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John Guillermin

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I Was Monty's Double I Was Monty's Double (1958)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Clifton James, John Mills, Leslie Phillips
Absorbing war drama based on the true story of a man hired to imitate General Montgomery in order to hoodwink the Germans before the North Africa…
Never Let GoNever Let Go (1960)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Richard Todd, Peter Sellers, Adam Faith
Solid crime drama about a young salesman (Todd) who has his car inconveniently stolen – leaving him with a large debt – and then…
Waltz of the ToreadorsWaltz of the Toreadors (1962)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Peter Sellers, Dany Robin, Margaret Leighton
Bruising comedy with an elderly general struggling to come to terms with impending retirement and his ruinous personal life.
Guns At BatasiGuns At Batasi (1964)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Dame Flora Robson
Set during the last days of the British Empire in East Africa, an anachronistic martinet RSM is caught in a local coup d'etat, and must use his…
RaptureRapture (1965) Recommended
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Melvyn Douglas, Patricia Gozzi, Dean Stockwell
Drama based on the 1954 novel "Rapture in My Rags" about a lonely teenage girl living with her widower father, who develops an attraction to an…
Blue Max, TheBlue Max, The (1966)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. George Peppard, Anton Diffring, James Mason
Impressively staged, this WW1 actioner concerns the career of ace German combat pilot Bruno Stachel (Peppard). Although the human drama is fairly…
Bridge at Remagen, TheBridge at Remagen, The (1969)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. George Segal, Robert Vaughn, Ben Gazzara
One of the tougher, smaller 60s Hollywood depictions of war in a period otherwise dominated by epic clunkers. In the later stages of WW2, George…
Shaft in AfricaShaft in Africa (1973)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Richard Roundtree
Shaft goes international with Richard Roundtree returning as the detective forced into helping an African nation stop latter–day slave trading.
Towering Inferno, TheTowering Inferno, The (1974)
Dir. Irwin Allen, John Guillermin
Feat. Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Faye Dunaway
Sensational adventure epic that spawned numerous films about man's futility against Mother Nature. McQueen takes the hose ahead of a cream of famous…
King KongKing Kong (1976)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Jessica Lange, Jeff Bridges
Much–maligned remake of the 1933 classic, is typical De Laurentis fantasy fare – high in concept, broad in character, cardboard in…
Death on the NileDeath on the Nile (1978)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Peter Ustinov, Bette Davis, David Niven
An overlong yet none–the–less charming version of the Agatha Christie whodunnit. Peter Ustinov, as the definitive Hercule Poirot, holds…
Sheena: Queen of the JungleSheena: Queen of the Jungle (1984)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Tanya Roberts, Ted Wass, Donovan Scott
80's cult fantasy flop based on the comic book jungle girl heroine Sheena, a female version of Tarzan who was raised by a fictional African tribe.
King Kong LivesKing Kong Lives (1986)
Dir. John Guillermin
Feat. Linda Hamilton, Brian Kerwin, John Ashton
A truly blasphemous sequel to the already inessential 1976 remake, has the big ape somehow survive the fall from the World Trade Centre but needing a…

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