3 Movies Directed by Sidney Gilliat

The Great Manhunt

The Great Manhunt

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1950-09-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

PASSED

IMDB Ratings:

(144 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Gilliat

Cast:

Writer:

Roy Huggins (novel)

Sidney Gilliat (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Visiting in England, famed American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European country, and discovers the operation he is to perform is on the Vosnian dictator. When the latter dies, he is replaced by a look-alike, but Marlowe is the object of a shoot-to-kill, vicious pursuit by the secret police of Vosnia since it is vital to Vosnia that the dictator's death does not become known. Fleeing, he seeks help from an English-speaking actress, Lisa Robinson, and the two are harried across the countryside before being captured. (Produced by the British team of Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat "in association with London Films" and released in the U.S. by Columbia Pictures Corporation.)

Only Two Can Play

Only Two Can Play

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-03-20

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

106 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (684 Reviews)

Director:

Sidney Gilliat

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Bryan Forbes (screenplay)

Kingsley Amis (novel)

Fullplot:

John Lewis is bored by his librarian's job and henpecked at home. Then Liz, wife of a local counciller, sets her sights on him. But this is risky stuff in a Welsh valleys town - if he and Liz ever manage to consummate their affair, that is.

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

The Great St. Trinian's Train Robbery

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-03-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK

Runtime:

93 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.8 (674 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Frank Launder (original story)

Sidney Gilliat (original story)

Leslie Gilliat (original story)

Frank Launder (screenplay)

Ivor Herbert (screenplay)

Ronald Searle (inspired by the original drawings of the Girls and Staff of "St. Trinians")

Fullplot:

The all-girl school foil an attempt by train robbers to recover two and a half million pounds hidden in their school.

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