Lewis Gilbert

Lewis Gilbert

March 6, 1920 · 106 years old

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Lewis Gilbert CBE (born 6 March 1920 in London) was an English film director, producer and screenwriter. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lewis Gilbert,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

16 titles
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You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

1967 · 1h 57m · Movie

James Bond and the Japanese Secret Service must find and stop the true culprit of a series of space hijackings, before war is provoked between Russia and the United States.

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2
The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977 · 2h 5m · Movie

James Bond investigates the hijacking of British and Russian submarines carrying nuclear warheads, with the help of a K.G.B. agent whose lover he killed.

7.0
3
Moonraker

Moonraker

1979 · 2h 6m · Movie

James Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.

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4
Alfie

Alfie

1966 · 1h 54m · Movie

Unrepentant ladies' man Alfie Elkins gradually begins to understand the consequences of his lifestyle in 1960s London.

7.0
5
Educating Rita

Educating Rita

1983 · 1h 50m · Movie

An alcoholic professor has been hired by a working-class girl for higher education.

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6
Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

1960 · 1h 37m · Movie

The World War II story of the Royal Navy's effort to defeat Nazi Germany's most powerful warship.

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Shirley Valentine

Shirley Valentine

1989 · 1h 48m · Movie

Shirley is a 42-year-old bored Liverpudlian housewife who takes a holiday trip to Greece and meets a local man who bolsters her self-confidence. She evolves and transforms to the point that her husband doesn't even recognize her.

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Haunted

Haunted

1995 · 1h 48m · Movie

A skeptical professor visits a remote British estate to debunk allegations of psychic phenomena, but soon finds himself haunted by a ghost from his own past.

6.2
9
Cast a Dark Shadow

Cast a Dark Shadow

1955 · 1h 22m · Movie

Edward "Teddy" Bare is a delusional psychotic with a lust for wealth, older women and murder. Having committed what he thinks is the perfect murder of his elderly wife; Teddy sets his sights on new targets when her fortune goes el...

7.0
10
Damn the Defiant!

Damn the Defiant!

1962 · 1h 41m · Movie

On the H.M.S. Defiant, during the French Revolutionary War, fair Captain Crawford is locked in a battle of wills against his cruel second-in-command Lieutenant Scott-Padget, whose heavy-handed command style pushes the crew to mutiny.

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11
Reach for the Sky

Reach for the Sky

1956 · 2h 3m · Movie

Biopic of RAF Group Captain Douglas Bader who, after having lost both legs, flew a British fighter plane during WWII.

7.2
12
Paradise Lagoon

Paradise Lagoon

1957 · 1h 34m · Movie

In 1905, Lord Henry Loam and his family and servants are shipwrecked on a deserted island where the survival of the fittest renders the rigid class system irrelevant.

7.1
13
Carve Her Name with Pride

Carve Her Name with Pride

1958 · 1h 59m · Movie

During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.

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14
The Good Die Young

The Good Die Young

1954 · 1h 40m · Movie

In London, three otherwise law-abiding good men and their unscrupulous leader are about to commit a serious crime, but for different reasons.

6.7
15
Friends

Friends

1971 · 1h 41m · Movie

A rich English boy meets an orphaned French girl and as they become friends, create a world that is far away from the adult world we live in.

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The Slasher

The Slasher

1953 · 1h 15m · Movie

The life of a juvenile delinquent is threatened by his own incessant desire for trouble.

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