Lewis Gilbert

​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.

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Moonraker (1979)

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Lois Chiles  •  Michael Lonsdale  •  Corinne Cléry

After Drax Industries' Moonraker space shuttle is hijacked, secret agent James Bond is assigned to investigate, traveling to California to meet the company's owner, the mysterious Hugo Drax. With the help of scientist Dr. Holly Goodhead, Bond soon uncovers Drax's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Roger Moore  •  Lois Chiles  •  Michael Lonsdale  •  Corinne Cléry

Alfie (1966)

A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Shelley Winters  •  Millicent Martin  •  Julia Foster

A young man leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Shelley Winters  •  Millicent Martin  •  Julia Foster

Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)

London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses the German enemy lines as a secret agent to aid a French Resistance group.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Virginia McKenna  •  Paul Scofield  •  Jack Warner  •  Denise Grey

London, England, during World War II. After living a tragic life experience, young Violette Szabo joins the Special Operations Executive and crosses the German enemy lines as a secret agent to aid a French Resistance group.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Virginia McKenna  •  Paul Scofield  •  Jack Warner  •  Denise Grey

Cast a Dark Shadow (1955)

Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Margaret Lockwood  •  Kay Walsh  •  Kathleen Harrison

Edward "Teddy" Bare is a ruthless schemer who thinks he's hit the big time when he kills his older wife, believing he will inherit a fortune. When things don't go according to plan, Teddy sets his sights on a new victim: wealthy widow Freda Jeffries. Unfortunately ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Dirk Bogarde  •  Margaret Lockwood  •  Kay Walsh  •  Kathleen Harrison

Friends (1971)

French teens Paul and Michelle run away from home to a remote beach and have a baby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Anicée Alvina  •  Sean Bury  •  Ronald Lewis  •  Toby Robins

French teens Paul and Michelle run away from home to a remote beach and have a baby.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Anicée Alvina  •  Sean Bury  •  Ronald Lewis  •  Toby Robins

Reach for the Sky (1956)

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Muriel Pavlow  •  Lyndon Brook  •  Lee Patterson

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing leader during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Muriel Pavlow  •  Lyndon Brook  •  Lee Patterson

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Dana Wynter  •  Carl Möhner  •  Laurence Naismith

The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World War II. The Bismarck and her sister ship, Tirpitz, were the most powerful battleships in the European theater of World War II. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Dana Wynter  •  Carl Möhner  •  Laurence Naismith

The Greengage Summer (1961)

Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Susannah York  •  Claude Nollier

Sensitive story of a British girl's awakening from childhood into life and love on vacation in France.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Danielle Darrieux  •  Susannah York  •  Claude Nollier

The Sea Shall Not Have Them (1954)

During autumn of 1944, an RAF Hudson carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and trying to keep up morale, the occupants of the aircraft's dinghy talk about their lives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  Jack Watling  •  Bonar Colleano

During autumn of 1944, an RAF Hudson carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and trying to keep up morale, the occupants of the aircraft's dinghy talk about their lives ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Michael Redgrave  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  Jack Watling  •  Bonar Colleano

Albert R.N. (1953)

The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in order to foil the German guards.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Anthony Steel  •  Jack Warner  •  Robert Beatty  •  Anton Diffring

The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape attempts fail. One of the prisoners constructs a dummy which they christen "Albert" and use at roll call in order to foil the German guards.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Anthony Steel  •  Jack Warner  •  Robert Beatty  •  Anton Diffring

H.M.S. Defiant (1962)

Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  Maurice Denham  •  Anthony Quayle

Defiant's crew is part of a fleet-wide movement to present a petition of grievances to the Admiralty. Violence must be no part of it. The continual sadism of Defiant's first officer makes this difficult, and when the captain is disabled, the chance for violence ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Alec Guinness  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  Maurice Denham  •  Anthony Quayle

Ferry to Hong Kong (1959)

Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain Hart. Conrad's papers are out of order and Macao refuses him entry. Unable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Curd Jürgens  •  Orson Welles  •  Sylvia Syms  •  Jeremy Spenser

Mark Conrad, a habitual drunk and troublemaker with a shady past, is expelled by Hong Kong police after one too many bar fights. He's sent to Macao on the Fa Tsan, a ferry owned by Captain Hart. Conrad's papers are out of order and Macao refuses him entry. Unable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Curd Jürgens  •  Orson Welles  •  Sylvia Syms  •  Jeremy Spenser

