The 7th Dawn 1964   N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
aka: The Seventh Dawn
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: William Holden, Susannah York, Capucine, Tetsuro Tamba, Michael Goodliffe, Allan Cuthbertson, Maurice Denham, Sydney Tafler, Beulah Quo, Tony Price, Hugh Robinson, David Keith, Hew Thian Choy, Griffiths Alun, Ibrahim Bin
While Communist terrorists, British officials, and the people of Malaya fight for control of the country at the end of World War II, American soldier Major Ferris (William Holden) decides to stay in Malaya and becomes wealthy through a real estate investment. Dhana (Capucine) is Ferris' girlfriend and is living with him, but problems rise to the fore when the British governor's daughter, Candace (Susannah York), falls for him. Meanwhile, Ferris is caught in the middle of a huge dilemma involving politics and loyalty, which rises to the fore when he is asked to trap his old friend Ng (Tetsuro Tamba) who has been working with the Communist-backed terrorists.
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The Adventurers 1969  R, 171 min.
Genre: Adventure / Action / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Candice Bergen, Thommy Berggren, Ernest Borgnine, Rossano Brazzi, Olivia de Havilland, Bekim Fehmiu, Leigh Taylor-Young, Fernando Rey, John Ireland, Jaclyn Smith, Charles Aznavour, Alan Badel, Anna Moffo, Yolande Donlan, Bekim Fehmiu
Playboy Dax Xenos (Bekim Fehmiu) suffered the trauma of watching his mother murdered when he was a child, and his lifestyle reflects his problems. He woos wealthy widow Deborah Hadley (Olivia de Havilland) and then dumps her when she runs out of money. Dax then woos wealthy Sue Ann Daley (Candice Bergen), and she bears his child. When the child is killed in an accident, Sue Ann dumps Dax. Dax learns that President Rojo (Alan Badel) ordered the murder of his South American diplomat father years ago, and he leads a revolution against Rojo's government. 1 User Review
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 Alfie 1966  N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Michael Caine, Shelley Winters, Millicent Martin, Julia Foster, Shirley Anne Field, Jane Asher, Vivien Merchant, Eleanor Bron, Denholm Elliott, Alfie Bass, Graham Stark, Sydney Tafler, Murray Melvin, Harry Locke, Bryan Marshall
A young Cockney, Alfie Elkins (Michael Caine), is an unsurpassed womanizer who flits from one love interest to another. Alfie impregnates his common-law wife Gilda (Julia Foster) and then has an affair with Lily (Vivien Merchant) who also becomes pregnant by Alfie, and he arranges an abortion. All the while, Alfie engages in sexual affairs with others, including wealthy Ruby (Shelley Winters) and young Siddie (Millicent Martin). Even though disillusioned at the end of the film, Alfie is still "flitting." Academy Award nominations were received for Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress (Merchant), Writing, and Song.
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Carve Her Name with Pride 1958  N/R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Virginia McKenna, Paul Scofield, Jack Warner, Denise Grey, Alain Saury, Maurice Ronet, Anne Leon, Sydney Tafler, Avice Landone, Nicole Stephane, Noel Willman, Bill Owen, Billie Whitelaw, William Mervyn, Michael Goodliffe
This story is based on the real life of Violette Szabo (Virginia McKenna) who joined the British secret service during World War II. Her husband (Alain Saury) had just been killed in North Africa, but Violette left her baby girl behind and parachuted into enemy territory to begin work as a British agent. Violette was captured and sent to a concentration camp where she was tortured and finally executed. Her bravery in not revealing British secrets earned her (posthumously) the George Cross.
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Cast a Dark Shadow 1957 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Margaret Lockwood, Kay Walsh, Kathleen Harrison, Robert Flemyng, Mona Washbourne, Walter Hudd, Myrtle Reed, Lita Roza, Philip Stainton
Charming Edward (Dirk Bogarde) marries and murders rich older women for their money. But Freda (Margaret Lockwood) may be a match for his wit. This version of the Bluebeard story is a good "suspenser."
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Damn the Defiant! 1962 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Alec Guinness, Dirk Bogarde, Maurice Denham, Nigel Stock, Richard Carpenter, Anthony Quayle, Tom Bell, Bryan Pringle, Murray Melvin, Victor Maddern
While fighting Napoleon's fleet during the Napoleonic Wars, a captain and his first mate form differences of opinion that threaten the success of their mission. This film remains faithful to historical fact.
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Educating Rita 1983 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Michael Caine, Julie Walters, Michael Williams, Maureen Lipman, Jeananne Crowley, Malcolm Douglas, Godfrey Quigley, Dearbhla Molloy, Patrick Daly, Kim Fortune, Philip Hurd-Wood, Hilary Reynolds, Jack Walsh, Christopher Casson, Rosamund Burton
A simple cockney girl Susan/Rita (Julie Walters) goes to an alcoholic English professor, Dr. Frank Bryant (Michael Caine) for literature lessons and ends up changing her life for the better. Meanwhile, his life seems to get worse. Caine and Walters were both nominated for Academy Awards.
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Ferry to Hong Kong 1959 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Action
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Curd Jurgens, Orson Welles, Sylvia Syms, Jeremy Spenser, Noel Purcell, Margaret Withers, Milton Reid, John Wallace, Roy Chiao, Shelley Shen, Louis Seto, Ronald Decent, Don Carlos, Nick Kendall, Kwan Shan Lam
Caught in a typhoon during a trip to Macao, Captain Hart (Orson Welles) is on his own and stands up to the task at hand.
