8 Movies Directed by Lewis Gilbert

Sink the Bismarck!

Sink the Bismarck!

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1960-02-11

Languages:

English, German

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (5050 Reviews)

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Cast:

Writer:

Edmund H. North (screen story)

Edmund H. North (screenplay)

C.S. Forester (book)

Fullplot:

Chronicles the breakout of the Bismarck during the early days of World War Two. Seen both from the point of view of the many naval vessels on both sides and from the central headquarters of the British where the search for the super battleship was controlled.

Alfie

Alfie

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-08-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

114 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (9864 Reviews)

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Bill Naughton (screenplay)

Bill Naughton (based on the play: "Alfie")

Fullplot:

For Alfie, the only real life is sex life; only then can he kid himself he is living. Sex is not used as the working-class boy's way to 'the top'. Executive status has no appeal for Alfie. Nor has class mobility. He is quite content to stay where he is, as long as the 'birds' are in 'beautiful condition', as he assures us they are in one of the candid, over-the-shoulder asides to the camera which the film carries over from "Tom Jones". The film shows how much of the 'swinging 60's' quality of London life was a male creation, and through the dominance of the fashion photographers, a male prerogative.

You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1967-06-13

Languages:

English, Japanese, Russian

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

117 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.9 (68016 Reviews)

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Cast:

Writer:

Harold Jack Bloom (additional story material)

Roald Dahl (screenplay)

Fullplot:

When an American space capsule is swallowed up by what they believe to be a Russian spaceship, World War 3 nearly breaks out. The British Government, however, suspect that other powers are at work as the space craft went down near Japan. S.P.E.C.T.R.E. is the force behind the theft, as James Bond discovers, but its motives are far from clear, and he must first find out where the captured space capsule is held before America and Russia initiate another world war.

The Spy Who Loved Me

The Spy Who Loved Me

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-08-03

Languages:

English, Italian, Arabic

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

125 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (69472 Reviews)

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Cast:

Writer:

Christopher Wood (screenplay)

Richard Maibaum (screenplay)

Fullplot:

James Bond is back again and his new mission is to find out how a Royal Navy Polaris submarine holding sixteen nuclear warheads simply disappears whilst on patrol. Bond joins Major Anya Amasova and takes on a a web-handed mastermind, known as Karl Stromberg, as well as his henchman Jaws, who has a mouthful of metal teeth. Bond must track down the location of the missing submarine before the warheads are fired.

Moonraker

Moonraker

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-06-29

Languages:

English, Italian, Portuguese

Countries:

France, UK

Runtime:

126 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (62790 Reviews)

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Cast:

Writer:

Christopher Wood (screenplay)

Fullplot:

James Bond is back for another mission and this time, he is blasting off into space. A spaceship traveling through space is mysteriously hi-jacked and Bond must work quickly to find out who was behind it all. He starts with the rockets creators, Drax Industries and the man behind the organisation, Hugo Drax. On his journey he ends up meeting Dr. Holly Goodhead and encounters the metal-toothed Jaws once again.

Educating Rita

Educating Rita

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1983-09-21

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (9290 Reviews)

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

A young wife decides to complete her education and take her exams. She meets a professor who teaches her to value her own insights while still being able to beat the exams. The change in her status causes friction between her and her husband.

Shirley Valentine

Shirley Valentine

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1989-08-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (5039 Reviews)

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Cast:

Writer:

Willy Russell (play)

Willy Russell (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Shirley's a middle-aged Liverpool housewife, who finds herself talking to the wall while she prepares her husband's chip'n'egg, wondering what happened to her life. She compares scenes in her current life with what she used to be like and feels she's stagnated and in a rut. But when her best friend wins an all-expenses-paid vacation to Greece for two, Shirley begins to see the world, and herself, in a different light.

Haunted

Haunted

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-06-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

108 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (4878 Reviews)

Director:

Lewis Gilbert

Genres:

DramaHorror

Cast:

Writer:

James Herbert (novel)

Timothy Prager

Bob Kellett

Lewis Gilbert

Fullplot:

Professor David Ash is invited to Edbrook to calm the fears of the elderly nanny of the Mariell family. Nanny Tess is seeing things, and Ash's book debunking such phenomenon makes him a good choice to set her mind at ease and convince her she is just tired and stressed. But soon after arriving David too begins to doubt his senses, and watching the odd behavior of the three grown Mariell children doesn't make his task any easier. In fact, he begins to think Nanny Tess isn't really just tired and stressed out after all.

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