Operation: Daybreak (1975)

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Timothy Bottoms  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Martin Shaw  •  Anton Diffring

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its brutal Nazi leader, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Timothy Bottoms  •  Anthony Andrews  •  Martin Shaw  •  Anton Diffring

The Admirable Crichton (1957)

Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Cecil Parker  •  Diane Cilento  •  Sally Ann Howes

Lord Loam has modern ideas about his household, he believes in treating his servants as his equals - at least sometimes. His butler, Crichton, still believes that members of the serving class should know their place and be happy there. But when the Loam family are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Kenneth More  •  Cecil Parker  •  Diane Cilento  •  Sally Ann Howes

The Golden Gong: The Story of Rank Films - British Cinema's Legendary Studio (1985)

Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his establishment of the legendary Pinewood Studios. Narrated by Michael Caine, THE GOLDEN GONG chronicles Pinewood's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Gutteridge
CAST:  Richard Attenborough  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  Betty E. Box  •  Albert R. Broccoli

Documentary - After starting his career producing religious film shorts, J. Arthur Rank went on to become Britain's first and only movie mogul with his establishment of the legendary Pinewood Studios. Narrated by Michael Caine, THE GOLDEN GONG chronicles Pinewood's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tom Gutteridge
CAST:  Richard Attenborough  •  Dirk Bogarde  •  Betty E. Box  •  Albert R. Broccoli

Paul and Michelle (1974)

Taking place approximately three years after the events in Friends, Paul and Michelle follows the family of Paul Harrison and Michelle Latour-Harrison after they have been reunited. Paul has to cope with the difficulties he faces balancing work, college, and trying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Anicée Alvina  •  Sean Bury  •  Keir Dullea  •  Georges Beller

Taking place approximately three years after the events in Friends, Paul and Michelle follows the family of Paul Harrison and Michelle Latour-Harrison after they have been reunited. Paul has to cope with the difficulties he faces balancing work, college, and trying ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Anicée Alvina  •  Sean Bury  •  Keir Dullea  •  Georges Beller

A Cry from the Streets (1958)

Bittersweet story about London's unwanted children and the good people trying to help them. Ann is a social worker, while Bill is an electrician whose contract with the local care home introduces him to the children and Ann. Events start to escalate out of control ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Barbara Murray  •  Colin Petersen  •  Dana Wilson  •  Kathleen Harrison

Bittersweet story about London's unwanted children and the good people trying to help them. Ann is a social worker, while Bill is an electrician whose contract with the local care home introduces him to the children and Ann. Events start to escalate out of control ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Barbara Murray  •  Colin Petersen  •  Dana Wilson  •  Kathleen Harrison

Before You Go (2002)

The funny, heart-warming and moving new film, from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet Heaney's three daughters return home for her funeral, each sister finds her own way of coping with her loss. For Teresa, the eldest, it's herbal tea, obsessive cleaning and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Julie Walters  •  John Hannah  •  Joanne Whalley  •  Victoria Hamilton

The funny, heart-warming and moving new film, from director Lewis Gilbert. When Violet Heaney's three daughters return home for her funeral, each sister finds her own way of coping with her loss. For Teresa, the eldest, it's herbal tea, obsessive cleaning and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Julie Walters  •  John Hannah  •  Joanne Whalley  •  Victoria Hamilton

Not Quite Paradise (1985)

Six young volunteers from different backgrounds travel to Israel to spend a summer working on a kibbutz, a communal farm where they can find adventure, hide from their pasts or search for themselves. But when American pre-med student Mike falls for tough kibbutz ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Joanna Pacula  •  Sam Robards  •  Kevin McNally  •  Selina Cadell

Six young volunteers from different backgrounds travel to Israel to spend a summer working on a kibbutz, a communal farm where they can find adventure, hide from their pasts or search for themselves. But when American pre-med student Mike falls for tough kibbutz ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Joanna Pacula  •  Sam Robards  •  Kevin McNally  •  Selina Cadell

Light Up the Sky! (1960)

Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Ian Carmichael  •  Tommy Steele  •  Benny Hill  •  Sydney Tafler

Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lewis Gilbert
CAST:  Ian Carmichael  •  Tommy Steele  •  Benny Hill  •  Sydney Tafler
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