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 Moonraker 1979 PG, 126 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Roger Moore, Lois Chiles, Richard Kiel, Michael Lonsdale, Corinne Clery, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Geoffrey Keen, Desmond Llewelyn, Emily Bolton, Toshiro Suga, Blanche Ravalec, Irka Bochenko, Leila Shenna, Mike Marshall
This is the 11th James Bond film, and it is filled with many stunts as Bond, Agent 007, (Roger Moore) investigates the theft of a space shuttle built by Drax Industries. Bond arrives at Drax Industries and meets NASA astronaut and CIA agent Dr. Holly Goodhead (Lois Chiles) who has been investigating Hugo Drax (Michael Lonsdale) for plotting to replace humans with a super race. As Bond and Goodhead attempt to protect the world from the evil outer-space tyrant Drax, they encounter many problems including traps and villains standing in their way.
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Not Quite Paradise 1986  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Not Quite Jerusalem
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Joanna Pacula, Sam Robards, Kevin McNally, Todd Graff, Selina Cadell, Bernard Strother, Ewan Stewart, Kate Ingram, Gary Cady, Libby Morris
A new group of Americans and Britishers arrive at a kibbutz (a communal farm), joining others from various countries. As love blossoms between one of the Americans, Mike (Sam Robards), and a local woman, Gila (Joanna Pacula), other episodes are played out on the kibbutz.
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Shirley Valentine 1989 R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Pauline Collins, Tom Conti, Julia McKenzie, Joanna Lumley, Bernard Hill, Sylvia Syms, Alison Steadman, George Costigan, Anna Keaveney, Tracie Bennett, Ken Sharrock, Karen Craig, Gareth Jefferson, Gillian Kearney, Catharine Duncan
Shirley (Pauline Collins) is an English housewife, unhappy with her life, who leaves her husband Joe (Bernard Hill) for a two week vacation in Greece with her best friend Jane (Alison Steadman). After Jane hooks up with a man and leaves her alone, Shirley runs into tavern owner Costas Caldes (Tom Conti)–certainly a solution to any housewife's boredom–and begins an unforgettable affair with him. Collins received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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Sink the Bismarck! 1960 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama / Action
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Kenneth More, Dana Wynter, Carl Mohner, Laurence Naismith, Karel Stepanek, Geoffrey Keen, Michael Hordern, Maurice Denham, Michael Goodliffe, Esmond Knight, Jack Watling, Jack Gwillim, Mark Dignam, Ernest Clark, John Horsley
This film is based on the true World War II assignment of the British Navy to locate and sink the German battleship Bismarck. Using newsreel footage, the film follows the Bismarck from its launching, through many battles, and its sinking in 1941. British intelligence Captain Shepard (Kenneth More) works on the mission and receives love and support for his efforts from a fellow naval officer Anne Davis (Dana Wynter). The story is filled with intrigue and excitement as the British zero in on their target.
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 The Spy Who Loved Me 1977 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Thriller
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Roger Moore, Barbara Bach, Richard Kiel, Curd Jurgens, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn, Caroline Munro, Walter Gotell, Geoffrey Keen, George Baker, Michael Billington, Vernon Dobtcheff, Olga Bisera, Edward de Souza
Curd Jurgens stars as evil industrialist Karl Stromberg who wants to control an undersea kingdom. In order to accomplish his goal, Stromberg tries to manipulate both the Soviet and American submarine fleets. Not to worry, James Bond, Agent 007 (Roger Moore), teams up with sexy Russian agent Major Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach), and, together, they come to the rescue.
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Stepping Out 1991 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Liza Minnelli, Shelley Winters, Bill Irwin, Ellen Greene, Julie Walters, Robyn Stevan, Jane Krakowski, Andrea Martin, Sheila McCarthy, Nora Dunn, Carol Woods, Luke Reilly, Eugene Robert Glazer, Geza Kovacs, Raymond Rickman
Mavis Turner (Liza Minnelli) is a former dancer who agrees to teach a class of clumsy students to tap dance for a performance in a charity show.
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 You Only Live Twice 1967 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi / Action / Adventure
Director: Lewis Gilbert
Cast: Sean Connery, Akiko Wakabayashi, Donald Pleasence, Tetsuro Tamba, Karin Dor, Bernard Lee, Charles Gray, Lois Maxwell, Burt Kwouk, Alexander Knox, Mie Hama, Teru Shimada, Desmond Llewelyn, Tsai Chin, Peter Fanene Maivia
Agent 007, James Bond (Sean Connery), is back. This time he must solve the mystery of a missing U.S. space ship before nuclear war breaks out over the incident while his nemesis, Blofeld (Donald Pleasance), strokes his white cat.
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| 1. The 7th Dawn (1964)
aka: The Seventh Dawn
2. The Adventurers (1969)
3. Alfie (1966)
4. Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
5. Cast a Dark Shadow (1957)
6. Damn the Defiant! (1962)
7. Educating Rita (1983)
8. Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)
9. Haunted (1995)
10. Moonraker (1979)
11. Not Quite Paradise (1986)
aka: Not Quite Jerusalem
12. Shirley Valentine (1989)
13. Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
14. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)
15. Stepping Out (1991)
16. You Only Live Twice (1967)
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