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James Dearden
James Dearden (born 14 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter, the son of Scottish actress Melissa Stribling and acclaimed English film maker Basil Dearden. He directed seven films between 1977 and 1999. His film "Pascali's Island" was entered into the 1988 Cannes Film Festival. Dearden is married to British actress Annabel Brooks.
Filmography.
- "The Contraption" (1977)
- "Panic" (1978)
- "Diversion" (1980)
- "The
- Meg Mundy as Joan Rogerson, Beth's mother
- Tom Brennan as Howard Rogerson, Beth's father
- Lois Smith as Martha, Dan's secretary
- Mike Nussbaum as Bob Drimmer
- J. J. Johnston as O'Rourke
- Michael Arkin as Lieutenant
- Jane Krakowski as Christine, the babysitter
Production.
Production Writing.
The film was adapted by James Dearden (with some help from Nicholas Meyer) from "Diversion", an earlier 1980 short film by Dearden for British television. In