Lewis Gilbert

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Good Die Young, The (1954): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Laurence Harvey, Sir Stanley Baker, Joan Collins…; Fiery British heist–noir with a debt–burdened Laurence Harvey leading a motley crew of down–on–their–luck military men…
Reach for the Sky (1956): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Kenneth More; British WW2 favourite tells the courageous true story of pilot Douglas Bader who overcame the amputation of both legs to miraculously continue his…
Admirable Crichton, The (1957): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Sally Ann Howes; Comedy about an impeccable butler (Kenneth More) who becomes the ruler of an aristocratic family when social order is flipped after they all become…
Carve Her Name With Pride (1958): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner…; Brit war–time romance centred on a lady living in London during WW2 who marries and has a child with a French soldier. Upon hearing of his…
Ferry to Hong Kong (1959): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms, Curt Jurgens; Maritime adventure in which Orson Welles portrays a reluctant sea captain forced to take a shady rogue deportee from Hong Kong onboard his vessel…
Sink the Bismarck (1960): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Laurence Naismith…; A no–nonsense depiction of the WW2 hunt by the British navy to destroy the German super–warship Bismarck. Conveying both the allied…
Light Up the Sky! (1960): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Ian Carmichael, Benny Hill, Dick Emery…; Ian Carmichael leads an inept searchlight unit during in this bumbling and occasionally tragic wartime comedy. Larrikins Benny Hill and Tommy Steele…
Damn the Defiant! (H.M.S. Defiant) (1962): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Anthony Quayle; Naval drama set aboard a British warship during the Napoleonic wars is a defiantly good–quality effort. Script, photography (by Christopher…
Alfie (1965): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Michael Caine, Shelley Winters; The film that made Michael Caine a household name. His eponymous anti–hero is that of a likely lad who likes to 'ave a go wiv the birds. They…
You Only Live Twice (1967): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Sean Connery, Donald Pleasence, Tetsuro Tamba; The fifth Bond film starring Sean Connery as the agent supreme. A space flight is hijacked by sinister crime organisation Spectre, bringing the world…
Friends (1971): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Sean Bury, Anicee Alvina; Sentimental, page–turning romance blossoms an enternal love between two idealistic French teens head over heels. Hit soundtrack by Elton John…
Spy Who Loved Me, The (1977): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel; Moore's Bond teams up with seductive Soviet Agent Anya Amasova (Bach) to track down missing Allied and Soviet atomic submarines. The trail leads to…
Moonraker (1979): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Roger Moore, Richard Kiel, Lois Chiles…; Roger Moore as Bond pursues a megalomaniac billionaire into outer space in one of the more outlandish entries of the series. Memorable scenes…
Educating Rita (1983): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Julie Walters, Michael Caine; Satisfying modern take on Pygmalion, with uncultured fair lady Julie Walters and sceptical tutor Michael Caine.
Shirley Valentine (1989): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Pauline Collins, Tom Conti; Pauline Collins adapts her stage role for the screen and the result is an unqualified success. You'll take delight in witnessing her rediscover her…
Stepping Out (1991): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Liza Minnelli, Julie Walters, Shelley Winters…; Liza Minnelli slips on her dancing shoes as a part–time instructor who introduces a group of disparate housewives into the world of tap.
Haunted (1995): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Aidan Quinn, Kate Beckinsale, John Gielgud; Sceptical investigator Aidan Quinn becomes steadily embroiled in the paranormal and the ambiguous inhabitants of a British country mansion.…
Before You Go (2001): Dir. Lewis Gilbert
Feat. Julie Walters, Tom Wilkinson, Joanne Whalley…; A lightly melancholic comedy, in which three sisters settle scores at their mother’s funeral. The talents of the sparky threesome –…

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