling, Nanette Newman, Lydia Sherwood, Doris Hare, David Lodge, Patrick Wymark, Gerald Harper, Brian Murray, Terence Edmond, Nigel Green, Patrick Jordan, Dinsdale Landen, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Oliver Reed, Norman Rossington, Bruce Seton, Michael Corcoran.

Born on this day – Basil Dearden:

Basil Dearden

Director

January 1, 1911 – March 23, 1971

Credits:

Mission: Monte Carlo (1974); The Man Who Haunted Himself (1970); The Assassination Bureau (1969); Only When I Larf (1968); Khartoum (1966); Masquerade (1965); Woman of Straw (1964); A Place to Go (1963); The Mind Benders (1963); Walk in the Shadow (1962); All Night Long (1962); Victim (1961); The Secret Partner (1961); Man in the Moon (1960); The Four Just Men (1959); The League of Gentlemen (1960); Sapphire (1959); Nowhere to Go (1958); Violent Playground (1958); Big Time Operators (1957); The Green Man (1956); Who Done It? (1956); PT Raiders (1955); Out of the Clouds (1955); The Rainbow Jacket (1954); The Square Ring (1953); The Gentle Gunman (1952); I Believe in You (1952); Pool of London (1951); Cage of Gold (1950); The Blue Lamp (1950); Train of Events (1949); Saraband (1948); Frieda (1947); The Captive Heart (1946); Dead of Night (1945); They Came to a City (1944); The Halfway House (1944); Did You Ever See a Dream Talking (1943); My Learned Friend (1943); The Bells Go Down (1943); The Goose Steps Out (1942); Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942); Under Suspicion (1939).